Central Grammar School for Boys • Sir
John Alcock, first flight across the Atlantic •
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, Labour MP from 1964 to 1983 for
Heywood and Royton • Sir
George Cartland CMG • Sir
James Chadwick, awarded the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for discovering the
neutron • Sir
Alcon Copisarow,
Chief Scientific Officer from 1962–64 to the Ministry of Technology • Prof
William Alexander Deer,
Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1971 to 1973, Master from 1966 to 1975 of
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology from 1961 to 1978 •
Robert Donat, actor who won the
best actor Oscar in 1939 • Prof.
Robert Geoffrey Edwards CBE, Professor of Human Reproduction from 1985 to 1989 at the
University of Cambridge Nobel Prize for Medicine and inventor, with
Patrick Christopher Steptoe, of
in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in 1978 •
Georg Eisler, painter • Rt Rev
George Kenneth Giggall OBE,
Bishop of St Helena from 1973 to 1979, and Royal Navy chaplain • Prof.
Edward Gregson, composer and Principal from 1996 to 2008 of the
Royal Northern College of Music • Sir
Henry Hardman CB,
Permanent Secretary from 1963 to 1964 at the
Ministry of Defence •
Frank Hatton, local Labour MP from 1973 to 1974 for
Manchester Exchange, and from 1974 to 1978 for
Manchester Moss Side • Rabbi
Louis Jacobs CBE • Prof.
William Johnson, Professor of Mechanics from 1975 to 1982 at the
University of Cambridge, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1960 to 1975 at the University of Manchester •
Arthur Knowles CBE, Secretary General from 1946 to 1956 of the
Association of British Chambers of Commerce •
Kenneth Marks, Labour MP from 1967 to 1983 for
Manchester Gorton • Sir
Derek Roberts, Provost from 1989 to 1999 and 2002-03 of
University College London (UCL) •
David Rohl •
Benny Rothman, rambler and activist •
Brian Statham CBE, English cricketer (fast bowler). Played for England 1951–65. In 1962 he broke the record held by Alec Bedser for the most wickets taken by an English bowler. •
James L. Tuck, physicist, member of the Manhattan project, shaped explosives expert
Ducie Technical High School for Boys •
Mel Ainscow, Professor of Education at the
University of Manchester • Sir
Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive since 1998 of
Manchester City Council •
Peter McGarr, composer •
Lord Monks, trades unionist • Sir Trefor Morris CBE, Chief Constable from 1984 to 1990 of
Hertfordshire Constabulary •
John Thaw, actor. •
George Waring, actor •
Paul Young, singer and percussionist ==Other local United Learning Trust schools==