Hackney Downs School (1974–95) •
Dalton Grant, high jumper •
Geoffrey Hanks, professor of palliative care medicine •
Metin Hüseyin, film and television director
Boys' grammar school (1906–74) •
Lazarus Aaronson, poet •
Geoffrey Alderman, historian, political adviser and journalist •
Arnold Allen CBE, chief executive 1982–84 of the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority •
Sir Edward Bairstow, organist of York Minster 1913–46, composer (attended 1889–91) •
Alexander Baron, writer •
Morris Beckman, writer and
anti-fascist activist •
Steven Berkoff, actor,
playwright,
director •
Gerald Bernbaum, Vice-Chancellor 1993–2001 of
London South Bank University, and Professor of Education 1974–93 at the
University of Leicester •
Mike Berry, singer and actor •
John Bloom, 1960s
tycoon •
Eric Bristow, world champion darts player • Air Vice-Marshal
Reggie Bullen CB GM • Sir
Stanley Burnton,
Lord Justice of Appeal and Fellow of
St Edmund Hall, Oxford •
Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.),
CBE,
actor (attended 1944–45, evacuated to
King's Lynn during
World War II) •
Roland Camberton, writer •
Frank Cass, publisher •
Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, Labour MP 1970–83 for
Hackney Central • Paul Dean CB, Director National Physical Laboratory 1977-90 • Prof
David Dolphin, OC, FRS, chemist, inventor of
Visudyne, winner of Canada's Hertzberg Medal Home • Prof
Cyril Domb, physicist, Professor of Theoretical Physics 1954–81 at
King's College London •
Maurice Evans, actor, noted for his interpretations of
Shakespearean characters •
Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman, businessman and Conservative party peer •
Frederic Sutherland Ferguson, bibliographer •
Abram Games OBE,
graphic designer •
Arthur Gold CBE, chairman 1988–92 of the
British Olympic Association • Michael Goldstein CBE, Vice-Chancellor of
Coventry University 1992–2004, Director of Coventry Polytechnic 1987–92 •
Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, Master 1976–86 of
University College, Oxford •
Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics since 1993 at the
University of Cambridge, and Director 1999–2004 of the
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge •
Efraim Halevy, former head of
Mossad •
William Harold Hutt, economist, and Professor of Commerce and Dean of the Faculty of Commerce 1931–64 at the
University of Cape Town •
Frank Cyril James, Principal and Vice-Chancellor 1939–62 of
McGill University, Canada • Brigadier
Sam Janikoun OBE. •
Stanley Joslin, Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations 1959–64 at the
Ministry of Power •
Leon Kossoff, painter •
Stephen Latner, Managing Director 1998–99 of
Warburg Dillon Read •
Michael Levy, Baron Levy •
John Lewis, Labour MP 1945–50 for
Bolton and 1950–51 for
Bolton West •
Ben Lockspeiser, first President of
CERN •
Dennis Lyons CB, director 1965–71 of the
Road Research Laboratory •
Leonard Millis CBE, director 1939–74 of the British Waterworks Association •
Stephen M. Milner Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 1961-1968 •
Cyril Offord, Professor of Mathematics 1966–73 at the
London School of Economics (LSE) •
Stanley Orman, Director of Missiles 1978–81 at the
AWRE, and Chief Weapon System Engineer of
Polaris 1981–82 •
Fuller Osborn, Chief Executive 1965–78 of
Northern Rock Building Society •
Jerry Pam, Hollywood agent and member of the Finance Committee of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; publicist of
Sir Michael Caine •
Keith Pavitt, of the
Science and Technology Policy Research •
Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End, English economist, Professor of Economics 1965–88 at
Queen Mary College, and father of
Robert Peston •
Harold Pinter, playwright, screenwriter, director and actor •
Prof Derek S. Pugh, British psychologist, business theorist and Emeritus Professor of International Management at the
Open University Business School (attended 1944–48,
evacuated to
Northampton during World War II) •
Henry Richardson, film editor •
Lt Col F. J. Roberts, editor of
The Wipers Times •
Philip Robinson, executive director, Financial Services Authority 1998–2009 •
Norman Rose, biographer of
Sir Winston Churchill •
Ralph Shackman, professor of urology 1961–75 at
Hammersmith Hospital •
Alfred Sherman, journalist •
Barrie Sherman, trade unionist • Colin Shindler, first professor of Israeli Studies in the UK,
SOAS •
Aubrey Silberston CBE, professor of economics 1978–87 at
Imperial College London, and father of
Jeremy Silberston •
Barry Supple CBE, professor of economic history 1981–93
University of Cambridge, and a former director of the
Leverhulme Trust, and father of
Tim Supple (attended 1942–49) •
Maurice Vile, Professor Emeritus and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the University of Kent •
William Warbey, Labour MP 1945–50 for
Luton, and 1953–55 for
Broxtowe, and 1955–66 for
Ashfield •
Maurice Wohl CBE, businessman •
Henry Woolf, theatre director •
John Yudkin, Professor of Nutrition 1954–71 at
Queen Elizabeth College, known for finding links between sugar and
coronary heart disease Grocers' Company's School (1876–1906) • Cecil J. Allen, author, musician, lecturer, who wrote more than 700 articles about locomotives and over 40 books on railways of Europe, attended the Grocer's Company's School circa 1898 • F. Britten Austin, playwright whose book
The Drum would be made into
The Last Outpost • Sir Robert Barlow, businessman, former Chairman of the Metal Box Company • Prof
Raymond Wilson Chambers, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature 1922–41 at
University College London •
Cecil Vandepeer Clarke (1888–1961) engineer, inventor and soldier • Prof
Millais Culpin, Professor 1931–39 of Medical-Industrial Psychology at
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