•
Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity at the
University of Cambridge • Patrick Gallaher CBE, Chairman of North West Gas from 1974 to 1982, and of Wales Gas Board from 1970 to 1974, and President of the
IGasE from 1977 to 1978 • Sir Francis Griffin, Director of the
NEC from 1970 to 1974, 1976–80 •
John Jenkins,
Ambassador to Iraq since 2009 •
Paul Keenan, composer •
Alfred Knight VC, OBE served in WWI and later at the Ministry of Labour •
Squadron Leader Peter Latham, later
Air Vice-Marshal, Station Commander of
RAF Tengah from 1969 to 1971 • Paul Francis Leighton,
broadcaster and
BBC Radio 2 newsreader, 1981–2000. •
Jim McCarthy, CEO of
Poundland •
Don Maclean,
entertainer and presenter of
Crackerjack. •
Stephen Nash, swimmer •
Anthony E. Pratt, inventor of the board game
Cluedo •
Terence Rigby, actor •
Francis Farrell, Musician (Supertramp) •
William Slim - Between 1903 and 1910, William Slim attended St Phillip's and King Edward's. As Field Marshal Slim, he served as the British commander-in-chief in Southeast Asia during World War II. •
Joseph Spence, Master of Dulwich College •
J. R. R. Tolkien and his brother Hilary Tolkien: In 1902, the Tolkien family moved to a house in Edgbaston next door to the Birmingham Oratory and the school. Tolkien had been attending
King Edward's School but was moved to St Philip's. Later, he won a Foundation Scholarship to King Edwards and returned to his former school. •
John Warnaby, actor • Lawrence Holder, CEO of Cathedral Capital and Member of the Council of Lloyds •
Gerard Tracey, archivist, writer, editor and scholar • Paul Crawford, Professor of
Health Humanities,
University of Nottingham • Sir
Simon Campbell, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, International Director of Research Pfizer, Signatory to patent of Viagra; Past President of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Visiting professor at the Universities of Bristol and São Paulo, board of advisors Universities of Leeds and Kent; Consultant FAO ==Choir==