Old Etonians

Not to be confused with Old Etonians F. C..
The Old Etonian Tie: black with Eton blue stripes

This is a list of notable former pupils of Eton College, a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England. Former pupils of the school are known[to whom?] as Old Etonians.[citation needed]

Former pupils

Politics

Eton has produced twenty British prime ministers. Eleven of them are shown above.

Royalty and nobility

This is an incomplete list of pupils from aristocratic and royal families, some of whom have been sending their sons to Eton for generations.

British

Foreign

Writers

Scientists

Journalists

Actors

Music

Others

Thirty-seven Old Etonians have been awarded the Victoria Cross—the largest number to alumni of any school (see List of Victoria Crosses by school).

See also

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