This is a List of notable Old Gowers, former pupils of University College School. The school opened on 1 November 1830, at 16 Gower Street, which is the origin of the sobriquet "Old Gower".

  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (OG 1873–74), Lord Chief Justice, Foreign Secretary (briefly), Leader of the House of Lords, solicitor and attorney general (held separately), Ambassador to the USA, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Viceroy of India.
  • Keith Usherwood Ingold, OC FRS FRSC FRSE is a British chemist.
  • Tom Oppé (OG ?-?), paediatrician, CBE 1984–
  • Sir Alfred Yarrow, Bart., FRS (OG 1855–58), ship building industrialist and philanthropist

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References

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