The following is a list of notable Old Greshamians, former pupils of Gresham's School, an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, England.

Public life

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Armed forces

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Church

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Medicine

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Nobel Prize-winner

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Academics

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Arts

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Sciences

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Writers

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W. H. Auden

Poets

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Novelists

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Journalists

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Other

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Music

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Artists

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Sport

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Ralph Firman

Performing arts

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Business

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Other

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In fiction

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Among fictional OGs, John Mortimer's television barrister Rumpole sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s.

Notable Gresham's masters

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Notable governors of the school

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See also

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References

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