List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century

The following notable pupils of Eton College were born in the 20th century.

1900s

• HM King Léopold III of the Belgians (1901–83), King of the Belgians, 1934–51
• John Strachey (1901–63)
• Philip Evergood (1901–73)
• Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–47)
• Sir Gubby Allen (1902–89), England cricketer
• Peter Cazalet (1907-73), English cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer
• Lord David Cecil (1902–86), literary critic
• Christopher Hollis (1902–77), intelligence officer
• Dadie Rylands (1902–99), Cambridge don and member of the Bloomsbury Group
• Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–78)
• Norman Barrett (1903–79)
• Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall (1903–75)
• Cyril Connolly (1903–74), author and journalist
• Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903-1973) Aviator, first man to fly over Mt. Everest
• Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–95), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960–63, 1970–74, and Prime Minister, 1963–64
• Roger K. Furse (1903–72), film designer
• Sir John Heygate (1903–76)
• Sir Roger Mynors (1903–89)
• George Orwell (1903–50), novelist
• Sir Steven Runciman (1903–2000), historian
• James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–79)
• Sir Harold Acton (1904–94), writer and aesthete
• Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–92)
• Cameron Fromenteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold of Knebworth (1904–87), Governor, Bank of England, 1949–61, and Lord Chamberlain, 1963–71
• Sir Paul Mason (1904–78), diplomat
• Oliver Messel (1904–78), artist and stage designer
• Godfrey Meynell (1904–35), North West Frontier Victoria Cross
• J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–60)
• Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet (1904–88), Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and of Clwyd
• Robert Byron (1905–41), traveller, writer, art critic and historian
• David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–81), hurdler, politician, and chairman, 1936–66, and President, 1966–77, British Olympic Association
• Henry Green (1905–73), novelist
• Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–92), poet and novelist
• Brian Howard (1905–58), writer
• Sir Harry Hylton-Foster (1905–65), politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1954–59, and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1959–65
• Seymour de Lotbiniere (1905–84), BBC Director of outside broadcasting
• Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), politician and writer
• Sir Trenchard Cox (1906–95), museum director
• George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906-1994), politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1955-1957 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1957-1959. First commissioner to newly independent Singapore
• Anthony Powell (1906–2000), novelist
• Cuthbert Bardsley (1907–91), Bishop
• Peter Fleming (1907–71), writer, traveller and journalist
• James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907–92), politician
• Sir Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–99), publisher
• Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor, 1970–74, 1979–87
• John Lehmann (1907–87), poet and editor
• Ian Fleming (1908–64), novelist
• James Lees-Milne (1908–97), author and diarist
• Sir Anthony Wagner (1908–95), herald
• Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (1909–95), Chairman, The Daily Telegraph, 1987
• Douglas Blackwood (1909–97), publisher and Battle of Britain fighter pilot
• Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1909-1964), politician and aviator
• Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (1909–84), High Commissioner to India, 1960–65, and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1965–69
• Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909–77)
• Anthony Mildmay (1909–50), amateur steeplechase jockey
• John Murray (1909–93)
• William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (1909–91), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Reynolds Stone (1909–79)
• Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–94), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1957–58)
• General Sir Kenneth Darling (1909–98)

1910s

• Sir Alfred Ayer (1910–89)
• Lewis Clive (1910–38), Spanish Civil War fighter
• Sir Robin Darwin (1910–74), Principal, Royal College of Art, 1948–67, and painter
• Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount Hood (born 1910), diplomat
• Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910–90), managing director, 1945–70, and chairman, 1971–75, The Financial Times
• Ernest Sheepshanks (1910–37), Yorkshire cricketer and Reuters war correspondent
• Robert Still (1910–71)
• Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003)
• David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow
• Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001), Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Telegraph, 1954–87, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1961–87
• Guy Burgess (1911–63), intelligence officer and double agent
• Randolph Frederick Edward Churchill (1911–68)
• Brigadier Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae (1911–80), Governor-General of New Zealand, 1962–67
• Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel (1911–96)
• Alexander Ogston, FRS (1911–96)
• David Astor (1912–2001), Editor, The Observer, 1948–75
• William Douglas-Home (1912–92)
• Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–92), politician
• James Fisher (1912–70), ornithologist
• Christopher Furness (1912–40), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Brian Johnston (1912–94)
• Pen Tennyson (1912–41)
• HH Birabongse Bhanudej, Prince Birabongse of Thailand (1913–88)
• Sir Charles Villiers (1912–92), businessman and one-time Chairman of British Steel
• Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003)
• Guy Branch (1913–40), one of The Few and Empire Gallantry Medal holder
• Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913–2004), architect
• Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–99), Private Secretary to The Queen
• Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond (1913–93)
• General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913–2000), Chief of Staff - Indian Army
• Peter Lawrence (1913–2005), teacher
• Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–43), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly KCMG (1914–88), WWII, ADC Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame VC, POW Vincigliata
• Capt Guy E Ruggles-Brise (1914–2000), WWII Commando, POW Italy, Vincigliata, Stockbroker, Land-owner,
• Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–99)
• William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse
• Frank Ronald Charles Bagley, (1915-1997) intelligence officer; Vice-Consul in Singapore and Iraq and Consul in Iran; Professor of Arabic and Persian at the University of Montreal and lecturer and fellow of Grey College, University of Durham
• James Palmer-Tomkinson (1915–52)
• Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) Indian politician and communist theorist
• Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–81)
• Dennis Poore (1916–87), racing driver, entrepreneur & financier, Chairman, Manganese Bronze Holdings
• Geoffrey Keyes VC (1917–41), Second World War Victoria Cross
• George Mann (1917–2001)
• Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004), author and journalist
• Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–84), President, Times Newspapers, 1967–81
• Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–91), Governor, Bank of England, 1961–66, managing director, Baring Brothers & Co, 1948–61, 1967–70
• Sir Roger de Grey (1918–95)
• Michael England (1918–2007), cricketer
• Peter Opie (1918–82), historian of childhood lore
• David Ormsby-Gore (1918–85), politician and British Ambassador to the USA
• Michael Benthall (1919–74)
• Tim Westoll (1918–99), Chairman of Cumberland County Council and of Cumbria County Council 1959–76
• Denis Cannan (born 1919), dramatist and screenwriter
• Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (born 1919), Secretary of State for Defence, 1970–74, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1979–82, and Secretary-General of NATO, 1984–88
• Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009)
• Derek Prince (1915–2003), international Bible teacher

1920s

• Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004), Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations 1962-64
• Henry Chadwick (born 1920), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1959–69, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1969–79, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1987–93
• John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford (born 1920), politician and clergyman
• David Jamieson VC (1920–2001), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Sir John Jardine Paterson (1920–2000), Calcutta business man.
• John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), evolutionary biologist
• Peter Benenson (1921–2005), founder of Amnesty International
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (born 1921)
• Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), jazz musician, band leader, composer, and chairman of BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
• Hugo Charteris (1922–70), author and screenwriter
• Michael Bentine (1922–96), actor and comedian
• Adrian Liddell Hart (1922–91), author and adventurer
• Patrick Macnee (1922 - 2015), actor
• Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–81), Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1959–62, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, 1970–81
• Field Marshal Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (born 1923), Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces, 1976–78, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 1978–79, and Chief of the General Staff, 1979–82
• James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola (1923–2002), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1969–71
• Michael Jaffé (1923–97)
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011), managing director, 1972–85, and chairman, 1986–95, English National Opera, and President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–97
• Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (born 1923), author
• Richard Ollard (born 1923), author, editor and historian
• Sir John Lindsay Eric Smith (born 1923), Director, Coutts and Co, 1950–93
• Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle
• HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
• Edward Thomas Hall (1924–2001), Scientist
• Robin Howard (1924–89)
• Myles Ponsonby (1924–99), intelligence officer, diplomat, British Ambassador to Mongolia
• John Bayley (born 1925), Warton Professor of English, University of Oxford, 1974–92
• Julian Mond , 3rd Baron Melchett (1925 -1973) English Industrialist and Chairman British Steel Corporation 1966 - 1973
• Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet (born 1925), Headmaster of Lancing College, 1961–69, and Chief Scout of the United Kingdom, 1972–82
• Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (born 1926), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1982–86, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1986–98
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (born 1927), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1977–79, and Cabinet Secretary, 1979–87
• John Coldstream (born 1927), Professor of Aegean Archaeology, King's College London, 1975–83, and Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, University College London, 1983–92
• Peter Dickinson (born 1927), author
• John Habgood, Baron Habgood (born 1927), Bishop of Durham, 1973–83, and Archbishop of York, 1983–95
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (born 1927), Governor, Bank of England, 1983–93
• Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet (1927–2009)
• Major General Sir John Acland (born 1928), General Officer Commanding, South West District, 1978–81
• John Barton (born 1928), Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1964–91
• Anthony Blond (1928–2008), publisher
• Alan Clark (1928–99) – Politician and diarist
• Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928–2004), husband of HRH Princess Alexandra
• Abdellatief Abouheif (born 1929), Egyptian swimming champion
• Sir Piers Bengough (born 1929), The Queen's Representative at Ascot, 1982–97
• Sir Adrian Cadbury (born 1929), managing director, 1969–74, and chairman, 1975–89, Cadbury Schweppes
• John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich (born 1929), writer, broadcaster and historian
• John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey (born 1929), horseracing commentator and journalist
• Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick (born 1929), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1984–93, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1993–99
• Sebastian Snow (1929–2001), explorer and writer
• Jeremy Thorpe (born 1929), Leader of the Liberal Party, 1967–76
• Philip Ziegler (born 1929), author and historian

1930s

• Sir Antony Acland (born 1930), ambassador to Luxembourg, 1975–77, Spain, 1977–79, and the United States, 1986–91, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982–86, and Provost of Eton, 1991–2000
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (born 1930), photographer
• Charles A. Burney (born 1930), archaeologist
• Julian Haviland (born 1930), the Political Editor of ITN, 1975–81, and The Times newspaper, 1981–86
• Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (born 1930), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1984–85, Home Secretary, 1985–89, and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1989–95
• Jeremy Sandford (1930–2003), screenwriter
• Julian Slade (born 1930), author and composer
• Neal Ascherson (born 1932), journalist and author
• Colin Clark (born 1932), filmmaker
• Tam Dalyell (born 1932), politician
• Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932), painter
• Rory McEwen (1932–82), painter
• Sir Jocelyn Stevens (1932–2014), managing director, Evening Standard, 1969–72, Daily Express, 1972–74, Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1974–77, and Express Newspapers, 1977–81
• Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (born 1932), owner of Longleat
• Jeremy Brett (1933–95), actor
• Sir James Goldsmith (1933–97), entrepreneur and politician
• William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart (born 1933), Liberal Democrat politician and lawyer
• Sir John Gurdon (born 1933), Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, Royal Institution, 1985–91, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, 1991–2001, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1995–2002, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine winner 2012
• Daniel Massey (1933–98), actor
• Hugo Anthony Meynell (born 1936), author, son of Captain Godfrey Meynell
• John Michell (1933–2009), writer on esoterica and sacred geometry
• Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 1934), missing murder suspect
• Reshad Feild (Richard Timothy Feild) (born 1934)
• Professor Robin Milner FRS (1934–2010), informatician and computer scientist.
• John Standing (born 1934), actor
• Ben Whitaker (born 1934), author
• Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran (born 1935), politician; Olympic Games gold medal winner.
• HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)
• Bamber Gascoigne (born 1935), author and broadcaster
• Michael Holroyd (born 1935), author and biographer
• Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo (born 1935), Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1989–94
• Andrew Rowe (1935–2008) Teacher, Civil Servant & Politician
• Andrew Sinclair (born 1935), author and historian
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst (born 1936), Chief of Fleet Support, 1986–89, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, 1989–91, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991–93, and First Sea Lord, 1993–95
• Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936), author and journalist
• Peter Hill-Wood (born 1936), Chairman, Arsenal F.C., 1982–
• Hugh Hudson (born 1936), film director
• Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (born 1936), Investment banker
• Charles Douglas-Home (1937–85), Editor, The Times, 1982–85
• Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937), soldier
• Derry Moore (born 1937), photographer
• Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (born 1937), Astor Professor of British History, University College London, 1984–90, and Professor of British History, King's College London, 1990–2002
• David Benedictus (born 1938), writer and director
• Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton (1938-2010) premier peer of Scotland
• Christopher Gibbs (born 1938), art dealer
• Jonathan Riley-Smith (born 1938), Professor of History, Royal Holloway College, London, 1978–94, and Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, 1994–
• Henry Blofeld (born 1939), cricket commentator and journalist
• Jonathan Cecil (born 1939), actor
• Grey Gowrie (born 1939), politician and arts administrator
• Colin Thubron (born 1939), travel writer and novelist
• Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns (born 1939), businessman

1940s

• Perry Anderson (born 1940), Marxist intellectual and editor of New Left Review
• Sir Dominic Cadbury (born 1940), chief executive, 1984–93, and chairman, 1993–2000, Cadbury Schweppes, and chairman, Wellcome Trust, 2000–
• Christopher Cazenove (1940–2010), actor
• H. Jones (1940–82), Falklands War Victoria Cross
• Sir William Mahon, 7th Baronet (born 1940), soldier
• Tristram Powell (born 1940), television director
• HRH Prince William of Gloucester (1941–72)
• Jeremy Clyde (born 1941), actor
• Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness
• Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes (born 1941), Private Secretary to The Queen, 1990–99
• Heathcote Williams (born 1941), poet, actor and playwright
• Sir George Young, 6th Baronet (born 1941), Secretary of State for Transport, 1995–97
• HRH Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942)
• Jonathan Aitken (born 1942), Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1994–95, and writer
• Sir Nicholas Bonsor (born 1942), politician
• Mr Justice Collins (born 1942), High Court judge
• Piers Courage (1942–70), racing driver
• James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 1942), politician and author
• Charles McCreery (born 1942), psychologist and author
• William Nimmo Smith, Lord Nimmo Smith (born 1942), judge
• Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
• Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch (born 1942), Former Leader of UKIP
• Sir Adam Ridley (born 1942), civil servant and banker
• Hugo Williams (born 1942), writer, critic and poet
• Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943), writer and broadcaster
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943), actor
• HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
• Jeremy Child (born 1944), actor
• Magnus Linklater CBE Journalist, writer, & former newspaper editor
• Richard Cory-Wright (born 1944) 4th Baronet Cory-Wright
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), explorer
• Mark Fisher (born 1944), MP
• Peter Morrison (1944–95) Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992
• HM King Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001), King of Nepal, 1972–2001
• Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill (born 1945), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, 2012–
• Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (born 1945), Conservative MEP and Chairman of the Council of King's College London
• Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (born 1945), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995–97
• William Pryor (born 1945) author entrepreneur
• Francis Pryor (born 1945) archeologist author broadcaster
• David Jessel (born 1945), television journalist and broadcaster
• Sir Francis Richards (born 1945), Director, Government Communications Headquarters, 1998–2003, and Governor of Gibraltar, 2003–
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (born 1946), Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, 1994–97
• Sir Michael Burton, High Court Judge
• Robin Lane Fox (born 1946), Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford, 1990–
• William Shawcross (born 1946), writer and broadcaster
• William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (born 1946), Secretary of State for Health, 1990–92, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994–95, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1995–97, Provost of Eton
• Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham (born 1947), nobleman and financial consultant to Smith and Williamson
• Sir Robert Fulton (born 1948), Governor of Gibraltar and Commandant General Royal Marines
• Richard Alston (born 1948), Artistic Director, Ballet Rambert, 1986–92, and choreographer
• Peter Robert Henry Mond , 4th Baron Melchett (born 1948),Former Lord in Waiting , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister of State.
• Simon Hornblower (born 1949), Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University College London, 1997–
• Barry Johnston (born 1949), writer and producer
• William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 1949), UK Independence Party MEP
• David Rendel (born 1949), Member of Parliament

1950s

• Edward Bennett (born 1950), television director
• Jonathon Porritt (born 1950), Director, Friends of the Earth, 1984–90, and Forum for the Future, 1996–, writer and broadcaster
• David Tredinnick born 1950, Conservative MP. Member of the Health Select Committee and Science and Technology Select Committee who recommends that Astrology be integrated into the NHS and believes blood will not clot when the moon is full.
• John Wodehouse (born 1951), 5th Earl of Kimberley
• Sir James Chichester, 12th Baronet of Raleigh (Born 1951)
• Mark Douglas-Home (born 1951), Editor, The Herald, 2000–
• David Maxwell (born 1951), oarsman
• Nick Ormerod (born 1951), stage designer
• S. P. Somtow (born 1952), musical composer and author
• James Arbuthnot (born 1952), politician
• William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor (born 1951), businessman, politician
• Reggie Oliver (born 1952) author
• David Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (born 1952), Scottish historian and author
• Robin Drysdale (born 1952), Tennis Player, 1977 Australian Open quarter-finalist
• David Sheepshanks (born 1952) joint-acting Chairman of The FA
• Martin Taylor (born 1952), chief executive, Courtaulds Textiles, 1990–93, and Barclays Bank, 1994–98, and chairman, W. H. Smith Group, 1999–2003
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born 1953), MP for the Cotswolds
• Robert Harvey (born 1953), author and journalist
• Oliver James (born 1953), psychologist
• Simon Mann (born 1953), soldier and mercenary
• John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 1953) Liberal Democrat politician
• Peter Ramsauer (born 1954) German Cabinet Minister - Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development 2009 -
• John Barclay (born 1954), cricketer and cricket Manager
• Jamie Borwick, Lord Borwick (born 1955), former chairman, Manganese Bronze Holdings
• Michael Chance (born 1955), counter-tenor
• Francis Grier (born 1955), organist, choir conductor and composer
• Nicky Gumbel (born 1955), priest and religious leader
• Charles Shaughnessy (born 1955), Actor
• Dominic Lawson (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1990–95, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1995–
• Oliver Letwin (born 1956), Shadow Home Secretary, 2001–2003, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2003–2005, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2005–
• Charles Moore (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1984–90, The Sunday Telegraph, 1990–95, and The Daily Telegraph, 1995–2003
• David Goodhart, journalist, commentator, author & director of the "think tank" Demos
• Justin Welby (born 1956), Bishop of Durham, 2011–2012; 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, 2013 -
• Geoffrey Adams (born 1957), Diplomat
• Nicholas Coleridge (born 1957), Editor, Harpers and Queen, 1986–89, and President, Condé Nast Publications, 1992–
• Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett (born 1954) is a British barrister, investment banker and philanthropy executive.
• Pico Iyer (born 1957), Author
• Adam Nicolson (born 1957), Author
• Andrew Robinson (born 1957), Literary Editor, Times Higher Education Supplement, and writer
• Robin Birley (born 1958), businessman
• Matt Ridley (born 1958), zoologist
• Bill Turnbull (born 1958), journalist and television presenter
• Hugo Guinness (born 1959), artist and writer
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959), actor and comedian
• Nicholas Macpherson (born 1959), Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
• Rupert Soames (born 1959), Industrialist, CEO Aggreko
• Hugo Swire (born 1959), Minister of State, Northern Ireland
• Stephen Wolfram (born 1959), physicist and computer scientist

1960s

• Geordie Greig (born 1960), editor, Evening Standard
• Julian Nott (born 1960), film composer
• Alex Wilmot-Sitwell (born 1961), co-Chairman & CEO, UBS Investment Bank
• Nick Hurd (born 1962), politician
• Alexander Cameron (born 1963), barrister
• Rupert Goodman DL (born 1963), publisher
• Sir Timothy Gowers (born 1963), Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1995–
• Patrick Hennessy, Deputy Director of Communications for the Labour Party
• Jay Jopling (born 1963), art dealer
• James Palumbo (born 1963), club owner, founder of the Ministry of Sound
• Marcus Armytage (born 1964), National Hunt jockey, Grand National winner, Daily Telegraph racing correspondent
• Tom Blofeld (born 1964), writer and the owner and CEO of Bewilderwood an adventure part in Norfolk
• Simon Bowthorpe (born 1964), chief executive, Media Force One
• Matthew Carr (born 1953), artist
• Sir Edward Dashwood (born 1964), West Wycombe Park
• James Denham (born 1964), COO, Soditic Asset Management
• Boris Johnson (born 1964), Mayor of London and journalist
• Richard Farnes (born 1964), music director, Opera North
• Darius Guppy (born 1964), criminal
• Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (born 1964), formerly Charles, Viscount Althorp
• Cornelius Lysaght (born 1965), horseracing broadcaster
• Paul Watkins (born 1964), novelist
• Abhisit "Mark" Vejjajiva (born 1964), 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 1965), chef, writer and television presenter
• James Wood (born 1965), literary critic
• Giles Andreae (born 1966), Author
• Bill Wiggin (born 1966), Member of Parliament
• David Cameron (born 1966), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2010–
• Edward Llewellyn (Conservative advisor) (born 1966), Conservative Central Office
• Anthony Loyd (born 1966), journalist and author
• Nicholas Rowe (born 1966), actor
• Ed Shearmur (born 1966), film composer
• Stephen Layton (born 1966), Conductor
• Edward Woodall (born 1967), Actor and director
• Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley (born 1968), Anglo-Kenyan farmer
• Brent Hoberman (born 1968), chief executive, Lastminute.com, 1998–
• Atticus Ross (born 1968), Composer, Academy Award winner
• Clifton Wrottesley, 14th Baronet, 6th Baron Wrottesley (born 1968), Irish Olympian and Cresta Run Rider
• William Fox-Pitt (born 1969), three-day eventing rider
• James Landale (born 1969), journalist
• James Owen (born 1969), author and journalist
• Jacob Rees-Mogg (born 1969), Member of Parliament
• Boris Starling (born 1969), novelist
• Christian Thompson (born 1969), impresario
• Dominic West (born 1969), actor

1970s

• Will Keen (born 1970), actor
• Sir Matthew Pinsent (born 1970), oarsman
• Sebastian Doggart (born 1970), film director and journalist
• Conrad Wolfram (born 1970), technologist
• Chris Rokos (born 1970), hedge fund manager
• William Fiennes (born 1970), author
• HM King Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001), briefly King of Nepal, 2001
• Charles Cumming (born 1971), novelist
• Jo Johnson (born 1971), Conservative MP for Orpington & Number 10 Policy Chief
• Damian Lewis (born 1971), actor
• Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (born 1971), financier
• Jeremy Sheldon (born 1971), author
• Guy Walters (born 1971), novelist and journalist
• Oliver Dimsdale (born 1972), actor
• Oliver Milburn (born 1973), actor
• Rory Stewart (born 1973), explorer, writer and Member of Parliament
• Tom Parker Bowles (born 1974), food writer (book, newspaper, magazine) and food program television presenter
• Will Adamsdale (born 1974), actor
• Bear Grylls (born 1974), mountaineer, motivational speaker, and writer
• Dominic Cazenove (born 1975), actor
• Ed Coode (born 1975), oarsman
• Edward Gardner (conductor) (born 1975), music director, English National Opera
• Julian Ovenden (born 1975), actor and singer
• Kwasi Kwarteng (born 1975), Conservative MP and historian
• Tobias Beer (born 1976), actor
• Majid Jafar (born 1976), businessman
• Alexander Fiske-Harrison (born 1976), actor and writer
• Jordan Frieda (born 1977), actor
• Andrew Lindsay (born 1977), oarsman
• HRH Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1977–2001)
• Richard Mason (born 1978), novelist
• Douglas Murray (born 1979), author
• James Bruce (born 1979), cricketer
• Marius Stravinsky (born 1979), conductor
• Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury (born 1979), British peer and philanthropist

1980s

• Sebastian Armesto, actor
• Nicholas Collon, conductor
• Adetomiwa Edun, (born 1983), actor
• Nick Eziefula (born 1980), singer-songwriter
• Ben Goldsmith (born 1981), businessman and environmentalist
• Harry Hadden-Paton (born 1981), actor
• Tom Hiddleston (born 1981), actor
• Sam Hoare (born 1981), actor
• Iain Hollingshead (born 1980), writer
• Alex Hua Tian (born 1989), Olympic equestrian
• Humphrey Ker (born 1982), comedian, writer and actor
• Harry Lloyd (born 1983), actor
• Alex Loudon (born 1980), cricketer
• Tom Lyon (real name Richard Jones) (born 1986), escapologist and magician
• Kirill Makharinsky (born 1985), Entrepreneur
• Drummond Money-Coutts (born 1986), conjuror
• Tom Palmer (born 1987), comedian and actor
• Max Pirkis (born 1989), actor
• Prince Harry (born 1984)
• Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982)
• Oliver Proudlock (born 1986), fashion designer & model
• Eddie Redmayne (born 1982), actor
• James Sherlock (born 1983), pianist
• Ivo Stourton, (born 1982), author and solicitor
• Tom Stourton (born 1987), comedian and actor
• Frank Turner (born 1981), singer-songwriter
• Simon Woods (born 1980), actor

1990s

• Lawrence Clarke (born 1990), 110m Hurdler
• Alex Stobbs (born 1990), British musician
• Constantine Louloudis (born 1991), British rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• Will Vanderspar (born 1991), English cricketer
• Kanes Sucharitakul (born 1992), Thai alpine skier
• Horatio Chapple (1994-2011)

See also

• List of famous Old Etonians born before the 18th century
• List of famous Old Etonians born in the 18th century
• List of famous Old Etonians born in the 19th century
• List of famous King's Scholars