List of people educated at Gordonstoun
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Former pupils of Gordonstoun in Moray are known as Gordonstounians. They include the following individuals. See also The Category for Gordonstounians
Royalty and aristocracy[edit]
- Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
- Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- King Charles III
- Lord Ivar Mountbatten
- Peter Phillips
- Zara Phillips
- Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester
- Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern
- Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
- Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray
- John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
- James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne
- Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham
- Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
Culture[edit]
- Duncan Jones, formerly known as Zowie Bowie – film director and son of musician David Bowie
- Jason Connery, actor and son of actor Sean Connery
- Alistair Gosling – Founder of Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme International
Artists[edit]
Music[edit]
- Roy Williamson of the Corries – musician, writer of Flower of Scotland,[1] one of two unofficial Scottish national anthems
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – musician
- Luca Prodan – musician
- Barry Cooper – musicologist
- Jo Hamilton – musician
Writers – poets, novelists, dramatists[edit]
Journalists and biographers[edit]
Science[edit]
- Francis Huxley - anthropologist
- David Stronach - archaeologist
Lawyers and judges[edit]
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Military[edit]
Vice Admiral Sir James Weatherall - Senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1989 to 1991 and then as Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps from 1992 to 2001. Also first commanding officer of the Royal Navy's flagship the Ark Royal
Politics[edit]
- Stuart Agnew - UKIP MEP
Business[edit]
- John Barton – Chairman of Next plc and EasyJet
Sport[edit]
- Heather Stanning – rower, Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 with Helen Glover[citation needed]
Rugby players[edit]
Fictional[edit]
Gordonstoun also has a notable fictional alumna, the heroine of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was supposed to have attended the school in sixth year, and has also been used to advertise it.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ The Corries website Archived 2010-08-29 at the Wayback Machine www.corries.com Retrieved 12 July 2008
- ^ "Lara's school days on big screen". BBC News. 2 July 2001.
- ^ Hibbard, Andrew (2 July 2001). "Lara Croft offers Gordonstoun a lift". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010.