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Many Old Granthamians have made their mark in the world in the 480 years since the school was founded. Here is a list of the better known:
William Cecil, Lord Burghley
'Cambridge Platonist', Henry More
Poet Laureate Colley Cibber
Sir Isaac Newton 18th century mathematician,
John Newcombe
World War I fighter ace Albert Ball VC DSO and MC two bars (1896-1917)
Joseph Harcourt Tombs, VC (1884-28 June 1966), a Lance-Corporal in the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool), British Army during the First World War
John W C Wand, Archbishop of Brisbane from 1934 to 1943 and Bishop of London from 1945 to 1956
Norman Shrapnel (1912-2004) chief fiction reviewer for the The Guardian
Noel F Cox OBE, Warden of the Royal Academy of Music
George M H Walker, editor, publisher and engineer
Oliver Anderson, writer
Andy Bond, president and CEO of Asda
Jamie Winter, footballer
Jason Haynes, cricketer, left-handed opening batsman, captained Barbados in 2008