This is a list of notable Old Bradfieldians, being former pupils of Bradfield College in Berkshire, England:
- Edward Armstrong (1846–1928), historian and Pro-Provost, Queen's College, Oxford
- William Ormston Backhouse (1885–1962), agricultural geneticist
- Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), historian
- Arthur John Butler (1844–1910), scholar and professor of Italian language at University College London
- Anthony Collett (1877–1929), author and writer of natural history
- Joseph Darracott (1934–1998), art historian and writer
- Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist
- Michael Devitt (born 1938), Australian philosopher
- Cyril Falls (1888–1971), military historian
- Gerald Gazdar (born 1950), Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Sussex
- Martin Gore (1951–2019), oncologist
- Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes
- Vivian H. H. Green (1915–2005), historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
- Douglas Kell (born 1953), biochemist and chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), English horticulturalist
- Terence Mitchell (1929–2019), British museum curator
- Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984), Astronomer Royal and 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient.
- Martin Wight (1913–1972), historian and international affairs expert
- Basil Gray (1904–1989), British museum curator and art historian
Art and entertainment
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- Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), English actor and baronet
- Richard Adams (1920–2016), author
- Matt Barber (born 1983), actor
- John Bennett (1928–2005), actor
- Anthony Calf (born 1960), actor
- Isabella Calthorpe (born 1980), model and actor
- James Chalmers, actor
- Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907–1978), artist and fourth holder of the Cook Baronetcy
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), modernist theatre practitioner
- Louis de Bernières (born 1954), novelist
- Simon Drew (born 1952), illustrator and cartoonist
- Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet, inventor and studio potter
- John Etheridge, jazz guitarist
- Hubert J. Foss (1899–1953), composer and music publisher
- John Hamilton (1919–1993), British army officer and artist
- Tony Hancock (1924–1968), comedian
- Misan Harriman (born 1977), photographer and founder of What We Seee[1]
- Anthony Hawtrey (1909–1954), actor and theatre director
- Thomas Heathcote (1917–1986), character actor
- Thomas Hennell (1903–1945), artist
- John Hollingsworth (1916–1963), orchestral conductor
- Russell Lloyd, British film editor
- David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect
- Hilary Minster (1944–1999), actor, 'Allo 'Allo!
- Robert Noble OBE (born 1965 Theatre Producer
- Alistair Petrie (born 1970), English actor
- Terence Reese (1913–1996), bridge player and writer
- Gerald Savory (1909–1996), playwright
- Darja Schabad (born 1983), Russian vocalist and actress
- John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), architect
- George Blackall Simonds (1843–1929), sculptor
- Dan Stein (born 1977), DJ Fresh
- William Strang (1859–1921), painter and engraver
- Snoo Wilson (1948–2013), playwright, screenwriter and director
- George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect
Diplomats and civil servants
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- Morrice James, Baron Saint Brides (1916–1989), High Commissioner in Pakistan, India and Australia
- G. Norman Knight (1891–1978), civil servant and indexer
- George Paine (1918–1992), Registrar General
- Gerald Henry Summers (1885–1925), British colonial administrator
- R. V. Vernède (1905–2003), colonial administrator in India and writer
- Gordon Wetherell (born 1948), diplomat and former Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (1910–1983), British colonial administrator in Sarawak and first High Commissioner for Brunei
- Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author
- Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890–1976), officer in the Royal Navy
- Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow (1888–1942), officer in the British Indian Army and commander of the 9th Infantry Division during the Battle of Malaya
- Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham (born 1943), Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander in Chief Fleet
- Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer
- Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC (1886–1966), Royal Navy officer and aviator
- William Robert Aufrère Dawson (1891–1918), Commanding Officer of the 6th battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and recipient of DSO with Three Bars
- Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, former Commander British Forces in Hong Kong
- Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer
- Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy
- Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London
- Brigadier-General Alan Hinde CMG (1876–1950), British Army officer (Royal Artillery)
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
- General Sir Peter Leng (1925–2009), British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance
- Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884–1965), British Army general during World War II
- Lieutenant-General George Molesworth CSI CBE (1890–1968), Deputy Chief of General Staff of Army Headquarters India and later Military Secretary to the India Office
- Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser (1890–1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I
- Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1931–2014), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary
- Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary
- Geoffrey Saxton White (1886–1918), Victoria Cross recipient
- Major-General Dudley Graham Johnson (1884-1975), Victoria Cross recipient
- Major-General Peter Raymond Leuchars (1921-2009), Welsh Guards Officer
- Major-General Sir Donald McMullen (1891-1967), Royal Engineers Officer and Director General of Transportation at the War Office from 1941 to 1945.
- Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer
- Henry Besant (1972–2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila
- Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (1927–2009)
- Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor
- Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet
- H. Pelham Lee (1877–1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company
- Hugh Osmond (born 1962), businessman, entrepreneur, and founder of Punch Taverns
- Paul Myers (1932-2015), classical record producer[5]
- Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), Conservative former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet
- Richard Benyon (born 1960), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury
- Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet (1861–1935), British Conservative politician
- Sir Reginald Brade (1864–1933), Under-Secretary of State for War, 1914–1920; Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
- Sir Michael Marshall (1930–2006), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel
- Stephen Milligan (1948–1994), former Conservative MP
- Sir John Nott (born 1932), Secretary of State for Defence
- David Owen, Baron Owen (born 1938), Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the SDP
- Robert Henry Pooley (1878 - 1954), lawyer and political figure in British Columbia
- Martin Stevens (1929-1986), British Conservative Party politician
- Charles Tannock (born 1957), Conservative Member of the European Parliament
- Sir Cyril Townsend (1937-2013), politician
- Henry Usborne (1909–1996), British Member of Parliament
- Charles Aylen (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop
- Russell Barry (1890–1976), former Anglican Bishop of Southwell
- Edward Bidwell (1866–1941), former Bishop of Ontario
- Claude Blagden (1874–1952), former Anglican Bishop of Peterborough
- Michael Coleman (1902–1969), Anglican Bishop
- Cecil Cooper (1884–1964), fourth Bishop in Korea
- John Drury (born 1936), former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford
- Michael Hare Duke (1924–2014), Author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
- Eric Hamilton (1890–1962), Anglican Bishop
- George Jeudwine (1849–1933), Anglican priest and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford
- Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter
- Michael Scott-Joynt (1943–2014), Bishop of Winchester
- Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), missionary in Kashmir
- Gus Atkinson (born 1998), Surrey and England cricketer
- Lauren Bell (born 2001), England cricketer
- Faiq Bolkiah (born 1998), Bruneian footballer
- Ben Brocklehurst (1922–2007), English cricketer
- Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong footballer
- Hugo Darby (born 1993), English cricketer
- Nico de Boinville (born 1989), National Hunt and Gold Cup winning jockey
- Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852–1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor
- Bernard Elgood (1922–1997), English cricketer
- Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer
- Sheridon Gumbs (born 2004), Surrey & England Under-19 cricketer
- Ollie Hancock (born 1987), British racing driver
- Sam Hancock (born 1980), British racing driver
- Gabriella Houseman (born 1994), English Fencer
- Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer
- Frederick Hill (1847–1913), English cricketer
- Alan Hinde (1876–1950), English cricketer
- Henry Jollye (1841–1902), English cricketer
- Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English cricketer
- Okeover Longcroft (1850–1871), English cricketer
- Michael Mence (1944–2014), English cricketer
- Marco Micaletto (born 1996), Italian footballer
- Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver
- Mark Nicholas (born 1957), cricketer and TV presenter
- Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), English cricketer
- Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer
- Brian Stevens (born 1942), former English cricketer
- Hugh Tapsfield (1870–1945), English cricketer
- Sidney Wace (1882–1966), English cricketer