The following famous old boys of Eton College were born in the 20th century.

1900s

• HM King Leopold III of the Belgians (1901–1983), King of the Belgians, 1934–1951
• John Strachey (1901–1963)
• Philip Evergood (1901–1973)
• Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947)
• Sir Gubby Allen (1902–1989), England cricketer
• Lord David Cecil (1902–1986)
• Christopher Hollis (1902–1977)
• Dadie Rylands (1902–1999)
• HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978)
• Norman Rupert Barrett (1903–1979)
• Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall (1903–1975)
• Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), author and journalist
• Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960–1963, 1970–1974, and Prime Minister, 1963–1964
• Sir John Heygate (1903–1976)
• Sir Roger Mynors (1903–1989)
• George Orwell (1903–1950), novelist
• Sir Steven Runciman (1903–2000)
• Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994)
• Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992)
• Cameron Fromenteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold of Knebworth (1904–1987), Governor, Bank of England, 1949–1961, and Lord Chamberlain, 1963–1971
• Oliver Messel (1904–1978), artist and stage designer
• Godfrey Meynell (1904–1935), North West Frontier Victoria Cross
• John Whitehead (1904–1960)
• Robert Byron (1905–1941), traveller, writer, art critic and historian
• Jake Carter (1905–1975)
• David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981), hurdler, politician, and Chairman, 1936–1966, and President, 1966–1977, British Olympic Association
• Henry Green (1905–1973), novelist
• Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992), poet and novelist
• Brian Howard (1905–1958)
• Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001)
• Sir Trenchard Cox (1906–1995)
• Anthony Powell (1906–2000), novelist
• Peter Fleming (1907–1971), writer, traveller and journalist
• Sir Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–1999)
• Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor, 1970–1974, 1979–1987
• John Lehmann (1907–1987), poet and editor
• Ian Fleming (1908–1964), novelist
• Sir Brinsley Ford (1908–1999)
• James Lees-Milne (1908–1997)
• Sir Anthony Wagner (1908–1995), herald
• Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (1909–1995), Chairman, The Daily Telegraph, 1987
• Paul Gore-Booth , Baron Gore-Booth (1909–1984), High Commissioner to India, 1960–1965, and Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , 1965–1969
• Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909–1977)
• John Murray (1909–1993)
• William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (1909–1991), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Reynolds Stone (1909–1979)

1910s

• Sir Alfred Ayer (1910–1989)
• Lewis Clive (1910–1938), Spanish Civil War fighter
• Sir Robin Darwin (1910–1974), Principal, Royal College of Art, 1948–1967, and painter
• Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910–1990), Managing Director, 1945–1970, and Chairman, 1971–1975, The Financial Times
• Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910–1995), President, Pearson
• Robert Still (1910–1971)
• Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003)
• Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001), Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Telegraph, 1954–1987, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1961–1987
• Randolph Frederick Edward Churchill (1911–1968)
• Brigadier Bernard Fergusson, 1st Baron Ballantrae (1911–1980), Governor-General of New Zealand, 1962–1967
• John Leigh-Pemberton (1911–1997)
• Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel (1911–1996)
• Alexander Ogston , FRS (1911–1996)
• David Astor (1912–2001), Editor, The Observer, 1948–1975
• William Douglas-Home (1912–1992)
• James Fisher (1912–1970), ornithologist
• Christopher Furness (1912–1940), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Brian Johnston (1912–1994)
• Penrose Tennyson (1912–1941)
• HH Prince Birabongse of Thailand (1913–1988)
• Charles McLaren Aberconway, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003)
• Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (born 1913), architect
• Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), Private Secretary to HM The Queen
• Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond (1913–1993)
• General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913–2000)
• Charles Napier Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–1943), Second World War Victoria Cross
• John Merton (born 1913), portrait painter
• Anthony Tollemache (1913–1977), Second World War George Cross
• Sir John Verney (1913–1993)
• Peter Wilson (1913–1984), Chairman, Sotheby's, 1957–1980
• Gerald Close (1914–1941), Second World War George Cross
• Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999)
• HRH Prince Chalermbol of Thailand (1915–1991)
• J. A. Palmer-Tompkinson (1915–1952)
• Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981)
• Rohan Butler (1917–1996)
• Geoffrey Keyes (1917–1941), Second World War Victoria Cross
• George Mann (1917–2001)
• Nigel Nicolson (born 1917), author and journalist
• Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984), President, Times Newspapers, 1967–1981
• Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991), Governor, Bank of England, 1961–1966, Managing Director, Baring Brothers & Co, 1948–1961, 1967–1970
• R. M. A. Bourne (1918–1995)
• Sir Roger de Grey (1918–1995)
• Colin Doran (1918–1991)
• Peter Opie (1918–1982), historian of childhood lore
• Michael Benthall (1919–1974)
• Denis Cannan (born 1919), dramatist and scriptwriter
• Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (born 1919), Secretary of State for Defence, 1970–1974, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1979–1982, and Secretary-General of NATO , 1984–1988
• Sir Ludovic Kennedy (born 1919)
• Ronald Wallace (1919–2002), Master of Foxhounds

1920s

• Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920–1999), Director, Hambros , 1960–1991
• Henry Chadwick (born 1920), Regius Professor of Divinity , University of Oxford, 1959–1969, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1969–1979, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1987–1993
• John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford (born 1920), politician and clergyman
• David Jamieson (1920–2001), Second World War Victoria Cross
• John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), evolutionary biologist
• Derrick Beecham (1921–1988)
• Peter Benenson (born 1921), founder of Amnesty International
• David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979), Second World War George Cross
• Humphrey Lyttelton (born 1921), jazz musician, band leader and composer
• Michael Bentine (1922–1996), actor and comedian
• Christopher Lee (born 1922), actor
• Patrick Macnee (born 1922), actor
• Michael Warre (1922–1987)
• Sir Brian Young (born 1922), Headmaster of Charterhouse School, 1952–1964, Director-General , Independent Broadcasting Authority, 1970–1982, and Chairman, Christian Aid, 1982–1990
• Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1959–1962, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, 1970–1981
• Field Marshal Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (born 1923), Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces , 1976–1978, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff , 1978–1979, and Chief of the General Staff, 1979–1982
• James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola (1923–2002), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1969–1971
• Michael Jaffé (1923–1997)
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (born 1923), Managing Director, 1972–1985, and Chairman, 1986–1995, English National Opera, and President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–1997
• 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 , 1950–1993
• HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
• Robin Howard (1924–1989)
• Sir William Gladstone (born 1925), Headmaster of Lancing College, 1961–1969, and Chief Scout of the United Kingdom, 1972–1982
• Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (born 1926), Lord Justice of Appeal , 1982–1986, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1986–1998
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (born 1927), Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Home Department , 1977–1979, and Cabinet Secretary, 1979–1987
• John Coldstream (born 1927), Professor of Aegean Archaeology, King's College London, 1975–1983, and Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology , University College London, 1983–1992
• Peter Dickinson (born 1927), author
• John Habgood , Baron Habgood (born 1927), Bishop of Durham, 1973–1983, and Archbishop of York, 1983–1995
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (born 1927), Governor, Bank of England, 1983–1993
• Sir Christopher Slade (born 1927), Lord Justice of Appeal , 1982–1991
• Major General Sir John Acland (born 1928), General Officer Commanding, South West District , 1978–1981
• John Barton (born 1928), Associate Director , Royal Shakespeare Company, 1964–1991
• Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928–2004), husband of HRH Princess Alexandra
• Sir Piers Bengough (born 1929), HM The Queen's Representative at Ascot, 1982–1997
• Sir Adrian Cadbury (born 1929), Managing Director, 1969–1974, and Chairman, 1975–1989, Cadbury Schweppes
• John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich (born 1929), writer, broadcaster and historian
• David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (born 1929), Professor of Ceramics, Royal College of Art, 1959–1983
• Nigel Douglas (born 1929), television director
• John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey (born 1929), horseracing commentator and journalist
• Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick (born 1929), Lord Justice of Appeal , 1984–1993, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1993–1999
• Sebastian Snow (1929–2001), explorer and writer
• Jeremy Thorpe (born 1929), Leader of the Liberal Party, 1967–1976
• Philip Ziegler (born 1929), author and historian

1930s

• Sir Antony Acland (born 1930), ambassador to Luxembourg, 1975–1977, Spain, 1977–1979, and the United States, 1986–1991, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , 1982–1986, and Provost of Eton, 1991–2000
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (born 1930), photographer
• Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (born 1930), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1984–1985, Home Secretary, 1985–1989, and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1989&ndash1995
• Jeremy Sandford (1930–2003), scriptwriter
• Julian Slade (born 1930), author and composer
• Tim Card (1931–2001), historian
• Neal Ascherson (born 1932), journalist and author
• David Coleridge (born 1932), Chairman, Lloyd's, 1991, 1992
• Tam Dalyell (born 1932), politician
• Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932), painter
• Rory McEwen (1932–1982), painter
• Sir Jocelyn Stevens (born 1932), Managing Director, Evening Standard, 1969–1972, Daily Express, 1972–1974, Beaverbrook Newspapers , 1974–1977, and Express Newspapers , 1977–1981
• Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (born 1932), owner of Longleat
• Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), actor
• Sir James Goldsmith (1933–1997), entrepreneur and politician
• Sir John Gurdon (born 1933), Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy , Royal Institution, 1985–1991, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Cell Biology , University of Cambridge, 1991–2001, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1995–2002
• Philip Howard (born 1933), journalist and writer on language
• Daniel Massey (1933–1998), actor
• Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 1934), missing murder suspect
• Sir David Landale (born 1934), Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall, 1987–1993
• Sir Humphrey Maud (born 1934), ambassador to Luxembourg, 1982–1985, and Argentina, 1990–1993, High Commissioner to Cyprus, 1988–1990, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth (Economic and Social Affairs), 1993–1999
• John Standing (born 1934), actor
• Ben Whitaker (born 1934), author
• HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)
• Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran (born 1935), politician
• 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, 1989–1994
• Andrew Sinclair (born 1935), author and historian
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst (born 1936), Chief of Fleet Support , 1986–1989, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, 1989–1991, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff , 1991–1993, and First Sea Lord, 1993–1995
• Robin Hanbury-Tenison (born 1936), explorer, environmentalist and Chairman, Survival International, 1969–
• Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936), author and journalist
• Hugh Hudson (born 1936), film director
• Jeremy Le Grice (born 1936), painter
• Sir Nicholas Bayne (born 1937), ambassador to Zaire, 1983–1984, ambassador and Permanent United Kingdom Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1985–1988, and Deputy Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , 1988–1992
• Charles Douglas-Home (1937–1985), Editor, The Times, 1982–1985
• James Hogg (born 1937)
• Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (born 1937), Astor Professor of British History , University College London, 1984–1990, and Professor of British History, King's College London, 1990–2002
• David Benedictus (born 1938), writer and director
• Jonathan Riley-Smith (born 1938), Professor of History, Royal Holloway College, London, 1978–1994, and Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, 1994–
• Henry Blofeld (born 1939), cricket commentator and journalist
• Jonathan Cecil (born 1939), actor
• Colin Thubron (born 1939), travel writer and novelist

1940s

• Sir Dominic Cadbury (born 1940), Chief Executive, 1984–1993, and Chairman, 1993–2000, Cadbury Schweppes, and Chairman, Wellcome Trust, 2000–
• Christopher Cazenove (born 1940), actor
• H. Jones (1940–1982), Falklands War Victoria Cross
• Tristram Powell (born 1940), television director
• HRH Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972)
• Jeremy Clyde (born 1941), actor
• Robert Fellowes , Baron Fellowes (born 1941), Private Secretary to HM The Queen, 1990–1999
• Sir George Young (born 1941), Secretary of State for Transport, 1995–1997
• HRH Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942)
• Jonathan Aitken (born 1942), Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1994–1995, and writer
• Sir Nicholas Bonsor (born 1942), politician
• James Campbell (born 1942)
• Piers Courage (1942–1970), racing driver
• Christopher Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1942)
• Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
• Hugo Williams (born 1942), writer, critic and poet
• Brian Gascoigne (born 1943), composer
• Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943), writer and broadcaster
• E. J. Mortimer (born 1943)
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943), actor
• J. J. Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1943)
• HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
• Jeremy Child (born 1944), actor
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), explorer
• HM King Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001), King of Nepal, 1972–2001
• Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (born 1945), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995–1997
• James Hurford (1945–1997), architect
• 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, 1994–1997
• 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, 1990–1992, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994–1995, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1995–1997
• James Graham-Campbell (born 1947), Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University College London, 1991–2002
• Richard Alston (born 1948), Artistic Director , Ballet Rambert, 1986–1992, and choreographer
• HH Maharajah Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur (born 1948), Maharajah of Jodhpur , 1952–
• James Faure Walker (born 1948), painter and computer artist
• David Rendel (born 1949), Member of Parliament
• Simon Hornblower (born 1949), Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University College London, 1997–
• Richard Jenkyns (born 1949), Professor of the Classical Tradition , University of Oxford, 1999–

1950s

• Edward Bennett (born 1950), television director
• Willie Boone (born 1950), rackets player
• Jonathon Porritt (born 1950), Director, Friends of the Earth, 1984–1990, and Forum for the Future , 1996–, writer and broadcaster
• Mark Douglas Home (born 1951), Editor, The Herald, 2000–
• Nicholas Ormerod (born 1951), stage designer
• Martin Taylor (born 1952), Chief Executive, Courtaulds Textiles, 1990–1993, and Barclays Bank, 1994–1998, and Chairman, W. H. Smith Group, 1999–2003
• HIH Prince Zara Yacob of Ethiopia (born 1953)
• Robert Harvey (born 1953), author and journalist
• Oliver James (born 1953), psychologist
• Simon Mann (born 1953), soldier and mercenary
• John Barclay (born 1954), cricketer and cricket manager
• Michael Chance (born 1955), counter-tenor
• Francis Grier (born 1955), organist, choir conductor and composer
• Dominic Lawson (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1990–1995, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1995–
• Charles Moore (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1984–1990, The Sunday Telegraph, 1990–1995, and The Daily Telegraph, 1995–2003
• Nicholas Coleridge (born 1957), Editor, Harpers and Queen , 1986–1989, and Managing Director, Condé Nast Publications, 1992–
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959), actor and comedian
• Stephen Wolfram (born 1959), physicist and computer scientist

1960s

• Timothy Gowers (born 1963), Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1995–
• Marcus Armytage (born 1964), jockey and horseracing journalist
• Boris Johnson (born 1964), politician and journalist
• Andrew Maud (born 1964), actor
• Paul Watkins (born 1964), novelist
• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 1965), chef, writer and television presenter
• Giles Andreae (born 1966), author
• Anthony Loyd (born 1966), journalist and author
• Nicholas Rowe (born 1966), actor
• Ed Woodall (born 1967), actor and director
• Brent Hoberman (born 1968), Chief Executive, Lastminute.com, 1998–
• Mark Hue Williams (born 1968), rackets player
• James Landale (born 1968), television journalist
• William Fox-Pitt (born 1969), three day event rider
• Boris Starling (born 1969), novelist
• Dominic West (born 1969), actor

1970s

• Will Keen (born 1970), actor
• Sir Matthew Pinsent (born 1970), oarsman
• HM King Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001), briefly King of Nepal, 2001
• HH Sheikh Mohammed al-Mubarak al-Sabah of Kuwait (born 1971)
• Charles Cumming (born 1971), novelist
• Damian Lewis (born 1971), actor
• Guy Walters (born 1971), novelist and journalist
• Oliver Dimsdale (born 1972), actor
• Oliver Milburn (born 1973), actor
• Rory Stewart (born 1973), explorer and writer
• Will Adamsdale (born 1974), actor
• Bear Grylls (born 1974), mountaineer
• Ed Coode (born 1975), oarsman
• Julian Ovenden (born 1975), actor and singer
• Scott Brooksbank (born 1976), actor
• Jordan Frieda (born 1977), actor
• Andrew Lindsay (born 1977), oarsman
• Bruce MacKinnon (born 1978), comedian
• Richard Mason (born 1978), novelist
• HRH Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1979–2001)

1980s

• Tom Hiddleston (born 1981), actor
• HRH Prince William of Wales (born 1982)
• Sebastián Fernández-Armesto (born 1982), actor
• Eddie Redmayne (born 1982), actor
• HRH Prince Harry of Wales (born 1984)

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