Famous Gordonstoun Alumni
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People on this list must have gone to Gordonstoun and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from Gordonstoun, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Gordonstoun include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Gordonstoun alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Gordonstoun are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Gordonstoun.
List ranges from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to Charles, Prince of Wales, plus much more.
This list answers the questions โWhich famous people went to Gordonstoun?โ and โWhich celebrities are Gordonstoun alumni?โ- Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms since his accession on 8 September 2022, following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. As Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay from 1952 to his accession in 2022, he was the oldest and the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. He was also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held the title from 26 July 1958 until his accession on 8 September 2022.Moreย Charles III
- Fleet admiral, Soldier, DukePrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921 โ 9 April 2021), was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Elizabeth II. Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the then thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles, became a naturalised British subject, and adopted his maternal grandparents' surname Mountbatten. He married Elizabeth on
- Investor, Military Officer, Fighter pilotPrince Andrew, Duke of York, (born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne; as of May 2019, he is eighth in line. He holds the rank of commander and the honorary rank of vice admiral (as of February 2015) in the Royal Navy, in which he served as an active-duty helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. He saw active service during the Falklands War, flying on multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, and casualty evacuation. In 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson; the couple's marriage, separation and eventual divorce in 1996 attracted a high level of media coverage. As well as carrying out various official engagements, he served as Britain's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment until July 2011.
- Musician, Model, ActorPaul Balthazar Getty (; born January 22, 1975) is an American actor and musician. He is a member of the band Ringside, the producer-half of rap duo The Wow, and a member of the Getty family. He is known for having played the roles of Ralph in Lord of the Flies, his recurring role as Richard Montana in Charmed, Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the American drama Brothers & Sisters, the latter two of which have aired on ABC.Moreย Balthazar Getty
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- Athlete, EquestrianZara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (nรฉe Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a member of the British royal family, an equestrian and Olympian. She is the daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips and the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Tindall won the Eventing World Championship in Aachen in 2006. The same year she was voted 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British television viewing public (an award her mother won in 1971). She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism. In 2012, she carried an Olympic flame at Cheltenham Racecourse on her horse Toytown. As a member of the Great Britain Eventing Team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, presented to her by her mother. At birth, she was sixth in line of succession to the British throne. She is now 18th in line.Moreย Zara Phillips
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- Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film DirectorDuncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British-American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the science fiction film Moon (2009), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He also directed Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016) and Mute (2018). He is the son of the late English singer-songwriter David Bowie.
- Film Producer, Actor, Voice actingJason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama programme Robin of Sherwood in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series.
Journalist, AuthorMark Arnold-Forster, DSO, DSC (16 April 1920 โ 25 December 1981) was an English journalist and author. He is best remembered for his book The World at War, which accompanied the 1973 television series of the same name.- Film Producer, ScreenwriterAllan Shiach who writes under the pseudonym Allan Scott, is a Scottish screenwriter and producer, and former Scotch whisky executive. He was nominated for BAFTA's Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and a Genie Award for his 1997 film Regeneration. He has won the Edgar Award (1976) and Writers' Guild Award (1978).
- ActorOona Castilla Chaplin [หuna kasหtija หtอกสaplin] (born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-British actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, The Crimson Field and the series Taboo. A member of the Chaplin family, she is the daughter of actress Geraldine Chaplin, the granddaughter of the English filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, and the great-granddaughter of the American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She was named after her maternal grandmother Oona O'Neill, Charlie's wife.
Eddy Shah
NovelistSelim Jehan Shah (born 20 January 1944), commonly known as Eddy Shah or Eddie Shah, is a Manchester-based businessman, the founder of the then technologically advanced UK newspaper Today in 1986, and of the short-lived tabloid The Post. He is also the former owner of the Messenger Group.Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere
Jonathan Harold Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born 3 December 1967) is a British viscount and inheritor of a newspaper and media empire founded by his great-grandfather Harold Sidney Harmsworth. He is chairman of DMG Media, formerly Associated Newspapers, a media conglomerate which includes the Daily Mail.Ross Benson
Ross Benson was a journalist and gossip columnist known for his dashing personal style. Born in Scotland on 29 September 1948. Educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland, he worked for London Life magazine after leaving school before joining the Daily Mail Newspaper as the deputy diary editor at the age of 20. In 1971 he moved to the Daily Express Newspaper as deputy diary editor and was appointed deputy foreign editor in 1975. In 1978 he travelled to Los Angeles as the papers West Coast correspondent. He returned to London in 1982 in the position of Chief foreign correspondent and was named as International Reporter of the Year in the British Press Awards in 1983. In 1988 he was given his own Gossip column to rival the Daily Mail's headed by Nigel Dempster. Ross Benson was the ghost writer for George Best's autobiography 'The Good, the Bad and the Bubbly' published in 1990. Further books followed; 'Paul McCartney:Behind the myth' in 1992 and 'Charles: The untold story' in 1993. In 1997 he returned to the Daily Mail as a foreign correspondent winning a London Press Club Award in 2004 for his work covering Iraq. Married three times, Ross Benson had three children.
