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Old Etonians

{{Short description|List of former pupils of Eton College, UK}}

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This is a list of notable former pupils of Eton College, a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England. Former pupils of the school are known as Old Etonians.

Former pupils

= Politics =

Eton has produced twenty British prime ministers. Eleven of them are shown above.

= Royalty and nobility =

This is an incomplete list of pupils from aristocratic and royal families, some of whom have been sending their sons to Eton for generations.

==British==

==Foreign==

  • Prince Tokugawa Iesato (1863–1940)
  • Aga Khan III (1877–1957){{cite book |last=Sowers |first=Richard |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iTJiAgAAQBAJ&q=Aga+Khan+III+eton&pg=PA178 |title=The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History |date=25 February 2014 |publisher= McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7698-5}}
  • Prince Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963){{CN|date=May 2023}}
  • Prajadhipok, King Rama VII of Siam (1893–1941){{Cite book |last=Suwannathat-Pian |first=Kobkua |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1kldAgAAQBAJ&q=King+%5B%5BPrajadhipok%5D%5D+eton&pg=PA71 |title=Kings, Country and Constitutions: Thailand's Political Development 1932–2000 |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |location= Abingdon |isbn=978-1-136-85523-8}}
  • Leopold III of Belgium (1901–1983)
  • Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978)
  • Prince Bira of Siam (1914–1985), Formula One driver from {{F1|1950}} to {{F1|1954}}{{cite book|title= The Prince and I: My Life with Prince Bira of Siam |first= Princess Ceril |last= Birabongse |publisher= Veloce Publishing |year= 1998 |isbn= 978-1-845845-69-8 |pages= 224 }}
  • Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001)
  • Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945){{cite news |date=18 July 2016 |title=Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, globe-trotting playboy prince – obituary |work=The Telegraph |location= London |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/18/prince-alexander-of-yugoslavia--obituary/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/18/prince-alexander-of-yugoslavia--obituary/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=4 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}
  • Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia{{cite news |title=Lost: one Lion Emperor, last seen in the Isle of Dogs |url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/lost-one-lion-emperor-last-seen-in-the-isle-of-dogs-1285111.html |date=26 January 1997 |work=The Independent |location= London |access-date=4 May 2020}}
  • Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001){{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Madhusudan |title=Eton's royal connection |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1366105.stm |website=BBC News |date=2 June 2001 |access-date=30 May 2021}}
  • Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1978–2001){{cite news |date=2 June 2001 |title=Eton's royal connection |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1366105.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=4 May 2020}}

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Thirty-seven Old Etonians have been awarded the Victoria Cross—the largest number to alumni of any school (see List of Victoria Crosses by school).

See also

References

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Category:People educated at Eton College

Category:Lists of people associated with Eton College

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