Curated playlist
People educated at Eton College
- George OrwellGeorge Orwell was a pen name, chosen from a shortlist in 1932. He was born Eric Arthur Blair in British India.
- William, Prince of WalesAt 9:03 pm on the 21st of June 1982, William Arthur Philip Louis was born at St Mary's Hospital in London. He was the first direct heir to the British throne to be born in a hospital. Today he is William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to…
- Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoet Percy Bysshe Shelley's body was identified partly by a copy of Keats's Lamia in his jacket.
- Prince Harry, Duke of SussexPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was born at 4:20 pm on the 15th of September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was then on the throne. His parents were Charles, who was Prince of Wales and is now King…
- David CameronDavid Cameron's last words in the Commons were "I was the future once." He said them in July 2016.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonWellington's mother called him her "awkward son Arthur." He later defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- Tom HiddlestonTom Hiddleston is a British actor who once played Hamlet in a theatre of just 160 seats, with tickets given out by lottery to raise money for RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The run lasted three weeks in September 2017. Millions…
- James Wood (critic)Harold Bloom praised critic James Wood in 1999, then said in 2008 that Wood simply does not exist.
- James Graham-CampbellJames Graham-Campbell studied Viking gold and silver found across Scotland. His 1995 catalogue spans AD 850 to 1100.
- Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley died the same day as John F. Kennedy, and almost nobody noticed. C. S. Lewis died that afternoon too.
- Henry Stephens SaltHenry Salt's essay on vegetarianism, found in a London restaurant, changed why Gandhi ate as he did.
- Robert BridgesRobert Bridges was the only medical graduate to hold the office of Poet Laureate. He was appointed in 1913.
- George SteevensGeorge Steevens edited Shakespeare and also faked a tombstone. He carved an invented Anglo-Saxon inscription for a king.
- Oliver Locker-LampsonIn 1933, British MP Oliver Locker-Lampson sheltered Albert Einstein from death threats.
- Humphrey GilbertHumphrey Gilbert sat reading a book as his tiny ship sank in a storm. His crew heard him call out about Heaven.
- A. J. AyerA. J. Ayer once told Mike Tyson to talk like a rational man. The philosopher stepped in at a 1987 party.
- John Maynard KeynesAt Bretton Woods in 1944, Keynes proposed a world currency called the bancor, and the United States rejected it.
- Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron HollandLord Holland became a baron at one year old. His father died in December 1774, and he later sat in the House of Lords.
- Nevile HendersonNevile Henderson wore a red carnation every day of his diplomatic career. Hitler privately despised him.
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonLord Willingdon quit a Bombay yacht club after it refused his Indian friends.