Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School Ashton Sixth Form College

andrew bardsley, chief executive 1973–80 of harlow development corporation
peter buckley, professor of international business @ university of leeds
cyril english, chief general manager 1981–85 of nationwide building society
ronald fraser, actor
ernest hallsworth, professor of agricultural chemistry 1951–64 @ university of nottingham, , president 1964–68 of international society of soil science
peter johnson, chairman since 2007 of rank group, , former chief executive of inchcape plc 1999-2005
eric kinder, chairman 1990–97 of smith & nephew, , chief executive 1982–90
kenneth lomax, professor 1963-6 @ university of leeds
sir john pendry, professor of theoretical solid state physics since 1981 @ imperial college london
john savident, actor
gordon taylor obe, chief executive since 1981 of professional footballers association (pfa)