Truro School has been the starting point for many Old Truronian’s who have gone on to gain notoriety in some sense or another. Whilst we are proud of every pupil who attends the School, these are the individuals who we wish to share their achievements with to our wider community due to their contribution in their field or due to any significant honours bestowed upon them.
Michael Adams CO90 (TS 1983-90)
Chess grandmaster, seven-time British Chess Champion
Sir Ben Ainslie CBE CO95 (TS 1985-93)
Gold medal sailing Olympian
Jess Alderson CO08 (2001-08) & Lou Alderson CO11 (2004-11)
Co-founders of the dating app So Syncd
David Andrew (TS 1946-52)
Artist
Ros Atkins CO93 (TS 1986-93)
BBC journalist and broadcaster
Jonathan Ball CO65 (TS 1958-65)
Architect, Eden Project
Fran Brown CO03 (TS 1996-2003)
Paralympic climber, triathlete, cyclist
John Kendall Carpenter (TS 1939-43)
England rugby player and captain, President of RFU, Chair of World Cup Organising Committee
Professor Sir John Curtice CO72 (1965-73)
Political analyst and scientist, professor of politics at Strathclyde University
Christopher Davies (TS 1957-64)
Sailor, gold medal Olympian 1972
Ann Glaze (nee Gripper) CO98 (TS 1991-98)
Senior editor at Reach plc (the Mirror, West Briton etc.), host of the Mirror’s royal themed podcast ‘Pod Save the Queen’
Julia Goldsworthy CO97 (TS 1990-97)
Former Liberal Democrat MP
Laura Harper CO02 (TS 1995-2000)
Former England cricketer
James Hawes CO82 (TS 1975-82)
TV and film director – Dr Who, Black Mirror, Snowpiercer, Enid, The 39 Steps, Penny Dreadful, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Merlin, The Alienist
Nigel Haywood CO73 (TS 1966-74)
Former Governor of the Falkland Islands, diplomat
Geoffrey Healey (TS 1931-34)
Car engineer and designer, Donald Healey Motor Company
Derek Holman (TS 1942-48)
Composer, conductor and organist
Christian Huband CO92 (TS 1985-92)
Art director, set design, illustrator, visual effects – Munich, Matrix Reloaded, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Alexander, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Hugo, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Rt Rev Joseph Hunkin OBE (TS 1896-1903)
Bishop of Truro
Ellen Husain CO94 (TS 1992-94)
TV Director / Producer – The Hunt, Ocean Giants, Life Story and writer for BBC Wildlife Magazine
Thomas Kendall CO05 (TS 1991-2005)
Landscape, art and architectural artist
Benjamin Luxon CBE (TS 1948-55)
Baritone, International opera singer
Sir Archie Marshall (TS 1911-17)
QC, high court judge, known for presiding over the trial of Stephen Ward in 1963
David Menhennet CB (TS 1940-47)
Librarian of House of Commons Library
Jeremy Mills CO77 (TS 1970-77)
TV director / producer. Founder and MD of Lion Television; Chairman of Woodcut Media and Anthology Studios
Paul Myners CBE CO66 (TS 1956-66)
Lord Myners of Truro, influential businessman and former government minister
Lucy Nethsingha CO91 (TS 1989-91)
Former MEP; Liberal Democrat leader of Cambridgeshire County Council
Alan Opie OBE (TS 1956-63)
Baritone, international opera singer
Kirit Patel MBE CO69 (TS 1967-69)
Founder and CEO of Day Lewis Pharmacy
David Penhaligon (TS 1955-60)
A leading Liberal MP before his death in 1986
John Rhys Davies (TS 1955-62)
Actor – Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, The Living Daylights, I, Claudius, The Princess Diaries
Robert Shaw (TS 1939-45)
Actor – Jaws, The Sting, A Man for All Seasons, From Russia with Love
Talan Skeels-Piggins CO89 (TS 1982-89)
Paralympic skier, Motorcycle World Champion and children’s author
Rt Rev WP Stephens (TS 1945-52)
President of the Methodist Conference, Bishop of the Methodist Church in The Gambia
Tassy Swallow CO12 (TS 2005-07)
Professional surfer, British Champion
Roger Taylor OBE CO67 (TS 1960-68)
Queen drummer, vocalist, songwriter
Nigel Terry (TS 1956-63)
Actor – Excalibur, The Lion in Winter, Caravaggio, Troy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Waking the Dead, Dr Who
Sir Patrick Vallance KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng CO78 (TS 1973-78)
Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
Luke Vibert CO91 (TS 1984-91)
Electronic musician and producer – Wagon Christ
Kenneth Pelmear (TS 1959-80)
Musician and composer
Andy Mulligan (TS 1995-2002)
Author, best known for young adult fiction