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This is a list of notable Old Wellingtonians, being former pupils of Wellington College in Berkshire, England.
Military
- Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, British Army commander during World War II
- Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall, Chief of the General Staff
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond, Chief of the Air Staff
- Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Baker, Chief of the General Staff 1968 to 1971
- Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- General Sir Charles Richardson, Chief Royal Engineer and Master-General of the Ordnance
- General Sir Harry Tuzo, General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland and other senior British Army commands
- General Sir Charles Huxtable, Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces 1988 to 1990
- General Sir Richard O'Connor, British Army general during World War II
- General Sir Peter Hunt, Chief of the General Staff 1973
- General Sir James Glover, Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces 1985 to 1987
- General Sir Roland Guy, Adjutant General to the British Army 1984 to 1986
- General Sir Chris Deverell, Commander of the UK's Joint Forces Command and member of the UK Chiefs of Staff Committee April 2016 to May 2019.
- Lieutenant General Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse, General Officer Commanding, XIII Corps and later General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, India during the Second World War
- Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin, Adjutant General to the British Army 2003 to 2005
- Lieutenant General Sir Montagu Stopford, Commander of British forces during the Battle of Kohima
- Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Johnston, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
- Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Loch, Director of Anti-Aircraft and Coastal Defence (1939–1941), Master-General of Ordnance, India (1944–1947), and head of the board of governors at Wellington
- Major-General George Erroll Prior-Palmer, General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division[8]
- Major-General Douglas Wimberley, British Divisional Commander in World War II
- Roger Bushell, Mastermind of the Great Escape
- Lieutenant Colonel Sir Wolseley Haig (1865–1938)[9] Lieutenant-Colonel
- Sir John Rennie, former Director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
- Victoria Cross and George Cross holders
Fifteen Old Wellingtonians have won the Victoria Cross; one Old Wellingtonian has won the George Cross.[10] They are as follows: