Gunnersbury Boys' School
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Gunnersbury Boys' School is a Roman Catholic Secondary School
for boys. It is situated in Brentford
, London
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Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
for boys. It is situated in Brentford
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...
, London
London
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Alumni
- Kieran CampbellKieran CampbellKieran Campbell is a former Irish scrumhalf who currently plays for Connacht in the Magners League. Born in Hillingdon to an Irish father and Sri Lankan mother he was a key player for Gunnersbury Catholic School and helped them reach the last eight of the Daily Mail school's cup and to win the...
, Ireland/Ulster Rugby Union player - Adam DevlinAdam DevlinAdam Devlin is the guitarist and songwriter for the English band, The Bluetones.-External links:*...
, lead guitarist from HounslowHounslowHounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development situated 10.6 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It forms a post town in the TW postcode area.-Etymology:...
-based Indie band, The BluetonesThe BluetonesThe Bluetones were an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members were Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fifth member, Richard Payne, came on board between 1998 and 2002... - Rob Lozowski, England/Wasps Rugby Union player
- Darren MolloyDarren MolloyDarren Molloy born 31 August 1972 in London, England is a former rugby union player. He played as a prop for Wasps and Gloucester in the English Premiership and Leinster in the Celtic League. Darren also played for 'England B' team.-References:...
, former Wasps/Gloucester, Leinster Rugby Union Player - Dominic PetersDominic PetersDominic Peters, born 11 December 1978 in Acton, is an English rugby league player.Peters played for the London Broncos in the European Super League. He has also played for London Skolars. Dom Peters has also played for London Wasps....
, rugby player - Geoff Schumann BBC Radio presenter and Choice fm breakfast host was a pupil at the school
- Ronan Kelly and Tomek Sztuka, Geneva and London based financiers
- Pat Lundy, drummer from heavy metal band, Rise to RemainRise to RemainRise To Remain are a 5-piece London based metalcore band. The band have made appearances at Download Festival, Sonisphere Festival and have extensively toured the UK. The band have released three EP's, the majority of which have been "viral" releases, via their myspace...
Gunnersbury Grammar School
- Sir Diarmuid DownsDiarmuid DownsSir Diarmuid Downs CBE, KSG,, FRS is a British automotive engineer.He was born in 1922 in London where his father ran a small engineering business manufacturing equipment for the oil industry. Downs was educated at Gunnersbury Catholic Grammar School and the Regent Street Polytechnic, London...
CBE, Chairman from 1976-87 of Ricardo Consulting Engineers plcRicardo plcRicardo plc is a British publicly listed company named after its founder, Sir Harry Ricardo and founded on 30 June 1927 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. The company is a leading global multi-industry engineering provider of technology, product innovation and strategic consulting...
, and President from 1978-9 of the Institution of Mechanical EngineersInstitution of Mechanical EngineersThe Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the British engineering society based in central London, representing mechanical engineering. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers...
(IMechE) - Robert Head, City Editor for thirty years of the Daily Mirror
- Paul Jackson (producer)Paul Jackson (producer)Kevin Paul Jackson , credited as Paul Jackson; sometimes as K. Paul Jackson, is a British television director, producer and executive.-Career in television:...
, Chief Executive since 2009 of Eyeworks UKEyeworksEyeworks is an Amsterdam-based international television production company founded by Reinout Oerlemans.-Eyeworks UK:Eyeworks UK formerly At It Productions is a British TV production company set up in 1997 by Martin Cunning and Chris Fouracre...
, Controller of BBC Entertainment from 1997-2000, and Chairman from 1994-6 of the Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world... - Nick KnowlesNick KnowlesNicholas Simon Augustine Knowles is an English television presenter. He is best known for presenting DIY SOS on the BBC. He has also presented Mission Africa, UK's Worst, City Hospital, Coast to Coast, Five's Company, Departure Lounge and Real Rescues.-Early years:Knowles was born in Southall,...
, TV presenter - Daniel McGrory, journalist
- James MoirJames MoirJames Moir was a senior BBC executive for many years until his retirement in 2003. Among the programmes he produced were Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game from 1971-75....
CBE, Controller from 1993-2005 of BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
, also a BBC producer of quiz shows - Terry O'Neill (photographer)Terry O'Neill (photographer)Terry O'Neill is an English photographer, who achieved his greatest success documenting the fashion style, and celebrities of the 1960s. He attracted attention for photographing his subjects in unconventional or candid settings....
- Andy PichetaAndy PichetaAndy Picheta is a Film and TV director, producer, screenwriter and editorPicheta has worked alongside some of entertainment's greatest and most famed names, such as Ian McKellen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Michael Flatley, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Prince, U2, Donny Osmond and many more,...
, TV director - Tony SlatteryTony SlatteryAnthony Declan James "Tony" Slattery is an English actor and comedian who has appeared on British television regularly since the mid 1980s, most notably as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? As a film actor, both comedic and serious, his credits include The...
, comedian, actor - Richard O'Sullivan, actor