Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot.

Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of Acting wing commander. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults and became one of the world's best-selling authors. He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". His works include, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda, The Twits, The Witches and James and the Giant Peach among many others.

Dahl boarded at Repton, from 1930 to 1934. In his autobiographical novel Boy, Dahl writes about Repton, recalling how he was chosen as captain of the squash team and of his days spent riding his motorbike through the village. Roald Dahl is part of Repton School's extraordinary and fine literary heritage and an example of a great Repton School all-rounder: during his time at Repton Dahl played squash, served as the Fives captain and was appointed to the role of prefect.

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Harold Abrahams, CBE, was a British track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint and his victory was seen by many as a triumph over prejudice. Two days later he won silver in the 200 metres. The story of Abrahams Olympic gold medal is depicted in the 1981 movie “Chariots of Fire”. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

An English international hockey player and an Olympic gold medallist. Twigg played as a midfielder for England and Great Britain from 2010 to 2016. Her achievements include:

• Commonwealth Bronze with England
• Bronze medal with England at the 2010 Argentina World Cup
• Gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
• Silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Silver medal with Great Britain at the 2012
• Champions Trophy in Argentina
• Bronze medal at the London Summer Olympics

English broadcaster, journalist and writer who has specialised in motoring. Famous for being opinionated and forthright in his views, he is Best known as presenter of the BBC show Top Gear from 2002 to 2015. This led him to being listed as one of the top 50 most influential people in the automotive industry. He writes weekly columns for the Times and Sun Newspapers and has had 19 books published.

William Hughes is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Premier League for Crystal Palace.

He was awarded a sports scholarship to attended Repton School where, as well as football, he also excelled at cricket and tennis. Will played for Repton's football team, scoring the final of the Independent Schools Football Association Cup in 2010.

He made his professional debut for Derby County in 20212/13 and soon attracted interest from many clubs across Europe. Hughes made his move to the Premier League with Watford in 2017, helping them Hornets reach the FA Cup final 2019. He signed for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2021.

Until Andrew Murray, in 2012, Bunny Austin was the last British man to reach the finals of the Wimbledon tennis championships. Among his many
achievements in the game of tennis, he is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts at Wimbledon!

This was not his only contribution however, as he also pioneered the design of the modern tennis racket allowing for more aerodynamic movement – at the time this was mocked in the press as they said it looked like a snow shoe!

James Fenton is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry and was the original librettist who structured the book of the stage version of Les Miserables. He discovered his passion for poetry whilst a pupil at Repton. There, he became interested in the work of W H Auden, who remains one of the key influences on his work. He says:

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. He has been described as magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant and fun. Fry may be the most variously gifted Englishman of any age.

Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football, playing in the FA Cup final and equalling the then-world record for the long jump. He was also reputedly offered the throne of Albania (which he turned down.) In later life, even well into his seventies, he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantlepiece!

Before the Maktoum family became involved in British horseracing, Robert Sangster was the best-known and most-successful racehorse owner and breeder of the 20th century, topping the table for successful racehorse ownership in 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1984.

Sangster’s horses won the Epsom Derby twice, with The Minstrel in 1977 and Golden Fleece in 1982, along with a raft of other big races including the 1000 and 2000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Sangster, though incredibly successful, exhibited Reptonian values being described as ‘Trusting and uncomplaining, with an excellent sense of humour …a joy with whom to share good times; he was enthusiastic and always grateful even for small victories’.

Chirag is an alumnus of Repton School Dubai.

He became the first UAE cricketer to be selected by an Indian Premier League side when the Gujarat Lions recently offered him a contract. Chirag is a versatile cricketer and an accomplished batsmen and spin bowler. He is Vice Captain of the UAE national side and is considered one of the rising talents in the sport.

Christopher Isherwood was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), which is a semi-autobiographical novel which inspired the musical ‘Caberet’. From Repton, Isherwood studies at Cambridge and later moved to the USA where he became a citizen in 1945. He wrote books and poetry for his whole life. He was an influential writer and was befriended by a number of famous writers including Dodie Smith, Truman Capote, W.H. Auden and Aldous Huxley.

Basil Rathbone was an English actor who rose to prominence in United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and then went on to appear in more than 70 films.

Rathbone frequently portrayed villains but his most famous role was that of Sherlock Holmes in 14 Hollywood films made between 1939 and 1946.

His career included roles on Broadway and also television work. He was nominated for two Academy Awards and is honoured with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tom is regularly seen on UK TV dramas such as “Holby City”, “Casualty” and “Waterloo Road”. He became very much a household name when he won the sixth series of the “UK’s Strictly Come Dancing” TV show.

In December 2000, Chambers had a narrow brush with death when the British Airways flight he was travelling on from London to Nairobi was involved in an attempted hijack. The plane plunged 19,000 feet before the pilots recovered control of the aircraft and landed the plane safely.

Andrew Li is the former Chief Justice of Hong Kong who was the first to preside over the Hong Kong Court of final appeal.

Following his education at Repton School, he attended the University of Cambridge later practising as a barrister in Hong Kong until his appointment of Chief Justice. Li served as Chief Justice for 13 years and was widely respected and admired. He was known for his moderate and visionary leadership and it he said that he left an indelible mark in the annals of the history of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Kate Allan is a successful author of contemporary and historical romantic fiction. Her notable works include Perfidy and Perfection, The Restless Heart and Fateful Deception which was shortlisted for the 2005 Joan Hessayon New Writers Award.

She is a member of the Romantic Novelist Association, the Historical Novels Society, the Society of Authors and Verulam Writers’ Circle.