Notable alumni of Chesterfield College

Bill Bailey

stand-up comedian · b. 1965

British comedian, musician and actor

British author

Nesta Helen Webster

conspiracy theorist · 1876–1960

British far-right author (1876–1960)

Esther McVey

executive producer · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Indian oceanographer

Nigerian civil servant (1925 – 2013)

Turkish physicist (1948–2007)

Mary Butts

novelist · 1890–1937

British novelist (1890–1937)

Adrian Chiles

presenter · b. 1967

British television and radio presenter

Sylvia Payne

psychoanalyst · 1880–1976

British medical doctor and psychoanalyst

Eric Scerri

philosopher · b. 1953

American philosopher and chemist

Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

politician · b. 1955

British Labour politician (born 1955)

British-American writer of children's picture books, YA novels, and (as Rhys Bowen) mystery novels

K. S. Manilal

botanist · 1938–2025

Indian botany scholar and taxonomist (1938–2025)

British politician (born 1948)

British historian and cryptologist (1922-2013)

Joyce M. Bennett

Anglican priest · 1923–2015

British woman priest

Zeng Baosun

women's rights activist · 1893–1978

Chinese feminist and historian

Guy Walters

novelist · b. 1971

British historian and writer

Eleanora Carus-Wilson

university teacher · 1897–1977

Canadian-English economic historian (1897-1977)

Frederick Poynter

historian · 1908–1979

librarian and medical historian (1908-1979)

British archaeologist

British mathematician (1929-2019)

British data-journalist, writer and information designer

Gambian academic

British librarian, art historian (1949-2021)