List of Old Shirburnians born in the 8th to 17th centuries

Sherborne is a British full boarding public school located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset.

Founded in 705 AD by Aldhelm and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, re-founded in 1550 by King Edward VI, it is one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom in England.

The following list comprises some notable old boys of Sherborne School who were born between the 9th and 17th centuries.

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King of the Anglo-Saxons Alfred the Great
English peer, nobleman and politician. William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
English politician and twice elected MP for Wells, Somerset Thomas Wyndham
English surgeon and pioneering anatomist Nathaniel Highmore