[4] In addition, the school has produced several notable Malaysian and Singaporean personalities, including Tunku Abdul Rahman, P. Ramlee, Wu Lien-teh, Lim Chong Eu, Tuanku Syed Putra, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin and Wee Chong Jin; its alumni are known as the 'Old Frees'.

[7] The establishment of a 'free school' that was open to all ethnicities was first mooted by a committee led by Rev.

Penang Free School came into being on 21 October that year, with William Cox as its first principal, and was originally housed at Love Lane.

In 1928, Penang Free School was officially moved to a 30-acre (12 ha) site at Green Lane, where it remains to this day.

[9][11] • P.Ramlee • Wu Lien Teh • Pinhorn • Hargreaves • Cheeseman • Sirajuddin • Tunku Putra • Hamilton