who of note was a contemporary of yours at school or university?

[hatwoman]

I went to college with this man

Lucykate - Kate Samderson is Kate Gerbeau now, isn't she? Married to P-Y of that ilk, the former Dome supremo. see here

Am joining this thread rather late in the day, but NotanOtter you must have been at uni with me, as Victoria Derbyshire studied English with me. Not that she ever deigned to speak to me mind.....

seeker, what,with Boris ?

still racking my brains. hardly any of the rowers I bossed about had girlfriends...

I went to college with "Piano Tie" bloke who got rejected from X factor 2 years ago. The one who yelled "I have got the X-factor" at Simon Cowell as he went to the WC.
In same vein, I was in halls with another X factor reject, the one who tried to sing YMCA and ended up doing a pizza hut advert.

Rick Astley

I've heard of Pitchshifter

@ our porn stars Elfinblast!

Uni: mostly second-rate politicians and academics. They crop up on R4 occasionally but that's it.

School: no-one that I know of. The only 'notable' recent alumnus when I was at school was the woman from Swing Out Sister. That's as sleb as we got.

none

(but tbh, I don't know half of the ones who are supposed to be 'of note' on this thread anyway)

Hang on, how could I forget? One of my classmates from primary and secondary school is a presenter on Radio Lincolnshire

Am still chortling at the piano-tie bloke. That's an all-time low. Not so much sleb as slebwannabe.

Jennster/Intheseshoes - I went to your school too! Quite a CTK reunion ...re Marc Almond, unfortunately he went to the all boys school in the area so we can't claim that one. Alas will have to settle for two fiths of Gomez instead (Paul Blackburn being the other one who was in my year).

OK, this is getting scary. There are so many Oxford contemporaries of mine on this thread I think I must know at least one of you.

Hatwoman - which college was DH - I am an engineer, Somerville, 1988 - which makes me one of 4 people!!

as for famous contemporaries - Matthew Pinscent until he gave up and went off to be famous instead.

Alistair Bruce Ball sports reporter from Radio Five Live - of note - no, of interest - no, don't know why I mentioned it actually... doesn't really count does it??!

Issy - RW wasn't at Oxford tho all the others were (I know them all - the tory crowd I mean) although I would class few to none of them as "friends". she was at Bristol I thinnk.

Unless my 18 week pg brain is muddling my memory (perfectly possible)

I went to school with a girl who in later life went on to read the local news. I have been waiting excitedly ever since for her to become famous so I can have a celebrity association.

No luck yet!

Mrs Grimwig you were the year above me then. Paul Blackburn was also in the year above me on the same course at uni. He dropped out though when they got famous.

..and Jacob R-M was chiefly known, as I remember, for wearing a suit - always - most odd. We debated rejecting his application to join the Industrial Society on principle but really couldn't!

Issy, I know Marcus, but not through college, he's a friend of a friend and has also worked on a programme with a colleague

My sister was at school with someone who has gone on to become quite a big name amongst glamour models (not Jordan or Jodie Marsh!!) - apparently a big name with "thems that know"

Ooh, what was the Rachel Whetstone/ David Cameron bust-up?