The following is a list of people associated with the Royal National College for the Blind.
Staff
Thomas Rhodes Armitage, Victorian philanthropist and co-founder
Francis Joseph Campbell, American anti-slavery campaigner, co-founder of RNC and its first principal Tony Larkin, former professional footballer and England Blind Football team coach, head of sport and recreation at RNC
Patrons
Queen Victoria, the college's first Patron
King Charles III, current Patron since 1997
Vice patrons and other supporters
Vice patrons
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Alexandra of Denmark
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Governors
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield
Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P. Sir John Terry, film financier and manager of the National Film Finance Corporation
Other supporters
Susan Bligh, Countess of Darnley, current Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Appeals Patron Sir Thomas Dunne, former Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Appeals Patron Des Kelly, Daily Mail columnist and BBC Sports presenter, patron of the England Blind Football team Gabby Logan, BBC Sports presenter, patron of the England Blind Football team
Presidents and vice presidents
Current president
The Hon. Mrs Jessica White
Current vice presidents
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of York
Archbishop of Westminster
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Michael Buerk
Lord Mayor of London (ex officio) Paul Keetch, former MP for Hereford (ex officio) Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (ex officio)
Alumni
David Blunkett, British Labour Party politician and former Home Secretary
Alfred Hollins, English composer and organist
William Henry Jackson, Anglican priest, missionary and inventor of Burmese Braille Anthony Kappes, Paralympic cyclist Ryan Kelly, actor; in 1997 became the first completely blind student to join the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; plays Jack 'Jazzer' McCreary in Radio 4's The Archers