Throughout the years, High School Bukit Mertajam has produced many notable figures in civil service, politics, corporate, military and many other areas. These "old boys" have done us proud in shaping and molding Malaysia by being pioneers:

This section is dedicated to just a few of them …

1. YAB Dato Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
- Prime Minister of Malaysia

2. Tun Mohd Salleh b Ismail
- 1st Malaysian Inspector General of Police (IGP)

3. Mr Ng Kim Siong
-1st Inspector General of Police (IGP) Singapore

4. Tan Sri Prof Emeritus Chin Fung Kee
- Queens Scholar & Former (Acting) VC of University Malaya

5. YB Tan Sri Dato Hj Lamin bin Hj Mohd Yunus
- President of Appeals Court, Malaysia

6. Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil Jaffar
- Ketua Setiausaha (KSU), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia

7. Dato L. Krishnan
- Pioneer of Malaysian Film Industry

8. Mr Goh Hock Guan
- Architect & Town Planner behind Subang Jaya township
- Currently, restructuring town planning in Vietnam

9. YBhg Dato' Dr Ibrahim Saad
- Former Minister of Transport, Malaysia

10. Prof Ishak Thamby Chik
- Former Vice Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

11. Tan Sri Mohd Radzi Mansor
- Chairman of Telekom (M) Berhad

12. YBhg Dato Seri Hj Mohd Shariff bin Hj Omar
- Deputy Minister Agriculture Ministry

13. Dato Jegathesan (deceased)
- Former Secretary General, Ministry of Housing Malaysia

14. Gen (Rtd) Abdullah Shamsudin
- General, Malaysian Army

15. Gen (Rtd) Mohamad Shah Yahaya
- General, Malaysian Army