List of University of Oxford people

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This page lists more than 2,000 members of the University of Oxford. The vast majority were students at the university, although they did not necessarily take a degree; others have held fellowships at one of the university’s colleges; many fall into both categories. This page does not include people whose only connection with the university consists in the award of an honorary degree or an honorary fellowship.

The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Many of the university’s alumni/ae, or old members, as they are more traditionally known, have attained a level of distinction in more than one field. These appear only in the category with which it is felt they are most often associated, or in which they have been more recently involved. Hence Jeffrey Archer (Brasenose), a novelist, is listed as a life peer; Imran Khan (Keble), a former captain of the Pakistani cricket team, is listed as a Pakistani politician. Some academic disciplines are more difficult to define than others. In particular, many theologians, lawyers, and sociologists work in areas that might be thought to be encompassed by philosophy.

Oxonians (a term for members of the university derived from its Latin name, Academia Oxoniensis) have included two British kings and at least ten monarchs of eight other nations, twenty-five British prime ministers, thirty-two presidents and prime ministers of nineteen other countries; twelve saints, ten blesseds, eighteen cardinals, an antipope, and eighty-six archbishops (including thirty-two of Canterbury and twenty-two of York); forty-seven Nobel prize-winners and three Fields medallists.

This list also includes twenty-four princes and princesses, thirty-one dukes, nineteen marquesses, eighty-two earls and countesses, thirty-eight viscounts and viscountesses, and 170 barons and baronesses; 123 bishops (Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox); 239 Members of Parliament (excluding MPs who were subsequently ennobled), eleven Members of the European Parliament (excluding MEPs also serving at Westminster), and twenty-five law lords; ten US Senators, ten US Representatives (including a Speaker of the House), three state governors, and four associate justices of the US Supreme Court; as well as six puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Canada and a chief justice of the now defunct Federal Court of Canada.

Contents

[edit] Government

[edit] Monarchs

[edit] British

[edit] Foreign

[edit] Royal persons

[edit] British

[edit] Foreign

[edit] Heads of State and Heads of Government

[edit] British Prime Ministers

[edit] Other countries

Australia

Barbados and the West Indies

  • Grantley Adams premier of Barbados, 1954-58; prime minister of the West Indies, 1958-62

Botswana

Canada

Ceylon

East Timor

Fiji

Germany

Ghana

Hungary

India

Jamaica

Malta

Pakistan

Peru

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

[edit] British Lords and Commons

Peers and members of the House of Commons who are better known for their endeavours outside of politics are listed in the appropriate category (e.g. the jurist William Blackstone, cricketer Colin Cowdrey, historian Edward Gibbon, scientists Susan Greenfield and Robert May, physician and journalist Thomas Stuttaford, and philosopher Mary Warnock).

Hereditary peers

In order of precedence. See also Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and other legal peers.

MPs and life peers

Excluding any MP who subsequently was created a hereditary peer or succeeded to a hereditary peerage, and also excluding any life peer who was or is simultaneously a hereditary peer, but including MPs who disclaimed a hereditary peerage in order to sit in the House of Commons (between 1963 and 1999) as well as hereditary peers sitting as MPs under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament who have also been members of the parliament at Westminster appear in the list of MPs and life peers.

[edit] British local politicians

Many MPs and MEPs have also been involved in local politics. They appear in their respective sections, above.

[edit] British civil servants and diplomats

[edit] Members of the British Royal Household

[edit] British military, security, and police personnel

  • Trevor Bigham (Magdalen) Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 1931–35
  • Sir Ian Blair (Christ Church) Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 2005-
  • Adrian Carton de Wiart (Balliol) Lieutenant General, British Army, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO
  • Paul Condon, Baron Condon (St Peter's) Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 1993-2000
  • David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (Lincoln) Chief of the Defence Staff 1988–91, Convenor of Crossbenchers 1999-2004
  • Cressida Dick (Balliol) Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police 2006-
  • John Aidan Liddell (Balliol) Captain, 3rd Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps, VC, MC
  • Colin McColl (The Queen's) director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1989–94
  • Eliza Manningham-Buller (Lady Margaret Hall) director general of the Security Service 2002-
  • Robert Nairac (Lincoln) Captain, Grenadier Guards, GC
  • Brian Paddick (The Queen's) deputy assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police 2003-
  • John Rennie (Balliol) director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1968–73
  • John Scarlett (Magdalen) director of the Secret Intelligence Service 2004-
  • David Spedding (Hertford) director of the Secret Intelligence Service 1994–99
  • David Westwood (Lady Margaret Hall) Chief Constable of Humberside Police 1999-2005

[edit] Foreign politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and military personnel

[edit] United States

US Senate

  • David Boren (Balliol) Governor of Oklahoma 1975-79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979-94, President University of Oklahoma 1994-
  • Bill Bradley (Worcester) US Senator (New Jersey) 1979-97
  • Liddy Dole (University) Sec of Transportation 1983-87 of Labor 89–90, President US Red Cross 91–99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003-
  • Russ Feingold (Magdalen) US Senator (Wisconsin) 1993-
  • William Fulbright (Pembroke) US Senator (Arkansas) 1945-74
  • Gary Hart (St Antony's) US Senator (Colorado) 1975–87
  • Richard Lugar (Pembroke) US Senator (Indiana) 1977-
  • Larry Pressler (St Edmund Hall) US Senator (South Dakota) 1979-97
  • Paul Sarbanes (Balliol) US Senator (Maryland) 1977-2007
  • David Vitter (Magdalen) US Senator (Louisiana) 2005-

US House of Representatives

  • Carl Albert (St Peter's) US Representative (Oklahoma) 1947-77, Speaker of the House 1971-77
  • Thomas H. Allen (Wadham) US Representative (Maine) 1997
  • John Brademas (Brasenose) US Representative (Indiana) 1959-81
  • Brad Carson (Trinity) US Representative (Oklahoma) 2001-05
  • Charles R. Clason (Christ Church) US Representative (Massachusetts) 1937-1949
  • Bobby Jindal (New College) Asst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001-04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005-
  • Charles Thomas McMillen (University) Olympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987-93
  • Mel Reynolds (Lincoln) US Representative (Illinois) 1993-95
  • John M. Spratt, Jr US Representative (South Carolina) 1983-
  • Heather Wilson (Jesus) US Representative (New Mexico) 1998-

Federal administration

  • Dennis Blair Commander-in-Chief of US Pacific Command 1999-2002
  • Charles Bonesteel Commander US Forces and Commander-in-Chief UN Command Korea 1966-69
  • Dick Celeste (Exeter) Dir Peace Corps 1979-81, Gov Ohio 1983-91, Ambassador to India 1997-2001 Pres Colorado College 2002-
  • Wesley Clark (Magdalen) Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997-2000
  • Richard Danzig US Secretary of the Navy 1998-2001
  • William Henry Drayton (Balliol) member of Continental Congress
  • Bradley C. Hosmer Superintendent US Air Force Academy 1991-94
  • Nicholas Katzenbach (Balliol) Attorney General 1965-66, Under-Secretary of State 1966-69
  • Philip Mayer Kaiser (Balliol) Assistant Secretary of Labor 1949-53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961-64, Hungary 1977-80, Austria 1980-81
  • Philip Lader (Pembroke) Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1997-2001
  • Arthur Larson (Pembroke) US Under Sec of Labor 1954-6, Dir US Information Agency 1956-7, Exec Asst to the President 1957-8
  • Robert McCallum, Jr (Christ Church) Asst AG 01-03, Assoc AG 03-05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05-
  • Ira Magaziner President Clinton's chief internet policy advisor
  • Thomas Merrill Deputy Solicitor General 1987-90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993-2003, Columbia Law School 2003-
  • Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (Balliol) director Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997-2000
  • Franklin Raines (Magdalen) Director US Office of Management and Budget 1996-98
  • Robert Reich (University) Secretary of Labor 1993-97
  • Susan E. Rice (New College) Assistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997-2001
  • Bernard W. Rogers (University) Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander-in-Chief US European Command 1979-87
  • Dean Rusk (St John's) Secretary of State from 1961-69
  • Edward Rutledge member of Continental Congress
  • George Stephanopoulos (Balliol) White House Communications Director under President Clinton
  • William Stevenson Olympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946-61, Ambassador Philippines 1961-65
  • Strobe Talbott (Magdalen) Deputy Secretary of State 1994-2001
  • Stansfield Turner (Exeter) director of Central Intelligence 1977-81
  • R. James Woolsey (St John's) director of Central Intelligence 1993-95

State

Municipal

[edit] Other countries

Australia

  • Tony Abbott Member of the House of Representatives 1994-, Parliamentary Secretary 1996-98, Minister 1998-
  • Kim Beazley Leader HM Opposition 2005-2006
  • George Brandis (Magdalen) Senator for Qld 2000-, Senior Counsel 2006-, Minister for Arts & Sport 2007-
  • Zelman Cowen (New College and Oriel) Governor General 1977–82, Provost of Oriel 1982-90
  • Gareth Evans (Magdalen) Foreign Minister 1988–96, deputy leader Australian Labor Party 1996–98
  • Geoffrey Gallop (St John's) Premier of Western Australia 2001-06
  • James Gobbo (Magdalen) Judge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978-94, Lt-Gov Victoria 1995-97, Governor 1997-2000
  • Geoffrey Keighley (Trinity) first-class cricketer, barrister, Member of NSW Legislative Council
  • Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Christ Church) Member of the House of Representatives 1949-70, Minister 1951-56
  • Peter King Member of the House of Representatives 2001-04
  • Andrew Murray Member of the Australian Senate 1996-2007
  • Fred Paterson Member of the House of Representatives 1944-50
  • Malcolm Turnbull Member of the House of Representatives 2004-, Parly Sec for Water 2006-
  • Daryl Williams Attorney General of Australia 1996-2003
  • Ian Wilson Member of the House of Representatives 1966-69 and 1972-93, Minister 1981-83

Canada

  • James Coyne Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955-61
  • Eugene Forsey (Balliol) Senate 1970-79, Privy Council 1985-91
  • Onésime Gagnon House of Commons 1930-40, National Assembly of Quebec 1936-60, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec 1958–61
  • Paul Gérin-Lajoie National Assembly of Quebec 1960-70, Minister 1960-66, Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970-77
  • Alastair Gillespie sometime Government minister
  • Allan Gotlieb (Wadham and All Souls) Ambassador to the USA 1981-89, Chairman Canada Council 1989-94
  • Arnold Heeney (St John's) Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940-49 Ambassador USA 1953–57 & 1959–62
  • George Ignatieff Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1956-8, NATO 1963-6, UN 1966-9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980-6
  • Michael Ignatieff House of Commons 2006-
  • Ted Jolliffe (Christ Church) Leader Ontario CCF 1942–53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943–45 & 1948–51
  • Arthur Kroeger (Pembroke) Deputy Minister 1975-92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993-2002
  • Marcel Lambert (Hertford) MP 1957-84, Speaker 1962-63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963
  • Otto Lang (Exeter) MP 1968-79, Minister 1968-79, Attorney General 1972-75 & 1978
  • David Lewis leader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971-75
  • Charles Herbert Little (Brasenose) Director of Naval Intelligence World War II
  • Vincent Massey (Balliol) Ambassador to USA 1927-30, Governor General 1952-59
  • Roland Michener (Hertford) Speaker 1957–62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964-67, Governor General 1967-74
  • Talbot Mercer Papineau (Brasenose) MC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917
  • Bob Rae (Balliol) Premier of Ontario 1990-95
  • Escott Reid (Christ Church) High Commr & Ambassador 1952-62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962-5
  • Edgar Ritchie Ambassador to USA 1966-70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976-80
  • Norman Robertson High Commr UK 1946-9 & 1952-7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949-52, Ambassador USA 1957-8
  • Norman McLeod Rogers (University) MP 1935-40, Minister of Labour 1935-9, Minister of National Defence 1939-40
  • James Sinclair MP 1940-58, Minister of Fisheries 1952-57
  • Arnold Smith (Christ Church) Ambassador to Egypt 1958-61, to USSR 1961-63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965-75
  • George F. G. Stanley (Keble) Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1981-87, designer of the Canadian flag
  • Michel Vennat (Merton) Special Asst to the PM 1968-70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000-04
  • Danny Williams QC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–

Ceylon and Sri Lanka

Fiji

  • Lala Sukuna (Wadham) Tui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954-58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre)

Germany

India

  • Binay Ranjan Sen director general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956-67

Kenya

  • John Michuki (Worcester) MP 1983-, Min for Transport & Commns 2002-05, for Internal Security 2005-

New Zealand

Pakistan

  • Akbar Bugti Min of State 1958, Gov of Balochistan 1973-74, Chief Min 1989-90, National Assembly 1993 & 1997
  • Imran Khan (Keble) cricket captain 1982-92, leader of Tehreek-e-Insaf Party 1997-, MP 2002-
  • Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Foreign Minister

Poland

South Africa

Zimbabwe

[edit] Non-government people in public life

[edit] The Law

[edit] Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lords)

[edit] Lawyers

England and Wales and Crown Dependencies

Scotland

Australia

  • John Doyle Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1995-
  • Kenneth Hayne (Exeter) Justice of the High Court of Australia 1997-
  • Dyson Heydon (University and Keble) Justice of the High Court of Australia 2003-
  • David Malcolm Chief Justice of Western Australia 1988-2006

Canada

  • Joel Bakan author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004)
  • Jean Beetz Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1974–88
  • Peter Blaikie co-founder Heenan Blaikie (1973), President & Chief Operating Officer Unican Security Systems 1993-98
  • Julien Chouinard Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1979–87
  • Yves Fortier Permanent Court of Arbitration 1984-9, Ambassador UN 1988-92, Pres London Court of International Arbitration 1998-2001
  • Wilbur Jackett Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada 1971-79
  • Gérard La Forest (St John's) Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1985–97
  • Sherwood Lett Chief Justice Supreme Court of British Columbia 1955-64
  • Ronald Martland (Hertford) Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1958-82
  • Henry G. Nolan Prosecutor International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1946-8, Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1956-7
  • Roland Ritchie Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1959-84

Hong Kong

  • Patrick Yu (Merton) advocate, declined appointment to Supreme Court of Hong Kong 1971, 1974, 1979

India

  • Sujata Manohar (Lady Margaret Hall) Justice of the Supreme Court of India 1994-99

South Africa

  • Edwin Cameron (Keble & All Souls) High Court Judge 95-, Acting Justice Constitutional Court 99-00, Judge of Appeal Supreme Court 00-

United States

[edit] Legal academics

  • William Reynell Anson (Balliol and All Souls) Warden of All Souls 1881-1913, Member of Parliament 1899-1905
  • Charles Arnold-Baker (formerly Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal) (Magdalen)
  • Andrew Ashworth (Worcester and All Souls)
  • Peter Birks (Trinity, Brasenose, and All Souls) Hon QC 1995, President Society of Legal Scholars 2002-03
  • John Behan (Hertford and University) Warden Trinity College, Melbourne 1918-46
  • Kenneth Beaumont Chairman International Civil Aviation Organisation 1946-57 (President Legal Committee 1954-57)
  • William Blackstone (Pembroke, All Souls, and New Inn Hall) MP & QC 1761, first Vinerian Professor at Oxford
  • Paul-André Crépeau Director Institute of Comparative Law McGill University 1974-84
  • Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech (St Anne's) Chair HFEA 1994-2002, Gov BBC 2002-06, Independent Adjudicator for Higher Educn 2004-
  • A. V. Dicey (Balliol) Professor of Law at Oxford and the LSE
  • Ronald Dworkin (Magdalen and University) Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale, Oxford, & UCL
  • John Eekelaar (Pembroke) expert in family law, Reader in Law University of Oxford 1991-
  • Malcolm Evans (Regent's Park) Prof Public International Law Bristol 99-, Hd of Law 03-05, Dean of Soc Sciences & Law 05-
  • Noah Feldman Professor of Law New York University School of Law
  • John Finnis (University) Professor of Law at the Universities of Oxford and Notre Dame
  • Mark Freedland (St John's) expert in employment law
  • John Gardner (New College, All Souls, Brasenose, and University) Professor of Jurisprudence University of Oxford
  • Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (Merton) Lord Chancellor 1885–86, 1886–92, & 1895–05
  • Leslie Green (Nuffield, Lincoln, and Balliol) Professor of the Philosophy of Law University of Oxford
  • H. L. A. Hart (New College, University, and Brasenose) Author of The Concept of Law (1961)
  • Tony Honoré (New College, The Queen's and All Souls) Regius Prof Civil Law Oxford 1971-88, Hon QC, Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
  • Elena Kagan (Worcester) Dean Harvard Law Sch & Chas Hamilton Houston Prof of Law Harvard Univ 2003-
  • Neil MacCormick (Balliol) Regius Prof of Public Law & the Law of Nature & Nations Edinburgh 1972-, MEP 1999-2004
  • Basil Markesinis (St Antony's, Lady Margaret Hall, and Brasenose) Professor at Queen Mary, UCL, Oxford, & Texas (Austin)
  • Peter North (Jesus)
  • Fidelis Oditah (Magdalen and Merton) QC, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, gubernatorial candidate Delta State 2007
  • Joseph Raz (Nuffield and Balliol) sometime Professor of the Philosophy of Law University of Oxford
  • Richard Searby Lecturer Univ of Melbourne 1961-72, QC 1971, Chancellor Deakin Univ 1997-2005
  • Travers Twiss (University) Professor at Oxford & King's Coll London, author constitution of Congo Free State (1884)
  • Theodore Tylor (Balliol) Fellow & Tutor in Jurisprudence, international chess player, worked for blind people

[edit] Religions

[edit] Christianity

Saints

Blessed

Pope

Cardinals

Excluding Cardinals who were Archbishop of Canterbury or York

  • William Allen (Oriel and St Mary Hall) Cardinal 1587
  • William Heard (Balliol) Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota 1958, Cardinal 1959
  • Basil Hume (St Benet's Hall) archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal 1976–99
  • Henry Manning (Balliol) archbishop of Westminster 1865-92 and Cardinal 1875-92
  • John Henry Newman (Trinity) Cardinal 1879
  • George Pell (Campion Hall) archbishop of Melbourne 1996-2001, archbishop of Sydney 2001-, Cardinal 2003-
  • Philip Repyngdon bishop of Lincoln 1404-19, Cardinal 1408-24

Archbishops of Canterbury

Archbishops of York

Other Archbishops, Presiding Bishops, and Metropolitans

  • Hugh Boulter (Christ Church and Magdalen) bishop of Bristol 1719-24, archbishop of Armagh 1724-42
  • Alfred George Edwards (Jesus) bishop of St Asaph 1889-1934, archbishop of Wales 1920-34
  • Richard FitzRalph (Balliol) archbishop of Armagh 1346-60
  • Frank Tracy Griswold (Oriel) presiding bishop, Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1997-2006
  • David Hand (Oriel) consecrated bishop 1950, archbishop of Papua New Guinea 1977-83
  • Trevor Huddleston (Christ Church) archbishop of the Indian Ocean and bishop of Mauritius 1978-83
  • Peter Jensen archbishop of Sydney and metropolitan of New South Wales 2001-
  • Narcissus Marsh (Exeter and St Alban Hall) archbp of Cashel 1691-94, archbp of Dublin 1694-1703, archbp of Armagh 1703-13
  • Glyn Simon (Jesus) bishop of Llandaff 1957–71, archbishop of Wales 1968–71
  • George Stone (Christ Church) archbishop of Armagh 1747-64
  • Gwilym Owen Williams (Jesus) bishop of Bangor 1957-82, archbishop of Wales 1971-82
  • Daniel Wilson (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Calcutta and metropolitan of India and Ceylon 1832-58
  • John Charles Wright archbishop of Sydney 1909-33, primate of Australia 1910-33

Other Bishops

Post-Reformation bishops are Anglican unless described otherwise

  • Lancelot Andrewes (Jesus and Pembroke) bishop of Chichester 1605-09, bishop of Ely 1609-18, bishop of Winchester 1618-26
  • John Armstrong (Lincoln) bishop of Grahamstown 1853-56
  • Francis Atterbury (Christ Church) bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster 1713-23
  • Richard Aungerville (Richard de Bury) bishop of Durham 1333-45, lord high treasurer 1334-35, lord high chancellor 1335-36
  • Walter Hubert Baddeley (Keble) bishop of Melanesia 1932-47, bishop of Whitby 1947-54, bishop of Blackburn 1954-60
  • Thomas Barlow (The Queen's) bishop of Lincoln 1675-91
  • Richard Barnes (Brasenose) bishop of Carlisle 1570–77, bishop of Durham 1577–87
  • Shute Barrington (Merton) bishop of Llandaff 1769-82, bishop of Salisbury 1782-91, bishop of Durham 1791-1826
  • Thomas Beckington (New College) bishop of Bath and Wells 1434–65, Lord Privy Seal 1443–44
  • John Bell (Balliol) bishop of Worcester 1539-43
  • Colin Bennetts (Jesus) bishop of Buckingham 1994-98, bishop of Coventry 1998-
  • Edmund Bonner (Pembroke) bishop of London 1539-49, 1553-59
  • James Brooks (Corpus Christi and Balliol) bishop of Gloucester 1554-58
  • Thomas Brunce (New College) bishop of Rochester 1435-37, bishop of Norwich 1437-45
  • John Buckeridge (St John's) bishop of Rochester 1611-28, bishop of Ely in 1628-31
  • Thomas Burgess (Corpus Christi) bishop of St David's 1803-25, bishop of Salisbury 1825-37
  • Joseph Butler (Oriel) bishop of Bristol 1738-50, bishop of Durham 1750-52
  • Harry James Carpenter (Keble) bishop of Oxford 1955–70
  • Christopher Maude Chavasse (Trinity and St Peter's) bishop of Rochester 1940-60
  • Alan Chesters (St Catherine's and St Stephen's) bishop of Blackburn 1989-2003
  • David Chillingworth (Oriel) bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane 2005-
  • Thomas Legh Claughton (Trinity) bishop of Rochester 1867–77, bishop of St Albans 1877–90
  • Henry Compton (The Queen's) bishop of Oxford 1674, bishop of London 1675-1713
  • Thomas Cooper (Magdalen and Christ Church) bishop of Lincoln 1571-84, bishop of Winchester 1584-94
  • Edward Copleston (Oriel) bishop of Llandaff 1827-49
  • George Cotes (Balliol and Magdalen) bishop of Chester 1554-55
  • Peter Courtenay (Exeter) bishop of Exeter 1478-87, bishop of Winchester 1487-92
  • Richard Courtenay (Exeter) bishop of Norwich 1413-15
  • Richard Cox (Cardinal College)dean of Westminster 1549-53, bishop of Ely 1559-80
  • Nathaniel Crewe (Lincoln) bishop of Oxford 1671-74, bishop of Durham 1674-1721
  • John Douglas (Balliol) bishop of Carlisle in 1787-91, bishop of Salisbury 1791-1807
  • John Earle (Christ Church and Merton) bishop of Salisbury 1663–65
  • Anthony Fisher (Blackfriars) RC auxiliary bishop archdiocese of Sydney since 2003
  • Richard Fleming (University) bishop of Lincoln 1420-31
  • Peter Forster (Merton) bishop of Chester since 1996
  • Edward Fowler (Corpus Christi) bishop of Gloucester 1691-1714
  • Richard Foxe (Magdalen & Corpus Christi) bishop of Exeter (1487-92), Bath & Wells (1492-94), Durham (1494-1501), Winchester (1501-28)
  • Robert Frampton (Corpus Christi and Christ Church) bishop of Gloucester 1681-91
  • James Fraser (Lincoln and Oriel) bishop of Manchester 1870-85
  • Francis Godwin (Christ Church) bishop of Llandaff 1601-17, bishop of Hereford 1617-34
  • Charles Gore (Balliol, Trinity, and Pusey House) bishop of Worcester 1902-05, bishop of Birmingham 1905-32
  • Robert Hallam bishop of Salisbury 1408-17
  • Walter Kerr Hamilton (Christ Church and Merton) bishop of Salisbury 1854–69
  • James Hannington (St Mary's Hall) bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa 1884-85 and martyr
  • Reginald Heber (Brasenose and All Souls) bishop of Calcutta 1823-26
  • Herbert Hensley Henson (All Souls) bishop of Hereford 1917-20, bishop of Durham 1920-39
  • Crispian Hollis (Balliol) RC bishop of Portsmouth since 1987
  • John Hooper (BA 1519) bishop of Gloucester 1550-53, bishop of Worcester 1552-54, martyr
  • George Horne (University and Magdalen) bishop of Norwich 1790-92
  • William Walsham How (Wadham) suffragan bishop of Bedford 1879-89, bishop of Wakefield 1889–97
  • Alexander Hyde (New College) bishop of Salisbury 1665-67
  • Edgar Jacob (New College) bishop of Newcastle 1896-1903, bishop of St Albans 1903-19
  • William Jacobson (Christ Church) bishop of Chester 1865-84
  • Francis Jayne (Wadham) bishop of Chester 1889–19
  • Francis Jeune (Pembroke) bishop of Peterborough 1864-68
  • John Jewel (Merton and Corpus Christi) bishop of Salisbury 1560-71
  • Roger Jupp (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Popondota 2003-05
  • Eric Waldram Kemp (Exeter, Christ Church, and Pusey House) bishop of Chichester 1974-2001
  • Thomas Ken (Hart Hall and New College) bishop of Bath and Wells 1685-91
  • White Kennett (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Peterborough 1718–28
  • George Wyndham Kennion (Oriel) bishop of Adelaide 1882-94, bishop of Bath and Wells 1894-1919
  • Edward King (Oriel, Ripon, and Christ Church) bishop of Lincoln 1885-1910
  • Kenneth E. Kirk (St John's, Magdalen, Trinity, and Christ Church) bishop of Oxford 1937-54
  • Edward Knapp-Fisher (Trinity) bishop of Pretoria 1960-75, canon of Westminster 1975-87
  • Arthur Lake (New College) bishop of Bath and Wells 1616-26
  • Graham Leonard (Balliol) bishop of Truro 1973–81, bishop of London 1981–91, prelate of honour 2000-
  • Robert Lowth (New College) bishop of St David's 1766, Oxford 1766-1777, London 1777-87, declined Canterbury 1783
  • Peter Mews (St John's) bishop of Bath and Wells 1672-84, bishop of Winchester 1684-1706
  • George Moberly (Balliol) bishop of Salisbury 1869–85
  • George Morley (Christ Church) bishop of Worcester 1660-62, bishop of Winchester 1662-84
  • Michael Nazir-Ali (St Edmund Hall) bishop of Raiwind 1984-86, bishop of Rochester 1994-
  • William Nicolson (The Queen's) bishop of Carlisle 1702-18, of Derry 1718-27, appointed archbishop of Cashel and Emly before death
  • Owen Oglethorpe (Magdalen and Christ Church) bishop of Carlisle 1557–59
  • Hugh Oldham (Exeter) bishop of Exeter 1504-19
  • John Owen (Jesus) bishop of St David's 1827-1926
  • John Richard Packer (Keble) suffragan bishop of Warrington 1996-2000, bishop of Ripon and Leeds 2000-
  • Samuel Parker (Wadham, Trinity, and Magdalen) bishop of Oxford 1686-87
  • Reginald Pecock (Oriel) bishop of St Asaph 1444-50, bishop of Chichester 1450-57
  • John Penny (Lincoln) bishop of Bangor 1504–08, bishop of Carlisle 1508–20
  • Henry Phillpotts (Corpus Christi and Magdalen) bishop of Exeter 1831-69
  • Barnaby Potter (The Queen's) bishop of Carlisle 1629–42
  • Edward Rainbowe (Corpus Christi) bishop of Carlisle 1664–84
  • John Randolph (Christ Church) bishop of Oxford 1799-1807, bishop of Bangor 1807-09, bishop of London 1809-13
  • George Ridding (Balliol and Exeter) headmaster of Winchester 1867-84, bishop of Southwell 1884-1904
  • Henry Robinson (The Queen's and St Edmund Hall) bishop of Carlisle 1598–1616
  • John Robinson (Brasenose and Oriel) bishop of Bristol 1710-14, bishop of London 1714–23, Lord Privy Seal 1711–1713
  • Patrick Campbell Rodger (Christ Church) bishop of Manchester 1970–78, bishop of Oxford 1978–86
  • Geoffrey Rowell (Keble) bishop of Basingstoke 1994-2001, bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 2001-
  • Anthony Russell (Trinity) bishop of Dorchester 1988-2000, bishop of Ely 2000-
  • John Charles Ryle (Christ Church) bishop of Liverpool 1880-1900
  • William Senhouse bishop of Carlisle 1495–1502, bishop of Durham 1502–05
  • John Sheppey bishop of Rochester 1353-60, lord high treasurer 1356–60
  • George Smalridge (Christ Church) bishop of Bristol 1714-19
  • George Smith bishop of Victoria & warden of St Paul's College, Hong Kong 1849-65
  • Miles Smith (Corpus & Brasenose) bishop of Gloucester 1612-24, author of Preface to the Authorized Version
  • Thomas Smith (The Queen's) bishop of Carlisle 1684–1702
  • William Smyth (Oriel and/or Lincoln) bishop of Coventry & Lichfield 1493-96, bishop of Lincoln 1496-1514
  • Thomas Sprat (Wadham) bishop of Rochester 1684-1713
  • Thomas Stanage (Pembroke) suffragan bishop of Johannesburg 1978-82, bishop of Bloemfontein 1982-97
  • David Stancliffe (Trinity) bishop of Salisbury 1993-
  • Robert Stopford (Hertford) bishop of Fulham 1955-56, Peterborough 1956-61, London 1961-73
  • Neville Stuart Talbot (Christ Church and Balliol) bishop of Pretoria 1920-33, vicar of Nottingham 1933-43, chaplain RAF 1943
  • Thomas Tanner (The Queen's, All Souls, and Christ Church) bishop of St Asaph 1732-35
  • Cuthbert Tunstall bishop of London 1522–30, Lord Privy Seal 1523–30, bishop of Durham 1530–52 & 1553-58
  • Michael Turnbull (Keble) bishop of Rochester 1988–94, bishop of Durham 1994–2003
  • William Van Mildert (Christ Church) bishop of Llandaff 1819-26, bishop of Durham 1826–36
  • John Vesey (Magdalen) bishop of Exeter 1519-51
  • Samuel Waldegrave (Balliol) bishop of Carlisle 1860–69
  • Seth Ward (Savilian Professor, Master of Trinity) bishop of Exeter 1662-67, of Salisbury 1667-89
  • Timothy Ware (Kallistos) (Magdalen and Pembroke) Orthodox bishop of Diokleia 1982-
  • William Waynflete (possibly New College, founder of Magdalen) bishop of Winchester 1447-86, Lord Chancellor 1456–60
  • Herbert Westfaling (Christ Church) bishop of Hereford 1586-1602
  • Martin Wharton (Linacre) bishop of Newcastle 1997-
  • Samuel Wilberforce (Oriel) bishop of Oxford 1845–70, bishop of Winchester 1870–73
  • John Wilkins (Magdalen and Wadham) bishop of Chester 1668-72
  • Colin Winter (Lincoln) bishop of Damaraland 1968-81
  • John Wordsworth (New College, Brasenose, and Oriel) bishop of Salisbury 1885-1911
  • Robert Wright (Trinity and Wadham) bishop of Bristol 1623-32, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1632-43
  • N. T. Wright (Exeter, Merton, Worcester, and Wycliffe Hall) bishop of Durham 2003-

Clergy and other ministers

The following are clergymen and other Christian ministers who are primarily known for their non-theological contributions to the Church, although some may also have been significant scholars

  • Fitzherbert Adams (Lincoln) rector of Lincoln College and prebendary of Durham Cathedral 1685-1719
  • Simon Bailey (Regent's Park) rector of Dinnington, writer, art collector
  • Adam Blakeman (Christ Church) minister of Stratford, Connecticut 1639-65
  • Thomas Bray (All Souls) missionary to Maryland 1699-1700, rector of St Botolph Aldgate 1706-30
  • Thomas Charles (Jesus) Anglican priest and Methodist
  • Richard William Church (Wadham and Oriel) Dean of St Paul's 1871-90
  • Thomas Coke (Jesus) father of Methodist missions and successor to John Wesley
  • Harold Davidson (Exeter) rector of Stiffkey 1906-32
  • Percy Dearmer (Christ Church) liturgist, socialist, Professor of King's College London, Canon of Westminster
  • John Feckenham (Gloucester Hall) Dean of St Paul's 1554-56, Abbot of Westminster 1556-60
  • Nicky Gumbel (Wycliffe Hall) Asst Curate Holy Trinity Brompton 1986-2005, Vicar 2005-, head of Alpha 1990-
  • William Ralph Inge (Hertford) Dean of St Paul's 1911-34
  • Hewlett Johnson (Wadham) "Red" Dean of Canterbury 1931-63
  • R. T. Kendall (Regent's Park) Minister of Westminster Chapel 1977-2002
  • Alexander Nowell (Brasenose) Dean of St Paul's 1560-1602
  • Vicesimus Knox (St John's) essayist and sometime Head Master of Tonbridge School
  • Christopher Lewis (Ripon Coll Cuddesdon & Christ Church) Dean of St Albans 1994-2003, of Christ Church 2003-
  • Edward Meyrick Goulburn (Balliol and Merton) Head Master of Rugby 1849-57, Dean of Norwich 1866-89
  • Richard Pace Secretary of State 1516–26, Dean of St Paul's 1519-36
  • A. P. Stanley (Balliol & University) Dean of Westminster 1863-81, Rector of St Andrews 1874-77
  • Chad Varah (Keble) Rector of St Stephen Walbrook 1953-2003, founder of The Samaritans 1953
  • Lawrence Washington (Brasenose) great-great-grandfather of George Washington
  • Charles Wesley (Christ Church) hymn writer and brother of John Wesley
  • John Wesley (Christ Church and Lincoln) founder of Methodism
  • George Whitefield (Pembroke) founder of Methodism
  • John Yonge (New College) Master of the Rolls 1508-16, Dean of York 1514-16

Theologians

The following people work, or worked, primarily in the area of Christian theology

[edit] Islam

[edit] Judaism

Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

Others

[edit] Bahá'í

[edit] Buddhism

[edit] Study of Religions

[edit] Literature

[edit] Poets

Poets Laureate

Others

[edit] Novelists and story writers

[edit] Dramatists

[edit] Children's writers

[edit] Scholars, critics, diarists, publishers, librarians

[edit] Media

[edit] Journalists

Many journalists work in both print and broadcast media. The following are listed under the medium for which they are best known. Those who are known solely as sports commentators appear under Sports people.

[edit] Print

[edit] Broadcast

[edit] Administration

[edit] The Arts

[edit] Stage and television

[edit] Comedy

[edit] Film

[edit] Music

Composers

Conductors

Organists

Pianists

Singers

Musicologists

Administration

  • Tony Hall (Keble) Chief Executive Royal Opera House 2001-
  • Nicholas Kenyon (Balliol) Contr Radio 3 1992-, Dir Proms 1996-2000, Contr Proms, Live Events & TV Classical Music 2000-

Didgeridoo

Jazz

Country

Folk

Rock and pop

Rap

[edit] Art and History of Art

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Historians

[edit] Classicists, Byzantinists, Archaeologists

[edit] Modern Languages

[edit] Philosophers

[edit] Economists

[edit] Geography

[edit] Anthropology and ethnography

[edit] Sociology

[edit] Politics, political philosophy, and international relations

[edit] Asian studies

[edit] Mathematicians and statisticians

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Naturalists, botanists, and zoologists

[edit] Medicine

[edit] Psychologists, psychiatrists, and physiologists of the brain

[edit] Chemists

[edit] Physicists and astronomers

[edit] Computers, electronics, and robotics

[edit] Engineering and agriculture

[edit] Geology

[edit] Meteorology

[edit] Educationalists

  • Alan Aldous (Jesus) Headmaster King's School, Pontefract 1959-70, Leeds Grammar School 1970-75
  • Eric Anderson (Lincoln) Headmaster Abingdon 1970-75, Shrewsbury 1975-80, Eton 1980-94; Rector Lincoln College, Oxford 1994-2000
  • Thomas Arnold (Corpus Christi and Oriel) Headmaster Rugby School 1828-41
  • Frank Aydelotte (Brasenose) President Swarthmore College 1921-40
  • Caroline Benn (formerly Viscountess Stansgate) co-founder Campaign for Comprehensive Education, President Socialist Education Association
  • Arthur Boissier Headmaster of Harrow 1939-42, Dir of Public Relations Ministry of Fuel & Power 1943-45
  • Edward Henry Bradby (Balliol) Principal Hatfield College, Durham 1852, House Master Harrow 1853-68, Headmaster Haileybury 1868-83
  • Henry Bright (New College) Headmaster Abingdon 1758-74, New College School, Oxford 1774-90
  • Scott Buchanan (Balliol) founder Great Books program St John's College, Annapolis
  • Richard Busby (Christ Church) Headmaster of Westminster School 1638-95
  • William Herbert Cam (New College) Headmaster Dudley Grammar School 1897-83, Abingdon 1883-93
  • Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (New College) founding Vice-Chancellor Warwick University
  • Leo Chamberlain (University and St Benet's Hall) Headmaster Ampleforth 1992-2003, Master St Benet's 2004-
  • Anthony Chenevix-Trench (Christ Church) Headmaster Bradfield 1955-64, Eton 1964-70, Fettes 1970
  • Nathaniel L. Clapton (Hertford) Headmaster Boteler Grammar School, Warrington 1940-50, King Edward VII School, Sheffield 1950-65
  • John Colet (Magdalen) Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, founder of St Paul's School, Chaplain to Henry VIII
  • Clive Dytor (Wycliffe Hall) Headmaster, Oratory School, Woodcote, Oxfordshire
  • Thomas Farnaby (Merton) grammarian, former half of the 17th century
  • Alan Gilbert (Nuffield) Vice-Chancellor University of Tasmania 1991-96, Melbourne 1996-2004, Manchester 2004-
  • Erskine William Gladstone (Christ Church) Headmaster Lancing College 1961-69, Chief Scout UK and Overseas Territories 1972-82
  • William Mitchell Grundy (Worcester) Headmaster Abingdon School 1913-47
  • Ronald Gurner (St John's) Hdmaster Strand School 1920-26, King Edward VII, Sheffield 1926-27, Whitgift 1927-39
  • Michael Hoban (University) Headmaster St Edmund's School, Canterbury 1960–64, Bradfield 1964–71, Harrow 1971-81
  • John Hood (Worcester and All Souls) Vice-Chancellor University of Auckland 1999-2004, Oxford 2004-
  • Jonathan Kozol (Magdalen) expert on public education in the United States
  • Sandy Lindsay (University and Balliol) Master of Balliol 1924-49, founder University College of North Staffordshire 1949
  • Stephen John McWatters (Trinity) Headmaster Clifton College 1963-75
  • Harold Marks (University) HM Inspectorate of Education 1951-79
  • Richard Mulcaster first Headmaster Merchant Taylors' School 1561-96, High Master St Paul's 1596
  • Harold Murray (Balliol) Hdmaster Ormskirk Grammar Sch 1896, school inspector 1901, Board of Education 1928, historian of chess
  • Alec Peterson (Balliol) Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organisation 1968-77
  • James Elphinstone Roe (Worcester) clergyman, convict, and educator in Western Australia
  • Anthony Seldon (Worcester) Dep Hdmaster St Dunstan's Coll 1993-97, Hdmaster Brighton 1997-2005, Master Wellington 2005-
  • Fred Shirley (St Edmund Hall) Headmaster Worksop College 1921-35, King's School, Canterbury 1935-62
  • William Alder Strange (Pembroke) Boden Sanskrit Scholar 1833, 2nd Master Lpool Royal Instn 1833-40, Hdmaster Abingdon 1840-68
  • Winifred Todhunter founder Todhunter School, New York
  • Ralph Townsend (Keble and Lincoln) Headmaster Sydney Grammar School 1989-99, Oundle 1999-2005, Winchester 2005-
  • Jane Traies (St Anne's) educational consultant, former head teacher, lesbian-historical novelist
  • Barry Trapnell (Worcester) Headmaster Denstone and Oundle Schools, Chairman Cambridge Occupational Analysts 1986-2005
  • Tsuda Umeko (St Hilda's) founder of Joshi Eigaku-juku (now Tsudajuku University), Japan
  • Richard Valpy (Pembroke) Headmaster Reading Grammar School 1781-1831
  • Stacy Waddy (Balliol) Hdmaster King's Sch, Parramatta 1907-16, Canon St George's Cathl, Jerusalem 1918-24, Sec SPG 1924-37
  • Owen Morgan Edwards (Balliol and Lincoln) Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales 1907, MP 1899-1900
  • Nathaniel Woodard founder of eleven schools

[edit] Sports people

See also Oxford University cricketers

[edit] Business people

[edit] Explorers and adventurers

[edit] Chefs and wine experts

[edit] Miscellany

[edit] Fictional Oxonians

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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