List of alumni of University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics.

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Contents 1 Alumni 1.1 Politicians and civil servants 1.2 Writers, philosophers, journalists, broadcasters and entertainers 1.3 Scientists, inventors and engineers 1.4 Other 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Alumni

The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category.

Abbreviations used in the following tables

• M – Year of matriculation at University College (a dash indicates that the individual did not matriculate at the college)
• G – Year of graduation / conclusion of study at University College (a dash indicates that the individual graduated from another college)
• DNG – Did not graduate: left the college without taking a degree
• ? – Year unknown; an approximate year is used for table-sorting purposes.
• (F) after name – later became a Fellow of University College, and included on the list of Fellows
• (HF) after name – later became an Honorary Fellow of University College

Degree abbreviations

• Undergraduate degree: BA – Bachelor of Arts
• Postgraduate degrees:

BCL – Bachelor of Civil Law BD – Bachelor of Divinity BLitt – Bachelor of Letters BMus – Bachelor of Music BSc – Bachelor of Science BTh – Bachelor of Theology MA – Master of Arts MB – Bachelor of Medicine MD – Doctor of Medicine

MLitt – Master of Letters MSc – Master of Science MPhil – Master of Philosophy DCL – Doctor of Civil Law DD – Doctor of Divinity DLitt – Doctor of Letters DMus – Doctor of Music DPhil – Doctor of Philosophy DTh – Doctor of Theology

The subject studied and the degree classification are included, where known. Until the early 19th century, undergraduates read for a Bachelor of Arts degree that included study of Latin and Greek texts, mathematics, geometry, philosophy and theology. Individual subjects at undergraduate level were only introduced later: for example, Mathematics (1805), Natural Science (1850), Jurisprudence (1851, although it had been available before this to students who obtained special permission), Modern History (1851) and Theology (1871). Geography and Modern Languages were introduced in the 20th century. Music had been available as a specialist subject before these changes; medicine was studied as a post-graduate subject.^[1]

Politicians and civil servants

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
Attlee, ClementClement Attlee (F)	?	1904	BA Modern History (2nd)	British Prime Minister	-
Beecham, JeremySir Jeremy Beecham	1962	1965	Law (1st)	Labour politician	-
Cecil, RobertRobert Cecil	?	?	Law	A founder of the League of Nations, Nobel Peace Prize 1937.	-
Clinton, BillBill Clinton	1968	1970	[DNG]	42nd President of the United States of America	-
Silva, William deWilliam de Silva	?	?	?	Ceylonese politician	-
George, AndrewAndrew George	?	1981	MA Agricultural Economics	Liberal Democrat MP	-
Fuller, RichardRichard Fuller	?	?	?	Conservative MP	-
Hammond, PhilipPhilip Hammond	?	?	PPE	Conservative MP	-
Hawke, BobBob Hawke	?	?	BLitt	Australian Prime Minister (Labor)	-
Mogae, FestusFestus Mogae	?	?	Economics	President of Botswana	-
Moynihan, ColinColin Moynihan	1974	1977	BA PPE	Conservative MP	-
Reich, RobertRobert Reich	1968	1970	PPE	former U.S. Secretary of Labor	-
Renton, DavidDavid Renton (HF)	?	?	Law	MP	-
Scott, JohnJohn Scott	?	1770	BA	Lord Chancellor of Great Britain	-
Short, RogerRoger Short	?	?	?	British consul-general to Turkey	-
Jee Say, TanTan Jee Say	1973	1976	PPE	Singaporean politician and former civil servant	-
Thrale, HenryHenry Thrale	1744	?	?	MP	-
Weld, WilliamWilliam Weld	?	?	Economics	governor of Massachusetts	-
Whitehead, RowlandSir Rowland Whitehead	?	?	History (1st)	KC MP	-

Writers, philosophers, journalists, broadcasters and entertainers

• John Finnis, natural law philosopher, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy
• Edwin Arnold, poet, journalist, translator from Hindi
• Edward Enfield, broadcaster and writer
• Paul Foot, journalist and socialist
• Paul Gambaccini, presenter of and writer on pop music
• Maurizio Giuliano, writer, traveller, and United Nations official
• Gordon Honeycombe, actor & playwright
• Richard Jago, poet
• Armando Iannucci, comedian, writer, satirist and radio producer
• Richard Ingrams, co-founder of Private Eye
• Christina Lamb, journalist and author
• C. S. Lewis, writer, critic; was a student there from 1919 to 1923 (he had originally joined in 1917 but left soon afterwards after being called up for action in the Great War) and served as a Philosophy tutor from 1924 to 1925.^[2]
• Peter McDonald, poet
• Cecil Mercer, novelist
• Warren Mitchell, actor
• Chris McCooey, journalist
• Andrew Motion, British Poet Laureate
• Sir V. S. Naipaul, writer and Nobel Laureate
• Nigel Playfair, actor and theatre manager
• James Ridley, author
• Andrew Robinson, author and former newspaper editor
• Nick Robinson, journalist and BBC political editor
• Aubrey de Sélincourt, writer & classicist
• Ernest de Sélincourt, literary critic and editor
• Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
• Peter Sissons, television newsreader
• Charles Sorley, poet
• Stephen Spender, poet and writer
• Mams Taylor, recording artist/songwriter, mixed-martial arts fighter and activist
• Raymond Wacks, Emeritus Professor of Law & Legal Theory, author
• Rajiva Wijesinha, writer
• Michael York, actor
• Andy Zaltzman, political comedian
• Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist

Scientists, inventors and engineers

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
Cartwright, EdmundEdmund Cartwright	?	?	?	Clergyman and loom-inventor	-
Hawking, StephenStephen Hawking	?	?	?	Physicist	-

Other

• William Beveridge, socialist economist
• Jonathan Bowen, computer scientist and academician
• G.G. Bradley, noted Latinist, college master
• Lord Butler of Brockwell, civil servant, college master
• Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President, and the current U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, orientalist and religious thinker
• Kenneth Diplock, judge and Law Lord
• Thomas Gubb, rugby union international, represented Great Britain on 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina
• John Dyson Heydon, Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Michael Hoban, headmaster of Harrow
• Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, historian
• David Hodgson, Australian judge
• Sir William Jones, discoverer of Sanskrit's relationship to Latin & Greek
• Nick Mallett, Rugby player and coach
• Luke McShane, Chess Grandmaster
• Monier Monier-Williams, linguist
• Richard Nerurkar, Olympic athlete
• Walter Paton (1853–1937), English barrister who played for Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final
• Gerald Graham Peel, composer
• John Radcliffe, Royal Physician to William & Mary
• Sophie Solomon, violinist, songwriter and composer
• Adrian Stoop, Rugby player
• Sir Peter Strawson, philosopher
• Felix Yusupov, participant in the murder of Grigori Rasputin
• William Stuart, Welsh jazz musician
• Israel Tonge, conspirator
• Simon Wessely, psychiatrist
• Ralph Williams, crickerer and barrister

See also

• Former students of University College
• Fellows of University College, Oxford

References

External links

• Famous alumni, Archive.org