List of alumni of University College, Oxford

A 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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  Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  Edmund Cartwright

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

Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee

Bill Clinton

Tan Jee Say

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
Attlee, ClementClement Attlee (F)	1901	1904	BA Modern History (2nd)	British Prime Minister	[2]
Beecham, JeremySir Jeremy Beecham	1962	1965	Law (1st)	Labour politician	-
Busia, Kofi AbrefaKofi Abrefa Busia	1941	1947	BA PPE, DPhil	Prime Minister of Ghana	-
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	Silver medal 1980 Olympics, MP 1983–92, Minister for Sport 1987–90, Chairman British Olympic Association 2005	-
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, EdgarSir Edgar Whitehead	?	?	?	Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia	-
Whitehead, RowlandSir Rowland Whitehead	?	?	History (1st)	KC MP	-

• Lord Butler of Brockwell, civil servant, college master
• Josh Frydenberg, Australian politician

Clergy

• George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (1611–33)
• Charles Boyd, Archdeacon of Colombo (1891-1901)
• Richard Fleming, bishop of Lincoln (1420–31)
• George Horne, bishop of Norwich (1790–92)
• Tom Longworth, bishop of Pontefract 1939–49, bishop of Hereford 1949–61
• Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (1606–28)
• Malcolm Menin, bishop of Knaresborough 1986–97
• Peter Mumford, bishop of Hertford 1974–81, bishop of Truro 1981–89
• Richard Godfrey Parsons, bishop of Middleton 1927–32, bishop of Southwark 1932–41, bishop of Hereford 1942–48
• Herbert Sidney Pelham, bishop of Barrow-in-Furness 1926–1944
• John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1737–47)
• Grandage Edwards Powell, bishop of Penrith 1939-44
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster 1863-81, Rector of St Andrews 1874-77

Artists and writers

• Edwin Arnold, poet, journalist, translator from Hindi
• Peter Bayley, writer
• W. G. Collingwood, artist
• Maurizio Giuliano, writer, traveller, and United Nations official
• Armando Iannucci, comedian, writer, satirist and radio producer
• Richard Ingrams, co-founder of Private Eye
• Richard Jago, poet
• Gerard Langbaine, biographer
• C. S. Lewis, writer, critic; student there from 1919 to 1923 (originally joined in 1917 but left soon afterwards after being called up for action in the Great War); Philosophy tutor from 1924 to 1925^[3]
• Peter McDonald, poet
• Cecil Mercer, novelist
• Andrew Motion, British Poet Laureate
• Neel Mukherjee, novelist
• Shiva Naipaul, novelist and writer
• Sir V. S. Naipaul, writer and Nobel Laureate
• Andrew Robinson, author and former newspaper editor
• Aubrey de Sélincourt, writer and classicist
• Ernest de Sélincourt, literary critic and editor
• William Shawcross, chairman of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, writer
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor, artist
• Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
• Sophie Solomon, violinist, songwriter and composer
• Charles Sorley, poet
• Stephen Spender, poet and writer
• Mams Taylor, recording artist/songwriter, mixed-martial arts fighter and activist
• Rajiva Wijesinha, writer
• Fabian S. Woodley, poet

Philosophers and theologians

• Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, orientalist and religious thinker
• John Finnis, natural law philosopher, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy
• Sir Peter Strawson, philosopher

Broadcasters, journalists and entertainers

Nick Robinson

• Peter Beinart, The New Republic 1999–2006, editor-at-large 2006–
• Nick Denton, founder of Gawker media
• Edward Enfield, broadcaster and writer
• Paul Foot, journalist and socialist
• Paul Gambaccini, presenter of and writer on pop music
• Gordon Honeycombe, actor and playwright
• Tom Hooper, Academy Award-winning director
• Aboubakr Jamaï, journalist
• Owen Jones, author and journalist
• Christina Lamb, journalist and author
• Chris McCooey, journalist
• Warren Mitchell, actor
• James Owen, writer and journalist
• Nigel Playfair, actor and theatre manager
• Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and composer
• James Ridley, author
• Nick Robinson, journalist and BBC political editor
• Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist
• Peter Sissons, television newsreader
• Philippa Thomas, journalist and BBC reporter
• Alex Thomson, television journalist
• Michael York, actor
• Andy Zaltzman, political comedian

Scientists, inventors and engineers

Stephen Hawking

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
Bowen, JonathanJonathan Bowen	1974	1977	MA	Computer scientist	-
Cartwright, EdmundEdmund Cartwright	?	?	?	Clergyman and loom-inventor	-
Hawking, StephenStephen Hawking	1959	1962	BA	Theoretical physicist	-
Radcliffe, JohnJohn Radcliffe	?	?	?	Royal Physician to William & Mary and politician	-
Wessely, Sir SimonSir Simon Wessely	?	1981	BM BCh	Psychiatrist	-

• Bob Allen, surgeon

Sports people

• Francis Birley, three-times winner of the FA Cup in the 1870s
• Mark Evans, Canadian rower, Olympic Gold Medallist in the 8+, Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
• Michael Evans, Canadian rower, Olympic Gold Medallist in the 8+, Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
• Thomas Gubb, rugby union international, represented Great Britain on 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina
• Nick Mallett, rugby player and coach
• Charles Thomas McMillen, retired NBA professional basketball player, US congressman
• Richard Nerurkar, Olympic athlete
• Acer Nethercott, British coxswain, Olympic silver medallist for GB 8+, Beijing 2008 Olympics
• James Parker, rower
• Tom Solesbury, GB pair, Beijing 2008 Olympics, and GB quad, London 2012 Olympics
• Adrian Stoop, rugby player
• Ralph Williams, cricketer and barrister

Judges and lawyers

• Kenneth Diplock, judge and Law Lord
• John Dyson Heydon, Justice of the High Court of Australia
• David Hodgson, Australian judge
• Walter Paton (1853–1937), English barrister who played for Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final
• Geoffrey Robertson, human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster
• Raymond Wacks, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory, author

Other

Prince Felix Yusupov

• William Beveridge, economist
• G.G. Bradley, noted Latinist, college master
• Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President, and the former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
• David Hatendi, banker, founder of Hatendi Private Equity Advisors, Zimbabwe's first black Rhodes Scholar.
• Michael Hoban, headmaster of Harrow School
• Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, historian
• Sir William Jones, discoverer of Sanskrit's relationship to Latin and Greek
• Luke McShane, chess Grandmaster
• Monier Monier-Williams, linguist
• Bernard W. Rogers, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
• Bruno Schroder, billionaire banker
• Sir Alan Stewart, founding vice-chancellor of Massey University, New Zealand
• Edward Maunde Thompson, Principal Librarian British Museum 1888–98, Director and Principal Librarian 1898–1909
• Israel Tonge, conspirator
• Felix Yusupov, participant in the murder of Grigori Rasputin

See also

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

References

1. "College Archives – FAQs". Oxford Archivists’ Consortium. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
2. Whiting, R.C. "Attlee, Clement Richard, first Earl Attlee (1883–1967)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
3. In the Footsteps of C.S. Lewis, Oxford, Sacred Destinations.

External links

• Famous alumni, Archive.org