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List of University of Oxford people
The following persons attended the University of Oxford but did not necessarily complete a degree course there.
The list of alumni has been divided into categories, but it should be noted that these categories are somewhat arbitrary, and that many of the university's alumni have been polymaths (for instance William Ewart Gladstone was a prominent classicist as well as Prime Minister; some theologians could equally well be considered as philosophers), in these cases an attempt has been made to put them in the category for which they were most famous.
Oxford alumni include at least 10 Kings of six different nations, 50 Presidents and Prime Ministers of 18 different nations (including 26 British Prime Ministers), seven saints, one pope, 18 cardinals, 86 archbishops, three Fields medallists and 47 Nobel prize-winners (including winners of all categories).
Politics/Royalty
Kings
Presidents and Prime Ministers (international)
British Prime Ministers
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 1742-1743 (Trinity)
- Henry Pelham 1743-1746 (Hertford)
- George Grenville 1763-1765 (Christ Church)
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 1766-1768 (Trinity)
- Frederick North, Lord North 1770-1782 (Trinity)
- William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne 1782-1783 (Christ Church)
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1783, 1807-1809 (Christ Church)
- Henry Addington 1801-1804 (Brasenose)
- William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville 1806-1807 (Christ Church)
- Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool 1812-1827 (Christ Church)
- George Canning 1827 (Christ Church)
- Sir Robert Peel, Bt 1834-1835, 1841-1846 (Christ Church)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868 (Christ Church)
- William Gladstone 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894 (Christ Church)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902 (Christ Church)
- Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 1894-1895 (Christ Church)
- Herbert Asquith 1908-1916 (Balliol)
- Clement Attlee 1945-1951 (University)
- Anthony Eden 1955-1957 (Christ Church)
- Harold Macmillan 1957-1963 (Balliol)
- Alec Douglas-Home 1963-1964 (Christ Church)
- Harold Wilson 1964-1970, 1974-1976 (Jesus)
- Edward Heath 1970-1974 (Balliol)
- Margaret Thatcher 1979-1990 (Somerville)
- Tony Blair 1997- (St John's)
Other Prominent Political Figures
Other Prominent Royalty
Religious Figures
Saints
The following saints are recognised by the Catholic, but not the Anglican faith:
Pope
Cardinals, Archbishops, Chief Rabbis, Theologians, etc.
Scientists and Mathematicians
The Arts
Novelists, Poets and Playwrights
Actors, Comedians and TV stars
Directors and Film-Makers
Musicians, Composers and Conductors
Philosophers
Economists
Journalists
Sportsmen
Historians
Media moguls
Architects
Explorers and Adventurers
Others
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