List of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford

A list of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics.

At least thirteen British prime ministers have been educated at Christ Church including Sir Robert Peel (Primer Minister 1834–1835 & 1841–1846), Anthony Eden (1955—1957) and William Ewart Gladstone (1892–94, 1886, 1880–85, & 1868–74). At least ten Chancellors of the Exchequer have also been educated at Christ Church including Nigel Lawson (1983–1989) and William Murray (Lord Chief Justice 1756—1788 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1757) as well as other prominent UK politicians such as Quintin McGarel Hogg (Lord Chancellor 1979–1987). Christ Church has also educated many people who have gone on to take prominent political roles abroad, such as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (former Prime minister of Pakistan), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party), S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike (Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka)) and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

A number of royal members were educated at Christ Church including King Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India and his brother Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany as well as Prince Abbas Hilmi from the Egyptian royal family, and Prince Hassan bin Talal from the Jordanian royal family.

There are numerous former students in the fields of academia and theology including seventeen Archbishops, most recently Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury 2002–2012). Other students in these areas include George Kitchin (the first Chancellor of the University of Durham and Dean of Durham Cathedral), John Charles Ryle (first Bishop of Liverpool), John Wesley (leader of the Methodist movement), Richard William Jelf (Principal of King's College London), Ronald Montagu Burrows (Principal of King's College London) and Bishop William Stubbs (Bishop of Oxford and historian). Prominent philosophers including John Locke, John Rawls, Sir A. J. Ayer and Daniel Dennett also studied at Christ Church.

Albert Einstein was elected to undertake a 5-year Research Studentship in 1931,^[1] philosopher and polymath Robert Hooke and developmental biologist Sir John B. Gurdon (co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), physician Sir Archibald Edward Garrod, biochemist Kenneth Callow, radio astronomer Sir Martin Ryle and epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll are all associated with the college.

A number of successful businessmen have also be educated at Christ Church including Alex Beard (Glencore), Sir Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital), Crispin Odey (hedge fund manager), Jacob Rothschild (N M Rothschild & Sons), Nicky Oppenheimer (De Beers), Peter Moores (Littlewoods), James A. Reed (Reed group), and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (twins associated with the founding of Facebook).

The college has educated six olympic gold medalists including Jonny Searle in rowing. Other notable alumni include entrepreneur and founder of Pennsylvania William Penn, broadcaster David Dimbleby, composer Sir William Walton and the writers Lewis Carroll and W. H. Auden.

The following list is not comprehensive and a fuller list can be found in the Category: Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford.

British Prime Ministers

Anthony Eden

• Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977)
• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
• George Canning (1770–1827)
• George Grenville (1712–1770)
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)
• Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)
• Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995)
• Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)
• William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)
• William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)
• William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834)
• William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (1684–1764) (For two days)

Politicians and civil servants

Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester

• Richard Burn (1871-1947), Indologist and civil servant in India
• Alan Clark (1928–1999), politician and diarist
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801–1885), politician and philanthropist
• Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), Son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo
• Brian Urquhart (1917–), Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Cecil Harmsworth King (1901–1987), director at the Bank of England
• Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), Speaker of the House of Commons
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), early American statesman, diplomat and presidential candidate
• Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852–1915), Conservative politician, Lord President of the Council
• Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond (1818–1903), Lord President of the Council
• Chris Skidmore (1981–), MP
• Sir Crispin Tickell (1930–), Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
• David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (1943–) Hereditary Peer and son of Alec Douglas-Home
• David Durie, Sir (1944–) Governor of Gibraltar from 2000 to 2003
• David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury (1948–), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• David Willetts (1956–), MP
• Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory (1899–1981), Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the University of Exeter
• Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), MP and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds
• Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (1798–1877), politician
• Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford (1902–1961)
• Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909–1998), Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796–1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1759–1799), politician and Foreign Secretary
• Francis Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), politician and social reformer
• Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886–1957), physicist and cabinet minister
• Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe( 1951–), prominent Conservative Party statesman, was Defence Minister, Agriculture Minister, among others
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753–1813), statesman
• George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough MP and great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill
• George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sir George Young, 6th Baronet(1941–), MP and Lord Privy Seal
• Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891), politician and Foreign Secretary
• George Ward Hunt (1825–1877), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), diplomat and statesman
• Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), Whig politician and minister
• Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), soldier and politician
• Ian Blair (1953–), Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
• John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), diplomat and statesman
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), politician and Foreign Secretary
• John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (1940–), Hereditary Peer
• Jonathan Aitken (1942–), Conservative politician
• Louise Mensch (1971–), MP
• Mark Filip (1966–), Attorney General of the United States
• Mark Reckless (1970–), MP
• Maharaja Gaj Singh II (1948-), erstwhile ruler of Marwar-Jodhpur, India and former Member of Parliament and Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago
• Maharaja Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad (1923–2010), Uprajprajpramukh (and sometime Acting Rajpramukh) of Saurashtra; Academician
• Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Michael Ancram (1945–), MP, Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
• William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 1949), UK Independence Party MEP
• Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), Attorney General
• Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson (1932–), politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor
• Randolph Churchill (1911–1968), MP and son of Sir Winston Churchill
• Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (1817–1877), diplomat
• Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869), MP Privy Council
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927–), Head of the Civil Service
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1946–), Conservative politician
• Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904–1996), diplomat
• Sir Antony Acland (1930–), Head of the Diplomatic Service
• Sir Charles Brickdale (1857–1944), Chief Registrar of HM Land Registry
• Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), writer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary
• Sir Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), classical scholar and diplomat
• Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet (1797–1878), politician
• Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), early American statesman and diplomat
• Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell (1905–1976), politician and writer
• William Dowdeswell (1721–1775), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Henry Gladstone (1840–1891), MP and son of William Ewart Gladstone
• William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), Lord Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane (c. 1706 - 1734), Member of Parliament
• William Wingfield (1772–1858), MP, Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit
• Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1688–1740), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), Politician, Art Collector
• Solomon Bandaranaike (1899-1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1956 - 1959
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979), Pakistani statesman, Founder chairman Pakistan Peoples Party
• Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (1949–), Conservative MEP
• Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988–), Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party

Viceroys and Governors General

• Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812–1862), politician and Governor-General of India
• Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India
• Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
• George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), politician and Governor-General of India
• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751–1814), politician and Governor-General of India
• James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812–1860), politician and Governor-General of India
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
• General John Guise (1682/3–1765), Amy Officer, Art Collector
• Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), soldier and Governor-General of India
• Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915–2002) Major General
• Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Foreign Secretary and Governor-General of India
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), Governor of Madras
• Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865–1946), Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
• Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826–1904), Viceroy of India and First Lord of the Admiralty
• William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857), Governor-General of India
• William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), Governor of New South Wales

Philosophers

Sir Michael Dummett

• John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher
• John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744), philosopher
• Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), philosopher
• Sir Alfred Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher
• John Rawls (1921–2002), philosopher
• Sir Michael Dummett (1925–2011), philosopher
• John Searle (1932– ), philosopher
• Daniel Dennett (1942– ), philosopher
• John Lane Bell (1945- ), logician

Theologians

John Wesley

• Adam Blakeman (1596–1665), preacher and American settler
• Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), 'Apostle of the North'
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788), Methodist preacher and hymnist
• Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), churchman and progenitor of the Oxford Movement
• Eric Lionel Mascall (1905–1993), Anglo-Catholic theologian
• George William Kitchin (1827–1912), theologian and Dean of Durham Cathedral
• John Charles Ryle (1816–1900), evangelical Anglican leader and first Bishop of Liverpool
• John Fell (bishop) (1625–1686), Dean of Christ Church and Bishop of Oxford
• Samuel Fell (1584–1649) Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
• John Macquarrie (1919–2007), Christian Existentialist
• John Wesley (1703–1791), leader of the Methodist movement
• Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), priest and liturgist
• Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), theologian
• Rowan Williams (1950–), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Charles Longley (1794–1868), Archbishop of Canterbury
• William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury
• John Potter (1674–1747), Archbishop of Canterbury
• John Moore (1730–1805), Archbishop of Canterbury
• William Howley (1766–1848), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), Archbishop of Mauritius and anti-Apartheid campaigner
• Lancelot Blackburne 1658–1743), Archbishop of York
• Tobias Matthew (1546–1628), Archbishop of York
• Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757–1847), Archbishop of York
• William Markham (bishop) (1719–1807), Archbishop of York
• Robert Hay Drummond (1711–1776), Archbishop of York
• John_Gilbert (1693–1761), Archbishop of York
• John Dolben (1625–1686), Archbishop of York
• Tobias Matthew (1546 – 1628), Archbishop of York, Dean of Christ Church, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
• John Piers (1522/3 – 1594), Archbishop of York
• Michael Cox (1689–1779), Archbishop of Cashel
• Edward King (1829-1910), high church Bishop of Lincoln

Academics

• A. L. Rowse (1903–1997), historian
• Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919-1979), classicist and headmaster of Bradfield College, Eton College and Fettes College
• Edward de Bono (1933–)
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre (1914–2003), historian
• Homi K. Bhabha (1949–), Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language
• Jan Morris (1926–), writer and historian
• Prince Dmitriy Obolensky (1918–2001), historian
• Norman Cohn (1915–2007), historian
• Richard Carew (1555–1620), translator and antiquary
• Charles Dennis Fisher (1877–1916), classical scholar
• SR Gardiner (1829-1902), historian
• Richard William Jelf (1798–1871), Principal of King's College London (1843–1868)
• Robert Blake, Baron Blake (1916–2003), historian
• Robert Burchfield (1923–2004) scholar, writer, and lexicographer
• Ronald Montagu Burrows (1867–1920), Principal of King's College London (1913–1920)
• Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922–2009), classical scholar
• Sir Michael Howard (1922–), historian
• Sir Raymond Carr (1919–), historian
• Sir Roy Harrod (1900–1978), economist
• Sir William Deakin (1913–2005), historian and diplomat
• Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), classical scholar
• Shahid Javed Burki (1938–), Vice-President of the World Bank
• William Camden (1551–1623), antiquarian and historian
• Sir Halford Mackinder, (1861-1947), geographer and educationalist
• Laurence Nowell (c.1515-c.1571), antiquary and cartographer
• Bishop William Stubbs (1825-1901), distinguished constitutional historian and ecclesiastic
• Robert William Eyton (1815-1881), antiquarian of Shropshire

Mathematicians and scientists

Robert Hooke

• Albert Einstein (elected to a 5-year Research Studentship in 1931)^[2]
• Clare Grey, chemist, University of Cambridge professor
• John Freind (1675–1728), physician and chemist
• John Kidd (1775–1851), physician, chemist and geologist
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist and inventor
• Sir Ray Lankester (1847–1929), invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, Copley Medal award winner
• Sir Archibald Garrod (1857–1936), physician and pioneer molecular geneticist
• Sir Denys Wilkinson (1922–2016), nuclear physicist
• Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), mathematician
• Sir Francis Simon (1893–1956), physicist
• Kenneth Callow (1901-1983), biochemist
• Sir John Maddox (1925–2009), science writer
• Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), botanist
• Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984, radio astronomer
• Sir Martin Wood (1927–), engineer
• Patrick David Wall (1925–2001), Neuroscientist
• Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005), epidemiologist
• Richard Lower (physician) (1631–1691), first to perform blood transfusion
• Thomas Willis (1621–1675), physician and neurologist
• William Buckland (1784–1856), geologist, palaeontologist and omnivore
• John B. Gurdon (1933–), developmental biologist, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Ted Cooke-Yarborough (1918–2013), computer and radar pioneer

Other people

King Edward VII

• Ambrose St. John (1815–1875), close companion of John Henry Newman
• Fra' Andrew Bertie (1988–2008), Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
• Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), writer
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury(1938–2004)
• Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971) Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff, Second World War
• Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), Statesman and patron of the sciences.
• Christopher Codrington (1668–1710), plantation and slave owner, endowed Codrington College and Codrington Library
• Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India
• Gottfried von Bismarck (1962–2007)
• Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–84), brother of King Edward VII
• General Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748–1843), commander in the Peninsular War
• James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), Soldier and Commander of the Light Brigade at Balaclava
• John Chapman (1865-1933), abbot of Downside Abbey and founder of Worth School.
• Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole (1787–1848)
• John Boyd (1718–1800), art collector and sugar merchant
• Jonathan Hancock (1972–), Memory champion
• Kurt Hahn (1886–1974), Founder of Outward Bound and the Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760), last member of the House of Lords hanged in England
• Timothy Potts Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum
• Redmond Watt (1950–) Commander-in-Chief, Land Command, British Army
• Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch (1954–), Scotland's largest private landowner
• Richard Busby (1606–1695), Headmaster of Westminster School
• Henry Liddell (1811–1898) dean of Christ Church, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and headmaster of Westminster School.
• Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet (1943–), Father of George Osborne
• Prince Abbas Hilmi (1941–), Egyptian prince and financial manager^[3]
• Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947–), son of King Talal
• Princess Badiya bint Hassan (1974–), Daughter of Prince Hassan bin Talal
• Theodore Zeldin (1933–), writer
• William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania

Sports people

• Harold Barker, Silver in the Coxless Four – 1908 GB
• Robin Bourne-Taylor, Eight - 2004, Pair — 2008 GB
• Ken Brown, Eight — 1974 USA
• Peter Cazalet (1907–73), English cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer
• John Pius Boland (1870–1958), MP and winner of Gold medal for Tennis in the 1896 Olympics
• Lewis Clive, Gold in the Coxless Pair — 1932 GB, killed in action in the Spanish Civil War
• Hugh R A (Jumbo) Edwards, Gold in the Coxless Pair — 1932, Gold in the Coxless Four - 1932 GB
• Albert Gladstone, Gold in the Eight — 1908 GB
• Charles Grimes (rower), Gold in the Eight — 1956 USA
• Ante Kušurin, Double Sculls — 2008 Croatia
• Max Mosley, President of FIA 1993-2009
• David Sawyier, Coxed Four — 1972 USA
• Jamie Schroeder, Quadruple Sculls — 2008 USA
• Jonny Searle (1969–), Gold in the Coxed pair — 1992 Summer Olympics, Bronze in the Coxed Four - 1996 Summer Olympics
• Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Coxless Pair — 2008 Summer Olympics USA, see also business

Artists and writers

Lewis Carroll

• Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, novelist and playwright
• Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886–1959), Antarctic explorer and writer
• Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), author and journalist
• Barney Hoskyns (1959-) acclaimed music journalist
• Bryan Guinness 2nd Lord Moyne (1905–1992), poet and brewer.
• Charles Greville (1794–1865), diarist and cricketer
• Clere Parsons (1908–1931), poet
• Colin Gordon (1911–1972), actor
• Daubridgecourt Belchier(1580-1621), dramatist
• Desmond Guinness (1931–), conservationist and author.
• Dominic Lawson (1956–), Journalist and son of Nigel Lawson
• F. W. Bain (1863–1940), writer of fantasy stories
• Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901-1990), artist
• Frank Prewett, (1893-1962), poet
• Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), publisher
• Harry Lloyd (1983–), actor
• Henry Hitchings (1974-), author and critic
• Hugh Quarshie (1954–), actor
• J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes) (1906–1994), literary critic and novelist
• James Twining (1972–), novelist
• John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), American poet, critic and academic
• John Ruskin (1819–1900), critic, poet and artist
• Kate Brooke, screenwriter
• Kenneth Barnes (1878–1957), Director of R.A.D.A.
• Lennie Lee (1958–), artist
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), (real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), writer, clergyman and mathematician
• Marina Hyde, journalist at The Guardian
• Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818), novelist and dramatist
• Norman Painting (1924–2009), radio actor (The Archers)
• Peter Fleming (1907–1971), traveller and writer
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope(1805–1875), founder of the National Portrait Gallery
• Richard Curtis (1956–), comedy writer
• Richard Stengel (1955–), Managing Editor of Time Magazine
• Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), writer
• Robert Burton (1577–1640), writer of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
• Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988), art patron
• Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994) writer and scholar
• Sir John Masterman (1891–1977), academic, sportsman, author and spymaster
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet and soldier
• Sonya Walger (1974–), actress
• Stanley Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet
• Bishop Thomas Percy (1729-1811), balladeer and early romantic poet
• Christopher Sykes (1907-1986), author

Musicians

• Sir Thomas Armstrong (1898–1994), musician
• Sir Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
• Laurence Cummings - conductor, organist, harpsichordist
• John Dowland (1563–1626), lutenist and composer
• Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640), composer and virginalist
• Howard Goodall (1958–), composer and broadcaster
• James Ross, conductor
• Riz Ahmed (1982–), Actor and Rapper
• Donald Swann (1923–1994), composer, musician and entertainer
• John Taverner (1490–1545), composer
• Sir William Walton (1902–1983), composer
• Peter Warlock (1894–1930), composer and critic

Broadcasters and entertainers

David Dimbleby

• Adam Boulton, journalist at Sky
• David Dimbleby (1938–), broadcaster
• Michael Flanders (1922–1975), actor, writer and broadcaster
• Mehdi Hasan, journalist
• Anthony Howard (1934–2010), journalist and broadcaster
• Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), broadcaster and writer
• S. P. B. Mais (1885–1975), author, journalist and broadcaster
• Mark Worthington (journalist) (1977–), BBC Correspondent

Business

• Alex Beard, billionaire businessman, Glencore^[4]
• Michael Moritz billionaire venture capitalist, Sequoia Capital
• Crispin Odey billionaire hedge fund manager
• Jacob Rothschild billionaire investment banker
• Peter Moores (1932–), Founder of Littlewoods
• James A. Reed (1963–), Chairman of the Reed group of companies
• Nicky Oppenheimer and Jonathan Oppenheimer South African businessmen at De Beers
• Russi Mody (1918–2014), Chairman and Managing Director, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO), India
• Stuart Wheeler (1935–) businessman at IG Index
• Fredric Warburg (1898–1981), Publisher
• David Ogilvy(1929–1999) Iconic advertisement guru; known as the 'Pope of Advertising', he founded Ogilvy & Mather
• Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (1981-), twins associated with the founding of Facebook
• Zar Amrolia (businessman)^[5][6]
• Sir (Henry) Saxon Tate, 5th Baronet, MD of Tate & Lyle

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