List of people associated with Wadham College, Oxford

This is a list of Wadham College, Oxford people, including alumni, Fellows, Deans and Wardens of the College. An alphabetical list of alumni of Wadham college can be found here.

Alumni Academics

Martin Aitken, archaeometrist Amir Attaran, epidemiologist Charles Badham, classics scholar Owen Barfield, philosopher, author, poet, and critic William Bayliss, physiologist Edward Spencer Beesly, historian and positivist Henry de Beltgens Gibbins, economic historian Richard Bentley, scholar and critic James Theodore Bent, explorer and archaeologist Bernard Bergonzi, literary scholar George Fielding Blandford, psychiatrist Nathan Bodington, first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds Dietrich von Bothmer, art historian Harvie Branscomb, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University William Brown, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge Alan Bullock, historian of Nazi Germany Colin Campbell, geologist Allan Chapman, historian of science Oliver Carmichael, 3rd Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and 20th President of the University of Alabama Anthony Cheetham, materials scientist Robert Caesar Childers, Pali language scholar Pamela Clemit, literary critic Richard Congreve, philosopher and positivist Steven Connor, literary scholar Athelstan John Cornish-Bowden, biochemist Sedley Cudmore, economist and Chief Statistician of Canada Peter Day, inorganic chemist Emma Dench, classicist Frederick Augustus Dixey, entomologist Barrie Dobson, historian Nakdimon S. Doniach, lexicographer and linguist Edward Gordon Duff, bibliographer and librarian William Rickatson Dykes, botanist Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician Peter Edwards, historian Henry Emeleus, petrologist John Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford George Stanley Farnell, classist Roderick Floud, economic historian E.B. Ford, ecological geneticist Sandra Fredman, Professor of Law David B. Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon and politician Philip A. Gale, chemist Ian Grant, physicist Harry George Grey, theologian and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Thomas Guidott, physician Jeffrey Hackney, legal scholar Edith Hall, classics scholar Avraham Harman, diplomat and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem James Harris, legal scholar, Professor of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy James Harris, grammarian Robert Hooke, architect, natural philosopher, scientist, polymath, co-founder of the Royal Society Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, architect Ian Grant, physicist Ivor Grattan-Guinness, historian of mathematics Jennifer Ingleheart, classicist Gilbert Ironside the younger, Bishop of Hereford and Warden of Wadham James Jago, physician Frank Jevons, Vice-Chancellor of Durham University Benjamin Kennicott, Hebrew scholar Richard S. Lambert, biographer and broadcaster John Leslie, philosopher David MacDonald, biologist and conservationist Ruth Mace, evolutionary anthropologist Sally Mapstone, Principal of the University of St Andrews P. J. Marshall, historian of the British empire in the 18th century John Mayow, chemist, physician, and physiologist Alister McGrath, Christian apologist and theologian Frank McLynn, historian and biographer Nevil Story Maskelyne, geologist and politician Leslie Mitchell, historian Charles Morton, educator Peter Nailor, civil servant, intellectual and professor William Neile, mathematician Farhan Nizami, scholar in Islamic studies Phoebe Okowa, Member, International Law Commission, 2023- Tony Orchard, inorganic chemist John Parsons, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough William Plenderleath, antiquarian Josephine Crawley Quinn, ancient historian and archaeologist Barnaby Raine, intellectual historian and political commentator P. J. Rhodes, ancient historian Stuart J. Russell, computer scientist Phillipp Schofield, historian Henry Albert Schultens, linguist Walter Shirley, priest and historian Tom Solomon, neurologist Thomas Sprat, divine and co-founder of the Royal Society Benjamin Parsons Symons, Warden of Wadham Richard W. Tsien, electric engineer and neurobiologist Wilson Dallam Wallis, anthropologist Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, historian and academic administrator Rex Warner, classicist, writer and translator William Whyte, historian Donald Wiseman, biblical scholar and Assyriologist Sir Christopher Wren, architect and co-founder of the Royal Society

Authors, artists, broadcasters and entertainers

Diran Adebayo, novelist Monica Ali, novelist Hossein Amini, film director and screenplay writer Lindsay Anderson, film director Timothy Bateson, actor Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor Melvyn Bragg, television broadcaster and writer Simon Brett, writer Jess Cartner-Morley, fashion editor of The Guardian newspaper Alan Connor, journalist and television presenter David Constantine, poet and translator Alan Coren, comic writer Robert Crampton, Times journalist Hilary Davies, poet, critic and translator Cecil Day-Lewis, former Poet Laureate Sophie Duker, stand-up comedian and writer James Flint, writer Isabel Fonseca, writer Neil Forrester, artist and cast member of The Real World TV show (London series) Tim Franks, journalist Jonathan Freedland, journalist Peter Gammond, music critic Amelia Gentleman, journalist Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet and playwright John Gross, author and literary critic Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator Francis Wrigley Hirst, journalist Montague Haltrecht, writer and literary critic Tom Holt, author of humorous and military fantasies, and of historical fiction Evan Jones, Jamaican screenwriter and poet Felicity Jones, actress Reginald Victor Jones, physicist, scientific military intelligence expert and writer Michael Kenyon, novelist Hari Kunzru, novelist Tim McInnerny, actor and comedian Patrick Marber, comedian and playwright Sharon Mascall, journalist, broadcaster and writer Jodhi May, actress Anne McElvoy, journalist and broadcaster Robert McGill, writer and literary critic Hilary Menos, poet Roger Mosey, BBC executive, Director of London 2012 Olympic Games coverage Neil Nightingale, director the BBC Natural History Unit from 2003 to 2009 David Patrikarakos, author and journalist Iain Pears, novelist Laurie Penny, author and social activist Rosamund Pike, actress William Rayner, novelist Tony Richardson, English theatre and Academy Award-winning film director and producer Stevan Riley, film director Jude Rogers, judge Michael Rosen, poet and broadcaster Joshua Rozenberg, legal commentator and journalist Carr Scrope, versifier Peter Sculthorpe, composer Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, wit, dramatist and politician Fatemeh Shams, Award-winning poet and professor of Persian literature at University of Pennsylvania Mary Ann Sieghart, former assistant editor of The Times Leonard Strong, novelist, critic, historian and poet Paul Vaughan, journalist William Walsh, poet and critic Irving Wardle, theatre critic John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, libertine poet and protégé of King Charles II Humbert Wolfe, poet

Clergy

Peter Allan, monk and Principal of College of the Resurrection Francis Bampfield, non-conformist minister Samuel Barnett, social reformer and Canon of Westminster Abbey Edward Bidwell, Bishop of Ontario Henry Bowlby, Bishop of Coventry Cornelius Burges, minister Richard William Church, churchman and writer John Erskine Clarke, clergyman Thomas Crofts, clergyman Cecil de Carteret, Bishop of Jamaica Robert Deakin, clergyman Joseph Diggle, clergyman, politician and public servant Edward Eddrup, clergyman and principal of Salisbury Theological College Edward Feild, clergyman Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral Campbell Hone, Bishop of Wakefield Walsham How, clergyman and botanist William Henry Jackson, priest, missionary and inventor of Burmese Braille Francis Jayne, clergyman Hewlett Johnson, clergyman, "Red Dean of Canterbury" Francis Kilvert, clergyman and diarist Alexander Mackonochie, mission priest Thomas Manton, clergyman Edward Garrard Marsh, poet and clergyman John Medley, first Bishop of Fredericton Wilfrid Oldaker, schoolmaster and Precentor of Christ Church, Oxford Reginald Owen, Primate of New Zealand Samuel Parker, clergyman Charles Ranken, clergyman and chess master William Jenkins Rees, clergyman and antiquary William Skinner, bishop of Aberdeen Edward Stone, clergyman and natural philosopher Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Willis, Bishop Richard Woodward, Bishop Cloyne Foster Barham Zincke, clergyman, traveller, and antiquary

Politicians and civil servants

Tom Allen, US Representative from Maine William Shepherd Allen, UK and New Zealand politician Michael Alison, politician Anita Anand, Canadian politician and Minister of Public Services and Procurement Edward Ashe, English politician and Father of the House Michael Bates, Baron Bates, politician Thomas Charles Baring, politician Richard Barnett, politician Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, former Lord Chancellor Marco Biagi, Scottish National Party politician Robert Blake, Cromwell's admiral David Blatherwick, diplomat John Bluett, politician John Bramston the Younger, politician Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook, civil servant, Cabinet Secretary 1947-1962 William Burge, Attorney General of Jamaica and anti-abolitionist Edward Cakobau, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji Hugh Childers, statesman Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith, politician H. R. P. Dickson, colonial political officer and author Joseph Diggle, clergyman and politician John Dyson, Lord Dyson, judge and Master of the Rolls Derek Enright, politician Vincent Evans, Judge on the European Court of Human Rights Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, politician Steven Fisher, diplomat Bernard Floud, politician Peter Floud, civil servant Michael Foot, politician William Fox, premier of New Zealand Sydney Giffard, diplomat Penaia Ganilau, former Governor General and President of Fiji Badlishah of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah Eileen E. Gillese, judge Neil Gerrard, politician Ben Greene, Labour, and later far-right, politician Tuanku Abdul Halim, Sultan of Kedah, The King of Malaysia Robert Hannigan, cryptographer and civil servant John Hanson, diplomat Joseph Hardcastle, politician John Hardres, politician Avraham Harman, Israeli diplomat Evan Harris, former Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon George Harrison, politician Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson, judge Marc Holland, Administrator of Ascension Island Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet, politician Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, politician Thomas Lewis, politician Richard Lloyd, royalist Mark Logan, MP for Bolton North East John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace, Whig politician Eric Macfadyen, politician Kenneth Maddocks, former Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji Kamisese Mara, former Prime Minister and President of Fiji Keir Mather, current 'Baby of the House' and Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies, judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada T. E. Moir, civil servant James Morris, Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis Robert Moses, city planner James Munby, judge James Murray, politician Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002) Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan Arthur Onslow, former Speaker of the House of Commons William Palmes, politician Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Indian diplomat and journalist Edward Phelips, politician Carew Raleigh, politician Emma Reynolds, MP for Wolverhampton North East Colin Thornton-Kemsley, National Liberal politician Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet, politician