List of alumni of St John's College, Oxford

A list of alumni of St John's College, Oxford, former students of the college of the University of Oxford. The overwhelming maleness of this list is partially explained by the fact that for over 90% of its history (from its foundation in 1555 until 1979), women were barred from studying at St John's.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist The college maintains a growing list of profiles of prominent recent alumni on its website.Alumni Spotlight

Politicians in the United Kingdom

NameMDegreeNotesRef 1993BA PPE Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–2024), Bethnal Green and Stepney (2024–) 1636 MP for Devizes and Calne at various points between 1640 and 1679Aaron Bell 1998 BA PPEConservative MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme (2019–2024) (HF) 1972 BA Jurisprudence (2nd, 1975) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007); Labour MP for Sedgefield (1983–2007) 1998 BA Theology Conservative MP for Cannock Chase (2010–2015) 1974 BA Jurisprudence (1977) Conservative MP for Bury North (1983–1997) and North East Bedfordshire (2001–2019) 1976 BA PPE (1979) Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton (1992–2019) 1980 BA PPE Labour MP for Wallasey (1992–) 1979 BA History and Economics (1982) Labour MP for Selby (1997–2010) 1972 MA Physiological Sciences Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome (1997–2015) 1978 DPhil Archaeology Conservative MP for Henley (2008–2024) 1999 DPhil History Labour MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (2010–2015) 1969 BA PPE, BPhil Labour MP for Oxford East (1987–2017); Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1999–2002); Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2002–2004) 1981 MLitt Conservative MP for Bosworth (1987–2019)

George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor Henry Croke Edward du Cann William Duckett, MP Gwynfor Evans, former President of Plaid Cymru and first MP John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington Auberon Herbert, MP and political philosopher. Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha Peter Mews of Hinton Admiral Rhodri Morgan, former First Minister of Wales John Parker, MP Thomas Russell John Smith, 17th-century Chancellor of the Exchequer Shaun Spiers Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham William Trumbull Henry Wallop Francis Windebank Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet

Politicians and royalty of other countries

NameMDegreeNotesRef1983BA PPE Thailand Finance Minister (2008–2011)2010- Visiting research student at the Faculty of Law; Head of the House of Giorgi (2014–)1988- Visiting graduate student at the Department of Zoology; Prince Akishino of Japan1972BA PPE (2nd, 1974) Rhodes Scholar; 27th Premier of Western Australia (2001–2006)Oxford University Gazette, Volume 103, 1973-4, p1276 1973BA Jurisprudence St John's Overseas Scholar; Uganda's Ambassador to the United Nations (1980–1985); President of the International Peace Academy (1990–1998); UN Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict (1998–2005); President of the Uganda People's Congress (2010–2015) (HF, 1946)1921BA Modern History (2nd, 1923), MA (1925) Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1957); 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968)1931BS (1933), MA (1934) Rhodes Scholar; Secretary of State of the United States (1961–1969) (HF) 1951 BA PPE (2nd, 1953), MA 3rd Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1986–1991); 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (1997–2003) 1984BA Jurisprudence (1986, 1st) Rhodes Scholar; Canadian politician1983BA PPE (1st), MPhil 27th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008–2011)

Civil servants and diplomats Alan Bailey, formerly Permanent Secretary, Department of Transport Mervyn Brown, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Madagascar (1967–70), High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tanzania (1975–78), High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Nigeria (1979–83) Ash Carter, United States Secretary of Defense Charles Crawford, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996–98), Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Yugoslavia (2001–03), Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Poland (2003–07) David Faulkner, civil servant David Frost, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Denmark (2006–08), CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association (2014–) Arnold Heeney Geoffrey Holland, former Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment and Department of Education and Vice-Chancellor, Exeter University; chairman, Quality Improvement Agency Khoo Boon Hui, president of INTERPOLhttp://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/docs/events/2006/Khoo%20Boon%20Hui.pdf Michael McFaul, United States Ambassador to Russia (2012-2014) Frank Newsam Michael Partridge, former Permanent Secretary, Department of Social Security; Pro-Chancellor and Governor, Middlesex University Sir David Pepper, former director of GCHQ R. James Woolsey, Jr., United States Under Secretary of the Navy (1977–79), 16th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1993–95) Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health Heath Tarbert, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development in the U.S. (2017)

Judges and lawyers Nigel Carrington, lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of University of the Arts London Brian Cregan, Irish High Court judge James Eyre, judge Nicholas Hamblen, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Gérard La Forest, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Keith Lindblom John Nicholl Stephen Richards, Lord Justice John Silvester, Recorder of London Mark Warby, judge James Whitelocke

Clergy

Saints, blessed and archbishops of Canterbury

NameMDegreeNotesRef (F) - Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, martyr and saint - Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (F) 1598 BCL (1603), DCL (1621) President of St John's (1621-1633); Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1626-1628); Lord High Treasurer (1636-1641); 77th Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-1663) (F) 1589 BA (1594), MA (1598) President of St John's (1611–1621); Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1630–1641); 76th Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–1645) 1596 - Roman Catholic Benedictine monk, priest, martyr and saint

Other bishops Alfred Averill, Archbishop of New Zealand Paul Barber John Buckeridge Robert Hay, Bishop of Buckingham Kenneth Kirk Peter Mews Hugh Montefiore Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales Peter Selby David Wilcox Kenneth Woollcombe

Other priests Fergus Butler-Gallie, priest and writer Frederick Copleston Edward Drax Free Vicesimus Knox Peter Smalle, priest and poet Peter Thomson George Austen James Austen Henry Thomas Austen

Journalists and writers Mark Abley, poet and journalist Kingsley Amis, novelist Daniel Blythe, author Ivor Bulmer-Thomas David Chater, award-winning British television foreign correspondent Tom Chatfield, author Victoria Coren Mitchell Edmund Crispin Evan Davis, journalist Janine Gibson, journalist Robert Graves, poet John Lawrence Hammond, journalist and editor A. E. Housman, classical scholar, and poet Simon Jack, BBC Business Editor, Presenter of Today Programme Simon Jenkins, journalist and editor John Lanchester Philip Larkin, poet and librarian Bronwen Maddox Vic Marks, journalist and cricketerhttp://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/10831/Victor-James-%28Vic%29-MARKS Timothy Mo, novelist Musa Okwonga, writer Peter Preston, journalist and editor Alan Ross Hugh Schofield, BBC Paris correspondent James Shirley J. K. Stanford D. J. Taylor James Townley Jason Webster Norman Webster, journalist and editor John Wain Henry Willobie, poet Jonathan Wright, journalist and translator

Sports Sue Day, England rugby captain John Davis, Welsh cricketer William Evans, Welsh international footballer Mike Fitzpatrick, footballer Chris Penny, American rower, 1988 Blue Boat, Olympic silver medallist Barbara Slater, sports producer and gymnast Norman Taber, Olympic Athlete Chris Tavare, England international cricketer John Young, cricketer

NameMDegreeNotesRef 2005MPhil Development Studies (2007) Rhodes Scholar. 2004 Athens Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball medal for the USA. 2006 BCL, DPhil (2011) Rhodes Scholar from New Zealand. 2005 Oceania Mountain Biking champion. 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games medal. 2008 Beijing Olympics Women's Mountainbike Cross-Country 9th.1997DPhil Biochemistry (2001) Rhodes Scholar. 1996 Atlanta Olympics Swimming (800m freestyle relay) medal for the USA.

Others Robert G. W. Anderson, museum curator Cyril Beeson, entomologist and forest conservator Arthur Bell, consultant paediatrician"Arthur Doyne Courtenay Bell", rcplondon.ac.uk, accessed 30 October 2023 Trevor Bench-Capon, computer scientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, scientist Paula Booth - Daniell Chair of Chemistry at King's College London Ian Bostridge, tenor Christopher Brewin Hector Catling, archaeologist Winston Churchill Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas think-tank Victoria Coren Mitchell, television presenter and poker player Giovanni Costigan, British-American historian John Cottingham Tom Crawford, British mathematician and YouTuber Reginald de Koven Andrew Dilnot Henry Ellis, librarian Reginald John Farrer Antony Flew, philosopher Robert Fludd Paul Grice, philosopher (fellow 1939–1967, not an alumnus) Ronald Gurner Tyrone Guthrie, theatre director and producer Peter Hacker, philosopher (fellow 1966–2006, not an alumnus) Ralph Hartley Paul M. Hayes (1942–1995), historian Eric Heaton Gilbert Highet Alastair Humphreys, adventurer Roger Howell, Jr. Frank Kearton, Baron Kearton Patrick Kennedy Jason Kingsley, Rebellion Developments co-founder Belinda Kirk, explorer Basil Lam, musicologist Alexander Leeper, Australian educationist Henry Longueville Mansel Mohammed Mamdani, social entrepreneur Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet Edward Maufe, architect and designer Kate Montgomery, artist Gilbert Murray, classical scholar Yannis Philippakis, lead singer of British indie rock band Foals (band) Alfred W. Pollard Quilla Constance, aka Jennifer Allen, fine artist William Mitchell Ramsay Sanjeev Sanyal, writer and economist Faiza Shaheen, economist Peter Frederick Strawson, philosopher Jethro Tull, agriculturist Sundeep Waslekar, Founder and President of Strategic Foresight Group think-tank Stephen Wolfram

Fictional Inspector Morse, fictional TV crime series character, suggested to have won a scholarship

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