List of University of Oxford people with PPE degrees

Last updated October 24, 2024

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University has traditionally been a degree read by those seeking a career in politics, public life (including senior positions in His Majesty's Civil Service) and journalism.

UK politicians

Danny Alexander, former British Liberal Democrat MP and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Rushanara Ali, British Labour MP
Ed Balls, former British Labour MP, former Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Strictly Come Dancing contestant
Alan Beith, former British Liberal Democrat MP
Tony Benn, former British Labour MP and Cabinet minister
Nicholas Boles, former British Conservative MP
Kevin Brennan, former British Labour MP
David Cameron, former British Conservative Prime Minister
Barbara Castle, former Labour MP and former Cabinet minister
Christopher Chataway, former Conservative MP, journalist and athlete
James Clappison, former British Conservative MP
Yvette Cooper, British Labour MP and Home Secretary
Julian Critchley, former British Conservative MP
Anthony Crosland, former Labour MP and former Cabinet minister
Edwina Currie, British Conservative MP (1983–97) and former Minister
Ed Davey, Leader of the British Liberal Democrat party and MP
Geraint Davies, former British Labour MP
Anneliese Dodds, British Labour MP and former MEP
Alan Duncan, former British Conservative MP and former Minister for International Development
Philip Dunne, former British Conservative MP
Angela Eagle, British Labour MP and twin sister of Maria Eagle
Maria Eagle, British Labour MP and twin sister of Angela Eagle
Jane Ellison, former British Conservative MP
Miatta Fahnbulleh, British Labour MP
Paul Farrelly, former British Labour MP
Laura Farris, former British Conservative MP
Michael Foot, former leader of the Labour Party, former Leader of the Opposition and author
Derek Foster, former Labour MP
Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and former leader of the Labour Party
George Gardiner, former British Conservative MP
Helen Goodman, former British Labour MP
Damian Green, British Conservative MP
Sam Gyimah, former British Conservative Party MP
William Hague, former British Conservative Party MP and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Duncan Hames, former British Liberal Democrat MP
Philip Hammond, former British Conservative MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Matt Hancock, former British Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Mark Harper, former British Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Transport
Edward Heath, Conservative British Prime Minister (1970–74)
David Heathcoat-Amory, former British Conservative MP
Michael Heseltine, former British Conservative MP and former Deputy Prime Minister ^[2]
Meg Hillier, British Labour MP
Steve Hilton, British Conservative Party Spin Doctor
Damian Hinds, British Conservative Party MP and former Secretary of State for Education
Richard Howitt, former European Labour Party MEP
Chris Huhne, former British Liberal Democrat MP (2005–13) and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2010–12)
Jeremy Hunt, British Conservative MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Baroness Jay, British Labour politician and former Leader of the House of Lords
Roy Jenkins, former Labour Cabinet minister and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), President of the European Commission, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party
Gerald Kaufman, former British Labour MP
Ruth Kelly, former British Labour MP and Cabinet minister
Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, Liberal Democrat peer and former Liberal MP
Lord Lawson, British former Conservative MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lord Mandelson, British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and former EU Commissioner
David Miliband, former British Labour MP, former Foreign Secretary and older brother of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband, British Labour MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and former Leader of the Labour party
Rhodri Morgan, former Labour AM and former First Minister for Wales
Len Murray, former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Neil O'Brien, British Conservative MP
Lord Longford (1905–2001), prison reform advocate and politician
Brian Paddick, former Metropolitan Police Service deputy assistant commissioner and Liberal Democrat politician
James Purnell, former British Labour MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Tim Rathbone, British former Conservative MP
Mark Reckless, former British UKIP and Conservative MP
Rachel Reeves, British Labour MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Emma Reynolds, British Labour MP
Barbara Roche, former British Labour MP
Siôn Simon, former British Labour MEP and MP
Jacqui Smith, former British Labour MP and Home Secretary
John Spellar, former British Labour MP
Rory Stewart, British diplomat, academic, writer and former Conservative Party MP
Will Straw, British policy researcher and Labour politician
Rishi Sunak, British Conservative former Prime Minister and former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Matthew Taylor, former British Liberal Democrat MP
Nick Thomas-Symonds, British Labour MP
Liz Truss, former British Conservative Prime Minister and former Foreign Secretary
Stephen Twigg, Director of the Foreign Policy Centre and former Labour MP
Andrew Tyrie, former British Conservative MP and current Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority
Kitty Ussher, former British Labour MP
Steve Webb, former British Liberal Democrat MP
Helen Whately, British Conservative MP
Ann Widdecombe, former British Conservative MP and former Brexit Party MEP
David Willetts, former British Conservative MP
Shirley Williams, former Labour Cabinet minister and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party
Harold Wilson, former British Labour Prime Minister
Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield, British Labour Peer
Yuan Yang, British Labour MP and journalist
George Young, former British Conservative MP
Baroness Young, British Conservative politician and first female Leader of the House of Lords

Non-UK politicians

Tony Abbott, 28th and former Prime Minister of Australia
Liaqat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, former Prime Minister of Ceylon
Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
David Boren, former Oklahoma Governor and US Senator
Kofi Abrefa Busia, former President of Ghana
Pete Buttigieg, United States Secretary of Transportation
Korn Chatikavanij, former Finance Minister of Thailand
Calvin Cheng, former Singaporean Nominated MP
Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia
Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister of Australia
Urszula Gacek, Polish Diplomat, former Polish MEP and Senator
Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia^[2]
Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Health of Malaysia
Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd and former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, former Prime Minister of Peru and former President
John Kufuor, former President of Ghana
Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
Martin Mansergh, former Irish politician
Sukhumbhand Paribatra, former Governor of Bangkok
Kukrit Pramoj, former Prime Minister of Thailand
Tony Pua, Malaysian blogger and opposition MP
Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician and journalist, former minister of foreign affairs of Poland and Marshal of the Sejm
Aung San Suu Kyi, first State Counsellor of Myanmar, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Chris Thomas, former Isle of Man Minister for Policy and Reform^[3]
Euclid Tsakalotos, finance minister of Greece and the country's chief negotiator with the Troika
Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand
Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State of Singapore
Parit Wacharasindhu, Thai politician

Broadcasters, journalists, media (UK)

Jackie Ashley, British broadcast and newspaper journalist
Zeinab Badawi, British broadcast journalist
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-chief of The Economist magazine
Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision and non-executive director, BBC Worldwide
Camilla Cavendish, journalist, The Times
Michael Cockerell, political television documentaries
Nick Cohen, journalist
Michael Crick, British journalist, author and broadcaster
Nick Davies, British investigative journalist
Evan Davis, British economic journalist
Rowenna Davis, Labour councillor and "Sunday Politics" pundit
David Dimbleby, television presenter
Bill Emmott, journalist
Stephanie Flanders, former BBC economics editor
Jonathan Freedland, journalist and broadcaster
Paul Gambaccini, music journalist and broadcaster
Carrie Gracie, BBC newsreader
Tom Gross, journalist and commentator
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 newsreader
Guto Harri, former BBC political correspondent and Communications Director for the Mayor of London
Tim Harford, British economist and journalist
John Harris, British journalist, writer, and critic
Julia Hartley Brewer, British journalist and broadcaster
Mehdi Hasan, British political journalist and host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English
Afua Hirsch, journalist and lawyer
Simon Jack, BBC News Business Editor
Peter Jay, British journalist, economist and diplomat,
Simon Jenkins, journalist and columnist; former editor of The Times newspaper
Oliver Kamm, columnist and leader writer for The Times ^[4]
Ian Katz, editor of BBC's Newsnight and former deputy editor of The Guardian
Lucy Kellaway, British journalist, writer and broadcaster
Tasmin Khan, television newsreader
Christina Lamb, journalist; foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times
David Lipsey, Baron Lipsey, British journalist and Labour peer
Edward Luce, British journalist
Christopher Meakin, journalist, Financial Times, The Times, Punch: banker at HSBC and JP Morgan
Seumas Milne, journalist and writer; Executive Director of Strategy and Communications, British Labour Party
Bronwen Maddox, editor and chief executive of Prospect magazine
Michael Mosley Medical and scientific broadcaster
Robert Peston, Former BBC News Business editor, Political Editor, ITV News
Rebecca Pike, BBC business and economics correspondent
Lance Price, former BBC journalist and special advisor to Tony Blair
James Robbins, journalist and former BBC Diplomatic and Royal Editor
Nick Robinson, journalist and broadcaster; former BBC political editor
Justin Rowlatt, journalist and news reporter; currently the BBC's Chief Environment correspondent
Will Self, British journalist and author
John Sergeant, former BBC political journalist
Mary Ann Sieghart, British journalist
Matthew Syed, British journalist and broadcaster
Manisha Tank, presenter, BBC World News
Philippa Thomas, BBC presenter
Emma Tucker, editor, The Sunday Times
Etienne de Villiers, Former chairman, BBC Worldwide
Hilary Wainwright, British academic, editor of Red Pepper magazine.
Andreas Whittam Smith, former editor of The Independent newspaper
Tom Winnifrith, British former journalist and businessman
Camilla Wright, a British journalist and one of the founders and owners of the Popbitch newsletter and website
Toby Young, journalist

Others

Riz Ahmed, British-Pakistani rapper, actor and anti-war activist
David Alderdice, Dermatologist, Northern Irish politician and former Lord Mayor of Belfast
Naomi Alderman, novelist and writer
Monica Ali, writer
Tariq Ali, political writer, broadcaster and publisher
Chris Anderson, curator of the TED Conference
Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
Richard Barrons, Major General in the British Army
Ruzwana Bashir, British Pakistani businesswoman, founder and CEO of Peek.com
Nina Bawden, Novelist and children's writer
Freda Bedi, social worker, writer and Gelongma (nun in Tibetan Buddhism)
Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
Tim Besley, economist
Roy Bhaskar, philosopher
Stephen Breyer, US Supreme Court Justice
Julia Bodmer, British geneticist
Alex Callinicos, Professor of European & International Studies (social theory and international political economy), King's College London
Justin Cartwright, novelist and dramatist
Guido Calabresi, American appeal judge and law and economics scholar
Suma Chakrabarti, former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Vikramaditya Chandra, CEO, NDTV
Wesley Clark, former US Army General and Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO
Susanna Clarke, Bristish novelist
Diane Coyle, journalist, economist and vice-chairman of the BBC Trust
John Crow, fifth Governor of the Bank of Canada
John Curtice, political scientist and Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde
Ian Davis, former managing director McKinsey & Co.
Pete Dawkins, former Heisman trophy winner
Nick Denton, CEO of Gawker Media
Andrew Dilnot, British economist and broadcaster
Michael Dobbs, British author
Rose Dugdale, former IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin activist
Michael Dummett, philosopher
Paul W. Franks, Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies at Yale University
Atul Gawande, American surgeon and writer
Norman Geras, British political theorist and academic
Steve Giddins, British chess player and writer
Maurizio Giuliano, Italian-British journalist, Guinness record-holder, and UN official
Matt Golder, political scientist
Edward Goldsmith, Anglo-French environmentalist
Andrew Graham, economist^[2]
John N. Gray, philosopher
Adrian Greenwood, historian and art dealer
Bo Guagua, son of Chinese ex-politician Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai
Susan Haack, British philosopher at the University of Miami
Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC and former Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House
Guy Hands, British financier
Dido Harding, British businesswoman, former chief executive of TalkTalk Group
Stephen Hester, Chief Executive of RSA Insurance Group
Christopher Hitchens, English-American author and polemicist
John Holmes, British diplomat and UN Under-Secretary-General
Haya Bint Al Hussein, daughter of Hussein of Jordan, UN messenger of peace
Walter Isaacson, American writer
Antony Jenkins, former CEO of Barclays
Paul Johnson, economist, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies ^[2]
David Kirk, New Zealand businessman and former All Black
Girish Karnad, an Indian writer, playwright and screenwriter
Sanjaya Lall, economist
Eylon Levy, Israeli government spokesman
Mark Littlewood, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs
Ken Macdonald, former Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales
Henry Marsh, British neurosurgeon and focus of the documentary film The English Surgeon
Claire Maxwell, German-Australian academic sociologist
Stephen McIntyre, author of Climate Audit dedicated to analyzing climate data
Michelle Meagher, competition lawyer
Max More, British philosopher and futurist
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American media mogul
Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan army officer and diplomat
Adebayo Ogunlesi, Nigerian businessman
Nicky Oppenheimer, South African businessman
Cameron O'Reilly, Irish-Australian businessman
Nicholas Ostler, British linguist and author
Ricken Patel, activist and co-founder of online campaigning organisation Avaaz ^[2]
Teddy Pilley, linguist and conference interpreter
Ben Pimlott, historian
Max Price, vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town
Dennis Potter, British television playwright
Catherine Powell, CEO of Disney Parks, Western Region
Hugh Quarshie, British actor
James A. Reed (businessman), Chairman of the Reed Group
Olly Robbins, British former senior civil servant and Chief Negotiator for Exiting the European Union
Peter Robinson, former speechwriter for U.S. President Ronald Reagan and host of television show Uncommon Knowledge
Joe Roff, Australian rugby player
Jim Rogers, investor and author
Jonathan Rowson, Scottish chess Grandmaster and three-time winner of the British Chess Championship
Anthony Seldon, contemporary historian, commentator and political author
Vikram Seth, Indian novelist and poet
Stuart Shanker, Distinguished Research Professor at York University
Jonathan Shaw, British Major general
Guy Spier, Investor, Author
Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Company
Richard Swinburne, philosopher
Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher and politician
Gabriele Taylor, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford
Alexander Thynn, Marquess of Bath, British peer, writer and owner of Longleat
Stephen Tindale, British environmentalist
Badruddin Umar, Bangladeshi Marxist–Leninist theorist, historian and writer
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, Chairwoman of Santander UK
Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director and screenwriter
Tom Ward, British actor
Sundeep Waslekar, Indian thought leader on conflict resolution and global future
Madeleine Wickham, chick lit author, famous as Sophie Kinsella
George Will, American political journalist and commentator
Richard Wollheim, British philosopher
Mara Yamauchi, British Olympic marathon runner
Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education and youngest Nobel laureate

References

↑ "The most successful and famous alumni from each Oxford College". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 Beckett, Andy (23 February 2017). "PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain". theguardian.com . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
↑ "Tynwald - Parliament of the Isle of Man - THOMAS Christopher Charles, MHK". www.tynwald.org.im.
↑ "Things I Wished I’d Known Before I Went to Oxbridge", Oxford Royale Academy

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[1] "The most successful and famous alumni from each Oxford College". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[graun-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Beckett, Andy (23 February 2017). "PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain". theguardian.com . Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[3] "Tynwald - Parliament of the Isle of Man - THOMAS Christopher Charles, MHK". www.tynwald.org.im.

[4] "Things I Wished I’d Known Before I Went to Oxbridge", Oxford Royale Academy

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