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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. [1] The college maintains a growing list of profiles of prominent recent alumni on its website. [2]
| Name | M | Degree | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushanara Ali | 1993 | BA PPE | Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–) | [3] [4] |
| Edward Bayntun | 1636 | MP for Devizes and Calne at various points between 1640 and 1679 | [5] | |
| Aaron Bell | 1998 | BA PPE | Conservative MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme (2019–) | [6] |
| Tony Blair (HF) | 1972 | BA Jurisprudence (2nd, 1975) | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007); Labour MP for Sedgefield (1983–2007) | [7] [8] [9] |
| Aidan Burley | 1998 | BA Theology | Conservative MP for Cannock Chase (2010–2015) | [4] |
| Alistair Burt | 1974 | BA Jurisprudence (1977) | Conservative MP for Bury North (1983–1997) and North East Bedfordshire (2001–2019) | [4] |
| Alan Duncan | 1976 | BA PPE (1979) | Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton (1992–2019) | [10] [4] |
| Angela Eagle | 1980 | BA PPE | Labour MP for Wallasey (1992–) | [4] |
| John Grogan | 1979 | BA History and Economics (1982) | Labour MP for Selby (1997–2010) | [11] [4] |
| David Heath | 1972 | MA Physiological Sciences | Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome (1997–2015) | [12] [4] |
| John Howell | 1978 | DPhil Archaeology | Conservative MP for Henley (2008–) | [4] |
| Gregg McClymont | 1999 | DPhil History | Labour MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (2010–2015) | [4] |
| Andrew Smith | 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) | [4] |
| David Tredinnick | 1981 | MLitt | Conservative MP for Bosworth (1987–2019) | [4] |
| Name | M | Degree | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korn Chatikavanij | 1983 | BA PPE | Thailand Finance Minister (2008–2011) | [13] [14] |
| Prince Diego Massimiliano De Giorgi | 2010 | - | Visiting research student at the Faculty of Law; Head of the House of Giorgi (2014–) | |
| Prince Fumihito | 1988 | - | Visiting graduate student at the Department of Zoology; Prince Akishino of Japan | [15] [16] |
| Geoff Gallop | 1972 | BA PPE (2nd, 1974) | Rhodes Scholar; 27th Premier of Western Australia (2001–2006) | [17] [18] [19] |
| Olara Otunnu | 1973 | BA 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–) | [20] [21] [22] [23] |
| Lester B. Pearson (HF, 1946) | 1921 | BA Modern History (2nd, 1923), MA (1925) | Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1957); 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968) | [24] [25] |
| Dean Rusk | 1931 | BS (1933), MA (1934) | Rhodes Scholar; Secretary of State of the United States (1961–1969) | [26] [27] |
| A. N. R. Robinson (HF) | 1951 | BA PPE (2nd, 1953), MA | 3rd Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1986–1991); 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (1997–2003) | [28] [9] |
| Craig Scott | 1984 | BA Jurisprudence (1986, 1st) | Rhodes Scholar; Canadian politician | [29] |
| Abhisit Vejjajiva | 1983 | BA PPE (1st), MPhil | 27th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008–2011) | [13] [30] |
| Name | M | Degree | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Campion (F) | c. 1557 | - | Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, martyr and saint | [36] |
| Edward James | c. 1575 | - | Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint | [36] |
| William Juxon (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) | [36] [37] |
| William Laud (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) | [38] |
| John Roberts | 1596 | - | Roman Catholic Benedictine monk, priest, martyr and saint | [36] [39] |
| Name | M | Degree | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Howitt Browning | 2005 | MPhil Development Studies (2007) | Rhodes Scholar. 2004 Athens Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball  Gold medal for the USA. | [44] [45] [46] |
| Rosara Joseph | 2006 | BCL, DPhil (2011) | Rhodes Scholar from New Zealand. 2005 Oceania Mountain Biking champion. 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games  Silver medal. 2008 Beijing Olympics Women's Mountainbike Cross-Country 9th. | [47] [48] [49] |
| Annette Salmeen | 1997 | DPhil Biochemistry (2001) | Rhodes Scholar. 1996 Atlanta Olympics Swimming (800m freestyle relay) Gold medal for the USA. | [46] [50] |
Kennedy Scholarships provide full funding for up to ten British post-graduate students to study at either Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Susan Hockfield, the sixteenth president of MIT, described the scholarship program as a way to "offer exceptional students unique opportunities to broaden their intellectual and personal horizons, in ways that are more important than ever in an era defined by global interaction.". In 2007, 163 applications were received, of which 10 were ultimately selected, for an acceptance rate of 6.1%.
welcomed by not only one but three members of Imperial Oxford alumni - Prince Akishino (St John's 1988)
Awarded Rhodes Scholarship in 1972 and graduated in philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford in 1974