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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Denys Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
- Adair Roche, Baron Roche, law lord
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley, politician
- Philip Rycroft, civil servant
- Wasim Sajjad, two time interim President of Pakistan and former Chairman Senate
- John C. Sherburne, Vermont politician
- John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, former Lord Chancellor
- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, former Lord Chancellor
- Simon Smith, diplomat
- Thomas Strangways, Father of the House
- Lala Sukuna, Fijian chief
- Randolph Vigne, South African anti-apartheid activist
- K. N. Wanchoo, Chief Justice of India
- Eugene Wason, Scottish politician
- Geoffrey Whiskard, diplomat
- Daryl Williams, Attorney-General for Australia
- Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, politician, topographer and author
- Hugh Wyndham, judge
- Thomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary), politician
- Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham, Irish lawyer and politician, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Sir Wadham Wyndham, judge
- Sir Peter William Youens, former Deputy Chief Secretary of Nyasaland (today Malawi) and secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Malawi
Other
- Noel Agazarian, World War II fighter ace
- Simon Anholt, political scientist, policy advisor
- E. W. Bastard, cricketer
- Arthur Berry, footballer
- Alan Blackshaw, mountaineer, skier and civil servant
- William Bromet, rugby player
- Brian Burnett, Royal Air Force and Commander-in-Chief of British Far East Command
- Sir Michael Checkland, former Director-General of the BBC
- John Cooke, prosecutor of Charles I
- Warren East, businessman, Chief executive of ARM Holdings plc
- William Freke, mystic
- C. B. Fry, sportsman
- George Hogg, adventurer
- George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, nobleman
- Richard Koch, management consultant
- David Levin, entrepreneur
- Emily Ludolf, amateur chef, finalist on BBC 2's Masterchef , 2008
- John MacBain, businessman
- Paul McMahon, cricketer
- Algernon Methuen, publisher
- Herbert Page, cricketer
- Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild, British financier and only son of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
- Edward Saatchi, entrepreneur
- Chris Saunders, cricketer and headmaster
- Steven Skala, banker
- Dr Richard Stone OBE, social campaigner, philanthropist, anti-racism and interfaith activist
