List of University of Oxford people with PPE degrees
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.
This list does not include those notable figures, such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton , who studied PPE at the university but did not complete their degrees.[ 1]
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 , former United States Secretary of Transportation
Korn Chatikavanij , former Finance Minister of Thailand
Calvin Cheng , former Singaporean Nominated MP
Jen Easterly , former United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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
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 , British 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 King 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 analysing 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 , 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 US 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 & Co.
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
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