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Notable people with PPE degrees from Oxford
PPE at Oxford has traditionally been a degree read by those seeking a career in politics, public life (including senior positions in Her Majesty's Civil Service) and journalism. This list does not include those notable figures, such as American President Bill Clinton, who studied PPE at the university but did not complete their degrees. Oxford's notable PPE graduates include:
UK Politicians
- Alan Beith, British Liberal Democrat MP
- Alan Duncan, British Conservative MP and Minister for International Development
- Andrew Tyrie, British Conservative MP and current Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee
- Angela Eagle, British Labour MP
- Ann Widdecombe, former British Conservative MP
- Anthony Crosland, former Labour MP and Cabinet minister
- Barbara Castle, former Labour MP and Cabinet minister
- Barbara Roche, former British Labour MP
- Brian Paddick, former Metropolitan Police Service deputy assistant commissioner and Liberal Democrat politician
- Chris Huhne, British Liberal Democrat MP and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- Damian Green, British Conservative MP
- Danny Alexander, British Liberal Democrat MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- David Cameron, current British Conservative Prime Minister
- David Heathcoat-Amory, former British Conservative MP
- David Miliband, British Labour MP, former Foreign Secretary and older brother of Ed Miliband.
- David Willetts, British Conservative MP and Minister for Universities and Science
- Derek Foster, former Labour MP
- Duncan Hames, British Liberal Democrat MP
- Ed Balls, British Labour MP, and former Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
- Ed Miliband, Leader of the British Labour party and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- Ed Davey, British Liberal Democrat MP
- Edward Heath, former Conservative British Prime Minister
- Edwina Currie, British former Conservative MP
- Elizabeth Truss, British Conservative MP
- Emma Reynolds, British Labour MP
- George Gardiner, former British Conservative MP
- Geraint Davies, British Labour MP
- Gerald Kaufman, British Labour MP
- George Young, British Conservative MP and Leader of the House of Commons
- Harold Wilson, former British Labour Prime Minister
- Helen Goodman, British Labour MP
- Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and former leader of the Labour Party
- Jacqui Smith, former British Labour MP and Home Secretary
- James Clappison, British Conservative MP
- James Purnell, former British Labour MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Jane Ellison, British Conservative MP
- Baroness Young, British Conservative politician and first female Leader of the House of Lords
- Jeremy Hunt, British Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
- John Spellar, British Labour MP
- Julian Critchley, British Conservative MP
- Kevin Brennan, British Labour MP
- Kitty Ussher, former British Labour MP
- Lord Longford, social reformer and politician
- Baroness Jay, British Labour politician and former Leader of the House of Lords
- Mark Harper, British Conservative MP
- Mark Reckless, British Conservative MP
- Maria Eagle, British Labour MP and twin sister of Angela Eagle
- Matthew Hancock, British Conservative MP
- Matthew Taylor, former British Liberal Democrat MP
- Meg Hillier, British Labour MP
- Michael Foot, Former leader of the Labour Party, former leader of the opposition and author
- Nicholas Boles, British Conservative MP
- Lord Lawson, British former Conservative MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Paul Farrelly, British Labour MP
- Lord Mandelson, British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and former EU Commissioner
- Philip Dunne, British Conservative MP
- Philip Hammond, British Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Transport
- Rachel Reeves, British Labour MP
- Richard Howitt, European Labour Party, MEP
- Rhodri Morgan AM, Labour politician and First Minister for Wales
- Rory Stewart, British diplomat, academic, writer and Conservative Party MP
- Roy Jenkins, former Labour Cabinet minister and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party
- Rushanara Ali, British Labour MP
- Ruth Kelly, former British Labour MP and Cabinet minister
- Sam Gyimah, British Conservative Party MP
- Shirley Williams, former Labour Cabinet minister and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party
- Siôn Simon, former British Labour MP
- Stephen Twigg, Director of the Foreign Policy Centre and Labour MP
- Steve Hilton, British Conservative Party Spin Doctor
- Steve Webb, British Liberal Democrat MP
- Susan Kramer, former British Liberal Democrat MP
- Tony Benn, former British Labour MP
- Tim Rathbone, British former Conservative MP
- William Hague, British Conservative Party MP and Foreign Secretary
- Yvette Cooper, British Labour MP and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Non-UK Politicians
- Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Urszula Gacek, Polish MEP
- Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician
- Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
- Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian MP
- John Kufuor, President of Ghana
- Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician
- Martin Mansergh, Irish politician
- Tony Pua, Malaysian blogger and opposition MP
- Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician and journalist, minister of foreign affairs of Poland
- Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- Calvin Cheng, Singapore Nominated MP
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- David Boren, former Oklahoma Governor and US Senator
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, former Prime Minister of Peru
Broadcasters, journalists and other media figures prominent in UK
- Andreas Whittam Smith, former editor of The Independent newspaper
- Bill Emmott, journalist
- Bronwen Maddox, Times journalist
- Camilla Cavendish, Times journalist
- Carrie Gracie, BBC newsreader
- David Dimbleby, journalist and television presenter
- Etienne de Villiers, Chairman, BBC Worldwide
- Evan Davis, British economic journalist
- Guto Harri, former BBC political correspondent and Communications Director for the Mayor of London
- Jackie Ashley, British broadcast and newspaper journalist
- James Robbins, BBC diplomatic correspondent
- John Sergeant, former BBC political journalist
- Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision and non-executive director, BBC Worldwide
- Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 news reader
- Lance Price, former BBC journalist and special advisor to Tony Blair
- Manisha Tank, presenter, BBC World News
- Mary Ann Sieghart, British journalist
- Mehdi Hasan, British political journalist
- Michael Cockerell, political documentary maker
- Michael Crick, British journalist, author and broadcaster.
- Nick Cohen, journalist
- Nick Davies, British investigative journalist
- Nick Robinson, BBC political editor
- Peter Jay, British diplomat, economist and journalist
- Rebecca Pike, BBC business and economics correspondent
- Paul Gambaccini, music journalist and broadcaster
- Seumas Milne, British journalist and writer
- Stephanie Flanders, BBC economics editor
- Tasmin Khan, television newsreader
- Toby Young, Journalist
- Zeinab Badawi, British broadcast journalist
Others
- Riz Ahmed, British-Pakistani rapper, actor and anti-war activist
- David Alderdice, Dermatologist, Northern Irish politician and former Lord Mayor of Belfast
- Tariq Ali, political campaigner and commentator and writer
- Monica Ali, writer
- Chris Anderson, curator of the TED Conference
- Guy Spier, investor
- Major General Richard Barrons, British Army officer
- Freda Bedi, social worker, writer and Gelongma (Nun in Tibetan Buddhism)
- Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
- Roy Bhaskar, philosopher
- Stephen Breyer, US Supreme Court Justice
- Guido Calabresi, American appeal judge and law and economics scholar
- Justin Cartwright, novelist
- Calvin Cheng, Nominated Member of Parliament Singapore, leading Asian modelling mogul
- Wesley Clark, former US Army General and Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO
- Ian Davis, former managing director McKinsey & Co.
- Pete Dawkins, former Heisman trophy winner
- Rose Dugdale, former IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin activist
- Michael Dummett, philosopher
- Atul Gawande, American surgeon and writer
- Maurizio Giuliano, Italian-British journalist, Guinness record-holder, and UN official
- Edward Goldsmith, Anglo-French environmentalist and philosopher
- Susan Haack, British philosopher at the University of Miami
- Tony Hall, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House and former head of BBC News
- Guy Hands, British financier
- Stephen Hester, Chief Executive of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)
- Christopher Hitchens, English-American author and broadcaster
- 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
- Girish Karnad, an Indian writer, playwright and screenwriter
- Sanjaya Lall, economist
- Ken Macdonald, Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales
- Henry Marsh, British neurosurgeon and focus of the documentary film The English Surgeon
- Marquess of Bath, British peer, writer and owner of Longleat
- Stephen McIntyre, author of Climate Audit dedidated to analyzing climate data
- Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American media mogul
- Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan army officer and diplomat
- David Norgrove, businessman and civil servant
- Adebayo Ogunlesi, Nigerian businessman
- Nicky Oppenheimer, South African businessman
- Ben Pimlott, historian
- Dennis Potter, British television playwright
- Hugh Quarshie, British actor
- Craig Raine, poet
- Joe Roff, Australian rugby player
- Jim Rogers, Investor and author
- Jonathan Rowson, Scottish chess Grandmaster and three-time winner of the British Chess Championship
- Gabriele Taylor, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford
- Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director and screenwriter
- Madeleine Wickham, chick lit author, famous as Sophie Kinsella
- George Will, American political journalist and commentator
- Mara Yamauchi, British Olympic marathon runner
- Vikramaditya Chandra , CEO , NDTV
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