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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.
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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 , 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 former
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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 , 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 , 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
Paul Farrelly , British
Labour MP
Laura Farris , 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 , British
Conservative MP and former
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Mark Harper , 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
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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,
Chancellor of the Exchequer and former
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, former Leader of the
Labour party and former
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
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
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Emma Reynolds , former 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 , 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 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
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
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
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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
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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 news reader
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
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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 J P 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
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
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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
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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
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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
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