100 Notable alumni of
University of Oxford
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The University of Oxford is 2nd in the world, 1st in Europe, and 1st in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Oxford sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 12 individuals affiliated with the University of Oxford won Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
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Stephen Hawking
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1959-1962 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in physics
- Occupations
- writercosmologisttheoretical physicist
- Biography
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Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
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Edward VIII
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- monarcharistocratmilitary personnel
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Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
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Emma Watson
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 2011-2012
- Occupations
- film directoractivistvoice actorstage actormodel
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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Watson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015. Watson was also listed by Forbes as an honouree on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2015 and 2016.
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Margaret Thatcher
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1943-1947 graduated with Bachelor of Science in chemistry
- Occupations
- chemistbarristerpoliticianautobiographerstatesperson
- Biography
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
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Bill Clinton
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1968-1970
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyerdiplomatautobiographer
- Biography
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William Jefferson Clinton is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat.
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Boris Johnson
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 1986 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in classics
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023.
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Rowan Atkinson
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 1975 graduated with Master of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- film actortelevision directorfilm produceractorstage actor
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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present). Atkinson first came to prominence on the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance.
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Edward VII
- Occupations
- politicianart collectormonarcharistocrat
- Biography
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Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Kate Beckinsale
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied French literature and Russian literature
- Occupations
- film actormodelstage actoractor
- Biography
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Kathrin Romany Beckinsale is an English actress. The only child of actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted onstage in a 1992 production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1911-1915 graduated with Master of Arts in English studies and classics
- In 1915 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- Occupations
- poetuniversity teacherchildren's writerphilologistlibrettist
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Malala Yousafzai
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 2017-2020 studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Occupations
- human rights activistwomen's rights activistwritermemoiristblogger
- Biography
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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen."
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Rishi Sunak
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 2001 studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Occupations
- financial analystpolitician
- Biography
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Rishi Sunak is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024. He was Leader of the Conservative Party from October 2022 to November 2024. Following his defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party in the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, serving in this role from July to November 2024. He previously held two Cabinet positions under Boris Johnson, latterly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond and Northallerton, previously Richmond (Yorks), since 2015.
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Rosamund Pike
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actoractornarratorfilm actor
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Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike is an English actress and producer. Known for her portrayals of morally ambiguous women in psychological thrillers and dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards.
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Hugh Grant
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actorfilm producer
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Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a character actor. He has received several accolades including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received an Honorary César in 2006. As of 2018, his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time.
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Indira Gandhi
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 1937 studied study of history
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. Henry Kissinger described her as an "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her tough personality.
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Theresa May
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1974-1977 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in geography
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since August 2024. May was the second female British prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher, and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. May is a one-nation conservative.
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Henry V of England
- Occupations
- politician
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Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe. Immortalised in Shakespeare's "Henriad" plays, Henry is known and celebrated as one of the greatest warrior-kings of medieval England.
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John Locke
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1652-1675
- Occupations
- philosopherpoliticianphysicianphilosopher of lawwriter
- Biography
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American Revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence. Internationally, Locke's political-legal principles continue to have a profound influence on the theory and practice of limited representative government and the protection of basic rights and freedoms under the rule of law.
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Rupert Murdoch
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 1953 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- media proprietorentrepreneurfinancierpublisherbusinessperson
- Biography
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Keith Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the US (The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation). He was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (until 2019), and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine. Due to his extensive wealth influence over media and politics, Murdoch has been described as an oligarch.
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Adam Smith
- Occupations
- philosopherwriternon-fiction writerpublisherFrench moralist
- Biography
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Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by some as "The Father of Economics" or "The Father of Capitalism", he wrote two classic works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, often abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work that treats economics as a comprehensive system and an academic discipline. Smith refuses to explain the distribution of wealth and power in terms of God's will and instead appeals to natural, political, social, economic, legal, environmental and technological factors and the interactions among them. Among other economic theories, the work introduced Smith's idea of absolute advantage.
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Felicity Jones
- Occupations
- executive produceractorfilm actorchild actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress. She began her professional acting career as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series The Worst Witch (1998). In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden.
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Kris Kristofferson
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Graduated with Bachelor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- recording artistsingervoice actorcomposersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style. During the 1970s, he also embarked on a successful career as a Hollywood actor.
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Tony Blair
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence
- Occupations
- politicianautobiographerlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and held various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007, and was special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East from 2007 to 2015. He is the second-longest-serving prime minister in post-war British history after Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving Labour politician to have held the office, and the first and only person to date to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories.
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David Cameron
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. After his premiership, he served as Foreign Secretary in Rishi Sunak’s government from 2023 to 2024. Cameron was Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016, and has been a member of the House of Lords since November 2023. Cameron identifies as a one-nation conservative and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
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Anthony Eden
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- aristocratpoliticiandiplomat
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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
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Amal Clooney
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- public prosecutor generalbarristerwriterprosecutorjurist
- Biography
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Amal Clooney is a British-Lebanese international human rights lawyer. She has represented several high-profile clients, including former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy. She has also held various appointments with both the United Nations and the Government of the United Kingdom. She is an adjunct law professor at Columbia Law School. In 2016, she and her husband, American actor George Clooney, co-founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
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Imran Khan
- Occupations
- politiciancricketerautobiographerinvestor
- Biography
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Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He is the founder and former chairman of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 1996 to 2023. He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
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Naruhito
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1983-1986
- Occupations
- monarcharistocrat
- Biography
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Naruhito is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following his father's abdication on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era. He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession.
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Gemma Chan
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Gemma Chan is an English actress. A graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, Chan began acting during the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009. She rose to attention with her leading role in the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2015–2018), and gained prominence with her starring roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots (both 2018).
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Pete Buttigieg
- Occupations
- military officerministerpoliticiansecretarystatesperson
- Biography
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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
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Liz Truss
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024, Truss held various Cabinet positions under three prime ministers—David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson—lastly as foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1964-1967 graduated with bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Aung San Suu Kyi, sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi, is a Burmese politician who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.
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Keir Starmer
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Graduated with Bachelor of Civil Law
- Occupations
- politicianbarristerjurist
- Biography
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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
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J. Paul Getty
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- industrialistentrepreneurautobiographerart collectorpatron of the arts
- Biography
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Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In 1957, Fortune magazine named J. Paul Getty the wealthiest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records declared him to be the world's wealthiest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $8.6 billion in 2023). At the time of his death, he was worth more than $6 billion (approximately $25 billion in 2023). A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th wealthiest American who ever lived (based on his wealth as a percentage of the concurrent gross national product).
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C. S. Lewis
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1917-1925
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Clive Staples Lewis FBA was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
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Abdullah II of Jordan
- Occupations
- monarch
- Biography
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Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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T. E. Lawrence
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1910
- 1907-1910 studied history
- Occupations
- world travelerscreenwritercastellologistarchaeologistmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and Lawrence's ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.
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Dr. Seuss
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- screenwriterproduceranimatorprose writerwriter
- Biography
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
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Harold Wilson
- Occupations
- statisticianpoliticianEsperantist
- Biography
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James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, Leader of the Opposition twice from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1970 to 1974, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed administrations following four general elections.
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Thomas Hobbes
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1603-1608 studied physics and logic
- In 1608 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianwriterhistorianphilosopher
- Biography
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
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Richard Burton
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- film actorfilm directorstage actorproducerdirector
- Biography
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Richard Burton CBE was a Welsh actor.
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Lewis Carroll
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- writerautobiographerlogicianpoetdeacon
- Biography
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglican deacon. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. Some of Alice's nonsensical wonderland logic reflects his published work on mathematical logic.
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Robert Mugabe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist during the 1990s and the remainder of his career.
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Ronan Farrow
- Occupations
- documentarianjournalisthuman rights activistjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow is an American journalist. The son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen, he is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, which was published in The New Yorker magazine. The magazine won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for this reporting, sharing the award with The New York Times. Farrow has worked for UNICEF and as a government advisor.
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Tim Berners-Lee
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1973-1976 studied physics
- Occupations
- web developerprogrammerphysicistuniversity teacherengineer
- Biography
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Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, the HTML markup language, the URL system, and HTTP. He is a professorial research fellow at the University of Oxford and a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Kellyanne Conway
- Occupations
- pollsterpoliticianpolitical adviserpolitical scientistlawyer
- Biography
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Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is an American political consultant and pollster who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previously Trump's campaign manager, having been appointed in August 2016; Conway is the first woman to have run a successful U.S. presidential campaign. She has previously held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party and was formerly president and CEO of the Polling Company/WomanTrend.
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Anna Wintour
- Occupations
- media executivefashion editoreditorwriterjournalist
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Dame Anna Wintour is a British-American media executive, who has been serving as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988. Wintour has also served as global chief content officer of Condé Nast since 2020, where she oversees all Condé Nast publications worldwide, and concurrently serves as artistic director. Wintour is also global editorial director of Vogue. With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour is regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing, and has become an important figure in the fashion world, serving as the lead chairperson of the annual haute couture Met Gala global fashion spectacle in Manhattan since the 1990s. Wintour is praised for her skill in identifying emerging fashion trends, but has been criticised for her reportedly aloof and demanding personality.
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Alice Eve
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- film actorstage actorfilm directoractor
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Alice Sophia Eve is a British actress. The daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan, she began her career with supporting roles in the films Hawking and Stage Beauty (both 2004). Her other credits include Starter for 10 (2006), She's Out of My League (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Before We Go (2014), Please Stand By (2017), Replicas (2018), and Bombshell (2019). On television, she has had recurring roles on HBO's Entourage (2011), Marvel's Iron Fist (2018), and Amazon Prime's The Power (2023).
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1887-1892
- Occupations
- freedom fighterbarristerlawyer
- Biography
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947 and then as Pakistan's first governor-general until his death.
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Sarah Rafferty
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Sarah Gray Rafferty is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Roberta Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits. She currently co-hosts a podcast with her fellow Suits co-star Patrick J. Adams called 'Sidebar', with them watching through an episode of the legal drama with each podcast.
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Aldous Huxley
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- philosopherscreenwriterprose writernovelistscience fiction writer
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Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.
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Viktor Orbán
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1989-1990 studied philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianassociation football playerjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000. He was re-elected as prime minister in 2014, 2018, and 2022. On 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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- politiciantheatrical directorproducercomposerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, KG is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.
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Chelsea Clinton
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 2001-2003 graduated with Master of Philosophy in international relations
- 2011-2014 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- political scientistbusinesspersonchildren's writerentrepreneurfilm producer
- Biography
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Chelsea Victoria Clinton is an American writer. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator.
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Ellie Kemper
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actorwritervoice actor
- Biography
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Elizabeth Claire Kemper is an American actress, best known for her roles of Erin Hannon in the sitcom The Office (2009–2013) and Kimmy Schmidt in the sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2019). She has also appeared in films, notably Bridesmaids (2011), 21 Jump Street (2012), Sex Tape (2014), and Home Sweet Home Alone (2021). In 2018, she released her debut book, My Squirrel Days.
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Richard Dawkins
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1962
- In 1966 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- zoologistsociobiologistfilm actorscience writerevolutionary biologist
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Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. His book The Selfish Gene (1976) popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and coined the word meme. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards.
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Riz Ahmed
- Occupations
- film actormusicianscreenwritertelevision actorfilm director
- Biography
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Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named in the Time listing of the most influential people in the world.
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Hugh Dancy
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actorfashion modeltelevision actor
- Biography
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Hugh Michael Horace Dancy is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dancy currently portrays Senior Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price on NBC's revival of the original Law & Order (2022–present).
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Yuval Noah Harari
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- medievalistpopular science authormilitary historianwriterphilosopher
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Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestseller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. Among his other works, are other bestsellers like Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (2024). His published work examines themes of free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, suffering and the role of storytelling in human evolution.
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Kayleigh McEnany
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- writerspokespersonpolitical punditnews presenter
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Kayleigh Michelle McEnany is an American conservative political commentator, television personality, and writer who served as the 33rd White House press secretary under Donald Trump from April 2020 to January 2021.
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Cory Booker
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1994
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- politicianjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
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Christopher Hitchens
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics
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- journalistautobiographerpolitical scientistliterary criticwriter
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Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. He was the author of 18 books on faith, religion, culture, politics, and literature. He was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. In the early 1980s, he emigrated to the United States and wrote for The Nation and Vanity Fair. Known as "one of the 'four horsemen'" (along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett) of New Atheism, he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker. His epistemological razor, which states that "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence", is still of mark in philosophy and law.
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Manmohan Singh
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1960-2024 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- economistbankeruniversity teachercivil servantpolitician
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Manmohan Singh was an Indian politician, economist, nationalist and statesman who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Nehru to be re-appointed after completing a full five-year term.
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Erwin Schrödinger
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- physicisttheoretical physicistprofessornon-fiction writermathematician
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Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger, sometimes written as Schroedinger or Schrodinger, was an Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist who developed fundamental results in quantum theory. In particular, he is recognized for postulating the Schrödinger equation, an equation that provides a way to calculate the wave function of a system and how it changes dynamically in time. Schrödinger coined the term "quantum entanglement", and was the earliest to discuss it, doing so in 1932. He also anticipated the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Benazir Bhutto
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Graduated with Master of Studies
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. A liberal and a secularist ideologically, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.
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Robert Hooke
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1653-1655
- Studied in 1663
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- philosopherastronomerbiologistphysicistuniversity teacher
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Robert Hooke FRS was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, using a compound microscope that he designed. Hooke was an impoverished scientific inquirer in young adulthood who went on to become one of the most important scientists of his time. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Hooke (as a surveyor and architect) attained wealth and esteem by performing more than half of the property line surveys and assisting with the city's rapid reconstruction. Often vilified by writers in the centuries after his death, his reputation was restored at the end of the twentieth century and he has been called "England's Leonardo [da Vinci]".
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T. S. Eliot
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- writerscreenwriterplaywrightcriticpoet
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs.
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Harold Macmillan
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- military personnelPrime Minister of the United Kingdompoliticiandiplomatleader
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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability.
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Philippe of Belgium
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- Noiraudpoliticianmonarchmilitary officer
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Philippe is King of the Belgians. He is the eldest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola. He succeeded his father upon the former’s abdication for health reasons on 21 July 2013. He married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in 1999, with whom he has four children. Their eldest child, Princess Elisabeth, is first in the line of succession.
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Emma D'Arcy
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- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Emma Zia D'Arcy is an English actor known for their roles in the BBC drama Wanderlust (2018), the Amazon Prime series Truth Seekers (2020), and the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022–present). They earned critical acclaim and two Golden Globe Award nominations for playing the lead role of Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon. They have also appeared in the drama films Misbehaviour (2020) and Mothering Sunday (2021).
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1810
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- translatorwriterplaywrightlibrettistnovelist
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."
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John Dalton
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- chemistbotanistphysicistmeteorologistmathematician
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John Dalton FRS was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched colour blindness; as a result, the umbrella term for red-green congenital colour blindness disorders is Daltonism in several languages.
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Emily Mortimer
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- stage actorfilm directorcomedianfilm produceractor
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Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). She created and wrote the series Doll & Em (2014–2015) and wrote and directed the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Louis Theroux
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- documentary filmmaker
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Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
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Neil Gorsuch
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 2004 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- judgejuristlawyer
- Biography
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Neil McGill Gorsuch is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017.
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Nigella Lawson
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- writerjournalisttelevision presenter
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Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English food writer and television cook.
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Emilia Fox
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002). Her other motion pictures include the Italian–French–British romance-drama The Soul Keeper (2002), for which she won the Flaiano Film Award for Best Actress; the drama The Republic of Love (2003); the comedy-drama Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005); the black comedy Keeping Mum (2005); the romantic comedy-drama Cashback (2006); the drama Flashbacks of a Fool (2008); the drama Ways to Live Forever (2010); the drama-thriller A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011); and the fantasy-horror drama Dorian Gray (2009).
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Rachel Maddow
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- In 2001 graduated with doctorate in political science
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Rachel Anne Maddow is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. Maddow hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.
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John le Carré
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- film producerspyactorscreenwriterwriter
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David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.
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Lucy Hawking
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- philanthropistwriterscience communicatorteachernovelist
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Catherine Lucy Hawking is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist. She is the daughter of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and writer Jane Wilde Hawking. She lives in London, and is a children's novelist and science educator.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
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- fund managerpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is a British politician, broadcaster and member of the Conservative Party who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset from 2010 to 2024. He served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from 2019 to 2022, Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency from February to September 2022 and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from September to October 2022. Rees-Mogg previously chaired the eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG) from 2018 to 2019 and has been associated with socially conservative views.
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Clement Attlee
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- professorpoliticiandiplomat
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Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee was Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and Leader of the Opposition on three occasions: from 1935 to 1940, briefly in 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. He remains the longest serving Labour leader.
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Oxxxymiron
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 2004-2008
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- activistlyricistsongwriterrapper
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Miron Yanovich Fyodorov, known by the stage name Oxxxymiron, is a Russian rapper and former CEO of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund. He is one of the most influential and prominent hip-hop performers in Russia, and his albums The Wandering Jew and Gorgorod, are considered by the community as the most important releases of Russian rap.
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Harald V of Norway
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- 1960-1962 studied history, social science, and economy
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- monarcharistocrat
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Harald V is King of Norway.
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Alfred Enoch
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Alfred Lewis Enoch is a British-Brazilian actor. He is best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series and Wes Gibbins in the legal thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder.
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Terrence Malick
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- translatorscreenwriterfilm producerfilm actorfilm director
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Terrence Frederick Malick is an American filmmaker. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers and received awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and Venice International Film Festival, and nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Cesar Award, and a Directors Guild of America Award.
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Camilla Luddington
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- film directoractortelevision actorfilm actormotion capture acting
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Camilla Anne Luddington is a British actress, best known for her role as Jo Wilson in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy. She is also known for voicing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games and Zatanna in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
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Wallace Shawn
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- film actorcharacter actorscreenwriterplaywrighttelevision actor
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Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
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Jonathan Swift
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- essayistwritersatiristpamphleteerpriest
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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
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Jeremy Bentham
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1760
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- reformatorphilosopherlawyermerchantsuffragist
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Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
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Bongbong Marcos
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He is the second child and only son of 10th president, kleptocrat and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.
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Michael Palin
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- film screenwriterfilm actorsingertelevision presenterdiarist
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Sir Michael Edward Palin is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
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Edward Heath
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- politicianconductormilitary personneljournalist
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Sir Edward Richard George Heath, commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001. Outside politics, Heath was a yachtsman, a musician, and an author.
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Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
- Enrolled in the University of Oxford
- Studied in 1988-1990
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- ornithologistaristocratichthyologist
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Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino is the heir presumptive to the Japanese throne. He is the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, and the younger son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Since his marriage in June 1990, he has had the title Prince Akishino (秋篠宮, Akishino-no-miya) and has headed his own branch of the imperial family.
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Anna Popplewell
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- film actormodelstage actoractor
- Biography
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Anna Popplewell is an English actress. She began acting with minor roles in television films and, notably, the drama films Mansfield Park (1999) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). Her breakthrough role was Susan Pevensie in the fantasy film series The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010), which grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and earned her a number of awards.
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Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
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- broadcasteraristocratpoliticianwriterhistorian
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Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, DL, styled Viscount Althorp between 1975 and 1992, is a British peer, author, journalist, and broadcaster. He is the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the maternal uncle of William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.
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Susan Rice
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- screenwriterpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the 27th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013, and as the 23rd U.S. national security advisor from 2013 to 2017.
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Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
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- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, was a British peer, investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important roles in business and British public life, and was active in charitable and philanthropic areas.
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Erik Erikson
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- university teacherpsychoanalysteducatornon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Erik Homburger Erikson was a Danish-German-Jewish child psychoanalyst and visual artist known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.
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Rory Kinnear
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Rory Michael Kinnear is an English actor. He won two Olivier Awards, both at the National Theatre, in 2008 for his portrayal of Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode, and for playing the William Shakespeare villain Iago in Othello in 2014.
