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The following is a list of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, including alumni and Masters of the college. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register or in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Complete (or very nearly complete) lists of Fellows and students, arranged by year of matriculation, can be found in the published Balliol College Register; the 1st edition,[1] 2nd edition[2] and 3rd edition.[3]

This list of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only from 1979.[4] To assist with verification, each name links to its Wikipedia page (except for those so ancient that no page exists). Each name only appears once in the lists, even though the person may have established themselves in more than one category.

Alumni

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Media

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Newspaper editors

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Sir Richard Lambert 1963 The Financial Times
Andrew Knight 1958 The Economist
Geoffrey Cannon 1958 Radio Times 1969-79

Sunday Times
assistant editor 1979-83

Rock Journalist

World food and nutrition policy

"Dieting Makes you Fat" 1982
"The Food Scandal" 1984
"The Politics of Food" 1987
"Superbug" 1995

"Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective" WCRF 1997
Baron William Rees-Mogg 1946 The Times
David Astor 1931 DNG

The Observer

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Henry Vincent Hodson 1925 The Sunday Times

Political journalists

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Gary Gibbon 1983 Channel 4
George Stephanopoulos 1984 Co-anchor of Good Morning America
Robert Peston 1978 ITV Political editor BBC then ITV
E. J. Dionne 1973 US op-ed columnist
David Aaronovitch 1972 DNG, communist, Orwell Prize winner
Charles Krauthammer 1971 Commonwealth Scholar, US conservative
Martin Kettle 1967 The Guardian, Marxist
Christopher Hitchens 1967 Atlantic, Vanity Fair, new atheist
Peter Snow 1958 Current affairs TV presenter
Hugo Young 1958 The Guardian
Peter Usborne 1953 co-founder, Private Eye, founder Usborne publishers

Television and film

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Chadwick Boseman 1998 summer school

Superhero actor (US)

Black Panther [5]
Vanessa Engle 1980 Documentary maker Lefties
Michael Winterbottom 1979 Film Director 24 Hour Party People
John Schlesinger 1947 Film director Midnight Cowboy
Roger Mayne 1947 Photographer Southam Street
Maurice Gorham 1920 Controller of BBC TV
Raymond Massey 1919 Hollywood actor Seven Angry Men

Security, Military and Intelligence

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John Aidan Liddell VC MC

Educators and school teachers

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Nick Bevan 1960 Shiplake College headmaster [7]: 41 
Alec Peterson 1926 International Baccalaureate head of Oxford University Department of Education [8]: 47 
John Fulton 1923 British Council chair of British Council [8]: 29 
Robert Birley 1922 Charterhouse
Eton College
headmaster
professor, City University
[8]: 24 
Sir Henry Marten 1891 Eton College Provost of Eton

tutor to Princess Elizabeth later Queen Elizabeth II

[9]: 33 
Richard Powell Francis 1879 Brisbane Grammar School first Australian to graduate from Balliol [10]: 117 [11]
George Ferris Whidborne Mortimer 1823 City of London School headmaster

Abolitionist
"The Immediate Abolition of Slavery Compatible with the Safety and Prosperity of the Colonies" (1833)

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Richard Jenkyns 1800 Balliol College Master, educational innovator [13]

Social and political theorists

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Philanthropists

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Colonial administrators

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Theologians and clergy

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John Wycliffe
Cardinal Manning
Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, head of the Baháʼí Faith (1921–1957)

Music

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Chess

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  • Raaphi Persitz 1953 chess master, financial journalist and chess writer
  • Leonard Barden 1949 chess master, activist and journalist
  • Sir Theodore Tylor 1918 Fellow, blind, jurisprudence don, chess master
  • H. J. R. Murray 1887 school inspector, chess historian, "The History of Chess", son of the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary

Sport

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Other

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Fictional

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Notable applicants who were not matriculated

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Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University

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Masters of Balliol

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Balliol is run by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master of the college must be "the person who is, in [the Fellows'] judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education".[23] The current Master of Balliol is Helen Ghosh.[24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford); Jones, John; Viney, Sally; Hilliard, Edward; Elliott, Ivo d'Oyle; Lemon, Elsie (1914). The Balliol College Register (1st ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1914, covering matriculations 1832-1914)
  2. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1934). The Balliol College Register (2nd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1934, covering matriculations 1833-1933)
  3. ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1953, covering matriculations 1900-1950)
  4. ^ "Balliol Women: Some Alumnae of the College | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ^ Singh, Olivia. "Denzel Washington addresses paying for 'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman's acting classes: 'Wakanda Forever, but where's my money?'". Insider. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Foulkes, Sir Nigel (Gordon)" in Who's Who online, accessed 21 October 2023 (subscription required)
  7. ^ Balliol College Register (Seventh Edition) by Tom Bewley and John Jones. 2005.
  8. ^ a b c Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition)
  9. ^ Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953
  10. ^ Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934
  11. ^ "Memorial inscriptions". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  12. ^ George Mortimer ODNB
  13. ^ Richard Jenkyns ODNB
  14. ^ https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/about-the-westerman-pathfinders
  15. ^ ONDB
  16. ^ "William A. Coolidge".
  17. ^ https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/about-the-westerman-pathfinders
  18. ^ "William A. Coolidge Dies; Sheehan Gathering". 3 June 1992.
  19. ^ "Archives & Manuscripts - Memorial inscriptions". Balliol College. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  20. ^ Selinger-Morris, Samantha (12 August 2020). "Who is Maxwell and what is she charged with?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  21. ^ Avrion, Mitchison. "Getting into New College, Oxford". Web of Stories. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  22. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. National Archives.; CP 40 / 677; in 1430; Thomas Chace appears as first name, but as defendant in a case of debt, brought by Thomas Coventre.
  23. ^ Statute II "The Master", clause 1
  24. ^ "Election of New Master". Balliol College, Oxford. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.