100 Notable alumni of University of Oxford
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Oxford is ranked #3 in the world and #1 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Oxford sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Oxford won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jeremy Bentham
1748-1832 (aged 84)
lawyer
merchant
suffragist
economist
political theorist
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
2. Edward Heath
1916-2005 (aged 89)
conductor
military personnel
journalist
politician
Sir Edward Richard George 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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3. Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
1964-. (aged 62)
aristocrat
politician
writer
historian
broadcaster
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, 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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4. Anna Popplewell
1988-. (aged 38)
model
stage actor
actor
film actor
Anna Popplewell is an English actress. She is known for portraying Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy (2005–2010), which grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and earned her a number of awards.
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5. Rory Kinnear
1978-. (aged 48)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
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.
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6. Susan Rice
1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat
screenwriter
politician
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American former 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...
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7. Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
1965-. (aged 61)
ichthyologist
ornithologist
aristocrat
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 Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. Since his marriage in June 1990, he has had the title Prince Akishino (秋篠宮, Akishino-no-miya) and has headed the Akishino branch of the Imperial House of Japan.
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8. Terrence Malick
1943-. (aged 83)
film producer
film actor
film director
journalist
director
Terrence Frederick Malick is an American filmmaker. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers and received numerous accolades, including the Palme d'Or and the Golden Bear, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a DGA Award, and a WGA Award.
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9. Michael Palin
1943-. (aged 83)
television presenter
diarist
television actor
actor
children's writer
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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10. Camilla Luddington
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
television actor
film actor
motion capture acting
voice actor
Camilla Anne Luddington is an English actress, best known for her role as Dr. Jo Wilson in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (since 2012). She is also known for voicing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy video games and Zatanna in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
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11. Jonathan Swift
1667-1745 (aged 78)
satirist
pamphleteer
priest
human rights defender
novelist
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
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12. Alfred Enoch
1988-. (aged 38)
film actor
actor
television actor
Alfred Lewis Enoch is a British actor. He is known for playing Dean Thomas in the fantasy film series Harry Potter and Wes Gibbins in the legal thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder.
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13. Oxxxymiron
1985-. (aged 41)
lyricist
songwriter
rapper
activist
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...
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14. Nigella Lawson
1960-. (aged 66)
television presenter
writer
journalist
Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English food writer and television cook.
15. Jacob Rees-Mogg
1969-. (aged 57)
fund manager
politician
Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is a British politician, businessman and broadcaster who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, 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...
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16. Bongbong Marcos
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child and only son of 10th president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.
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17. Wallace Shawn
1943-. (aged 83)
television actor
actor
writer
voice actor
film actor
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 (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
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18. Lucy Hawking
1970-. (aged 56)
teacher
novelist
journalist
author
philanthropist
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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19. Mark Carney
1965-. (aged 61)
economist
central bank governor
prime minister
party leader
politician
Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025. He has also been leader of the Liberal Party and the member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean since 2025. He previously was Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and Governor of the Bank of England...
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20. Emilia Fox
1974-. (aged 52)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
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...
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21. Louis Theroux
1970-. (aged 56)
documentary filmmaker
Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British and 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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22. Neil Gorsuch
1967-. (aged 59)
jurist
lawyer
judge
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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23. Rachel Maddow
1973-. (aged 53)
journalist
Rachel Anne Maddow is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MS NOW (formerly 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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24. Emma D'Arcy
1992-. (aged 34)
singer
stage actor
television actor
actor
film actor
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...
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25. Harold Macmillan
1894-1986 (aged 92)
military personnel
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
politician
diplomat
leader
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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26. Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822 (aged 30)
playwright
librettist
novelist
linguist
poet
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...
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27. Emily Mortimer
1971-. (aged 55)
film director
comedian
film producer
actor
film actor
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British actor and writer. 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 co-created and co-wrote...
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28. Robert Hooke
1635-1703 (aged 68)
biologist
physicist
university teacher
diarist
architect
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...
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29. John Dalton
1766-1844 (aged 78)
physicist
meteorologist
mathematician
chemist
botanist
John Dalton FRS was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist whose work laid the foundations of modern atomic theory and stoichiometric chemistry. Building on earlier ideas about the indivisibility of matter and his own precise measurements of combining ratios, Dalton proposed that each chemical element consists of identical atoms of characteristic weight, and that compounds are formed when atoms of...
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30. Philippe of Belgium
1960-. (aged 66)
monarch
military officer
Noiraud
politician
Philippe or Filip is King of the Belgians.
31. Cory Booker
1969-. (aged 57)
jurist
lawyer
politician
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer 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...
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32. Yuval Noah Harari
1976-. (aged 50)
popular science author
military historian
writer
philosopher
medievalist
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers Homo Deus: A Brief History...
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33. Hugh Dancy
1975-. (aged 51)
stage actor
fashion model
television actor
actor
film actor
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...
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34. Kayleigh McEnany
1988-. (aged 38)
writer
spokesperson
political pundit
news presenter
Kayleigh Michelle McEnany is an American political commentator, media personality, and former political spokesperson who served as the 33rd White House press secretary during the first Trump administration from 2020 to 2021.
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35. Benazir Bhutto
1953-2007 (aged 54)
politician
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 the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the early...
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36. Christopher Hitchens
1949-2011 (aged 62)
autobiographer
political scientist
literary critic
writer
essayist
Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism (along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett), 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...
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37. T. S. Eliot
1888-1965 (aged 77)
poet
lyricist
literary critic
social critic
essayist
Thomas Stearns Eliot 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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38. Alice Eve
1982-. (aged 44)
stage actor
film director
actor
film actor
Alice Sophia Eve is a British and American 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...
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39. Tim Berners-Lee
1955-. (aged 71)
inventor
physicist
programmer
university teacher
computer scientist
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, 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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40. Aldous Huxley
1894-1963 (aged 69)
philosopher
university teacher
prose writer
science fiction writer
author
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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41. Andrew Lloyd Webber
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
theatrical director
producer
composer
businessperson
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber 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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42. Chelsea Clinton
1980-. (aged 46)
university teacher
children's writer
historian
writer
film producer
Chelsea Victoria Clinton is an American writer. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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43. Ellie Kemper
1980-. (aged 46)
television actor
writer
voice actor
actor
film actor
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,...
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44. Richard Dawkins
1941-. (aged 85)
theoretical biologist
geneticist
epistemologist
film screenwriter
essayist
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing...
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45. Sarah Rafferty
1972-. (aged 54)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Sarah Rafferty is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits and for her role as Katherine Walter on the American teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys, for which she received a Children's and Family Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Performer category. She currently co-hosts a...
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46. Anna Wintour
1949-. (aged 77)
media executive
fashion editor
editor
writer
journalist
Dame Anna Wintour is a British and American media executive who served as editor-in-chief of Vogue from 1988 to 2025. Currently, Wintour serves as global chief content officer and artist director at Condé Nast. Known for her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour is regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing, and has become an important figure...
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47. Lewis Carroll
1832-1898 (aged 66)
philosopher
diarist
children's writer
mathematician
novelist
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), some of the most important examples of Victorian literature. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy....
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48. Thomas Hobbes
1588-1679 (aged 91)
writer
historian
philosopher
economist
translator
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist, 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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49. Ronan Farrow
1987-. (aged 39)
human rights defender
jurist
lawyer
politician
documentarian
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...
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50. Kellyanne Conway
1967-. (aged 59)
political adviser
political scientist
lawyer
campaign manager
pollster
Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is an American political consultant and pollster who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the first presidency 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 previously held roles as a...
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51. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1876-1948 (aged 72)
barrister
lawyer
freedom fighter
politician
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 a year later in 1948.
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52. C. S. Lewis
1898-1963 (aged 65)
university teacher
theologian
writer
Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, 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...
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53. Abdullah II of Jordan
1962-. (aged 64)
monarch
Abdullah II is the 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 traditionally regarded a 41st-generation direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
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54. J. Paul Getty
1892-1976 (aged 84)
entrepreneur
autobiographer
art collector
patron of the arts
industrialist
Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American 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...
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55. T. E. Lawrence
1888-1935 (aged 47)
archaeologist
military personnel
autobiographer
aircraft pilot
spy
Thomas Edward Lawrence 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,...
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56. Richard Burton
1925-1984 (aged 59)
stage actor
producer
director
actor
diarist
Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.
57. Harold Wilson
1916-1995 (aged 79)
Esperantist
statistician
politician
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, was a British politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and 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...
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58. Dr. Seuss
1904-1991 (aged 87)
producer
writer
illustrator
animator
poet
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, 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...
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59. Pete Buttigieg
1982-. (aged 44)
minister
politician
secretary
statesperson
military officer
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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60. Liz Truss
1975-. (aged 51)
accountant
politician
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who was 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...
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61. Gemma Chan
1982-. (aged 44)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
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 film roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary...
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62. Anthony Eden
1897-1977 (aged 80)
diplomat
aristocrat
politician
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, was a British politician and military officer 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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63. Amal Clooney
1978-. (aged 48)
jurist
human rights defender
lawyer
public prosecutor general
barrister
Amal Clooney is a French-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.
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64. Imran Khan
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a Pakistani former cricketer, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. As a cricketer, he captained the Pakistan national cricket team to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. After retiring from cricket, he founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre,...
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65. David Cameron
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
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. Until 2015, he led the first coalition government in the UK since 1945 and resigned after a referendum supported the country's leaving the European Union. After his premiership, he served as Foreign Secretary in...
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66. Theresa May
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
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...
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67. Rupert Murdoch
1931-. (aged 95)
entrepreneur
financier
publisher
businessperson
media proprietor
Keith Rupert Murdoch is an Australian and American former 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 United Kingdom (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the United States...
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68. John Locke
1951-. (aged 75)
novelist
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". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90), both published anonymously, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90). His writing on toleration contends that religion is...
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69. Felicity Jones
1983-. (aged 43)
child actor
voice actor
executive producer
actor
film actor
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress. She began acting as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) and playing Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series The Worst Witch (1998). She then starred in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden (2008).
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70. Adam Smith
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
politician
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "father of economics" or the "father of capitalism", he is primarily known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes...
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71. Kris Kristofferson
1936-2024 (aged 88)
voice actor
composer
singer-songwriter
actor
military personnel
Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American musician 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. Some of his most famous songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970), "For the Good Times" (1968), "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (1969), and "Help Me...
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72. Naruhito
1960-. (aged 66)
monarch
aristocrat
Naruhito is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following the abdication of his father, Akihito, on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era. He is the 126th monarch, according to the traditional order of succession.
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73. Rosamund Pike
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
narrator
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike is an English actress and producer. Known for her portrayals of complex and morally ambiguous women in psychological thrillers, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two British Academy Awards.
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74. Malala Yousafzai
1997-. (aged 29)
writer
memoirist
blogger
human rights defender
women's rights activist
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, and is 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...
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75. Hugh Grant
1958-. (aged 68)
entrepreneur
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...
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76. Indira Gandhi
1917-1984 (aged 67)
writer
politician
Indira Gandhi was an Indian 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 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...
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77. Henry V of England
1386-1422 (aged 36)
politician
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...
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78. J. R. R. Tolkien
1892-1973 (aged 81)
philologist
librettist
linguist
literary critic
translator
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
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79. Rishi Sunak
1980-. (aged 46)
financial analyst
politician
Rishi Sunak is a British politician and former investment banker who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2022 to 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...
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80. Edward VIII
1894-1972 (aged 78)
military personnel
monarch
aristocrat
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
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81. Emma Watson
1990-. (aged 36)
voice actor
stage actor
model
actor
child actor
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress. In the 2010s, she was 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...
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82. Bill Clinton
1946-. (aged 80)
lawyer
diplomat
autobiographer
jurist
governor
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer 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. His centrist...
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83. Boris Johnson
1964-. (aged 62)
journalist
politician
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 the second mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to...
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84. Kate Beckinsale
1973-. (aged 53)
model
stage actor
actor
film actor
Kathrin Romary Beckinsale is an English actress. The only child of the actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama Couples.
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85. Manmohan Singh
1932-2024 (aged 92)
university teacher
civil servant
politician
economist
banker
Manmohan Singh was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician 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 and remains the only Sikh prime minister of India. He was also...
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86. Edward VII
1841-1910 (aged 69)
monarch
aristocrat
politician
art collector
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.
87. Stephen Hawking
1942-2018 (aged 76)
theoretical physicist
writer
cosmologist
Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, 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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88. Keir Starmer
1962-. (aged 64)
barrister
jurist
politician
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director...
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89. Rowan Atkinson
1955-. (aged 71)
electrical engineer
television director
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE is an English actor, comedian and writer. He first gained success on the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), before going on to play the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present).
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90. Riz Ahmed
1982-. (aged 44)
film actor
activist
television actor
singer
actor
Rizwan Ahmed is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named by Time as one of the most influential people in the world.
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91. Margaret Thatcher
1925-2013 (aged 88)
chemist
research scientist
business executive
statesperson
politician
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman 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...
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92. Tony Blair
1953-. (aged 73)
autobiographer
lawyer
diplomat
politician
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 shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from...
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93. Clement Attlee
1883-1967 (aged 84)
diplomat
professor
politician
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...
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94. Aung San Suu Kyi
1945-. (aged 81)
human rights defender
writer
politician
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author 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...
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95. John le Carré
1931-2020 (aged 89)
actor
screenwriter
writer
novelist
film producer
David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was an Irish-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...
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96. Harald V of Norway
1937-. (aged 89)
monarch
aristocrat
Harald V is King of Norway, reigning since 1991.
97. Viktor Orbán
1963-. (aged 63)
jurist
association football player
politician
Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th 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...
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98. Empress Masako
1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat
consort
aristocrat
Masako is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito.
99. Erwin Schrödinger
1887-1961 (aged 74)
university teacher
physicist
theoretical physicist
non-fiction writer
mathematician
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 devising the Schrödinger equation, an equation that provides a way to calculate the wave function of a system and how it changes dynamically in time. He coined the term "quantum entanglement"...
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100. Robert Mugabe
1924-2019 (aged 95)
politician
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He served as the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from internationally recognised independence in 1980 to 1987, then as the second president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. He was also the Leader of the Zimbabwe African...
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