This is an incomplete list of notable people associated with Brasenose College, Oxford. Some individuals will fall into several categories. and of the Brasenose College College name The Kings Hall and College of Brasenose Latin name aula regia et collegium aenei nasi Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister college Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Principal Prof. ...

Notable former students

See also Former students of Brasenose College, Oxford.

• Henry Addington
• Kate Allen
• Elias Ashmole
• Frank Aydelotte
• Richard Barham
• Richard Barnes (bishop)
• Wilton Barnhardt
• John Brademas
• John Buchan
• Robert Burton
• David Cameron
• Colin Clark
• Colin Cowdrey
• Pete Dawkins
• Helen DeWitt
• Stephen Dorrell
• Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere
• William Webb Ellis
• Arthur Evans
• J. G. Farrell
• Denys Finch Hatton
• John Foxe
• Paul Frampton
• William Golding
• John Gorton
• William Robert Grove
• Douglas Haig
• Mark Harper
• William Hulme
• Robin Janvrin
• Charles Herbert Little
• John Marston
• Philip Moore
• Sir John Mortimer
• Mylo
• Rajeev F. Nayarr
• Alexander Nowell
• Cuthbert Ottaway
• Michael Palin
• John Profumo
• Robert Runcie
• Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman
• Rolfe Arnold Scott-James, Literary Critic
• Arnold Strode-Jackson
• Thomas Traherne
• Roy Vickers
• William Webb-Ellis
• William Whittingham
• Mark Williams (actor)
• Philip Yea
• Toby Young

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (May 30, 1757 - February 15, 1844) was a British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. ... Katherine Allen (Born 25 January 1955) is the Director of Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and lives in Brighton, UK. Kate Allen AIUK // After studying for a BA(Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, Allen’s career started in local government as a policy officer... Elias Ashmole by an unknown hand (detail), c. ... Frank Aydelotte (1880 - 1956) was a U.S. educator. ... Richard Harris Barham (December 6, 1788 - June 17, 1845), English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of Thomas Ingolosby, was born at Canterbury. ... Richard Barnes (1532–1587) was an Anglican priest who served as a bishop in the Church of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was elected a fellow in 1552, and received his MA in 1557 and his DD... Wilton Barnhardt (1960-) is the author of Emma Who Saved My Life (1989), Gospel (1993), and Show World (1999). ... John Brademas, Ph. ... John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940), was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. ... Robert Burton Robert Burton (February 8, 1577 – January 25, 1640) was an English scholar and vicar at Oxford University, best known for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ... Colin Clark (1905–1989) was a British economist and statistician who taught in the United Kingdom and Australia, and who pioneered the use of the gross national product (GNP) as the basis for studying national economies. ... Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge CBE (December 24, 1932 - December 4, 2000) was an English cricketer, born in Ootacamund (India). ... Peter Miller Dawkins (born March 8, 1938 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is a former U.S. Army Brigadier General, Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, and businessman. ... Helen DeWitt (born 1957 in Takoma Park, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.) is a novelist. ... The Right Honourable Stephen James Dorrell (born March 25, 1952) is an English politician and Conservative Member of Parliament for Charnwood. ... Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere (1540 – 1617) was an English nobleman who served as Member of Parliament for Cheshire. ... Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 - January 24, 1872) is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. ... Sir Arthur John Evans (July 8, 1851 – July 11, 1941) was an English archaeologist. ... James Gordon Farrell (23 January 1935—12 August maybe? 11 August 1979) was an irish and british writer of historical novels. ... Denys George Finch Hatton (April 24, 1887 - May 14, 1931) was a big-game hunter, and the lover of Karen Blixen, who wrote about him in her book Out of Africa. ... John Foxe, line engraving by George Glover, first published in the 1641 edition of Actes and Monuments John Foxe (1516–April 8, 1587) is remembered as the author of the famous Foxes Book of Martyrs. ... Paul Frampton, Rubin Professor. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1983), best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. ... Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Sir William Robert Grove (1811 – 1896) was a British chemist born in Swansea in Wales. ... Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (June 19, 1861 - January 28, 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander during World War I. He had independent wealth: his family manufactured Haig & Haig whisky. ... Mark James Harper (born June 26, 1970) is the Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean. ... William Hulme (c. ... The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin, KCB KCVO, was born in 1946, and educated at Marlborough College, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Brasenose College of the University of Oxford, from which he received a First class BA degree in 1969, and later an MA. He entered the Royal Navy... Commander Charles Herbert Little RCN, CD, FRCGS (December 11, 1907 - January 10, 2004) was Canadian Director of Naval Intelligence during World War II and an author. ... John Marston (October 7, 1576 - June 25, 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. ... Philip Brian Cecil Moore GCB GCVO CMG QSO PC (b. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Mylo, real name Myles MacInnes (born 1978 on Isle of Skye), is a Scottish electronic musician. ... Alexander Nowell (c. ... Cuthbert Ottaway, first captain of the England international football team, was regarded by contemporaries as perhaps the most versatile sportsman of his generation. ... Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ... John Dennis Profumo, CBE (January 30, 1915 – March 9, 2006), informally known as Jack Profumo, was a British politician and the central figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963, which caused severe damage to the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan and is held to have contributed to its defeat in... Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie of Cuddesdon PC MC (October 2, 1921 – July 11, 2000) was the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991. ... Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was a Law Lord (retired) and a cross bench member of the British House of Lords. ... Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (1878-1959) was an important journalist, editor and literary critic in early twentieth-century literature. ... Arnold Nugent Strode-Jackson (April 5, 1891 _ November 13, 1972) was an British athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1912 Summer Olympics. ... Thomas Traherne (1636 or 1637 - October 10, 1674) was an English poet and religious writer. ... William Edward Vickers (1889 - 1965) was an English mystery writer better known under his pen name Roy Vickers, but used also the pseudonyms Roy C. Vickers, David Durham, Sefton Kyle, and John Spencer. ... Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 - January 24, 1872) is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. ... William Whittingham (c. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Philip Yea is the Chief Executive of 3i Group plc, a leading private equity and venture capital company. ... Toby Young (born Toby Daniel Moorsom Young in 1963) is a homuncular high-flying British journalist, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, the tale of his disastrous five-year attempt to make it in the U.S. as a contributing editor at Conde Nast Publications Vanity Fair...

Current and former fellows and principals

See also Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford.

• Richard Adams
• Thomas Adams
• Richard Barnes
• Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb
• Bryan John Birch
• Vernon Bogdanor
• Peter Brunt
• Roger Cashmore
• Ron Daniel
• Sos Eltis
• John Freeman
• Francis J. Haverfield
• Jonathan A. Jones
• Otto Kahn-Freund
• Fergus Millar
• Barry Nicholas
• Alexander Nowell
• Simon Palfrey
• Walter Pater
• Henry Francis Pelham
• William Petty
• Edward Hayes Plumptre
• Sir Gareth Roberts
• Simon Schama
• Robert Shackleton
• Ronald Syme
• Lawrence Washington
• Francis Willis
• John Wordsworth

Richard Adams (ca. ... Thomas Adams (ca. ... Richard Barnes (1532–1587) was an Anglican priest who served as a bishop in the Church of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was elected a fellow in 1552, and received his MA in 1557 and his DD... Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb (1862-1915) was a British academic, born in Cape Town on February 16, 1862. ... Bryan John Birch is a British mathematician. ... Vernon Bogdanor (born 1943) is professor of government at Oxford University and a vice-principal of Brasenose College. ... Peter Astbury Brunt (born June 23, 1917 in Coulsdon, Surrey; died November 5, 2005 in Oxford) was an eminent ancient historian at Oxford University. ... Roger John Cashmore CMG is Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Professor of Experimental Physics in the University of Oxford. ... Professor Ron Daniel is University Lecturer in Engineering Science at Oxford University, and Fellow and Tutor in Engineering at Brasenose College, Oxford. ... Dr Sos Eltis is a Fellow and Tutor in English of Brasenose College, Oxford. ... The Right Honorable Major John Freeman, MBE was born on 19 February 1915. ... Francis John Haverfield (1860–1919) was a British historian and archaeologist. ... Sir Otto Kahn-Freund (17 November 1900, Frankfurt am Main - 16 August 1979, Oxford) was professor of comparative law, University of Oxford. ... Fergus Millar FBA is Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus Oxford University. ... Alexander Nowell (c. ... Walter Horatio Pater (August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894) was an English essayist and literary critic. ... Henry Francis Pelham (September 10, 1846 February 13, 1907), English scholar and historian, was born at Berg Apton, Norfolk, the son of the Hon. ... Sir William Petty (May 27, 1623 – December 16, 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher. ... Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 – February 1, 1891), English divine and scholar, was born in London. ... Sir Gareth Roberts, FRS FREng, (16 May 1940 - 6 February 2007[1]), was a Welsh physicist specialising in semiconductors and molecular electronics, who was influential in British science policy through his chairmanship of several academic bodies and his two reports on the future supply of scientists and how university research... Simon Schama Simon Michael Schama, CBE (born 13 February 1945) is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. ... Robert Shackleton CBE (25 November 1919–9 September 1986) was an English French language philologist and librarian. ... Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989), New Zealand-born historian, was the preeminent classicist of the 20th century. ... Lawrence Washington (1602–1655) was the great-great-grandfather of George Washington. ... Francis Willis (1718-1807) was a physician, famous for his treatment of George III. After an undergraduate career at Lincoln College, Oxford and St Albans Hall he was elected a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford in 1740 and was ordained as a priest; he was Rector of the College... The Reverend John Wordsworth was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, to the Reverend Christopher Wordsworth, nephew of the poet William Wordsworth. ...

Current and former honorary fellows

• Kate Allen
• John Brademas
• David Cameron
• John Gorton
• Erwin Hahn
• Robin Janvrin
• Sir John Mortimer
• Michael Palin
• Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

Katherine Allen (Born 25 January 1955) is the Director of Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and lives in Brighton, UK. Kate Allen AIUK // After studying for a BA(Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, Allen’s career started in local government as a policy officer... John Brademas, Ph. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ... Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Erwin Hahn (born 1921) is a U.S. physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). ... The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin, KCB KCVO, was born in 1946, and educated at Marlborough College, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Brasenose College of the University of Oxford, from which he received a First class BA degree in 1969, and later an MA. He entered the Royal Navy... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ... Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was a Law Lord (retired) and a cross bench member of the British House of Lords. ...

Other persons associated with Brasenose

• Jeffrey Archer
• Peter J. King