The following is a list of notable people associated with St Anne's College, Oxford , including alumnae, academics, and principals of the college.
As a former women's college, St Anne's continues to refer to former students, male or female, as "alumnae".[1]
The list includes people associated with the Society of Oxford Home-Students and St Anne's Society prior to the official founding of the College.
Danny Alexander , former Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Tina Brown , editor of The Daily Beast and ex-editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker
Mr Hudson , rapper and R&B artist
Sir Simon Rattle , principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
Danny Alexander (born 1972) – Knighted Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey , Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Mary Applebey (1916–2012) – mental health campaigner and co-founder of MIND
Mary Archer (born 1944) – baroness and scientist specialising in solar power conversion
Karen Armstrong (born 1944) – FRSL – author on comparative religion
Jackie Ashley (born 1954) – broadcaster, journalist and contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman
Wendy Beckett (1930–2018) – BBC art historian
Dame Gillian Beer (born 1935) – literary critic and former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge (1994–2001)
Nicola Blackwood (born 1979) – Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon (2010–17)
Mark Bostridge (born 1961) – writer and critic, biographer of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale
Tina Brown (born 1953), CBE – writer, and magazine editor of The Daily Beast , Vanity Fair and The New Yorker
C. Violet Butler (1884–1982) – Social researcher and educator active in Oxford
Frances Cairncross (born 1944), DBE, CBE – journalist, economist, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford (2004–2014)
Olive Clapham (1898–1973) – first woman to pass the bar finals examinations in England and Wales
Rosemary Cramp (1929–2023) – archaeologist specialising in Anglo-Saxon literature and culture
Edwina Currie (born 1946) – Conservative MP and minister (1983–1997)
Liam D'Arcy-Brown (born 1970) – Sinologist and travel writer
Ruth Deech (born 1943) – baroness, DBE – lawyer, bioethicist , and former Principal of St Anne's (1991–2004)
Paul Donovan (born 1972) – economist and author
Mary Douglas (1921–2007) – dame, DBE, FBA, anthropologist
Anne Dreydel (1918–2007) – OBE , co-founder of Oxford English Centre, now St Clare's International School
Rose Dugdale (1941-2024) – debutante , then IRA member and art thief
Moira Dunbar (1918–1999) – Arctic ice researcher
U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), CBE, FRSL – poet
Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – children's writer
Helen Fielding (born 1958) – novelist known for the Bridget Jones series
Helen Fraser (born 1949) – executive and publisher
Hadley Freeman (born 1978) – writer and columnist for The Guardian and Vogue
Urszula Gacek (born 1963) – Polish politician, since 2011 Poland's Ambassador to The Council of Europe
Helen Palmer Geisel (1898–1967) – children's book author and co-founder of Beginner Books
Sanjay Ghose (1959–1997) – Indian rural development activist.
Jean Golding (born 1939) – epidemiologist
Sarah Gristwood (living) – journalist and author
Miriam Gross (living) – literary editor and co-founder of Standpoint magazine
Mary Harron (born 1953) – Canadian director/screenwriter, best known for American Psycho
Zoë Heller (born 1965) – journalist and novelist known for Notes on a Scandal
Miriam Hodgson (1938–2005) – editor of children's books[2]
Brad Hooker (born 1957) – philosopher specialising in ethics, Professor of Philosophy at Reading University
Nancy Hubbard (born 1963) – professor and Miriam Katowitz Chair of Management and Accounting at Goucher College , Baltimore
Mr Hudson (Ben Hudson) (born 1979) – pop musician
Devaki Jain (born 1933) – Indian economist, writer and feminist
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – fantasy novelist known for Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle
Martha Kearney (born 1957) – broadcaster and journalist with BBC Radio 4
Sally Laird (born 1956) – writer, editor and translator[3]
Sandra Landy (1938–2017) – world champion bridge player and computer scientist
Penelope Lively (born 1933) – CBE, FRSL, novelist and Booker Prize winner for Moon Tiger
Guy Lynn (living) – investigative reporter for the BBC
William MacAskill (born 1987) – philosopher, co-founder of Effective Altruism movement
Mercia MacDermott (born 1927) – writer and historian
Kevin Macdonald – film director, The Last King of Scotland and State of Play
Sara Maitland (born 1950) – fiction writer
Max More (born 1964) – philosopher and futurist , founder of Extropy Institute
Rebecca Morelle (living) – journalist, global science correspondent for BBC News
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh (born 1989) – South African author, musician and activist
Lindsay Northover (born 1954) – baroness, Liberal Democrat member of House of Lords since 2000
Una O'Brien (living), Permanent Secretary Department of Health
Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008) – writer, broadcaster and feminist
Samir Okasha (born 1971) – philosopher, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
Nicola Padfield (born 1955) – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice at Law Faculty, University of Cambridge
Ruma Pal (born 1941) – justice of the Supreme Court of India
Adam Parsons (born 1970) – television and radio presenter
Amanda Pritchard (1994-1997) - First female CEO of NHS England, took office in 2021 and joined Boris Johnson in calling for volunteers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Ged Quinn (born 1963) – artist and musician
Norah Lillian Penston (1903–1974) – Principal of Bedford College, University of London
Melanie Phillips (born 1951) – journalist and author, winner of Orwell Prize
Libby Purves (born 1950) – OBE, radio presenter and drama critic for The Times
Janina Ramirez (born 1980) – art historian, lecturer and TV presenter
Simon Rattle (born 1955) – CBE, FRSA , orchestral conductor for Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra [4]
Mary Remnant (1935–2020) – medieval musicologist and musician
Gillian Reynolds (born 1935) – MBE, journalist and broadcaster
John Robins (born 1982) – stand-up comedian and radio presenter
Jancis Robinson (born 1950) – OBE, wine critic and author
James Rutledge (living) – musician and producer
Cicely Saunders (1918–2005) – dame, OM , social worker , physician, writer and pioneer of hospice movement
Frances Stonor Saunders (born 1966) – journalist, film-maker and associate editor of New Statesman
Samantha Shannon (born 1991) – author of The Bone Season dystopian fiction series
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) – US writer, literary theorist and political activist
Susan J. Smith (born 1956) – Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge , Honorary Professor, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Harriet Spicer (born 1950) – publisher
Russell Taylor (born 1960) – MBE , journalist and composer
Jane Thynne (born 1961) – novelist, journalist and broadcaster
Polly Toynbee (born 1946) – journalist with The Guardian , writer and broadcaster
Victor Ubogu (born 1964) – Rugby player for Bath Rugby , businessman
Jenny Uglow (born 1947) – OBE, critic and noted biographer, editorial director of Chatto and Windus
Hilary Wainwright (born 1949) – feminist
Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020) – CBE, novelist and children's writer
Victoria Whitworth (born 1966) – Anglo-Scots novelist, archaeologist and art historian
Ivy Williams (1877–1966) – first woman called to the English bar
Mara Yamauchi (born 1973) – long-distance track and marathon runner
Janet Young (1926–2002) – baroness, Conservative politician, first female Leader of the House of Lords
Peter Ady – Fellow (1947–2004), eminent development economist, adviser to the Burmese Government and Ministry of Overseas Development .[ citation needed ]
Roger Crisp – current Professor of Moral Philosophy , Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Chairman of Management Committee of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Peter Donnelly , FRS – current Fellow (1996–), Australian mathematician and statistician, and current director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University
Bent Flyvbjerg – current Fellow, noted economic geographer , urban planner , and current director of the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at the Saïd Business School
Jenifer Hart – History Fellow
Margaret Hubbard – Australian classical scholar specializing in philology ; one of St Anne's 15 founding fellows
Jonathan Katz – stipendiary lecturer, and current University Public Orator
Patrick McGuinness – current Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Fellow and Tutor in French, author, and poet
Georg Gottlob , FRS – current Fellow (since 2006), noted Austrian computer scientist specialising in database theory , logic , and artificial intelligence
A. C. Grayling , FRSA , FRSL – current Supernumerary Fellow, philosopher, author, human rights and civil liberties advocate
Tony Judt , FBA – Fellow (1980–87), author, historian, and public intellectual , later the director of the Erich Maria Remarque Institute at NYU and contributor to the New York Review of Books
John Lloyd – current Supernumerary Fellow, journalist, contributor to the Financial Times , and co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University
Nick Middleton – current Supernumerary Fellow, physical geographer specialising in desertification , and consultant to the IUCN , UNEP , EU, and WWF .[5]
Iris Murdoch , DBE – Fellow (1948–99), philosopher, and novelist, known for Under the Net and The Sea, The Sea
Graham Nelson – current Supernumerary Fellow (since 2007), mathematician, poet, and noted interactive fiction game designer
Roger Reed – current Supernumerary Fellow, professor of engineering and material science .[6]
Stephen Alexander Smith – Fellow (1991–98), legal scholar and writer
Gabriele Taylor – current senior research fellow, philosopher in ethics
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