List of people associated with the London School of Economics

This list of people associated with the London School of Economics includes notable alumni, non-graduates, academics and administrators affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science. This includes 55 past or present heads of state, as well as 19 Nobel laureates.[1]

LSE started awarding its own degrees in its own name in 2008,[2] prior to which it awarded degrees of the University of London. This page does not include people whose only connection with the university consists in the award of an honorary degree.

The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Many of the university's alumni have attained a level of distinction in more than one field, however these appear only in the category which they are most often associated.

Government and politics

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Heads of state or government

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State Image Leader Affiliation Office
  Barbados   Errol Barrow (1920–1987) BSc (Econ) 1950 Prime minister (1962–1966; 1966–1976; 1986–1987)
  Mia Mottley (born 1965) LLB 1986 Prime minister (2018–present)
  Benin   Lionel Zinsou (born 1954) Course unknown Prime minister (2015–2016)
  Bulgaria   Sergey Stanishev (born 1966) Visiting Fellow International Relations 1999–2000 Prime minister (2005–2009)
  Canada   Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) Research Fee student 1947–1948 Prime minister (1968–1979; 1980–1984)
  Kim Campbell (born 1947) PhD student 1973 Prime minister (June–November 1993)
  Colombia   Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo Occasional Registration 1932–1933 President (1934–1938; 1942–1945)
  Juan Manuel Santos MSc Economics 1975 President (2010–2018)
  Costa Rica   Óscar Arias (born 1941) Enrolled 1967 President (1986–1990; 2006–2010)
  Denmark   HM Queen Margrethe II (born 1940) Occasional student 1965 Queen (1972–present)
  Dominica   Dame Eugenia Charles LLM 1949 Prime minister (1980–1995)
  Fiji   Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004) Diploma Econ & Social Admin 1962 Prime minister (1970–1992)
President (1994–2000)
  Finland   Alexander Stubb (born 1968) PhD International Politics 1999 Prime minister (2014–2015)
  Germany   Heinrich Brüning BSc Economics student 1911–1913 Chancellor (1930–1932)
  Ghana   Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) PhD 1946 President (1960–1966)
  Hilla Limann (1934–1998) BSc (Econ) 1960 President (1979–1981)
  John Atta Mills (born 1944) LLM 1967–1968 President (2009)
  Gibraltar   Joe Bossano (born 1939) BSc Economics circa 1960 Chief Minister (1988–1996)
  Greece   George Papandreou (born 1952) MSc Sociology 1977 Prime minister (2009–2011)
  Constantine Simitis (born 1936) Research Fee student 1961–1963 Prime minister (1996–2004)
  Grenada   Maurice Bishop (1943–1983) LLB circa 1967–1968 Prime minister (1979–1983)
  Guyana   Forbes Burnham (1923–1985) LLB 1948 Prime minister (1964–1980)
President (1980–1985)
  India   K.R. Narayanan (1921–2005) BSc (Econ) 1945–1948 President (1997–2002)
  Israel   Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) BSc (Econ) 1924 Prime minister (1953–1955)
  Italy   Romano Prodi (born 1939) Research Fee student 1962–1963 Prime minister (1996–1998; 2006–2008)
  Jamaica   Michael Manley (1924–1997) BSc (Econ) 1949 Prime minister (1972–1980; 1989–1992)
  P J Patterson LLB 1963 Premier (1992–2006)
  Japan   Takahashi Korekiyo (1854–1936) Course unknown Prime minister (1920–1922; 1932)
  Tsutomu Hata (1935–2017) Course unknown Prime minister (1994)
  Taro Aso (born 1940) Occasional student 1966 Prime minister (2008–2009)
  Kenya   Jomo Kenyatta (1891–1978) ADA 1936 President (1964–1978)
Mwai Kibaki (born 1931) BSc Economics 1959 President (2002–2013)
  Kiribati Anote Tong (born 1952) MSc Sea-Use Group 1988 President (2003–2016)
  Libya Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (born 1972) PhD 2006 Effective prime minister (2007–2011)[4]
  Malaysia Tuanku Jaafar (1922–2008) Course unknown Yang di-Pertuan Agong (elected monarch) (1994–1999)
  Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) Attended lectures whilst studying at University College London Chief Minister (1961–1968)
Prime minister (1968–1982)
Governor-general (1983–1985)
  Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) LLB 1948 President (March–June 1992)
  Navinchandra Ramgoolam (born 1947) LLB 1990 Prime minister (1995–2000; 2005–2014)
    Nepal   Sher Bahadur Deuba (born 1943) Research student, International Relations 1988–1989 Prime minister (1995–1997; 2001–2003; 2004–2005)
Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo LLM Vice President of Nigeria (2015-2023)
  Panama Harmodio Arias Madrid (1886–1962) Occasional student, 1909–1911 President (1932–1936)
  Peru Pedro Beltrán Espantoso (1897–1979) BSc (Econ) 1918 Prime minister (1959–1961)
  Beatriz Merino (born 1947) LLM 1972 Prime minister (2003)
  Poland   Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005) MSc Economics 1953 Prime minister of government in exile (1986–1990)
  Marek Belka (born 1952) Summer School 1990 Prime minister (2004–2005)
  Sierra Leone Banja Tejan-Sie (1917–2000) LLB circa 1950 Governor-general (1968–1971)
  Singapore   Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) Occasional student after circa 1945 Prime minister (1959–1990)
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957) BSc (Econ) 1981 President (2023–present)
  Saint Lucia John Compton (1925–2007) LLB 1952 Premier (1964–1979)
Prime minister (February–July 1979; 1982–1996)
  Taiwan   Yu Kuo-Hwa (1914–2000) Composition fee student 1947–1949 Premier (1984–1989)
  Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956) Ph.D. Law 1984 President (2016–present)
  Thailand   Tanin Kraivixien (born 1927) LLB 1953 Prime minister (1976–1977)
  Togo   Sylvanus Olympio (b. 1902–1963) BSc Economics Prime minister (1958–1961)
President (1961–1963)
  United Kingdom   Ramsay MacDonald Lecturer Prime minister (1924; 1929–1935)
  Clement Attlee (1883–1967) Lecturer in social science and administration, 1912–1923 Prime minister (1945–1951)

United Kingdom

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Current members of the House of Commons

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Yvette Cooper, Labour MP
 
Margaret Hodge, former Labour MP
 
Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Current members of the House of Lords

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Former members of parliament

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Civil servants

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United States

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Canada

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Latin America and the Caribbean

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Europe

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Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Africa

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Asia

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, First Law Minister of India and architect of Indian Constitution

Australia and New Zealand

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Middle East

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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

International organisations and ambassadors

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Central bankers

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Nobel laureates

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Guy Medal (statistics) recipients

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Academics

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Economists

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Economic historians

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Niall Ferguson, historian

Employment relations and management

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Historians

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Human geography

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International relations

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Linguists

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Philosophers

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Karl Popper, Austro-British philosopher and professor at LSE
 
Paul Feyerabend

Political scientists

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Sociologists

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Anthony Giddens, current Emeritus Professor at LSE

Social anthropology

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Bronislaw Malinowski, eminent anthropologist and functionalist

Social policy analysts and workers

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William Beveridge, the author of the Beveridge Report and former director of LSE

Social psychology

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Statisticians

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Arts and media

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Film, music and performance

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Sir Mick Jagger
 
Frank Turner

Television and radio

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Mark Urban, historian and journalist

Authors and journalists

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Pulitzer Prize winners

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Year Recipient Prize
1968 Nick Kotz Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
1987 Anne Applebaum Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1990 David A. Vise Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism
1993 Roy Gutman Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
1994 David Levering Lewis Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
2000 John Bersia Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
2001 David Levering Lewis Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
2013 Bret Stephens Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Business and finance

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Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur, CEO of AirAsia
 
David Rockefeller, former chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
 
George Soros, billionaire
 
Yevhenia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian entrepreneur

Law enforcement

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Lawyers and judges

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NGOs, charities and pressure groups

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Sport

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Others

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Fictional

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Founders of LSE

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First the four generally accepted co-founders:[36]

 
George Bernard Shaw, one of the founders of the LSE and Nobel laureate

The original governors of the LSE were, besides Beatrice Webb:[37]

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