In 1974, there had been 23 Oxonian British PMs, besides numerous other eminent Oxonians.
And there were at least three future PMs amongst the Oxonians of 1974-77: Tony Blair, Benazir Bhutto, and Theresa May.
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| Tony Blair (with boater) at Oxford |
Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953), UK's PM from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007, read Jurisprudence at St John's, Oxford in 1972-75, and graduated with a 2nd class in 1975.
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| Benazir Bhutto at Oxford |
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) read PPE at LMH and St Catherine's in 1973-77, and was elected the president of Oxford Union in Dec 1976.
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| Theresa May's wedding in 1980 (source) |
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| Philip and Theresa May at a friend's wedding in the early 1980s (source) |
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| Theresa May |
Theresa May (born October 1, 1956), UK's PM since 13 July 2016, read Geography at St. Hugh's (1974-77), graduating with a 2nd class.
On the Oxford romance of Theresa and Philip May: here
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| Dominic Grieve |
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| Kim Beazley |
Kim Beazley (born December 14, 1948), Deputy PM of Australia (June 1995 - March 1996) and Australia's Labor Party Leader (1996-2001, 2005-2006), earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Arts degrees at the University of Western Australia and was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1973. He completed a Master’s of Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, writing his thesis on Soviet and American naval competition in the Indian Ocean. (source)
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| Peter Millican |
Peter Millican (born March 1, 1958), philosopher at Hertford College, Oxford, read for his BA and BPhil at Lincoln College, Oxford 1976-1982. His lectures on General Philosophy can be seen here.
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| Andrew Motion |
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| Andrew Motion |
Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952), the British Poet Laureate 1999-2009, read English at Univ and graduated with BA (first class) in 1974. He then stayed on and earned his M.Litt. in 1976 (presumably at Univ, though not confirmed),
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| Alan Hollinghurst |
Alan Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954), the notable novelist and winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize (see The Observer profile), read English at Magdalen College from 1972 to 1979, graduating with BA in 1975, and MLitt in 1979. (The friendship of Andrew Motion, Alan Hollinghurst, Stephen Pickles and Hugh Grant is described in "Iris Murdoch as I knew her", by A.N. Wilson.)
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| Vikram Seth |
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| Vikram Seth |
Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952, Calcutta, India), Indian poet, novelist, and travel writer, is well known for his verse novel The Golden Gate (1986) and his epic novel A Suitable Boy (1993).
The son of a judge and a businessman, Seth was raised in London and India. He attended exclusive Indian schools and entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford to read English (which he later changed to Philosophy, Politics and Economics) in 1971, graduating with a BA in 1975, having taken the year 1973-74 off in India. He received a master’s degree in economics from Stanford University in 1978 and later studied at Nanking (China) University. In 1987 he returned to India to live with his family in New Delhi. (source)
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| Pico Iyer |
Pico Iyer was born in Oxford, England, to parents from India, in 1957, grew up in California and currently lives in Japan. He won a King's Scholarship to Eton and then a Demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where, graduating with a Congratulatory Double First in English, he received the highest marks of any student in the university. He went on to acquire a second Master's degree in literature at Harvard, where he taught literature and writing for two years. (source)
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| David Profumo |
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| Val McDermid in 1975 (source) |
Val McDermid (born June 4, 1955), Scottish crime writer, read English at St Hilda's College in 1972 (aged 17)-1975 (here).
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| Artemis Cooper (source) |
Artemis Cooper (born 22 April 1953), British writer and biographer, read English at St Hugh's College in 1972 - 1975, graduating with a BA (here).
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| Peter Tasker |
Peter Tasker (bio), Japan watcher, author of Inside Japan (1987) and Japan in Play (1999), and financial expert, read English Literature, then Law, at Balliol College, beginning in 1973.
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| Rowan Atkinson |
Rowan Atkinson (born January 6, 1955), the renowned Mr Bean and Blackadder, graduated with a BSc from Newcastle University (UK). He then entered The Queen's College, Oxford in 1975 to read Electrical Engineering, graduating with a MSc in Electrical Engineering in 1979. Mr Bean was conceived in Oxford.
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Tan Jee Say, and Professor Rajiva Wijesinha, Chairman of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, on 3 Nov 2011
Rajiva Wijesinha (born May 16, 1954), MA(Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work. An academic by profession for much of his working career, he was most recently Senior Professor of Languages at the University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.
He belongs to the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka, and has served as its President and Leader, and also as a Vice-President of Liberal International. He is currently Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats.
He read Classics as an undergraduate at University College (1970-74), and English Literature as a graduate student at Corpus Christi.
Tan Jee Say (born February 12, 1954), candadate in the 2011 Singapore General Elections and the 2011 Presidential Election, read PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) at University College during 1973-76.
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| M Athar Tahir (source) |
M (Muhammad) Athar Tahir (here, here), Pakistani writer, painter and civil servant (Federal Secretary (of) Education), was a Rhodes scholar (beginning in 1974, source) reading English Literature at Oriel College.
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| Punjab Portraits by M Athar Tahir |
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| Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos, Jr. |
Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos, Jr. (born September 13, 1957), widely known as Bongbong Marcos, is a Filipino politician and senator in the 16th Congress of the Philippines. He is the second child and only son of Ferdinand E. Marcos, the former president of the Philippines(1965–1986), and former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos. He read PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) at St Edmund Hall in 1975-78 (here).
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