List of people associated with the London School of Economics explained

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 18 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

Heads of state or government

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State Image Leader Affiliation Office
BarbadosErrol Barrow (1920–1987)BSc (Econ) 1950Prime Minister (1962–1966; 1966–1976; 1986–1987)
Mia Mottley (born 1965)LLB 1986Prime Minister (2018–present)
BeninLionel Zinsou (born 1954)Course unknownPrime Minister (2015–2016)
BulgariaSergey Stanishev (born 1966)Visiting Fellow International Relations 1999–2000Prime Minister (2005–2009)
CanadaPierre Trudeau (1919–2000)Research Fee student 1947–1948Prime Minister (1968–1979; 1980–1984)
75px|Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada, 1993Kim Campbell (born 1947)PhD student 1973Prime Minister (June–November 1993)
ColombiaAlfonso Lopez PumarejoOccasional Registration 1932–1933President (1934–1938; 1942–1945)
Juan Manuel SantosMSc Economics 1975President (2010–2018)
Costa RicaÓscar Arias (born 1941)Enrolled 1967President (1986–1990; 2006–2010)
DenmarkHM Queen Margrethe II (born 1940)Occasional student 1965Queen (1972–present)
DominicaDame Eugenia CharlesLLM 1949Prime Minister (1980–1995)
FijiSir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004)Diploma Econ & Social Admin 1962Prime Minister (1970–1992)
President (1994–2000)
FinlandAlexander Stubb (born 1968)PhD International Politics 1999Prime Minister (2014–2015)
GermanyHeinrich BrüningBSc Economics student 1911–1913Chancellor (1930–1932)
GhanaKwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)PhD 1946President (1960–1966)
Hilla Limann (1934–1998)BSc (Econ) 1960President (1979–1981)
John Atta Mills (born 1944)LLM 1967–1968President (2009)
GibraltarJoe Bossano (born 1939)BSc Economics circa 1960Chief Minister (1988–1996)
GreeceGeorge Papandreou (born 1952)MSc Sociology 1977Prime Minister (2009–2011)
Constantine Simitis (born 1936)Research Fee student 1961–1963Prime Minister (1996–2004)
GrenadaMaurice Bishop (1943–1983)LLB circa 1967–1968Prime Minister (1979–1983)
GuyanaForbes Burnham (1923–1985)LLB 1948Prime Minister (1964–1980)
President (1980–1985)
IndiaK.R. Narayanan (1921–2005)BSc (Econ) 1945–1948President (1997–2002)
IsraelMoshe Sharett (1894–1965)BSc (Econ) 1924Prime Minister (1953–1955)
ItalyRomano Prodi (born 1939)Research Fee student 1962–1963Prime Minister (1996–1998; 2006–2008)
JamaicaMichael Manley (1924–1997)BSc (Econ) 1949Prime Minister (1972–1980; 1989–1992)
P J PattersonLLB 1963Premier (1992–2006)
JapanTakahashi Korekiyo (1854–1936)Course unknownPrime Minister (1920–1922; 1932)
Tsutomu Hata (1935–2017)Course unknownPrime Minister (1994)
Taro Aso (born 1940)Occasional student 1966Prime Minister (2008–2009)
KenyaJomo Kenyatta (1891–1978)ADA 1936President (1964–1978)
Mwai Kibaki (born 1931)BSc Economics 1959President (2002–2013)
KiribatiAnote Tong (born 1952)MSc Sea-Use Group 1988President (2003–2016)
LibyaSaif al-Islam Gaddafi (born 1972)PhD 2006Effective Prime Minister (2007–2011)[4]
MalaysiaTuanku Jaafar (1922–2008)Course unknownYang di-Pertuan Agong (elected monarch) (1994–1999)
MauritiusSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985)Attended lectures whilst studying at University College LondonChief Minister (1961–1968)
Prime minister (1968–1982)
Governor-General (1983–1985)
Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000)LLB 1948President (March–June 1992)
Navinchandra Ramgoolam (born 1947)LLB 1990Prime Minister (1995–2000; 2005–2014)
NepalSher Bahadur Deuba (born 1943)Research student, International Relations 1988–1989Prime Minister (1995–1997; 2001–2003; 2004–2005)
PanamaHarmodio Arias Madrid (1886–1962)Occasional student, 1909–1911President (1932–1936)
PeruPedro Beltrán Espantoso (1897–1979)BSc (Econ) 1918Prime Minister (1959–1961)
Beatriz Merino (born 1947)LLM 1972Prime Minister (2003)
PolandEdward Szczepanik (1915–2005)MSc Economics 1953Prime Minister of government in exile (1986–1990)
Marek Belka (born 1952)Summer School 1990Prime Minister (2004–2005)
Sierra LeoneBanja Tejan-Sie (1917–2000)LLB circa 1950Governor-General (1968–1971)
SingaporeLee Kuan Yew (1923–2015)Occasional student after circa 1945Prime Minister (1959–1990)
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957)BSc (Econ) 1981President (2023–present)
Saint LuciaJohn Compton (1925–2007)LLB 1952Premier (1964–1979)
Prime Minister (February–July 1979; 1982–1996)
Yu Kuo-Hwa (1914–2000)Composition fee student 1947–1949Premier (1984–1989)
Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956)Ph.D. Law 1984 President (2016–present)
ThailandTanin Kraivixien (born 1927)LLB 1953Prime Minister (1976–1977)
TogoSylvanus Olympio (b. 1902–1963)BSc EconomicsPrime Minister (1958–1961)
President (1961–1963)
United KingdomRamsay MacDonaldLecturerPrime Minister (1924; 1929–1935)
Clement Attlee (1883–1967)Lecturer in social science and administration, 1912–1923Prime Minister (1945–1951)

United Kingdom

Current members of the House of Commons

Current members of the House of Lords

Former members of Parliament

Civil servants

United States

Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australia and New Zealand

Middle East

International organisations and ambassadors

Central bankers

Nobel laureates

See main article: List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the London School of Economics.

Guy Medal (statistics) recipients

Academics

Economists

Economic historians

Employment relations and management

Historians

Human geography

International relations

Law

Linguists

Philosophers

Political scientists

Sociologists

Social anthropology

Social policy analysts and workers

Social psychology

Statisticians

Arts and media

Film, music and performance

Television and radio

Authors and journalists

Pulitzer Prize winners

Year Recipient Prize
1968Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
1987Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1990Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism
1993Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
1994Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
2000Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
2001Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
2013Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Business and finance

Law enforcement

Lawyers and judges

NGOs, charities and pressure groups

Sport

Others

Fictional

Founders of LSE

First the four generally accepted co-founders:[35]

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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World leaders- LSE facts . .lse.ac.uk . 2009-10-06 . 2010-04-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100213181416/http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/divisionsAndDepartments/ERD/pressAndInformationOffice/LSEFacts/worldLeaders.aspx . 2010-02-13 .
  2. Web site: Academic Dress. LSE. 15 January 2016. Since the granting of its own degree awarding powers in July 2008, students have worn LSE-specific gowns. 3 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160103122628/http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/registrationTimetablesAssessment/ceremonies/beforeCeremony/AcademicDressNew.aspx. dead.
  3. Web site: LSE Leaders . London School of Economics . 2022-06-27 . 2022-07-27 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628211347/https://www.lse.ac.uk/about-lse/lse-people?from_serp=1 . 2022-06-28.
  4. Guardian: 21 February 2011:"LSE educated man the West can no longer deal with"
  5. Web site: Tributes after MSP Helen Eadie dies. The Oxford Times.
  6. Web site: EL EQUIPO DE GAVIRIA. . eltiempo.com . 7 August 1990 . El Tiempo .
  7. Web site: January 5, 2022 . Yuriko Backes . 2023-07-14 . . en.
  8. Book: Mohamad Yusop Damit . Brunei Darussalam 1944-1962: Constitutional and Political Development in a Malay-Muslim Sultanate . 1995 . University of London 1995. . 412 . en.
  9. Web site: Frances Pritchett. youth. 2010-07-17. Columbia.edu.
  10. Web site: Dr BERTRAND G.RAMCHARAN (Guyana). University of Nottingham.
  11. Web site: FRB: Stanley Fischer. www.federalreserve.gov. 2016-05-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514122335/http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/fischer.htm. 2016-05-14.
  12. Book: Bonanno . A. . Busch . L. . Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food . Edward Elgar Publishing . Handbooks of Research on International Political Economy series . 2015 . 978-1-78254-826-3 . 28 Aug 2023 . 10.
  13. Web site: Ralph Turvey obituary. Peston. Maurice. 2012-04-22. The Guardian. 2016-05-25.
  14. News: Professor Ralph Turvey . London . The Daily Telegraph . 2012-05-14.
  15. Web site: Eileen Power. London School of Economics and Political Science. en-gb. 2019-07-30.
  16. Elsey, B. (1987) "R. H. Tawney – Patron saint of adult education", in P. Jarvis (ed.) “Twentieth Century Thinkers in Adult Education”, Beckenham: Croom Helm
  17. Web site: Dr Sara Hagemann. London School of Economics. October 8, 2016.
  18. Web site: Professor Alasdair Cochrane. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115235821/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/alasdair-cochrane. January 15, 2022. February 9, 2022. The University of Sheffield. 16 December 2021 .
  19. Haddon. E. B.. Mr. J. H. Driberg. Obituary. 1946. 157. 3983. 257–258. Nature. 10.1038/157257b0. 1946Natur.157..257H. 35740039. free.
  20. Web site: Amoh. Rosalind K.. 27 August 2021. Daasebre Oti Boateng joins ancestors. 1 October 2021. Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd.
  21. Web site: Angelina Jolie gets new role as visiting professor at LSE . The Guardian. Esther . Addley . 23 May 2016 . 28 April 2021.
  22. Web site: Obituaries of 2012-2013. www.alumni.lse.ac.uk.
  23. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/23/eugenia-tymoshenko-fight-to-save-mother-yulia Eugenia Tymoshenko: the fight to save my mother Yulia
  24. News: Alagappa Alagappan, 88, Dies; Founded Hindu Temples Across U.S.. The New York Times. November 2014. 8 July 2018. Martin. Douglas.
  25. Web site: Obituary: Barbara Eggleston. TheGuardian.com. 9 March 2002.
  26. Web site: IBIJOKE FABORODE . February 9, 2024 . The Democracy and Culture Foundation.
  27. Web site: Science . London School of Economics and Political . Marshall Scholars . 2024-02-09 . London School of Economics and Political Science . en-GB.
  28. Web site: Mencap - Oxfam names Mencap's Mark Goldring as new chief executive. 2014-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114909/http://www.mencap.org.uk/news/article/oxfam-names-mencap-s-mark-goldring-new-chief-executive. 2014-08-26. dead.
  29. Web site: Mencap - Mark Goldring to move on. 2014-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113708/http://www.mencap.org.uk/news/article/mark-goldring-move. 2014-08-26. dead.
  30. Web site: Mary Joynson obituary. Terry Philpot. The Guardian. 2 May 2013.
  31. Web site: Mary Joynson and Barnardos. UK Social Work Processes. 21 November 2014.
  32. Web site: London School of Economics and Political. Science. 2019-09-24. LSE Law Graduate, Temi Mwale, on knife crime. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  33. Web site: London School of Economics and Political. Science. 2019-09-23. LSE Law student Temi Mwale listed in Forbes. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  34. Web site: Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley talks about progressive alliances, having faith and working for John Major . Business Insider . Adam . Bienkov . 22 April 2017 . 28 April 2021.
  35. Web site: Meet our founders . London School of Economics and Political Science.
  36. Web site: Beatrice Webb . London School of Economics and Political Science . 16 March 2021.
  37. Web site: LSE . LSE's first Governors . London School of Economics and Political Science . 16 March 2021.
  38. Web site: Charlotte Shaw . London School of Economics and Political Science . 16 March 2021.