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* [[Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)|Anthony Wright]], Former British MP
* [[Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)|Anthony Wright]], Former British MP
* [[Michael Young (politician)|Baron Michael Young]], academic and author of the 1945 Labour manifesto
* [[Michael Young (politician)|Baron Michael Young]], academic and author of the 1945 Labour manifesto
* [[Ben Harris-Quinney]], Chairman of Conservative think tank the [[Bow Group]]


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=== United States ===

Revision as of 05:31, 7 November 2012

The list of London School of Economics people includes notable alumni, non-graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science. This includes 34 past or present heads of state, as well as 18 Nobel laureates.[1]

Heads of state or government

Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
John F. Kennedy, President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, from 1968 to 1979, and from 1980 to 1984
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State Leader Affiliation Office
 Barbados Errol Walton Barrow (1920–1987) BSc (Econ) 1950 Prime minister 1962-1966; 1966–1976; 1986–1987
 Canada Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) Research Fee Student 1947-1948 Prime minister 1968-1979; 1980–1984
 Canada Kim Campbell (b. 1947) PhD student 1973 Prime minister June–November 1993
 Colombia Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo Occasional Registration 1932-1933 President 1934-1938, 1942–1945
 Colombia Juan Manuel Santos MSc Economics 1975 President 2010-
 Denmark HM Queen Margrethe II (b. 1940) Occasional student 1965 Queen 1972-
 Dominica Dame Eugenia Charles LLM 1949 Prime minister 1980-1995
 EU Professor Romano Prodi (b. 1939) Research Fee Student 1962-1963 President of the European Commission 1999-2004;
 Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004) Diploma Econ & Social Admin 1962 Prime minister 1970-1992; President 1994-2000
 Germany Heinrich Brüning BSc Economics Student 1911-1913 Chancellor 1930-32
 Ghana Dr Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) PhD 1946 First president 1960-1966
 Ghana Hon Dr Hilla Limann (1934–1998) BSc (Econ) 1960 President 1979-1981
 Ghana John Atta Mills (b. 1944) LLM 1967-68 President 2009
 Greece George Papandreou (b.1952) MSc Sociology 1977 Prime minister 2009-2011
 Greece Dr Constantine Simitis (b. 1936) Research Fee Student 1961-1963 Prime minister 1996-2004
 India Shri KR Narayanan (1921–2005) BSc (Econ) 1945-1948 President 1997-2002
 Israel Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) BSc (Econ) 1924 Prime minister 1953-1955
 Italy Professor Romano Prodi (b. 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
 Jamaica P J Patterson LLB 1963 Premier 1992-2006
 Japan Taro Aso (b.1940) Occasional Student 1966 Prime minister 2008-
 Kenya Jomo Kenyatta (1891–1978) ADA 1936 First president 1964-1978
 Kenya Mwai Kibaki (b. 1931) BSc Economics 1959 President 2002-
 Kiribati Anote Tong (b.1952) MSc Sea-Use Group 1988 President 2003-
 Libya Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (b 1972) PhD 2006 Effectively Prime Minister, 2007–2011
 Mauritius Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) LLB 1948 First president of Mauritius March–June 1992
 Mauritius Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam (b. 1947) LLB 1990 Prime minister 1995-2000; 2005-
   Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1943) Research Student International Relations 1988-1989 Prime minister 1995-1997; 2001–2003; 2004–2005
 Panama Harmodio Arias (1886–1962) Occasional Student, 1909–1911 President 1932-1936
 Peru Pedro Gerardo Beltran Espanto (1897–1979) BSc (Econ) 1918 Prime minister 1959-1961
 Peru Beatriz Merino (b.1947) LLM 1972 Prime minister 2003
 Poland Marek Belka (b.1952) Summer School 1990 Prime minister 2004-05
 Singapore Goh Keng Swee (1918–2010) BSc Economics 1951; PhD Economics 1956 Deputy prime minister 1959-84
 Saint Lucia John Compton (b. 1926) 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
 Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (b.1956) PhD Law 1984 Vice-premier 2006-
 Thailand Tanin Kraivixien (b. 1927) LLB 1953 Prime minister 1976-1977
 United Kingdom Lord Attlee (1883–1967) Lecturer in social science and administration, 1912–1923 Prime minister, 1945–1951
 United States John F Kennedy (1917–1963) General Course student 1935 President 1961-1963

Nobel laureates

Alumni
Founders and professors
Non-alumni

Guy Medal recipients

Academics

Economists

Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist Nobel laureate

Historians

Economic historians

Employment relations/Management

Human geography

International relations

Law

Philosophers

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

Political scientists

Sociologists

Lord Anthony Giddens, current Emeritus Professor at LSE

Social anthropology

Bronislaw Malinowski, eminent anthropologist and functionalist

Social Policy Analysts and Workers

Lord William Beveridge, the author of the Beveridge Report and former Director of LSE

Social psychology

Statisticians

Government and politics

United Kingdom

Ed Miliband, current leader of the Labour Party

United States

Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

Europe

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

Africa

Asia

Lee Kuan Yew, First Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90
  • Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore
  • Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan President of Pakistan Muslim League,1st Chief Minister of N.W.F.P Pakistan,Former Industry trade and Interior Minister of Pakistan.
‎Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, First Law Minister of India and Architect of Indian Constitution[6]

Australia

Middle East

International organisations and ambassadors

Arts and media

Film and music

Sir Mick Jagger

Television and radio

Authors and journalists

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Edith Abbott

Business and Finance

George Soros, billionaire

Lawyers and judges

Cherie Booth QC, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair

Others

Fictional

Founders of LSE

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

(Some are depicted in the Fabian Window)

References

  1. ^ "World leaders- LSE facts". .lse.ac.uk. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. ^ "LSE Leaders". London School of Economics. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  3. ^ Times Higher Education Supplement article, 8 March 2008 :'Dean Dismissed for Plagiarism'
  4. ^ Elsey, B. (1987) "R. H. Tawney – Patron saint of adult education", in P. Jarvis (ed.) “Twentieth Century Thinkers in Adult Education”, Beckenham: Croom Helm
  5. ^ Guardian : 21 February 2011 :"LSE educated man the West can no longer deal with"
  6. ^ Frances Pritchett. "youth". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  7. ^ http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/staffStudentsAndAlumni/dailyHeadlines/21-08-02.htm