List of notable Oxford students

The following persons attended Oxford University but did not necessarily complete a degree course there.

• Joseph Addison (Queen's/Magdalen)
• Rowan Atkinson (Queen's College)
• Tony Blair (St. John's College)
• Roger Bacon
• Jeremy Bentham (Queen's)
• Robert Boyle
• Richard Burton (actor) (Exeter)
• Richard Burton (orientalist) (Trinity)
• Lewis Carroll (Christ Church)
• Bill Clinton (University)
• Richard Dawkins (Balliol)
• John Donne (Hertford)
• Alfred Douglas (Magdalen)
• Edward VIII (Magdalen)
• T. S. Eliot (Merton)
• William Gladstone (Christ Church)
• Hugh Grant (New)
• Edmond Halley (Queen's)
• Bob Hawke (University)
• Stephen Hawking (University)
• Robert Hooke (Christ Church)
• Samuel Johnson (Pembroke)
• Kris Kristofferson (Merton)
• Philip Larkin (St. John's)
• T. E. Lawrence (Jesus)
• Barbara Levick (St. Hugh's/St. Hilda's)
• C. S. Lewis (University/Magdalen)
• John Locke (Christ Church)
• Iris Murdoch (Somerville/St. Anne's)
• Aung San Suu Kyi (St. Hugh's)
• William of Ockham (Merton)
• Cardinal Newman (Trinity)
• Robert Peel (Christ Church)
• Walter Raleigh (Oriel)
• A. L. Rowse (Oriel/All Souls)
• Dorothy L. Sayers (Somerville)
• John Duns Scotus
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (University)
• Adam Smith (Balliol)
• A. J. P. Taylor (Oriel)
• Margaret Thatcher (Somerville)
• J. R. R. Tolkien (Exeter)
• John Wesley (Lincoln)
• Oscar Wilde (Magdalen)
• Harold Wilson (Jesus)
• Cardinal Wolsey (Magdalen)
• Christopher Wren (Wadham)