Alumni Christ Church, Oxford

notable former students of college have included politicians, scientists, philosophers, entertainers , academics. thirteen british prime ministers have studied @ college including, anthony eden (prime minister 1955—1957), william ewart gladstone (1828–1831), sir robert peel (1841–1846) , archibald primrose (1894–1895). other former students include charles abbot (speaker of house of commons 1802–1817), frederick curzon (conservative party statesman 1951–), nicholas lyell (attorney general 1992–1997), nigel lawson (chancellor of exchequer 1983–1989), quintin hogg (lord chancellor 1979–1987) , william murray (lord chief justice 1756—1788 , chancellor of exchequer 1757). outside uk, politicians canada (ted jolliffe), pakistan (zulfikar ali bhutto) , united states (charles cotesworth pinckney) have attended college.

prominent philosophers including john locke, john rawls, a. j. ayer, gilbert ryle, michael dummett, john searle , daniel dennett studied @ christ church.

there numerous former students in fields of academia , theology, including george kitchin (the first chancellor of university of durham 1908—1912 , dean of durham cathedral 1894–1912), john charles ryle (first bishop of liverpool 1880–1900), john wesley (leader of methodist movement), rowan williams (archbishop of canterbury 2002–2012), richard william jelf (principal of king s college london 1843–1868), ronald montagu burrows (principal of king s college london 1913–1920) , william stubbs (bishop of oxford 1889—1901 , historian).

in sciences, polymath , natural philosopher robert hooke, developmental biologist john b. gurdon (co-winner of 2012 nobel prize in physiology or medicine), physician sir archibald edward garrod, father of modern medicine sir william osler, biochemist kenneth callow, radio astronomer sir martin ryle, psychologist edward de bono , epidemiologist sir richard doll associated college. albert einstein visiting scholar.

in other fields, cameron , tyler winklevoss, twins associated founding of facebook, king edward vii (1841–1910), king of united kingdom , emperor of india, king william ii of netherlands, rowing gold medallist jonny searle, entrepreneur , founder of pennsylvania william penn, broadcaster david dimbleby, mp louise mensch, bbc composer howard goodall, writer lewis carroll, other notable students have studied @ christ church.