List of Balliol College, Oxford people


The following is a list of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, including alumni and Masters of the college. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register or in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Complete lists of Fellows and students, arranged by year of matriculation, can be found in the published Balliol College Register; the 1st edition, 2nd edition and 3rd edition.
This list of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only after 1979.

Alumni

Economists

Currently active

Members of Parliament
House of Lords
Balliol is run by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master of the college must be "the person who is, in judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education". The current Master of Balliol is Drummond Bone, a scholar of the Romantic poet Lord Byron. He has held the post since October 2011, following his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008.