List of Principals of Brasenose College, Oxford
The head of Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is the Principal. The current Principal is John Bowers who took up the appointment in October 2015.
List of Principals of Brasenose College
| Name | From | To | Notes |
| Matthew Smyth | 1512 | 1548 | First Principal |
| John Hawarden | 1548 | 1565 | |
| Thomas Blanchard | 1565 | 1574 | |
| Richard Harris | 1574 | 1595 | |
| Alexander Nowell | 1595 | 1595 | |
| Thomas Singleton | 1595 | 1614 | |
| Samuel Radcliffe | 1614 | 1648 | |
| Daniel Greenwood | 1648 | 1660 | |
| Thomas Yate | 1660 | 1681 | |
| John Meare | 1681 | 1710 | |
| Robert Shippen | 1710 | 1745 | |
| Francis Yarborough | 1745 | 1770 | |
| William Gwyn | 1770 | 1770 | |
| Ralph Cawley | 1770 | 1777 | |
| Thomas Barker | 1777 | 1785 | |
| William Cleaver | 1785 | 1809 | |
| Frodsham Hodson | 1809 | 1822 | |
| Ashurst Gilbert | 1822 | 1842 | |
| Richard Harington | 1842 | 1853 | |
| Edward Hartopp Cradock | 1853 | 1886 | |
| Albert Watson | 1886 | 1889 | |
| Charles Buller Heberden | 1889 | 1920 | |
| Charles Henry Sampson | 1920 | 1936 | |
| William Stallybrass | 1936 | 1948 | Died in office |
| Hugh Last | 1948 | 1956 | |
| Maurice Platnauer | 1956 | 1960 | |
| Noel Frederick Hall | 1960 | 1973 | |
| Herbert Hart | 1973 | 1978 | |
| Barry Nicholas | 1978 | 1989 | |
| David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham | 1989 | 2002 | |
| Roger Cashmore | 2002 | 2011 | |
| Alan Bowman | 2011 | 2015 | |
| John Bowers | 2015 |