List of Rhodes Scholars


This is a list of Rhodes Scholars, covering notable people who are Rhodes Scholarship recipients, sorted by year and surname.
Key to the columns in the main table:
NameUniversityOxford
College
YearNotability
StellenboschMerton1903Historian of South Africa and critic of colonial rule in Africa and the West Indies
MelbourneHertford1904Lawyer and academic
AdelaideBalliol1904Forester who played First-class cricket for Worcestershire
VanderbiltPembroke1904U.S. Commissioner of Education, president of the University of Florida
Victoria Trinity1905New Zealand chemist, university professor and writer
AdelaideMagdalen1905The first Baron Robinson, regarded as the chief architect of state forestry in Great Britain
Queen's1904German sociologist and economist
BakerJesus1907Historian at Boston University 1913–1957; Huntington Professor of History
HarvardNew College1907American historian
HarvardHertford1907Philosopher, writer, educator and Harlem Renaissance patron
QueenslandMagdalen1907Chief Justice of Queensland 1946–1955
UtahExeter1908President of the American Bar Association
RhodesTrinity1909Consulting surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital
AdelaideBalliol1909Physician and anthropologist
LavalOriel1910Canadian ethnographer and folklorist
FranklinQueen's1910American newsman, director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II
UtahSt John's1910Inventor of the Hartley oscillator; mathematician; winner of the IRE Medal of Honor
Cape TownBalliol1910Academic, public administrator, and South African liberal politician
LawrenceUniversity1910American physical anthropologist
ChicagoQueen's1910American astronomer
VanderbiltChrist Church1910Poet
IndianaBrasenose1911President of Swarthmore College
AdelaideMagdalen1911Explorer and geologist
MelbourneNew College1912Australian Army general, barrister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria
St John's1912German general in World War II
MichiganMerton1913Philosopher
AdelaideChrist Church1913Physicist, academic, pathologist, biochemist
MelbourneUniversity1913Australian rules footballer, doctor and soldier
BatesChrist Church1914U.S. Congressman
Howard S. HilleyTransylvaniaJesus1914President of Atlantic Christian College
Christ Church1914Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author, and federal and state government minister
JamaicaJesus1914Chief Minister of Jamaica 1955–1959, Premier of Jamaica 1959–1962
PrincetonMerton1914Canadian neurosurgeon
Melbourne1918Solicitor-General of Australia; father of Peter Bailey
QueenslandMerton1918The only Australian Communist politician ever to win an election
WashingtonMagdalen1918Screenwriter of Wings and The Dawn Patrol
UBCSt John's College1919Canadian Berry enlisted as a gunner with the 46th Battery in December 1915. He served in France with the Third Divisional Signal Company on the Somme in 1916, and at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, and Passchendaele. He was gassed at Loos in 1917. He was UBC’s first Rhodes Scholar and took up his residence in St John’s College, Oxford, in April 1919. He was an intellect, athlete and proudly served his country selflessly fighting for the freedom of others.
AlbertaHertford1919Governor General of Canada, lawyer, politician
HarvardExeter1920Psychology department head at Colgate University, authority on hypnosis during World War II
PrincetonBalliol1920Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
SydneyNew College1920Keeper of Victoria and Albert Museum
AdelaideMagdalen1921Australian pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945
MelbourneBalliol1921Historian, academic, biographer
SydneyOriel1921Australian Ambassador to Singapore, Japan and Germany
PrincetonBalliol1922American Olympic gold medalist in 1924, president of Oberlin College, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines
TasmaniaNew College1923Australian physicist
OtagoMagdalen1923New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman, athlete, Governor-General of New Zealand
GeorgiaUniversity1924Psychiatrist, pioneer in the field of psychopathy, co-author of The Three Faces of Eve
PretoriaBalliol1924Philosopher, Gifford lecturer; Meinong, Hegel, Husserl and Wittgenstein scholar
MelbourneMagdalen1925Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1963, for his work on the synapse
ArkansasPembroke1925U.S. Senator for Arkansas, originator of the Fulbright Fellowship program
VanderbiltChrist Church1925Chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak
AlabamaQueen's1925Physicist, academic, and inventor of the Van de Graaff generator
MelbourneMagdalen1926Vice chancellor University of Melbourne
Victoria Balliol1927New Zealand athlete, scholar and teacher
IowaSt Edmund1928American etymologist and lexicographer
SwarthmoreBalliol1928Mathematician, academic, scientific director Office of Scientific Research and Development
Victoria Balliol1928New Zealand barrister, QC, British Labour Party politician
VanderbiltNew College1928American poet and critic
Vanderbilt & TulaneExeter1929American literary critic
AlbertaKeble1929Canadian historian, designer of Canadian flag, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
BethanyJesus1930Historian, president of Bethany College and Wichita State University
TorontoBrasenose1930Director of Canadian Naval Intelligence during World War II
Bonn & BerlinNew College1930Economist, statistician, author, social theorist, public speaker
OklahomaSt Peter's1931Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman, 1947–1977
BloemfonteinNew College1931Anti-apartheid activist and lawyer
TorontoChrist Church1931Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
OtagoExeter19311500 metre Olympic gold medallist in 1936 Berlin Olympics
AdelaideMagdalen & Exeter1931Professor of tropical medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
DavidsonSt John's1931U.S. Secretary of State, 1961–1969
GöttingenBalliol1931German diplomat and anti-Nazi patriot, executed in 1944
AucklandNew College1932New Zealand journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war and university professor
OtagoOriel1932Newspaper and television journalist in Britain
AucklandMerton1933New Zealand writer, journalist and editor; author of novel Man Alone; in SOE in Greece in World War II
McGillLincoln1932Member of parliament and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
ManitobaSt John's1932Canadian historian
MITMerton1933American weapons scientist and co-inventor of GPS technology
HarvardBalliol1934American historian and Librarian of Congress
TransvaalExeter1934South African-British-Israeli social anthropologist
SaskatchewanQueen's1934Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
SMUQueen's1934U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and to Germany
YaleBalliol1934Businessman and founder of Templeton College, Oxford
OntarioChrist Church1935First Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
MITJesus1935American polymer chemist
MelbourneChrist Church1936Australian headmaster and professor of classics and ancient history
PrincetonBalliol1936American historian and OSS veteran
OtagoBalliol1936New Zealand novelist and head of Oxford University Press
TorontoTrinity1936Russian-born Canadian diplomat, president of the UN Security Council, father of Michael Ignatieff
WisconsinBalliol1936U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania, Hungary, and Austria, ASL for International Affairs, Special Assistant to Governor Averell Harriman
PrincetonQueen's1936New York Times editor of the editorial page, 1961–1976
YaleBalliol1936Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961
Cape TownTrinity1937Soldier, statesman and principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town
TulaneMerton1937Broadcast journalist
ColoradoHertford1938Football player, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1962–1993
MaltaHertford1939Prime Minister of Malta, 1955–1957 & 1971–1984
British ColumbiaSt John's1939Canadian Minister of the Environment, B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Cape TownTrinity1940Member of South African parliament and England rugby union international
MasseyUniversity1940New Zealand educator and university administrator
MelbourneNew College1941Australian jurist and academic, Governor General of Australia
Christ Church1942Speaker of the Maltese House of Representatives
CanterburyUniversity1946New Zealand civil engineer and Member of Parliament
ArizonaQueen's1947American social anthropologist
McGillQueen's1947Canadian politician, cabinet minister
PrincetonPembroke1947First rector of the United Nations University, president of New York University
PrincetonBalliol1947U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Under-Secretary of State
VirginiaLincoln1947Director, National Institutes of Health, president of University of Florida
U.S. Military AcademyUniversity1947American general, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
MelbourneUniversity1947Australian academic, historian and biographer
WashingtonWadham1947United States Poet Laureate
U.S. Naval AcademyExeter1947American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence
DukeMerton1948American writer and man of letters
AdelaideQueen's1948Applied mathematician, defined the Potts model
MadrasChrist Church1948Indian representative in the 1948 Olympic Games men's 100 metres
NebraskaSt Edmund1948Professor emeritus of philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Melbourne1949Public servant and academic; son of Kenneth Bailey
Victoria Magdalen1949New Zealand lexicographer, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
Western AustraliaLincoln1949Australian politician, Commonwealth Attorney General, author
New BrunswickSt John's1949Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1985–1997; CC, QC, FRSC
British ColumbiaMagdalen1949Liberal Party of Canada leader and Prime Minister of Canada, 1984
PrincetonBalliol1950Academic, historian, Librarian of U.S. Congress, 1987–2015
HarvardBrasenose1950U.S. Congressman 1959–1981, president of New York University 1981–1992
MadrasTrinity1951Indian metallurgist
OregonUniversity1951President, American University in Cairo, 1963–1969, interim president 2002–2003; chancellor University of Alabama System, 1981–1989; chancellor State University of New York, 1994–1996
Harvard & YaleBalliol1951U.S. Ambassador to Italy and Spain, academic
JamaicaMerton1951British cultural theorist
PrincetonMerton1951Professor of English literature at Princeton, literary historian and critic, author, editor
HarvardBalliol1951Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston City Councilor, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
Western Australia1951Secretary to the Australian Treasury 1979–1984, Senator for Queensland 1987–1990
MelbourneMagdalen1952Victorian Supreme Court Judge and Governor of Victoria
WisconsinChrist Church1952American philosopher
McGillBalliol1952Philosopher, winner of the Kyoto and Templeton prizes
OtagoBalliol1952New Zealand diplomat, politician and member of parliament
Université de Montréal Faculty of LawPembroke1953Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
YaleMagdalen1953American legal academic, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, professor and dean at Yale Law School
HarvardMagdalen1953American legal philosopher, academic
MaltaChrist Church1953Maltese writer, psychologist, author
Diocesan CollegeWorcester1953South African businessman, former chairman of De Beers and Anglo American
Pomona CollegeSt John's1953President of Warner Brothers and The Walt Disney Company until his death in a helicopter crash
Western AustraliaUniversity1953President of ACTU 1969–1979, Prime Minister of Australia, 1983–1991
Cape TownQueen's1954UK Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Manitoba and PrincetonOriel1954Canadian historian of the Middle Ages
DenisonPembroke1954U.S. Senator 1977–2013, Aspen Strategy Group member
PrincetonBalliol1954U.S. Senator 1977–2007
Washington & LeeMerton1954Historian, academic
TorontoUniversity1955President of the University of Toronto 1972–1978, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation
New MexicoUniversity1955Senior partner, Kirkland & Ellis
DukeMerton1955Poet and novelist
Cape ProvinceUniversity1955UK Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
AdelaideMagdalen1955Solicitor, company director, former Australian politician, Minister for Home Affairs and Environment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
TasmaniaJesus1956Australian academic, professor of politics, politician, cabinet minister, UK High Commissioner
DelhiUniversity1956Indian Administrative Service and United Nations officer; served as Chef de Cabinet to Secretary-General of the United Nations
TexasNew College1956Author, editor of Harper's Magazine
CeylonTrinity1956Lawyer and politician
EmoryUniversity1956U.S. Congressman, 1975–1985
PrincetonNew College1956Educator, president of Harvard University, 1991–2001
AlbertaPembroke1956Canadian civil servant and diplomat, chancellor of Carleton University, 1993–2002
IndiaJesus1957Indian Olympic athlete
ColumbiaMerton1957Austrian-American classical scholar
JamaicaOriel1957Vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, author, dance director
PrincetonUniversity1957American political scientist
Cape TownBalliol1957Philosopher, AI researcher, cognitive scientist
MITBalliol1957MIT maths professor
Jesus College1958American literary critic and professor of literature and comparative literature at Princeton University
PrincetonMerton1958American art historian and critic
BowdoinSt John's195810th president of Bowdoin College, professor and scholar of British history at Bowdoin, author of several books on British history specializing in Tudor and Stuart England
West IndiesSt Edmund1958Jamaican poet and professor emeritus at University of the West Indies; recipient of the Jamaican Order of Merit; Poet Laureate of Jamaica
PomonaMerton1958American singer-songwriter and actor, starred in Amerika
PrincetonExeter1958American political scientist; chairman National Intelligence Council ; ASD for International Security Affairs ; dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
HarvardMagdalen1958American writer and social activist
DelhiBalliol1958Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
AdelaideMagdalen1959Econometrician and vigneron, vice-chancellor ANU 1994–2000, chairman AARNET Pty Ltd 2002–, CEO Quarry Hill Wines 2000–
RMC of CanadaKeble1959Historian and author
Cape TownSt Edmund1959Rhodesian-born South African cricketer, 1963–67
U.S. Military AcademyBrasenose19591958 Heisman Trophy winner, Brigadier General, US Army, chairman and CEO of Diversified Distribution Services, Travelers Group
Government CollegeChrist Church1960Economist, Finance Minister of Pakistan
YaleExeter1960Governor of Ohio, director of the Peace Corps, U.S. Ambassador to India, president of Colorado College
University of GhanaOriel1960First black African Rhodes Scholar, Director-General, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, 1972–1974; 1984–1988 and Member, Public Services Commission of Ghana
KarnatakLincoln and Magdalen1960Indian Kannada-language playwright, film actor and director, screenwriter
WilliamsBalliol1960American economist and author, professor of economics at MIT
UBC1960Canadian physicist
HarvardMagdalen1961Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1990–2009
OxfordSt Edmund1961Political economist, director of the Scott Trust, senior fellow of Oxford Internet Institute, acting master of Balliol College, Oxford, 1997–2001, policy advisor to Harold Wilson, 1974–76
DukeMerton1962Chairman of the board of PBS, dean of the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
HarvardWadham1962President of the University of Oregon, 1994–; Attorney General of Oregon, 1980–1991
AucklandBalliol1962New Zealand-born British politician, academic, vice-chancellor of University of Waikato
SydneyUniversity1962Australian judge
YaleBalliol1963Governor of Oklahoma 1975–1979, U.S. Senator 1979–1994, president of the University of Oklahoma 1994–
PrincetonBalliol1963U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, senior adviser for national defense for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Aspen Strategy Group member
AlbertaBrasenose1963Lawyer, member of Legislative Assembly of Province of Alberta
PennsylvaniaNew College1963American writer, two-time recipient of PEN/Faulkner award
McGillPembroke1963Canadian civil servant and politician; clerk of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, president of the Treasury Board and member of cabinet
StanfordSt John's1963Director of Central Intelligence Agency, core member of the Project for the New American Century, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton
DelhiMagdalen1964Indian economist, first independent evaluator o the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
RMC of CanadaExeter1964Canadian economist and author
SydneyUniversity1964High Court judge of Australia
PunjabBalliol1964Rector, GIK Institute, Director General Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Pride of Performance Recipient
South DakotaSt Edmund1964American politician, U.S. Congressman 1975–1979, U.S. Senator 1979–1997, authored the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Burn HallWadham1964Pakistani politician and lawyer, interim president of Pakistan, chairman of the Senate
McGillBalliol1964British philosopher, head of Humanities Division at the University of Oxford 2000–2006
NatalSt Edmund1965South African Rugby Union player 1963–71
PrincetonWorcester1965American politician, NBA star, U.S. Senator 1979–1997, and Democratic presidential candidate, 2000
ReedMagdalen1965U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
DelhiChrist Church1965Indian Ambassador to Japan
Western AustraliaWadham1965Australian politician, Liberal Member of the House of Representatives, 1993–2004, Attorney-General of Australia 1996–2003
MaltaSt Edmund1966Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, 1999–
AlbertaQueen's1966Canadian philosopher
McGillWorcester1966Canadian Cell Biologist, CQ, FRSC
U.S. Military AcademyMagdalen1966United States Army general, Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1997–2000; Democratic presidential candidate, 2004
ManitobaSt. John's1966Canadian member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, Minister of Energy and Mines with responsibility for Manitoba Hydro, Minister of Health, 1977–1988; private/public sector entrepreneur, 1989–present
PrincetonMagdalen1966Canadian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics for 2001
WabashWorcester1966American lawyer, President Clinton's personal lawyer
HarvardMagdalen1966American film director of Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Badlands, The New World, and The Tree of Life
BowdoinWadham1967American politician, U.S. Congressman, 1997–2009
AdelaideMagdalen1967Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 1995–2012
YaleUniversity1967American author of '
DelhiBalliol1967Vice chancellor of Delhi University
PrincetonNew College1967U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1993–1994, president of the board of trustees of Princeton University, 2006–
U.S. Naval AcademyUniversity1968Retired four-star Admiral, former Director of National Intelligence, president of the Institute for Defense Analyses and former Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command
WitwatersrandMerton1968Vice chancellor University of the Witwatersrand ; deputy vice chancellor University of London ; Warden Green College ; Principal Green Templeton College
QueenslandBalliol1968Mathematician, academic
TasmaniaNew College1968Academic
YaleChrist Church1968American lawyer, U.S. Associate Attorney General, 2003–
MemorialSt Edmund1968Canadian commentator
DartmouthUniversity1968American commentator and author, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Chancellor's Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley
HarvardExeter1968Vice chairman of The Washington Post Company, former publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
GeorgetownUniversity 1968American politician, 42nd president of the United States, 1993–2001, Governor of Arkansas, 1979–1981 & 1983–1993
ColomboUniversity1968Sri Lankan politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, 2010–present
HarvardMerton1968Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
OtagoMerton1968New Zealand All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author, Human Rights Commissioner and Race Relations Conciliator
YaleMagdalen1968American diplomat and journalist, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, president of the Brookings Institution, Aspen Strategy Group member
BYUQueens1969Harvard professor of Business and Government, senior scholar at the Wilson Center, senior economic advisor to presidents Ford, Reagan, and Bush
BrownBalliol1969White House senior aide, originator of ICANN
CanterburyMagdalen1969New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
TorontoBalliol1969Canadian politician, former Premier of Ontario
MemorialKeble1969Lawyer and businessman, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Victoria Balliol1969New Zealand barrister, solicitor and academic
HarvardQueen's1970American writer
MelbourneExeter1970Australian jurist: Supreme Court of Victoria ; Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria ; Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia
YaleMerton1970American science, nature and travel writer
HarvardMagdalen1970Staffer, US Senator Warren G. Magnuson ; author, The Dance of Legislation ; lawyer and businessman
SydneyUniversity1970Barrister and international human rights activist
QueenslandMagdalen1970Historian and Author on Pacific, Australian and New Zealand history
Brown and PrincetonMerton1970Principal of King's College London
HarvardMagdalen1971Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999–2004; director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1996–1998
WitwatersrandSt Edmund1971South African poet, professor of poetry at Rhodes University
YaleBalliol1971Mayor of Baltimore, 1987–1999; dean of Howard University School of Law
Western AustraliaSt John's1972Academic, Premier of Western Australia, 2001–2006
HarvardMagdalen1972American journalist, founder of Slate magazine, editor of The New Republic
HarvardExeter1972President of the Massachusetts Senate, candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts, 2002
Western AustraliaBalliol1973Australian politician, former deputy prime minister of Australia and Leader of the Opposition, Australian ambassador to the United States
HarvardBalliol1973American journalist and Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, and commentator on NPR, MSNBC, and PBS
OberlinWadham and St Antony's1973President of the Council on Foreign Relations, director of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State
USAF AcademyTrinity1973U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, first commander Air Force Global Strike Command
PrincetonBalliol1974American author
YaleWadham1974American classicist and historian
Western AustraliaLincoln1974Former CEO of British Airways, director of News Corporation
MarylandUniversity1974U.S. Olympian, NBA basketball player, U.S. Congressman, 1987–1993
HarvardPembroke1974Author, managing editor of Time magazine, chairman and CEO of CNN, president of the Aspen Institute, vice chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority
StellenboschKeble1975Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, African National Congress lawyer and AIDS activist
BYUQueens1975Harvard Business School professor, author
Peter KingSydneyWorcester1975Australian barrister, author, and federal politician
Western AustraliaSt John's1975Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer
Virginia and PrincetonQueen's1975American political scientist and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics
WisconsinMagdalen1975U.S. Senator 1993–2011
SydneyWorcester1975Australian diplomat and senior public servant
BrandeisBalliol1975American political philosopher and professor at Harvard University
IllinoisLincoln1975U.S. Congressman, 1993–1995; convicted felon
University of North CarolinaOriel1975U.S. Congressman from Tennessee's 5th Congressional District
Princeton UniversityMerton1976Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School
BochumSt Catherine's1976Former president and CEO of The Boston Consulting Group, chairman at BCG
YaleSt John's1976Former Harvard professor and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, former United States Secretary of Defense
AucklandWorcester1976New Zealand businessman, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford 2004–2009
BYUWadham1977Special assistant in the State Department, Asia Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ZimbabweUniversity1977Zimbabwean businessman, former CEO of MBCA and NMB
PrincetonBalliol1977Harvard Law School professor
North CarolinaMagdalen1977Dutch American businessman, co-founder/chairman of SEAF
Victoria Nuffield1978New Zealand historian
USCUniversity1978Won Rose Bowl MVP as quarterback at USC, played with the Los Angeles Rams, currently the athletic director at his alma mater, USC
PrincetonSt John's1978Chair of U.S. President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, founder of the Human Genome Project, biology professor at MIT
CorkWolfson1978Jamaican academic, professor of West Indian literature at University of the West Indies
YaleSomerville 1978American-British lawyer who specializes in cases of civil litigation, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination
University of ZambiaSomerville 1978Zambian civil rights activist and first woman to have her portrait displayed on the walls of the Rhodes House
SydneyBrasenose197829th Prime Minister of Australia, 2015–2018
TorontoHertford1979Canadian medical researcher, president of the University of Toronto
TennesseeBalliol1979Administrator of the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, 1997–2000, director of White House Office of Health Reform, 2009–
TasmaniaSt Catherine's1979chief executive officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation
HarvardMagdalen1979Ophthalmologist, LASIK specialist, Extreme Makeover ophthalmologist
Marc Tessier-LavigneMcGill UniversityNew College1980Canadian neuroscientist, president of Stanford University, past president of Rockefeller University
McGillWadham1980Canadian multi-billionaire, president and CEO of Trader Classified Media, one of the world's largest classified advertising companies
CanterburyWolfson1980New Zealand engineer and businessman
HarvardSt Catherine's1980Former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
HarvardUniversity1980American philosopher
MelbourneMagdalen & Wolfson1980Australian neurologist
AlbertaMagdalen1980Canadian politician, former Minister in British Columbia, Leader of the Liberal Party in British Columbia
SydneyQueen's198128th Prime Minister of Australia, 18 September 2013 – 14 September 2015
HarvardMagdalen1981New York Times reporter and columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Aspen Strategy Group member
University of QueenslandTrinity1981Educational reformer and first Rhodes Scholar to serve as Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford
AucklandWolfson1981New Zealand politician and member of Parliament
PrincetonUniversity1982Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. journalist, author
CanterburyBalliol1982New Zealand legal scholar, author and researcher, professor at New York University
St Edmund1982Non-executive chairman of Norilsk Nickel, executive chairman of New World Resources and formerly group CEO of De Beers
USAF AcademyJesus1982President of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; former Republican member of the US House of Representatives, representing New Mexico's 1st congressional district 1998–2009; first female military veteran elected to a full term in Congress
BostonBalliol1983Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, 2013–2018
PrincetonUniversity1983President of Princeton University
PittsburghUniversity1983Appellate attorney who has parties dozens of cases before the United States Supreme Court
StanfordSt John's1983Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 2007–2011
DavidsonBalliol1983Former president of Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia; Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, 2018–
Macalester CollegeTrinity1983Business executive who has worked in the public and the private sectors to expand access to health care
HarvardMagdalen1983U.S. Senator, 2005–2017
University of QueenslandBalliol1983Australian investment banker and Trustee of the Rhodes Trust, 2010–2018
St Edmund1984Australian judge, Trials Division Justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria, 2004–
TasmaniaWorcester1984Australian author, winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers PrizeWinner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize
ManitobaSt Edmund1984Canadian lawyer and former politician, represented the constituency of Halifax in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, 2001–13
British ColumbiaBrasenose1984Former President/head and managing director of McKinsey & Company, a multi-billion revenue consulting firm. Chancellor, University of Waterloo, Canada
StanfordMagdalen1984Peace Corps/Senegal country director, former president and CEO of Intrepid Learning Solutions
YaleMagdalen1984Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, 1997–2001
DavidsonBalliol1984Senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and United States Congress Joint Economic Committee
GeorgetownHertford1984Former aide to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala; president of Franklin & Marshall College
ColumbiaBalliol1984Moderator of ABC's This Week and communications director for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign
U.S. Military AcademyBalliol1985Brigadier General, Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions
Malaya1985Malaysian politician, Member of Parliament, Former Deputy Minister
AdelaideNew College1985Australian stem cell scientist, vice-chancellor, University of Tasmania 2011–
YaleNew College1985American feminist social critic, author of books including '
Chen Show MaoHarvardCorpus Christi1986Singaporean opposition politician and lawyer
QueenslandUniversity1986Dean of Law Faculty, Monash University; Australian researcher, consultant, commentator and professional speaker on specialised legal, business, and governmental topics
StanfordSt. John's1986U.S. Ambassador to Russia, academic
StanfordNew College1986U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, United States Ambassador to the United Nations,, National Security Advisor
ManitobaSt Edmund1986Minister of Finance of Nova Scotia, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
PennsylvaniaNew College1986President and CEO of the National Constitution Center 2006–
AdelaideLincoln1987Australian philosopher of mind
Patrick PichetteUniversité du Québec à MontréalPembroke1987Senior vice president and chief financial officer of Google until 2015
Holy CrossBalliol1987Founder of synthetic biology; MacArthur "genius" bioengineer and inventor; MIT professor
StanfordBalliol1987Surgeon and New Yorker medical writer
DelhiMagdalen and St Antony's1987Indian journalist
ColumbiaSt. Antony's1987President and CEO of NAACP 2008–2013
OtagoWorcester1987Captain of the New Zealand All Blacks who won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987; CEO of Fairfax Media, 2005–2008
YaleNew College1987Journalist and editor of Slate magazine
AucklandBalliol1987New Zealand-born British academic
HarvardBalliol1988Historian, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History
OtagoWorcester1988New Zealand footballer, forensic psychiatrist
HarvardSt Edmund1988American businessman, Democratic U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 4th Congressional District
BaylorTrinity1989U.S. Congressman, 2001–2005
West Virginia UniversityExeter1989New York State Senator, 2013-present
Michael McCulloughStanfordBalliol1989Social entrepreneur; founder of QuestBridge, medical investor and entrepreneur, physician, assistant professor at UCSF
University of Southern CaliforniaCorpus Christi College1989University of Kansas classics professor
TorontoMerton1990Professor of Chinese history at Harvard University
ZimbabweMerton1991Zimbabwean politician who became president of one faction of the Movement for Democratic Change in 2006
YaleUniversity1991Ninth president of the College Board
BrownMagdalen1991Author, speechwriter, political cartoonist
JadavpurUniversity1992Novelist, longlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize
StanfordQueen's1992Former mayor of Newark, New Jersey; 2013 elected Democratic US Senator from New Jersey
HarvardChrist Church1992American author, Harvard law professor, constitutional adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, 2003–2005
GeorgetownSt Antony's1992Russian-American contributing editor for The National Interest, teacher at Naval War College
BrownNew College1992Governor of Louisiana ; U.S. congressman, civil servant, and university administrator; former Republican presidential candidate
DelhiSt John's1992Asian economist, banker and conservationist from India
YaleUniversity1993Journalist; former editor of The New Republic; contributing editor at The Atlantic; associate professor at CUNY
HarvardBrasenose1993Former Senior Writer, Time; freelance writer
HarvardSt Antony's1993Canadian author, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital, Member of Parliament, Canada's Minister of Global Affairs
ColumbiaQueen's1993Mayor of Los Angeles
StanfordMagdalen1993Physician, scientist, professor at Columbia Medical School, author of which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
HarvardMagdalen1993Actress, comedian, host of Public Radio International's Fair Game from PRI with Faith Salie
HarvardNew College19932014 elected Democratic Governor of Rhode Island
RutgersKeble1994President and CEO of BCT Partners, winner of The Apprentice 4
StanfordLincoln1995Journalist; social activist; host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC
Duke1996Solicitor General of Missouri
Darmstadt and CornellSt John's1996London-based entrepreneur and financier from Germany
MelbourneMagdalen1997International law professor and author from Australia
Sydney and NSWBalliol1997Author and foreign policy commentator from Australia
TasmaniaExeter1997Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games athlete from Australia
MITNew College1997Computational biologist studying infectious diseases; 2014 Time Person of the Year; lead singer of the Thousand Days
UCLASt John's1997American gold medalist in swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games
University of Western AustraliaMagdalen1998Justice of the High Court of Australia
VassarLincoln1998Author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
DukeLady Margaret Hall199856th Governor of Missouri, Founder of The Mission Continues and former Navy SEAL
WashingtonCorpus Christi1999Oregon State Representative
HarvardUniversity1999Humanitarian activist from Canada, co-founder of Free the Children
BangaloreOriel2000International swimming champion from India
YaleMagdalen2000American Director of Policy Planning, National Security Advisor to the Vice President
PeshawarSomerville2001Pakistani political columnist, radio and TV show host, "Head of Ideas" for an advertising agency, 2012 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
Wes MooreJohns HopkinsWolfson2001New York Times Bestselling Author, CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation
YaleSt Antony's2002American social activist in justice issues like parental incarceration, author of Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America
HarvardSt. John's2003American physicist and proposer of "dissipative-driven adaptation"
ColumbiaWolfson2003Writer
ColumbiaSt John's200316th Lieutenant Governor of Washington, first Iranian-American elected to state-level office in the U.S.
Jared CohenStanfordSt John's2004CEO of Jigsaw and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Melissa DellHarvard UniversityTrinity2005Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2020
Jennifer Howitt BrowningGeorgetownSt. John's20052004 Athens Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball  Gold medal for the USA.
Catherine FriemanYaleMerton2005Associate professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University.
CanterburySt John's20052006 Commonwealth Games and 2008 Olympic Games cyclist from New Zealand
HarvardPembroke2005Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
University of ChicagoMagdalen2005Democratic U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District
Neil KrugerGreen Templeton2005Orthopedic surgeon and cricketer who has represented the Netherlands.
Tucker MurphyDartmouthMerton2005Bermudan Cross Country skier and Winter Olympian.
Florida StateExeter2006Co-founder of SendHub, All-American athlete
WashingtonMerton2007American physician, Baltimore Health Commissioner, and author of When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
Florida StateSt Edmund2008All-ACC defensive back for Florida State Seminoles; selected by the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 NFL Draft; Bahamian-American; played for the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers
NairobiWolfson20092012 presidential candidate for Kenya
Oxford2009
MichiganOriel2009Detroit Health Commissioner
StellenboschSt Catherine's20102006 Commonwealth Games and 2008 Olympic Games triathlete from South Africa
StanfordSt John's2011American energy expert, CTO of ReNew Power, and author of Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
YaleMagdalen2012American human rights activist, senior foreign policy official in the Obama administration, U.S. State Department special adviser on global youth issues and Pulitzer Price-winning journalist
New York University Abu DhabiBlavatnik2014United Arab Emirates Minister of Youth
Peking UniversityBlavatnik2018Former womens' world champion of chess
U.S. Air Force AcademyOriel2019First female wrestler and wrestling national champion at the U.S. Air Force Academy
PrincetonLincoln1982Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden