List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford

is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics. Some went on to become fellows of the college; 14 students later became principal of the college. It was founded in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I, at the request of a Welsh clergyman, Hugh Price, who was Treasurer of St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire. The college still has strong links with Wales, and about 15% of students are Welsh. There are 340 undergraduates and 190 students carrying out postgraduate studies. Old members of Jesus College are sometimes known as "Jesubites".
From the world of politics, the college's alumni include two Prime Ministers, one Speaker of the House of Commons, a co-founder of Plaid Cymru and a co-founder of the African National Congress. Members of Parliament from the three main political parties in the United Kingdom have attended the college, as have politicians from Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the United States. The list of lawyers include one Lord Chancellor and one Law Lord. The list of clergy includes three Archbishops of Wales. Celticists associated with the college include Sir John Morris-Jones, Sir Thomas Parry-Williams and William John Gruffydd, whilst the list of historians includes the college's first graduate, David Powel, who published the first printed history of Wales in 1584, and the Victorian historian John Richard Green. The list includes a recipient of the Victoria Cross and T. E. Lawrence, better known as "Lawrence of Arabia." Record-breaking quadriplegic solo sailor Hilary Lister was also a student here, whilst from the field of arts and entertainment there are names such as Magnus Magnusson, presenter of Mastermind, the National Poet of Wales Gwyn Thomas and television weather presenters Kirsty McCabe and Siân Lloyd.
Because women were barred from studying at Jesus College for over four centuries, this list of alumni consists almost entirely of men.

Alumni

The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category.
;Abbreviations used in the following tables:

M – Year of matriculation at Jesus College
G – Year of graduation / conclusion of study at Jesus College
DNG – Did not graduate: left the college without taking a degree
? – Year unknown; an approximate year is used for table-sorting purposes.
after name – later became a fellow or principal of Jesus College, and included on the list of principals and fellows
after name – later became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, and included on the list of Honorary Fellows

;Degree abbreviations

Undergraduate degree: BA – Bachelor of Arts
Postgraduate degrees:

The subject studied and the degree classification are included, where known. Until the early 19th century, undergraduates read for a Bachelor of Arts degree that included study of Latin and Greek texts, mathematics, geometry, philosophy and theology. Individual subjects at undergraduate level were only introduced later: for example, Mathematics, Natural Science, Jurisprudence, Modern History and Theology. Geography and Modern Languages were introduced in the 20th century. Music had been available as a specialist subject before these changes; medicine was studied as a post-graduate subject.

Politicians and civil servants

studied at Jesus College from 1934 to 1937, and was later the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during two periods. More than 30 other Members of Parliament have been educated at the college, from Sir John Salusbury who was elected as MP for Denbighshire in 1601 to Theresa Villiers who was elected as MP for Chipping Barnet in 2005. Sir Leoline Jenkins, who became a fellow and later the principal of the college, was Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1680 to 1681 and Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1681 to 1685. Sir William Williams served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1680 to 1685 and as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1687 to 1689. Evan Cotton was MP for Finsbury East before holding the position of President of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1922 to 1925. Several Welsh politicians have been educated at the college, some representing constituencies in Wales and others working outside Parliament, such as D. J. Williams.
Other students at the college have held political offices in other countries. Norman Manley was Chief Minister of Jamaica from 1955 to 1962. P. T. Rajan was Chief Minister of Madras Presidency between April and August 1936. Heather Wilson was the first Old Member of the college to sit in the United States House of Representatives, where she represented New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2009. The Australian politician Neal Blewett was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1994, a Government Minister from 1983 to 1994 and High Commissioner to the UK from 1994 to 1998. Pixley ka Isaka Seme, who studied for a BCL between 1906 and 1909, was one of the founder members of the African National Congress.
Civil servants and diplomats educated at Jesus College include Sir Edgar Vaughan, Gunasena de Soyza, Sir Frederick Atkinson, Sir Thomas Williams Phillips, Eryl Davies, and Christopher Lintrup Paus.

Judges and lawyers

Several prominent judges and lawyers were educated at the college. Viscount Sankey, who was Lord Chancellor from 1929 to 1935, studied for a BA in History and a BCL between 1885 and 1891. Lord du Parcq was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1946. Sir Richard Richards became Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1817. The Scottish MP and lawyer Lord Murray was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1979. The solicitor Sir David Lewis was Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2007 to 2008. Other lawyers who studied at the college include James Chadwin QC, who defended the Yorkshire Ripper, and Sir Arthur James, who prosecuted the Great Train Robbers and later became a judge of the Court of Appeal. Academic lawyers include J Duncan M Derrett, Professor of Oriental Laws in the University of London from 1965 to 1982, and Alfred Hazel, Reader in English Law at All Souls College, Oxford.

Clergy

Three Archbishops of Wales have studied at Jesus College. A. G. Edwards, the first archbishop of the Church in Wales after its disestablishment, read Literae Humaniores from 1871 to 1874, and was archbishop from 1920 to 1934. Glyn Simon, who was a student from 1922 to 1926, was Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971. He was succeeded by Gwilym Williams, who was archbishop from 1971 to 1982.
Other bishops to have held office in Wales include Francis Davies, Roy Davies, John Harris, and Morgan Owen, Humphrey Humphreys, Daniel Lewis Lloyd and Humphrey Lloyd, William Lloyd and John Wynne, and John Owen and William Thomas. William Havard was a Welsh rugby international before becoming Bishop of St Asaph, then Bishop of St David's.
Former students of the college to have become bishops outside England and Wales include Rowland Ellis, Richard Meredith, and John Rider. In the twentieth century, bishops to have studied at the college include Kenneth Cragg, John Dickinson, Gordon Roe, Alwyn Williams, and Clifford Woodward.
Several former students have been appointed as cathedral deans; many others became parish priests in Wales and elsewhere in the Anglican church, some also finding time for other activities such as writing poetry or pursuing antiquarian interests. At least five have been Dean of Bangor - Henry Edwards, Henry James, Evan Lewis, John Pryce and James Vincent. Llewelyn Hughes was Dean of Ripon from 1951 to 1967, Alex Wedderspoon was Dean of Guildford from 1987 to 2001, and Wesley Carr was Dean of Westminster Abbey from 1997 to 2006. Edmund Meyrick, who studied at the college between 1656 and 1659, became Treasurer of St David's Cathedral; his bequest founded the college's Meyrick scholarships for students from North Wales, and scholarships from this fund are still awarded. The lexicographer John Davies of Mallwyd, who translated the Bible into Welsh, studied at the college. In the mid-19th century, some Anglican priests were influenced by John Henry Newman and converted to Roman Catholicism, including David Lewis; Edmund Ffoulkes converted too, but later went back to Anglicanism, becoming vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford. John David Jenkins, who was Canon of Pietermaritzburg for a time, was later nicknamed the "Rail men's Apostle" for his ministry to railway workers in Oxford. David Thomas, a priest in Gwynedd, was instrumental in the foundation of a Welsh church in the Welsh settlement in Argentina.
Some students have become ministers in other denominations of Christianity. Methodists include David Charles and Christopher Bassett; Baptists include Gwilym Davies ; Welsh Presbyterians include William David Davies and Gwilym Edwards; Unitarians include John Islan Jones; and Catholics include John Hugh Jones and the Benedictine monk and poet Sylvester Houédard.

Military personnel

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1572/3	DNG	—	Bagenal left without taking a degree to support his father, who was marshal of the army in Ireland, and succeeded him in 1590. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Yellow Ford in 1598.
	1913	1921	BA Jurisprudence	Buchanan won the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery in rescuing a severely wounded officer under fire. He was blinded when shot in 1917. On returning to the college in 1919, he read law and became president of the Jesus College Record.
	1639	DNG	—	Captain in the Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, and a Puritan preacher
	1632	DNG	—	Royalist who fought during the English Civil War, attacking Cardiff and defending Pembroke Castle
	1907	1910	BA Modern History	"Lawrence of Arabia"
	1736?	1739?	?	18th-century soldier who fought for various European countries and whose writings on military theory were studied by George Washington and George S. Patton
	1938	1947	BA Mathematics	Studies interrupted by military service during the Second World War, during which he won the Military Cross; later became Professor of Mathematics at Amherst College in the United States
	1616	1619	BA	Royalist who held a commission during the Bishops' War and the English Civil War, before being captured at Hereford and suffering the sequestration of his estate
	—	1790	?	Matriculated from Wadham College; a naval chaplain who was injured during the Glorious First of June battle and involved in the Spithead mutiny before becoming chaplain of the naval dockyard at Portsmouth
	1928	1931	BA PPE	First Ceylonese-born officer to serve as Commander of the Ceylon Army
	1972	1975	BA Modern History	Rear admiral and military strategist

Celticists

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1952	1954	Graduate scholar	Jesus Professor of Celtic
	1948	1953	DPhil	Professor of Welsh at University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
	1899	1903	BA English	Professor of Celtic at the University of Wales, Cardiff ; Liberal MP for the University of Wales constituency
	1910	1913	BA Theology, BLitt	Precentor, canon and treasurer of St David's Cathedral; also professor of theology briefly before becoming professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter
	1896	1899?	BLitt	Gaelic scholar and Church of Scotland minister, who became a lecturer in Celtic at the University of Glasgow
	1787?	—	—	Welsh priest and antiquarian, known as Ifor Ceri, who helped to establish eisteddfodau in Wales in the early nineteenth century; graduated from Merton College
	1956	1959?	?	Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Bangor
	1814	1818	BA Mathematics	Welsh clergyman and scholar, who transcribed the Red Book of Hergest for Lady Charlotte Guest
	1910?	1912?	?	Professor of Welsh at University College, Swansea
	1907	1909?	BLitt	First Professor of Welsh at the National University of Ireland, Dublin
	1964	1969	DPhil	Professor of Welsh then vice-chancellor and principal, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
	1883	1888	BA Mathematics, then research in Welsh	Professor of Welsh at University College of North Wales, Bangor, who had been awarded a one-year scholarship for research in Welsh with John Rhys
	1872	1876	BA Mathematics	Professor of Welsh and principal at St David's College, Lampeter before becoming Bishop of St David's
	1909	1911	BLitt	Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
	1869	1872	BA Literae Humaniores	Professor of Celtic at University College, Cardiff
	1868	1875	BA	Welsh solicitor and Celtic scholar; many of the antiquarian manuscripts he collected are now held by the National Library of Wales
	1865	1869	BA Literae Humaniores	First Jesus Professor of Celtic
	1891	1895	BA Theology	Professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter, where he helped to revive the position of Welsh in the college and curriculum
	1832	1838	BA Mathematics, MA	Priest and Welsh scholar, who edited Y Gododdin and completed Aneurin Owen's edition of Annales Cambriae

Classicists and archeologists

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1854	1860	BA Natural Science	Geologist and archeologist
	1908	1912	BA Literae Humaniores	Firth Professor of Latin at the University of Sheffield
	1907	1911	BA Literae Humaniores	Lecturer at Leeds University then a college fellow; career cut short by ill-health
	1743	1747	BA	Cleric, with a particular interest in Xenophon's Memorabilia
	1920	1923	BA Literae Humaniores	Academic at University College, Swansea, St David's College, Lampeter and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; secretary of the New Wales Union for 25 years; publications included a biography of his father T. E. Ellis
	1913	1915?	BLitt	First professor of classics at Swansea University, later principal of University College, Bangor
	1895	1899	BA Mathematics	Archeologist
	1921	1925	BA English	Professor of Classics at St David's College, Lampeter
	1955	1963	BA Literae Humaniores; DPhil	Classical scholar and archaeologist
	1879	1883	BA Literae Humaniores	Professor of Latin at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, chairman of both the National Eisteddfod Association and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
	1923?	1927?	BA Literae Humaniores	Archeologist at the University of St Andrews, with a particular interest in Cyprus; an officer in the Special Air Service during the Second World War
	1910?	1912	BA Literae Humaniores	Australian classicist, and college bursar
	1947	1954	BA Literae Humaniores, MA Oriental Languages	Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, and Professor of Christian Origins at Harvard Divinity School

Geographers, geologists and cartographers

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1913	1922	BA Modern History, Diploma in Geography, BLitt	Geographer, with particular interest in the history of geography, College Bursar and geography tutor, and author of Jesus College 1571–1971
	1773	—	—	Transferred to St Alban Hall; a Welsh surgeon and cartographer, who reprinted his father's celebrated maps of North Wales and later produced his own edition
	1891	1895	BA Mathematics	Human geographer and educator
	1937	1940	BA Geography	Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford
	1882	1886	BA Natural Science	Geographer who conducted the definitive version of the Bedford Level experiment in 1901, proving that the earth was a sphere
	1934	1937	BA Geography	Professor of geography at the University of Liverpool, then principal of the University College of Swansea
	1810	1814	BA	Anglican priest in Bleadon, Somerset and geologist who wrote extensively of the geology of the west of England

Historians and antiquarians

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1907	1910	BA Modern History	One of the college's first two Rhodes Scholars; taught history at Boston University from 1913 to 1957, becoming Huntington Professor of History
	1941	1948	BA Modern History	Social and economic historian, who was a professor at the University of Kent and the London School of Economics
	1957	1961	BA English	Science historian
	1830	1834	BA Literae Humaniores	Barrister and historian, whose first book was written whilst Cooke was an undergraduate
	1976	1978	DPhil	Historian of environmental change, Bancroft Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow who completed his doctorate in unusually short time of two years
	1909	1913	BA Modern History	Welsh historian who become Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of History at the University of London
	1690	1696	BA, MA	Welsh cleric and antiquarian
	1898	1902	BA	Assistant librarian of the National Library of Wales, whose main research interest was the life and work of Edward Lhuyd
	1640	1646	BA, MA	Welsh clergyman and historian
	1966	1969	BA Modern History	Historian, specialising in modern German history, who was principal defence expert witness for Deborah Lipstadt when she was sued for libel by David Irving
	1720	1724	BA	Welsh priest and antiquarian, with a particular interest in Caernarfonshire; Chancellor of Bangor Cathedral
	1924	1928	BA Modern History	Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester
	1856	1859	Pass degree	Historian, author of A History of the English people
	1945	1948	BA Modern History	Historian of the Renaissance
	1622?	DNG	—	Gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles I, who wrote an account of the last two years of the king's life entitled Threnodia Carolina
	1899?	1902	BA Modern History	The first Professor of History at University College, Swansea
	1967?	1971	BA Modern History and Modern Languages	Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London since 2006
	1804	1808	?	Cleric in Caernarfonshire and antiquarian
	1946	1949	BA Modern History	Commonwealth Professor of American History, University College, London
	1753	1757	BA	Cleric and antiquarian
	1928	1933	BA Modern History, DPhil, with a particular interest in the history of the Channel Islands
	1904	1908	BA Modern History	Professor of Scottish History and Literature, University of Glasgow and Historiographer Royal
	1938	1947	BA Modern History	Studies interrupted by war service; Student of Christ Church, Oxford 1957-1987; historian of the Norman Conquest and of his home town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire
	1932	1935	BA Modern History	Lecturer in Ancient History at University College, London
	1769	1776	BA, MA	Welsh Anglican clergyman and antiquarian
	1993	1997	BA Modern History, MSc Economic and Social History	Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Oxford Brookes University
	1786	1790	BA	Welsh cleric and antiquarian
	1706	1712	BA, MA, BD	Antiquarian and rector of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
	1725	1728	BA	Antiquarian and priest
	1887	1891	BA Modern History	Captain of Boats whilst at college; a historian, particularly of Henry VIII, and former Assistant Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
	1571?	1576	BA, MA, BTh and DTh	Matriculation college unknown, but moved to Jesus on its foundation and thought to be the first person to graduate from Jesus; published The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, the first printed history of Wales
	1822	1828	BA Literae Humaniores, MA	Cleric and author of The Welsh Saints
	1607	1607	BA	Matriculated 10 days before graduation; a gentleman at the court of King Charles I, whose writings included a Life of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, one of his ancestors
	—	1745	BA	Matriculated from St Mary Hall before transferring to the college; a cleric and writer, whose 50-volume work A New History of England was later described as one of the vilest Grub Street compilations ever published
	1923	1925	BA Modern History	Indian historian, who was Professor of History at Presidency College, Calcutta, Jadavpur University and Calcutta University
	1852	1856	BA Literae Humaniores	Canon of St Asaph and Archdeacon of Montgomery; wrote History of the Diocese of St Asaph, the first such history of a Welsh diocese
	1755	1758	BA	Welsh cleric and antiquarian, who collected and transcribed manuscripts, and wrote a History of the Island of Anglesey ; elder brother of Richard Thomas, who also attended the college
	1771	1775	BA	Welsh cleric and antiquarian, who collected and transcribed manuscripts; younger brother of John Thomas, who also attended the college
	1893	1896	BA	Historian of early Britain, the Celtic church and medieval Welsh law
	1641	1661	?	Welsh cleric and antiquarian, from whose collection of manuscripts the Red Book of Hergest was donated to the college after his death
	1919	1923	BA Modern History, BLitt	Professor of History at the University of Nottingham
	1688	1691	BA	Welsh cleric who wrote a History of Wales, a revised version of David Powel's history; younger brother of the priest Robert Wynne

Language and literature academics

Philosophers and theologians

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1962	1965	BA Theology	Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter since 1991
	1919	1925	BA Literae Humaniores, BA Theology	Welsh theologian who was also chairman of Plaid Cymru
	1915	1923?	BA Literae Humaniores, BA Theology, BD	Welsh Presbyterian minister who was the first Welsh non-conformist to obtain a BD from Oxford, and who turned down a university tutorship in theology since it required membership of the Church of England; Professor of the history of religions and the philosophy of religion at the United Theological College Aberystwyth
	1907	1909?	BSc in Folklore	Anthropologist and writer who made a particular study of Tibetan Buddhism
	1907	1912	BA Theology 1910, BA Oriental Languages	Biblical scholar, who was Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of London
	1933	1935	BLitt	Welsh philosopher and theologian, who was Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion at the University of London
	1664	1668	BA, MA, BD, DD	Treasurer of Chichester Cathedral, who was elected Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford shortly before his death in 1691
	1944	1949	BA Theology	Welsh Presbyterian minister, who was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College London
	1838	1845	BA Literae Humaniores, MA, BD	Theologian and antiquarian, who wrote An Introduction to the Study of Dogmatic Theology and Institutes of Canon Law but who was forced to resign his fellowship after an allegation of immorality
	1949	1951	BLitt	Fulbright Scholar from the United States; William Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Wesleyan University
	1581	1593	BA, MA, BCL	Aristotelian philosopher
	1885	1889	BA Theology	Professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College, London
	1927?	1930	DPhil	Theologian who was Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Glasgow at the University of Glasgow

Mathematics, medicine and science

Mathematicians to have studied at Jesus College include Nigel Hitchin, the Canadian Jonathan Borwein and Jim Mauldon. David E. Evans is Professor of Mathematics at Cardiff University, and H. W. Lloyd Tanner was Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at one of its predecessor institutions, the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. Several noted individuals from biology, botany and zoology were educated at the college, including the Welsh clergyman Hugh Davies, Edward Bagnall Poulton and James Brontë Gatenby. Frank Greenaway was Keeper of the Department of Chemistry at the Science Museum in London for over 20 years, and the physicist Chris Rapley was appointed director of the museum in 2007. Other physicists who are Old Members of the college include Michael Woolfson and Edward Hinds. Edwin Stevens, who studied Natural Science at the college, went on to design the world's first wearable hearing aid, and Sir Graham Sutton became director-general of the Meteorological Office.

Other academics

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1969?	1971	BLitt	Author and academic on leadership studies; Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey ; visiting professor at the University of Exeter ; Honorary Professor of Leadership at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong since 2006
	1621	1624	BA, MA	Named as one of the founding scholars in the college's charter ; Fellow
	1911	1914	BA Jurisprudence, BCL	Canadian Rhodes scholar, who later became a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a county court judge; also chairman of the council of Victoria College, British Columbia
	1937	1940	DPhil	Permanent Under-Secretary of the Welsh Office, Principal of University of Wales, Aberystwyth
	1875?	1878	BA	Principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College
	—	1603	BA	Academic and translator who matriculated from Christ Church at the age of eight, graduated at the age of twelve and became a Fellow of All Souls at seventeen; eldest son of Alberico Gentili, the Italian jurist and Regius Professor of Civil Law
	1833	1839	BA Literae Humaniores, MA, BD	Vicar in parishes in Cardiganshire, and also served as Vice-Principal
	1727	1733	BA, MA	Prebend of Westminster Abbey; died after being scratched by his cat
	1770	1776	BA, MA, BD, DD	Principal
	1790	1797	BA, MA, BD, DD	Principal for 40 years
	1903?	1907	BA Theology	Principal of Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, Principal of St Aidan's Theological College, Birkenhead
	1908?	1910?	BA	Professor of Political Economy at the University of Hong Kong, Director of Studies for the Institute of Bankers, and an expert in Far Eastern international affairs
	1895?	1898?	BLitt	Principal of Serampore College, India
	1923	1926	BA Modern History	Colonial civil servant who photographed life in Nigeria in the 1930s, later becoming an anthropologist and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
	1882	1886	BA Divinity, BD, DD	Welsh clergyman and principal of St David's College, Lampeter
	1827	1832	BA	Librarian of Chetham's Library, Manchester
	1694	1700	BA, MA, BD, DD	Principal
	1960	1965	BA PPE, BPhil	Development economist; James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles since 1991
	1818	1827	BA Literae Humaniores, MA, BCL, DCL	First Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, also Dean of St David's
	1930	1934	BA English	Taught at the University of Delhi before spending 30 years in the Department of Education at Oxford, most of them as Reader in Education
	1607	1611	BA, MA	Elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1613; Principal of Jesus College on three occasions
	1861	1865	BA Literae Humaniores	Principal of Carmarthen Training College, headmaster of Godolphin School ; clergyman and antiquarian
	1718	1733	BA, MA, BD, DD	Bodley's Librarian
	1707	1711	BA, MA, BD, DD	Chancellor of St David's
	1701	1708	BA, MA	Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum
	1754	1760	BA, MA, BD	Bodley's Librarian for 45 years
	1586?	1591	BA, MA	Prebend of Westminster Abbey and principal of Hart Hall, Oxford
	1957?	1962?	BA Mathematics, BPhil Economics	Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
	1958	1965	BA Modern History, DPhil Social Studies	Economist and biographer of John Maynard Keynes
	1920	1922	BA Modern History	Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Department of the Department of Education, President of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
	1930	1932	BA Theology	Principal of St David's College, Lampeter
	1860	1865	BA Literae Humaniores	Welsh cleric, poet and scholar, who was the college's Welsh reader, senior tutor and vice-principal
	1898?	1903	BA Literae Humaniores, BA Theology	Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister and professor at the United Theological College Aberystwyth
	1957	1960	BA Theology	Lecturer, then principal of the United Theological College Aberystwyth, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Wales
	1899?	1903	BA Literae Humaniores	Professor of political economy of the Presidency College, Calcutta, who was also a journalist for The Statesman and The Times

Educators

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1942	1948	BA English	Headmaster of Leeds Grammar School
	1830	1834	BA Mathematics	Headmaster of Ruthin School, succeeding Charles Williams
	1648	1650	BA	Translator and schoolmaster, and follower of the Christian mystic John Pordage
	—	1851	BA Literae Humaniores, BA Mathematics, BD and DD	Matriculated from Pembroke College; Anglican priest and headmaster of Bristol Grammar School
	1876	1880	BA Literae Humaniores, MA	Headmaster, clergyman and writer on biblical topics
	—	1873	BA	Matriculated at New College before transferring to Jesus with a scholarship; a clergyman, headmaster and entomologist who was President of the Incorporated Association of Head Masters and President of the Entomological Society of London
	1840	1844	BA Mathematics	Headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School and Sherborne School
	1948	1951	BA Modern History	English language teacher and founder of International House World Organisation
	1863	—	—	Transferred to Lincoln College when he won a scholarship in 1864; later headmaster of Rugby School and President of St John's College, Oxford
	1924	1928	BA Literae Humaniores	Son of Henry James, Dean of Bangor; High Master of St Paul's School and Headmaster of Harrow School
	1907?	1910	BA Modern History	Anglican priest and headmaster of Sir William Turner's School, Coatham
	1862	1867	BA Literae Humaniores , MA	Headmaster of Dolgelley Grammar School, Friars School, Bangor and Christ College, Brecon; later Bishop of Bangor
	1746	1752	BA, MA	Welsh priest and translator, who was headmaster of the grammar school in Warrington
	1873	1877	BA Literae Humaniores	Headmaster in Oswestry who became the first Chief Inspector of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education
	1907?	1911	?	Headmaster of Ruthin School
	1649	—	—	Graduated from Christ Church, Oxford; Master of Magdalen College School, Oxford and writer of educational books
	1891	1895	BA Literae Humaniores	Director of Education for Kent for 20 years and writer on educational matters
	1824	1827	BA	Welsh cleric who helped to found schools in Caernarfon; the father of Llewellyn Thomas
	1735	1739	BA	Welsh cleric and schoolteacher, who was Master of the Friars School, Bangor; grandfather of James Vincent, who also attended the college
	1823	1827	BA Literae Humaniores	Headmaster of Ruthin School, Principal
	1777	1783	BA, MA	Cleric in north Wales and master of the Free school in Llanrwst
	1785	1790—	—	Cleric in north Wales whose Sunday school in Llanrug was the first in the county; graduated from Christ Church in 1790
	1892?	1896?	BA	Headmaster of Clynnog Fawr School, which moved to become Clwyd College, Rhyl; a Presbyterian minister and writer

Artists and writers

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1998	2001?	BA Modern History	Won the 2007 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize for his first novel, Darkside
	1824	1828	BA	Welsh poet and writer, using the bardic name Alun
	1975	1978	DPhil	Novelist and screenwriter; left college accommodation and started work in 1978 when grant ran out, and has said "I never really left Jesus – I sort of drifted away."
	1943	1950	BA English Literature	Journalist and critic, author of Lenin; whilst at college, produced a film commissioned by the Jesus College Record as a gesture of thanks to an American university that had sent a food parcel
	1833	1840	BA Literae Humaniores, MA	Clergyman and contributor to Blackwood's Magazine
	1641	DNG	—	Moved to St John's College, Cambridge during the English Civil War; a translator of works in French, Spanish and Latin who also wrote an account of the Civil War
	1723	1732	BA, MA, BM	Physician and satirist
	1794	DNG	—	Welsh clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts, who was at the college from March to June 1794
	1810	1817	BA Literae Humaniores, MA, BD	Welsh poet, known as Daniel Ddu o Geredigion
	1789	1792	BA	Wrote four works about the topography of Wales
	1589 –	1599	MA, BCL	Matriculated and BA from New Inn Hall, Oxford before moving to Jesus College; author of The picture of a perfit common wealth, describing as well the offices of princes and inferior magistrates over their subjects, as also the duties of subjects towards their governors
	1999	2002	BA Philosophy and Theology	Singer and poet, Welsh Children's Bard
	1941	1949	?	Studies interrupted by war service; a Benedictine monk and poet
	1610	1613	BA	Writer
	1929	1933	BA Literae Humaniores	Author of 16 novels and two books for children; winner of the Newdigate Prize for English verse
	1794	1800	BA, MA	Welsh poet, who won prizes at the Denbigh Eisteddfodau of 1819 and 1828
	1928	1931	BLitt	Welsh novelist, whose thesis was entitled "The London Magazine from 1820 to 1829"
	1905	1908	BA Theology , DLitt	Welsh poet and theologian; Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
	1959	1965	BA Geography, DPhil	Author of the historical-fiction series Angel Mountain Saga, whose DPhil was on the Ice Age in Wales
	1759	DNG	—	Left in 1761 to become a painter on the death of his uncle, at whose instigation he was studying for ordination
	1992	1995	BA Modern History and English	Author and journalist
	1698	1702	BA	Poet, whose collections of poetry also included works by Alexander Pope and John Dyer
	1751	1757	BA, MA	Satirical poet, whose works led to his imprisonment and hampered his career in the church
	1933	1939	BA Modern History, BLitt	Welsh poet, short story writer and editor of The Anglo-Welsh Review, whose BLitt thesis was entitled "The Economic Policy of the Board of Trade 1696–1714"
	1956	1959	BA English	Indian writer, poet and columnist
	1704	1708	BA	Clergyman and poet and author of Myfyrdodau bucheddol ar y pedwar peth diweddaf
	1851	1856	BA Literae Humaniores	Anglo-Welsh poet, who was the first student to obtain 1st in Classics in both Mods and Finals for 30 years
	1965	1967	BA English	South African poet, who returned to the college to study for a BPhil but died in 1970 before completing the course
	1742	DNG	—	Welsh poet who was hardly resident at the college	`
	1979	1982?	BA English	British science fiction writer
	1579–	1583	MA, BTh	Initially a member of Balliol College; a Welsh priest and writer
	1650	1657	BA, MA	Welsh clergyman and satirist
	1990	1997?	BA, DPhil	Prize-winning Welsh novelist and lecturer at Bangor University
	1597	1602	BA	Welsh poet and clergyman, known as Yr Hen Ficer, and author of Canwyll y Cymry
	1889	1892	BA Literae Humaniores	Welsh priest and writer
	1774	DNG	—	Welsh poet and schoolmaster, who only spent one term at the college
	1708	1711	BA	Canon of St Asaph's Cathedral, who was also a writer and satirist
	1792	1796	BA	Welsh cleric and writer
	1690	1696	BA, MA, BD, DD	Welsh priest and writer
	1977	1980?	BA Old English Language and Literature	American author of the Horrid Henry series of books
	—	1794	DD	Welsh priest and writer; a graduate of the University of Cambridge who was incorporated at Oxford in order to take his DD after being involved in controversy at Cambridge
	1959	1966	DPhil	Welsh poet, appointed National Poet of Wales in 2006
	1747	1750?	BA	Welsh writer; editor and proprietor of the St James's Chronicle in London, and editor of Robert Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary
	1971	1974?	BA Geography	Crime writer
	1641?	DNG	—	Welsh poet and doctor; college records unclear on entry date
	1638	1646/7	BA, graduate scholar until 1646/1647	Welsh clergyman, poet and writer
	1592	1605	BA , MA , BCL , DCL	Welsh writer and colonial investor
	1777	1781	BA	Welsh clergyman and poet
	1740	1744	BA	Welsh clergyman and writer
	1832	1835	BA Literae Humaniores	Welsh writer and clergyman
	1672	1676	BA	Welsh writer whose works include A Pindaric Elegy on the famous Physician Dr. Willis
	1727	1735	BA, MA	Welsh cleric and poet
	1692	1695?	BA, possibly MA too, possibly in Law	Welsh clergyman and writer, particularly remembered for Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc
	1956	1958	BA PPE	American Rhodes Scholar, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Broadcasters and entertainers

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1930?	1933?	?	West End, film and TV actor, whose roles included "The Voice" in the children's TV series Garry Halliday
	1973	1976	MA English	Children's television producer and advocate
	1922	1926	BA Literae Humaniores	Radio producer and bookseller
	1975	1979	B Litt	Scottish author
	1946	1949	BA Modern History	Quiz question-setter, who was "Mycroft" on BBC Radio 4's Brain of Britain
	1971	DNG	—	Argentinian actor who studied for a DPhil in Economics, but his scholarship finished before his thesis was complete
	1979?	DNG	—	ITV national weather forecaster who left after 1 year of a BLitt in Celtic Studies
	1948	1951	BA English	Television presenter and writer
	1985?	1980s	BA Modern History	Comedian and actor
	1963?	1966?	BA	Political Editor of Independent Television News and BBC Wales ; the Electoral Commission's Commissioner for Wales
	1922	1926	BA Theology	Chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral and one of the panellists on the BBC show "The Brains Trust"
	1996?	1999?	postgraduate work on climate change	BBC national weather forecaster on radio and television
	1972	1975	BA English	Television and theatre producer, and Chief Executive of the Really Useful Group
	1976	1980	BA Modern Languages	Journalist and broadcaster; the college's first female honorary fellow
	1865?	DNG	—	Actor, known for his swashbuckling roles, who was murdered outside the Adelphi Theatre in 1897 by an unstable and struggling actor
	2008	2011	BA History	Journalist; Deputy Editor of Buzzfeed
	1950	1953	BA Jurisprudence	Actor, member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Tony Award winner in 1976

Musicians

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1825	1830	BA	Welsh cleric and hymn-tune composer, most notably of Rhosymedre
	1725?	1731	BA, MA	Welsh priest, scholar and musician
	1905	1909?	BA Music, BMus	College organ exhibitioner; Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal College of Music
	1876	1881	BA	Baritone singer who needed several attempts to pass his exams
	1960?	DNG	—	Singer with Manfred Mann
	1957	1960	BA Music	Organ scholar at college; organist and master of the choristers at Norwich Cathedral ; Chief Executive of the Royal College of Organists
	1929	1934	BA Literae Humaniores, Diploma in Education, DMus	English composer who studied with Herbert Howells
	1946?	1949?	BA Chemistry	Pianist specialising in the work of John Ireland
	1940	1949	BA Music	A musicologist ; editor of Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Professor of Music at Columbia University ; studied languages then music after his war service
	2012	2013	MSt Music Performance	A pianist and acclaimed writer; chief editor of The Pianist magazine; studied at Oxford then research on Russian Piano School in London; Professor of Piano at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Sports people

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1951	1954	BA Natural Science	British rally driver who was given a red MG sports car by his father for winning a scholarship to the college
	1957	1959	BA Mathematics	Indian athlete who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics
	1948	1952	BA Chemistry	Welsh rugby union international, winning three caps ; rugby "Blue" in 1951
	1905	1908	BA Mathematics	Welsh rugby union international, winning one cap ; rugby "Blue" three times
	1906?	1909	BA Theology	Welsh rugby union international, winning seven caps ; did not win a "Blue"
	1885	1888	?	Welsh rugby union international, winning five caps ; rugby "Blue" twice ; later became a solicitor and was knighted for public services to Wales
	1887	1890?	?	Welsh rugby union international, winning three caps ; rugby "Blue" in 1890
	1876	1883	BA Theology, MA	Welsh rugby union international, winning two caps ; did not win a "Blue"
	1880	1884	BA, MA	English rugby union international, winning four caps ; the college's first rugby "Blue", and its only English rugby international
	1919	1921	BA French	Welsh rugby union international, winning two caps ; rugby "Blue" in 1919, and part of the college team that won the inter-college cup in 1920
	1919	1921	BA Modern History	College chaplain who won his 'Blue' for rugby and represented Wales against New Zealand Services in 1919 before becoming Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of St David's
	1930	1933	BA Literae Humaniores	Welsh rugby union international, winning fourteen caps and one for the British and Irish Lions, who was the first Welsh full-back to score a try in an international match; rugby "Blue" three times ; also played cricket for Glamorgan
	1930	1933	BA Modern History	Welsh rugby union international, winning one cap ; rugby "Blue" twice
	1871	1875	BA Mathematics	Played first-class cricket for Oxford University CC; cricket "Blue" in 1874
	1872	1879	BA, MA	Welsh rugby union international, winning five caps ; a triple "Blue"
	1991	1996	BA Biochemistry	Quadriplegic solo sailor – the first quadriplegic sailor to cross the English Channel
	1919	1923	BA Literae Humaniores, BA Jurisprudence	President of the Jesus College Jesus College Record and Captain of Boats whilst at college; rowing coach and secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association
	1891	1894	BA Modern History	Welsh rugby union international, winning three caps ; rugby "Blue" three times and the first Welshman to captain Oxford University RFC
	1877	DNG	—	Welsh rugby union international, winning one cap in the first international match involving Wales ; did not win a "Blue"
	1879	1883	BA Theology	Played first-class cricket for Oxford University CC; cricket "Blue" three times
	1898	1901	?	Welsh rugby union international, winning five caps ; rugby "Blue" three times
	2004	2006	Diploma in Legal Studies; MSc Management Studies	Canadian rower who was part of the winning crew for the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race in 2005 and 2006

Other people in public life

Name	M	G	Degree	Notes	Ref
	1947	DNG	—	Zoo owner and gambler, who boasted of never attending a lecture whilst at Oxford, and who missed his final examinations to go to the races at Ascot
	1958	1961	BA Mathematics	Chief Executive of Commercial Union and Chairman of the National House Building Council since 2002
	1951	1954	BA PPE	Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press and Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company
	1963	1966	BA Modern History	Chair of Welsh National Opera, formerly Controller of BBC Wales and Chair of the Arts Council of Wales
	20052004	2008	BA Economics and Management	Businessman who won the "02 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year" award in 2009
	1986	1989	BA English	Writer and wife of former Conservative Party leader William Hague
	1923	1927	BA Modern History	Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership
	1962	1965	BA PPE	Chairman and Chief Executive of Gateway and Chairman of Charles Wells
	1692	DNG	—	A dandy and social celebrity who was allegedly dismissed from the university for an "intrigue" with a local woman, although college records have no evidence that he was sent down
	1976	1978?	MLitt	Media entrepreneur and Chairman of YouGov
	1854	1858	BA Literae Humaniores	Clerk to the Clothworkers' Company ; prime mover in setting up the City and Guilds of London Institute and chairman of the London Polytechnic Council
	1968	1971	BA Jurisprudence	Chief Constable of Northumbria Police
	1688	DNG	—	Industrialist and philanthropist

Fictional students of Jesus College

Character	Author	Notes	Ref
		A character in the play Beyond Reasonable Doubt
		A principal character in Restless, who in Chapter 4 calls at her college in Turl Street; the novel is set in 1976, when Jesus College was the only Turl Street college admitting women; Boyd has also said "When, in my fiction, I have had to place a character at an Oxford college it has always been Jesus – sometimes disguised sometimes overtly identified "
		A character in the novel Any Human Heart, who studies History at Jesus College in the 1920s and is awarded a third-class degree
		A Fellow of Brasenose in the novel The Jewel That Was Ours, who reveals that he was an undergraduate at Jesus, which he describes as "one of the less fashionable colleges"
and others		Phillips is mentioned in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, an epistolary novel, as the recipient of letters from another Jesus College man, Jery Melford. There is no evidence that Phillips or Melford were based on real people, but other Jesus College men in Melford's letters may be based on individuals attending Jesus College in the 1720s and 1730s.
		A detective in various novels by Williams; his Jesus College tie is recognised by a Welsh parson in Divided Treasure

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