London, United Kingdom
London School of Economics and Political Science Alumni
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Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mick Jagger |
Lead singer of The Rolling Stones |
Attended |
1960s (Did not graduate) |
|
John F. Kennedy |
Former U.S. President (attended briefly) |
Attended |
1935 (Did not graduate) |
|
Ursula von der Leyen |
President of the European Commission |
MSc |
1980s |
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David Attenborough |
Broadcaster, natural historian |
Honorary Degree |
N/A |
|
George Soros |
Billionaire investor, philanthropist |
MSc in Philosophy |
1954 |
|
Paul Volcker |
Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve |
MSc |
1951 |
|
Clement Attlee |
Former British Prime Minister |
Lecturer |
Early 20th century |
|
Pierre Trudeau |
Former Canadian Prime Minister, father of Justin Trudeau |
LLM |
1949 |
|
Cherie Blair |
Barrister, wife of former UK PM Tony Blair |
LLM |
1976 |
|
Romano Prodi |
Former Italian Prime Minister and EU Commission President |
PhD |
1970s |
|
Imran Khan |
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, cricketer |
BA (Econ) |
1975 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi |
Burmese politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
BSc (Econ) |
1964 |
|
B. R. Ambedkar |
Indian economist, social reformer, chief architect of Indian Constitution |
MA, DSc |
1921, 1923 |
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Queen Margrethe II |
Queen of Denmark |
Attended |
1965 |
|
Ed Miliband |
Former UK Labour Party Leader |
MSc |
1990s |
|
Arundhati Roy |
Author (The God of Small Things), activist |
Attended |
N/A |
|
Janet Yellen |
U.S. Treasury Secretary, former Fed Chair |
Honorary |
N/A |
|
Shashi Tharoor |
Indian MP, former UN diplomat, author |
PhD |
1978 |
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
Indian economist, former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission |
MA |
1970s |
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Robert Mundell |
Nobel-winning economist (father of the euro theory) |
PhD |
1956 |
|
Tony Fernandes |
CEO of AirAsia |
BSc |
1987 |
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Anne Applebaum |
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian |
MSc |
1980s |
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George Alagiah |
BBC newsreader, journalist |
MSc |
1980s |
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Jeffrey Sachs |
Renowned economist, UN advisor |
MSc |
1970s |
|
Karl Popper |
Philosopher of science, faculty member |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Baroness Shafik (Minouche) |
President of Columbia University, former LSE Director |
MSc, PhD |
1980s |
|
Harsha Bhogle |
Indian cricket commentator and journalist |
PG Diploma |
1991 |
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Kwasi Kwarteng |
Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer |
PhD |
2000 |
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Faisal Al-Fayez |
Former Prime Minister of Jordan |
BA |
1981 |
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