List of people associated with Balliol College, Oxford

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Template:Short description Template:See also Template:Use dmy dates The following comprises lists of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, namely alumni and those who taught at the College or were based at the College or were involved in college life. The main source of information is the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register which lists Fellows and students by year of matriculation, thus providing evidence of existence, dates and some biographical information.

Other sources of information include the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who and Who was Who both published by Oxford University Press.

Each name links to its Wikipedia page where it exists. The alumni are grouped into categories corresponding to fields of work and are arranged chronologically.

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Alumni

Lists for specific categories

Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University

College Alumni

Security, Military and Intelligence

Image Name Join Date Field of work Comments Refs
Cressida Dick 1979 police commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police
daughter of Balliol Senior Tutor Marcus Dick
Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall 1975 army Defence Senior Advisor Middle East
Sir John Rennie 1932 intelligence Director MI6
Group Captain Archie Hope 1930 RAF DFC
RAF pilot WW2
Hon Richard Gilbert Hare 1925 propaganda Head of Russian propaganda, Ministry of Information WW2

Russian art historian
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys-Davids 1916 RFC MC

declined scholarship to join the RFC
Captain John Aidan Liddell 1908 RFC VC MC
Lieutenant-General Adrian Carton de Wiart 1899 army VC
left before graduating to fight in Boer War
Vice-Admiral William Monson 1581 navy his Naval Tracts describe Navy life

Music

Name Join Date Field of work Comments Refs
Julian Sturgis 1868 librettist "the best serious librettist of the day" (W.S.Gilbert)

FA Cup Final winner

 <ref name="Balliol2nd">Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934</ref>Template:Rp
Sir Harold Boulton 1878 songwriter "Skye Boat Song" <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
John Farmer 1885 Director of Music organist, composer and keyboardist <ref>History Balliol College Musical Society Society website. Accessed 1 January 2025</ref>
Ernest Walker 1887 composer Honorary Fellow <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Donald Tovey 1895 composer Essays in Musical Analysis <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
F. S. Kelly 1900 composer Olympic gold medallist in rowing <ref name="Balliol3rd" />Template:Rp
Victor Hely-Hutchinson 1920 composer, conductor, pianist switched to RCM after one year

"Carol Symphony"

 <ref name="Balliol3rd">Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953</ref>Template:Rp
Inglis Gundry 1923 composer lecturer on musical appreciation <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Sydney Carter 1933 songwriter "Lord of the Dance" <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Richard Buckle 1934 Ballet Founded Ballet magazine <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
George Malcolm 1934 harpsichordist Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Edward Heath 1935 organist, conductor Prime Minister <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Vernon Handley 1951 conductor supported British composers <ref name="Balliol5th" />Template:Rp
Nicholas Kenyon 1969 BBC Radio 3 Organiser BBC Proms <ref name="Balliol5th">Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Sally Viney 1983</ref>Template:Rp
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Fictional alumni

Notable applicants who did not matriculate

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  • Template:SDlink<ref>As quoted in the book review by Anthony Campbell of Colin McGinn's autobiographical "The Making of a Philosopher, My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy" accessed 31 December 2024</ref>
  • Template:SDlink - served variously as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873-1954)<ref>Dutton, D. J. (2011) [2004]. "Simon, John Allsebrook, first Viscount Simon (1873–1954)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press</ref>
  • Template:SDlink<ref>Holroyd, Michael. Lytton Strachey, 1994, ISBN 0-09-933291-4 (paperback) p129</ref>

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