Prominent LMH Alumni

Arts and Entertainment

• Diana Athill OBE (1936 English), writer and literary editor
• Victoria Blake (1982 History), crime writer
• Sarah Bradford (1956 History), biographer
• Caryl Churchill (1957 English), playwrightJennifer Pike (2009 Music), violinist
• Lindsey Davis (1968 English), crime writer
• Amanda Foreman (1991 History), biographer
• Dame Antonia Fraser (1950 History), biographer and historian
• Philip Hensher (1983 English), novelist and journalist
• Nigella Lawson (1979 Modern Languages), celebrity chef and writer
• Josie Long (2000 English), comedian
• Fiona MacCarthy (1958 English), biographer
• Julian Nott (1980 PPE), film composer
• Michelle Paver (1979 Biochemistry), children’s writer
• Diana Quick (1964 English), actor and writer
• Conrad Shawcross (1996 Fine Art), sculptor
• Nicola Usborne (1989 English), film producer
• Sam West (1985 English), actor
• Marina Warner CBE (1964 Modern Languages), writer and academic

Journalism and Media

• James Allen (1985 English and Modern Languages), Formula One broadcaster, journalist and writer
• Danny Cohen (1992 English), Director of BBC Television
• Mary Dejevsky (1970 Modern Languages), leader writer for the Independent
• Martin Giles (1985 PPE), US Technology Correspondent, The Economist
• Tim Hetherington (1989 Classics and English), photojournalist
• Kate Kellaway (1976 English), journalist and writer for the Observer
• Lucy Kellaway (1978 PPE), columnist for the FT and novelist
• Bridget Kendall (1974 Modern Languages), BBC diplomatic correspondent
• Sam Kiley (1984 PPE), journalist
• Dame Ann Leslie DBE (1959 English),  journalist and writer for the Daily Mail
• Cathy Newman (1992 English), broadcast journalist

Government and Public Service

• Harriett Baldwin MP (1978 Modern Languages), politician
• Gertrude Bell (1886 History), political intelligence officer, explorer, writer and archaeologist
• Benazir Bhutto (1975 PPE), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Juliet Campbell CMG (1954 PPE), former HM Ambassador and Mistress of Girton College
• Baroness D'Souza (1973 Anthropology), Lord Speaker
• Huw Evans (1990 Modern History), former Special Adviser to the Prime Minister
• Michael Gove MP (1985 English), Secretary of State for Education
• Tessa Green CBE (1983 PPE), Chairman of Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• George Hollingbery MP (1979 Human Sciences), politician
• Philip Hollobone MP (1984 History & Economics), politician
• Baroness Manningham-Buller DCB (1967 English), former Director General MI5
• Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG (1958 History), Special Representative to Business on Cyber Security, former Minister of State for Security
• Kate Parminter (1983 Theology), Liberal Democrat Peer
• Maggy Pigott (1969 Law), Formerly Executive Director, Judicial Studies Board, Ministry of Justice
• Dominic Raab MP (1993 Law), politician and lawyer
• Barbara Roche (1972 PPE), former Labour MP and Junior Minister
• Phyllis Starkey (1966 Biochemistry), former Labour MP
• Matthew Taylor (1982 PPE), Liberal Democrat Peer, former Liberal Democrat MP and party spokesman, youngest MP when elected in 1987
• Baroness Warnock DBE FBA(1942 Classics), philosopher, writer and former Mistress of Girton College
• Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe (1969 PPE), former Conservative MP and Junior Minister, novelist and broadcaster

Finance and Industry

• Richard Buxton (1982 English), Head of UK Equities, Schroders
• Stephen Hester (1979 PPE), Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland
• Baroness Hogg (1964 PPE), Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council, former Chairman of 3i plc
• Joanna Kennedy (1969 Engineering), Director of Ove Arup and Partners
• Neil Simpkins (1984 Physics), Senior Managing Director Blackstone Group (New York)

Law

• Diana Guy (1962 Law), Deputy Chairman of Competition Commission
• The Hon Mrs Justice Lang DBE (Beverley Lang, 1974 Jurisprudence), High Court Judge
• The Hon Mrs Justice Manohar (Sujata Manohar, 1954 PPE), former Supreme Court Justice, India
• Dame Barbara Mills DBE (1959 Law), first woman Director of Public Prosecutions
• The Hon Mrs Justice Proudman DBE (Sonia Proudman, 1968 Law), High Court Judge
• The Hon Mrs Justice Slade DBE (Elizabeth Slade, 1968 Law), High Court Judge
• Dame Juliet Wheldon DCB (1968 History), first woman to be appointed Treasury Solicitor

Science and Medicine

• Dame Josephine Barnes DBE (1930 Physiology), first woman President of British Medical Association
• Neil Ferguson OBE (1987 Physics), epidemiologist
• Nancy Lane OBE (1960 Biology), Fellow and President, Institute of Biology and President, Society of Biologists
• Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick DBE (1943 Physiology), first woman President of the Royal College of Physicians
• Veronica Van Heyningen CBE FRS (1970 Biochemistry), geneticist

Philanthropy

• Dame Vivien Duffield DBE (1963 Modern Languages), Chairman of the Clore Duffield Foundation
• Eglantyne Jebb (1895 History), founder of Save the Children