This list of people associated with the London School of Economics includes notable alumni, non-graduates, academics and administrators affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science. This includes 55 past or present heads of state, as well as 20 Nobel laureates.

LSE started awarding its own degrees in its own name in 2008, prior to which it awarded degrees of the University of London. This page does not include people whose only connection with the university consists in the award of an honorary degree.

The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Many of the university's alumni have attained a level of distinction in more than one field, however these appear only in the category which they are most often associated. Government and politics

Heads of state or government

State Image Leader Affiliation OfficeErrol Barrow (1920–1987)BSc (Econ) 1950Prime minister (1962–1966; 1966–1976; 1986–1987)Mia Mottley (born 1965)LLB 1986Prime minister (2018–present)Lionel Zinsou (born 1954)Course unknownPrime minister (2015–2016)Sergey Stanishev (born 1966)Visiting Fellow International Relations 1999–2000Prime minister (2005–2009)Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000)Research Fee student 1947–1948Prime minister (1968–1979; 1980–1984)Kim Campbell (born 1947)PhD student 1973Prime minister (June–November 1993)Alfonso Lopez PumarejoOccasional Registration 1932–1933President (1934–1938; 1942–1945)Juan Manuel SantosMSc Economics 1975President (2010–2018)Óscar Arias (born 1941)Enrolled 1967President (1986–1990; 2006–2010)HM Queen Margrethe II (born 1940)Occasional student 1965Queen (1972–present)Dame Eugenia CharlesLLM 1949Prime minister (1980–1995)Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004)Diploma Econ & Social Admin 1962Prime minister (1970–1992)President (1994–2000)Alexander Stubb (born 1968)PhD International Politics 1999Prime minister (2014–2015) President (2024- )Heinrich BrüningBSc Economics student 1911–1913Chancellor (1930–1932)Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)PhD 1946President (1960–1966)Hilla Limann (1934–1998)BSc (Econ) 1960President (1979–1981)John Atta Mills (born 1944)LLM 1967–1968President (2009)Joe Bossano (born 1939)BSc Economics circa 1960Chief Minister (1988–1996)George Papandreou (born 1952)MSc Sociology 1977Prime minister (2009–2011)Constantine Simitis (born 1936)Research Fee student 1961–1963Prime minister (1996–2004)Maurice Bishop (1943–1983)LLB circa 1967–1968Prime minister (1979–1983)Forbes Burnham (1923–1985)LLB 1948Prime minister (1964–1980)President (1980–1985)K.R. Narayanan (1921–2005)BSc (Econ) 1945–1948President (1997–2002)Moshe Sharett (1894–1965)BSc (Econ) 1924Prime minister (1953–1955)Romano Prodi (born 1939)Research Fee student 1962–1963Prime minister (1996–1998; 2006–2008)Michael Manley (1924–1997)BSc (Econ) 1949Prime minister (1972–1980; 1989–1992)P J PattersonLLB 1963Premier (1992–2006)Takahashi Korekiyo (1854–1936)Course unknownPrime minister (1920–1922; 1932)Tsutomu Hata (1935–2017)Course unknownPrime minister (1994)Taro Aso (born 1940)Occasional student 1966Prime minister (2008–2009)Jomo Kenyatta (1891–1978)ADA 1936President (1964–1978)Mwai Kibaki (born 1931)BSc Economics 1959President (2002–2013)Anote Tong (born 1952)MSc Sea-Use Group 1988President (2003–2016)Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (1972 - 2026)PhD 2006Effective prime minister (2007–2011)Guardian: 21 February 2011:"LSE educated man the West can no longer deal with"Tuanku Jaafar (1922–2008)Course unknownYang di-Pertuan Agong (elected monarch) (1994–1999)Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985)Attended lectures whilst studying at University College LondonChief Minister (1961–1968)Prime minister (1968–1982)Governor-general (1983–1985)Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000)LLB 1948President (March–June 1992)Navinchandra Ramgoolam (born 1947)LLB 1990Prime minister (1995–2000; 2005–2014)Sher Bahadur Deuba (born 1943)Research student, International Relations 1988–1989Prime minister (1995–1997; 2001–2003; 2004–2005) Sushant VaidikMsc in EconomicsMember of Parliament (2026–present)Yemi Osinbajo LLM 1980Vice President (2015-2023)King Haakon VIII (born 1973)MSc in Development StudiesKing (2026–present)Harmodio Arias Madrid (1886–1962)Occasional student, 1909–1911President (1932–1936)Pedro Beltrán Espantoso (1897–1979)BSc (Econ) 1918Prime minister (1959–1961)Beatriz Merino (born 1947)LLM 1972Prime minister (2003)Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005)MSc Economics 1953Prime minister of government in exile (1986–1990)Marek Belka (born 1952)Summer School 1990Prime minister (2004–2005)Banja Tejan-Sie (1917–2000)LLB circa 1950Governor-general (1968–1971)Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015)Occasional student after circa 1945Prime minister (1959–1990)Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957)BSc (Econ) 1981President (2023–present)John Compton (1925–2007)LLB 1952Premier (1964–1979)Prime minister (February–July 1979; 1982–1996)Yu Kuo-Hwa (1914–2000)Composition fee student 1947–1949Premier (1984–1989)Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956)Ph.D. Law 1984 President (2016–present)Tanin Kraivixien (born 1927)LLB 1953Prime minister (1976–1977)Sylvanus Olympio (b. 1902–1963)BSc EconomicsPrime minister (1958–1961)President (1961–1963) Ramsay MacDonaldLecturer Prime minister (1924; 1929–1935)Clement Attlee (1883–1967)Lecturer in social science and administration, 1912–1923Prime minister (1945–1951)

United Kingdom

Current members of the House of Commons

Josh Babarinde, British MP Saqib Bhatti, British MP Nesil Caliskan, British MP, Leader of Enfield Council Dan Carden, British MP Yvette Cooper, British MP, Home Secretary Stella Creasy, British MP Janet Daby, British MP Anneliese Dodds, British MP, Minister of State for Women and Equalities Miatta Fahnbulleh, British MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Georgia Gould, British MP, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, Leader of Camden Council Richard Holden, British MP Ed Miliband, British MP, former leader of the Labour Party and former leader of the Opposition, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Joy Morrissey, British MP Matthew Pennycook, British MP, Minister of State Rachel Reeves, British MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Yuan Yang, British MP

Current members of the House of Lords Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, media mogul Ros Altmann, Baroness Altmann, former Minister of State for Pensions Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, former Secretary of State for National Heritage; former Secretary of State for Health Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, development economist Matthew Elliott, political strategist, former head of Taxpayers' Alliance and Vote Leave Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine Anthony Giddens, sociologist David Gold, Baron Gold Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, current Deputy High Court Judge Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, former lord chancellor Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, School Professor of Economics at the LSE; former governor of the Bank of England Richard Layard, Baron Layard, economist Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore, former director of political strategy to British prime minister Gordon Brown Nick Markham, Baron Markham Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh, political theorist Dave Prentis, Baron Prentis of Leeds, trade unionist Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin, Labour Party politician Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings, British MEP, former chairman of the Council of King's College London Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, founder of Saatchi and Saatchi Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz, Conservative politician and businessman Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik of Camden and Alexandria, director of the LSE (2017–23); former deputy governor of the Bank of England for markets and banking Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh, former executive leader of Wigan Council Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, former chairman of the Financial Services Authority Guglielmo Verdirame, Baron Verdirame William John Lawrence Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire, former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Former members of parliament Leo Abse, British MP, famous for legalisation of male homosexuality Douglas Allen, Baron Croham, former head of the Home Civil Service Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, former solicitor general for England and Wales Charlotte Atkins, former junior minister Jackie Ballard, British MP, journalist and director general of the RSPCA Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, British MP and British Peer Sir Rhodes Boyson, British MP Annette Brooke, British MP Greg Clark, British MP Nick Clegg, British MP, former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom and former leader of the Liberal Democrats Francis Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, British Peer, former cabinet minister; former vice-president of the European Commission Tim Collins, British MP Maureen Colquhoun, Britain's first openly lesbian MP Jim Cousins, British MP Jo Cox, British MP Edwina Currie, British MP, former junior minister Hugh Dalton, former chancellor of the exchequer Andrew Dismore, British MP Frank Dobson, British MP, former cabinet minister Dick Douglas, British MP Sir Albert Edward Patrick Duffy, British MP, former cabinet minister; former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Helen Eadie, MSP Sir David Evennett, British MP Barbara Follett, British MP Steve Gilbert, British MP Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, political advisor Tom Greatrex, British MP Miranda Grell, former Labour Councillor known as the first person found guilty of making false statements under the Representation of the People Act 1983 Judith Hart, Baroness Hart, former cabinet minister Mark Hoban, British MP Dame Margaret Hodge, British MP Jane Hutt, Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government Sydney Irving, Baron Irving of Dartford, British MP Brian Jenkins, British MP Aubrey Jones, Minister; chairman of the National Board for Prices and Incomes Frank Judd, Baron Judd, former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; former Minister for Overseas Development Mark Logan, British MP Syed Kamall, British MEP Ruth Kelly, British MP, former cabinet minister Arthur Latham, British MP Rachel Lomax, former deputy governor of the Bank of England for monetary policy Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, British MP, former Secretary of State for Defence; former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Dame Mavis McDonald, Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office Michael Meacher, minister John Mendelson, British MP Andrew Miller, British MP Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, British Peer John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, former Secretary of State for Health and Social Services; former Secretary of State for Transport Sir Bob Neill, British MP Eric Ollerenshaw, British MP Marion Phillips, British MP Chris Pincher, former MP for Tamworth and Minister of State Stephen Pound, British MP Sir Ray Powell, British MP Reginald Prentice, Baron Prentice, Cabinet Minister Merlyn Rees, former home secretary Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear, former leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords Andrew Selous, British MP Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota, former junior minister Virendra Sharma, British MP Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, former cabinet minister Sir Richard Shepherd, British MP Donald Soper, Baron Soper, Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist John Stonehouse, former minister Jo Swinson, British MP, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ian Taylor, British MP Adam Tomkins, MSP Rudi Vis, British MP Malcolm Wicks, Minister Jenny Willott, British MP, former junior minister David Winnick, British MP Anthony Wright, British MP Michael Young, Baron Young, academic and author of the 1945 Labour manifesto

Civil servants