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==People associated with Worcester== ===Provosts=== {{div col}} * Richard Blechinden, 1714β1736 * William Gower, 1736β1777 * [[William Sheffield (academic)|William Sheffield]], 1777β1795 * [[Whittington Landon]], 1795β1839 * [[Richard Lynch Cotton]], 1839β1881 * [[William Inge (priest, born 1829)|William Inge]], 1881β1903 * [[C. Henry Daniel]], 1903β1919 * [[Francis John Lys]], 1919β1946 * [[John Cecil Masterman]], 1946β1962 * [[Oliver Franks, Baron Franks]], 1962β1976 * [[Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs]], 1976β1991 * [[Richard Smethurst]], 1991β2011<ref name="2011Provost">{{cite web|url=http://alumni.worc.ox.ac.uk/News/a_index.php|title=College News|date=2010-07-05|work=Worcester College Alumni Website|publisher=Worcester College External Relations Office|location=Worcester College, Oxford|at=Election of New Provost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219130753/http://alumni.worc.ox.ac.uk/News/a_index.php|archive-date=2010-12-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Sir [[Jonathan Bate]], 2011β2019<ref name="2011Provost"/> * [[Kate Tunstall (academic)|Kate Tunstall]], Interim Provost 2019β21<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/about/news/dr-kate-tunstall-appointed-office-interim-provost |title=Dr Kate Tunstall appointed to the Office of Interim Provost |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 March 2019 |website=Worcester College, Oxford |access-date=14 September 2019 }}</ref> * [[David Isaac (lawyer)|David Isaac]], from 1 July 2021β<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcement of a new Provost {{!}} Worcester College |url=https://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/about/news/announcement-new-provost |website=www.worc.ox.ac.uk |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> {{div col end}} ===Fellows=== {{see|Category:Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford|List of Honorary Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford}} ===Notable alumni=== {{further|:Category:Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford}} {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * [[Richard Adams]] * [[Perry Anderson]] * [[Bill Bradley]] * [[Giles Andreae]], a.k.a. Edward Monkton or Purple Ronnie * [[Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood]] * [[Alastair Burnet]] * [[Simon Burns]] * [[Peter Clift]] * [[Andrew Cockburn]] * [[Alex Cox]] * [[Gemma Chan]] * [[Russell T Davies]] * Sir [[Kenelm Digby]] (Gloucester Hall) * [[Arthur Lee Dixon]] * [[Simon Donaldson]] * [[Jill Duff]] * [[John Feckenham|John de Feckenham]] (Gloucester College) * [[Richard Flanagan]] * Sir [[Peter Gibson (judge)|Peter Gibson]], Lord Justice of Appeal * [[Jason Gissing]] * Sir [[Iain Glidewell]], Lord Justice of Appeal * Rev [[Archibald Edward Glover]] * [[Robert Govett]] * [[Andy Green (RAF officer)|Andy Green]] * Sir [[Jeremy Greenstock]] * [[Matthew Hall (writer)|Matthew Hall]] Novelist, Screenwriter *Sir [[Peter Hayman (diplomat)|Peter Hayman]], Diplomat and paedophile<ref name=independent-19920411>{{cite news |url=http://ianpace.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/two-obituaries-of-peter-hayman-senior-diplomat-mi6-officer-and-pie-member/ |title=Obituary: Sir Peter Hayman |author=Denis Greenhill |author-link=Denis Greenhill |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 April 1992 |access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Tony Hey]] * [[Nicky Hoberman]] * [[John Hood (university administrator)|John Hood]] * Sir [[Martin Jacomb]] * [[Robin Hull (music critic)|Robin Hull]], music critic * [[Alice Jolly]], novelist and memoirist * [[Elena Kagan]] * [[Bryan Kelly]], composer * [[Ellie Kemper]] * [[Charles Kent (rugby player)|Charles Kent]] * [[David Kirk]] * [[Peter Kosminsky]] * [[John Lahr]] * [[Robb LaKritz]] * [[Toby Litt]] * [[Serge Lourie]] * [[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]] (Gloucester Hall) * [[Nelson McCausland]] * [[Randal Alexander McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim]] * [[Anna Markland]] * [[John Cecil Masterman]] * [[Glyn Maxwell]] * Sir [[William McKie (musician)|William McKie]] * Sir [[Roy Meadow]] * [[John Michuki]] * [[Francis Orpen Morris]] * Sir [[Alastair Morton]] * [[Candida Moss]] * [[Rupert Murdoch]] * [[Herbert Murrill]] * [[Brooks Newmark]] * [[Steven Norris]] * [[Cristina Odone]] * [[Anton Oliver]] * [[Lindsay Owen-Jones|Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones]] * [[Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby]] * [[Rachel Portman]] * [[Dennis Price]] * [[Nicholas Purcell (Classicist)|Nicholas Purcell]] * [[Thomas De Quincey]] * [[Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall]] * [[Peter Rodman]] * [[Michael Radford]] * [[John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover]] * [[Anthony Seldon]] * [[Abdullah of Pahang]] * [[Nazrin Shah of Perak]] * [[Seni Pramoj]] * [[Philip MacDonald Sheppard]] * [[Anne-Marie Slaughter]] * [[Laura Solon]] * [[Jon Speelman]] * Sir [[Brian Stewart (diplomat)|Brian Stewart]] * [[Nicholas Stewart]] QC * [[Merlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley|Lord Sudeley]] * [[Plum Sykes|Victoria "Plum" Sykes]] * Sir [[Stephen Tomlinson]], Lord Justice of Appeal * [[Emma Watson]], visiting student * [[David Wood (actor)|David Wood]], CBE Actor and Playwright * [[Woodrow Wyatt]] * [[Stornoway (band)|Brian Briggs]], singer-songwriter with Stornoway and The Glass Aisle<ref>{{cite news |title=Briggs is flying high |url=https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10828183.briggs-is-flying-high/ |access-date=5 April 2024 |publisher=Kidderminster Shuttle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Zoe |title=ALUMNI STORIES: 'THE EXCITEMENT I GET FROM NATURE FINDS ITS WAY INTO EVERY SONG I WRITE' |url=https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/alumni-stories-the-excitement-i-get-from-nature-is-why-the-outdoors-finds-its-way-into-every |website=Oxford Alumni |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> }} Fictional alumni of the college include Nick Guest from [[The Line of Beauty]] by [[Alan Hollinghurst]].{{fact|date=March 2021}}
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