List of people associated with the London School of Economics

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 19 Nobel laureates.

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.

First the four generally accepted co-founders:[33] The original governors of the LSE were, besides Beatrice Webb:[34]

Yvette Cooper , Labour MP
Margaret Hodge , former Labour MP
Ed Miliband , Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , First Law Minister of India and architect of Indian Constitution
Niall Ferguson , historian
Karl Popper , Austro-British philosopher and professor at LSE
Bronislaw Malinowski , eminent anthropologist and functionalist
William Beveridge , the author of the Beveridge Report and former director of LSE
Mark Urban , historian and journalist
Tony Fernandes , Malaysian entrepreneur, CEO of AirAsia
George Soros , billionaire
Yevhenia Tymoshenko , Ukrainian entrepreneur
George Bernard Shaw , one of the founders of the LSE and Nobel laureate