The following is a list of notable people associated with St Anne's College, Oxford, including alumnae, academics, and principals of the college.

As a former women's college, St Anne's continues to refer to former students, male or female, as "alumnae".^[1]

The list includes people associated with the Society of Oxford Home-Students and St Anne's Society prior to the official founding of the College.

Alumnae

Danny Alexander, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast and ex-editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker

Mr Hudson, rapper and R&B artist

Sir Simon Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic

• Danny Alexander (born 1972) – Knighted Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Mary Applebey (1916–2012) – mental health campaigner and co-founder of MIND
• Mary Archer (born 1944) – baroness and scientist specialising in solar power conversion
• Karen Armstrong (born 1944) – FRSL – author on comparative religion
• Jackie Ashley (born 1954) – broadcaster, journalist and contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman
• Wendy Beckett (1930–2018) – BBC art historian
• Dame Gillian Beer (born 1935) – literary critic and former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge (1994–2001)
• Nicola Blackwood (born 1979) – Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon (2010–17)
• Mark Bostridge (born 1961) – writer and critic, biographer of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale
• Tina Brown (born 1953), CBE – writer, and magazine editor of The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker
• C. Violet Butler (1884–1892) – Social researcher and educator active in Oxford
• Frances Cairncross (born 1944), DBE, CBE – journalist, economist, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford (2004–2014)
• Rosemary Cramp (born 1929) – archaeologist specialising in Anglo-Saxon literature and culture
• Edwina Currie (born 1946) – Conservative MP and minister (1983–1997)
• Liam D'Arcy-Brown (born 1970) – Sinologist and travel writer
• Ruth Deech (born 1943) – baroness, DBE – lawyer, bioethicist, and former Principal of St Anne's (1991–2004)
• Mike Danson - Read Law and was JCR President of St Anne's College. CEO of GlobalData with a market value of 1.4 billion, owner of the New Statesman Magazine, Spears Publishing, Press Gazette, Wigan Athletic FC, Wigan Warriors and philanthropist owning PEAS, as well as establishing the Danson Foundation which focuses on education providing bursaries and internships to St Anne's students.
• Paul Donovan (born 1972) – economist and author
• Mary Douglas (1921–2007) – dame, DBE, FBA, anthropologist
• Anne Dreydel (1918–2007) – OBE, co-founder of Oxford English Centre, now St Clare's International School
• Rose Dugdale (born 1941) – debutante, then IRA member and art thief
• Moira Dunbar (1918–1999) – Arctic ice researcher
• U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), CBE, FRSL – poet
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – children's writer
• Helen Fielding (born 1958) – novelist known for the Bridget Jones series
• Helen Fraser (born 1949) – executive and publisher
• Hadley Freeman (born 1978) – writer and columnist for The Guardian and Vogue
• Urszula Gacek (born 1963) – Polish politician, since 2011 Poland's Ambassador to The Council of Europe
• Helen Palmer Geisel (1898–1967) – children's book author and co-founder of Beginner Books
• Sanjay Ghose (1959–1997) – Indian rural development activist.
• Jean Golding (born 1939) – epidemiologist
• Sarah Gristwood (living) – journalist and author
• Miriam Gross (living) – literary editor and co-founder of Standpoint magazine
• Mary Harron (born 1953) – Canadian director/screenwriter, best known for American Psycho
• Zoë Heller (born 1965) – journalist and novelist known for Notes on a Scandal
• Miriam Hodgson (1938–2005) – editor of children's books^[2]
• Brad Hooker (born 1957) – philosopher specialising in ethics, Professor of Philosophy at Reading University
• Nancy Hubbard (born 1963) – professor and Miriam Katowitz Chair of Management and Accounting at Goucher College, Baltimore
• Mr Hudson (Ben Hudson) (born 1979) – pop musician
• Devaki Jain (born 1933) – Indian economist, writer and feminist
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – fantasy novelist known for Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle
• Martha Kearney (born 1957) – broadcaster and journalist with BBC Radio 4
• Sally Laird (born 1956) – writer, editor and translator^[3]
• Sandra Landy (1938–2017) – world champion bridge player and computer scientist
• Penelope Lively (born 1933) – CBE, FRSL, novelist and Booker Prize winner for Moon Tiger
• Guy Lynn (living) – investigative reporter for the BBC
• William MacAskill (born 1987) – philosopher, co-founder of Effective Altruism movement
• Mercia MacDermott (born 1927) – writer and historian
• Kevin Macdonald – film director, The Last King of Scotland and State of Play
• Sara Maitland (born 1950) – fiction writer
• Max More (born 1964) – philosopher and futurist, founder of Extropy Institute
• Rebecca Morelle (living) – journalist, global science correspondent for BBC News
• Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh (born 1989) – South African author, musician and activist
• Lindsay Northover (born 1954) – baroness, Liberal Democrat member of House of Lords since 2000
• Una O'Brien (living), Permanent Secretary Department of Health
• Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008) – writer, broadcaster and feminist
• Samir Okasha (born 1971) – philosopher, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
• Nicola Padfield (born 1955) – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice at Law Faculty, University of Cambridge
• Ruma Pal (born 1941) – justice of the Supreme Court of India
• Adam Parsons (born 1970) – television and radio presenter
• Amanda Pritchard (1994-1997) - First female CEO of NHS England, took office in 2021 and joined Boris Johnson in calling for volunteers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
• Ged Quinn (born 1963) – artist and musician
• Norah Lillian Penston (1903–1974) – Principal of Bedford College, University of London
• Melanie Phillips (born 1951) – journalist and author, winner of Orwell Prize
• Libby Purves (born 1950) – OBE, radio presenter and drama critic for The Times
• Janina Ramirez (born 1980) – art historian, lecturer and TV presenter
• Simon Rattle (born 1955) – CBE, FRSA, orchestral conductor for Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra^[4]
• Mary Remnant (1935–2020) – medieval musicologist and musician
• Gillian Reynolds (born 1935) – MBE, journalist and broadcaster
• John Robins (born 1982) – stand-up comedian and radio presenter
• Jancis Robinson (born 1950) – OBE, wine critic and author
• James Rutledge (living) – musician and producer
• Cicely Saunders (1918–2005) – dame, OM, social worker, physician, writer and pioneer of hospice movement
• Frances Stonor Saunders (born 1966) – journalist, film-maker and associate editor of New Statesman
• Samantha Shannon (born 1991) – author of The Bone Season dystopian fiction series
• Susan Sontag (1933–2004) – US writer, literary theorist and political activist
• Susan J. Smith (born 1956) – Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, Honorary Professor, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
• Harriet Spicer (born 1950) – publisher
• Russell Taylor (born 1960) – MBE, journalist and composer
• Jane Thynne (born 1961) – novelist, journalist and broadcaster
• Polly Toynbee (born 1946) – journalist with The Guardian, writer and broadcaster
• Victor Ubogu (born 1964) – Rugby player for Bath Rugby, businessman
• Jenny Uglow (born 1947) – OBE, critic and noted biographer, editorial director of Chatto and Windus
• Hilary Wainwright (born 1949) – feminist
• Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020) – CBE, novelist and children's writer
• Victoria Whitworth (born 1966) – Anglo-Scots novelist, archaeologist and art historian
• Ivy Williams (1877–1966) – first woman called to the English bar
• Mara Yamauchi (born 1973) – long-distance track and marathon runner
• Janet Young (1926–2002) – baroness, Conservative politician, first female Leader of the House of Lords

Academics

• Peter Ady – Fellow (1947–2004), eminent development economist, adviser to the Burmese Government and Ministry of Overseas Development.
• Roger Crisp – current Professor of Moral Philosophy, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Chairman of Management Committee of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
• Peter Donnelly, FRS – current Fellow (1996–), Australian mathematician and statistician, and current director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University
• Bent Flyvbjerg – current Fellow, noted economic geographer, urban planner, and current director of the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at the Saïd Business School
• Jenifer Hart – History Fellow
• Margaret Hubbard – Australian classical scholar specializing in philology; one of St Anne's 15 founding fellows
• Jonathan Katz – stipendiary lecturer, and current University Public Orator
• Patrick McGuinness – current Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Fellow and Tutor in French, author, and poet
• Georg Gottlob, FRS – current Fellow (since 2006), noted Austrian computer scientist specialising in database theory, logic, and artificial intelligence
• A. C. Grayling, FRSA, FRSL – current Supernumerary Fellow, philosopher, author, human rights and civil liberties advocate
• Tony Judt, FBA – Fellow (1980–87), author, historian, and public intellectual, later the director of the Erich Maria Remarque Institute at NYU and contributor to the New York Review of Books
• John Lloyd – current Supernumerary Fellow, journalist, contributor to the Financial Times, and co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University
• Nick Middleton – current Supernumerary Fellow, physical geographer specialising in desertification, and consultant to the IUCN, UNEP, EU, and WWF.^[5]
• Iris Murdoch, DBE – Fellow (1948–99), philosopher, and novelist, known for Under the Net and The Sea, The Sea
• Graham Nelson – current Supernumerary Fellow (since 2007), mathematician, poet, and noted interactive fiction game designer
• Roger Reed – current Supernumerary Fellow, professor of engineering and material science.^[6]
• Stephen Alexander Smith – Fellow (1991–98), legal scholar and writer
• Gabriele Taylor – current senior research fellow, philosopher in ethics

Principals

A list of principals of St Anne's College, Oxford.^[7]

• 1894–1921 Bertha Johnson
• 1921–1929 Christine Burrows
• 1929–1940 Grace Eleanor Hadow
• 1940–1953 Eleanor Plumer
• 1953–1966 Mary Ogilvie
• 1966–1984 Nancy Trenaman
• 1984–1991 Claire Palley
• 1991–2004 Ruth Deech
• 2004–2016 Tim Gardam
• 2016–2017 Robert Chard (acting)
• 2017–present: Helen King

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