Notable Speakers
The Oxford Union has a long history of hosting international figures and celebrities.
- author Robert Greene
- Dalai Lama
- former British prime ministers Winston Churchill, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher and John Major
- Mother Teresa
- former US presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
- US diplomats Henry Kissinger, Madeline Albright
- former CIA director David Petraeus
- former US Presidential nominees John McCain, Newt Gingrich
- US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger
- former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
- former Australian prime minister John Howard
- former New Zealand prime minister David Lange
- former PLO leader Yasser Arafat
- Afghan president Hamid Karzai
- Russian politician and former finance minister Grigory Yavlinsky
- notable barrister and prime-ministerial spouse Cherie Booth QC
- Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams
- scientist Albert Einstein
- physicist Stephen Hawking
- biologist Richard Dawkins debating creationist A. E. Wilder-Smith
- savant Kim Peek
- comedian and writer Stephen Fry
- former US Attorney General and Senator Robert Kennedy
- actress Judi Dench
- actors Johnny Depp, Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Martin Sheen, Leslie Nielsen
- actor / directors Orson Welles, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty
- radio presenter Scott Mills
- comedians Frankie Howerd and Jim Bowen
- Malcolm X
- O.J. Simpson
- footballers Diego Maradona, Paul Gascoigne
- rock star Jon Bon Jovi
- pop stars Michael Jackson, Shakira, Leehom Wang
- singer and viral video star PSY
- composer Burt Bacharach
- televangelist Jerry Falwell
- magician David Blaine
- TV talk show host Jerry Springer
- singers Barry White, Gerard Way
- puppet Kermit the Frog
- fashion journalist Anna Wintour
- author John LeCarre
- international model Katia Elizarova
- musical humourist and conductor Gerard Hoffnung
- porn stars Ron Jeremy, Annabel Chong
- UFC president Dana White
- Islamic preacher Zakir Naik
- ventriloquist David Strassman
- former Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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