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Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Ivy PinchbeckIvy Pinchbeck stood on the stage at the University of Nottingham in 1920 to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree. This moment marked the beginning of a career…
- Pierre TrudeauPierre Trudeau was born at home in Outremont, Quebec, on the 18th of October 1919. His father Charles-Émile Trudeau owned a gas station chain and the…
- Bronisław MalinowskiBronisław Kasper Malinowski was born on the 7th of April 1884 in Kraków, then part of the Austrian Partition of Poland. His father Lucjan Malinowski served…
- George SorosOn the 12th of August 1930, György Schwartz was born in Budapest to a prosperous non-observant Jewish family. His father Tivadar worked as a lawyer and…
- Tobias AdrianTobias Adrian entered the world on the 23rd of July 1971 in Kronberg, West Germany. He began his schooling at Humboldtschule located in Bad Homburg.
- B. R. AmbedkarIn the town of Mhow, a young boy named Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar sat on a gunny sack during school hours. He could not sit inside the classroom like other…
- David AttenboroughDavid Frederick Attenborough was born on the 8th of May 1926 in Isleworth, Middlesex. He grew up in College House on the campus of University College…
- Hilary MantelHilary Mary Thompson was born on the 6th of July 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire. She grew up as a Roman Catholic in the mill village of Hadfield.
- Ronald CoaseRonald Harry Coase was born in Willesden, a suburb of London, on the 29th of December 1910. His father worked as a telegraphist for the post office, and his…
- Nicholas BarrNicholas Barr stands as a professor of public economics at the London School of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in economics as a Fulbright Scholar from the…
- Michael Hirst (writer)Michael Hirst was born on the 21st of September 1952 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He grew up in Ilkley and attended Bradford Grammar School before moving to…
- Patrick CurryPatrick Curry was born in Winnipeg, Canada, during the year 1951. He pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at the University of California, Santa…
- Nick BostromNiklas Boström was born on the 10th of March 1973 in Helsingborg, Sweden. He disliked school at a young age and spent his last year of high school learning…
- Daniel Patrick MoynihanDaniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 16th of March 1927. He moved to New York City at age six with his Irish Catholic family.
- William BaumolWilliam Jack Baumol was born on the 26th of February 1922 in the South Bronx. His parents Solomon and Lillian had both immigrated to America from Eastern…