Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, soldier, and scholar. He is best remembered for his explorations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Along with John Hanning Speke, Burton was the first European to witness the Great Lakes of Africa. A prolific writer, Burton wrote several scholarly articles about numerous subjects like sexual practices, falconry, human behavior, travel, and ethnography.

Henry Moseley was an English physicist best known for his development of Moseley's law in X-ray spectra. He made major contributions to the fields of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and quantum physics. He was working at the University of Oxford when World War I broke out, following which he went to volunteer for the Royal Engineers of the British Army. 

Christopher Tolkien was a French and English academic editor. The son of legendary author J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher edited much of his father's work, which was published after his father's demise. Christopher Tolkien is also credited with drawing the original maps in, The Lord of the Rings, one of his father's highly acclaimed novels.

British MP from North Devon and Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was born into a family of Conservative MPs. His political career was marred by a murder conspiracy charge. He had apparently planned to kill his homosexual partner, model Norman Scott, but had shot his dog by mistake.

Philippe of Belgium is the King of the Belgians who succeeded his father King Albert II after the latter's abdication on 21 July 2013 due to health reasons. In 2014, Philippe helped form a coalition government after the Belgian federal election. 

British jurist A. V. Dicey is best known for his Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, which forms the basis of the modern British constitution. Apart from teaching law at Oxford, he also served as the principal of the Working Men’s College of London.

Peter Wildeblood was an Anglo-Canadian novelist, journalist, gay rights campaigner, and playwright. One of the first men to declare his homosexuality in the UK, Wildeblood's career was largely overshadowed by his struggles against the law. Peter Wildeblood penned down his experiences as an openly gay man in a book titled Against the Law.

Initially a professor of political science, Bolaji Akinyemi later served as the country’s External Affairs Minister. The esteemed academician has also taught at UCLA and Cambridge. He has chaired the National Think Tank. He opposed the reigns of both Ernest Shonekan and Sani Abacha.

The only Australian to win the prestigious Newdigate Prize for poetry at the University of Oxford, Michael Thwaites had also worked for the navy and the Australian intelligence services, and also taught English. He remains best known for his works such as The Jervis Bay and Message to My Grandson.