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 18 Nobel laureates. LSE started awarding its own degrees in its own name in 2008, prior to which it awarded degrees of the University of London. 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. Many of the university's alumni have attained a level of distinction in more than one field, however these appear only in the category which they are most often associated. Government and politics Heads of state or government United Kingdom Current members of the House of Commons Dan Carden, British MP Richard Bacon, British MP Karen Buck, British MP Greg Clark, British MP, former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Yvette Cooper, British MP, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mary Creagh, British MP Stella Creasy, British MP Margaret Hodge, British MP Margot James, British MP, former Minister of State for Digital and Creative Industries Ranil Jayawardena, British MP Ed Miliband, British MP, former Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition Maria Miller, British MP, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Bob Neill, British MP Christopher Pincher, British MP Stephen Pound, British MP Rachel Reeves, British MP David Rutley, British MP Andrew Selous, British MP Virendra Sharma, British MP Barry Sheerman, British MP Current members of the House of Lords Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, media mogul Ros Altmann, Baroness Altmann, former Minister of State for Pensions Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, former Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, development economist Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine Anthony Giddens, sociologist David Gold, Baron Gold Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, current Deputy High Court Judge Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, former Lord Chancellor Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, School Professor of Economics at the LSE; former Governor of the Bank of England Richard Layard, Baron Layard, economist Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore, former director of political