The University of Oxford has produced a long list of world leaders, writers, thinkers, philosophers, scientists and artists over the course of its history that stretches back to 1096 AD. At the Oxford Summer Program, students will experience the academic and social life at University of Oxford and follow the footsteps of various eminent personalities who have studied and lived at this historic place. The following are just a few names of high-profile personalities associated with Oxford University. – Twenty-eight British prime ministers have attended Oxford. – Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, T.S. Eliot and Lewis Carroll are some of the famous writers along with philosophers John Locke, Jeremy Bentham and Thomas Hobbes who have been associated with Oxford. – Some of the scientists that Oxford produced include Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Albert Einstein.