Patrick Wintour

About

Well-respected British journalist who rose through the ranks to become a political and diplomatic editor for The Guardian. He has also had multiple stints as the newspaper's chief political correspondent.

Before Fame

He studied at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford.

Trivia

He was named Political Journalist of the Year at the 2007 British Press Awards.

Family Life

His father Charles was a newspaper editor and his mother's name is Eleanor. He married journalist Rachel Sylvester in 2002. They have two children and he has two other kids from a previous marriage. His sister is Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Associated With

Owen Jones and Paul Johnson are other prominent journalists who were born in the United Kingdom.