The head of Magdalen College, University of Oxford, is the president.

The following is a list of presidents of the college:^[1]

• John Horley or Hornley (President of Magdalen Hall which preceded the college, 1448–1457)
• William Tybard (1457–1480)
• Richard Mayew (1480–1506)
• John Veysey or Harman (1507–1507)
• John Claymond (1507–1516)
• John Higdon (1516–1525)
• Lawrence Stubbs (1525–1528)
• Thomas Knollys (1528–1536)
• Owen Oglethorpe (1536–1552)
• Walter Haddon (1552–1553)
• Owen Oglethorpe (1553–1555)
• Arthur Cole (1555–1558)
• Thomas Coveney (1558–1561)
• Lawrence Humphrey (1561–1589)
• Nicholas Bond (1589–1608)
• John Harding (1608–1610)
• William Langton (1610–1626)
• Accepted Frewen (1626–1644)
• John Wilkinson (1644–1648)
• John Oliver (1648–1650)
• Thomas Goodwin (1650–1660)
• John Oliver (1660–1661)
• Thomas Pierce (1661–1672)
• Henry Clerke (1672–1687)
• John Hough (1687–1701)
• Samuel Parker (1701–1688)
• Bonaventure Gifford (1688–1688)
• John Rogers (1688–1703)
• Thomas Bayley (1703–1706)
• Joseph Harwar (1706–1722)
• Edward Butler (1722–1745)
• Thomas Jenner (1745–1768)
• George Horne (1768–1791)
• Martin Routh (1791–1854)
• Frederick Bulley (1854–1885)
• Thomas Herbert Warren (1885–1928)
• George Stuart Gordon (1928–1942)
• Henry Tizard (1942–1946)
• Thomas Boase (1947–1968)
• James Griffiths (1968–1979)
• Keith Griffin (1979–1988)
• Anthony Smith (1988–2005)
• David Clary (2005–2020)
• Dinah Rose (2020 onwards)^[2]