Notable UK university alumni
13,528 people who studied at a UK university and have Wikipedia coverage. Ranked by international notability (number of language Wikipedias they appear in). Sourced from Wikidata.
Chi Onwurah
politician · b. 1965
British politician (born 1965)
Imperial College London
Chibli Mallat
university teacher · b. 1960
Lebanese lawyer and activist
SOAS University of London
Chloe Howman
film actor · b. 1978
British actress
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Chris Banks
association football player · b. 1965
British footballer (born 1965)
University of Salford
Chris Bisson
film actor · b. 1975
English actor
University of Salford
Chris Clough
television director · b. 1951
British television director and producer
University of Leeds
Chris Copping
singer-songwriter · b. 1945
British musician
University of Leicester
Chris Elmore
council member · b. 1983
Welsh politician and MP (born 1983)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Chris Haskett
guitarist · b. 1962
American guitarist
University of Leeds
Chris Humphries
botanist · 1947–2009
British botanist (1947-2009)
University of Reading
Chris Mullin
opinion journalist · b. 1947
British Labour politician and diarist (born 1947)
University of Hull
Chris White
politician · b. 1967
British politician (born 1967)
University of Bath
Chris Woodhead
journalist · 1946–2015
British educationalist
Harper and Keele Veterinary School · University of Bristol
Christian Darnton
composer · 1905–1981
British composer (1905-1981)
Royal College of Music
Christian Keysers
neuroscientist · b. 1973
French and German neuroscientist
University of St Andrews
Christian Wade
American football player · b. 1991
English player of rugby union and American football
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Christie Watson
nurse · b. 1976
British author
University of East Anglia UEA
Christina Boxer
athletics competitor · b. 1957
English middle-distance runner
Loughborough University
Christine Oddy
jurist · 1955–2014
English politician (1955-2014)
Birkbeck, University of London
Christopher Newton
theatre director · 1936–2021
Canadian actor
University of Leeds
Cicely Williams
pediatrician · 1893–1992
Jamaican physician (1893-1992)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Claire Ward
politician · b. 1972
British politician (born 1972)
University of Hertfordshire
Claude Ambrose Rogers
mathematician · 1920–2005
British mathematician (1920–2005)
Birkbeck, University of London
Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos
politician · 1916–2001
British politician (1916-2001)
Aberystwyth University
Clémentine Deliss
anthropologist · b. 1960
French curator
SOAS University of London
Clive King
children's writer · 1924–2018
British writer (1924-2018)
SOAS University of London
Clive M. Oppenheimer
earth scientist · b. 1964
British volcanologist
Open University
Clive Needle
politician · b. 1956
British politician (born 1956)
Aston University, Birmingham
Colin Cherry
computational linguist · 1914–1979
British scientist (1914-1979)
Imperial College London
Concy Aciro
politician
Ugandan politician
University of Birmingham
Conor McGinn
politician · b. 1984
British politician (born 1984)
London Metropolitan University
Constance Afiong "Afi" Ekong
painter · 1930–2009
Nigerian artist (1930-2009)
Oxford Brookes University
Constance Briscoe
autobiographer · b. 1957
British barrister, recorder, writer
Newcastle University · University of Warwick
Corri Wilson
politician · b. 1965
Scottish politician (born 1965)
University of the West of Scotland
Cosmo Innes
antiquarian · 1798–1874
British academic
University of Aberdeen
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
association football player · b. 1990
English footballer
Nottingham Trent University
Cristina Durán Costell
comics writer · b. 1970
Spanish illustrator and cartoonist
Middlesex University
D. Gwenallt Jones
novelist · 1899–1968
Welsh bard (1899–1968)
Aberystwyth University
Daisy Johnson
short story writer · b. 1990
British novelist and short story writer (born 1990)
Lancaster University
Dami Olonisakin
sex columnist · b. 1990
British Nigerian sex educator
University of Bedfordshire
Dan Tehan
politician · b. 1968
Australian politician
University of Kent
Dani Wilde
songwriter · b. 1985
English singer and guitarist
BIMM University
Daniel Edwin Rutherford
university teacher · 1906–1966
mathematician (1906-1966)
University of St Andrews
Daniel Francis Annan
politician · 1928–2006
Judge and former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (1928-2006)
University of Hull
Daniel Parslow
association football player · b. 1985
Welsh association football player
Manchester Metropolitan University
Danielle Rowley
politician · b. 1990
Scottish politician (born 1989)
Edinburgh Napier University
Danny Cowley
association football coach · b. 1978
English football manager (born 1978)
University of Greenwich
Danny Driver
pianist · b. 1977
British pianist (1977 -)
Royal College of Music
Danny Schofield
association football player · b. 1980
English footballer and manager (born 1980)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Darren Mew
swimmer · b. 1979
British swimmer
University of Bath
Dave Challinor
association football player · b. 1975
English association football player and manager (born 1975)
University of Salford
Dave Goulson
ecologist · b. 1965
British biologist, conservationist, and Professor of Biology
Oxford Brookes University
Dave Laing
music historian · 1947–2019
British writer
University of Sussex
David Bowe
politician · b. 1955
British politician (born 1955)
Teesside University
David Burrowes
politician · b. 1969
British politician (born 1969)
University of Exeter
David Canter
criminologist · b. 1944
psychologist
University of Liverpool
David Crighton
university teacher · 1942–2000
British mathematician and physicist (1942–2000)
Imperial College London
David Dolphin
biochemist · b. 1940
Canadian biochemist
University of Nottingham
David Drew
politician · b. 1952
British politician (born 1952)
University of Nottingham
David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
antiquarian · 1742–1829
British antiquarian; (1742-1829)
University of St Andrews