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.
Sarah Hanffou
table tennis player · b. 1986
Cameroonian table tennis player
ESCP Business School
Sarah Lynn Dawson
film actor · b. 1981
British actress and writer
University of Leeds
Sarah Montague
broadcaster · b. 1966
BBC presenter
University of Bristol
Sarah Walker
music educator · b. 1943
British mezzo-soprano
Royal College of Music
Sarfraz Manzoor
presenter · b. 1971
British journalist
University of Salford
Saul Dibb
director · b. 1968
British film director and screenwriter
University of East Anglia UEA
Savannah Steyn
actor · b. 1996
British actress (born 1996)
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Sayed Askar Mousavi
writer · b. 1956
Hazara writer
University of East Anglia UEA
Scott Ainslie
politician · b. 1968
British politician (born 1968)
Edinburgh Napier University
Scott Minto
sports commentator · b. 1971
British footballer (born 1971)
University of Staffordshire
Sedat Laçiner
journalist · b. 1972
Turkish academic and writer (born 1972)
University of Sheffield
Selina Griffiths
film actor · b. 1969
English actress
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Serajul Islam Choudhury
literary critic · b. 1936
Bangladeshi academic and editor
University of Leicester
Seren Waters
cricketer · b. 1990
Kenyan cricketer
Durham University
Serena de la Hey
sculptor · b. 1967
Kenyan-born British sculptor
Falmouth University
Shama Rahman
songwriter · b. 1983
British singer and musician
Goldsmiths, University of London · Imperial College London · Royal College of Music
Shapla Salique
singer · b. 1975
British singer
University of Leeds
Sharada Srinivasan
anthropologist · b. 2000
Indian academic
SOAS University of London
Shaun Bailey
politician · b. 1971
British politician and journalist (born 1971)
London South Bank University
Shauna Mullin
beach volleyball player · b. 1984
British beach volleyball player
University of Bath
Shehzad Tanweer
1982–2005
British terrorist (1982-2005)
Leeds Beckett University
Shirley-Anne Somerville
politician · b. 1974
Scottish politician (born 1974)
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh · University of Stirling · University of Strathclyde
Sian MacLeod
diplomat · b. 1962
British diplomat
Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Silvina Batakis
economist · b. 1968
Argentine politician
University of York
Sima Kamil
banker · b. 1957
Pakistani banker
Kingston University
Simon Barr
rower · b. 1985
German rower
Durham University
Simon Emmerson
guitarist · 1956–2023
British musician
Lancaster University
Simon Fowler
guitarist · b. 1965
English musician (born 1965)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Simon Hamilton
politician · b. 1977
British politician (born 1977)
Queen's University Belfast
Simon Hughes
cricketer · b. 1959
English cricketer and journalist (born 1959)
Durham University
Simon Kirby
politician · b. 1964
British politician (born 1964)
Open University
Simon Thomas
librarian · b. 1963
British politician (born 1963)
Aberystwyth University
Siphiwo Ntshebe
opera singer · 1974–2010
South African operatic tenor (1974-2010)
Royal College of Music
Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet
pathologist · 1826–1893
British pathologist (1826–1893)
University of Aberdeen
Sir John Parker
supervisory board · b. 1942
businessman from the United Kingdom, born 1942
Queen's University Belfast
Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London
obstetrician · 1840–1926
Welsh baronet, physician and principal founder of the National Library of Wales (1840-1926)
Swansea University
Sir Trevor Phillips
journalist · b. 1953
British television producer (born 1953)
Imperial College London
Soejatmi Dransfield
scientific illustrator · b. 1939
Indonesia-born British botanist, botanical collector and botanical illustrator (1939- )
University of Reading
Somadina
singer-songwriter · b. 2000
musical artist
University of Warwick
Sophie Mackintosh
writer · b. 1988
British author
University of Warwick
Sophie Sinclair
curler · b. 1997
Scottish female curler
Edinburgh Napier University
Stacie Powell
competitive diver · b. 1985
British diver
University of Southampton
Stanley William Herbert Cowley
physicist · b. 1947
British physicist
Imperial College London
Stansmore Dean
painter · 1866–1944
Scottish painter - A "Glasgow Girl"; (1866-1944)
Glasgow School of Art
Stel Pavlou
science fiction writer · b. 1970
British writer
Liverpool Hope University · University of Liverpool
Stella Meghie
film director · b. 2000
Canadian filmmaker
University of Westminster, London
Stéphane Cornicard
video game actor · b. 1964
French actor
Goldsmiths, University of London
Stephanie Busari
journalist · b. 1977
Nigerian journalist
Leeds Trinity University
Stephanie Peacock
trade unionist · b. 1986
UK Member of Parliament (born 1986)
Queen Mary University of London
Stephen Cole
young adult author · b. 1971
British sci-fi and children's author
University of East Anglia UEA
Stephen Kerr
politician · b. 1960
Scottish politician (born 1960)
University of Stirling
Stephen Morgan
politician · b. 1981
UK Member of Parliament (born 1981)
University of Bristol
Stephen Webb
physicist · b. 1963
British physicist
University of Bristol
Steve Nieve
musician · b. 1958
English keyboardist
Royal College of Music
Steve Oram
television actor · b. 1973
British actor, comedian, and filmmaker
University of East Anglia UEA
Steve Rosenberg
journalist · b. 1968
British journalist
University of Leeds
Steve Rotheram
politician · b. 1961
Mayor of the Liverpool City Region (born 1961)
Liverpool John Moores University
Steve Williamson
jazz musician · b. 1964
English musician
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Steven Hartley
film actor · b. 1960
English actor
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Steven Linares
barrister · b. 1901
Gibraltarian politician
Leeds Trinity University · University of Leeds · University of Wolverhampton