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.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
university teacher · b. 1967
Irish legal academic
Queen's University Belfast
Florence Aylward
composer · 1862–1950
English composer
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Florens Luoga
academic · b. 1958
Tanzanian lawyer and academic (born 1958)
University of Warwick
Frances Melville
suffragist · 1873–1962
Scottish academic & suffragist
University of St Andrews
Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
trade unionist · b. 1959
British trade unionist (born 1959)
Middlesex University
Francis Alimikhena
politician · b. 1947
Nigerian politician
University of Buckingham
Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland
aristocrat · b. 1940
Duke of Sutherland
Royal Agricultural University
Francis Noel Duffy
politician · b. 1971
Irish Green Party politician
London South Bank University
Francis Yeoh
businessperson · b. 1954
Malaysian businessman
Kingston University
François Zocchetto
politician · b. 1958
Mayenne politician
ESCP Business School
Frank Beresford
painter · 1881–1967
painter (1881-1967)
University of Derby
Frank Cook
politician · 1935–2012
politician (1935-2012)
University of Leeds
Frank McDonough
historian of Modern Age · b. 1957
English historian of international history and the Third Reich
Lancaster University
Freda Warrington
illustrator · b. 1956
British writer
Loughborough University
Frédéric Fougea
film producer · b. 1961
French film producer
ESCP Business School
Frédéric Salat-Baroux
official · b. 1963
French official and lawyer
ESCP Business School
Fritz Baffour
communications adviser · b. 1952
Ghanaian politician and communication consultant
University of Leicester
Fuad Alakbarov
contemporary artist · b. 1988
Azerbaijani-Scottish political commentator, journalist and photographer (b. 1988)
Glasgow Caledonian University
Fulton MacGregor
politician · b. 1980
politician (born 1980)
University of Strathclyde
Gabriel Akinbolarin Akinbiyi
b. 1949
bishop of Akoko in the Province of Ondo, Nigeria
Oak Hill Theological College
Gareth Cooper
rugby union player · b. 1979
Welsh rugby union player (b.1979)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Gareth Morris
flautist · 1920–2007
British musician (1920–2007)
Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Gareth Owen
association football player · b. 1982
English-born Welsh footballer (born 1982)
Manchester Metropolitan University · University of Staffordshire
Gareth Powell Williams
rugby union player · 1954–2018
Welsh rugby union player
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Gary Waller
politician · 1945–2017
British politician (1945-2017)
Lancaster University
Gavin Esler
journalist · b. 1953
British author and television presenter
University of Kent · University of Leeds
Gavin Strachan
journalist · b. 1978
Scottish footballer
University of Staffordshire
Gazelle Twin
songwriter · b. 2000
British musician
University of Sussex
Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo
human rights defender · b. 1965
Nigerian human rights activist
University of Buckingham
Gearóid Mac Niocaill
celticist · 1932–2004
British academic
University of Leeds
Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin
politician · 1910–1991
Northern Irish politician (1910-1991)
Queen's University Belfast
Gene Callahan
economist · b. 1959
Austrian School economist and university professor
Cardiff University
Geoffrey Boxshall
copepodologist · b. 1950
British zoologist (1950– )
University of Leeds
Geoffrey Khan
linguist · b. 1958
Professor of Semitic Languages
SOAS University of London
Geoffrey Toye
conductor · 1889–1942
English conductor, composer and opera producer
Royal College of Music
George Berry
association football player · b. 1957
Welsh footballer
University of Staffordshire
George Jamieson
barrister · 1843–1920
British consular officer (1843-1920)
University of Aberdeen
George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie
judge · 1630–1714
Scottish statesman
University of St Andrews
George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie
farmer · 1919–2015
Scottish politician (1919-2015)
University of Aberdeen
George Reginald Starr
SOE agent · 1904–1980
British engineer
Imperial College London
George Unwin
economic historian · 1870–1925
British economic historian & academic
Cardiff University
Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner
paramedic · 1900–1990
British peer (1900–1990)
Open University
Gerald Gazdar
linguist · b. 1950
British linguist
University of East Anglia UEA · University of Reading
Gerard Lyons
financial analyst · b. 1961
British economist
Queen Mary University of London · University of Liverpool · University of Warwick
Gerry Judah
sculptor · b. 1951
British artist and designer
Goldsmiths, University of London
Ghanim Saad Al Saad
b. 1964
businessperson
University of Kent
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
historian · b. 1953
Thai academic
University of Sussex
Gill Furniss
council member · b. 1957
British politician (born 1957)
Leeds Beckett University
Gillian Blake
film actor · b. 1949
British actress
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Gillian Freeman
novelist · 1929–2019
British writer and screenplayer (1929-2019)
University of Reading
Gillian Weir
music educator · b. 1941
New Zealand-British organist
Royal College of Music
Gino Costa
security advisor · b. 1956
Peruvian lawyer and politician
University of East Anglia UEA
Giovanni Leone
volcanologist · b. 1967
Italian geophysicist and volcanologist
Lancaster University
Gísli Guðjónsson
forensic psychologist · b. 1947
Icelandic psychologist
University of Surrey
Gladys Bronwyn Stern
novelist · 1890–1973
British writer (1890–1973)
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Glenn Patterson
writer · b. 1961
writer
University of East Anglia UEA
Glyn Garner
association football player · b. 1976
British footballer (born 1976)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Gordon Harris
cricketer · b. 1964
English cricketer (born 1964)
De Montfort University
Gordon Hillman
anthropologist · 1943–2018
British archaeobotanist (1943-2018)
University of Reading
Gordon Lyons
politician · b. 1986
unionist politician in Northern Ireland (born 1986)
Newcastle University