Notable UK university alumni

James Flint

novelist · b. 1968

British writer

University of Warwick

James Fordyce

theologian · 1720–1796

British writer and minister

University of Aberdeen

James Frith

politician · b. 1977

politician (born 1977)

Manchester Metropolitan University

British architect

Glasgow School of Art · Kingston University

Headmaster of Bedford School and a former English cricketer (born 1969)

Durham University

James Irvine

university teacher · 1877–1952

Scottish chemist (1877–1952)

University of Strathclyde

James Moir Ferres

journalist · 1813–1870

Canadian politician (1813-1870)

University of Aberdeen

James Provan

farmer · b. 1936

British politician (born 1936)

Royal Agricultural University

Turks and Caicos Islands association football player (born 1986)

University of East London

James Sheridan Muspratt

chemist · 1821–1871

Irish chemist (1821–1871)

University of Strathclyde

British theatre director

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Jamie Noon

rugby union player · b. 1979

English rugby union footballer

Northumbria University, Newcastle

Jamilur Reza Choudhury

civil engineer · 1943–2020

Bangladeshi civil engineer, professor, researcher, education advocate and former Adviser (Minister) to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

University of Southampton

Jan Carson

writer · b. 1980

writer from Northern Ieland

Queen's University Belfast

Jane Hill

journalist · b. 1969

British newsreader

Queen Mary University of London

English botanist and scientific translator (1897–1982)

University of Leeds

British soprano (1938-2021)

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

British biologist and geneticist

Swansea University · University of Bradford

British activist and athlete (1964–2007)

Sheffield Hallam University

President of Women in Mining in Nigeria

Loughborough University

Janette Beckman

photographer · b. 1959

British photographer (born 1959)

University of the Arts London

climate scientist

University of East Anglia UEA

Singaporean politician and medical doctor

Queen's University Belfast

Janina Ramirez

scholar of English · b. 1980

British art and cultural historian

University of York

Janusz Bugajski

political analyst · 1954–2025

American political consultant

University of Kent

Jared O'Mara

politician · b. 1981

British politician (born 1981)

University of Staffordshire

Jason Lee

field hockey player · b. 1970

British field hockey player and coach

Loughborough University

British painter (born 1970)

Goldsmiths, University of London

Jason Mohammad

television journalist · b. 1975

Welsh radio and television presenter

Cardiff University · Swansea University

British-Pakistani legal scholar and professor

University of Hull

British politician (born 1939)

University of Aberdeen

French economist

Middlesex University

Jean-François Delmas

curator · b. 1964

French librarian

ESCP Business School

Jean-Louis Destans

politician · b. 1951

French politician

ESCP Business School

Jeanne Added

recording artist · b. 1980

French recording artist, singer-songwriter

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

British footballer (born 1954)

University of Salford

English actor (1948–2012)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Jem Finer

banjoist · b. 1955

British musician, artist and songwriter

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

British artist (1936–2025)

Goldsmiths, University of London

British actress

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Welsh children's writer

Cardiff University

Jennifer Whitmore

politician · b. 1974

Irish Social Democrats politician and environmentalist

Ulster University

American business theorist

University of Hull

Jenny Chapman

politician · b. 1973

British Labour Party politician

Brunel University of London · Durham University

Jenny Willott

politician · b. 1974

British politician (born 1974)

Durham University

British poet and professor (born 1947)

Queen Mary University of London

Anglo-Irish hereditary peer (1939-2014)

Royal Agricultural University

British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

English actor (1950–1996)

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Jessica Reynolds

actor · b. 1998

Irish actress

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Jessie Bond

opera singer · 1853–1942

singer and actress (1853-1942)

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

mathematician

University of Dundee

Jide Macaulay

LGBTQ rights activist · b. 1966

Nigerian activist and religious leader

Anglia Ruskin University

Jill Morris

diplomat · b. 1967

British diplomat

University of Warwick

Jim Tomlinson

saxophonist · b. 1966

British saxophonist

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

British-Canadian writer (1947–2016)

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

British art historian, writer (1926-2005)

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

Scottish artist (1921-1963)

Glasgow School of Art

Jamaican-British novelist

University of Sussex

Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

politician · b. 1943

British Baroness

Manchester Metropolitan University · University of Liverpool