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.
Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald
activist · 1884–1958
Irish republican, socialist and suffragette
Queen's University Belfast
Madeleine Moon
politician · b. 1950
Welsh politician and MP (born 1950)
Cardiff University · Harper and Keele Veterinary School
Mah-Rukh Ali
non-fiction writer · b. 1982
journalist, news editor
SOAS University of London
Majid Haq
cricketer · b. 1983
Scottish cricketer (born 1983)
University of the West of Scotland
Makis Keravnos
banker · b. 1951
Cypriot banker & politician
Oxford Brookes University
Mal Peet
children's writer · 1947–2015
English children's writer
University of Warwick
Malcolm Evans
video game developer · b. 1944
British video game developer
University of Portsmouth
Malcolm Shaw
university teacher · b. 1947
British legal scholar
Harper and Keele Veterinary School · University of Liverpool
Malik Afegbua
fashion designer
Nigerian artist and fashion designer
University of Surrey
Malika Booker
artist · b. 1970
British poet
Goldsmiths, University of London
Manu Guix
DJ producer · b. 1979
Catalan composer
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Marc Edwards
television presenter · b. 1980
Television Presenter
Durham University
Margaret D. Lowman
ecologist · b. 1953
American ecologist
University of Aberdeen
Margaret MacDonald
philosopher · 1907–1956
British philosopher
Birkbeck, University of London
Margaret Stohl
comics writer · b. 1967
American author
University of East Anglia UEA
Margaret Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet
trade unionist · 1941–2017
British trade unionist (1941-2017)
University of Liverpool
Margarette May Macaulay
lawyer · b. 1901
Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS)
SOAS University of London
Margherita Grandi
opera singer · 1894–1972
singer
Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Margot Shiner
gastroenterologist · 1923–1998
German-British gastroenterologist (1923-1998)
University of Leeds
Maria-Carme Calderer
researcher · b. 1951
mathematician
Heriot-Watt University
Marianne Cronin
linguist · b. 1990
British writer of Irish descent
Lancaster University
Marianne Majerus
photographer · b. 1956
photographer
University of East Anglia UEA
Marietta Pallis
botanical illustrator · 1882–1963
Greek-British ecologist (1882-1963)
University of Liverpool
Mario Luis Fuentes Alcalá
economist · b. 1956
economist and politician
University of East Anglia UEA
Marion Adnams
muralist · 1898–1995
British painter (1898-1995)
University of Nottingham
Marion Gilchrist
ophthalmologist · 1864–1952
Scottish doctor and suffragette
University of St Andrews
Marjory Gill Allen
landscape architect · 1897–1976
British landscape architect
University of Reading
Mark Brazil
journalist · b. 1955
British conservationist and writer (born 1955)
Harper and Keele Veterinary School
Mark Fell
multimedia artist · b. 1966
British electronic musician
Sheffield Hallam University
Mark Griffin
politician · b. 1985
British politician (born 1985)
University of Strathclyde
Mark Kent
diplomat · b. 1966
British diplomat
Open University
Mark Lowcock
accountant · b. 1962
British civil servant
Birkbeck, University of London
Mark Lui
music director · b. 1969
Hong Kong actor, singer and composer
Imperial College London
Mark McClelland
bass guitarist · b. 1976
British musician
University of Dundee
Mark P. Witton
paleontologist · b. 1984
British palaeontologist and artist
University of Portsmouth
Mark Pawsey
politician · b. 1957
British politician (born 1957)
University of Reading
Mark Pollicott
mathematician · b. 1959
British mathematician
University of Warwick
Mark Sedwill
diplomat · b. 1964
British diplomat and civil servant
University of St Andrews
Mark Simmonds
politician · b. 1964
British politician (born 1964)
Nottingham Trent University
Mark Steedman
computational linguist · b. 1946
British computational linguist
University of Sussex
Mark Taylor
association football player · b. 1964
English footballer (born 1964)
University of Salford
Mark Thomas
geneticist · b. 1964
British geneticist
University of Liverpool
Martin Cohen
philosopher · b. 1964
British philosopher
University of Exeter
Martin Corry
rugby union player · b. 1973
English rugby union footballer
Northumbria University, Newcastle
Martin McAleese
politician · b. 1951
Irish politician
Queen's University Belfast
Martin Warner
Anglican priest · b. 1958
Bishop of Chichester; Bishop of Whitby; Canon at St Paul's
Durham University
Martin Whitfield
politician · b. 1965
Scottish politician (born 1965)
University of Huddersfield
Martins Imhangbe
actor · b. 1991
actor
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Martyn Percy
clergyman · b. 1962
British Anglican priest and theologian
Durham University
Martyn Snow
Anglican priest · b. 1968
Bishop of Leicester; Bishop of Tewkesbury
University of Sheffield
Marvin Rees
non-executive director · b. 1972
British politician
Swansea University
Marwa Arsanios
video artist · b. 1978
American artist (born 1978)
University of the Arts London
Mary Bousted
trade unionist · b. 1959
British trade unionist (born 1959)
University of Hull · University of York
Mary Chamberlain
historian · b. 1947
British historian
Royal Holloway, University of London
Mary Coombs
programmer · 1929–2022
British computer programmer, first female commercial programmer
Queen Mary University of London
Mary Pickford
physiologist · 1902–2002
neuroendocrinologist (1902-2002)
Royal Holloway, University of London
Mary Shaw
opera singer · 1814–1876
British opera singer (1814–1876)
Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Mary Wangari Wamae
business executive
Kenyan lawyer and corporate executive
York St John University
Mary Whelan
diplomat · b. 2000
Irish diplomat
Ulster University
Mary-Ann Musangi
business · b. 1971
Kenyan businesswoman and entrepreneur
University of Surrey