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.
Abeer Abu Ghaith
activist · b. 1985
Palestinian activist and businesswoman
Birkbeck, University of London
Abigail Freeborn
cricketer · b. 1996
English cricketer
Loughborough University
Abraham Byandaala
minister · b. 1950
Ugandan politician
University of Strathclyde
Abubakar Surajo Imam
academic
Nigerian professor
Newcastle University
Adam Barton
cricketer · b. 1995
cricketer (born 1995)
Anglia Ruskin University
Adam Crozier
chief executive officer · b. 1964
Scottish businessman
Heriot-Watt University
Adam Tomkins
jurist · b. 1969
British legal scholar and politician (born 1969)
University of East Anglia UEA
Adam Yates
association football player · b. 1983
British footballer (born 1983)
University of Staffordshire
Adekunle Ojora
journalist · 1932–2026
Nigerian business executive
University of Westminster, London
Adele Nicoll
bobsledder · b. 1996
British athletics competitor and bobsledder
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Adele Parks
writer · b. 1969
British writer
University of Leicester
Adem Ilhan
Liedermacher · b. 1950
British musician
University of Warwick
Adi Stern
designer · b. 1966
Israeli graphic designer
University of Reading
Adie Moses
association football player · b. 1975
British footballer (born 1975)
University of Staffordshire
Aditya Tiwari
LGBTQ rights activist · b. 1998
Indian poet and LGBT+ rights activist
University of East Anglia UEA
Adrian Weale
journalist · b. 1964
English writer
University of York
Adriana Brownlee
mountaineer · b. 2001
English mountaineer (born 2001)
University of Bath
Afshin Naghouni
painter · b. 1969
Iranian-British artist
London Metropolitan University
Ahmed Mukhtar
musician · b. 1967
Iraqi musician
SOAS University of London
Ahmed Shide
minister
Ethiopian-Somali politician
University of Sussex
Aisha Shehu Adamu
medical director · b. 1969
Nigerian medical consultant
University of Liverpool
Ajaz Akhtar
cricketer · b. 1968
cricketer (born 1968)
Teesside University · University of Hertfordshire
Akef Al-Fayez
statesperson · 1924–1998
Jordanian politician
Cardiff University
Akierra Missick
politician · b. 1983
Turks and Caicos Islands politician
University of Nottingham
Akinsola Olusegun Faluyi
engineer · b. 1934
Nigerian engineer
Loughborough University
Akwasi Osei-Adjei
accountant · b. 1949
Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs from July 2007 to February 2009
De Montfort University
Alaa Satir
draftsperson · b. 1990
Sudanese graphic artist and social activist
University of the Arts London
Alan Bowness
art critic · 1928–2021
British art historian (1928–2021)
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Alan Bundy
artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1947
British artificial intelligence researcher
University of Leicester
Alan Carter
philosopher · b. 1952
British philosopher
University of Kent · University of Sussex
Alan Charlton
diplomat · b. 1952
British Ambassador to Brazil
University of Leicester
Alan Davison
chemist · 1936–2015
British chemist (1936-2015)
Swansea University
Alan Hurst
council member · 1945–2023
British politician (1945-2023)
University of Liverpool
Alan Reid
politician · b. 1954
British politician (born 1954)
University of Strathclyde
Alan Vaughan-Richards
architect · 1925–1989
british-Nigerian architect
University of Westminster, London
Alan Walton
chemist · 1936–2015
American businessman (1936–2015)
University of Nottingham
Alanah Bloor
actor · b. 1999
British actress (born 1999)
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Alasdair Cochrane
political theorist · b. 1978
British political theorist, ethicist, activist, author
University of Sheffield
Alasdair Morgan
politician · b. 1945
Scottish politician (born 1945)
Open University
Alastair Bressington
rugby union player · b. 1979
English cricketer (born 1979)
University of Worcester
Alastair Culham
botanist · b. 1965
English botanist (born 1965)
University of Leicester
Albert John Chalmers
botanist · 1870–1920
botanist (1870-1920)
University of Liverpool
Alberta Whittle
visual artist · b. 1980
barbadian-Scottish artist
Glasgow School of Art
Aled Eames
non-fiction writer · 1921–1996
historian and author, mostly Welsh maritime history (1921–1996)
Bangor University
Aled Gruffydd Jones
vice-chancellor · b. 1955
British academic
University of Warwick · University of York
Alex Allan
rugby union player · b. 1992
Scottish rugby union player
Loughborough University
Alex Attwood
politician · b. 1959
Northern Irish politician (born 1959)
Queen's University Belfast
Alex Brooker
journalist · b. 1984
British television presenter and sports journalist
Liverpool John Moores University
Alex Ibru
politician · 1945–2011
Nigerian businessman (1945–2011)
Nottingham Trent University
Alex Jones
cricketer · b. 1988
cricketer
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Alex McSweeney
television actor · b. 1984
British actor
London South Bank University
Alex Randall
designer · b. 1982
British lighting designer
Falmouth University
Alex Thomson
cricketer · b. 1993
cricketer (born 1993)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Alex Yam
politician · b. 1981
Singaporean politician
University of Kent
Alex Zane
journalist · b. 1979
English comedian
Goldsmiths, University of London
Alexander Burnett
politician · b. 1973
Scottish politician (born 1973)
Newcastle University
Alexander Gordon Smith
publisher · b. 1979
British fiction writer
University of East Anglia UEA
Alexander Stoddart
sculptor · b. 1959
British artist (born 1959)
Glasgow School of Art
Alexandra Culvin
association football player · b. 1983
English association football player (born 1983)
Liverpool John Moores University
Alf Adams
physicist · b. 1939
British physicist
University of Leicester