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.
Anke Domscheit-Berg
business consultant · b. 1968
German politician
Newcastle University · Northumbria University, Newcastle
Ann Langley
university teacher · b. 2000
Canadian management researcher
Lancaster University
Ann Rosalie David
Egyptologist · b. 1946
British egyptologist
University of Liverpool
Ann Sutherland Harris
art historian · b. 1937
British art historian (1937-)
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Anna Davin
social historian · b. 1940
British feminist historian
Birkbeck, University of London
Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
politician · b. 1955
British politician (born 1955)
Royal Holloway, University of London
Anna Keay
curator · b. 1974
British architectural historian, author, and television personality
Queen Mary University of London
Anna King
painter · b. 1984
landscape artist
University of Dundee
Anna Watts
astrophysicist · b. 1975
British physicist
University of Southampton
Annabel Abbs
novelist · b. 1964
British writer
Kingston University · University of East Anglia UEA
Anne Devlin
short story writer · b. 1951
British writer
Ulster University
Anne Main
politician · b. 1957
UK politician (born 1957)
Swansea University · University of Sheffield
Anne Marie Rafferty
researcher · b. 1958
British nurse, administrator, academic and researcher
University of Nottingham
Anne Marie Waters
conspiracy theorist · b. 1977
UK far-right politician (1977-)
Nottingham Trent University
Anne McTaggart
council member · b. 1970
Scottish politician (born 1970)
University of Strathclyde
Anne Olivier Bell
preservationist · 1916–2018
English art scholar, member of Bloomsbury Group and Monuments Men,
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Anne Schwegmann-Fielding
sculptor · b. 1967
British sculptor and mosaic artist
University of Wolverhampton
Anne Snelgrove
politician · b. 1957
British Labour politician (born 1957)
University of Winchester
Annette Kuhn
film scholar · b. 1945
British film scholar (1945-)
University of Sheffield
Anthony Benjamin
printmaker · 1931–2002
British artist (1931-2002)
University of Westminster, London
Anthony J. W. Hilton
university teacher · b. 1941
British mathematician
University of Reading
Anthony Ledwith
chemist · 1933–2015
British chemist
University of Liverpool
Anthony Lowe
actuary · b. 1962
Australian scientist
University of Southampton
Anthony Mangnall
politician · b. 1989
British politician
University of Exeter
Anthony McIntyre
historian · b. 1957
former IRA member, writer and historian
Queen's University Belfast
Anthony Seldon
biographer · b. 1953
British historian
University of Westminster, London
Antonia Okonma
actor · b. 1983
British actress
London South Bank University
Antony Burgmans
entrepreneur · b. 1947
Dutch businessman
Lancaster University
Antony Gardner
politician · 1927–2011
Member of the British Parliament (1927-2011)
University of Southampton
Antony Penrose
writer · b. 1947
British writer
Royal Agricultural University
Antony Speller
politician · 1929–2013
British politician (1929-2013)
University of Exeter
Aodán Mac Póilin
literary scholar · 1948–2016
Irish activist
Ulster University
Apolline Dreyfuss
synchronized swimmer · b. 1986
French synchronized swimmer
ESCP Business School
Archibald Weigall
politician · 1874–1952
British politician and colonial governor (1874-1952)
Royal Agricultural University
Archie Griffin
rugby union player · b. 2001
Welsh rugby union player (born 2001)
University of Bath
Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope
politician · b. 1946
British politician (born 1946)
Heriot-Watt University
Arifin Zakaria
jurist · b. 1950
Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya
University of Sheffield
Arnaud Nourry
publisher · b. 1961
French publisher
ESCP Business School
Arouna Modibo Touré
politician · b. 1950
Malian politician
ESCP Business School
Arun Harinath
cricketer · b. 1987
cricketer (born 1987)
Loughborough University
Ash Atalla
foreign currency trader · b. 1972
Egyptian-born British television producer
University of Bath
Ash Baron-Cohen
film editor · b. 1967
English filmmaker
University of Sussex
Ashleigh Baxter
rugby sevens player · b. 1991
Irish rugby union player
Queen's University Belfast
Ashley Billington
rugby union player · b. 1969
Hong Kong rugby union player
Loughborough University
Asif Nazrul
academic · b. 1966
Bangladeshi legal scholar
SOAS University of London
Atchaka Sibunruang
civil servant · b. 1955
Thai politician
University of Sussex
Atta Yaqub
film actor · b. 1979
Scottish actor
University of Strathclyde
Attiya Waris
professor · b. 1974
Lecturer at Nairobi University, writer about corporate tax reform
Lancaster University
Avtar Singh Bhurji
athlete · 1944–2025
Ugandan field hockey player
Kingston University
Bakri Osman Saeed
vice-chancellor · b. 1951
The President of the Association of African Universities and President of Sudan International University
Newcastle University
Balvinder Sopal
film actor · b. 1978
English actress
University of Huddersfield
Bambos Charalambous
politician · b. 1967
British politician (born 1967)
Liverpool John Moores University
Barbara Ball
politician · 1924–2011
politician
University of Liverpool
Barbara Walker
painter · b. 1964
British artist (born 1964)
Birmingham City University · University College Birmingham
Basil Akram
cricketer · b. 1993
English cricketer (born 1993)
Loughborough University
Bea Fitzgerald
novelist · b. 1996
English novelist
University of Reading
Béatrice Piron
anciens artisans, commerçants, chefs d'entreprise · b. 1965
French politician
ESCP Business School
Becky Gittins
council member · b. 1994
British politician
University of Warwick
Beena Sarwar
documentary filmmaker
Journalist, artist, filmmaker
Goldsmiths, University of London
Behrouz Afagh
journalist
Head of BBC World Service's Asia & Pacific Region
University of Surrey