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.
Daniel I. Block
Bible translator · b. 1943
American Old Testament scholar
University of Liverpool
Daniel Johnson
politician · b. 1977
Scottish politician (born 1977)
University of Strathclyde
Daniel Renton Skinner
film actor · b. 1973
British actor
Middlesex University
Daniel Williams
cricketer · b. 1981
English cricketer (born 1981)
Loughborough University
Danny Cox
cricketer · b. 1992
English Cricketer (born 1992)
Loughborough University
Danny Sleath
association football player · b. 1986
British footballer (born 1986)
Loughborough University
Daphne Hampson
theologian · 1944–2021
British theologian
Harper and Keele Veterinary School
Darío Moreno Lerga
politician · b. 1988
politician
Regent's University London
Darren Johnson
politician · b. 1966
English politician of the Green Party of England and Wales (born 1966)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Darren Morris
rugby union player · b. 1974
Welsh rugby union player
University of South Wales
Dave Hutchinson
science fiction writer · b. 1960
English writer
University of Nottingham
Dave Lamb
television presenter · b. 1969
British actor
University of Warwick
Dave Lewis
chief executive officer · b. 1965
British businessman and CEO of Tesco
Nottingham Trent University
Dave Renton
historian · b. 1972
British lawyer and academic
University of Sheffield
Dave Rich
researcher · b. 1971
British author
Birkbeck, University of London
Dave Snowden
consultant · b. 1954
British academic
Lancaster University · Middlesex University
David A. B. Miller
academic · b. 1954
British physicist
Heriot-Watt University
David A. Nethercot
civil engineer · b. 1946
British structural engineer
Cardiff University
David Ames
field hockey player · b. 1989
British field hockey player (1989-)
Ulster University
David Buckingham
communication scholar · b. 1954
media, communication and education scholar
University of Westminster, London
David Bullard
journalist · b. 1952
South African journalist
University of Exeter
David Carpanini
printmaker · b. 1946
Welsh painter (born 1946)
University of Reading
David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere
politician · b. 1939
British politician (born 1939)
University of Sheffield
David Connolly
philologist · b. 1954
translator
Lancaster University · University of East Anglia UEA
David Crouch
medieval historian · b. 1953
British historian (born 1953)
Cardiff University
David Edmunds
university teacher · b. 1931
British mathematician
Cardiff University
David Edwards
journalist · b. 1962
British journalist, born 1962
University of Leicester
David Elliott
art historian · b. 1949
British curator
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
David Evans
political adviser · b. 1961
British politician (born 1961)
University of York
David Gauld
painter · 1865–1936
Scottish artist (1865–1936)
Glasgow School of Art
David Goldman
entrepreneur · 1937–1999
British businessman
Newcastle University
David Guwatudde
biostatistician · b. 1967
Ugandan academician and researcher
University of Southampton
David Hope
Anglican priest · b. 1940
Archbishop of York; Bishop of London; Bishop of Wakefield (born 1940)
University of Nottingham
David J. Hickson
business manager · 1931–2016
(*1931-) British sociologist and organizational researcher
Aston University, Birmingham
David Jagger
painter · 1891–1958
Portrait painter, renowned for his picture of Robert Baden-Powell (1891-1958)
Sheffield Hallam University
David James Davies
writer · 1893–1956
Welsh economist, industrialist, writer, activist and pilot
Aberystwyth University
David Krakauer
evolutionary biologist · b. 1967
American evolutionary biologist
Royal Holloway, University of London
David Leigh
university teacher · b. 1963
British organic chemist
University of Sheffield
David Lorenzen
Indologist · b. 1940
historian
SOAS University of London
David Malcolm Orr
civil engineer · b. 1953
143rd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Queen's University Belfast
David McNiven
association football player · b. 1978
English footballer (born 1978)
Edge Hill University
David Phillip Woodruff
physicist · b. 1944
British surface physicist
University of Warwick
David Pownall
playwright · 1938–2022
British writer
Harper and Keele Veterinary School
David Rees
politician · b. 1957
Welsh politician
Cardiff University
David Ross
art collector · b. 1965
English businessman
University of Nottingham
David S. Ingram
mycologist · b. 1941
British botanist
University of Hull
David Sole
rugby union player · b. 1962
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
University of Exeter
David Wright
politician · b. 1966
British politician, born 1966
University of Wolverhampton
Dean Milwain
swimmer · b. 1986
British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
Loughborough University
Debbie Abrahams
politician · b. 1960
British politician (born 1960)
University of Liverpool · University of Salford
Deborah Haynes
editor · b. 1976
British journalist and editor
Cardiff University
Deborah Kay Davies
docent · b. 2000
Welsh writer
Cardiff University
Declan Morgan
judge · b. 1952
British judge
Queen's University Belfast
Denis McBride
rugby union player · b. 1964
Irish rugby union player
Queen's University Belfast
Denis Smalley
university teacher · b. 1946
Composer of electroacoustic music from New Zealand
University of York
Denise Danks
novelist · b. 1972
British writer
University of Exeter
Dennis Creffield
draftsperson · 1931–2018
painter (1931-2018)
London South Bank University
Dennis Tan Lip Fong
barrister · b. 1970
Singaporean politician
University of Nottingham · University of Southampton
Denys Pringle
archaeologist · b. 1951
British archaeologist
University of Southampton
Derek Jones
civil servant · b. 1952
Welsh civil servant
Cardiff University