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.
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
Derek Pang
judge · b. 1961
Hong Kong High Court judge
University of East Anglia UEA
Derek Riddell
television actor · b. 1967
British actor
University of Strathclyde
Derek S. Pugh
opinion journalist · 1930–2015
British business theorist
Aston University, Birmingham
Derek Wyatt
rugby union player · b. 1949
England rugby union player – MP (born 1949)
Open University · University of Exeter
Dermott Monteith
cricketer · 1943–2009
Irish cricketer (1943-2009)
Queen's University Belfast
Derrick Childs
Anglican priest · 1918–1987
British bishop (1918–1987)
Cardiff University
Diana Eccles, Viscountess Eccles
politician · b. 1933
British viscountess (born 1933)
Open University
Diana Nneka Atuona
playwright
Nigerian-British playwright
London South Bank University
Didier Dogley
politician · b. 1964
Seychelles minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change
University of Reading
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
lecturer · 1918–2011
Welsh composer (1918-2011)
Cardiff University
Dina Zaman
novelist · b. 1969
Malaysian writer
Lancaster University
Diodorus Kamala
diplomat · 1968–2024
Tanzanian politician
University of Bradford
Dionne 'London' Hughes
stand-up comedian · b. 1989
comedian and actress
Kingston University
Diriye Osman
painter · b. 1983
Somali writer and visual artist
Royal Holloway, University of London
DJ Yoda
disc jockey · b. 1977
British DJ
University of Warwick
Djoumin Sangaré
association football player · b. 1983
French footballer (born 1983)
University of Roehampton
Djustice Sears-Duru
rugby union player · b. 1994
rugby union player (1994-)
University of Hertfordshire
Doc Brown
musician · b. 1977
British comedian, actor, screenwriter, voiceover artist and former rapper
University of East Anglia UEA
Dominic Mohan
journalist · b. 1969
journalist, newspaper editor, businessman, entrepreneur, and author
University of Southampton
Donald Rodney
multimedia artist · 1961–1998
British artist (1961-1998)
Nottingham Trent University
Donna Edwards
television actor · b. 1963
Welsh actress
Aberystwyth University
Dora Herbert Jones
administrator · 1890–1974
singer and administrator (1890-1974)
Aberystwyth University
Dorothy Carleton Smyth
painter · 1880–1933
British painter (1880-1933)
Glasgow School of Art
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
microbiologist · b. 2000
Microbiologist
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Doug Allan
photographer · 1951–2026
Scottish wildlife cameraman (1951–2026)
University of Stirling
Doug Naylor
science fiction writer · b. 1955
British writer
University of Liverpool
Douglas Kell
biochemist · b. 1953
British biochemist
Aberystwyth University
Dr. Saleh Mohammad Al Nabit
economist · b. 1965
economist
University of Bradford
Duncan Bradshaw
cricketer · b. 1986
cricketer (born 1986)
Oxford Brookes University
Duncan McCargo
political scientist · b. 1963
British academic
Royal Holloway, University of London
E. D. Jones
librarian · 1903–1987
British librarian (1903–1987)
Aberystwyth University
E. M. Bruce Vaughan
architect · 1856–1919
Welsh architect
KLC School of Design
Edemariam Tsega
physician · 1938–2018
Ethiopian physician and educator (1938–2018)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Edmund “Ed” Husain
autobiographer · b. 1974
British writer
London Metropolitan University
Eduardo Reck Miranda
composer · b. 1963
Brazilian music composer and scientist
University of York
Edward Acton
historian of Modern Age · b. 1949
academic
University of York
Edward Allworthy Armstrong
ornithologist · 1900–1978
British ornithologist and Church of England clergyman
Queen's University Belfast
Edward Barbeau
university teacher · b. 1938
Canadian mathematician (born 1938)
Newcastle University
Edward Chaney
art historian · b. 1951
British cultural historian
University of Reading
Edward Foster
cricketer · b. 1985
English cricketer (born 1985)
Loughborough University
Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh
aristocrat · b. 1969
Anglo-Irish aristocrat and businessman
Royal Agricultural University
Edward Millward
university teacher · 1930–2020
Welsh academic and politician (1930-2020)
Cardiff University
Edwina Dunn
entrepreneur · b. 1958
English entreprenreur
Bournemouth University
Ekaterina Jurevna Semjonova
politician · b. 1972
Russian politician
Open University
Elaine Shemilt
installation artist · b. 1954
Fine art printmaker
University of Southampton
Eleanora Carus-Wilson
university teacher · 1897–1977
Canadian-English economic historian (1897-1977)
Chesterfield College
Eleri Mills
artist · b. 1955
Welsh artist (born 1955)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Eline McGeorge
artist · b. 1970
Norwegian artist
Goldsmiths, University of London
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
curator · 1938–2024
British academic and museum director
Birkbeck, University of London
Elizabeth Thompson
diplomat · b. 1961
Barbadian lawyer, politician and diplomat
Robert Gordon University
Ellen Lendra Hight
swimmer · b. 1981
Zambian swimmer
University of Bath
Ellie Curson
association football player · b. 1994
Welsh footballer (born 1994)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Elsa Stansfield
video installation artist · 1945–2004
British-Dutch visual artist (1945–2004)
Glasgow School of Art
Elsie Conway
botanist · 1902–1992
British botanist and phycologist (1902-1992)
University of Liverpool
Elsie Dalton Hewland
painter · 1901–1979
British painter (1901-1979)
Sheffield Hallam University
Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson
jurist
High Court judge of Rivers State, Nigeria
Queen Mary University of London
Ely Dagher
film editor · b. 1985
film producer and director
Goldsmiths, University of London