Notable UK university alumni

John Campbell

philosopher · b. 1956

Professor of Philosophy at the University of California in Berkeley, California

University of Stirling

English rugby union footballer

University of Chester

Scottish footballer (1940-2014)

University of Strathclyde

Ph.D. Cranfield Institute of Technology 1979

Cranfield University

journalist and academic from Canada

University of East Anglia UEA

British Labour Party politician and trade union leader (1931-1999)

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

John H. Day

annelidologist · 1909–1989

South African marine biologist

University of Liverpool

British barrister and politician

Queen's University Belfast

British historian and author

Lancaster University

British historian

University of Hull

John Howkins

business consultant · b. 1945

Authority on Creative Industries

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

professor, Arabist and Africanist with a focus on Islam in Africa and African Arabic manuscripts

SOAS University of London

John Inverdale

journalist · b. 1957

British broadcaster

Cardiff Metropolitan University · University of Southampton

British radio, television and film actor and screenwriter (1930–2006)

St Mary's University, Twickenham

British music industry executive

University of Leicester

British Labour Party politician (1927-2020)

SOAS University of London

John Lundberg

film producer · b. 1968

British artist

Middlesex University · University of Westminster, London

nobleman in the United Kingdom (1943-2006)

Royal Agricultural University

John Mallard

medical physicist · 1927–2021

British medical physicist (1927-2021)

University of Nottingham

Anglican bishop

Queen's University Belfast

John Moorfield

linguist · 1943–2018

Māori language academic

Aberystwyth University

John Moyr Smith

designer · 1839–1912

British artist (1839-1912)

Glasgow School of Art

Royal Air Force Pilot

University of Leicester

British artist (1914-1991)

Middlesex University

zoologist, born, 1933 (1933–1987)

University of Liverpool

John Rees

documentarian · b. 1957

British political activist and historian (1957-)

University of Portsmouth

British footballer (1952-2020)

University of Sheffield

British philosopher (1911–1970)

Aberystwyth University

British writer (1938-2015)

Bangor University

Canadian politician, premier of Nova Scotia, (1932–2003)

Queen's University Belfast

John Scott

sociology professor · b. 1949

British sociologist (1949-)

Kingston University · University of Strathclyde

British academic and Baron (born 1946)

Swansea University

John Simpson

scholar of English · b. 1953

English lexicographer, born 1953

University of York

John Suchet

journalist · b. 1944

English author, television news journalist and presenter

University of Dundee

Welsh rugby union player and commentator (born 1945)

Loughborough University

Financier and financial regulator

Kingston University

John Tweed

sculptor · 1869–1933

British sculptor (1869–1933)

Glasgow School of Art

John Vernon Lord

illustrator · b. 1939

British artist

University of Salford

John Wilson

sports journalist · b. 1965

British journalist and broadcaster

University of Southampton

John Witherow

journalist · b. 1952

South African journalist

Cardiff University · University of York

Jon Allen

recording artist · b. 1977

English singer-songwriter

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

English footballer (born 1963)

University of Salford

British military historian

Swansea University

television journalist (1958-2013)

University of Exeter

Jonathan Albon

orienteer · b. 1989

British runner

Anglia Ruskin University

political activist

Birkbeck, University of London

British firearm historian and author

University of Exeter · University of Leicester

Jonathan Frost

Anglican priest · b. 1964

British bishop

University of Nottingham

British economist

Queen Mary University of London

Jonathan Potter

university teacher · b. 1956

British psychologist

University of Surrey · University of York

Jonathan Scott

television presenter · b. 1949

English zoologist, photographer and television presenter

Queen's University Belfast

English cricketer (born 1985)

Loughborough University

Jorge Pinto Rodríguez

non-fiction writer · b. 1944

Chilean historian

University of Southampton

business person

University of Westminster, London

British consular official (1849-1925)

Queen's University Belfast

English association football player (born 1994)

University of Staffordshire

Nigerian model and philanthropist

University of Greenwich

Judith Farnworth

diplomat · b. 1966

British diplomat

University of East Anglia UEA

Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox

politician · b. 1940

British Baroness (born 1940)

University of Plymouth

British radio presenter

Cardiff University