Notable UK university alumni

Xiaolan Fu

academic · b. 1967

Professor of economics

Lancaster University

Spanish writer

University of Warwick

Chinese military officer who defected to the United States

University of Bath

Yair Galily

sociologist · b. 1970

Israeli sociologist

University of Leicester

archaeologist

University of Sheffield

Yannis Panaretos

statistician · b. 1948

Greek statistician

University of Bradford · University of Sheffield

Indonesian anthropologist

SOAS University of London

Ghanaian politician and Farmer

University of Hull

Yeung Sum

justice of the peace · b. 1947

Hong Kong politician and academic

University of York

Youngor Sevelee Telewoda

diplomat · b. 1952

Liberian diplomat

University of Bradford

Yuliya Polishchuk

fashion designer · b. 1983

Ukrainian fashion designer (born 1983)

University of the Arts London

Yusuf Hassan Abdi

politician · b. 1953

Kenyan politician, diplomat and journalist

Middlesex University

Zameer Choudrey

businessperson · b. 1958

Pakistani businessman

University of Kent

Zeb Kyffin

sport cyclist · b. 1998

British cyclist

Northumbria University, Newcastle

Zeb Soanes

journalist · b. 1976

British broadcaster

University of East Anglia UEA

Zeeshan Siddique

politician · b. 1992

Indian politician

Regent's University London

Zeinab Elobeid Yousif

engineer · 1952–2016

First Sudanese female aircraft engineer

Kingston University

Taiwanese sinologist

University of Leicester

Pakistani physicist

Newcastle University

Zoe Harrison

rugby union player · b. 1992

rugby player

Middlesex University

Zoe Salmon

beauty pageant contestant · b. 1980

Northern Irish television presenter

Queen's University Belfast

Zulfikar Ghose

novelist · 1935–2022

Pakistani writer (1935–2022)

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

Zulkieflimansyah

politician · b. 1972

Indonesian politician

University of Strathclyde

historian (1929–2010)

Queen's University Belfast

British economist and historian (1924–2007)

University of Exeter

cricketer (born 1989)

Oxford Brookes University

Aaron Porter

trade unionist · b. 1985

British trade unionist

University of Leicester

Canadian musician

University of Nottingham

Aarti Holla-Maini

legal scholar

British lawyer, economist and space expert

The University of Law

Abbas El-Zein

writer · b. 1963

Australian Writer and Academic

University of Southampton

Abdel-Moneim Mustafa

architect · b. 1930

Sudanese architect and lecturer

University of Leicester

Abdulkadir Jailani

diplomat · b. 1966

Indonesian diplomat

University of Portsmouth

Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed

politician

politician

University of Plymouth

Abdullah Nasser bin Khalifa al-Harrasi

academic · b. 1971

politician in Oman

Aston University, Birmingham

Abel Davies

rugby union player · 1861–1914

Welsh rugby union player

Aberystwyth University · Cardiff University

British playwright (1980–2023)

University of Kent

English artist (born 1965)

Goldsmiths, University of London

cricketer (born 1991)

Anglia Ruskin University

Welsh programmer, founder of Neopets

University of Nottingham

Adam Tinworth

economic journalist · b. 1971

British game designer

Queen Mary University of London

English footballer (born 1976)

University of Worcester

British painter, actor, writer and director

London Metropolitan University

Nigerian economist

Queen Mary University of London

Tunisian politician

ESCP Business School

Adela Kanasya Adies

physician · b. 1995

Indonesian politician (born 1995)

Queen Mary University of London

Yoruban prince (1938-2017)

Newcastle University

Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and critic

Aberystwyth University

neuroscientist, singer, and television presenter

University of Sheffield

Australian poet

University of Reading

South African activist

University of York

Adrian Ward

artist · b. 1976

English artist

University of Plymouth

Agnes Middleton Raeburn

painter · 1872–1955

Scottish member of the informal group of artists known as "The Immortals"

Glasgow School of Art

engraver, illustrator (1895-1980)

Glasgow School of Art

Ahmad Poori

novelist · b. 1953

Iranian writer, translator and novelist

Newcastle University

Ahmed Muthasim Adnan

b. 1965

5th Chief Justice of the Maldives

University of Buckingham

University of Westminster, London

consultant anaesthetist

University of Sheffield

Irish politician

University of East London

Finnish director and screenwriter

University of Salford

Nigerian female law professor and Vice-Chancellor University of Abuja

University of Reading