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.
Aino Suni
director · b. 1985
Finnish director and screenwriter
University of Salford
Aisha Sani Maikudi
university teacher · b. 1983
Nigerian female law professor and Vice-Chancellor University of Abuja
University of Reading
Akomaye Agim
judge · b. 1960
Nigerian judge
University of Wolverhampton
Al Richardson
historian · 1941–2003
British historian (1941-2003)
University of Hull
Alain Dassas
sports executive · b. 1946
businessperson
ESCP Business School
Alaka Basu
sociologist
Indian sociologist
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Alan Bleasdale
playwright · b. 1946
British television dramatist
University of Chester
Alan Borg
art historian · b. 1942
Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Alan Clive Roberts
biologist · 1934–2021
British biologist
Manchester Metropolitan University
Alan Cope
cricketer · b. 1988
English cricketer (born 1988)
Loughborough University
Alan Everard Montgomery
diplomat · b. 1938
British diplomat
Birkbeck, University of London
Alan Fisher
radio producer · b. 1901
Scottish broadcast journalist and war correspondent
Edinburgh Napier University · University of Leicester
Alan Green
sports journalist · b. 1952
British sports commentator
Queen's University Belfast
Alan Hamlin
economist · b. 1951
British economist
University of York
Alan Hunt
diplomat · b. 1941
British diplomat
University of East Anglia UEA
Alan J. Jamieson
ichthyologist
Scottish ichthyologist
Robert Gordon University
Alan Vince
archaeologist · 1952–2009
British archaeologist (1952-2009)
University of Southampton
Alan Winton
Anglican priest · b. 1958
Bishop of Thetford
University of Sheffield
Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale
judge · b. 1949
British judge
University of Strathclyde
Alastair King
conductor · b. 1967
British composer
Bath Spa University
Alastair McIntosh
academic · b. 1955
British writer and academic
Ulster University
Alastair Ross
politician · b. 1981
British politician (born 1981)
University of Dundee
Alastair Wilson
field hockey player · b. 1983
English field hockey player (1983-)
Nottingham Trent University
Albert Castellanos Maduell
economist · b. 1978
Catalan politician and economist
University of York
Albert Irvin
painter · 1922–2015
English painter (1922-2015)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Albert Isola
barrister · b. 1963
Gibraltarian politician
Kingston University
Albert Kawana
minister · b. 1956
Namibian politician
University of Warwick
Albert Tam
writer · b. 1972
Hong Kong sci-fi writer
University of Bradford
Alberto Pinto
university teacher · b. 1964
Portuguese professor of mathematics
University of Warwick
Aleksander Kolkowski
violinist · b. 1959
British composers
Goldsmiths, University of London
Alessandra Paonessa
singer · b. 1989
Canadian soprano
University of York
Alex Bateman
bioinformatician · b. 1972
British bioinformatician
Newcastle University
Alex Cartana
songwriter · b. 1983
Spanish actor and singer
University of Greenwich · University of Westminster, London
Alex Dombrandt
rugby union player · b. 1997
English rugby union footballer
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Alex Dorrian
military flight engineer · b. 1946
British businessman
University of Strathclyde
Alex Gerlis
writer · b. 1955
British writer
University of Hull
Alex Keddie
association football player · b. 1981
Scottish footballer
Glasgow Caledonian University
Alex Lewington
rugby union player · b. 1991
English rugby union footballer (1991-)
Royal Holloway, University of London
Alex Martin
cricketer · b. 1992
English former first-class cricketer born 1992
Oxford Brookes University
Alexander Brownlie Docharty
painter · 1862–1940
British painter (1862–1940)
Glasgow School of Art
Alexander Halliday
geochemist · b. 1952
British earth scientist
Newcastle University
Alexander James Kent
geographer · b. 1977
British cartographer, geographer and academic
Oxford Brookes University · University of Kent
Alexander Murray MacBeath
university teacher · 1923–2014
British mathematician (1923-2014)
Queen's University Belfast
Alexandre Ricard
businessperson · b. 1972
French businessman
ESCP Business School
Alexis Heraclides
political scientist · b. 1952
Greek writer and university teacher
University of Kent
Alfonse Owiny-Dollo
judge · b. 1956
Retired chief justice of Uganda
University of Bradford
Algernon Bligh
cricketer · 1888–1952
English cricketer (1888-1952)
Royal Agricultural University
Alhaji Habu Adamu Jajere
business executive · b. 1954
Nigerian businessman
University of East London
Ali A.F. Al-Furaih
ostracodologist
Saudi Arabian writer and academic
University of Leicester
Ali Alizadeh
YouTuber · b. 1977
Iranian-British YouTuber and political commentator
Middlesex University
Ali H. S. Hajjaj
linguist · 1933–2004
British linguist
Lancaster University
Ali Hashem
journalist · b. 1980
Arab Journalist
Royal Holloway, University of London
Ali Ja'far al-Allaq
literary critic · b. 1945
Iraqi poet and literary critic
University of Exeter
Ali Naseer Mohamed
diplomat · b. 1969
Maldivian diplomat
University of Leicester
Alice Tai
swimmer · b. 1999
British swimmer
University of West London
Alim Abubakre
university teacher · b. 1981
British-Nigerian academic
University of Leicester
Aline Miller
physicist · b. 1975
Professor of Chemistry
University of Strathclyde
Alireza Rahimi
politician · b. 1968
politician
Robert Gordon University
Alireza Sami Azar
film screenwriter · b. 1961
Iranian architect
Birmingham City University
Alison Brimelow
beamter · b. 1949
British civil servant
University of East Anglia UEA