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.
Charlotte Riley
film actor · b. 1981
British actress
Durham University · LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Dan Houser
video game producer · b. 1973
English video game producer
University of Oxford
Daniel Wiffen
swimmer · b. 2001
Irish swimmer
Loughborough University
David Owen
politician · b. 1938
British politician (born 1938)
King's College London, University of London
David Vitter
lobbyist · b. 1961
American politician (born 1961)
University of Oxford
Delta Burke
beauty pageant contestant · b. 1956
actress
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Duncan Scott
swimmer · b. 1997
Scottish swimmer
University of Stirling
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
philosopher · 1864–1937
German-born British philosopher
University of Oxford
Genesis P-Orridge
performance artist · 1950–2020
British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)
University of Hull
Godfrey Binaisa
President of the Republic · 1920–2010
Ugandan President from May 1979 to June 1980
King's College London, University of London
Gwilym Lee
film actor · b. 1983
British actor
Cardiff University
Hannelore Kraft
economist · b. 1961
German politician
King's College London, University of London
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
university teacher · 1907–2003
Canadian mathematician (1907–2003)
University of Cambridge
Henry Murray
university teacher · 1893–1988
American psychologist and academic (1893–1988)
University of Cambridge
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
foreign minister · 1845–1927
British statesman (1845-1927)
University of Oxford
Hulusi Akar
soldier · b. 1952
Turkish military officer and politician (born 1952)
Queen's University Belfast
James Wilson
jurist · 1742–1798
Justice on the US Supreme Court (1742-1798)
The University of Edinburgh · University of Glasgow · University of St Andrews
Joan Armatrading
recording artist · b. 1950
British singer and musician
Open University
John N. Kennedy
politician · b. 1951
American politician; United States senator from Louisiana (born 1951)
University of Oxford
John Shepherd-Barron
inventor · 1925–2010
British inventor (1925-2010)
The University of Edinburgh
John Wesley Shipp
television actor · b. 1955
American actor
University of Oxford
Jonathan Sacks
philosopher · 1948–2020
British rabbi (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013) and Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal (2009-2020)
King's College London, University of London
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
aircraft pilot · 1915–1944
junior officer in the United States Navy and elder brother of John F. Kennedy
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Juan Carlos Osorio
association football player · b. 1961
Colombian footballer and manager
Liverpool John Moores University
Julian Lloyd Webber
music educator · b. 1951
British solo cellist and conductor
Royal College of Music
Karl Shuker
cryptozoologist · b. 1959
British zoologist
University of Birmingham · University of Leeds
Keith Andes
television actor · 1920–2005
American actor (1920–2005)
University of Oxford
Kevin Kilbane
sports commentator · b. 1977
Irish association football player
University of Staffordshire
Kitty Carlisle
film actor · 1910–2007
American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Mark Kirk
congressional staff · b. 1959
American politician (born 1959)
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Matthew Hudson-Smith
sprinter · b. 1994
British sprint athlete
University of Worcester
Meglena Kuneva
journalist · b. 1957
Bulgarian politician
University of Oxford
Michael Lerner
film actor · 1941–2023
American actor (1941–2023)
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)
Monica Ali
novelist · b. 1967
British writer, novelist (born 1967)
Middlesex University
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
diplomat · 1893–1985
Pakistani diplomat (1893–1985)
King's College London, University of London
Omar Abdullah
politician · b. 1970
Indian politician
University of Strathclyde
P. J. Patterson
jurist · b. 1935
former prime minister of Jamaica, Jamaican politician
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Patrick Manson
parasitologist · 1844–1922
Scottish parasitologist (1844-1922)
University of Aberdeen
Pearlette Louisy
politician · b. 1946
Governor-General of Saint Lucia
University of Bristol
Peter Morgan
film producer · b. 1963
British film writer and playwright
University of Leeds
Phillips Idowu
athletics competitor · b. 1978
British triple jumper
Brunel University of London
Prince Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
aristocrat · 1930–2010
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma (1930-2010)
University of Oxford
Reinhart Koselleck
university teacher · 1923–2006
German historian (1923–2006)
University of Bristol
Richey Edwards
guitarist · 1967–2008
Welsh guitarist (1967–1995)
Swansea University
Robert Knox
anatomist · 1791–1862
Scottish physician, anatomist, zoologist and ethnologist (1791-1862)
The University of Edinburgh
Robert Powell
film actor · b. 1944
British actor
University of Salford
Rukhmabai
physician · 1864–1955
one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India.
ARU London
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
television actor · b. 1992
Irish singer
BIMM University
Sefi Atta
novelist · b. 1964
Nigerian author and playwright
University of Birmingham
Simon Singh
science journalist · b. 1964
British mathematician, journalist and science communicator (born 1964)
Imperial College London
Sophia Jex-Blake
suffragist · 1840–1912
British physician and suffragist (1840–1912)
The University of Edinburgh
Sophie Cookson
actor · b. 1990
British actress
The University of Edinburgh
Steven Culp
film actor · b. 1955
American film and television actor (born 1955)
University of Exeter
Susan Blackmore
presenter · b. 1951
British writer and academic
University of Surrey
Thomas Campbell
musicologist · 1777–1844
Scottish poet (1777-1844)
University of Glasgow
Timothy West
television actor · 1934–2024
British actor (1934–2024)
University of Westminster, London
Tom Chaplin
recording artist · b. 1979
British musician
The University of Edinburgh
Tony Fernandes
entrepreneur · b. 1964
Malaysian entrepreneur
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
politician · 1896–1974
Indian politician (1896-1974)
ARU London · London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
W. V. D. Hodge
mathematician · 1903–1975
British mathematician (1903–1975)
The University of Edinburgh