Notable UK university alumni

Simon Wells

film director · b. 1961

English film director

De Montfort University

Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet

military commander · 1803–1863

British general (1803–1863)

University of Aberdeen

Sorley MacLean

school teacher · 1911–1996

Scottish poet (1911–1996)

The University of Edinburgh

British game designer

Harper and Keele Veterinary School

British actress

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Thea Gill

jazz musician · b. 1970

Canadian actress

University of York

Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

University of Glasgow

Tim Baillie

canoeist · b. 1979

Scottish slalom canoer

University of Nottingham

Tim Brabants

canoeist · b. 1977

British sprint kayaker

University of Nottingham

U. R. Ananthamurthy

literary critic · 1932–2014

Indian writer and critic in the Kannada language

University of Birmingham

Urjit Patel

banker · b. 1963

Indian economist

ARU London

Veronica Carlson

television actor · 1944–2022

English actress (1944–2022)

Buckinghamshire New University

British actress

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London · Teesside University

William Archer

diarist · 1856–1924

Scottish critic and translator (1856–1924)

The University of Edinburgh

William Edmond Logan

geologist · 1798–1875

British-Canadian geologist (1798–1875)

The University of Edinburgh

William Gemmell Cochran

university teacher · 1909–1980

British / American statistician (1909–1980)

University of Glasgow

William Halse Rivers Rivers

anthropologist · 1864–1922

English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist (1864-1922)

ARU London

William Primrose

music educator · 1904–1982

Scottish violist (1904-1982)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

William Sharp

biographer · 1855–1905

Scottish writer (1855–1905)

University of Glasgow

Yasmin Ahmad

film producer · 1958–2009

Malaysian film director (1958–2009)

Newcastle University

Zarah Sultana

politician · b. 1993

British politician

University of Birmingham

Welsh playwright and screenwriter

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London · University of Exeter

British actor

Durham University

Alex Hassell

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Alina Ibragimova

classical violinist · b. 1985

Russian-born violinist residing in the UK

Guildhall School of Music & Drama · Royal College of Music

Alistair Petrie

film actor · b. 1970

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Allen Jones

printmaker · b. 1937

British pop artist (born 1937)

Middlesex University

Alun Michael

politician · b. 1943

Welsh politician (born 1943)

Cardiff Metropolitan University · Harper and Keele Veterinary School

Alun Wyn Jones

rugby union player · b. 1985

Welsh rugby union footballer

Swansea University

Andrew Bell

Anglican priest · 1753–1832

British priest and educationalist (1753-1832)

University of St Andrews

Anna Calvi

musician · b. 1980

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

University of Southampton

Austrian Imperial and Royal

Regent's University London

Archibald Scott Couper

chemist · 1831–1892

British chemist (1831–1892)

The University of Edinburgh · University of Glasgow

Badruddin Tyabji

barrister · 1844–1906

prominent lawyer, Indian independence movement activist and politician

ARU London

Balu Mahendra

film editor · 1939–2014

Sri Lankan born Indian film director (1939–2014)

ARU London

Barry Foster

film actor · 1927–2002

British film and television actor (1927–2002)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Beatriz Merino

university teacher · b. 1947

Peruvian lawyer and politician

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Benjamin Barber

university teacher · 1939–2017

Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (1939–2017)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Bolanle Austen-Peters

film director · b. 1965

Nigerian lawyer and director

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Bouthaina Shaaban

literary scholar · b. 1953

Adviser to Bashar al-Assad

University of Warwick

Bruce Robinson

prose writer · b. 1946

British screenwriter and film director

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

cardinal (1917–2009)

Queen's University Belfast

Carlyle Smith Beals

astrophysicist · 1899–1979

Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)

Imperial College London

Carola Rackete

activist · b. 1988

German merchant navy captain

Edge Hill University

Catherine Webb

science fiction writer · b. 1986

British writer

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Charles Montagu Doughty

explorer · 1843–1926

British poet (1843-1926)

King's College London, University of London

British zoologist and ecologist (1900–1991)

University of Liverpool

British palaeontologist

ARU London

Charlie Vickers

actor · b. 1992

actor

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

British actress

University of Bristol

Cheryl Gillan

politician · 1952–2021

British politician (1952–2021)

The University of Law

Taekwondo practitioner

University of Liverpool

Chris Heaton-Harris

association football referee · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

University of Wolverhampton

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

British film, radio, stage, and television actress

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

English actress

SOAS University of London

Cornelia Parker

installation artist · b. 1956

British artist (born 1956)

University of Reading · University of Wolverhampton

Craig Lindfield

association football player · b. 1988

English association football player (born 1988)

University of Staffordshire

Crista Cullen

field hockey player · b. 1985

English field hockey player fullback

Nottingham Trent University

Dany Chamoun

politician · 1934–1990

Lebanese politician (1934-1990)

Loughborough University