Notable UK university alumni

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

Scottish athlete

Heriot-Watt University

Dee Palmer

keyboardist · b. 1937

British musician

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

Drew Pearce

manufacturer · b. 1975

British writer and director

University of Exeter

Édouard Naville

philologist · 1844–1926

Swiss egyptologist (1844-1926)

King's College London, University of London

Edward Caird

ethicist · 1835–1908

British philosopher (1835–1908)

University of Glasgow

Edward German

music educator · 1862–1936

English musician and composer (1862–1936)

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

British actor

Oxford Brookes University

Edward Szczepanik

university teacher · 1915–2005

Prime Minister of Poland (1915-2005)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Canadian sinologist and academic (1922–2013)

ARU London · SOAS University of London

Eilish McColgan

athletics competitor · b. 1990

British middle-distance runner

University of Dundee

Ernest Henry Wilson

scientific collector · 1876–1930

British botanist (1876-1930)

Aston University, Birmingham

Eugene Aynsley Goossens

music educator · 1893–1962

English conductor and composer (1893-1962)

Royal College of Music

English actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Fernando Zavala

economist · b. 1971

Peruvian economist and politician

University of Birmingham

Frances MacDonald

watercolorist · 1874–1921

painter from the UK (1873–1921)

Glasgow School of Art

Gail Emms

Olympic competitor · b. 1977

badminton player

Kingston University

George Coulouris

film actor · 1903–1989

British actor (1903–1989)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

George Mercer Dawson

scientific collector · 1849–1901

Canadian geologist (1849 – 1901)

Imperial College London

George Saitoti

university teacher · 1945–2012

Kenyan politician (1945-2012)

University of Warwick

Georgina M. Mace

ecologist · 1953–2020

British ecologist (1953–2020)

University of Liverpool · University of Sussex

Gita Sahgal

film producer · b. 1950

Indian writer and activist

SOAS University of London

Grace Chatto

percussionist · b. 1985

British musician

Royal Academy of Music, University of London · University of Westminster, London

Greg Davies

stand-up comedian · b. 1968

Welsh stand-up comedian and actor

Brunel University of London

Greg Searle

rower · b. 1972

British rower

London South Bank University

Hannah Miley

swimmer · b. 1989

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion

Robert Gordon University

Haydn Gwynne

stage actor · 1957–2023

British actress (1957–2023)

University of Nottingham

Helen Porter

plant physiologist · 1899–1987

British botanist (1899-1987)

ARU London · Imperial College London · Royal Holloway, University of London

Henry Faulds

scientist · 1843–1930

Scottish physician, missionary and scientist (1843–1930)

University of Glasgow · University of Strathclyde

Henry Ogg Forbes

scientific collector · 1851–1932

Scottish explorer, ornithologist and botanist (1851-1932)

University of Aberdeen

Hermione Norris

film actor · b. 1967

British actress

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Polish-British judge, legal scholar (1897–1960)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Hisham Matar

essayist · b. 1970

American writer

Goldsmiths, University of London

Howard Cooke

politician · 1915–2014

Jamaican politician (1915-2014)

ARU London

Howard Marks

autobiographer · 1945–2016

Welsh author and drug smuggler (1945-2016)

ARU London · University of Sussex

British footballer (born 1943)

Sheffield Hallam University

English composer (1915-1982)

Royal College of Music

Huw Edwards

journalist · b. 1961

Welsh journalist and newsreader (born 1961)

Cardiff University

Ian Callum

car designer · b. 1955

British car designer

Coventry University

Ian Mosley

songwriter · b. 1953

English drummer

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Ioánnis Paleokrassás

economist · 1934–2021

Greek politician (1934–2021)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Ire Aderinokun

front-end developer · b. 1991

Nigerian front end developer

University of Bristol

Irene Solà

visual artist · b. 1990

Catalan poet and writer

University of Sussex

Isaac Todhunter

historian of mathematics · 1820–1884

English mathematician (1820-1884)

ARU London

Ivan Mikloš

economist · b. 1960

Slovakian economist and politician, former minister of finance of Slovakia

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

historian of mathematics · 1941–2014

Historian of mathematics and logic (1941-2014)

ARU London · London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

British New Testament scholar and theologian (1939-2020)

University of Glasgow

British engineer

University of Nottingham

British swimmer

Loughborough University

Jan Pinkava

film producer · b. 1963

Czech animator and director

Aberystwyth University

Jeff Rawle

film actor · b. 1951

English actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Jefferson Hall

film actor · b. 1977

English actor

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

English actor (1935–2019)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Jess Phillips

politician · b. 1981

British politician (born 1981)

University of Birmingham · University of Leeds

Jim Crace

short story writer · b. 1946

English novelist, short story writer and playwright (born 1946)

ARU London · Birmingham City University · University of Birmingham

Jim Murphy

politician · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

University of Strathclyde