Notable UK university alumni

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

consultant · b. 1950

King of the Ashanti

London Metropolitan University

Pallonji Mistry

entrepreneur · 1929–2022

Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022)

Imperial College London

Park Yeong-hyo

autobiographer · 1861–1939

Korean politician (1861-1939)

The University of Edinburgh

Patricia McFadden

publisher · b. 1952

African feminist and writer

University of Warwick

British gynaecologist (1913–1988)

King's College London, University of London

British actress

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

Perri Shakes-Drayton

athletics competitor · b. 1988

British hurdler

Brunel University of London

Peter Lovesey

short story writer · 1936–2025

British writer

University of Reading

British film director, screenwriter and film editor

University of Bristol

Phelan Hill

coxswain · b. 1979

British rower

University of Leicester

Indian writer (1915-1997)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Rachel Brown

association football player · b. 1980

English footballer (born 1980)

Nelson and Colne College Group

Reynhard Sinaga

b. 1983

Indonesian rapist

University of Leeds · University of Manchester

Richard Perle

political adviser · b. 1941

American government official

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Richard Quest

discussion moderator · b. 1962

English television journalist

University of Leeds

Robert Caldwell

Dravidologist · 1814–1891

British orientalist and dravidologist (1814–1891)

University of Glasgow

Robert Giffen

statistician · 1837–1910

British statistician (1837-1910)

University of Glasgow

Robert Graham

botanist · 1786–1845

British botanist (1786-1845)

University of Glasgow

Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and philosopher

University of St Andrews

Ronald Drever

physicist · 1931–2017

British physicist (1931-2017)

University of Glasgow

Roparz Hemon

lexicographer · 1900–1978

Breton writer (1900–1978)

University of Leeds

Rosa DeLauro

congressional staff · b. 1943

U.S. Representative from Connecticut

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Sadie Plant

theorist · b. 1964

British writer (born 1964)

University of Manchester

British widow, Islamist and fugitive

SOAS University of London

Samantha Robinson

film actor · b. 1991

American actress

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson

neurologist · 1878–1937

British neurologist (1878–1937)

The University of Edinburgh

Samuel Barnett

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

essayist · b. 1968

British writer

University of Birmingham

English actress

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Seamus McGarvey

film director · b. 1967

Irish cinematographer

University of Westminster, London

British writer

Newcastle University

British palaeontologist (born 1951)

University of Bristol

Sophie Bray

field hockey player · b. 1990

British field hockey player

University of Birmingham

British rower

Durham University

St. George Jackson Mivart

historian of science · 1827–1900

English biologist and critic of natural selection (1827–1900)

King's College London, University of London

American physicist (1928-2016)

University of Birmingham

Stephen Campbell Moore

film actor · b. 1979

British actor (born 1979)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Steve Toussaint

film actor · b. 1965

British actor

University of Sussex

Steve Williams

rower · b. 1976

English rower

Oxford Brookes University

Sujoy Ghosh

film producer · b. 1966

Indian film director

University of Manchester

Susan Strange

journalist · 1923–1998

British international political economist (1923–1998)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Nigerian writer (1918-2010)

ARU London

Taiwo Ajai Lycett

cosmetologist · b. 1941

Nigerian poet and actress

Guildhall School of Music & Drama · Middlesex University

Catholic cardinal. (1901–1988)

ARU London

Thomas Heatherwick

designer · b. 1970

English designer (born 1970)

Manchester Metropolitan University

Thomas Lewis

cardiologist · 1881–1945

British cardiologist (1881–1945)

Cardiff University

Thomas Urquhart

genealogist · 1611–1660

Scottish writer and translator

University of Aberdeen

Timothy Winter

Islamicist · b. 1960

British islamicist (1960-)

ARU London · SOAS University of London

Tom Austen

film actor · b. 1987

English actor

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Tom Goodman-Hill

film actor · b. 1968

British actor

University of Warwick

Tom Ransley

rower · b. 1985

British rower

University of York

Upen Patel

model · b. 1980

British actor

University of Hertfordshire

Victoria Prentis

politician · b. 1971

British politician

Royal Holloway, University of London

Wanuri Kahiu

film director · b. 1980

Kenyan filmmaker

University of Warwick

British athlete

Loughborough University

William MacGillivray

paleobotanist · 1796–1852

British naturalist and ornithologist (1796–1852)

University of Aberdeen

William Mitchell Ramsay

biblical scholar · 1851–1939

Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1851-1939)

University of Aberdeen

Wolfgang Rindler

university teacher · 1924–2019

Austrian physicist (1924–2019)

Imperial College London · King's College London, University of London · University of Liverpool

South African-based novelist

University of East Anglia UEA

Zainab Balogun

model · b. 1989

Nigerian-English actress

University of Kent