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.

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II portrait

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

consultant · b. 1950

King of the Ashanti

London Metropolitan University

Pallonji Mistry portrait

Pallonji Mistry

entrepreneur · 1929–2022

Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022)

Imperial College London

Park Yeong-hyo portrait

Park Yeong-hyo

autobiographer · 1861–1939

Korean politician (1861-1939)

The University of Edinburgh

Patricia McFadden portrait

Patricia McFadden

publisher · b. 1952

African feminist and writer

University of Warwick

Patrick Steptoe

gynecologist · 1913–1988

British gynaecologist (1913–1988)

King's College London, University of London

Perdita Weeks

video game actor · b. 1985

British actress

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

Perri Shakes-Drayton portrait

Perri Shakes-Drayton

athletics competitor · b. 1988

British hurdler

Brunel University of London

Peter Lovesey portrait

Peter Lovesey

short story writer · 1936–2025

British writer

University of Reading

Peter Webber

film editor · b. 1968

British film director, screenwriter and film editor

University of Bristol

Phelan Hill portrait

Phelan Hill

coxswain · b. 1979

British rower

University of Leicester

Pupul Jayakar

biographer · 1915–1997

Indian writer (1915-1997)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Rachel Brown portrait

Rachel Brown

association football player · b. 1980

English footballer (born 1980)

Nelson and Colne College Group

Reynhard Sinaga portrait

Reynhard Sinaga

b. 1983

Indonesian rapist

University of Leeds · University of Manchester

Richard Perle portrait

Richard Perle

political adviser · b. 1941

American government official

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Richard Quest portrait

Richard Quest

discussion moderator · b. 1962

English television journalist

University of Leeds

Robert Caldwell portrait

Robert Caldwell

Dravidologist · 1814–1891

British orientalist and dravidologist (1814–1891)

University of Glasgow

Robert Giffen portrait

Robert Giffen

statistician · 1837–1910

British statistician (1837-1910)

University of Glasgow

Robert Graham portrait

Robert Graham

botanist · 1786–1845

British botanist (1786-1845)

University of Glasgow

Robert Moray

scholar · 1609–1673

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

University of St Andrews

Ronald Drever portrait

Ronald Drever

physicist · 1931–2017

British physicist (1931-2017)

University of Glasgow

Roparz Hemon portrait

Roparz Hemon

lexicographer · 1900–1978

Breton writer (1900–1978)

University of Leeds

Rosa DeLauro portrait

Rosa DeLauro

congressional staff · b. 1943

U.S. Representative from Connecticut

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Sadie Plant portrait

Sadie Plant

theorist · b. 1964

British writer (born 1964)

University of Manchester

Samantha Lewthwaite

musician · b. 1983

British widow, Islamist and fugitive

SOAS University of London

Samantha Robinson portrait

Samantha Robinson

film actor · b. 1991

American actress

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson portrait

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson

neurologist · 1878–1937

British neurologist (1878–1937)

The University of Edinburgh

Samuel Barnett portrait

Samuel Barnett

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Sarah Ladipo Manyika portrait

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

essayist · b. 1968

British writer

University of Birmingham

Saskia Reeves

film actor · b. 1961

English actress

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Seamus McGarvey portrait

Seamus McGarvey

film director · b. 1967

Irish cinematographer

University of Westminster, London

Simon Beckett

journalist · b. 1960

British writer

Newcastle University

Simon Conway Morris

paleobotanist · b. 1951

British palaeontologist (born 1951)

University of Bristol

Sophie Bray portrait

Sophie Bray

field hockey player · b. 1990

British field hockey player

University of Birmingham

Sophie Hosking

rower · b. 1986

British rower

Durham University

St. George Jackson Mivart portrait

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

Stanley Mandelstam

theoretical physicist · 1928–2016

American physicist (1928-2016)

University of Birmingham

Stephen Campbell Moore portrait

Stephen Campbell Moore

film actor · b. 1979

British actor (born 1979)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Steve Toussaint portrait

Steve Toussaint

film actor · b. 1965

British actor

University of Sussex

Steve Williams portrait

Steve Williams

rower · b. 1976

English rower

Oxford Brookes University

Sujoy Ghosh portrait

Sujoy Ghosh

film producer · b. 1966

Indian film director

University of Manchester

Susan Strange portrait

Susan Strange

journalist · 1923–1998

British international political economist (1923–1998)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

T. M. Aluko

novelist · 1918–2010

Nigerian writer (1918-2010)

ARU London

Taiwo Ajai Lycett portrait

Taiwo Ajai Lycett

cosmetologist · b. 1941

Nigerian poet and actress

Guildhall School of Music & Drama · Middlesex University

Thomas Cooray

Catholic priest · 1901–1988

Catholic cardinal. (1901–1988)

ARU London

Thomas Heatherwick portrait

Thomas Heatherwick

designer · b. 1970

English designer (born 1970)

Manchester Metropolitan University

Thomas Lewis portrait

Thomas Lewis

cardiologist · 1881–1945

British cardiologist (1881–1945)

Cardiff University

Thomas Urquhart portrait

Thomas Urquhart

genealogist · 1611–1660

Scottish writer and translator

University of Aberdeen

Timothy Winter portrait

Timothy Winter

Islamicist · b. 1960

British islamicist (1960-)

ARU London · SOAS University of London

Tom Austen portrait

Tom Austen

film actor · b. 1987

English actor

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Tom Goodman-Hill portrait

Tom Goodman-Hill

film actor · b. 1968

British actor

University of Warwick

Tom Ransley portrait

Tom Ransley

rower · b. 1985

British rower

University of York

Upen Patel portrait

Upen Patel

model · b. 1980

British actor

University of Hertfordshire

Victoria Prentis portrait

Victoria Prentis

politician · b. 1971

British politician

Royal Holloway, University of London

Wanuri Kahiu portrait

Wanuri Kahiu

film director · b. 1980

Kenyan filmmaker

University of Warwick

Wendy Smith-Sly

athletics competitor · b. 1959

British athlete

Loughborough University

William MacGillivray portrait

William MacGillivray

paleobotanist · 1796–1852

British naturalist and ornithologist (1796–1852)

University of Aberdeen

William Mitchell Ramsay portrait

William Mitchell Ramsay

biblical scholar · 1851–1939

Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1851-1939)

University of Aberdeen

Wolfgang Rindler portrait

Wolfgang Rindler

university teacher · 1924–2019

Austrian physicist (1924–2019)

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

Yewande Omotoso

novelist · b. 1980

South African-based novelist

University of East Anglia UEA

Zainab Balogun portrait

Zainab Balogun

model · b. 1989

Nigerian-English actress

University of Kent

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