Notable UK university alumni

Aderonke Adeola

film screenwriter · b. 1990

Nigerian film director,producer and fashion entrepreneur

University of Manchester

Indian oceanographer

Chesterfield College

Adolphe Pictet

Indo-Europeanist · 1799–1875

Swiss linguist (1799-1875)

ARU London

Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi

police officer

President of International Criminal Police Organization

London Metropolitan University

Aiysha Hart

film actor · b. 1988

English actress (born 1988)

King's College London, University of London

British metallurgist and physicist (1919-2012)

University of Birmingham

Alanoud Alsharekh

political historian · b. 2000

Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies and Senior Political Analyst at the Kuwait National Security Bureau

SOAS University of London

Albie Sachs

activist · b. 1935

South African anti-Apartheid activist leader, author and judge of the Constitutional Court (born 1935)

University of Sussex

Alexander Garden

military physician · 1730–1791

Physician, botanist and zoologist (1730-1791)

University of Aberdeen

Alexander Mackenzie

musicographer · 1847–1935

Scottish conductor and composer (1847-1935)

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

Saint Lucian judge (1909-1993)

ARU London

Alliott Verdon Roe

military flight engineer · 1877–1958

English aviation pioneer (1877-1958)

King's College London, University of London

Amnon Rubinstein

legal scholar · 1931–2024

Israeli politician (1931–2024)

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

British actor

Durham University

Andrew Mango

historian of Modern Age · 1926–2014

British historian

ARU London · SOAS University of London

Andrew Watson

association football player · 1857–1921

Scottish footballer (1857-1921)

University of Glasgow

Andriy Zahorodniuk

statesperson · b. 1976

Ukrainian politician

University of Warwick

British actor

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Angélica Aragón

film actor · b. 1953

Mexican actress (b. 1953)

ARU London · LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Annabel Vernon

rower · b. 1982

British rower

King's College London, University of London

Anneliese Dodds

university teacher · b. 1978

British politician

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll

politician · 1629–1685

Scottish politician

University of Glasgow

Augustus Desiré Waller

physiologist · 1856–1922

physiologist (1856–1922)

University of Aberdeen

British writer (1933–1973)

King's College London, University of London

British actor (1943-1997)

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Iraqi-American musician

Royal Academy of Music, University of London

Beatrice Shilling

military flight engineer · 1909–1990

British aeronautical engineer

University of Manchester

Ben Aldridge

film actor · b. 1985

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

Ben Collins

racing automobile driver · b. 1975

British racing driver

University of Exeter

Nigerian artist (1921-1994)

Goldsmiths, University of London

Grenadian Deputy Prime Minister in the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement

University of Sussex

Beth Potter

triathlete · b. 1991

British long-distance runner

Loughborough University

Brian Bolland

comics artist · b. 1951

British artist

Norwich University of the Arts

Bruce Millan

politician · 1927–2013

British politician (1927–2013)

University of Dundee

Bruno Touschek

university teacher · 1921–1978

Austrian physicist (1921–1978)

University of Glasgow

British geneticist and science writer (1947–2020)

University of Bristol · University of Liverpool

British actress

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Dutch architect (born 1959)

Birkbeck, University of London

Caroline Dean

biologist · b. 1957

British plant scientist

University of York

Celia Rees

young adult author · b. 1949

English author

University of Birmingham · University of Warwick

Charles Edwards

actor · b. 1969

British actor (born 1969)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Chen Jining

civil engineer · b. 1964

Chinese academic and politician

Imperial College London

Chibundu Onuzo

writer · b. 1991

Nigerian writer

King's College London, University of London

Chris Chibnall

television writer · b. 1970

British television writer

St Mary's University, Twickenham · University of Sheffield

Chris Corner

DJ producer · b. 1974

English producer and musician

Goldsmiths, University of London

Chris Iwelumo

association football player · b. 1978

Scottish association football player (born 1978)

University of Staffordshire

Christopher G. Weeramantry

university teacher · 1926–2017

Sri Lankan judge (1926-2017)

ARU London · King's College London, University of London

Chuka Umunna

politician · b. 1978

British politician and lawyer (born 1978)

Nottingham Trent University · University of Manchester

Ciara Horne

sport cyclist · b. 1989

former Irish, current British racing cyclist

University of Birmingham

Claire Rafferty

association football player · b. 1989

English association football player (born 1989)

Loughborough University

Clare Short

politician · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

Harper and Keele Veterinary School · University of Leeds

Cush Jumbo

film actor · b. 1985

English actress

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Dan Snaith

musician · b. 1978

Canadian mathematician and composer who has performed as Manitoba, Daphni and Caribou

Imperial College London

Daniel Ings

television actor · b. 1985

British actor

Lancaster University

David Bamber

television actor · b. 1954

English actor (born 1954)

University of Bristol

David Lyndsay

genealogist · 1490–1555

Scottish noble and poet (c. 1490 – c. 1555)

University of St Andrews

David Schofield

film actor · b. 1951

British actor

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)

David Threlfall

television actor · b. 1953

English stage, film and television actor and director (born 1953)

Manchester Metropolitan University

David Wilson

diplomat · b. 1935

administrator and diplomat from England (born 1935)

SOAS University of London

Dominic Parsons

skeleton racer · b. 1987

British skeleton racer

University of Bath