Notable UK university alumni

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

essayist · 1928–2015

Novelist, essayist and poet (1928-2015)

Royal Holloway, University of London

Greek singer

Imperial College London · Royal Academy of Music, University of London

British botanist (born 1960)

University of Reading

British conductor

Goldsmiths, University of London

Mary Butts

novelist · 1890–1937

British novelist (1890–1937)

Chesterfield College

Matt Smith

association football player · b. 1989

English association football player (born 1989)

University of Manchester

Matthew Stewart

mathematician · 1717–1785

Scottish mathematician (1717-1785)

University of Glasgow

Matthew Warchus

manufacturer · b. 1966

British director and dramatist

University of Bristol

Mbarka Bouaida

politician · b. 1975

Moroccan politician

University of Hull

Melissa Courtney-Bryant

athletics competitor · b. 1993

British female distance runner

Brunel University of London

British management consultant

Cranfield University

Michael Ellis

politician · b. 1967

British Conservative party politician (born 1967)

University of Buckingham

German-American physicist and microbiologist

University of Glasgow

Misha Glenny

journalist · b. 1958

British journalist specialised in southeastern Europe global organised crime and cyber security

University of Bristol

Mohammed Hanif

aircraft pilot · b. 1964

Pakistani journalist

University of East Anglia UEA

Mònica Terribas

political pundit · b. 1968

journalist

University of Stirling

Moon Ribas

dancer · b. 1985

artist

Falmouth University

Natasha Vita-More

designer · b. 1950

American artist and transhumanist

University of Plymouth

Neha Kirpal

entrepreneur

Social and Cultural Entrepreneur from India

University of the Arts London

British television presenter and musician

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

British actor

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Scottish geographer and academic (1954–2012)

University of St Andrews

Neo Masisi

accountant · b. 1962

former first lady of Botswana

De Montfort University

Nick Brown

politician · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

University of Manchester

Nick Lane

biochemist · b. 1967

British biochemist and writer (born 1967)

Imperial College London

English actor (1924–1972)

King's College London, University of London

Non Stanford

triathlete · b. 1989

Welsh triathlete

University of Birmingham

British philosopher (1872–1958)

University of St Andrews

Norman Lamb

politician · b. 1957

British politician

University of Leicester

British peer

University of Kent

Obaid Siddiqi

geneticist · 1932–2013

Indian geneticist (1932-2013)

University of Glasgow

British academic of Polish descent, mathematician and civil engineer (1921-2009)

Imperial College London

English actor

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Oulimata Sarr

politician

Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal

University of Bedfordshire

Owen Morgan Edwards

non-fiction writer · 1858–1920

Welsh historian, educationalist and writer (1858-1920)

Aberystwyth University

Churchman and diplomat

University of Glasgow · University of St Andrews

Patrick Grady

politician · b. 1980

Scottish politician (born 1980)

University of Strathclyde

Paul Demiéville

sinologist · 1894–1979

Swiss sinologist (1894-1979)

King's College London, University of London

Paul Gilroy

music historian · b. 1956

Scholar of the Black diaspora and culture

University of Birmingham · University of Sussex

Paul Stewart

novelist · b. 1955

British writer of children's books

Lancaster University · University of East Anglia UEA

Peggy Antrobus

feminist · b. 1935

Grenadian activist, author, scholar

University of Birmingham · University of Bristol

Peter Skinner

university teacher · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

University of Bradford · University of Greenwich · University of Warwick

Philip Davies

politician · b. 1972

British Conservative politician (born 1972)

University of Huddersfield

Praya Lundberg

model · b. 1989

Thai actress and former Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR

Oxford Brookes University

Bavarian Royal (1920-1969)

Regent's University London

Qubad Talabani

politician · b. 1977

Kurdish politician

Kingston University

Rainatou Sow

activist · b. 1983

Guinean activist

London Metropolitan University

Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland

land agent · b. 1956

English aristocrat, hereditary peer, and largely rural landowner (born 1956)

University of Reading

British actor

University of Kent

Islamic scholar

SOAS University of London

Nigerian film director

Kingston University

Richard Buck

sprinter · b. 1986

British sprint athlete

Leeds Beckett University

Richard Miles

anthropologist · b. 1969

British historian and archaeologist (born 1969)

University of Liverpool

Rob Smedley

engineer · b. 1973

British motor racing engineer

Loughborough University

Robert Hardy

guitarist · b. 1980

British musician

Glasgow School of Art

British historian, novelist, and writer on Arabic literature (1946–2024)

SOAS University of London

British writer

University of Birmingham

Ross Lovegrove

designer · b. 1958

British industrial designer (born 1958)

Manchester Metropolitan University

Ross Pearson

mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1984

English martial artist

University of Sunderland

Roxanne Pallett

film actor · b. 1982

English actress

Liverpool John Moores University