Notable alumni of Aberystwyth University

Charles III

helicopter pilot · b. 1948

King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)

Frederick Soddy

researcher · 1877–1956

English radiochemist (1877–1956)

Ahmed Tejan Kabbah

local government official · 1932–2014

Sierra Leonean President (1932–2014)

Rachel Roberts

film actor · 1927–1980

British actress (1927-1980)

Alan Cox

blogger · b. 1968

British computer programmer

Virginijus Sinkevičius

economist · b. 1990

Lithuanian economist and politician

Gareth Jones

journalist · 1905–1935

Welsh journalist (1905–1935)

Carwyn Jones

barrister · b. 1967

First Minister of Wales from 2009 to 2018

John Compton

politician · 1925–2007

1st and former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (1925–2007)

Zack Polanski

hypnotherapist · b. 1982

British politician (born 1982)

Joe Borg

university teacher · b. 1952

Maltese politician and diplomat

Jill Evans

politician · b. 1959

British politician and MEP (born 1959)

Gwynfor Evans

politician · 1912–2005

Welsh politician (1912-2005)

Jan Pinkava

film producer · b. 1963

Czech animator and director

Ugandan poet (1931–1982)

Hishammuddin Hussein

politician · b. 1961

Malaysian politician

Cath Bishop

rower · b. 1971

British rower

Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan

sovereign · b. 1948

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

British television director (born 1960)

Molly Scott Cato

blogger · b. 1963

British economist and Member of the European Parliament (born 1963)

John Meurig Thomas

university teacher · 1932–2020

Welsh chemist (1932–2020)

Welsh geologist (1878-1967)

Welsh author, poet and novelist (1919-2020)

founder of Mayday rescue, White Helmets

Gareth Thomas

politician · b. 1967

English politician (born 1967)

hbomberguy

video essayist · b. 1992

British YouTuber (born 1992)

Folu Storms

radio personality · b. 1986

Nigerian actress

Alun Lewis

poet · 1915–1944

Welsh poet (1915–1944)

Aneirin Hughes

television actor · b. 1958

singer and actor

Owen Morgan Edwards

non-fiction writer · 1858–1920

Welsh historian, educationalist and writer (1858-1920)

Dan Jarvis

politician · b. 1972

British politician (born 1972)

American Celticist

Guto Bebb

sole proprietorship · b. 1968

Welsh politician, MP for Aberconwy (born 1968)

Liz Saville Roberts

politician · b. 1964

Welsh politician (born 1964)

Malaysian judge

Waldo Williams

poet · 1904–1971

Welsh poet (1904–1971)

Dorothy Bonarjee

poet · 1894–1983

poet and lawyer

Elin Jones

politician · b. 1966

Welsh politician, Llywydd of the Senedd (born 1966)

Edward Collingwood

mathematician · 1900–1970

Fellow of the Royal Society FRSE, mathemetician, and scientist (1900–1970)

Welsh historian and politician (1934-2010)

Alex Jones

television presenter · b. 1977

Welsh television presenter

Nick Bourne

politician · b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon

barrister · 1931–2023

Welsh politician and barrister (1931-2023)

Samuel Evans

politician · 1859–1918

British politician (1859–1918)

Will Quince

politician · b. 1982

British politician (born 1982)

Steven Woolfe

business executive · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Rachel Barrett

newspaper editor · 1874–1953

Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor

Pauline van den Driessche

applied mathematician · b. 1941

British and Canadian applied mathematician

John Dawes

rugby union player · 1940–2021

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940-2021)

Ahmed Shaheed

diplomat · b. 1964

statesman

T. H. Parry-Williams

poet · 1887–1975

Welsh poet, author and academic (1887–1975)

Lisa Surihani

model · b. 1986

Malaysian actress

literary editor (1938-2018)

Rod Richards

politician · 1947–2019

Welsh and British Conservative Politician (1947-2019)

Caroline Pidgeon

council member · b. 1972

British politician (born 1972)

Rhodri Meilir

film actor · b. 1978

British actor

British geologist (1921–2004)

Dan Rogerson

politician · b. 1975

British politician (born 1975)

Steve Gilbert

politician · b. 1976

British politician (born 1976)

Thilo Marauhn

university teacher · b. 1963

German law scholar

Prince Naquiyuddin of Negeri Sembilan

diplomat · b. 1947

Tunku Laxamana of Negeri Sembilan

Mark Williams

politician · b. 1966

British politician, born 1966

Rehman Chishti

barrister · b. 1978

British politician (born 1978)

Northern Irish botanist

Mererid Hopwood

television presenter · b. 1964

Welsh poet, lecturer and author

T. E. Ellis

politician · 1859–1899

Welsh politician and leader of Cymru Fydd (1859-1899)

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach (1929–1983)

Iorwerth Peate

geologist · 1901–1982

Welsh writer; founder of the Welsh Folk Museum (1901-1982)

David Davies, 1st Baron Davies

politician · 1880–1944

Welsh Liberal politician (1880-1944)

Cynog Dafis

politician · b. 1938

British politician (born 1938)

British writer

Leigh Richmond Roose

association football player · 1877–1916

Footballer (1877-1916)

botanist (1916-2005)

Welsh librarian, born 1912 (1912–2002)

Nigel Thrift

sociologist · b. 1949

British human geographer

Glyn Davies

blogger · b. 1944

Welsh politician and MP (born 1944)

Jonathan Edwards

politician · b. 1976

Welsh politician and MP (born 1976)

Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones

barrister · 1909–1989

British politician (1909-1989)

Thomas Alan Stephenson

botanist · 1898–1961

British zoologist (1898-1961)

Sylvia Hermon

politician · b. 1955

British politician (born 1955)

British hurdler

Neil Hamilton

barrister · b. 1949

British politician (born 1949)

Welsh historian (1920–2005)

Euros Bowen

poet · 1904–1988

Poet and clergyman (1904-1988)

Welsh bard (1899–1968)

Robin Huw Bowen

harpist · b. 1957

British musician (born 1957)

Welsh chemist and mountaineer (1878-1912)

Iwan Bala

painter · b. 1956

Welsh artist (born 1956)

Mike Wood

politician · b. 1976

MP for Dudley South since May 2015

British botanist

British writer

Simon Thomas

librarian · b. 1963

British politician (born 1963)

Neil Brand

television actor · b. 1958

British actor, composer and playwright

Elfyn Llwyd

barrister · b. 1951

Welsh barrister and politician (born 1951)

Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos

politician · 1916–2001

British politician (1916-2001)

Bob Stewart

politician · b. 1949

British politician (born 1949)

Welsh historian (1925–1995)

Wyn Jones

rugby union player · b. 1992

Welsh rugby union player

British botanist (1933-2018)

Simon Murphy

politician · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

British actor

Aled Roberts

Welsh Language Commissioner · 1962–2022

Welsh politician and Welsh Language Commissioner

Siân Gwenllian

politician · b. 1956

Welsh politician and AM (born 1956)

British biologist and virologist, Emeritus Scientist at The Francis Crick Institute

Tanzanian Member of Parliament

Keith Hill

politician · b. 1943

British politician (born 1943)

British plant geneticist

R. Williams Parry

docent · 1884–1956

Welsh poet (1884–1956)

William Edwy Vine

writer · 1873–1949

British theologian (1873–1949)

British naval historian (born 1951)

Welsh poet, novelist, translator and academic (1904–1990)

Cameroonian poet and creative writer

Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson

barrister · 1925–2012

British politician (1925-2012)

Chris Ruane

politician · b. 1958

Welsh Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (born 1958)

Edward J. Russell

pedologist · 1872–1965

British agricultural scientist (1872–1965)

Ernest Evans

barrister · 1885–1965

British politician (1885–1965)

Ffred Ffransis

linguist · b. 1948

Welsh activist

Welsh scientist (1903–1977)

Welsh-language activist

cricketer (1912-1993)

H. J. Fleure

geographer · 1877–1969

British scientist (1877-1969)

Geochronologist

Pippa Hackett

politician · b. 2000

Irish politician

Welsh rugby union player

Shaher Momani

university teacher · b. 1962

Jordanian academic and mathematician

singer and administrator (1890-1974)

William Sachiti

chief executive officer · b. 1985

entrepreneur, founder and inventor

John Moorfield

linguist · 1943–2018

Māori language academic

Kenneth Bowen

opera singer · 1932–2018

Welsh singer and musical director (1932-2018)

rugby player

Twm Morys

singer · b. 1961

Welsh poet, musician and singer

Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet

barrister · 1860–1926

British politician (1860–1926)

Welsh writer

William Havard

rugby union player · 1889–1956

military chaplain and bishop (1889-1956)

Welsh author

Poet, lecturer, in Britain and Australia (1921-1965)

anti-corruption campaigner

Welsh singer and author (1910-1988)

Thomas Hughes Jones

novelist · 1895–1966

Welsh poet and writer

Welsh mathematician (1904-1973)

Welsh-born Canadian mycologist (1918–2019)

British romanist and specialist in literature

British politician (1923–2017)

Roy Kift

translator · b. 1943

British writer

British librarian and philanthropist

American peace and conflict studies academic

Turkish composer (1951–2005)

British journalist

Mike Jenkins

poet · b. 1953

British poet

Robert Thomas Jenkins

historian · 1881–1969

British historian (1881–1969)

British politician (1913-2001)

British philosopher (1911–1970)

Margaretta Williams

linguist · 1933–2018

lecturer and Celtic linguist (1933 - 2018)

Belinda Ang

judicial commissioner · b. 1954

Singaporean judge

Welsh economist, industrialist, writer, activist and pilot

(1941–2009), Welsh television and radio presenter

English actor

British politician (1932–2021)

Welsh actress

Douglas Kell

biochemist · b. 1953

British biochemist

British librarian (1903–1987)

British politician (1910-1990)

British politician (1920-1995)

writer of teen fiction

Christine James

scholar · b. 1954

Welsh poet, academic

Welsh television director (1941–2012)

Welsh historian of philosophy and linguistics, and a translator (1926-2007)

Manshour Varasteh

political scientist

Researcher, Writer and Consultant in international politics

Anglo-Nigerian writer, journalist and critic

Liz Twist

politician · b. 1956

UK Member of Parliament (born 1956)

Rhiannon Ifans

linguist · b. 1954

Welsh academic and author

Francesca Rhydderch

writer · b. 1969

Welsh author and academic

Welsh rugby union player (1926-1991)

Welsh distance runner

D. J. Williams

writer · 1885–1970

Welsh-language writer of the twentieth century (1885–1970)

Shân Cothi

radio personality · b. 1965

Welsh singer, actress and presenter

British artist (born 1960)

British businessman

British librarian (1887-1952)

Helen Mary Jones

politician · b. 1960

British politician (born 1960)

Welsh historian and author

historian and curator (1929–2009)

Welsh barrister, author and former Archdruid

Technical college principal, Quaker

British actor

Welsh broadcaster

Welsh historian and academic (1946–2025)

Welsh musician

Ellen Evans

head teacher · 1891–1953

principal of the Glamorgan Training College, Barry (1891-1953)

British bishop (1924–2008)

British writer

John Hugh Edwards

Christian minister · 1869–1945

British Liberal Party politician (1869-1945)

Welsh author (1925–1982)

Irish hurler

Welsh politician, born 1882

John Humphreys Davies

bibliographer · 1871–1926

British lawyer (1871–1926)

John Tudno Williams

Bible translator · b. 1938

Welsh theologian

British writer

British politician born in Wales (1920-2004)

Paul Thomas

academic administrator · b. 1941

Australian academic and photographer