Notable alumni of Bangor University

Danny Boyle

producer · b. 1956

English filmmaker

Robert Edwards

physiologist · 1925–2013

English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation

Roger Whittaker

recording artist · 1936–2023

British singer-songwriter and musician

R. S. Thomas

librettist · 1913–2000

Welsh poet (1913–2000)

Meave Leakey

paleoanthropologist · b. 1942

British paleoanthropologist

Robert Holdstock

science fiction writer · 1948–2009

British fantasy and science fiction author (1948-2009)

Paul Bérenger

foreign minister · b. 1945

Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005

Owain Owain

nuclear physicist · 1929–1993

Welsh novelist, short story writer and poet (1929–1993)

Leo Sachs

molecular biologist · 1924–2013

Israeli molecular biologist (1924-2013)

Hywel Williams

politician · b. 1953

Welsh politician and MP for Arfon (born 1953)

Dafydd Elis-Thomas

politician · 1946–2025

Welsh politician (1946–2025)

Frances Barber

film actor · b. 1958

British actress

Kate Roberts

children's writer · 1891–1985

Welsh author (1891–1985)

Phil Woosnam

association football coach · 1932–2013

Welsh footballer and manager (1932-2013)

Ann Clwyd

broadcaster · 1937–2023

Welsh politician and MP (1937–2023)

Peter Daszak

ecologist · b. 2000

zoologist, disease ecologist

Alan Llwyd

literary critic · b. 1948

Welsh poet (born 1948)

Alan Bray

civil servant · 1948–2001

British gay rights activist (1948–2001)

Stefan Rahmstorf

climate activist · b. 1960

German oceanographer and climatologist

Alun Ffred Jones

film director · b. 1949

Welsh politician, author and television director

Bill Wiggin

politician · b. 1966

British politician

Angharad Tomos

writer · b. 1958

Welsh writer and language activist (born 1958)

Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno

Christian minister · b. 1935

Life Peer (born 1935)

Beata Brookes

researcher · 1930–2015

British politician (1930-2015)

C. E. Wynn-Williams

physicist · 1903–1979

Welsh physicist (1903-1979)

Islwyn Ffowc Elis

science fiction writer · 1924–2004

Welsh writer and politician (1924–2004)

British psychologist

Welsh scholar (1881–1965)

British psychologist (1928–1996)

British politician (born 1966)

Sarah Atherton

politician · b. 1967

British politician

British politician (1927-2011)

Welsh organic chemist and academic administrator (1911–2002)

Caryl Parry Jones

singer · b. 1958

Welsh singer and writer

Welsh plant pathologist and mountaineer (1895-1991)

Aditi Saigal

singer-songwriter · b. 1998

Indian musician and actress

Lewis Valentine

Christian minister · 1893–1986

Welsh politician (1893–1986)

David Whyte

poet · b. 1955

English poet (born 1955)

British television director and producer

Albert Evans-Jones

poet · 1895–1970

Welsh poet (1895–1970)

Maltese composer

Juno Dawson

journalist · b. 1981

British youth fiction author

Welsh Independent minister, author and playwright

Welsh poet, born 1883 (1883–1968)

Aled Eames

non-fiction writer · 1921–1996

historian and author, mostly Welsh maritime history (1921–1996)

British physicist (1940-2007)

Guto Puw

composer · b. 1971

British composer

Siân James

harpist · b. 1961

Welsh singer and musician (1961–)

British writer (1938-2015)

Peredur Lynch

professor · b. 1963

Welsh academic and poet

Welsh film and television director, writer, and producer

Welsh television executive (1936-2015)

Liz Howe

herpetologist · 1959–2019

British ecologist and herpetologist (1959-2019)

Owen Hurcum

politician · b. 1997

Welsh politician

Welsh author, scholar and translator (1873-1961)

zoologist, author

Phil Hopkins

rugby union player · 1880–1966

Welsh rugby union player (1880-1966)

Welsh children's writer

Tom Parry Jones

business executive · 1935–2013

Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur (1935-2013)

Welsh politician and Member of Parliament (born 1944)

British mountain climber

English author and malware researcher

British politician (1929-1995)

Lloyd Jones

novelist · 1951–2026

Welsh novelist

Welsh nationalist and theologian (1921–1998)

Robert Armstrong-Jones

psychiatrist · 1857–1943

Welsh physician, psychiatrist, grandfather of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

Anglican bishop (1937–2018)

R. Silyn Roberts

poet · 1871–1930

Welsh poet and activist (1871–1930)

Welsh historian, author and librarian (1878–1962)

Welsh cricketer (1910-1984)

David Miall Edwards

theologian · 1873–1941

Welsh Non-conformist writer and theologian

Welsh novelist, playwright and storyteller (1939-2026)

Zonia Bowen

writer · 1926–2024

English-born writer, linguist, and activist

British academic (1928–2014)

Canadian writer

Falkland Islander newspaper editor

climatologist and oceanographer

Ugandan corporate executive

Welsh literary critic, author and educationalist (1914-1992)

Denis Kwok

television presenter · b. 1990

Hong Kong male singer and actor (1990-)