Notable alumni of Imperial College London

Alexander Fleming

bacteriologist · 1881–1955

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

Rajiv Gandhi

politician · 1944–1991

Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)

Brian May

YouTuber · b. 1947

British musician (born 1947)

Hassan II

military leader · 1929–1999

King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999

William Crookes

psychic · 1832–1919

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

Derek Barton

university teacher · 1918–1998

English organic chemist (1918–1998)

Geoffrey Wilkinson

non-fiction writer · 1921–1996

British Nobel laureate in Chemistry

Roger Bannister

autobiographer · 1929–2018

English physician and athlete (1929–2018)

David Irving

essayist · b. 1938

British author and Holocaust denier (born 1938)

Patrick Geddes

scientific illustrator · 1854–1932

British biologist, botanist and town planner (1854-1932)

Marc Garneau

politician · 1949–2025

Canadian astronaut and politician (1949–2025)

Andreas Mogensen

astronaut · b. 1976

Danish astronaut

Jess Wade

physicist · b. 1988

British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science

Anna Mani

meteorologist · 1918–2001

Indian meteorologist

Martin Lowry

chemist · 1874–1936

English chemist (1874–1936)

Paul Young

recording artist · b. 1956

English musician (born 1956)

Simon Singh

science journalist · b. 1964

British mathematician, journalist and science communicator (born 1964)

William Thomas Blanford

scientific collector · 1832–1905

British geologist and naturalist (1832–1905)

Leslie Valiant

university teacher · b. 1949

computer scientist, university teacher (1949-)

Arthur Holmes

geophysicist · 1890–1965

English geologist (1890–1965)

Yuval Ne'eman

nuclear physicist · 1925–2006

Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician (1925-2006)

Alfred Fowler

physicist · 1868–1940

British astronomer (1868-1940)

David Warren

adviser · 1925–2010

Australian inventor (1925-2010)

British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018)

Ukrainian documentary film producer and director

Kevin Warwick

artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1954

British robotics and cybernetics researcher

Sunetra Gupta

novelist · b. 1965

Indian novelist and epidemiologist

British chemist (1893-1970)

Naomi Oreskes

historian of science · b. 1958

American historian, scientist, academic

Valentin Ceaușescu

physicist · b. 1946

Romanian physicist (born 1947)

Frederick W. Lanchester

non-fiction writer · 1868–1946

British polymath (1868–1946)

William Penney, Baron Penney

nuclear physicist · 1909–1991

English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991)

Neil Turok

non-fiction writer · b. 1958

South African cosmologist

Maggie Aderin

science communicator · b. 1968

British space scientist

Indian physicist (1926-2020)

Joanna Haigh

environmentalist · b. 1954

British physicist and academic

Greek racing car designer

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

entrepreneur · 1968–2022

Indian businessman (1968–2022)

Carlyle Smith Beals

astrophysicist · 1899–1979

Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)

Helen Porter

plant physiologist · 1899–1987

British botanist (1899-1987)

George Mercer Dawson

scientific collector · 1849–1901

Canadian geologist (1849 – 1901)

Wolfgang Rindler

university teacher · 1924–2019

Austrian physicist (1924–2019)

Lewis Wolpert

embryologist · 1929–2021

British biologist (1929–2021)

Pallonji Mistry

entrepreneur · 1929–2022

Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022)

Karen Bradley

politician · b. 1970

British politician (born 1970)

Conrad Sangma

politician · b. 1977

Indian politician

Elsie Widdowson

nutritional scientist · 1906–2000

British nutritionist (1906–2000)

Feza Gürsey

nuclear physicist · 1921–1992

Turkish physicist (1921–1992)

Irish engineer (1935–1992)

Gilbert Walker

statistician · 1868–1958

British meteorologist

British rower

Hong Kong actor and singer

Dan Snaith

musician · b. 1978

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

British chemist (1927–2012)

Greta Stevenson

scientific collector · 1911–1990

New Zealand mycologist (1911-1990)

George Band

mountaineer · 1929–2011

English mountain climber (1929–2011)

J.Y. Pillay

economist · b. 1934

Businessman and former President of Singapore

Chen Jining

civil engineer · b. 1964

Chinese academic and politician

Julius Vogel

novelist · 1835–1899

8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)

British automotive engineer

British-Croatian rower

British rower

Tori Tsui

climate activist

women human rights defender from Hong Kong

Roma Agrawal

civil engineer · b. 1983

British structural engineer

Libyan pharmacologist and activist

Edwige Pitel

triathlete · b. 1967

French cyclist

Adrian Bowyer

university teacher · b. 1952

British engineer

English rower, kickboxer and rugby union footballer

Mary Archer

university teacher · b. 1944

British chemist (born 1944)

British computer scientist (1924-2000)

William Eccles

meteorologist · 1875–1966

British physicist (1875–1966)

Trygve Reenskaug

computer scientist · 1930–2024

Norwegian computer scientist (1930–2024)

British physicist

Adrian Johns

naval officer · b. 1951

Royal Navy admiral

British engineer

British chemist (1938–2020)

Teo Chee Hean

politician · b. 1954

Singaporean politician

William Gowland

anthropologist · 1842–1922

British archaeologist (1842–1922)

Kenza Tazi

alpine skier · b. 1996

Moroccan alpine skier

Kenneth Binmore

philosopher · b. 1940

British economist

Herbert Dingle

historian of science · 1890–1978

British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)

Greek singer

Janet Browne

historian of science · b. 1950

British historian of science

Layla Moran

politician · b. 1982

British politician (born 1982)

Edison James

politician · b. 1943

Prime Minister of Dominica

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

Kenan Malik

opinion journalist · b. 1960

English writer, lecturer and broadcaster

Dan Tolkovsky

fighter pilot · 1921–2025

Israeli Air Force major general (1921–2025)

Nick Lane

biochemist · b. 1967

British biochemist and writer (born 1967)

Lolwah Al-Khater

diplomat

Qatari diplomat and politician

Hulda Swai

life scientist · b. 1954

researcher

Tom Brake

politician · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Paul Kogerman

university teacher · 1891–1951

Estonian chemist and politician (1891–1951)

British soldier, journalist and Conservative Party politician (born 1965)

Italian biochemist (born 1967)

Tina Birbili

physicist · b. 1969

Greek politician

Bulgarian mineralogist

Nuno Loureiro

university teacher · 1977–2025

Portuguese plasma physicist (1977–2025)

Natalie Payida Jabangwe

engineer · b. 1983

Zimbabwean computer engineer and entrepreneur (born c. 1983)

Charles Henry Hitchcock

botanist · 1836–1919

United States geologist (1836-1919)

British geologist & academic

British physicist (1907–1973)

British geneticist (b. 1954)

British biologist (1903-1981)

English electronics engineer (1903-1942)

British physicist (1913–2005)

Iranian nuclear scientist (1959-2025)

Hussain al-Shahristani

nuclear physicist · b. 1942

Iraqi politician

Manny Lehman

computer scientist · 1925–2010

Known for Lehman's laws of software evolution

Ken Michael

civil engineer · b. 1938

former Governor of Western Australia

Roy Crowson

entomologist · 1914–1999

British entomologist (1914–1999)

Michael Duff

physicist · b. 1949

British physicist

Saleemul Huq

botanist · 1952–2023

Bangladeshi-British scientist

George E. Davis

chemist · 1850–1907

British chemical engineer

Isabella Gordon

scientific collector · 1901–1988

Scottish carcinologist (1901-1988)

Kit Armstrong

musician · b. 1992

American pianist and composer

Professor

Angela McLean

scientific advisor · b. 1961

British zoologist and Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford

Thelma Ekiyor

peace activist

Nigerian peace activist

author, influential figure in the self-sufficiency movement (1914-2004)

Lancelot Ware

biochemist · 1915–2000

British politician (1915-2000)

Previous Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus

Trevor Wooley

university teacher · b. 1964

British mathematician

Indian film director (1932–2003)

Tolu Oni

public health scientist · b. 1980

Epidemiologist and public health scientist

structural engineer, artist (born 1943)

British auto racing engineer

Elham Kashefi

computer scientist

computer scientist and quantum computing researcher

Wala'a Essam al-Boushi

activist · b. 1986

Sudanese activist and politician

John Graham Ramsay

university teacher · 1931–2021

British geologist (1931–2021)

Kathleen Maisey Curtis

mycologist · 1892–1994

New Zealand botanist and mycologist (1892-1994)

David E. H. Jones

science writer · 1938–2017

British chemist, columnist and science writer

Colin Humphreys

physicist · b. 1941

British physicist

aircraft engine engineer (1907-1984)

Thomas Kwok

entrepreneur · b. 1951

Hong Kong businessman (born 1951)

British structural geologist

British mechanical engineer (1933-2005)

Alexander William Bickerton

chemist · 1842–1929

British scientist

Professor of chemical engineering

Tonye Princewill

politician · b. 1969

Nigerian politician

Pauline van den Driessche

applied mathematician · b. 1941

British and Canadian applied mathematician

British physicist and engineer (1913-1985)

William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn

philanthropist · 1856–1936

British baron (1856-1936)

Greek mathematician

Ted Simon

journalist · b. 1931

British journalist

British volcanologist (born 1949)

British astronomer

Monique Frize

biomedical engineer · b. 1942

Canadian academic and biomedical engineer

Greek seismologist

British physicist

British paleontologist (1933–1998)

Canadian soccer player (1927–2000)

Turkish businessperson (born 1949)

Bill Hudson

SOE agent · 1910–1995

WW2 SOE agent (1910–1995)

Ghanaian politician

British engineer (1920–1988)

British cryptographer (1924-1997)

British motor racing aerodynamicist

British chemist (1936-2020)

Subud member

Sue Ion

researcher · b. 1955

British engineer

British zoologist (1908–1991)

Alfred Gordon Gaydon

chemist · 1911–2004

British physicist

Irish entomologist

Mostafa Kamal Tolba

environmental scientist · 1922–2016

Egyptian scientist

English author

Zambian politician and economist

Nigerian politician and engineer (1938–2014)

British expert on epidemiology

Matt Taylor

astrophysicist · b. 1973

British scientist

Abel Idowu Olayinka

academic · b. 1958

Nigerian geologist

Jessica Hsuan

actor · b. 1970

Hong Kong actress (born 1970)

British chemical engineer (1894–1980)

Baabar

journalist · b. 1954

Mongolian political analyst and writer

Zubaida Rahman

politician · b. 1972

Doctor and spouse of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Trevor Pinch

social scientist · 1952–2021

British sociologist (1952–2021)

British businessman

Bill Parry

university teacher · 1934–2006

English mathematician (1934–2006)

bridge designer, born 1928

Maciej Zworski

university teacher · b. 1963

Polish/American/Canadian mathematician

British nuclear physicist (1936–1991)

Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar

surgeon · b. 1964

British surgeon (born 1964)

British zoologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1931–2005)

Diomidis Spinellis

programmer · b. 1967

Greek computer scientist

Distinguished German-born British electrical engineer and past Rector of Imperial College

Ghanaian physicist and mathematician

Kenya Consultant civil and structural engineer

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha

civil servant · b. 1944

former Governor of Madhesh Province

Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist

Jim Chamberlin

military flight engineer · 1915–1981

Canadian engineer for AVRO Arrow and NASA

British physicist

British chemist; Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge

British Pakistani scientist

British palaeontologist (1902–1974)

Kostas Gavroglu

historian of science · b. 1947

Greek university professor and politician

Elliot Colburn

politician · b. 1992

British politician and Conservative MP

British mathematician

British writer

Sir Trevor Phillips

journalist · b. 1953

British television producer (born 1953)

British actor