Notable alumni of Lancaster University

Andy Serkis

producer · b. 1964

English actor (born 1964)

Robert Fisk

journalist · 1946–2020

English writer and journalist (1946–2020)

Audrey Azoulay

beamter · b. 1972

French politician (1972-)

Sarah Waters

novelist · b. 1966

Welsh novelist (1966-)

Hanif Kureishi

novelist · b. 1954

English writer (born 1954)

James May

broadcaster · b. 1963

English television presenter and journalist

Rami Hamdallah

linguist · b. 1958

Palestinian politician (born 1958)

Taye Atske Selassie

diplomat · b. 1956

Ethiopian politician and diplomat

Ralph Ineson

film actor · b. 1969

British actor

Joseph Delaney

young adult author · 1945–2022

British writer (1945–2022)

Julio Alonso Ortega

sailor · b. 2000

Sailor and world champion

English track cyclist (born 1970)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

film actor · b. 1957

English actor, screenwriter and film director

Toni Tones

singer · b. 1985

Nigerian photographer, singer, actor

Ahdaf Soueif

novelist · b. 1950

Egyptian novelist

David Bentley Hart

Orthodox theologian · b. 1965

American author, theologian, and philosopher

Daniel Ings

television actor · b. 1985

British actor

Andrew Miller

novelist · b. 1960

English novelist

Alan Campbell

politician · b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

British scholar of comparative religion (born 1954)

Alan Milburn

administrator · b. 1958

British politician (born 1958)

British actress

Philip D. Jones

hydrologist · b. 1952

British climatologist

W. Brian Arthur

university teacher · b. 1946

American economist

Karen Dawisha

opinion journalist · 1949–2018

American political scientist (1949–2018)

Louise Bours

politician · b. 1968

British politician (born 1968)

Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig

university teacher · 1943–2024

British historian and politician (1943–2024)

Paul Stewart

novelist · b. 1955

British writer of children's books

British entertainer

pro-paedophilia campaigner

Hatoon Kadi

YouTuber

Saudi Arabian comedian and activist

Jennifer Makumbi

novelist · b. 2000

Ugandan writer British Novelist, short story writer

British writer

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

translator · b. 1973

Vietnamese poet and author

Antigoni Papadopoulou

chemist · b. 1954

Cypriot politician

English science and technology writer

British philosophy author (born 1953)

Christian Wakeford

politician · b. 1984

British politician

British actor

Cameroon-French musician.

Elisa Aaltola

animal rights advocate · b. 1976

Finnish philosopher and animal rights activist

Gillian Merron

trade unionist · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Lori S. Glaze

astronomer · b. 2000

American scientist

Trinidadian bishop

Theresa Griffin

trade unionist · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Motswana poet, educator, literary events and project producer

Cat Smith

politician · b. 1985

British politician (born 1985)

Fran Bagenal

geophysicist · b. 1954

British astrophysics professor

Rick Priestley

designer · b. 1959

English miniature wargame designer and writer

Holly Lynch

politician · b. 1986

British politician (born 1986)

British writer

Thomas Buberl

chairman of the executive board · b. 1973

CEO of AXA

Salvador Namburete

economist · b. 1957

Mozambican politician

Peter Dowd

council member · b. 1957

British Labour Party Member of Parliament (born 1957)

Malaysian politician

British businessman

Simon Emmerson

guitarist · 1956–2023

British musician

Kadri Liik

journalist · b. 1970

Estonian journalist (born 1970)

British novelist and short story writer (born 1990)

Palestinian legal and political researcher

Kostas Gavroglu

historian of science · b. 1947

Greek university professor and politician

Kamilah Hanifah

diplomat

Bruneian diplomat

Simon Danczuk

politician · b. 1966

British politician (born 1966)

English historian of international history and the Third Reich

British earl and politician (1968-2014)

Mike Hill

politician · b. 1963

UK Member of Parliament (born 1963)

Giovanni Leone

volcanologist · b. 1967

Italian geophysicist and volcanologist

historian of science

British politician (1945-2017)

Ranvir Singh

journalist · b. 1977

British television presenter

Bruneian politician

British writer of Irish descent

Canadian economist

Graham James

Anglican priest · b. 1951

Bishop of Norwich; Bishop of St Germans; British Anglican bishop (born 1951)

Irving Hexham

religious studies scholar · b. 1943

British academic

Saudi Arabian business woman

Xiaolan Fu

academic · b. 1967

Professor of economics

professor of Media and Communication in London School of Economics

Attiya Waris

professor · b. 1974

Lecturer at Nairobi University, writer about corporate tax reform

Canadian management researcher

Damian Barr

journalist · b. 1976

British journalist

Beverley Nambozo

activist · b. 1976

Ugandan writer

Nigerian politician

Kunal Sarangi

politician · b. 1981

Indian politician

Suzanne Evans

journalist · b. 1965

British politician (born 1965)

Antony Burgmans

entrepreneur · b. 1947

Dutch businessman

Ben Crystal

television actor · b. 1977

British actor, writer and producer

Celia de Fréine

translator · b. 1948

Irish poet

British politician (1944–2025)

Dave Snowden

consultant · b. 1954

British academic

translator

Malaysian writer

Nigerian politician

Giles Scott-Smith

university teacher · b. 1968

Dutch-British academic

Greg Mills

academic · b. 1962

South African writer

British politician (born 1953)

Mary M. Talbot

linguist · b. 1954

British writer

Meir Javedanfar

journalist · b. 1973

Israeli journalist

Rainer Hersch

conductor · b. 1962

British comedian and musician

British historian and author

Ng Cho-nam

environmentalist · 1960–2019

Associate Professor of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong conservationist (1960-2019)

Malawian theologian

Legislator, youth advocate and girls empowerment trailblazer. She was elected into the Delta State House of Assembly in March 2023

New Zealand psychology academic

British linguist

Ghanaian biological scientist and academic

English author

Canadian professor of operations research

British writer and scholar of Buddhism (born 1951)

fiction author

Louise Prockter

planetary scientist · b. 2000

plantary scientist

British linguist

Canadian composer, radio producer, and accordionist

British food writer and critic

British linguist

poet and non fiction writer

British historian (1950-2020)

British historian

Judith Pfeifer

linguist · b. 1975

Austrian author

Director of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Hong Kong writer

Rachel Mann

Anglican priest · b. 1970

British Anglican transgender priest, poet and LGBT activist

Branko Gradišnik

opinion journalist · b. 1951

writer, translator

British artist (born 1965)

British political scientist

Giles Fraser

Anglican priest · b. 1964

vicar; former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral

British politician (born 1956)

British politician (born 1951)

Irish political scientist

American sociologist

British writer

British business professor

cricketer (born 1973)

Australian futurologist

Malaysian businessman

British writer

Stewart Binns

documentary filmmaker · b. 1950

British writer

American historian

British linguist and playwright

British linguist

Kenyan theologian, co-founder of Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

Michael Payne

politician

British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Gedling since 2024