Notable alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
140 graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international notability.
Michelle Yeoh
beauty pageant contestant · b. 1962
Malaysian actress (born 1962)
Richard Griffiths
film actor · 1947–2013
British actor
Julie Walters
film actor · b. 1950
British actress
Bernard Hill
film actor · 1944–2024
British actor (1944-2024)
Sylvia Pankhurst
oil painter · 1882–1960
English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)
Steve Coogan
autobiographer · b. 1965
English actor and comedian
John Mayall
recording artist · 1933–2024
English blues musician (1933–2024)
John Bradley
film actor · b. 1988
English actor
Marsha Thomason
film actor · b. 1976
British actress (born 1976)
Anthony Taylor
association football referee · b. 1978
English football referee
Martin Parr
deltiologist · 1952–2025
British photographer (1952–2025)
Norman Whiteside
autobiographer · b. 1965
Northern Irish footballer (born 1965)
Grant Shapps
minister · b. 1968
British politician, Secretary of State for Defence
Zawe Ashton
film director · b. 1984
British actress
Karen Bardsley
association football player · b. 1984
American-English footballer
Burn Gorman
film actor · b. 1974
British actor (born 1974)
Sarah Burton
fashion designer · b. 1974
English fashion designer (born 1974)
L. S. Lowry
printmaker · 1887–1976
British visual artist (1887–1976)
John Amaechi
blogger · b. 1970
British basketball player
Rebecca Long-Bailey
lawyer · b. 1979
British politician (born 1979)
Antony Sher
film actor · 1949–2021
British actor, writer and theatre director (1949–2021)
Mick Hucknall
musician · b. 1960
English singer, songwriter and lead singer of Simply Red
Elliot Knight
television actor · b. 1990
British actor
Thomas Heatherwick
designer · b. 1970
English designer (born 1970)
Amanda Burton
film actor · b. 1956
actress from Northern Ireland.
John Bishop
television actor · b. 1966
English comedian and actor
David Threlfall
television actor · b. 1953
English stage, film and television actor and director (born 1953)
Lauren Child
porcelain painter · b. 1965
author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle is a Hunkle
David Peace
English teacher · b. 1967
English novelist
Paul Abbott
television producer · b. 1960
English writer and producer
Patrick Harvie
politician · b. 1973
co-leader of the Scottish Green Party (born 1973)
Philip Craven
athletics competitor · b. 1950
President of the IPC
Gwyneth Dunwoody
politician · 1930–2008
Longest ever serving female Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1930-2008)
Peter Saville
cover artist · b. 1955
British graphic designer (born 1955)
Heather Peace
film actor · b. 1975
British singer/songwriter and actress
Ross Lovegrove
designer · b. 1958
British industrial designer (born 1958)
Tom Hurndall
journalist · 1981–2004
British photographer and activist (1981–2004)
Jo Stevens
politician · b. 1966
Welsh politician and MP for Cardiff Central (born 1966)
Mary Whitehouse
activist · 1910–2001
British conservative activist (1910–2001)
Tony Warren
writer · 1936–2016
English television scriptwriter (1936-2016)
Peter Purves
film actor · b. 1939
English actor and television presenter
Mark Cueto
rugby sevens player · b. 1979
English rugby union footballer
Matthew Smith
draftsperson · 1879–1959
British painter (1879-1959)
Kadeena Cox
sport cyclist · b. 1991
English athlete
Marc Scott
athletics competitor · b. 1993
British athletics competitor
Siwan Morris
film actor · b. 1976
British actress (born 1976)
Min Patel
cricketer · b. 1970
Cricket player of England. (born 1970)
Clara Barker
activist · b. 2000
British engineer, material scientist, and LGBT advocate
Judy Kibinge
film director · b. 1967
Kenyan filmmaker, writer and producer
Anthony Flanagan
television actor · b. 1972
British actor
Bethany Black
stand-up comedian · b. 1978
British stand up comedian
Debra Stephenson
television actor · b. 1972
British actress and impressionist
Jeff Hordley
television actor · b. 1970
British actor
Graham Fellows
film director · b. 1959
British comedian and musician
Gwendoline Riley
writer · b. 1979
British writer
Chris Priestley
children's writer · b. 1958
children's author and illustrator
John Thomson
film actor · b. 1969
English comedian and actor
Liz Kessler
journalist · b. 1966
British children's writer
Gladstone Small
cricketer · b. 1961
Cricket player of England. (born 1961)
Simon Barker
association football player · b. 1964
Footballer (born 1964)
Annie Wallace
actor · b. 1965
British actor
Mike Kane
council member · b. 1969
British politician (born 1969)
Gethin Jones
rugby union player · b. 1978
Welsh television presenter
Graham Evans
politician · b. 1963
British politician (born 1963)
Jamie Reed
politician · b. 1973
British politician (born 1973)
E. Gertrude Thomson
painter · 1850–1929
British artist (1850-1929)
Zoë Henry
actor · b. 1973
British actress
Cerrie Burnell
presenter · b. 1979
British actress, singer, playwright and television presenter
Daniel Parslow
association football player · b. 1985
Welsh association football player
Danny Schofield
association football player · b. 1980
English footballer and manager (born 1980)
Jamison Green
LGBTQ rights activist · b. 1948
American activist
Dewi Morris
rugby union player · b. 1964
English rugby union footballer
Magnus Lund
rugby union player · b. 1983
English rugby union player
Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
politician · b. 1950
British Labour Party politician and life peer (born 1950)
Joy Gregory
artist · b. 1959
British artist
Laura Pidcock
politician · b. 1988
British Member of Parliament
Ramy Abdu
manager
Palestinian financial expert
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
politician · b. 1952
British teacher, politician, life peer (born 1952)
Kali Mountford
politician · b. 1954
British politician (born 1954)
Tom Hingley
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
British singer
Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley
politician · b. 1943
British Baroness
Vernon Kay
television presenter · b. 1974
British TV presenter
John Copley
visual artist · 1875–1950
British artist (1875-1950)
Judy Holt
film actor · b. 1960
British actress
Simon Shepherd
scholar of English · b. 1956
British actor
Gareth Owen
association football player · b. 1982
English-born Welsh footballer (born 1982)
Mike Thornton
politician · b. 1952
British politician (born 1952)
Ian Andrews
association football player · b. 1964
professional footballer (born 1964)
John McCombe
association football player · b. 1985
English association football player
James Corner
landscape architect · b. 1961
American landscape architect
Emily Hollinshead
association football player · b. 1995
Welsh association football player (born 1995)
James Frith
politician · b. 1977
politician (born 1977)
Saranda Bogujevci
politician · b. 1985
Kosovar-British politician
Paul Goggins
social worker · 1953–2014
British politician (1953-2014)
Kei Miller
journalist · b. 1978
Jamaican writer
Kerrie Taylor
actor · b. 1973
British actress
Louis Bennett
association football player · b. 1998
American soccer player and coach
Michael Turner
business executive · b. 1948
British businessman
Julie Hilling
politician · b. 1955
British politician
Leo Fitzmaurice
artist · b. 1963
British artist
Michael Raynes
association football player · b. 1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Nick Sharratt
painter · b. 1962
British children's illustrator and writer
Ossie Clark
fashion designer · 1942–1996
British fashion designer (1942–1996)
Paul S. Walsh
chief operating officer · b. 1955
British businessperson, Executive Chairman of the Board of McLaren Group Limited
Linder Sterling
collagist · b. 1954
British artist (born 1954)
Carey Young
video artist · b. 1970
British artist (born 1970)
Jenny Eclair
novelist · b. 1960
English comedian, novelist, and actress
Hisham Bin Ghalboun
politician · b. 1955
Libyan politician
Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
painter · 1880–1952
British painter (1880–1952)
Eleri Mills
artist · b. 1955
Welsh artist (born 1955)
Thelma Walker
politician · b. 1957
British politician
Lee Chambers
life coach · b. 1985
British psychologist and entrepreneur
Andre M. Ebanks
politician
politician in Cayman Islands
Chan Yuet-ming
politician · b. 1972
Hong Kong lawmaker
Rodwell Munyenyembe
minister · 1936–2005
Malawian politician
Gordon Taylor
trade unionist · b. 1944
English footballer, trade union leader (born 1944)
Greg Pearson
association football player · b. 1985
English footballer (born 1985)
Laura Smith
politician · b. 1985
politician (born 1985)
Nick Read
soldier · b. 1966
British businessman
Alan Clive Roberts
biologist · 1934–2021
British biologist
Lucy Jane Parkinson
drag king
British actor
Bibiana Campos Seijo
weightlifter · b. 1901
editor of Chemical & Engineering News
Paul Hudson
business executive · b. 1967
British pharmaceutical executive (born 1967)
Pauline Aitken
sculptor · 1893–1958
English sculptor, born 1893
Hazel Gaynor
writer · b. 1971
author
Emmanuel Welbeck Nortey
1926–2023
Ghanaian politician
Musalli Al-Muammar
President of Al Nassr FC
David Quinn
scientific illustrator · b. 1959
British bird artist
Danny Grewcock
rugby union player · b. 1972
English rugby union footballer
Graeme Hawley
television actor · b. 1973
British actor
Simon Reevell
barrister · b. 1966
British politician (born 1966)
James Jones
Anglican theologian · b. 1948
Church of England bishop (born 1948)
Simcha Weinstein
author · b. 1975
British rabbi
Tony Whelan
association football player · b. 1952
English footballer (born 1952)
Kate MccGwire
sculptor · b. 1964
British sculptor (born 1964)
Larry Gott
guitarist · b. 1957
British musician
Matthew Kelly
television actor · b. 1950
British television presenter
Melissa Porter
television presenter · b. 1972
English actress
Chloe Moss
author · b. 1976
English playwright
Rachel Mann
Anglican priest · b. 1970
British Anglican transgender priest, poet and LGBT activist
Source: Wikidata (P69 educated_at). Notability ranking uses Wikipedia language coverage.