Notable alumni of Newcastle University

Rowan Atkinson

manufacturer · b. 1955

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)

Bryan Ferry

musician · b. 1945

British singer (born 1945)

Princess Eugenie of York

patron of the arts · b. 1990

younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson

Chris Vance

television actor · b. 1971

British actor

Lewis Fry Richardson

peace and conflict researcher · 1881–1953

UK mathematician & polymath (1881–1953)

British geophysicist and statistician (1891–1989)

Esha Gupta

beauty pageant contestant · b. 1985

Indian actress

Tim Farron

politician · b. 1970

British politician (born 1970)

Mary Midgley

ethicist · 1919–2018

British philosopher and ethicist (1919–2018)

William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

civil engineer · 1810–1900

English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900)

Paul Kennedy

geopolitical analyst · b. 1945

British historian

Perrie Edwards

songwriter · b. 1993

British singer

Jade Thirlwall

pop singer · b. 1992

British singer

English-American chemist (1932-2008)

Lisa Nandy

politician · b. 1979

British politician (born 1979)

Alastair Reynolds

science fiction writer · b. 1966

British science fiction author (born 1966)

Bruce Babbitt

jurist · b. 1938

American lawyer and politician

English explorer (born 1975)

Duncan Watmore

association football player · b. 1994

England association football player (born 1994)

Ali Mohamed Shein

minister · b. 1948

President of Zanzibar

Claire Williams

sporting director · b. 1976

deputy team principal of the Williams F1 Formula One racing team

Wilko Johnson

guitarist · 1947–2022

English musician (1947–2022)

Yasmin Ahmad

film producer · 1958–2009

Malaysian film director (1958–2009)

Alexander Downer

foreign minister · b. 1951

Australian politician (born 1951)

Milton Augustus Strieby Margai

head of government · 1895–1964

Sierra Leonean politician (1895-1964)

British writer

Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster

aristocrat · b. 1991

British aristocrat and businessman (born 1991)

Rory Best

rugby union player · b. 1982

Irish rugby union player

English paleontologist (1947-2020)

Wash Westmoreland

film producer · b. 1966

American film director

British jazz trumpeter, composer and writer (1933–2009)

Kit Malthouse

financier · b. 1966

British politician

British rower

Sean Scully

graphic artist · b. 1945

Irish artist based in the US (born 1945)

Nigerian lawyer

Terry Farrell

urban planner · 1938–2025

British architect

Kate Adie

journalist · b. 1945

British journalist (born 1945)

Pascal Canfin

journalist · b. 1974

French politician

British rower

Philip D. Jones

hydrologist · b. 1952

British climatologist

Robert Goodwill

farmer · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

English dramatist, screenwriter and short-story writer (born 1968)

Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

sociologist · b. 1937

British politician (born 1937)

Ablade Glover

university teacher · b. 1934

Ghanaian artist and educator

Imants Lieģis

diplomat · b. 1955

Latvian diplomat (born 1955)

Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin

politician · b. 1944

British politician (born 1944)

British-Nigerian speculative fiction writer

Nigel Mills

politician · b. 1974

British politician

German-Indian cardiovascular scientist and cricketer

Nigerian lawyer

Phil Bennion

politician · b. 1954

British politician (born 1954)

Julie Ward

politician · b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

David Tibet

publisher · b. 1960

British singer-songwriter and visual artist

Robert Rowland

film screenwriter · 1966–2021

British politician (born 1966)

Paul Ashworth

association football player · b. 1969

English football player and manager

British botanist (1920-1998)

Caroline Johnson

pediatrician · b. 1977

British Conservative party politician (born 1977)

Paul Smith

singer · b. 1979

English rock singer (b. 1979)

British actor

Andy Morrell

association football player · b. 1974

footballer; football manager (born 1974)

Lisa Harvey-Smith

astronomer · b. 1979

Australian astronomer

Geoff Parling

rugby union player · b. 1983

English rugby union footballer

Nayef Al-Rodhan

neurosurgeon · b. 1959

philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author

British actress and fashion model

Irish rugby union player

pseudonym of Frances Hegarty, a lawyer and crime-writer

British politician (born 1930)

Ben Murphy

athlete · b. 1975

British pilot

British peer (born 1981)

Carina Bergfeldt

foreign correspondent · b. 1980

Swedish reporter, columnist and author

British record producer and songwriter

Nigel Shadbolt

principal · b. 1956

Prinicipal of Jesus College, Oxford; Professor of Computer Science; Chairman of the Open Data Institute

English rugby union player *1987

Óscar López Águeda

politician · b. 1973

Spanish politician

Lim Boon Heng

politician · b. 1947

Singaporean politician

British painter (1936-2015)

Ashraf Choudhary

civil engineer · b. 1949

New Zealand politician and scientist

British poet (1932-2000)

Ruth Gates

marine biologist · 1962–2018

American marine biologist (1962-2018)

Tim Head

multimedia artist · b. 1946

British artist (born 1946)

Riton

musician · b. 1978

British DJ and music producer

Rupert Freeman-Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

politician · b. 1967

British noble and politician (born 1967)

British writer

British architect, television presenter, lecturer and writer

British barrister, recorder, writer

Fijian filmmaker

Theo Clarke

art historian · b. 1985

British politician (born 1985)

Sudanese mathematician and professor

Ben Pimlott

biographer · 1945–2004

British historian (1945–2004)

British design historian

Cameroonian physician

British long-distance runner

Nigerian academic

Gordon Lyons

politician · b. 1986

unionist politician in Northern Ireland (born 1986)

Nigerian economist

Paul Williams

general practitioner · b. 1972

English lawmaker

Lillian Mary Nabulime

sculptor · b. 1963

Ugandan sculptor

Iain Smith

politician · b. 1960

British politician (born 1960)

English geologist (1912–1995)

British archeologist

Alan Plater

writer · 1935–2010

English screenwriter (1935–2010)

English rugby union player

English musician and record producer

Mo O'Toole

politician · b. 1960

British politician (born 1960)

British photographer (1947–2025)

Danny Dorling

researcher · b. 1968

English social geographer

Peter Gibson

politician · b. 1975

British politician

Ken Hodcroft

physician · b. 1953

British businessman

British writer

Marlene Norst

linguist · 1930–2010

Australian academic

Anke Domscheit-Berg

business consultant · b. 1968

German politician

Stephen Hepburn

politician · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Chris Williamson

television personality · b. 1988

British broadcaster (born 1987)

The President of the Association of African Universities and President of Sudan International University

Nigerian professor

Biologist

Emily Collinge

athletics competitor · b. 1988

British runner

Helen Scales

marine biologist

British marine biologist

Pakistani physicist

British writer

Eric Parry

designer · b. 1952

British architect

British Professor of Climate Change Impacts

cricketer (1955-)

Alexander Burnett

politician · b. 1973

Scottish politician (born 1973)

Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg

politician · b. 1977

British politician and political adviser

British psychiatrist (1966-)

Olga Fischer

linguist · b. 1951

Dutch linguist

politician

British economist (born 1948)

British immunologist and university teacher

Rich Johnston

comics critic · b. 1972

comic comics columnist and author

Seif Seleman Rashidi

minister · b. 1957

Tanzanian politician

Stephen C. West

biochemist · b. 1952

British biochemist (born 1952)

British zoologist and author

Thomas Goetz

diplomat · b. 1953

German diplomat

Tamara Taylor

rugby union player · b. 1981

England international rugby union player

English historian (1939–2024)

Bella Hardy

fiddler · b. 1984

English folk musician

British businessman

Canadian mathematician (born 1938)

Stuart Hatton

beauty pageant contestant · b. 1985

British pageant winner, model, and dancer

Trinidad-born poet, artist and educator

British music composer

Stephen Chapman

chemist · b. 1959

Australian teacher and chemist

computer scientist

British actor

British businessman

British academic

Dennis Assanis

writer · b. 1959

Greek-American mechanical engineer

British archaeologist

British marine biologist

British politician (1922-2016)

British weather presenter

poet

Rebecca Fortnum

visual artist · b. 1963

British painter

Richard Barrett

opinion journalist · b. 1945

British author (b.1945)

Samuel Dagogo-Jack

academic

American academic

English cricketer (born 1969)

British film producer and businessperson

British television presenter

Northern Ireland politician, writer and activist (born 1977)

Jim Causley

musician · b. 1980

British musician

Indian statistician

Mark Burgess

physicist · b. 1966

British computer scientist

Mark Isherwood

politician · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

British paleontologist

Archis Tiku

guitarist · b. 1977

British musician

Alex Bateman

bioinformatician · b. 1972

British bioinformatician

Ahmad Poori

novelist · b. 1953

Iranian writer, translator and novelist

Max Fosh

choir singer · b. 1995

British Internet personality, YouTuber and comedian

Maya Forstater

researcher · b. 1973

British researcher, writer and anti-trans-activist

film director

Julie Minns

politician · b. 1968

British politician

Emmanuel Fabiano

minister

Malawian politician

Eleanor Scott

classical archaeologist · b. 1960

archaeologist

American archaeologist and classical scholar

Nigerian academic and publisher

Yoruban prince (1938-2017)

Malaysian statistician

Joseph Hillier

sculptor · b. 1974

British sculptor

British sculptor (1943–2019)

English fashion designer

Jane Alexander

Anglican priest · b. 1959

Bishop of Edmonton

James Edward Barker

film producer · b. 1980

British composer

Electric machinery researcher

British earth scientist

Tanzanian politician

Damien O'Kane

musician · b. 1978

Northern Irish musician

businessperson

British zoologist (1922–2016)

Fay Hield

singer · b. 1978

English folk singer

Gavin Brown

mathematician · 1942–2010

Scottish-Australian mathematician and university administrator (1942-2010)

Giles Fraser

Anglican priest · b. 1964

vicar; former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral

Richard Manchester

university teacher · b. 1942

Australian astronomer