Notable alumni of Queen Mary University of London

Bruce Dickinson

heavy metal singer · b. 1958

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

Guðni Jóhannesson

university teacher · b. 1968

President of Iceland (2016-2024)

Peter Mansfield

biophysicist · 1933–2017

English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging

Graham Chapman

television actor · 1941–1989

English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

novelist · 1927–2013

German-born British-American author (1927-2013)

Alasdair MacIntyre

philosopher · 1929–2025

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

Sarah Waters

novelist · b. 1966

Welsh novelist (1966-)

Bill O'Reilly

presenter · b. 1949

American political commentator, television host and writer

Pete Doherty

rock musician · b. 1979

English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)

Romola Garai

film director · b. 1982

British actress

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands

aristocrat · b. 1966

wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

English author and academic (1932–2000)

Arthur Wint

middle-distance runner · 1920–1992

athletics competitor (1920-1992)

Peaches Geldof

model · 1989–2014

British journalist, television presenter and model (1989–2014)

Graham McTavish

television actor · b. 1961

Scottish actor

Esther McVey

executive producer · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Peter Caruana

barrister · b. 1956

Chief Minister of Gibralter (born 1956)

Bernard Butler

guitarist · b. 1970

musician, songwriter, record producer

Peter Hain

politician · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

Nathalie Handal

non-fiction writer · b. 1969

American writer

Fleur East

fitness model · b. 1987

British singer

Scottish astrophysicist

Bekeme Masade

social entrepreneur · b. 1982

Nigerian social entrepreneur

Sarah Harrison

journalist · b. 1982

journalist

John Meurig Thomas

university teacher · 1932–2020

Welsh chemist (1932–2020)

British writer (1932–2012)

British rower and medical doctor

Caroline Spelman

politician · b. 1958

British politician (born 1958)

Stephen Hammond

economist · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Julie Gardner

manufacturer · b. 1969

television producer

Eva Carneiro

sports physician · b. 1973

Gibraltar-born British sports medicine specialist

Kia Abdullah

novelist · b. 1982

British novelist

Ghanaian medical practitioner

Palestinian surgeon

Tejinder Virdee

university teacher · b. 1952

British physicist

David Sullivan

publisher · b. 1949

Welsh businessman

Michael Duff

physicist · b. 1949

British physicist

British actor

British medical researcher

Kate Williams

opinion journalist · b. 1974

British historian

British historian

emeritus professor of Neural Systems Engineering at Imperial College London.

British structural geologist

science journalist

Tigran Avinyan

politician · b. 1989

Armenian politician

Helen Pluckrose

non-fiction writer · b. 1974

British author and cultural writer

Nigerian Author, Photographer and Filmmaker

Prannoy Roy

journalist · b. 1949

Indian journalist

Piers Corbyn

conspiracy theorist · b. 1947

British political activist (born 1947)

Nigerian academician

Apsana Begum

politician · b. 1990

British politician

Mārtiņš Kazāks

economist · b. 1973

Latvian economist and governor of central Bank of Latvia (born 1973)

Ibilola Amao

engineer

Nigerian engineer

Sara Torres

novelist · b. 1991

Spanish poet, writer, and researcher (*1991)

Zaima Rahman

lawyer

Bangladeshi lawyer

Raed Fahmy Jahid

politician · b. 1950

Iraqi politician

Samson Abramsky

computer scientist · b. 1953

computer scientist

John Whittaker

university teacher · b. 1945

British politician (born 1945)

Roy Strong

autobiographer · b. 1935

art historian from the United Kingdom

Malcolm Chisholm

university teacher · 1945–2015

British chemist; (1945-2015)

Tom Pursglove

politician · b. 1988

British politician (born 1988)

Ghanaian judge

Canadian geography professor (1938–2022)

David Newman

university teacher · b. 1956

British political scientist

British biochemist (1891–1952)

British botanist (1921-2006)

Turkish Cypriot actor

Suzana Ansar

film actor · b. 1978

English singer and actress

Tomás Bulat

journalist · 1964–2015

economist, writer and journalist

Stephanie Peacock

trade unionist · b. 1986

UK Member of Parliament (born 1986)

Sierra Leonean lawyer

American electrical engineering researcher (1942-2010)

Michalis Catzipantela

chartered accountant · b. 1974

Cypriot politician

Verla De Peiza

politician · b. 1971

Barbadian politician; leader of the DLP

Naila Kiani

mountaineer

Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer

Jerry Brotton

scholar of English · b. 1969

British historian (1969-)

Kia Joorabchian

sports agent · b. 1971

Iranian businessman

British biochemist (1900-2003)

British astronomer

British Chinese television chef, food writer and food entrepreneur

British poet and professor (born 1947)

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

politician · b. 1942

British politician

Saira Peter

singer

british-Pakistani Opera Singer

Virginia Crosbie

politician · b. 1966

British politician

Ghanaian politician

Spanish writer

Mohammed Hijab

orator · b. 1991

British Islamic scholar and philosopher

businessman

Rudranath Capildeo

mathematician · 1920–1970

politician and mathematician from Trinidad and Tobago

Jane Hill

journalist · b. 1969

British newsreader

Nick Jennings

artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1966

British artificial intelligence expert

Diana Johnson

politician · b. 1966

British Labour politician (born 1966)

Ghanaian engineer

British computer programmer, first female commercial programmer

British economist

English actress and vocal coach

British physicist (1922-2002)

British biologist

Edward J. Russell

pedologist · 1872–1965

British agricultural scientist (1872–1965)

Gerard Lyons

financial analyst · b. 1961

British economist

Finnish aviation engineer

historian

Lisa Downing

philologist · b. 1974

British philologist (1974-)

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

politician · b. 1985

British politician

British historian

Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel

land owner · b. 1964

Irish and British peer (born 1964)

Joëlle Elvinger

politician · b. 1980

Luxembourgish politician

British architectural historian, author, and television personality

British economist

Turkish-British film director (1985–2017)

Professor of Cosmology at the University of Cape Town. South Africa

Italian astrophysicist

Botswana lawyer and judge

Cynthia Umezulike

activist

Nigerian human rights lawyer and activist

Hisham Khatib

politician · 1936–2022

Jordanian Politician, Scientist, Engineer and Art Collector

Kamran Daneshjoo

politician · b. 1956

Iranian academic and politician

British historian (1920–1996)

French entrepreneur

British academic

scientist and author children's books about scientific topics

British newspaper editor (1930-2016)

Martin Paul Eve

literary scholar · b. 1986

British university lecturer and writer

High Court judge of Rivers State, Nigeria

British diplomat (1922–2008)

professor of humanities and human rights at the University of Birmingham

British art historian and museum curator

British rower

Polish rower

Kate Pyne

historian · 1943–2015

British historian

British economist

British journalist

British Labour politician, civil servant and life peer (1932-2019)

British screenwriter (1968–2009)

British High Court judge, born 1954

British author

Nigerian economist

English mycologist, protozoologist, and photographer (1922-2007)

Ghanaian biologist

Angela Speck

astrophysicist

Professor of Astrophysics

Iranian humanitarian and producer

Óscar Graham

economist · b. 1962

Peruvian economist and politician

Emma Obanye

entrepreneur · b. 1982

British businesswoman

Adela Kanasya Adies

physician · b. 1995

Indonesian politician (born 1995)

English poet (1939-2015)

Malaysian lawyer

British civil engineer (1900-1976)

British immunologist (1920-2008)

English actress and model

Halima Begum

b. 1975

British civil servant, administrator and activist

French neuroscientist

New Zealand marine biologist and conservationist (1937-2015)

British mathematician (1924-2010)

Adam Tinworth

economic journalist · b. 1971

British game designer

politician from Trinidad and Tobago

Andrew Pocock

diplomat · b. 1955

British diplomat

Iranian economist

Nigerian gay and LGBT activist

Geraint F. Lewis

university teacher · b. 1969

Welsh astronomer born in Neath