Notable alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London

George Eliot

philosopher · 1819–1880

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

Mark Strong

film actor · b. 1963

British actor

Emily Davison

feminist · 1872–1913

British activist who fought for women's suffrage

KT Tunstall

recording artist · b. 1975

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1975)

Jojo Moyes

novelist · b. 1969

British novelist and journalist

Kathleen Lonsdale

peace activist · 1903–1971

Irish crystallographer (1903-1971)

Example

rapper · b. 1982

British musician

Freya Madeline Stark

travel writer · 1893–1993

British travel writer (1893-1993)

Georgina Campbell

actor · b. 1992

English actress

Lenny Henry

audiobook narrator · b. 1958

British-Jamaican actor and comedian

English writer (1884–1969)

Roxanne McKee

film actor · b. 1980

Canadian-born British actress

British computer scientist (1922–2022)

Felicity Lott

opera singer · 1947–2026

English soprano (1947–2026)

Miriam Rothschild

scientific collector · 1908–2005

British natural scientist and author (1908-2005)

Richmal Crompton

humorist · 1890–1969

English short-story writer and novelist (1890–1969)

Helen Porter

plant physiologist · 1899–1987

British botanist (1899-1987)

Victoria Prentis

politician · b. 1971

British politician

Nicholas de Roumanie

Water Safety Instructor · b. 1985

Romanian Noble

Daniel Pemberton

film score composer · b. 1977

English film and TV composer

Tahmima Anam

novelist · b. 1975

British writer, novelist and columnist (1975- )

Moussa Ibrahim

politician · b. 1974

Libyan politician

Caroline Haslett

editor · 1895–1957

British electrical engineer and electricity industry administrator, editor (1895–1957)

Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

microbiologist · 1879–1967

British mycologist and botanist (1879-1967)

British biochemist (1907–1990)

Jordanian table tennis player

Clare Mackintosh

novelist · b. 1976

British writer

British Catholic bishop

Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig

university teacher · 1943–2024

British historian and politician (1943–2024)

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

essayist · 1928–2015

Novelist, essayist and poet (1928-2015)

Louisa Martindale

surgeon · 1872–1966

English surgeon (1872-1966)

Athene Seyler

film actor · 1889–1990

English actress (1889–1990)

Sarah Perry

novelist · b. 1979

English writer (1979-)

Gregory Barker

politician · b. 1966

British politician (born 1966)

Joby Talbot

film score composer · b. 1971

British composer

Harriette Chick

biochemist · 1875–1977

British protein scientist and nutritionist (1875-1977)

Abbas Akhoundi

economist · b. 1957

Iranian politician

Nancy Bertler

ecologist · b. 1950

Antarctic researcher

Andrew Stephenson

politician · b. 1981

British politician (born 1981)

Derek Yalden

scientific collector · 1940–2013

British zoologist | ornithologist

Kate Williams

opinion journalist · b. 1974

British historian

Jenny Randerson

politician · 1948–2025

Welsh politician (born 1948)

Luisa Porritt

politician · b. 1987

British politician

Aria Mia Loberti

activist

American actress

Alec Wilkie

university teacher · b. 1948

mathematician and model theorist

philosopher

cricketer (born 1991)

Amir El-Masry

actor · b. 1990

British-Egyptian actor

Martha Annie Whiteley

chemist · 1866–1956

English chemist (1866-1956)

Norman Baker

politician · b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

British mathematician

Nigerian actress

British novelist (1967-)

Benedict Rogers

journalist · b. 1974

London-based human rights activist

Ewan Pearson

musician · b. 1972

British electronic music producer

playwright

Indian writer and academic

Irish physicist

Leilani Dowding

film actor · b. 1980

English model

Sophie Christiansen

dressage rider · b. 1987

equestrian

British writer

British zoologist and biophysicist

Antony John Williams

proprietor · b. 1964

Welsh chemist

British journalist, writer and broadcaster

Valerie Vaz

politician · b. 1954

British politician and lawyer (born 1954)

Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

politician · b. 1961

British politician (born 1961)

Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes

politician · b. 1936

British politician (born 1936)

Caroline Ansell

politician · b. 1971

British politician

British composer

Susan Bullock

opera singer · b. 1958

British opera singer

English geographer and historian of science (1879–1966)

Stewart Jackson

banker · b. 1965

British politician (born 1965)

John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble

politician · b. 1956

British peer

Martin Pickford

professeur des universités · b. 1943

British paleontologist

British composer (1964–2024)

Welsh game developer

English poet (1927–2015)

Ahmad Fuadi

writer · b. 1972

Indonesian writer

British geneticist

Lucy Owen

journalist · b. 1970

British news presenter

Aaron Bastani

media scholar · b. 1984

British political commentator

Ben Key

naval officer · b. 1965

former senior Royal Navy officer

Emma Freud

broadcaster · b. 1962

British broadcaster

Mary Chamberlain

historian · b. 1947

British historian

Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe

trade unionist · b. 1945

British Baroness (born 1945)

Welsh Photographer, Printmaker and academic expert on Medieval Italian Literature (1968–2016)

British historian (1885–1968)

Hamidreza Jalaeipour

journalist · b. 1957

Iranian sociologist

Saied Reza Ameli

sociologist · b. 1961

Iranian academic

Mary Pickford

physiologist · 1902–2002

neuroendocrinologist (1902-2002)

Robin Ince

stand-up comedian · b. 1969

English comedian, actor and writer

Jonathan Goodall

Anglican priest · b. 1961

Bishop of Ebbsfleet

Candace Chong Mui Ngam

playwright · b. 1976

Chinese playwright from Hong Kong

(1884 - 1954) geologist and benefactor

British poet (1927–2021)

Film producer

Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

politician · b. 1955

British politician (born 1955)

Duncan McCargo

political scientist · b. 1963

British academic

American evolutionary biologist

Vanessa Kingori

publisher · b. 1950

Publisher of GQ magazine

Frederick Shava

diplomat · b. 1949

Zimbabwean diplomat

Javier Bello

beach volleyball player · b. 2000

British beach volleyball player

Patricia Kingori

sociologist

Kenyan born British African sociologist

Theodora Lisle Prankerd

pteridologist · 1878–1939

British botanist (1878-1939)

Blanche Edith Baughan

botanical collector · 1870–1958

British-born New Zealand poet, writer, penal reformer and botanical collector (1870–1958)

Janet Finch

sociologist · b. 1946

British sociologist and academic

British writer

British screenwriter

English composer

British human geographer

Diriye Osman

painter · b. 1983

Somali writer and visual artist

South African-born associate professor of geophysics at Univ. of Southampton

British physicist and professor

Siwan Davies

earth scientist · b. 2000

Welsh academic

Alex Lewington

rugby union player · b. 1991

English rugby union footballer (1991-)

Bermudian suffragette leader (1888–1969)

Marian Brooke Rogers

researcher

British psychologist

British poet

Katherine Joy

researcher

British Earth scientist

British mathematics educator

Lebanese live artist (born 1976)

British historian

British physicist and academic

Portuguese writer

Angela Mason

LGBTQ rights activist · b. 1944

British civil servant and activist (born 1944)

Daljit Nagra

poet · b. 1966

British poet, teacher and broadcaster

British mathematician and educationist

British activist

British politician (1892-1972)

British classical archaeologist

Andrew Parmley

politician · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

Frances Lloyd George, Countess Lloyd-George

diarist · 1888–1972

spouse of David Lloyd George (1888–1972)

Isabel Fay

comedian · b. 1979

British actress

British television executive

British politician and educator (1903-1984)

English soprano

British film director

British architectural historian

British politician (born 1963)

Scholar of English and Arabic literature

Jüri Nael

choreographer · b. 1975

Estonian choreographer and actor (born 1975)

Jayne-Anne Gadhia

chief executive officer · b. 1961

British businesswoman

Arab Journalist

Anna Pihl

journalist · b. 1989

Estonian journalist (born 1989)

Felix Lam

singer · b. 2003

Hong Kong male singer

Palestinian academic and director