Notable alumni of Swansea University

Alan Cox

blogger · b. 1968

British computer programmer

Richey Edwards

guitarist · 1967–2008

Welsh guitarist (1967–1995)

Nicky Wire

singer · b. 1969

Welsh musician and songwriter

Alun Wyn Jones

rugby union player · b. 1985

Welsh rugby union footballer

Carol V. Robinson

chemist · b. 1956

British chemist and professor

Eleanor A. Maguire

neuroscientist · 1970–2025

Irish neuropsychologist

Colin Pillinger

university teacher · 1943–2014

Professor of Planetary science (1943-2014)

John Meurig Thomas

university teacher · 1932–2020

Welsh chemist (1932–2020)

Nigel Evans

politician · b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

Nigerian women's rights activist

Welsh composer (1912-1993)

Marcus Wyatt

skeleton racer · b. 1991

British skeleton racer

Wayne David

politician · b. 1957

Welsh politician and MP (born 1957)

English footballer (born 1964)

Huw Bennett

rugby union player · b. 1983

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach

Derek Vaughan

trade unionist · b. 1961

British politician (born 1961)

Lyn Evans

physicist · b. 1945

Welsh physicist

Mark Tami

trade unionist · b. 1962

Welsh politician and MP (born 1962)

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea

politician · b. 1939

British politician (born 1939)

Rhys Priestland

rugby union player · b. 1987

Welsh rugby union player

Saint Lucian administrator and governor-general

Siân James

politician · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Andy Hopper

university teacher · b. 1953

British computer scientist

Rod Richards

politician · 1947–2019

Welsh and British Conservative Politician (1947-2019)

Paul Dolan

social scientist · b. 1968

British behavioural scientist

Caroline Dinenage

politician · b. 1971

British politician (born 1971)

Welsh politician (1930–2007)

British politician (1946-2021)

Welsh physicist

British climatologist

philosopher (1934-2006)

Martin T. Barlow

university teacher · b. 1953

British mathematician

Bruce George

association football referee · 1942–2020

British politician (1942-2020)

John McFall

para athletics competitor · b. 1981

British para athletics competitor

Mat Johnson

comics writer · b. 1970

American novelist

Erywan Yusof

diplomat

Bruneian politician

Nonso Amadi

singer-songwriter · b. 1995

Nigerian singer, songwriter and music producer

Dwayne Peel

rugby union player · b. 1981

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach

Rob Howley

rugby union player · b. 1970

British rugby union footballer and coach

Lorely Burt

politician · b. 1954

British politician (born 1954)

Edward George Bowen

physicist · 1911–1991

Welsh physicist who invented radar (1911-1991)

Euros Bowen

poet · 1904–1988

Poet and clergyman (1904-1988)

Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London

obstetrician · 1840–1926

Welsh baronet, physician and principal founder of the National Library of Wales (1840-1926)

Khalida Inayat Noor

university teacher · b. 1946

Pakistani mathematician

British academic (1937–2011)

Anne Boden

banker · b. 1960

British entrepreneur (b. 1960)

Welsh rugby union player (1917-2009)

U. A. Fanthorpe

poet · 1929–2009

English poet (1929–2009)

Paul Thorburn

sports executive · b. 1962

Welsh rugby union player

Welsh children's writer (1930-1990)

English rugby union footballer and cricketer (born 1967)

British politician (1927-1984)

New Zealand actor (1937-2019)

Carolyn Harris

politician · b. 1960

Welsh politician and MP (born 1960)

British biologist and geneticist

Sue Austin

artist · b. 1965

British artist

Marvin Rees

non-executive director · b. 1972

British politician

Jason Mohammad

television journalist · b. 1975

Welsh radio and television presenter

Paralympic swimmer

Beth Winter

politician · b. 1974

British politician (born 1974)

Anne Main

politician · b. 1957

UK politician (born 1957)

Verity Ockenden

athletics competitor · b. 1991

British middle-distance runner

British academic and Baron (born 1946)

Welsh physicist (1903–1945)

Welsh rugby union player (1906-1977)

Welsh rugby union player

Urien Wiliam

writer · 1929–2006

Welsh novelist and dramatist (1929-2006)

French politician

Eugenio Oñate Ibañez de Navarra

mathematician · b. 1953

Spanish scientist

British chemist (1936-2015)

Andrew Davies

politician · b. 1952

Welsh politician (born 1952)

English writer

Professor of sociolinguistics (1950-2026)

Hasan Tavanayan Fard

economist · 1943–2015

Iranian economist (1943-2015)

British military historian

Peter Black

blogger · b. 1960

British politician

Footballer and military officer (1982-2012)

Welsh politician (born 1942)

Welsh rugby union player

Ana Toni

manager

Non-profit director, consultant, and grantmaker.

British biologist and species conservator

Welsh sportsperson

British journalist

Welsh mathematician (1904-1973)

Welsh educator, literary researcher and writer

Welsh rugby union player

Welsh physicist and spectroscopist

Christine James

scholar · b. 1954

Welsh poet, academic

British politician (1929-2018)

Gareth Jones

politician · b. 1939

Welsh politician (born 1939)

Canadian diplomat (1946-2006)

British geologist (1949-2002)

Joyce Watson

politician · b. 1955

Welsh politician

Mike Hedges

politician · b. 1956

Member of the Senedd (born 1956)

Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire

British sociologist

Welsh historian and academic (1946–2025)

Welsh chemist and physicist (1923–2015)

Sri Lankan oceanographer and researcher

Sudanese activist (born 1976)

Donald Fear

teacher · b. 1962

winner of jackpot on "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" TV show

Mexican mathematician

Welsh rugby union player