Notable alumni of University of Hull
162 graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international notability.
Ana Brnabić
business manager · b. 1975
President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens
adviser · b. 1938
British sociologist (born 1938)
Anthony Minghella
film producer · 1954–2008
British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)
Nicholas Liverpool
diplomat · 1934–2015
President of Dominica (1934-2015)
Mark Fisher
theorist · 1968–2017
British cultural theorist (1968-2017)
John Prescott
trade unionist · 1938–2024
British politician (1938–2024)
Sarah Gilbert
immunologist · b. 1962
British vaccinologist
Neelie Kroes
politician · b. 1941
Dutch politician (born 1941)
Genesis P-Orridge
performance artist · 1950–2020
British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)
Ola Brown
helicopter pilot · b. 1986
British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur
Sam Battle
museum professional · b. 1989
English singer-songwriter, music producer and YouTuber (born 1989)
Matt Haig
business consultant · b. 1975
British writer (born 1975)
Eluned Morgan
politician · b. 1967
First Minister of Wales, 2024–2026
Tracey Thorn
guitarist · b. 1962
British singer (born 1962)
Muhtar Kent
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Turkish-American businessperson (born 1952)
Nitasha Kaul
sociologist · b. 1976
Indian economist and writer
Sam Troughton
television actor · b. 1977
British actor
Andrew Jennings
journalist · 1943–2022
British journalist (1943-2022)
Ada Osakwe
business executive · b. 1980
Nigerian food entrepreneur and investor
Tom Watson
blogger · b. 1967
British politician (born 1967)
Tom Brooke
television actor · b. 1978
English actor
Nancy Shukri
politician · b. 1961
Malaysian politician
Tony Attwood
psychologist · b. 1952
British psychologist
Phillip Blond
Christian theologian · b. 1966
British philosopher (born 1966)
Dehenna Davison
politician · b. 1993
British politician (born 1993)
Roy Hattersley
journalist · b. 1932
British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist (born 1932)
Roger McGough
musician · b. 1937
British writer and poet
Balghis Badri
women's rights activist · b. 1948
Gender activist Sudanese
Magid Magid
environmentalist · b. 1989
Somali-British politician and activist (born 1989)
Wale Ojo
television actor · b. 1968
British-Nigerian actor
Mbarka Bouaida
politician · b. 1975
Moroccan politician
Tracey Crouch
politician · b. 1975
British politician
Tony Galvin
association football player · b. 1956
Irish footballer
Artur Silva
minister · b. 1956
politician
Eamon Duffy
university teacher · b. 1947
Irish historian
Florence Ayisi
film director · b. 1962
Cameroonian filmmaker and academic
Neil Codling
keyboardist · b. 1973
British musician
Ben Watt
musician · b. 1962
British musician (born 1962)
Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah
banker · b. 1958
Ghanaian politician
Frank Field
politician · 1942–2024
British politician and peer (1942–2024)
Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack
politician · 1939–2024
British politician (1939–2024)
David Hanson
politician · b. 1957
British politician (born 1957)
Zhang Jun
diplomat · b. 1960
Chinese diplomat
Alan Williams
Catholic bishop · b. 1951
Catholic bishop
Karl Turner
politician · b. 1971
British politician (born 1971)
Jon Trickett
council member · b. 1950
British Labour politician
Lynxxx
artist · b. 1983
Nigerian musician
Neil Coyle
politician · b. 1978
British politician (born 1978)
Mama Fatima Singhateh
minister · b. 1950
Gambian lawyer, judge, and politician
Gabriel Salazar
economic historian · b. 1936
Chilean historian
James Graham
playwright · b. 1982
British playwright and television writer
Derek Reid
mycologist · 1927–2006
British mycologist (1927-2006)
Dom Phillips
journalist · 1964–2022
British journalist, writer, editor
Konstantinos Kompos
jurist · b. 1976
Cypriot jurist, academician, politician
Victoria Adaobi Obasi
vice-chancellor · b. 1952
current substantive vice chancellor of Imo State University
Martyn Roper
diplomat · b. 1965
British diplomat
Helen Grant
politician · b. 1961
British politician (born 1961)
Sally Lindsay
film actor · b. 1973
English actress
Rosie Winterton
politician · b. 1958
British politician (born 1958)
Julian Knight
journalist · b. 1972
British politician (born 1972)
Marianne Elliott
director · b. 1966
British theatre director
Brendan Patricks
magician · b. 1984
British actor
Jenni Murray
television announcer · 1950–2026
British journalist and broadcaster (1950–2026)
Joseph Garcia
historian · b. 1967
Gibraltarian historian and politician (born 1967)
Peter Skov-Jakobsen
theologian · b. 1959
Danish theologian
Andy Harries
film producer · b. 1954
British producer (born 1954)
Bernd Wallet
presbyter · b. 1971
Dutch old catholic archbishop
Uduak Archibong
healthcare scientist · b. 1950
academic and nursing researcher
Keith Simpson
politician · b. 1949
British politician (born 1949)
Jonathan Raban
essayist · 1942–2023
British writer (1942–2023)
Sarah Greene
television presenter · b. 1957
English television presenter
Sue Johnson
therapist · 1947–2024
Canadian psychologist (1947-2024)
Jeremy Darroch
chief executive officer · b. 1962
English television executive
Angellah Kairuki
minister · b. 1976
Tanzanian politician
Lim Kay Tong
television actor · b. 1954
Singaporean actor, host
Bob Cryer
politician · 1934–1994
British politician (1934-1994)
Chris Mullin
opinion journalist · b. 1947
British Labour politician and diarist (born 1947)
Elliot Morley
politician · b. 1952
British politician (born 1952)
Wouter Van Besien
politician · b. 1971
Flemish politician
Malcolm Sinclair
film actor · b. 1950
British actor
Matthew Green
association football player · b. 1974
English football manager (born 1972)
Assem Allam
businessperson · 1939–2022
businessman (1939–2022)
Nic Dakin
politician · b. 1955
British politician (born 1955)
Louise Ellman
council member · b. 1945
British politician (born 1945)
Jack Cohen
non-fiction writer · 1933–2019
British biologist and author (1933-2019)
Daniel Francis Annan
politician · 1928–2006
Judge and former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (1928-2006)
Douglas Dunn
literary critic · b. 1942
Scottish poet (b1942)
Tiemo Wölken
jurist · b. 1985
German politician
Ayesha Hazarika
comedian · b. 1975
Scottish broadcaster and journalist (born 1975)
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun
politician · b. 1969
Saint Lucian lawyer and politician
Jennifer Wilby
business theorist · b. 1953
American business theorist
Loh Gwo Burne
politician · b. 1974
Malaysian politician
Mary Bousted
trade unionist · b. 1959
British trade unionist (born 1959)
Michael Aldrich
entrepreneur · 1941–2014
English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur
Richard Jones
director · b. 1952
theatre and opera director from Great Britain
Harry Barnes
politician · 1936–2026
Labour politician (born 1936)
Richard Flavell
molecular biologist · b. 1945
English biochemist
Abu Hassan Omar
diplomat · 1940–2018
Malaysian politician (1940-2018)
Cecilia Koranteng-Addow
barrister · 1936–1982
Ghanaian barrister and judge (1936-1982)
Judith McKenna
business executive · b. 1966
British businesswoman (born 1966)
Javaid Rehman
human rights defender · b. 1967
British-Pakistani legal scholar and professor
Stan Cullimore
guitarist · b. 1962
English musician, author and composer
Tony Badger
university teacher · b. 1947
British historian
Tracy Borman
university teacher · b. 1972
British historian
John Hiden
historian · 1940–2012
British historian
Flick Drummond
politician · b. 1962
British politician (born 1962)
John Britton
mathematician · 1927–1994
British mathematician (1927-1994)
Nico Ladenis
chef · 1934–2023
British Michelin-starred chef (1934–2023)
Mohd Puad Zarkashi
politician · b. 1957
Malaysian politician
Peter Fahy
police officer · b. 1959
British chief constable
Rosemary Sayigh
historian · b. 1935
British historian
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
journalist · b. 1967
British television reporter
Erkin Bairam
economist · 1958–2001
New Zealand economist
Ernest Hecht
publisher · 1929–2018
Publisher, producer
Frank Barrie
television actor · 1936–2025
English stage and television actor (1936–2025)
Hilary Beckles
historian · b. 1955
Barbadian academic
Jason Lo
musician · b. 1975
Malaysian musician
David S. Ingram
mycologist · b. 1941
British botanist
Georges Bégué
French resistance fighter · 1911–1993
French engineer
Christine Loh
politician · b. 1956
Hong Kong politician
Yaw Brefo Darkwa-Dwamena
farmer · b. 1932
Ghanaian politician and Farmer
William Frederick Blick
sports executive · b. 1974
Ugandan engineer and IOC member
Pierre Bardy
director · b. 1987
Monegasque politician
Catherine O'Brien
film theorist · b. 1962
British film scholar
Colin Challen
council member · b. 1953
British politician (born 1953)
Fred Kwasi Apaloo
lawyer · 1921–2000
former Ghanaian barrister (1921–2000)
Victor Emery
university teacher · 1934–2002
British physicist (1934–2002)
Chris Scott
novelist · b. 1945
Canadian writer
Fatima Babiker Mahmoud
women's rights activist
Sudanese feminist
Richard Simcott
linguist · b. 1977
British linguist
Jean-Michel Javaux
politician · b. 1967
Belgian politician
Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei
Zinnie Harris
director · b. 1972
British playwright, screenwriter and director
Yam Kai Bong
politician · b. 1978
politician
Anthony Forster
political scientist · b. 1964
British political scientist and British Army officer
Selma Chalabi
film director
filmmaker, journalist
Chandrashekhar J. Joshi
plasma physicist · b. 1953
Indian-born American plasma physicist (born 1953)
Roger Luckhurst
academic · b. 1967
British academic
John Newsinger
university teacher · b. 1948
British historian
Juliet Morris
television presenter · b. 1965
UK television presenter
Ken Reid
journalist · 1955–2024
British journalist
Nick Hardwick
business executive · b. 1957
British businessman
Peter James Thomas
scientist · b. 1961
Academic and entrepreneur
Peter Rawlings
literary scholar · b. 1951
Professor of English and American Literature
Andrew Pakes
politician · b. 1973
British politician (born 1973)
Anthony Kelly
physicist · b. 1957
US physicist / educationalist
Brian Iddon
politician · b. 1940
British politician (born 1940)
Bryn Davies
trade unionist · b. 1944
British trade unionist and politician (born 1944)
Chris Jury
television actor · b. 1956
English actor, writer and director
Greg Pope
politician · b. 1960
British politician (born 1960)
Henri Bortoft
physicist · 1938–2012
Physicist and philosopher of science
Vic Hoyland
music arranger · b. 1945
British composer
Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield
academic · b. 1945
British politician and academic (born 1945)
Dibyesh Anand
linguist · b. 1953
Indian political scientist and author
Antony Szeto
film producer · b. 1964
Australian film director
Al Richardson
historian · 1941–2003
British historian (1941-2003)
Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne
political adviser · b. 1983
British political adviser (born 1983)
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco
b. 1970
10th Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization
Alex Gerlis
writer · b. 1955
British writer
Ben Goldsborough
politician · b. 1990
British politician, from 2024, member of the UK Parliament
Damos Dumoli Agusman
diplomat · b. 1963
Indonesian diplomat
Barry Everitt
neuroscientist · b. 1946
British neuroscientist
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