Notable alumni of University of Leicester

Atifete Jahjaga

police officer · b. 1975

President of Kosovo from 2011 to 2016

English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)

Storm Thorgerson

film director · 1944–2013

English graphic designer (1944-2013)

Mako Komuro

aristocrat · b. 1991

Japanese princess; eldest child of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan

Peter Atkins

non-fiction writer · b. 1940

British chemist

English author and academic (1932–2000)

Heather Couper

science communicator · 1949–2020

astronomer (1949–2020)

Natalie Bennett

journalist · b. 1966

Australian-British politician

Phelan Hill

coxswain · b. 1979

British rower

English paleontologist (1947-2020)

Justin Chadwick

television actor · b. 1968

British actor and director

Lauren Henry

rower · b. 2001

British rower

Derek Schmidt

lawyer · b. 1968

American politician (born 1968)

Freda Akosua Prempeh

marketer · b. 1966

Ghanaian politician

Dave Cousins

banjoist · 1940–2025

English musician (1940–2025)

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

advertising person · b. 1980

Ghanaian politician

Danielle Brown

archer · b. 1988

English archer

British writer

Kwabena Donkor

consultant · b. 1958

Ghanaian politician

Ghanaian academic and diplomat

Norman Lamb

politician · b. 1957

British politician

Graham Joyce

science fiction writer · 1954–2014

British writer (1954–2014)

Kenyan academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer

Nigerian film director

British physicist

British hurdler

prime minister of Rwanda

William Sharman

bobsledder · b. 1984

British hurdler

Alex Adomako-Mensah

banker · b. 1962

Ghanaian politician

Christian Levrat

trade unionist · b. 1970

Swiss politician

British sociologist (1926-2004)

Nigerian historian (1929–2014)

Pakistani economist, philosopher and politician (1932-2025)

Lynne Frostick

university teacher · b. 1949

Chartered British geographer and geologist

Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

lawyer · b. 1965

Kenyan judge

Kwamena Minta Nyarku

senior lecturer · b. 1974

Ghanaian academic and politician

Peter Yaw Kwakye-Ackah

consultant · b. 1957

Ghanaian politician

Zeinab Camara

politician · b. 1981

Guinea politician, football club president

Hans Klein

journalist · 1931–1996

German politician (1931-1996)

British writer

British economist (1926–2009)

Nigerian writer, actress and filmmaker

Festus Awuah Kwofie

managing director · b. 1967

Ghanaian politician

Quentin Willson

presenter · 1957–2025

British television presenter

Susan Waddington

council member · b. 1944

British politician (born 1944)

Zohar Strauss

film actor · b. 1972

Israeli actor and singer

Nigerian business executive

cricketer

British botanist and university teacher (1913–1986)

Ugandan writer and activist

Ghanaian politician

Ghanaian politician

British sociologist

British politician (1937-2006)

Italian model

Norman Rosenthal

art historian · b. 1944

British art historian and curator

Jon Tickle

television presenter · b. 1974

British television presenter

Angela Mudge

skyrunner · b. 1970

Skyrunner

David Leslie Hawksworth

lichenologist · b. 1946

British mycologist and lichenologist

Mary Susan McIntosh

feminist · 1936–2013

British sociologist, feminist, political activist and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner

Nigerian lawyer and philanthrophist

Suzie Imber

researcher · b. 1983

planetary scientist

Emma Bunce

astrophysicist · b. 1975

British physicist

Ghanaian politician

David Ward

politician · b. 1953

British politician (born 1953)

Sarah Cruddas

radio personality · b. 1984

TV and Radio science presenter and journalist

Serajul Islam Choudhury

literary critic · b. 1936

Bangladeshi academic and editor

British Chief Constable (born 1942)

British historian (1911–2001)

British writer

Roy Bailey

sociologist · 1935–2018

British musician (1935–2018)

writer/TV Pundit

John McVicar

journalist · 1940–2022

British journalist

Michael Jack

politician · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

Professor for Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town

English rugby union player

Ray Gosling

journalist · 1939–2013

English broadcaster and journalist (1939–2013)

Chris Copping

singer-songwriter · b. 1945

British musician

sociologist

Lagos-based fashion designer considered to be one of Nigeria's leading couturiers

Katherine Woodthorpe

business executive · b. 1956

company director

Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott

university teacher · b. 1940

British politician (born 1940)

Charlotte Roberts

nurse scientist · b. 1957

bioarchaeologist

Somalia Former Minister of Justice

Nigerian Entrepreneur, Interior Designer

Paul Workman

biologist · b. 1952

biologist

British travel writer (1951–2004)

S. Barry Cooper

philosopher · 1943–2015

British philosopher

Rachel Hopkins

politician · b. 1972

British politician and Labour MP

British economist

Chris Atton

academic · b. 1959

Scottish Professor

Ghanaian politician and communication consultant

medieval historian

Turi King

geneticist · b. 1969

Canadian-British academic

Bosun Tijani

entrepreneur · b. 1977

Nigerian entrepreneur and politician

Joy Belmonte

civil servant · b. 1970

Filipino public servant; mayor of Quezon City since 2019

British music industry executive

Huang Chih-hsien

television presenter · b. 1964

Taiwanese writer

British archaeologist and teacher (1918-2009)

Alan Charlton

diplomat · b. 1952

British Ambassador to Brazil

Nigel Peters

barrister · b. 1952

British judge

Lino Bianco

architect · b. 1965

Maltese architect and academic

Roger A. Sheldon

university teacher · 1942–2025

British chemist

Kenyan politician

English botanist (born 1965)

Mikel Herrán

YouTuber · b. 1991

Spanish archaeologist, drag artist, writer and YouTuber

Guyanese politician (1929–2022)

Royal Air Force Pilot

English journalist

Philip C.J. Donoghue

paleontologist · b. 1971

British paleontologist

Yair Galily

sociologist · b. 1970

Israeli sociologist

Taiwanese sinologist

Andy Carter

politician · b. 1974

British politician

British A&E consultant

Nigerian police officer

British firearm historian and author

British archaeologist (1920-2001)

British writer

Alan Bundy

artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1947

British artificial intelligence researcher

British physicist

Alissandra Cummins

museologist · b. 1958

Barbadian UNESCO official

Nigerian political scientist (1931-1980)

Bob Mortimer

television presenter · b. 1959

English comedian and actor

British journalist, born 1962

Farrukh Dhondy

journalist · b. 1944

British writer

Geoff Palmer

writer · 1940–2025

Jamaican-British academic and human rights activist (1940–2025)

Gordon Messenger

b. 1962

Royal Marines general

researcher

Ghanaian academic, public administrator and minister

Sarah Clarke

b. 1965

British administrator

Cypriot politician

Ugandan politician, professional social worker and journalist

British noble (born 1948)

English footballer (born 1953)

Saudi Arabian writer and academic

Tanzanian politician

English video game composer

Liam Donaldson

surgeon · b. 1949

British doctor

British paleontologist

Scholar of English and Arabic literature

Ian Bryant

computer scientist · b. 1965

British computer scientist

Martin Barstow

astronomer · b. 1958

professor of astrophysics and space science

English historian

Johannes Paulmann

historian of Modern Age · b. 1960

German historian of the modern age

Hillary Sao Kanu

police officer

Sierra Leone police officer and Commissioner of Police for ATMIS

Ghanaian politician

Abdel-Moneim Mustafa

architect · b. 1930

Sudanese architect and lecturer

British historian

English academic and journalist

Kenneth Mubu

politician · d. 2015

South African politician

British politician (born 1946)

Canadian politician

Nigel Henbest

television writer · b. 1951

British astronomer

Turkish philanthropist (born 1959)

British academic

Joseph Shapira

judge · b. 1945

Israeli judge

Inke Maris

public relations executive · 1948–2020

Indonesian journalist, newscaster and communication consultant

British novelist

British military historian

Karen-Mae Hill

diplomat

Antiguan diplomat, High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom

South African pharmacist, cricket administrator and team manager of South Africa national cricket team (1946-2021)

English rugby union footballer

Aaron Porter

trade unionist · b. 1985

British trade unionist

Scottish broadcast journalist and war correspondent

Canadian politician

British journalist

Andy Byford

civil servant · b. 1965

British public transportation executive

Malaysian economist

Austin Muluzi

minister · b. 1978

Malawian politician

New Zealand television personality

Icelandic artist

Ugandan businessman

Melvin Yong

politician · b. 1972

Singaporean politician

Mohammad Tahir Shah

geologist · b. 1956

Professor and Vice chancellor

Jonathan Caine, Baron Caine

politician · b. 1966

British political advisor and peer

British art historian

British geochemist, scientist, author, engineer (1945-2016)

Joey Thye

actor · b. 1995

Hong Kong female singer and actress

Kristjan Kask

lecturer · b. 1980

Estonian legal psychologist (born 1980)

British-Nigerian academic

English archeologist

Ali Naseer Mohamed

diplomat · b. 1969

Maldivian diplomat

Tijion Esho

surgeon · b. 1981

British aesthetic doctor

Jennifer Baird

archaeologist · b. 1978

Canadian archaeologist and academic

Scottish artist

Ghanaian entrepreneur, human resource practitioner and the CEO