Notable alumni of University of Liverpool

Edward Snowden

intelligence analyst · b. 1983

American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)

Charles Glover Barkla

university teacher · 1877–1944

English physicist (1877-1944)

Har Gobind Khorana

geneticist · 1922–2011

Indian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)

Joseph Rotblat

physicist · 1908–2005

Polish-born British-naturalised physicist

Barham Salih

politician · b. 1960

President of Iraq (2018-2022)

Rodney Robert Porter

biochemist · 1917–1985

English biochemist and Nobel laureate (1917–1985)

Clive Barker

science fiction writer · b. 1952

English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952)

British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

minister · b. 1949

South African politician

Dawda Kairaba Jawara

head of government · 1924–2019

1st President of the Gambia (1924-2019)

James Stirling

architect · 1926–1992

English architect (1926–1992)

Abdul Latif Rashid

civil engineer · b. 1944

president of Iraq since 2022

Carol Ann Duffy

university teacher · b. 1955

Scottish poet and playwright (born 1955)

Lytton Strachey

theatre critic · 1880–1932

English writer (1880–1932)

Wade Barrett

professional wrestler · b. 1980

British professional wrestler (born 1980)

Ian Kershaw

opinion journalist · b. 1943

English historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943)

Patricia Routledge

film actor · 1929–2025

British actress (1929–2025)

Tung Chee Hwa

ship-owner · b. 1937

politician and businessman from Hong Kong

Steve Coppell

association football player · b. 1955

English association football manager and former player

Ong Teng Cheong

politician · 1936–2002

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

Frederick Griffith

microbiologist · 1877–1941

British bacteriologist

David Gray

film score composer · b. 1968

British singer-songwriter

Michael Rosen

YouTuber · b. 1946

British children's author and poet (born 1946)

Anton Lesser

film actor · b. 1952

English actor

Chris Lowe

keyboardist · b. 1959

British musician, singer, and member of Pet Shop Boys

Sid Watkins

neurosurgeon · 1928–2012

English neurosurgeon and Formula One doctor

Stella Rimington

autobiographer · 1935–2025

British director of MI5 (1935–2025)

Emma Hayes

association football player · b. 1976

English football manager (born 1976)

Amha Selassie

sovereign · 1916–1997

Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia (1916–1997)

Aki Riihilahti

sports executive · b. 1976

Finnish association football player and sports executive

Saunders Lewis

literary critic · 1893–1985

Welsh writer and politician (1893-1985)

Anna Maxwell Martin

film actor · b. 1977

British actress

Syed Kamall

politician · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Frank Kermode

literary scholar · 1919–2010

Manx writer, literary critic and professor (1919–2010)

British professional wrestler and actor (1937-2004)

Jadwiga Piłsudska

aircraft pilot · 1920–2014

Polish pilot (1920-2014)

Georgina M. Mace

ecologist · 1953–2020

British ecologist (1953–2020)

Taekwondo practitioner

British egyptologist

Wolfgang Rindler

university teacher · 1924–2019

Austrian physicist (1924–2019)

British zoologist and ecologist (1900–1991)

Roy Roberts

television actor · 1906–1975

American actor (1906-1975)

Dave Brailsford

sport cyclist · b. 1964

Welsh cycling coach

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

barrister · 1872–1930

British politician (1872–1930)

British geneticist and science writer (1947–2020)

Canadian soccer player (born 1963)

Brian Stowell

radio personality · 1936–2019

Manx writer

Firdausi Qadri

vaccinologist · b. 1951

Bangladeshi researcher and scientist

Maxwell Fry

painter · 1899–1987

British architect (1899-1987)

John A. Agnew

university teacher · b. 1949

American British-born geographer

Diarmaid MacCulloch

presenter · b. 1951

British historian

Ernest Newman

musicographer · 1868–1959

British musicologist (1868–1959)

F. David Peat

non-fiction writer · 1938–2017

British physicist (1938–2017)

Kenyan immunologist, paediatrician and educator

Julie Girling

council member · b. 1956

British independent politician (born 1956)

Nick Grimshaw

television presenter · b. 1984

English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author

English bass-baritone

Helen Marnie

keyboardist · b. 1978

British musician

Shahidul Alam

unit still photographer · b. 1955

Bangladeshi photographer (born 1955)

Clive Finlayson

paleoanthropologist · b. 1955

zoologist

Scottish association football player (1946–2015)

sound engineer (1901-1976)

Christopher Wood

painter · 1901–1930

English painter (1901-1930)

Gareth Ainsworth

association football player · b. 1973

English professional footballer (born 1973)

Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait

philanthropist · 1947–2013

Kuwaiti Muslim scholar (1947–2013)

English writer

British engineer (1893–1963)

Richard Miles

anthropologist · b. 1969

British historian and archaeologist (born 1969)

British suffragist, feminist and temperance activist

James Quincey

chief executive officer · b. 1965

British businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola

David Olusoga

television presenter · b. 1970

British historian and television presenter

English botanist (1868-1958)

James Klutse Avedzi

accountant · b. 1964

Ghanaian politician

Rose Heilbron

judge · 1914–2005

British judge (1914–2005)

Megan Walsh

association football player · b. 1994

English association football player

Joyce Tyldesley

science communicator · b. 1960

British archaeologist and egyptologist

Percy Jones

jazz musician · b. 1947

Welsh musician

Danielle George

lecturer · b. 1976

professor of Radio Frequency Engineering in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Manchester

Jon Snow

broadcaster · b. 1947

British broadcaster

Habiba Alsafar

biochemist · b. 1977

Emirati geneticist, biomedical engineer and academic

Mariam al-Mahdi

civil servant · b. 1965

Sudanese doctor and politician (born 1965)

British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teacher (1920-1999)

British archaeologist

Jasmin Paris

ultramarathon runner · b. 1983

British runner (born 1983)

Welsh footballer (born 1962)

British Egyptologist

Colum Eastwood

council member · b. 1983

Irish SDLP politician (born 1983)

Nigerian writer and food explorer

Nigerian banker and business executive

Buddhist scholar and mystic (1895–1989)

Jeffrey Thomas

film actor · b. 1945

Welsh-born New Zealand actor (1945- )

Kenyan physician and clinical researcher

British latinist and classical philologist (1933–2016)

British educator and author

M. S. Valiathan

cardiac surgeon · 1934–2024

Indian surgeon

British author/peace campaigner

British lecturer, novelist, historian, poet and biographer (1911-1983)

David Weatherall

molecular biologist · 1933–2018

physician and academic (1933-2018)

British marine biologist (1882–1943)

British mathematician and physicist (1929–1995)

David Bramwell

explorer · 1942–2022

British botanist (1942-2022)

Bob Blackman

politician · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

Steve Brine

politician · b. 1974

British politician (born 1974)

Alden McLaughlin

politician · b. 1961

Caymanian politician

American physicist (1927–2009)

Andrew Casson

topologist · 1943–2025

topologist

Stewart Haslinger

chess player · b. 1981

British chess player

Kerry McCarthy

politician · b. 1965

British politician (born 1965)

Tony McNulty

politician · b. 1958

English politician (born 1958)

Kenyan-born British taxonomist and parasitologist

British musicologist

British writer

Kenyan paleoanthropologist, archaeologist, and curator

British distance runner

English mathematician (1883-1932)

Bill Parry

university teacher · 1934–2006

English mathematician (1934–2006)

Pakistani playwright and fiction writer (1935-2019)

Accountant, financial manager and civil servant in Kenya

Pakistani cricketer (1928-2012)

Lynda Gratton

university teacher · b. 1955

Business theorist

Edward Abambire Bawa

manager · b. 1973

Ghanaian politician

Ishaya Audu

academic · 1927–2005

Nigerian politician (1927-2005)

Ugandan revenue officer

British politician (born 1954)

Dariush Borbor

designer · b. 1934

Iranian architect

Matt Taylor

astrophysicist · b. 1973

British scientist

British biologist (1908-1989)

Michael English

politician · 1930–2019

British politician (1930-2019)

British historian and politician (1872-1941)

British ichthyologist, ecologist, and limnologist

Wu Ching-kuo

basketball player · b. 1946

President of the IABA

Alfredo Kanthack

epidemiologist · 1863–1898

microbiologist

Steve Martland

musician · 1959–2013

English composer (1959-2013)

British biologist (1913–1990)

Philip Clarke

entrepreneur · b. 1960

British businessman and former CEO of Tesco

Charlotte Nichols

politician · b. 1991

British politician

Amanda Blanc

business executive · b. 1967

British businesswoman

British writer

Louise Allcock

university teacher

British marine biologist, journal editor

British oceanographer

Antony John Williams

proprietor · b. 1964

Welsh chemist

Hany Soh

politician · b. 1987

Singaporean lawyer and politician

Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence scientist

Nigerian banker and business executive

Ugandan businesswoman, and corporate executive who serves

Zambian systems engineer and academic

British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

UK author

Peter Dowd

politician · b. 1957

British Labour Party Member of Parliament (born 1957)

Adewale Tinubu

managing director · b. 1967

Nigerian lawyer

British chemist (1890–1974)

physicist (1910–1991)

Historian and biographer

John Alexander Sinton

army officer · 1884–1956

British medical doctor, malariologist and soldier (1884-1956)

Julianna O'Connor-Connolly

politician · b. 1961

Premier of the Cayman Islands

Namibian politician

Phil Gawne

politician · b. 1965

Manx politician (born 1965)

Heidi Thomas

playwright · b. 1962

English screenwriter and playwright

British painter and sculptor (1899–1978)

British architect and town planner (1907–1975)

psychologist

British mathematician and oceanographer

Iranian political sociologist

British politician (1931-2005)

British lawyer and retired Law Lord (1933-2019)

Stephen Myler

rugby league player · b. 1984

rugby league and union player from England

British actor

Gerard Lyons

financial analyst · b. 1961

British economist

Paul O'Brien

university teacher · 1954–2018

British professor of inorganic chemistry

Kenyan public health researcher and educator

British Army officer

Chris Rennard, Baron Rennard

functionary · b. 1960

British politician (born 1960)

American historian (1929–2014)

Aamer Anwar

lawyer · b. 1967

Scottish lawyer

Nigerian politician

English football player

Sudanese writer and public health physician

Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

politician · b. 1943

British Baroness

British legal scholar

British trade unionist (1941-2017)

researcher

Tanya Landman

young adult author · b. 1950

British children's writer

Chris Ruane

politician · b. 1958

Welsh Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (born 1958)

Beverley Hughes

politician · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

Nigel Haworth

academic · b. 1951

New Zealand economics academic and politician

Greek-British ecologist (1882-1963)

British geneticist

Australian mathematician and philosopher

biochemist

Phil Redmond

television producer · b. 1949

English producer and screenwriter (born 1949)

Rosie Cooper

politician · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

Eritrean writer

British politician (1938-2007)

Chinese engineer and politician

Lee Bee Wah

politician · b. 1960

Singaporean politician

British musician (born 1946)

Gareth Clayton

politician · 1942–2010

Australian politician (1942-2010)

Albert John Chalmers

botanist · 1870–1920

botanist (1870-1920)

Leslie Evans

civil servant · b. 1958

British civil servant

Indian orthopedic surgeon