Notable alumni of University of Nottingham

D. H. Lawrence

librettist · 1885–1930

English writer and poet (1885–1930)

Najib Razak

politician · b. 1953

former 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

immunologist · b. 1965

Ethiopian and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization

Clive Granger

econometrician · 1934–2009

British economist

Theo James

television actor · b. 1984

British actor and musician

Ruth Wilson

film actor · b. 1982

British actress

Caucher Birkar

mathematician · b. 1978

Kurdish mathematician

Don Airey

session musician · b. 1948

English keyboardist

Jolyon Palmer

Formula One driver · b. 1991

British racing driver

British embryologist (1944–2023)

Deng Yaping

table tennis player · b. 1973

Chinese table tennis player

Sara Danius

literary scholar · 1962–2019

Swedish academic

Zainab Hawa Bangura

diplomat · b. 1959

Sierra Leonean politician

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

businessperson · b. 1978

Thai politician

Azlan Shah I of Perak

lawyer · 1928–2014

Sultan of Perak (1928-2014)

Meena Alexander

essayist · 1951–2018

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Governor-General of Belize from 1981 to 1993

Ja’afar I of Negeri Sembilan

diplomat · 1922–2008

King of Negeri Sembilan (1967 - 2008) & King of Malaysia (1994 - 1999)

Ali Moustafa Mosharafa

mathematician · 1898–1950

Egyptian physicist (1898–1950)

British writer (1919–2009)

DanTDM

Minecraft YouTuber · b. 1991

British gamer and YouTuber

Tim Baillie

canoeist · b. 1979

Scottish slalom canoer

Tim Brabants

canoeist · b. 1977

British sprint kayaker

Etienne Stott

canoeist · b. 1979

English slalom canoeist

Agatha Sangma

politician · b. 1980

Indian politician

David Florence

canoeist · b. 1982

British slalom canoeist

British engineer

English screenwriter and producer

Haydn Gwynne

stage actor · 1957–2023

British actress (1957–2023)

British rower

Sharon Laws

sport cyclist · 1974–2017

British racing cyclist (1974–2017)

English physicist who invented the caesium atomic clock and determined the speed of light (1908-1997)

Nicholas Farrell

television actor · b. 1955

British actor

Tony Lloyd

politician · 1950–2024

British Labour politician (1950–2024)

Johnnie Johnson

flying ace · 1915–2001

British RAF flying ace in WWII (1915-2001)

Chris Bartley

rower · b. 1984

British rower

British writer

Anne Panter

field hockey player · b. 1984

English field hockey player

Mikhail Svetov

blogger · b. 1985

Russian politician, political scientist and blogger, one of the leaders of the Libertarian Party of Russia

Anil Kakodkar

nuclear physicist · b. 1943

Indian scientist

British actress, comedian, and disability rights campaigner (born 1972)

Nigerian producer and screenwriter

Chris Wyles

rugby union player · b. 1983

American-British rugby union footballer

British chemist known for inventing ibuprofen

Louise Haigh

politician · b. 1987

British politician

Judith Gough

consultant · b. 1972

British diplomat

Enzo Cilenti

television actor · b. 1974

British actor

British academic (1931–1978)

Janet Thornton

bioinformatician · b. 1949

British bioinformatician and academic

Eva Carneiro

sports physician · b. 1973

Gibraltar-born British sports medicine specialist

Jeremy Browne

politician · b. 1970

British politician (born 1970)

Nigerian microbiologist and politician

Kweku Adoboli

banker · b. 1980

Ghanaian-born British trader who was convicted of fraud

British spy (1919–1990)

Roger Tomlinson

geographer · 1933–2014

English geographer

Tim Aker

politician · b. 1985

British politician (born 1985)

British skeleton racer

Jimmy Hood

trade unionist · 1948–2017

British politician (1948–2017)

Gay Mitchell

politician · b. 1951

Irish politician

author of crime fiction from England

David Matthews

composer · b. 1943

English composer

Ed Hawkins

data scientist · b. 1977

climate scientist (born 1977)

British historian (1943-)

Robert Brustein

theatre critic · 1927–2023

American writer (1927–2023)

Gerald Hawkins

anthropologist · 1928–2003

British astronomer (1928–2003)

Frank Halford

military flight engineer · 1894–1955

British aerospace engineer

Angela Smith

politician · b. 1961

British Labour politician

British meteorologist (1923–2015)

Saira Khan

journalist · b. 1970

British television personality

Tuanku Zara Salim

swimmer · b. 1973

Raja Permaisuri of Perak

Andrew John

Anglican priest · b. 1964

Welsh Archbishop

Ernest Henry Norgbey

consultant · b. 1980

Ghanaian politician

UK-born Nigerian gynaecologist, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

British actress

Peter von Matt

literary scholar · 1937–2025

Swiss philologist

Ghanaian politician

Nicole Asinugo

film screenwriter

Nigerian managing editor, storyteller, producer and screenwriter

Zahara Nampewo

academic

Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and academic

medical researcher

Matthew P. Walker

neuroscientist · b. 1973

a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (born 1973)

British mountaineer and author (1950-1982)

English composer

Jonathan Neale

businessperson · b. 1962

British engineer

Gail Carriger

science fiction writer · b. 1976

American archaeologist (as Tofa Borregaard) and fiction writer

Ahmad Tavakkoli

politician · 1951–2025

Iranian politician (1951-2025)

Mel Read

politician · b. 1939

British politician (born 1939)

Ugandan academic

Andrew Witty

business executive · b. 1964

British business executive (born 1964)

Polish Jewish businessman (1921–2011)

English painter and computer artist, active in the United States (1928–2016)

British politician (1939–2024)

John Monks

trade unionist · b. 1945

General Secretary of the TUC (born 1945)

Charlie Elphicke

politician · b. 1971

British politician (born 1971)

Sultanah of Kedah (1930–2003)

Antoinette Sandbach

barrister · b. 1969

Liberal Democrat politician (born 1969)

Kelvin Hopkins

economist · b. 1941

British politician (born 1941)

Ghanaian politician (1931–2008)

Malaysian businesswoman, philanthropist and environmentalist

Divya Maderna

politician · b. 1984

Indian politician

British association football player (1999-)

Andrew Griffith

businessperson · b. 1971

English politician and businessman

Temi Balogun

disc jockey · b. 1991

Nigerian OAP and creator of TV series

Nigerian-born renewable energy engineer

English rugby union footballer, referee and commentator

Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein

politician · 1956–2022

Leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party

Parmjit Dhanda

politician · b. 1971

British politician

Zoltán Dörnyei

linguist · 1960–2022

psycholinguist

Prince Imran ibni Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan

squash player · b. 1948

Negeri Sembilanian Royal and Olympian

Molly Stevens

materials scientist

Professor of Biomedical Materials at Imperial College London

Lauri Love

security hacker · b. 1984

Finnish-British activist charged extraterritorially with stealing data from United States Government computers

British dramatist and screenwriter (1932–2021)

John Hayes

politician · b. 1958

British politician (born 1958)

Andrew Bridgen

politician · b. 1964

British politician (born 1964)

W. Neil Carmichael

farmer · b. 1961

British Conservative politician (born 1961)

John Pugh

politician · b. 1948

British politician (born 1948)

Bert Keizer

columnist · b. 1947

Dutch physician and writer

English chemist (1928-2014)

Nigerian business executive

hotelier, social entrepreneur, humanitarian and human rights activist

Nigerian journalist

Guli Francis-Dehqani

Anglican priest · b. 1966

Church of England bishop; Bishop of Chelmsford

Theresa Tam

chief medical officer · b. 1965

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant

Canadian biochemist

British scientist

Welsh politician (1924–2010)

Blake Morrison

novelist · b. 1950

Poet and author (born 1950)

Judith McHale

diplomat · b. 1946

American government official

Jānis Kažociņš

military personnel · b. 1951

retired British Army officer and Latvian national security consultant

Peter Rice

businessperson · b. 1966

Television executive

David Drew

politician · b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

Lawyer, politician and former attorney general and foreign minister of Ghana (1923-2000)

British chemist

British politician (1930-2003)

Member of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain

Max Cooper

DJ producer · b. 1980

British musician and producer

Michael Scammell

linguist · b. 1935

British writer

Peter Marshall

squash player · b. 1971

squash player

Darius Brubeck

jazz musician · b. 1947

American musician

Meg Munn

politician · b. 1959

British Labour Co-op politician

Paul Rowen

school teacher · b. 1955

British politician (born 1955)

British politician

British historian (1931-2012)

Scottish economist

British geologist (1894–1956)

Henry Luke Orombi

Anglican priest · b. 1949

Ugandan bishop

Wallace Arthur

geneticist · b. 1952

Zoologist/Emeritus Professor of Zoology/National University of Ireland/Galway

former Chief Justice of Ghana

Judith Jolly, Baroness Jolly

politician · b. 1951

British educator and politician (born 1951)

Paul Butler

Anglican priest · b. 1955

Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham; Bishop of Southampton (born 1955)

Helen E. Roy

ecologist · b. 1969

British ecologist and entomologist

Harriet Hawkins

social scientist · b. 1980

British cultural geographer

Peter Kenilorea Jr.

diplomat · b. 1975

Solomon islands politician

Katherine Fletcher

politician · b. 1976

British politician and Conservative MP

Mikko Mäkelä

film director · b. 1989

filmmaker (born 1989)

Alice Bentinck

company founder · b. 1986

British entrepreneur

British painter (1898-1995)

Meg-John Barker

existential therapist · b. 1974

British psychologist, writer and zinemaker

Alex Norris

politician · b. 1984

British politician (born 1984)

Anna Firth

barrister · b. 1966

British barrister and politician (Conservative Party)

Richard Best, Baron Best

politician · b. 1945

British peer (born 1945)

Chris Mosdell

lyricist · b. 1953

British singer

British architect (born 1949)

Welsh poet (1905–1953)

British palaeobotanist (1903–1983)

Nigerian actress

politician (1932–2022)

British musician

British field hockey player

former Chief Justice of Ghana between 1991/1995 (1925–2002)

Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick

manager · b. 1945

British businessman (born 1945)

John David Brewer

sociologist · b. 1951

British sociologist

Wilfred Paling

politician · 1883–1971

British politician (1883-1971)

British linguist (1939-2021)

Emma Barnett

journalist · b. 1985

British journalist

New Zealand geologist, academic and politician (1913–2011)

Nigerian mechanical engineer

Daisy Cooper

politician · b. 1981

British politician (born 1981)

Beth Pascall

ultramarathon runner · b. 1987

British ultramarathon runner and researcher

Suraya Marshall

air force officer · b. 1973

British Royal Air Force officer

Nigerian agricultural scientist

physicist and astronomer

Hassan Hassan

journalist · b. 1982

Syrian author and journalist (born 1982)

Pakistani-Bangladeshi academic (1920–1995)

Dave Hutchinson

science fiction writer · b. 1960

English writer

Catherine Arnold

diplomat · b. 1978

British ambassador

Konstantinos Petrides

politician · b. 1974

Cypriot politician

Dennis Tan Lip Fong

barrister · b. 1970

Singaporean politician

Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete

British singer

British geologist (1913–1986)

Reginald John Campbell

theologian · 1867–1956

UK Christian pastor, 1867-1956

British politician (born 1941)

Footballer (born 1946)

British businessman

Latvian jurist

British-born plant scientist and biochemist (1937–2016)

Natalie Pinkham

presenter · b. 1978

British television and radio presenter

English businessman

Graham Kendall

artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1961

British scientist