Notable alumni of University of Salford

Ben Kingsley

film actor · b. 1943

English actor (born 1943)

Nataša Pirc Musar

public relations officer · b. 1968

President of Slovenia since 2022

Christopher Eccleston

explorer · b. 1964

English actor (born 1964)

Jim Sturgess

film actor · b. 1978

English actor and singer-songwriter

Norman Whiteside

autobiographer · b. 1965

Northern Irish footballer (born 1965)

Sophia Di Martino

film director · b. 1983

British actress

Sydney Chapman

geophysicist · 1888–1970

British mathematician and geophysicist (1888–1970)

Robert Powell

film actor · b. 1944

British actor

Afshan Azad

YouTuber · b. 1988

English actress and model

Gary Stevens

beach soccer player · b. 1963

English association football player (born 1963)

Alok Sharma

investment banker · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

L. S. Lowry

printmaker · 1887–1976

British visual artist (1887–1976)

Robert James-Collier

television actor · b. 1976

British actor

Nigel Adkins

association football player · b. 1965

English association football player and manager (born 1965)

Kate Scott

sports journalist · b. 1981

British sports journalist

Gail Dines

feminist · b. 1958

anti-pornography campaigner

Chinese footballer

Rob Hulse

association football player · b. 1979

British footballer (born 1979)

Maxine Peake

film actor · b. 1974

British actress

Irish footballer

Richard Tice

politician · b. 1964

British politician (born 1964)

Peter Kay

stand-up comedian · b. 1973

English actor, comedian, producer and writer

Hong Nam-ki

politician · b. 1960

South Korean politician

British footballer (born 1982)

English association football player (born 1974)

Ieuan Evans

rugby union player · b. 1964

Welsh rugby union player

Anwar Choudhury

diplomat · b. 1959

British diplomat and governor

English footballer (born 1968)

British chemist

Jason Manford

stand-up comedian · b. 1981

English comedian, television presenter, and actor

English actress

Irish association football player

economist

Joe Edwards

association football player · b. 1990

English association football player

Jody Handley

association football player · b. 1979

English footballer

Andrew Gwynne

politician · b. 1974

British politician (born 1974)

Barbara Birungi

chief executive officer · b. 1986

female technologist and the founding manager of HiveColab in Kampala, Uganda

English footballer (born 1988)

Barbara Keeley

engineer · b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

James Gourlay

music arranger · b. 1954

Scottish conductor and tubist

Trudy Harrison

politician · b. 1976

British politician (born 1976)

English actor

Sarfraz Manzoor

presenter · b. 1971

British journalist

British footballer (born 1965)

Rosie Smith

saxophonist · b. 1983

British singer

John Longworth

politician · b. 1958

British businessman (born 1958)

George Howarth

politician · b. 1949

British politician (born 1949)

Dave Challinor

association football player · b. 1975

English association football player and manager (born 1975)

English Test and County cricketer (born 1962)

British politician (born 1946)

Indian scientist

British association football player, born in September 1968

English footballer (born 1964)

British footballer (born 1954)

Ben Futcher

association football player · b. 1981

English footballer (born 1981)

Nigerian philanthropist

Robert Garner

political scientist · b. 1960

British activist

Sierra Leonean academic (1949–2022)

Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

politician · b. 1934

life peer in the House of Lords (born 1934)

Robert Lomas

university teacher · b. 1947

British writer

Ruth Cadbury

politician · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Pacome Moubelet Boubeya

minister · b. 1963

Gabonese politician

Debbie Abrahams

politician · b. 1960

British politician (born 1960)

English footballer (born 1977)

John Vernon Lord

illustrator · b. 1939

British artist

Footballer and football manager (born 1976)

English footballer (born 1956)

English association footballer (born 1980)

Michael Dexter

hematologist · b. 1945

British hematologist

English footballer (born 1954)

British politician (born 1973)

English footballer (born 1976)

English footballer (born 1973)

cricketer (born 1974)

Footballer (born 1989)

English footballer (born 1963)

English cricketer (born 1982)

Meir Javedanfar

journalist · b. 1973

Israeli journalist

Paul Scott

association football player · b. 1979

Footballer (born 1979)

Richard Parry-Jones

car designer · 1951–2021

Welsh car engineer and designer, executive at Ford

Ross Adams

television actor

English television actor

British footballer (born 1978)

English footballer (born 1976)

Andrew Procter

association football player · b. 1983

English footballer (born 1983)

English actress

British footballer (born 1984)

English footballer (born 1966)

English footballer (born 1975)

English footballer (born 1960)

British footballer (born 1993)

English footballer (born 1977)

football goalkeeper and physiotherapist (born 1951)

actor

English footballer (born 1981)

Kenyan politician

Derek Ryan

squash player · b. 1969

Irish squash player

Stage and television actress

English footballer and manager (born 1959)

Tanzanian politician

English footballer (born 1973)

English cricketer (born 1977)

English footballer

Welsh footballer (born 1978)

John Thompson

association football player · b. 1981

Irish footballer, born 1981

professional footballer (born 1970)

Michael Atchia

academic · b. 1938

UN official

Emirati businessman

Steve Edge

stand-up comedian · b. 1972

British actor and comedian

David Slinn

diplomat · b. 1959

British diplomat

Irish footballer

English footballer (born 1984)

English actress

English football manager (born 1957)

Footballer (born 1979)

English footballer (born 1958)

Neil Yates

jazz musician · b. 1970

English musician

English footballer and manager (born 1967)

English footballer (born 1964)

Welsh footballer (born 1982)

Luay al-Khatteeb

civil servant · b. 1968

Iraqi politician

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climatologist

Nigerian business executive and entrepreneur

Sergey Portnov

entrepreneur

entrepreneur, CEO of Parimatch

British singer-songwriter

Ash Soan

drummer

British drummer

English footballer (born 1972)

Petrus du Plessis

rugby union coach · b. 1981

South African-British rugby union footballer and coach

British composer

Roma Babuniak

artist · b. 1952

English artist

Elísio Macamo

university teacher · b. 1964

Mozambican Africa scientist and sociologist

Finnish director and screenwriter