Notable alumni of University of Sheffield

Harry Kroto

university teacher · 1939–2016

British chemist (1939-2016)

British writer (1952–2022)

Amy Johnson

aircraft pilot · 1903–1941

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

Richard Roberts

molecular biologist · b. 1943

English biochemist and molecular biologist

Helen Sharman

Research Cosmonaut · b. 1963

British chemist who became the first Briton in space

Lee Child

film actor · b. 1954

British thriller writer (born 1954)

Jessica Ennis-Hill

athletics competitor · b. 1986

British heptathlete

Nicholas Liverpool

diplomat · 1934–2015

President of Dominica (1934-2015)

Stephen Daldry

theatre director · b. 1961

British director

Herbert Chapman

association football coach · 1878–1934

English association football player and manager (1878-1934)

David Blunkett

diarist · b. 1947

British politician (born 1947)

Tony Miles

chess player · 1955–2001

British chess player

English actress and model

Gavin Bryars

jazz musician · b. 1943

English composer and double bassist

Bryony Page

trampoline gymnast · b. 1990

British trampolinist

Joseph Marcell

television actor · b. 1948

Saint Lucian actor

Hollie Webb

field hockey player · b. 1990

British field hockey player

Brooke Magnanti

biostatistician · b. 1975

British writer

Hans Kornberg

biochemist · 1928–2019

British biochemist (1928-2019)

Chris Chibnall

television writer · b. 1970

British television writer

Stuart Peach, Baron Peach

military officer · b. 1956

Royal Air Force officer (born 1956)

British anarcha-feminist

Jim O'Neill

political economist · b. 1957

British economist (born 1957)

Steve Reed

politician · b. 1963

British politician (born 1963)

Lily Phillips

OnlyFans model · b. 2001

British pornographic actress (born 2001)

Paul Mason

trade unionist · b. 1960

British journalist

Urooj Mumtaz

cricketer · b. 1985

Pakistani woman cricketer

Jake Berry

politician · b. 1978

British politician

Jazmin Sawyers

bobsledder · b. 1994

British long jumper

English businesswoman

British character actor, writer and professional wrestler (1934-1997)

Jamie Stevenson

orienteer · b. 1975

British orienteer

Dorcas Makgato-Malesu

executive director · b. 1953

Botswana politician

Dan Cruickshank

architectural historian · b. 1949

Architectural historian, presenter

Graeme Lowdon

engineer · b. 1965

British businessman

British-American librarian

Kosovan Olympic swimmer

Hatoon Kadi

YouTuber

Saudi Arabian comedian and activist

Jonathan Arnott

chess player · b. 1981

British politician (born 1981)

Edmund de Waal

printmaker · b. 1964

British ceramic artist and writer (born 1964)

Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison

anatomist · 1869–1951

British politician (1869-1951)

Van Badham

novelist · b. 1974

Australian writer and social commentator

Judith Kirton-Darling

trade unionist · b. 1977

British politician and trade unionist (born 1977)

Sarah Champion

politician · b. 1969

British politician

Kevin Barron

politician · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

British footballer (born 1971)

Tim Hughes

Anglican priest · b. 1977

singer, songwriter, clergyman

Canadian historian

Shaffaq Mohammed

politician · b. 1972

British politician

Caroline Voaden

politician · b. 1968

British politician and journalist (born 1968)

Androniki Drakou

orthopedic surgeon · b. 1965

Greek orthopaedic surgeon

Canadian boxer

Donald Bailey

civil engineer · 1901–1985

British civil engineer (1901–1985)

Kenyan politician

Olivia Blake

council member · b. 1990

British politician and Labour MP

Zara Dampney

beach volleyball player · b. 1986

British beach volleyball player

Lucy Prebble

playwright · b. 1980

British playwright

British businessman

Hussain Dawood

businessperson · b. 1943

Pakistani industrialist, educationist and philanthropist

Nurettin Canikli

politician · b. 1960

Turkish politician

British archaeologist

Justin Madders

politician · b. 1972

British politician (born 1972)

Tim Key

stand-up comedian · b. 1976

British actor and comedian

British Sudanese writer

Mary-Jess Leaverland

songwriter · b. 1990

singer

British statistician

British businessman

Turkish academic and writer (born 1972)

Kgomotso Moahi

library scientist · b. 1958

Motswana Information Science academic

Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth

constitutional scholar · b. 1951

British peer and constitutional scholar

British virologist (1925-2005)

Abdel Rahman Shokry

translator · 1886–1958

Egyptian poet (1886-1958)

Andy Haldane

economist · b. 1967

British economist

cricketer (born 1981)

Nick Timothy

politician · b. 1980

British Conservative politician

Robert Courts

barrister · b. 1978

British Conservative politician

Luke Graham

politician · b. 1985

British Conservative MP

John Knott

metallurgist · 1938–2017

British metallurgist and Professor of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham (1938-2017)

British politician (1952-2006)

British diplomat and politician (1918-1995)

comedian (1958–2006)

Libyan Banker

Vanessa Lawrence

geographer · b. 1962

British government official

Scottish mycologist, Former Head of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Jean-Paul Adam

swimmer · b. 1977

Seychelloise politician (born 1977)

physicist (1903-2003)

British Labour politician (1917-2000)

Hong Kong politician (1917–2018)

Martyn Snow

Anglican priest · b. 1968

Bishop of Leicester; Bishop of Tewkesbury

R. I. Page

scholar of English · 1924–2012

British historian and runologist (1924-2012)

British microbiologist

Poppy Gustafsson

chartered accountant · b. 1982

British businesswoman (born 1982)

British engineer

British chemical scientist

Alan Ling Sie Kiong

politician · b. 1983

Malaysian politician and lawyer

British actor

British sociologist

British playwright (1931-2004)

Mohd Rashid Hasnon

politician · b. 1960

Malaysian politician

Nigerian Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Meg-John Barker

existential therapist · b. 1974

British psychologist, writer and zinemaker

Mayumi Pacheco

association football player · b. 1998

English footballer

Graham Stringer

council member · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

John Sutton

university teacher · b. 1948

Irish economist

Elise Andrew

blogger · b. 1989

British science blogger, creator of IFL Science

Singaporean politician

Lindsay C. Stringer

geographer · b. 1979

Professor in Environment and Development

mathematician

Bangladeshi jurist

Australian child protection expert

ice hockey player

British footballer (1952-2020)

Alasdair Cochrane

political theorist · b. 1978

British political theorist, ethicist, activist, author

Janet Hemingway

parasitologist · b. 1957

British parasitologist

Mari Mikkola

university teacher · b. 1977

Finnish philosopher

Andrew Thorpe

religious figure · b. 1965

Prior of the Taizé Community

British politician (1926-2012)

Riri Fitri Sari

university teacher · b. 1970

CIO/Head of Information System Development and Services of the University of Indonesia

Saleh Uddin

architect · b. 1954

architect

Angelo Dalli

artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1978

Maltese Scientist and Entrepreneur

British medical doctor (1891-1985)

Maria G. N. Musoke

Deputy Vice Chancellor · b. 1955

Ugandan information scientist and academician

Hong Kong academic

Samantha Dixon

whip · b. 1965

British politician, MP for the City of Chester

Anne Main

politician · b. 1957

UK politician (born 1957)

Olufemi Obafemi

playwright · b. 1950

researcher

Marek Zvelebil

prehistorian · 1952–2011

Czech prehistorian archaeologist (1952–2011)

Bernard Hogan-Howe

police officer · b. 1957

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (of London)

Maureen McTeer

lawyer · b. 1952

Canadian author and lawyer

British pharmacologist and cancer researcher (1934-2017)

Arifin Zakaria

jurist · b. 1950

Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya

Walter Allen Jenkins

academic · 1891–1958

English academic

archaeologist

English paediatric cardiologist (1924-2007)

Prem Sikka

chartered accountant · b. 1951

British accounting academic

Yannis Panaretos

statistician · b. 1948

Greek statistician

Sierra Leonean academic

British politician (1937-1997)

Ben Purkiss

futsal player · b. 1984

English association football player (born 1984)

Feminist sociologist

British politician (1901-1969)

Dan Walker

sports journalist · b. 1977

British television presenter

Dave Renton

historian · b. 1972

British lawyer and academic

Tanzanian politician

British biologist

British film scholar (1945-)

Scottish anthropologist

David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere

politician · b. 1939

British politician (born 1939)

academic

Indian industrialist

David Leigh

university teacher · b. 1963

British organic chemist

Canadian Catholic theologian

Kevin Dowd

economist · b. 1958

economist

British antique expert (1928-2005)

British newsreader

Charles Montgomery

naval officer · b. 1955

Royal Navy admiral

Peredur Owen Griffiths

banker · b. 1978

Welsh politician

Albanian politician

British archaeologist

Holly Bourne

children's writer · b. 1986

British author

Thierry Malet

composer · b. 1964

film music composer

neuroscientist, singer, and television presenter

British politician (Veritas)

is an Indonesian actress, psychiatrist, Pasindhèn singer, fashion model and a beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Duta Indonesia 1977 (Miss International Indonesia 1977).

Endri Hasa

politician · b. 1981

Albanian politician

Luc Hoffmann Professor of Ornithology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Edward Grey Institute

Mohamed Amersi

philanthropist · b. 1960

British businessman and philanthropist

British chess player

British geologist

English County cricketer (1929-1998)

Malaysian model

Simon Roberts

photographer · b. 1974

photographer

Becky Wragg Sykes

blogger

British archaeologist

Linguist, Associate Professor of Law, Nihon University

British ecologist (1935-2021)

British archaeologist

English musicologist, born 1929

Fay Hield

singer · b. 1978

English folk singer

İbrahim Sirkeci

academic · b. 1972

Turkish-British academic (born 1972)

American ice hockey player

Hong Kong actress

English hedge fund manager

Palestinian activist and political organizer (born 1961)

Montfort Tadier

politician · b. 1979

Jersey politician (born 1979)

British librarian

British explorer

Frøy Gudbrandsen

newspaper editor · b. 1978

Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor

Param Singh

charity worker

British executive

Sharon Pardo

author · b. 1971

Israeli professor (born 1971)

British teacher, poet and critic (1932–2005)

British writer

Alan Winton

Anglican priest · b. 1958

Bishop of Thetford

Australian writer

Roger Watson

gerontologist · b. 1955

British nurse academic and editor

consultant anaesthetist

Ganesan Venkatasubramanian

researcher · b. 2000

researcher

Merryn Gott

academic

New Zealand nursing academic

Engineer, President of the Association of Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers

Ken Jones

police officer · b. 1952

police officer (20th century)

Chrissy Sharp

politician · 1947–2021

Australian politician (1947-2021)