Notable alumni of University of Southampton

Brian Eno

conceptual artist · b. 1948

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

Adrian Newey

automotive engineer · b. 1958

British Formula One engineer

Stephen Baxter

novelist · b. 1957

British writer

Justine Greening

economist · b. 1969

British politician (born 1969)

John Nettles

opinion journalist · b. 1943

British actor and writer

Pavlos Kontides

sailor · b. 1990

Cypriot yacht racer

Anjem Choudary

Islamic extremist · b. 1967

British Muslim social and political activist

Ricky Whittle

model · b. 1981

English actor and model

British civil servant and spy for the Soviet Union (1912–2005)

Frederick W. Lanchester

non-fiction writer · 1868–1946

British polymath (1868–1946)

British actress

Antony C. Sutton

university teacher · 1925–2002

British writer (1925–2002)

Anna Calvi

musician · b. 1980

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Wendy Hall

university teacher · b. 1952

British computer scientist (1952-)

Jon Potter

field hockey player · b. 1963

field hockey player and businessman

Tony Radakin

naval officer · b. 1965

British Royal Navy admiral

Jeremy Hardy

radio personality · 1961–2019

British comedian (1961-2019)

David J. Francis

minister · b. 1965

Sierra Leonean politician

British athlete (1935–2018)

British rower

British rower

British Formula One engineer

Steve Baker

economist · b. 1971

British politician (born 1971)

British physicist

American scientist

Hubert Girault

researcher · b. 1957

Swiss scientist, specialist in physical and analytical electrochemistry

Darren Naish

non-fiction writer · b. 1975

British palaeontologist

Gerald Howarth

politician · b. 1947

British politician (born 1947)

Srđa Trifković

journalist · b. 1954

writer and political consultant

British automotive engineer

Jason Hu

diplomat · b. 1948

Taiwanese politician

Tom Spencer

politician · 1948–2023

British politician (born 1955)

Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed

electrical engineer · b. 1971

Nigerian politician

Medical Doctor

George Zambellas

helicopter pilot · b. 1958

admiral of the Royal Navy

David Snellgrove

Tibetologist · 1920–2016

British Tibetologist (1920-2016)

Adrian Fulford

barrister · b. 1953

British judge

Conor Burns

politician · b. 1972

British politician (born 1972)

English woman falsely convicted of murder

Egyptian geomorphologist

Ini-Abasi Umotong

association football player · b. 1994

Nigerian association football player

Philip Holmes

university teacher · b. 1945

American mathematician (born 1945)

British physicist

Kate Craig-Wood

computer scientist · 1977–2020

British entrepreneur and trans activist

John Denham

academic · b. 1953

British Labour Party politician (born 1953)

Claire Fuller

artist · b. 1967

English author

English archaeologist

Daniel Catán

composer · 1949–2011

Mexican composer and writer (1949–2011)

Kathy Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown

non-fiction writer · b. 1964

British ecologist (born 1964)

Lizzy Hawker

ultramarathon runner · b. 1976

British ultramarathon runner

British playwright (1925-2004)

Spanish aristocrat and marine biologist (2002-)

Jonathan Cook

opinion journalist · b. 1965

British journalist

Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper

politician · b. 1939

English politician, activist and lawyer; life peer (born 1939)

George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy

politician · 1909–1997

British politician (1909-1997)

Alan Whitehead

council member · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

British historian

Chris Packham

broadcaster · b. 1961

British naturalist

English Formula One strategist

Rob Davies

university teacher · b. 1948

South African politician

structural engineer, artist (born 1943)

Ghanaian politician

Malaysian politician (1928–2015), Governor of Sarawak

Nigerian lawyer

Margaret Brimble

university teacher · b. 1961

New Zealand chemist

Sergi Miquel Valentí

industrial designer · b. 1989

Spanish politician

Kodwo Eshun

scholar of English · b. 1967

British writer (born 1967)

Charles Rees

university teacher · 1927–2006

British organic chemist (1927-2006)

Anna McMorrin

politician · b. 1971

Welsh politician and MP (born 1971)

English artist (born 1971)

Tanzanian computer designer

Neil J. Gunther

university teacher · b. 1950

physicist, author

Jane Francis

paleoclimatologist · b. 1956

British paleoclimatologist

John Crook

ethologist · 1930–2011

British ethologist (1930-2011)

British film producer

Nigerian civil engineer

British palaeontologist

British engineer-scientist, researcher of numerical aeroacoustics (1935-2020)

Kevin Ashman

quizzer · b. 1959

English professional quizzer

Verla De Peiza

politician · b. 1971

Barbadian politician; leader of the DLP

George Young

writer · b. 1980

actor, host and writer

British composer

South African herpetologist (1946-2018)

Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

politician · b. 1961

British peer (born 1961)

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

professor of English literature

British politician (1927-2003)

David Hand

statistician · b. 1950

British statistician

Iolanda Batallé

publisher · b. 1971

Catalan writer, journalist, publisher and teacher

Laura Bailey

model · b. 1972

English model

British Chief Constable (born 1942)

British chemist (1924-2007)

British diver

British epidemiologist and researcher

Henry Oryem Okello

politician · b. 1960

Ugandan politician

Monica Felton

women's rights activist · 1906–1970

British writer, town planner, feminist and social activist

Jamilur Reza Choudhury

civil engineer · 1943–2020

Bangladeshi civil engineer, professor, researcher, education advocate and former Adviser (Minister) to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

engineer · b. 1959

Pakistani computer scientist and engineer

Rima Horton

university teacher · b. 1947

English politician

Peter Price

politician · b. 1942

British politician (born 1942)

Chang Wen-ying

politician · b. 1950

Mayor of Taichung from 1997 to 2001

Clive Soley, Baron Soley

blogger · b. 1939

British politician (born 1939)

American climatologist

Tim Thornton

Anglican priest · b. 1957

Bishop of Truro; Bishop of Sherborne

Mercédesz Henger

television personality · b. 1991

television personality, influencer and model

Paul Holmes

politician · b. 1988

British politician and Conservative MP

John Davies

Anglican priest · b. 1953

Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, born 1953

British chemist (1934-2013)

Christopher Kajoro Chiza

minister · b. 1953

Tanzanian politician

British sculptor

Lord Leigh of Hurley

investment banker · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Richard Hodges

anthropologist · b. 1952

British archaeologist and president of The American University of Rome

Larry Dean

stand-up comedian · b. 1989

Scottish stand-up comedian

Bruneian politician and lawyer

Wu I-ding

politician · b. 1979

Taiwanese politician

researcher

Khadija Al-Makhzoumi

politician · b. 1982

Somali politician

Sade Fritschi

b. 1997

Minister of the Environment in Ecuador from 2023

Jorge Pinto Rodríguez

non-fiction writer · b. 1944

Chilean historian

Tanzanian politician

British hispanist and writer (1936–2020)

Jasmine Guinness

model · b. 1976

Irish model

John Wilson

sports journalist · b. 1965

British journalist and broadcaster

Elaine Shemilt

installation artist · b. 1954

Fine art printmaker

engineer (1924-1983)

Australian political economist

Geoffrey King

pedagogue · b. 1949

British composer

Lebanese American professor

Mustapha Bouchachi

university teacher · b. 1954

Algerian lawyer and politician

British actor

Matthew Francis

academic · b. 1956

British academic

Egyptian civil engineer and engineer

British politician (1882-1955)

French naval architect

Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield

politician · b. 1957

Life peer in the House of Lords (born 1957)

British archaeologist

journalist, newspaper editor, businessman, entrepreneur, and author

British physician

Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom

Philip Mounstephen

essayist · b. 1959

British Anglican bishop (born 1959)

David Guwatudde

biostatistician · b. 1967

Ugandan academician and researcher

British physicist

Dennis Tan Lip Fong

barrister · b. 1970

Singaporean politician

Nigerian administrator and engineer

Joe Stilgoe

jazz musician · b. 1979

English singer, pianist, and songwriter

John Inverdale

journalist · b. 1957

British broadcaster

Andrea Byrne

journalist · b. 1978

British journalist

Member of the British Parliament (1927-2011)

Nigerian politician

Jerry Kyd

military officer · b. 1967

Royal Navy admiral

Indian Optical Physicist

Colette Kelleher

politician · b. 1960

Irish politician

British physicist (1929-2008)

British journalist

Scottish and Irish curler (born 1961)

Anthony Lowe

actuary · b. 1962

Australian scientist

Majid Ghassemi

manager · b. 1952

former governor of Central Bank of Islamic Republic of Iran's and former CEO of Passargad Bank

author

Xiana Gómez-Díaz

film director · b. 1982

Spanish film director

Nyovani Madise

demographer

Malawian economist

Charles Hay

diplomat · b. 1965

British diplomat. Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Spain 2006-2009, Director, Consular Services, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2009-2014, Ambassador to South Korea 2015-2018

British archaeologist (1952-2009)

British politician (1909-1984)

Clive Loader

aircraft pilot · b. 1953

British Royal Air Force air marshal

Canadian politician

Television news correspondent

British military physician

Gabrielle Bertin

politician · b. 1978

political aide to David Cameron

British archaeologist (1957-2024)

Welsh rugby union footballer

British prehistorian

researcher

Ugbana Oyet

engineer · b. 1976

British engineer and serjeant-at-arms

Max Klymenko

TikToker · b. 1995

Ukrainian YouTuber (born 1995)

Anjana Khatwa

television presenter · b. 1975

scientist and presenter (researcher 0000-0003-2814-7023)

Satvir Kaur

council member · b. 1984

British politician

Hong Kong legal academic

British anthropologist

British radio personality

Peter Tertzakian

geophysicist · b. 1961

Canadian writer

Falkland Islands politician (born 1964)

Abbas El-Zein

writer · b. 1963

Australian Writer and Academic

Robert Magowan

b. 1967

Royal Marines General

English cricketer (born 1969)

Jon Sopel

presenter · b. 1959

British journalist

English engineer

Jonathan Clark

Anglican priest · b. 1961

Bishop of Croydon

British sexologist

British academic and hepatologist

British philosopher

Guernsey politician (born 1947)

British politician (1925-2013)

British aerospace engineer

Dominic Tildesley

executive · b. 1952

British chemist

Chang Chia-chun

politician · b. 1981

Taiwanese politician

Michalis Damianos

politician

Cypriot politician

Katy Croff Bell

explorer · b. 1978

American marine explorer

British evolutionary biologist

Justin Urquhart Stewart

businessperson · b. 1955

British investment manager

Italian economist