Notable alumni of University of Warwick

Sting

lutenist · b. 1951

British musician (born 1951)

Germaine Greer

broadcaster · b. 1939

Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

Luis Arce

economist · b. 1963

Bolivian politician and president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025

Guðni Jóhannesson

university teacher · b. 1968

President of Iceland (2016-2024)

Oliver Hart

university teacher · b. 1948

British-born American economist

Luciano Floridi

information ethicist · b. 1964

Italian philosopher

James A. Robinson

university teacher · b. 1960

British political scientist and economist (born 1960)

Adi Shamir

cryptologist · b. 1952

Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)

Yakubu Gowon

human rights defender · b. 1934

Nigerian politician and Military general

Andrea Leadsom

political scientist · b. 1963

British politician (born 1963)

Paul W. S. Anderson

producer · b. 1965

British film director, screenwriter and producer

Mark Fisher

blogger · 1968–2017

British cultural theorist (1968-2017)

David Davis

politician · b. 1948

British Conservative Party politician (born 1948)

Joseph Ngute

minister · b. 1954

Prime Minister of Cameroon

Stephen Merchant

television actor · b. 1974

English actor, director, and writer

Ian Stewart

science fiction writer · b. 1945

mathematician and author

Leslie Valiant

university teacher · b. 1949

computer scientist, university teacher (1949-)

Jonathan Coe

novelist · b. 1961

English novelist

Valentine Strasser

politician · b. 1967

Sierra Leonean politician

Steve Heighway

association football coach · b. 1947

Irish association football player

Greek academic and politician

British actor

Carrie Johnson

press secretary · b. 1988

British press officer, wife of Boris Johnson

Martin Lee

barrister · b. 1938

politician and barrister from Hong Kong

Brett Goldstein

stand-up comedian · b. 1980

British actor and comedian

Anne Fine

young adult author · b. 1947

British writer (born 1947)

Nigerian academic, writer and editor from Lagos, Nigeria.

Jevgeni Ossinovski

politician · b. 1986

Estonian politician (born 1986)

George Saitoti

university teacher · 1945–2012

Kenyan politician (1945-2012)

Tom Goodman-Hill

film actor · b. 1968

British actor

Wanuri Kahiu

film director · b. 1980

Kenyan filmmaker

Patricia McFadden

publisher · b. 1952

African feminist and writer

Bouthaina Shaaban

literary scholar · b. 1953

Adviser to Bashar al-Assad

Ada Osakwe

business executive · b. 1980

Nigerian food entrepreneur and investor

Pippa Norris

university teacher · b. 1953

British American political scientist

Andriy Zahorodniuk

statesperson · b. 1976

Ukrainian politician

Celia Rees

young adult author · b. 1949

English author

English actor

Eku Edewor

model · b. 1986

British actress

Seema Malhotra

politician · b. 1972

British politician (born 1972)

Tomáš Petříček

politician · b. 1981

Czech politician

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

sociologist · b. 1954

British diplomat (born 1954)

Manjula Chellur

judge · b. 1955

Indian judge

Hari Kunzru

novelist · b. 1969

British novelist and journalist (1969-)

Omoyemi Akerele

art director · b. 1901

Nigerian businesswoman

Ruth Jones

television writer · b. 1966

Welsh actress, script-writer and producer

Jean Taylor

university teacher · b. 1944

American mathematician

Robert Calderbank

electrical engineer · b. 1954

British mathematician, computer scientist

former Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari

Guy Evans

percussionist · b. 1947

British drummer

British actor

British mathematician (born 1943)

Peter Skinner

university teacher · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Heather Brooke

journalist · b. 1970

British/American journalist

Aisha Abubakar

official · b. 1966

Nigerian politician, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment since 2015

Kode9

club DJ · b. 1974

British musician

Ghanaian politician and lawyer

Claire Fox

politician · b. 1960

British writer (born 1960)

Linda Jackson

business executive · b. 1959

English businesswoman

Ray Brassier

philosopher · b. 1965

British philosopher

Angus Imrie

film actor · b. 1994

English actor

Nigerian engineer specializing in water supply

British academic

English YouTuber (born 1995)

Adrián Vázquez Lázara

politician · b. 1982

Spanish politician

British author

Richard Burden

politician · b. 1954

British politician (born 1954)

British writer

J Blakeson

director · b. 1977

English film director and screenwriter

Sarah Crossan

young adult author · b. 1981

Irish writer

British mathematician

Trevor Cooper

television actor · b. 1953

English actor

Bience Gawanas

lawyer · b. 1956

Namibian politician

Jon Cruddas

politician · b. 1962

British Labour Party politician

Tim Barrow

diplomat · b. 1964

British diplomat

Shreela Ghosh

television actor · b. 1962

British actress

Chip Tsao

radio personality · b. 1958

Hong Kong columnist, broadcaster, and writer

Martin Allen

association football player · b. 1965

English footballer and manager (born 1965)

Justin Somper

novelist · b. 1953

English novelist

British professor of philosophy and mathematics (1946-)

Vernon Coaker

politician · b. 1953

British politician (born 1953)

Dan Stoenescu

diplomat · b. 1980

Diplomat, minister for Romanians abroad, ambassador, political scientist

British philosopher

Ba Tambadou

minister · b. 1972

Gambian lawyer and politician

actress

Jenny Harrison

university teacher · b. 1949

American mathematician

Yilin Zhong

novelist

Chinese writer

Ugandan lawyer

Sri Lankan blind fashion designer

Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell

diplomat · b. 1952

former British senior civil servant and economist

Malaysian writer (1971–)

Ness Wadia

businessperson · b. 1970

Indian businessman

British television producer

Sally Nicholls

young adult author · b. 1983

novelist

Gobind Singh Deo

politician · b. 1973

Malaysian politician and lawyer

Nicholas Pert

chess player · b. 1981

British chess player

Richard V. Reeves

journalist · b. 1969

British-American writer and social scientist

Julie Gichuru

journalist · b. 1974

Kenyan journalist

Andy Lane

novelist · b. 1963

British journalist and author

Turkish Cypriot film director and screenwriter

Seychellois statistician

Nigerian entrepreneur

Serbian footballer

Nina Power

women's rights activist · b. 1978

British philosopher

British mathematician

British computer scientist

Bruce George

political scientist · 1942–2020

British politician (1942-2020)

British politician (1939–2024)

Daniel Dalton

cricketer · b. 1974

English cricketer and politician (born 1974)

Frank Skinner

television actor · b. 1957

English comedian and television personality

Kare Adenegan

para athletics competitor · b. 2000

British para athletics competitor

Ghanaian politician

Michael Weiss

university teacher · b. 1955

German mathematician

British businessman (1970-2011)

Christian Wolmar

railway historian · b. 1949

British journalist and railway historian (born 1949)

Kim Howells

trade unionist · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

David Li

justice of the peace · b. 1939

Hong Kong businessperson and politician (born 1939)

Kevin Foster

politician · b. 1978

British Conservative Party politician, MP for Torbay since 2015

Andy Palmer

chief executive officer · b. 1963

British businessman

Simon Mayo

radio program designer · b. 1958

British radio presenter

Corrado de Concini

university teacher · b. 1949

Italian mathematician

British computer scientist

Philip Barton

civil servant · b. 1963

British diplomat

Andy Haldane

economist · b. 1967

British economist

Chan Yuen-han

trade unionist · b. 1946

Hong Kong politician

writer/TV Pundit

Australian historian, philosopher and mathematician

Adam Buxton

television actor · b. 1969

British actor and comedian

Tim Loughton

politician · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Yewande Sadiku

investment banker · b. 1972

Nigerian investment banker

British rower

British author

Jeremy Gray

historian of mathematics · b. 1947

British mathematician

British barrister, recorder, writer

Vivien Goldman

music journalist · b. 1954

British journalist and singer

British computer scientist (born 1951)

Elmer Gethin Rees

topologist · 1941–2019

Welsh Mathematician (1941–2019)

Camila Batmanghelidjh

psychologist · 1963–2024

British businesswoman

British sociologist

British actor, born 1980

Abbas Edalat

peace activist

Iranian computer scientist

Wendy Alexander

politician · b. 1963

Scottish politician (born 1963)

Tahir Mamman

academic administrator · b. 1954

Nigerian academic administrator and politician

musical artist

Lo Wai-kwok

justice of the peace · b. 1953

Hong Kong politician

Denise P. Barlow

molecular geneticist · 1950–2017

British geneticist (1950-2017)

British film director

Tom Aggar

rower · b. 1984

British rower

Pierre Pettigrew

business consultant · b. 1951

Canadian politician

British actress

Minister for Health and MP for Nandom constituency, Ghana

Tom Blenkinsop

politician · b. 1980

British politician (born 1980)

Andy Salmon

military personnel · b. 1959

Royal Marines general

author

Caroline Bergvall

poet · b. 1962

French-norwegian author (born 1962)

Paul Uppal

politician · b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Ghanaian journalist and writer

Gerard Lyons

financial analyst · b. 1961

British economist

Wong Chen

politician · b. 1968

Malaysian politician

Thomas Ward

university teacher · b. 1963

British mathematician

Peter Topping

mathematician · b. 1971

British mathematician (1971-)

R. Raj Rao

literary scholar · b. 1955

Indian writer, teacher, gay-rights activist

Jill Morris

diplomat · b. 1967

British diplomat

Ken Hyland

linguist · b. 1951

British linguist

English actress

Peter Linebaugh

university teacher · b. 1942

American historian

Nigerian journalist

Tanzanian lawyer and academic (born 1958)

Isabel Carvalhais

politician · b. 1973

Portuguese politician

English children's writer

Charlene Vella

art historian

art historian

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

politician · b. 1952

British teacher, politician, life peer (born 1952)

Andrew Dismore

politician · b. 1954

British politician (born 1954)

Ian Pearson

politician · b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Belgian translatian scholar (*1948)

Adrian McKinty

children's writer · b. 1968

Irish writer

Tundu Lissu

jurist · b. 1968

Lawyer, Politician, CHADEMA Member of Parliament for Singida East, President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS)

Suzanne Wu

trade unionist · b. 1980

Hong Kong politician

Dawn Foster

journalist · 1987–2021

British journalist, broadcaster and author

British mathematician

British mathematician

Suzanne Packer

actor · b. 1962

Welsh actress

Princess Dina Mired of Jordan

b. 1965

Jordanian royal, humanitarian and health activist

David Epston

social worker · b. 1944

psychotherapist

James Flint

novelist · b. 1968

British writer

Robert Burgess

sociologist · 1947–2022

British sociologist

Namibian lawyer, businessman, and Paramount Chief of the Herero people

Aled Gruffydd Jones

vice-chancellor · b. 1955

British academic

Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips

lawyer · b. 1966

English lawyer

Mahmoud Mohieldin

university teacher · b. 1965

World Bank President’s Special Envoy on Millennium Development Goals

British politician (born 1953)

Tony Wheeler

travel guide writer · b. 1946

English-Australian publishing entrepreneur

Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

politician · b. 1969

British peer (born 1969)

Brian Deer

journalist

journalist

Utoni Nujoma

minister · b. 1952

Namibian politician

British actress

British actor

Ugandan politician

Jennie Bond

television presenter · b. 1950

British journalist and television presenter

Adem Ilhan

Liedermacher · b. 1950

British musician