This is a list of University of Southampton people , including famous officers, staff (past and present) and student alumni from the University of Southampton or historical institutions from which the current university derives.
Chancellors
Hartley Institution and Hartley College
Chancellors were known as principals before the formation of University College[1]
1862–1873 Francis Bond
1873–1874 Charles Blackader
1875–1895 Thomas Shore
1896–1900 R. Stewart
1900–1902 Spencer Richardson
University College
Chancellors were known as presidents before the formation of university[1]
Vice-chancellors
University College
Vice-chancellors were known as principals before the formation of University[1]
Other
Selected past and current pro-chancellors[1] [17]
Current and former notable members of academic staff by subject field:
Sciences
Electronics and computer science
Sir Tim Berners-Lee , World Wide Web inventor
Bashir Al-Hashimi , co-director of the ARM-ECS Research Centre, and current dean
Sir Tim Berners-Lee , World Wide Web inventor[41]
Michael Butler , expert in formal methods for software engineering [42]
Christopher Gutteridge , Open Data innovator[43]
Dame Wendy Hall , President of the British Computer Society ; co-founding Director of the Web Science Research Initiative [44]
Stevan Harnad Cognitive scientist and external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences [45]
Tony Hey CBE , Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft UK[46]
Nick Jennings , Regius Professor of Computer Science [47]
Kirk Martinez , computer scientist ; digital imaging and wireless sensor network pioneer[48]
Luc Moreau , expert in digital provenance [49]
Kieron O'Hara , philosopher , computer scientist and political writer[50]
David Payne CBE , member of the team that invented the erbium-doped fibre amplifier EDFA used in fiber optic cables[51]
Philip Russell , Director of the third division of the Max Planck Research Group [52]
Sir Nigel Shadbolt , computer scientist; co-founder and Director of the Web Science Research Initiative[53]
Erich Zepler , pioneering contributor to radio receiver development[54]
Social sciences
Sir Alan Budd , economist and founding member of the Bank of England 's Monetary Policy Committee
Sir Alan Budd , economist, founding member of the Bank of England 's Monetary Policy Committee [70]
Nitin Desai , economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs[71]
Sir Ian Diamond , UK National Statistician, formerly Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and Chief Executive of Economic and Social Research Council [72]
Clive Gamble , archaeologist and anthropologist specialising in human origins, and a trustee of the British Museum [73]
Paul Geroski , economist and former member of Monopolies and Mergers Commission [74]
Jan Haaland , Rector of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration [75]
Tim Holt , former President of the Royal Statistical Society and Office for National Statistics [76]
Christopher Janaway , philosopher specialising in the work of Nietzsche ; publishing through OUP Oxford, his most recent work is Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy [77]
Maurice Kugler , Colombian economist; CIGI Chair in International Public Policy;Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harold Lawton , former Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Sheffield ; thought to have been the last surviving Allied soldier captured on the Western Front[78]
Jakob Broechner Madsen , economist, professor, former financial analyst, deputy chief economist at the Bank of Jutland
David Pearce , pioneer of environmental economics ; chief environmental adviser to the UK Secretaries of State, 1989-1992; a convening lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Christopher Pissarides , Nobel Laureate in Economics
Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn , archaeologist[79]
Howard Root , Professor of Theology
Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield , Labour peer; Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy at King's College London
Steve Smith , Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter ; Chair of the Board of the 1994 Group [80]
T. M. Fred Smith , former President of the Royal Statistical Society [81]
Donald Tyerman , former editor of The Economist [82]
Peter Ucko , founder of the World Archaeological Congress [83]
Paul Webley , Director and Principal of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London [84]
Richard Werner , Professor of Finance, known for his theory of quantitative easing
Former notable students at Southampton include:
Academia
Jackie Akhavan , chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry at Cranfield University [96]
Richard Aldridge , former President of the Palaeontological Association [97]
Joanna Bauldreay , British chemist and Aviation Fuel Development Manager at Shell Global Solutions
Anthony Cohen CBE , Vice-Chancellor of Queen Margaret University , Edinburgh[98]
Shanaka L de Silva , geologist, academic and author.
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke , cell biologist, medical researcher, and academic at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Sir Christopher Ingold , chemist, recipient of the Longstaff Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1951 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1952[99]
David Jones , Flavelle Medal –winning biologist[100]
Sir Harold Marshall , acoustician, Knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit , Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand , awarded Wallace Clement Sabine Medal in 1995 and Rayleigh Medal in 2015[101]
Phil Moorby , computer scientist and recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award [102]
Zohrah Sulaiman , Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Brunei
Antony Sutton , economist who published on controversial topics such as the West's role in developing Soviet Union , Wall Street 's involvement in the Russian Revolution and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the University of Yale 's Skull and Bones Society[103]
Adrian Tinniswood , author, historian and educationalist[104]
Nigel Weatherill , engineer, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University
Colin White , historian and Director of the Royal Naval Museum [105]
Ashraf El-Shihy , former Minister of Higher Education , Minister of Scientific Research, and a University President/Chancellor in Egypt .[106]
Christine Patch , nurse and genetic counsellor, Clinical Lead for Genetic Counselling at Genomics England [107] and former President of the European Society of Human Genetics [108]
Arts
Brian Eno , alumnus of Winchester School of Art
Ritu Arya , actress best known for her role in The Umbrella Academy
Darren Almond , artist working in film, installation, sculpture and photography; nominated for the 2005 Turner Prize [109]
Stephen Baxter , award-winning science fiction author[110]
Stephen Baysted , composer of video game soundtracks[111]
Martin Bell , poet and founder member of The Group
John Buckley , sculptor, creator of the Headington Shark [112]
James Castle , draughtsman and sculptor; Invited Artist at Royal West of England Academy [113]
Daniel Catán , composer of Florencia en el Amazonas [114]
Ronald Cavaye , pianist and music author[115]
James Clarke , composer of Voices in collaboration with Harold Pinter
Stephen Deuchar , Director of Tate Britain [116]
Brian Eno , electronic music pioneer, recording artist and producer[117]
Kodwo Eshun a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker.
Aaron Fletcher , musician in The Bees [118]
Anne Hardy , artist best known for her large-scale photographic work of unusual interior spaces[119]
Jeremy Hardy , winner of the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988[120]
Mark Hill , record producer; member of Artful Dodger band[121]
Mick Jackson , director of L.A. Story and Volcano
Stephen Jeffreys , playwright of The Libertine [122]
Edward Kluz , artist, illustrator and printmaker[123]
Marek Larwood , comedian in BBC Three sitcom Rush Hour [124]
Paul Lee , sculptor[125]
Robin Maconie , composer, pianist, and writer[126]
Dominic Muldowney , composer and former music director of the Royal National Theatre [127]
John Nettles , actor best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders [128]
James Saunders , playwright and writer of BBC sitcom Bloomers
Rosemary Squire , co-founder and Executive Director of the Ambassador Theatre Group [129]
Pauline Stainer , poet[130]
Linda Sutton , artist and regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
Antony G. Sweeney , former director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Business
Stephen Payne on board the RMS Queen Mary 2 in July 2013
George Buckley , Chairman, President, and Chief Executive of 3M [131]
Richard Cuthbertson , Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Oxford University[132]
Tom Delay CBE , climate economist and former Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust .[133]
Chris Hohn , founder of The Children's Investment Fund Management ; Britain's biggest charity donor[134]
Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny , founder of OpenX Innovations, trustee of The Brookings Institution
Frederick Lanchester , co-founder of the Lanchester Motor Company [135]
Christopher Orlebar , former British Airways Concorde pilot[136]
Chai Patel CBE , former Chief Executive of the Priory Healthcare group[137]
Stephen Payne OBE , maritime consultant and former Vice-President and Chief Naval Architect at Carnival Corporation (owners of Cunard )[138]
Stuart Popham , senior partner at Clifford Chance [139]
Peter Tertzakian , Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation[140]
Justin Urquhart Stewart , Co-founder of 7IM, investment company and well known Business commentator. University has a bursary award named after him.[141]
Politics and public life
Sir Adrian Fulford , Judge of the International Criminal Court
Baroness Liz Barker , Liberal Democrat Life Peer
Sir Conor Burns , former Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West [142]
Grenville Cross , Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, China [143]
John Denham , Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen ; Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills [144]
Evan Enwerem , former president of the Senate of Nigeria [145]
Mohammed Lutfi Farhat , Member of the Pan-African Parliament from Libya ; the Parliament's North African Vice President[146]
Astrid Fischel Volio , Vice-President of Costa Rica[147]
Sir Adrian Fulford , Judge of the International Criminal Court [148]
Justine Greening , Conservative Former Member of Parliament for Putney ; Former Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities [149]
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg , former German Minister of Defence [150]
Baroness Gloria Hooper , lawyer and Life peer in the House of Lords [151]
Rima Horton , Labour Party councillor on the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006.
Gerald Howarth , Conservative former Member of Parliament for Aldershot ; Shadow Minister for Secretary of State for Defence [152]
Jason Hu , Mayor of Taichung City and former foreign minister of the Republic of China [153]
David Kurten , UKIP Member of the London Assembly
Usutuaije Maamberua , Namibian politician, head of the South West Africa National Union [154]
Glyn Mathias , former Electoral Commissioner of the United Kingdom[155]
Bob Mitchell , former Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test ; Social Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen [156]
Peter Price , honorary Member of the European Parliament ; member of the European Strategy Council[157]
Geoffrey Rowland , Bailiff of Guernsey [158]
Arnold Shaw , former Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford South [159]
Viscount Jan David Simon , Labour Member of the House of Lords [160]
Lord Clive Soley , Labour Member of the House of Lords [161]
Sir John Stevens , former head of the Metropolitan Police Service ; current international security advisor to the prime minister [162]
Matthew Taylor , chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts [163]
Lord George Thomas , former Speaker of the House of Commons ; Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central and Cardiff West [164]
Richard Thomas , Information Commissioner and former director of public policy at Clifford Chance law firm[165]
Melchior Wathelet Jr. , former Belgian Minister of the Interior [166]
Alan Whitehead , Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test [167]
William Whitlock , former Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham North [168]
Sheila Wright , former Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth [159]
John Inverdale , sports broadcaster
Laura Bailey , model and fashion writer[169]
Liz Barker , former Blue Peter presenter[170]
Andrea Benfield , co-anchor of Wales Tonight [171]
Alex Brummer , financial commentator; City Editor for The Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail newspapers
Stefan Buczacki , horticulturalist, radio and TV expert[172]
William Frank Kobina Coleman , Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1960–1970)
Jason Cowley , editor for the New Statesman magazine[173]
David Cracknell , former Political Editor for the Sunday Times newspaper[174]
Jon Craig , Chief Political Correspondent for Sky News [175]
John Inverdale , sports broadcaster for the BBC [176]
Glyn Mathias , Political Editor of Independent Television News (1981-1986) and BBC Wales (1994-1999); the Electoral Commission 's Commissioner for Wales (2001-2008); board member of OFCOM (2011–present)
Dominic Mohan , editor of the newspaper The Sun [177]
Chris Packham , naturalist and television presenter for Inside Out in the South[178]
Daniel Sandford , Home Affairs Correspondent for the BBC
Jon Sopel , presenter of The Politics Show ; a lead presenter on BBC News 24 [179]
Kathy Tayler , former presenter of Holiday on the BBC[180]
Stella Tennant , modeled for Chanel , Calvin Klein , Hermès and Burberry [181]
Srđa Trifković , foreign affairs editor for the Chronicles magazine and director of the Center for International Affairs at the Rockford Institute
Caroline Wyatt , Religious correspondent for the BBC[182]
Sport
Adrian Newey , Technical Director of Red Bull Racing
Guin Batten , won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull ; set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell[188]
Miriam Batten , won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull [188]
Roger Black ; 400m athlete; European, Commonwealth and World Championship gold medalist[189]
Pavlos Kontides , sailor; won silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class [190]
Tim Male , rower in the 2004 Summer Olympics [191]
Adrian Newey , Technical Director, Red Bull Racing Formula One team[192]
Jon Potter , member of the gold-winning British field hockey squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics and bronze winning squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics [193]
John Smith , former Pro-Bowl placekicker for the New England Patriots of the NFL
Harry Tarraway , Olympian at the 1948 Olympic Games [194]
Mark Taylor , former captain of Wales national rugby union team [195]
Robert Tobin , part of the silver medal-winning 4×400 relay team at the 2009 World Athletic Championships in Berlin[196]
Bruce Tulloh , 5000m athlete; won gold medal at the 1962 European Championships in bare feet[197]
Lawrence Wallace , medal winner at the 1938 Empire Games [198]
Rob White , deputy managing director engine at Renault F1 [199]
Daniel Wright , referee at the 2008 European Lacrosse Championship [200] and 2010 World Lacrosse Championship [201]
Other
T. Q. Armar , Ghanaian publisher
Kevin Ashman , international Mastermind champion[202]
Sally Clark , lawyer, convicted for the murder of her two children in 1999, subsequently quashed on appeal in 2003; notable for the involvement of Sir Roy Meadow and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy [203]
Katy Croff Bell , National Geographic Explorer
George Hersee , BBC engineer responsible for development of Test Card F [204]
June Jolly , children's nurse[205]
Scott Mills , Radio One DJ; involved with Southampton University's radio station, Surge , although never a student at the University[206]
Gerry del-Guercio, Richard Hanson, Neil Higton, John Maskell and Alexei Roszkowiak, members of indie rock band SixNationState , formed whilst studying sociology at Southampton[207]
Jeremy Stangroom , writer, editor, and website designer
Christopher Stark , British radio personality known for his work as a co-host on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1 .
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