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This article is a list of people associated with Newcastle University as either a student or teacher.
A
- Ali Mohamed Shein, 7th President of Zanzibar
- Richard Adams - fairtrade businessman[1]
- Kate Adie - journalist[2]
- Yasmin Ahmad - Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter[3]
- Prince Adewale Aladesanmi - Nigerian prince and businessman[4]
- Jane Alexander - Bishop[5]
- Theodosios Alexander (BSc Marine Engineering 1981) - Dean, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology of Saint Louis University[6]
- William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - industrialist; in 1871 founded College of Physical Science, an early part of the University[7]
- Roy Ascott - new media artist
- Dennis Assanis - President, University of Delaware[8]
- Neil Astley - publisher, editor and writer[9]
- Rodney Atkinson - eurosceptic conservative academic[10]
- Rowan Atkinson - comedian and actor[11]
- Kane Avellano - Guinness World Record for youngest person to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle (solo and unsupported) at the age of 23 in 2017[12]
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B
- Bruce Babbitt - U.S. politician; 16th Governor of Arizona (1978–1987); 47th United States Secretary of the Interior (1993–2001); Democrat[13]
- James Baddiley - biochemist, based at Newcastle University 1954–1983;[14] the Baddiley-Clark building is named in part after him
- Tunde Baiyewu - member of the Lighthouse Family[15]
- John C. A. Barrett - clergyman[16]
- G. W. S. Barrow - historian[17]
- Neil Bartlett - chemist, creation of the first noble gas compounds (BSc and PhD at King's College, University of Durham, later Newcastle University)[18]
- Sue Beardsmore - television presenter[19]
- Alan Beith - politician[20]
- Jean Benedetti - biographer, translator, director and dramatist[21]
- Phil Bennion - politician[22]
- Catherine Bertola - contemporary painter[23]
- Simon Best - Captain of the Ulster Rugby team; Prop for the Ireland Team[24]
- Andy Bird - CEO of Disney International[25]
- Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan - heir apparent to the earldom of Cork
- David Bradley - science writer[26]
- Mike Brearley - professional cricketer, formerly a lecturer in philosophy at the university (1968–1971)[27]
- Constance Briscoe - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK; author of the best-selling autobiography Ugly;[28] found guilty in May 2014 on three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice; jailed for 16 months[29]
- Steve Brooks - entomologist; attained BSc in Zoology and MSc in Public Health Engineering from Newcastle University in 1976 and 1977 respectively[30]
- Thom Brooks - academic, columnist[31]
- Gavin Brown - academic[32]
- Vicki Bruce - psychologist[33]
- Basil Bunting - poet; Northern Arts Poetry Fellow at Newcastle University (1968–70); honorary DLitt in 1971[34][35]
- John Burgan - documentary filmmaker[36]
- Mark Burgess - computer scientist[37]
- Sir John Burn - Professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle University Medical School; Medical Director and Head of the Institute of Genetics; Newcastle Medical School alumnus[38]
- John Harrison Burnett - botanist, chair of Botany at King's College, Newcastle (1960–68)[39]
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C
- Richard Caddel - poet[40]
- Deborah Cameron - linguist[41]
- Stuart Cameron - lecturer[42]
- John Ashton Cannon - historian; Professor of Modern History; Head of Department of History from 1976 until his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1979; Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1983–1986[43]
- Ian Carr - musician[44]
- Steve Chapman - Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University[45]
- Dion Chen - Hong Kong educator, principal of Ying Wa College and former principal of YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College[46][47]
- Hsing Chia-hui - author
- Ashraf Choudhary - scientist[48]
- Jennifer A. Clack - palaeontologist[49]
- George Clarke - architect[50]
- Brian Clouston - landscape architect[51]
- Ed Coode - Olympic gold medallist[52]
- John Coulson - chemical engineering academic[53]
- Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox - cross-bench member of the British House of Lords[54]
- Nicola Curtin – Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics
- Pippa Crerar - Political Editor of the Daily Mirror
D
- Fred D'Aguiar - author[55]
- Julia Darling - poet, playwright, novelist, MA in Creative Writing[56]
- Simin Davoudi - academic[57]
- Tom Dening - medical academic and researcher
- Katie Doherty - singer-songwriter[58]
- Annabel Dover - artist, studied fine art 1994–1998[59]
- Alexander Downer - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996–2007)[60]
- Chloë Duckworth - archaeologist and presenter
- Chris Duffield - Town Clerk and Chief Executive of the City of London Corporation[61]
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E
- Michael Earl - academic[62]
- Tom English - drummer, Maxïmo Park[63]
- Princess Eugenie - a niece of King Charles III and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, is a member of the British royal family. She attended Newcastle University in 2009 and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and History of Art, earning Upper Second-Class Honours.[64]
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F
- U. A. Fanthorpe - poet[65]
- Frank Farmer - medical physicist; professor of medical physics at Newcastle University in 1966[66][67]
- Terry Farrell - architect[68]
- Tim Farron - former Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale[69]
- Ian Fells - professor[70]
- Andy Fenby - rugby player[71]
- Bryan Ferry - singer, songwriter and musician, member of Roxy Music and solo artist; studied fine art[72]
- E. J. Field - neuroscientist, director of the university's Demyelinating Disease Unit[73]
- John Niemeyer Findlay - philosopher[74]
- John Fitzgerald - computer scientist[75]
- Vicky Forster - cancer researcher[76]
- Maximilian Fosh - YouTuber and independent candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election.[77]
- Rose Frain - artist[78]
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G
- Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster - aristocrat, billionaire, businessman and landowner
- Peter Gibbs - television weather presenter[79]
- Ken Goodall - rugby player[80]
- Peter Gooderham - British ambassador[81]
- Michael Goodfellow - Professor in Microbial Systematics[82]
- Robert Goodwill - politician[83]
- Richard Gordon - author[84]
- Thomas George Greenwell - National Conservative Member of Parliament[85]
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H
- Andrew Haigh - film director
- Sarah Hainsworth - Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University[86]
- Reginald Hall - endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine (1970–1980)[87]
- Alex Halliday - Professor of Geochemistry, University of Oxford[88]
- Richard Hamilton - artist[89]
- Vicki L. Hanson - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2017
- Rupert Harden - professional rugby union player
- Tim Head - artist[90]
- Patsy Healey - professor[91]
- Alastair Heathcote - rower[92]
- Dorothy Heathcote - academic[93]
- Adrian Henri - 'Mersey Scene' poet and painter[94]
- Stephen Hepburn - politician[95]
- Jack Heslop-Harrison - botanist[96]
- Tony Hey - computer scientist; honorary doctorate 2007
- Stuart Hill - author[97]
- Jean Hillier - professor[98]
- Ken Hodcroft - Chairman of Hartlepool United; founder of Increased Oil Recovery[99]
- Robert Holden - landscape architect[100]
- Bill Hopkins - composer[101]
- David Horrobin - entrepreneur[102]
- Debbie Horsfield - writer of dramas, including Cutting It[103]
- John House - geographer[104]
- Paul Hudson - weather presenter[105]
- Philip Hunter - educationist[106]
- Ronald Hunt – Art Historian who was librarian at the Art Department[107]
- Anya Hurlbert - visual neuroscientist[108]
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I
- Charles Innes-Ker - Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford[109]
- Mark Isherwood - politician[110]
- Jonathan Israel - historian[111]
J
- Alan J. Jamieson - marine biologist[112]
- George Neil Jenkins - medical researcher[113]
- Caroline Johnson - Conservative Member of Parliament
- Wilko Johnson - guitarist with 1970s British rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood[114]
- Rich Johnston - comic book writer and cartoonist[115]
- Anna Jones - businesswoman[116]
- Cliff Jones - computer scientist[117]
- Colin Jones - historian[118]
- David E. H. Jones - chemist[119]
- Francis R. Jones - poetry translator and Reader in Translation Studies[120]
- Phil Jones - climatologist[121]
- Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling - Member of the House of Lords and the Conservative Party[122]
- Wilfred Josephs - dentist and composer[123]
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K
- Michael King Jr. - civil rights leader; honorary graduate. In November 1967, MLK made a 24-hour trip to the United Kingdom to receive an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from Newcastle University, becoming the first African American the institution had recognised in this way.[124]
- Panayiotis Kalorkoti - artist; studied B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art (1976–80); Bartlett Fellow in the Visual Arts (1988)[125][better source needed]
- Jackie Kay - poet, novelist, Professor of Creative Writing[126]
- Paul Kennedy - historian of international relations and grand strategy[127]
- Mark Khangure - neuroradiologist[128]
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L
- Joy Labinjo - artist[129]
- Henrike Lähnemann - German medievalist[130]
- Dave Leadbetter - politician[131]
- Lim Boon Heng - Singapore Minister[132]
- Lin Hsin Hsin - IT inventor, artist, poet and composer[133]
- Anne Longfield - children's campaigner, former Children's Commissioner for England[134]
- Keith Ludeman - businessman[135]
M
- Jack Mapanje - writer and poet[136]
- Milton Margai - first prime minister of Sierra Leone (medical degree from the Durham College of Medicine, later Newcastle University Medical School)[137]
- Laurence Martin - war studies writer[138]
- Murray Martin, documentary and docudrama filmmaker, co-founder of Amber Film & Photography Collective[139]
- Adrian Martineau – medical researcher and professor of respiratory Infection and immunity at Queen Mary University of London[140]
- Carl R. May - sociologist[141]
- Tom May - professional rugby union player, now with Northampton Saints, and capped by England[142]
- Kate McCann – journalist and television presenter[143]
- Ian G. McKeith – professor of Old Age Psychiatry[144]
- John Anthony McGuckin - Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet[145]
- Wyl Menmuir - novelist[146]
- Zia Mian - physicist[147]
- Richard Middleton - musicologist[148]
- Mary Midgley - moral philosopher[149]
- G.C.J. Midgley - philosopher
- John E. M. Midgley (1935–2023), British biochemist
- Moein Moghimi - biochemist and nanoscientist[150]
- Hermann Moisl - linguist[151]
- Anthony Michaels-Moore - Operatic Baritone[152]
- Joanna Moncrieff - Critical Psychiatrist
- Theodore Morison - Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne (1919–24)[153]
- Andy Morrell - footballer[154]
- Frank Moulaert - professor[155]
- Mo Mowlam - former British Labour Party Member of Parliament, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, lecturer at Newcastle University[156][157]
- Chris Mullin - former British Labour Party Member of Parliament, author, visiting fellow[158]
- VA Mundella - College of Physical Science, 1884—1887; lecturer in physics at the College, 1891—1896: Professor of Physics at Northern Polytechnic Institute and Principal of Sunderland Technical College.
- Richard Murphy - architect[159]
N
- Lisa Nandy - British Labour Party Member of Parliament, former Shadow Foreign Secretary[160]
- Karim Nayernia - biomedical scientist[161]
- Dianne Nelmes - TV producer[162]
O
- Sally O'Reilly - writer[163]
- Mo O'Toole - former British Labour Party Member of European Parliament[164]
P
- Ewan Page - founding director of the Newcastle University School of Computing and briefly acting vice-chancellor; later appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Reading[165][166]
- Rachel Pain - academic
- Amanda Parker - Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire since 2023
- Geoff Parling - Leicester Tigers rugby player[167]
- Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes - British Conservative politician and Chancellor of the University (1999–2009)[168]
- Mick Paynter - Cornish poet and Grandbard[169]
- Robert A. Pearce - academic[170]
- Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland - Chancellor of the University (1964–1988)[171]
- Ben Pimlott - political historian; PhD and lectureship at Newcastle University (1970–79)[172][173]
- Robin Plackett - statistician[174]
- Alan Plater - playwright and screenwriter[175]
- Ruth Plummer - Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research[176] and Fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences.[177]
- John Porter - musician[178]
- Rob Powell - former London Broncos coach[179]
- Stuart Prebble - former chief executive of ITV[180]
- Oliver Proudlock - Made in Chelsea star; creator of Serge De Nîmes clothing line[181]
- Mark Purnell - palaeontologist[182]
Q
- Pirzada Qasim - Pakistani scholar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi[183]
- Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin - politician[184]
R
- Andy Raleigh - Rugby League player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats[185]
- Brian Randell - computer scientist[186]
- Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale - Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords for International Development[187]
- Alastair Reynolds - novelist, former research astronomer with the European Space Agency[188]
- Ben Rice - author[189]
- Lewis Fry Richardson - mathematician, studied at the Durham College of Science in Newcastle[190]
- Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley - Chancellor of the University 1988-1999[191]
- Colin Riordan - VC of Cardiff University, Professor of German Studies (1988–2006)[192]
- Susie Rodgers - British Paralympic swimmer[193]
- Neil Rollinson - poet[194]
- Johanna Ropner - Lord lieutenant of North Yorkshire[195]
- John Rushby - computer scientist[196]
- Camilla Rutherford - actress[197]
S
- Jonathan Sacks - former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth[198]
- Ross Samson - Scottish rugby union footballer; studied history[199]
- Helen Scales - marine biologist, broadcaster, and writer[200]
- William Scammell - poet[201]
- Fred B. Schneider - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2003
- Sean Scully - painter[202]
- Nigel Shadbolt - computer scientist[203]
- Tom Shakespeare - geneticist[204]
- Jo Shapcott - poet[205]
- James Shapiro - Canadian surgeon and scientist[206]
- Jack Shepherd - actor and playwright[207]
- Mark Shucksmith - professor[208]
- Chris Simms - crime thriller novel author[209]
- Iain Smith - Scottish politician[210]
- Paul Smith - singer, Maxïmo Park[63]
- John Snow - discoverer of cholera transmission through water; leader in the adoption of anaesthesia; one of the 8 students enrolled on the very first term of the Medical School[211]
- Ed Stafford - explorer, walked the length of the Amazon River[212]
- Chris Steele-Perkins - photographer[213]
- Chris Stevenson - academic[214]
- Di Stewart - Sky Sports News reader[215]
- Diana Stöcker - German CDU Member of Parliament[216]
- Miodrag Stojković - genetics researcher[217]
- Miriam Stoppard - physician, author and agony aunt[218]
- Charlie van Straubenzee - businessman and investment executive
- Peter Straughan - playwright and short story writer[219]
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T
- Mathew Tait - rugby union footballer[220]
- Eric Thomas - academic[221]
- David Tibet - cult musician and poet[222]
- Archis Tiku - bassist, Maxïmo Park[63]
- James Tooley - professor[223]
- Elsie Tu - politician
- Maurice Tucker - sedimentologist[224]
- Paul Tucker - member of Lighthouse Family[15]
- George Grey Turner - surgeon[225]
- Ronald F. Tylecote - archaeologist[226]
V
- Chris Vance - actor in Prison Break and All Saints[227]
- Géza Vermes - scholar[228]
- Geoff Vigar - lecturer[229]
- Hugh Vyvyan - rugby union player[230]
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- Alick Walker - palaeontologist[231]
- Matthew Walker - Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley[232][233]
- Lord Walton of Detchant - physician; President of the GMC, BMA, RSM; Warden of Green College, Oxford (1983–1989)[234]
- Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics; former Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering[235]
- Duncan Watmore - footballer at Millwall F.C.[236]
- Mary Webb - artist[237]
- Charlie Webster - television sports presenter[238]
- Li Wei - Chair of Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education, University College London[239]
- Joseph Joshua Weiss - Professor of Radiation Chemistry[240]
- Robert Westall - children's writer, twice winner of Carnegie Medal[241]
- Thomas Stanley Westoll - Fellow of the Royal Society[242]
- Gillian Whitehead - composer[243]
- William Whitfield - architect, later designed the Hadrian Building and the Northern Stage[244]
- Claire Williams - motorsport executive[245]
- Zoe Williams - sportswoman, worked on Gladiators[246]
- Donald I. Williamson - planktologist and carcinologist[247]
- John Willis - Royal Air Force officer and council member of the University[248]
- Lukas Wooller - keyboard player, Maxïmo Park[63]
- Graham Wylie - co-founder of the Sage Group; studied Computing Science & Statistics BSc and graduated in 1980; awarded an honorary doctorate in 2004[249]
Y
- Hisila Yami, Nepalese politician and former Minister of Physical Planning and Works (Government of Nepal)[250]
- John Yorke - Controller of Continuing Drama; Head of Independent Drama at the BBC[103]
- Martha Young-Scholten - linguist[251]
- Paul Younger - hydrogeologist[252]
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