List of Newcastle University people
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This article is a list of people associated with Newcastle University as either a student or teacher.
- 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]
- 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]
- Philip Beahon - eCommerce entrepreneur; sportswear brand founder (Castore). Graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 2014.[19]
- Sue Beardsmore - television presenter[20]
- Alan Beith - politician[21]
- Jean Benedetti - biographer, translator, director and dramatist[22]
- Phil Bennion - politician[23]
- Catherine Bertola - contemporary painter[24]
- Simon Best - Captain of the Ulster Rugby team; Prop for the Ireland Team[25]
- Andy Bird - CEO of Disney International[26]
- Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan - heir apparent to the earldom of Cork
- David Bradley - science writer[27]
- Mike Brearley - professional cricketer, formerly a lecturer in philosophy at the university (1968–1971)[28]
- Constance Briscoe - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK; author of the best-selling autobiography Ugly;[29] found guilty in May 2014 on three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice; jailed for 16 months[30]
- Steve Brooks - entomologist; attained BSc in Zoology and MSc in Public Health Engineering from Newcastle University in 1976 and 1977 respectively[31]
- Thom Brooks - academic, columnist[32]
- Gavin Brown - academic[33]
- Vicki Bruce - psychologist[34]
- Basil Bunting - poet; Northern Arts Poetry Fellow at Newcastle University (1968–70); honorary DLitt in 1971[35][36]
- John Burgan - documentary filmmaker[37]
- Mark Burgess - computer scientist[38]
- 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[39]
- William Lawrence Burn - historian and lawyer, history chair at King's College, Newcastle (1944–66)[40]
- John Harrison Burnett - botanist, chair of Botany at King's College, Newcastle (1960–68)[41]
- Richard Caddel - poet[42]
- Ann Cairns - President of International Markets for MasterCard[43]
- Deborah Cameron - linguist[44]
- Stuart Cameron - lecturer[45]
- 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[46]
- Ian Carr - musician[47]
- Jimmy Cartmell - rugby player, Newcastle Falcons[25]
- Steve Chapman - Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University[48]
- Dion Chen - Hong Kong educator, principal of Ying Wa College and former principal of YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College[49][50]
- Hsing Chia-hui - author
- Ashraf Choudhary - scientist[51]
- Chua Chor Teck - Managing Director of Keppel Group[52]
- Jennifer A. Clack - palaeontologist[53]
- George Clarke - architect[54]
- Carol Clewlow - novelist[55]
- Brian Clouston - landscape architect[56]
- Ed Coode - Olympic gold medallist[57]
- John Coulson - chemical engineering academic[58]
- Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox - cross-bench member of the British House of Lords[59]
- Nicola Curtin – Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics
- Pippa Crerar - Political Editor of the Daily Mirror
- Fred D'Aguiar - author[60]
- Julia Darling - poet, playwright, novelist, MA in Creative Writing[61]
- Simin Davoudi - academic[62]
- Richard Dawson - civil engineering academic and member of the UK Committee on Climate Change
- Tom Dening - medical academic and researcher
- Katie Doherty - singer-songwriter[63]
- Nowell Donovan - vice-chancellor for academic affairs and Provost of Texas Christian University[64]
- Catherine Douglas - Ig Nobel Prize winner for Veterinary Medicine[65]
- Annabel Dover - artist, studied fine art 1994–1998[66]
- Alexander Downer - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996–2007)[67]
- Chloë Duckworth - archaeologist and presenter
- Chris Duffield - Town Clerk and Chief Executive of the City of London Corporation[68]
- Michael Earl - academic[69]
- Tom English - drummer, Maxïmo Park[70]
- 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.[71]
- U. A. Fanthorpe - poet[72]
- Frank Farmer - medical physicist; professor of medical physics at Newcastle University in 1966[73][74]
- Terry Farrell - architect[75]
- Tim Farron - former Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale[76]
- Ian Fells - professor[77]
- Andy Fenby - rugby player[78]
- Bryan Ferry - singer, songwriter and musician, member of Roxy Music and solo artist; studied fine art[79]
- E. J. Field - neuroscientist, director of the university's Demyelinating Disease Unit[80]
- John Niemeyer Findlay - philosopher[81]
- John Fitzgerald - computer scientist[82]
- Vicky Forster - cancer researcher[83]
- Maximilian Fosh - YouTuber and independent candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election.[84]
- Rose Frain - artist[85]
- Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster - aristocrat, billionaire, businessman and landowner
- Peter Gibbs - television weather presenter[86]
- Ken Goodall - rugby player[87]
- Peter Gooderham - British ambassador[88]
- Michael Goodfellow - Professor in Microbial Systematics[89]
- Robert Goodwill - politician[90]
- Richard Gordon - author[91]
- Teresa Graham - accountant[92]
- Thomas George Greenwell - National Conservative Member of Parliament[93]
- Sarah Hainsworth - Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University[94]
- Reginald Hall - endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine (1970–1980)[95]
- Alex Halliday - Professor of Geochemistry, University of Oxford[96]
- Richard Hamilton - artist[97]
- Vicki L. Hanson - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2017
- Rupert Harden - professional rugby union player
- Tim Head - artist[98]
- Patsy Healey - professor[99]
- Alastair Heathcote - rower[100]
- Dorothy Heathcote - academic[101]
- Adrian Henri - 'Mersey Scene' poet and painter[102]
- Stephen Hepburn - politician[103]
- Jack Heslop-Harrison - botanist[104]
- Tony Hey - computer scientist; honorary doctorate 2007
- Stuart Hill - author[105]
- Jean Hillier - professor[106]
- Ken Hodcroft - Chairman of Hartlepool United; founder of Increased Oil Recovery[107]
- Robert Holden - landscape architect[108]
- Bill Hopkins - composer[109]
- David Horrobin - entrepreneur[110]
- Debbie Horsfield - writer of dramas, including Cutting It[111]
- John House - geographer[112]
- Paul Hudson - weather presenter[113]
- Philip Hunter - educationist[114]
- Ronald Hunt – Art Historian who was librarian at the Art Department[115]
- Anya Hurlbert - visual neuroscientist[116]
- Martin Ince - journalist and media adviser, founder of the QS World University Rankings[117]
- Charles Innes-Ker - Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford[118]
- Mark Isherwood - politician[119]
- Jonathan Israel - historian[120]
- Alan J. Jamieson - marine biologist[121]
- George Neil Jenkins - medical researcher[122]
- Caroline Johnson - Conservative Member of Parliament
- Wilko Johnson - guitarist with 1970s British rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood[123]
- Rich Johnston - comic book writer and cartoonist[124]
- Anna Jones - businesswoman[125]
- Cliff Jones - computer scientist[126]
- Colin Jones - historian[127]
- David E. H. Jones - chemist[128]
- Francis R. Jones - poetry translator and Reader in Translation Studies[129]
- Phil Jones - climatologist[130]
- Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling - Member of the House of Lords and the Conservative Party[131]
- Wilfred Josephs - dentist and composer[132]
- 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.[133]
- Panayiotis Kalorkoti - artist; studied B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art (1976–80); Bartlett Fellow in the Visual Arts (1988)[134][better source needed]
- Rashida Karmali - businesswoman[135]
- Jackie Kay - poet, novelist, Professor of Creative Writing[136]
- Paul Kennedy - historian of international relations and grand strategy[137]
- Mark Khangure - neuroradiologist[138]
- Joy Labinjo - artist[139]
- Henrike Lähnemann - German medievalist[140]
- Dave Leadbetter - politician[141]
- Lim Boon Heng - Singapore Minister[142]
- Lin Hsin Hsin - IT inventor, artist, poet and composer[143]
- Anne Longfield - children's campaigner, former Children's Commissioner for England[144]
- Keith Ludeman - businessman[145]
- Jack Mapanje - writer and poet[146]
- Milton Margai - first prime minister of Sierra Leone (medical degree from the Durham College of Medicine, later Newcastle University Medical School)[147]
- Laurence Martin - war studies writer[148]
- Murray Martin, documentary and docudrama filmmaker, co-founder of Amber Film & Photography Collective[149]
- Adrian Martineau – medical researcher and professor of respiratory Infection and immunity at Queen Mary University of London[150]
- Carl R. May - sociologist[151]
- Tom May - professional rugby union player, now with Northampton Saints, and capped by England[152]
- Kate McCann – journalist and television presenter[153]
- Ian G. McKeith – professor of Old Age Psychiatry[154]
- John Anthony McGuckin - Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet[155]
- Wyl Menmuir - novelist[156]
- Zia Mian - physicist[157]
- Richard Middleton - musicologist[158]
- Mary Midgley - moral philosopher[159]
- G.C.J. Midgley - philosopher
- Moein Moghimi - biochemist and nanoscientist[160]
- Hermann Moisl - linguist[161]
- Anthony Michaels-Moore - Operatic Baritone[162]
- Joanna Moncrieff - Critical Psychiatrist
- Theodore Morison - Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne (1919–24)[163]
- Andy Morrell - footballer[164]
- Frank Moulaert - professor[165]
- Mo Mowlam - former British Labour Party Member of Parliament, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, lecturer at Newcastle University[166][167]
- Chris Mullin - former British Labour Party Member of Parliament, author, visiting fellow[168]
- 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[169]
- Lisa Nandy - British Labour Party Member of Parliament, former Shadow Foreign Secretary[170]
- Karim Nayernia - biomedical scientist[171]
- Dianne Nelmes - TV producer[172]
- Sally O'Reilly - writer[173]
- Mo O'Toole - former British Labour Party Member of European Parliament[174]
- 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[175][176]
- Rachel Pain - academic
- Amanda Parker - Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire since 2023
- Geoff Parling - Leicester Tigers rugby player[177]
- Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes - British Conservative politician and Chancellor of the University (1999–2009)[178]
- Chris M Pattinson former Great Britain International Swimmer 1976-1984
- Mick Paynter - Cornish poet and Grandbard[179]
- Robert A. Pearce - academic[180]
- Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland - Chancellor of the University (1964–1988)[181]
- Jonathan Pile - Showbiz Editor, ZOO magazine[182]
- Ben Pimlott - political historian; PhD and lectureship at Newcastle University (1970–79)[183][184]
- Robin Plackett - statistician[185]
- Alan Plater - playwright and screenwriter[186]
- Ruth Plummer - Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research[187] and Fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences.[188]
- Poh Kwee Ong - Deputy President of SembCorp Marine[189]
- John Porter - musician[190]
- Rob Powell - former London Broncos coach[191]
- Stuart Prebble - former chief executive of ITV[192]
- Oliver Proudlock - Made in Chelsea star; creator of Serge De Nîmes clothing line[193]
- Mark Purnell - palaeontologist[194]
- Pirzada Qasim - Pakistani scholar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi[195]
- Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin - politician[196]
- Andy Raleigh - Rugby League player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats[197]
- Brian Randell - computer scientist[198]
- Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale - Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords for International Development[199]
- Alastair Reynolds - novelist, former research astronomer with the European Space Agency[200]
- Ben Rice - author[201]
- Lewis Fry Richardson - mathematician, studied at the Durham College of Science in Newcastle[202]
- Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley - Chancellor of the University 1988-1999[203]
- Colin Riordan - VC of Cardiff University, Professor of German Studies (1988–2006)[204]
- Susie Rodgers - British Paralympic swimmer[205]
- Nayef Al-Rodhan - philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author[206]
- Neil Rollinson - poet[207]
- Johanna Ropner - Lord lieutenant of North Yorkshire[208]
- Sharon Rowlands - CEO of ReachLocal[209]
- Peter Rowlinson - Ig Nobel Prize winner for Veterinary Medicine[65]
- John Rushby - computer scientist[210]
- Camilla Rutherford - actress[211]
- Jonathan Sacks - former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth[212]
- Ross Samson - Scottish rugby union footballer; studied history[213]
- Helen Scales - marine biologist, broadcaster, and writer[214]
- William Scammell - poet[215]
- Fred B. Schneider - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2003
- Sean Scully - painter[216]
- Nigel Shadbolt - computer scientist[217]
- Tom Shakespeare - geneticist[218]
- Jo Shapcott - poet[219]
- James Shapiro - Canadian surgeon and scientist[220]
- Jack Shepherd - actor and playwright[221]
- Mark Shucksmith - professor[222]
- Chris Simms - crime thriller novel author[223]
- Graham William Smith - probation officer, widely regarded as the father of the national probation service[224]
- Iain Smith - Scottish politician[225]
- Paul Smith - singer, Maxïmo Park[70]
- 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[226]
- William Somerville - agriculturist, professor of agriculture and forestry at Durham College of Science (later Newcastle University)[227]
- Ed Stafford - explorer, walked the length of the Amazon River[228]
- Chris Steele-Perkins - photographer[229]
- Chris Stevenson - academic[230]
- Di Stewart - Sky Sports News reader[231]
- Diana Stöcker - German CDU Member of Parliament[232]
- Miodrag Stojković - genetics researcher[233]
- Miriam Stoppard - physician, author and agony aunt[234]
- Charlie van Straubenzee - businessman and investment executive
- Peter Straughan - playwright and short story writer[235]
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- Mathew Tait - rugby union footballer[236]
- Eric Thomas - academic[237]
- David Tibet - cult musician and poet[238]
- Archis Tiku - bassist, Maxïmo Park[70]
- Orlando Toledo - scientific researcher
- James Tooley - professor[239]
- Elsie Tu - politician
- Maurice Tucker - sedimentologist[240]
- Paul Tucker - member of Lighthouse Family[15]
- George Grey Turner - surgeon[241]
- Ronald F. Tylecote - archaeologist[242]
- Chris Vance - actor in Prison Break and All Saints[243]
- Géza Vermes - scholar[244]
- Geoff Vigar - lecturer[245]
- Hugh Vyvyan - rugby union player[246]
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- Alick Walker - palaeontologist[247]
- Matthew Walker - Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley[248][249]
- Tom Walker - Sunday Times foreign correspondent[250]
- Lord Walton of Detchant - physician; President of the GMC, BMA, RSM; Warden of Green College, Oxford (1983–1989)[251]
- Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics; former Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering[252]
- Duncan Watmore - footballer at Millwall F.C.[253]
- Mary Webb - artist[254]
- Charlie Webster - television sports presenter[255]
- Li Wei - Chair of Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education, University College London[256]
- Joseph Joshua Weiss - Professor of Radiation Chemistry[257]
- Robert Westall - children's writer, twice winner of Carnegie Medal[258]
- Thomas Stanley Westoll - Fellow of the Royal Society[259]
- Gillian Whitehead - composer[260]
- William Whitfield - architect, later designed the Hadrian Building and the Northern Stage[261]
- Claire Williams - motorsport executive[262]
- Zoe Williams - sportswoman, worked on Gladiators[263]
- Donald I. Williamson - planktologist and carcinologist[264]
- Philip Williamson - former Chief Executive of Nationwide Building Society[265]
- John Willis - Royal Air Force officer and council member of the University[266]
- Lukas Wooller - keyboard player, Maxïmo Park[70]
- Graham Wylie - co-founder of the Sage Group; studied Computing Science & Statistics BSc and graduated in 1980; awarded an honorary doctorate in 2004[267]
- Rachel Woolford - boutique fitness studio owner, Winner of The Apprentice series 18[268]
- Hisila Yami, Nepalese politician and former Minister of Physical Planning and Works (Government of Nepal)[269]
- John Yorke - Controller of Continuing Drama; Head of Independent Drama at the BBC[111]
- Martha Young-Scholten - linguist[270]
- Paul Younger - hydrogeologist[271]
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