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Notable alumni


Academics

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Sir Gilbert Barling Sir Harry Gilbert Barling, 1st Baronet (30 April 1855 – 27 April 1940) was an English surgeon. Barling was born at Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire and educated at a boarding school at Weston, near Bath. He went to Birmingham in 1875 at ...
– British surgeon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham *
Florence Mahoney Florence Mahoney (née Asi Florence Kezia Omolara Peters; born 6 January 1929)David Perfect"Mahoney, Dr (Asi) Florence Kezia Omolara" ''Historical Dictionary of The Gambia'' (Fifth edition), Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, p. 281. is a Gambian Creol ...
– Gambian educator, academic, first woman to obtain a PhD from Gambia * Sir William Turner – British anatomist, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, 1903-1916


Historians and philosophers

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Malcolm Bowie Malcolm McNaughtan Bowie FBA (; 5 May 1943 – 28 January 2007) was a British academic, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 2002 to 2006. An acclaimed scholar of French literature, Bowie wrote several books on Marcel Proust, as well ...
– British academic and literary critic * Brycchan Carey – British historian and literary critic * Eric Ives – British historian and an expert on the Tudor period * Alasdair MacIntyre – British philosopher *
Marjorie Reeves Marjorie Ethel Reeves, (17 July 1905 – 27 November 2003) was a British historian and educationalist. She served on several national committees and was a major contributor to the education of history in Britain. She helped create St Anne's Col ...
– British historian * Sir Roy Strong – British historian


Mathematicians and scientists

* Timothy Ball – Canadian physical geographer and climatologist * Bill Ballantine – British-born New Zealand marine biologist *
Frederick Blackman Frederick Frost Blackman FRS (25 July 1866 – 30 January 1947) was a British plant physiologist. Frederick Blackman was born in Lambeth, London to a doctor. He studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, graduating MA. In the subsequent ye ...
– British botanist and plant physiologist * Julie Denekamp - radiobiologist and director of the Gray Laboratory *
John Frederick Dewey John Frederick Dewey FRS (born 22 May 1937) is a British structural geologist and a strong proponent of the theory of plate tectonics, building upon the early work undertaken in the 1960s and 1970s. He is widely regarded as an authority on th ...
– British geologist *
David Drewry David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in Grimsby)David J Drewry
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– British glaciologist and geophysicist (Geography, 1969) *
Felix Eugen Fritsch Felix Eugen Fritsch FRS (26 April 1879 – 2 May 1954) was a British biologist. Fritssch was born in Hampstead in London in 1879 where his father owned and operated a school. Fritsch started his career at the University of Munich before mo ...
– British biologist *
William Elford Leach William Elford Leach FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical appre ...
– British zoologist and marine biologist * Esther Odekunle - British neurobiologist and antibody engineer * Eleanor Mary Reid – British paleobotanist *
George Rolleston George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS (30 July 1829 – 16 June 1881) was an English physician and zoologist. He was the first Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to be appointed at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1860 until ...
– British medical doctor, zoologist and evolutionary biologist *
Francis Rose Francis Rose MBE (29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an English field botanist and conservationist. He was an author, researcher and teacher. His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, lichens, higher plan ...
– British botanist, conservationist, nature writer *
G. Spencer-Brown George Spencer-Brown (2 April 1923 – 25 August 2016) was an English polymath best known as the author of '' Laws of Form''. He described himself as a "mathematician, consulting engineer, psychologist, educational consultant and practitioner, co ...
– British mathematician


Chemists

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Sir Jack Drummond Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS (12 January 1891 – 4/5 August 1952) was a distinguished biochemist, noted for his work on nutrition as applied to the British diet under rationing during the Second World War. He was murdered, together with ...
– Biochemist and nutritionist *
John S. Fossey John S. Fossey was a British chemist. He was a professor of synthetic chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and a visiting professor at Henan Normal University and guest professor at East China University of Science an ...
– British chemist and professor at the
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John S. Fossey John S. Fossey was a British chemist. He was a professor of synthetic chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and a visiting professor at Henan Normal University and guest professor at East China University of Science an ...
- British chemist * Sir Edward Frankland – British chemist * C. Robin Ganellin– British chemist (Chemistry, 1958) * Julius Grant – Forensic scientist and intelligence officer who exposed forgeries through chemical analysis * Walter Thomas James Morgan – British biochemist * Rowland Pettit – Australian-born American chemist * Hulda Swai -
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n researcher and professor in life sciences and bioengineering (PhD in biomaterials in 2000) * Sir John Meurig Thomas – British physical chemist * Frank Gibbs Torto – Ghanaian chemist * Sir Robert Watson – British chemist (PhD in atmospheric chemistry in 1973)


Physicists

* Alexander Bradshaw – British physicist * Sir Philip Campbell – British physicist, editor-in-chief of the science journal ''
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'' (MSc Astrophysics, 1974) * Michael Duff – British physicist at Imperial College London (Physics, 1969) * Geraint F. Lewis – British astrophysicist, professor of Astrophysics at the
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* Sir Peter Mansfield – British Nobel Prize–winning physicist * Helen Mason – British physicist *
George C. McVittie George Cunliffe McVittie (1904–1988) was a British mathematician and cosmologist. He is best known for his contributions towards radio astronomy. Life McVittie was born on 5 June 1904 in Smyrna in Turkey, where his father, Frank S. McVittie, ...
– British cosmologist *
Brendan Scaife Brendan Kevin Patrick Scaife FTCD, MRIA, Boyle Laureate (; born 19 May 1928), is an Irish academic engineer and physicist who carried out pioneering work on the theory of dielectrics. Scaife founded the Dielectrics Group in Trinity College Du ...
– Irish engineer and physicist * David Southwood – British space scientist, Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London * Angela Speck - Astrophysicist and Professor at the
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* Geoffrey Ernest Stedman – New Zealand physicist * Charles Taylor – British physicist, lecturer and author * Sir Tejinder Virdee – British physicist *
Rosemary Wyse Rosemary F. G. Wyse (born 26 January 1957 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish astrophysicist, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), and Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Education Wyse ...
– British astrophysicist


Artists

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Ashley Banjo Ashley Modurotolu Banjo is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is the leader of dance troupe Diversity who won the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent''. Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show '' Got to Danc ...
– British choreographer * John Leech – British caricaturist * Siddharth Mallya – Indian actor and model * Simon C. Page – British graphic designer


Writers

* Kia Abdullah – British writer * Caroline Venetia Annis - British writer *
J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass med ...
– British writer of ''
Empire of the Sun ''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology ...
'' and ''
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'' * Alia Bano – British playwright * Stephen Barber – British writer * Sir Malcolm Bradbury – British writer *
Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is ...
– British poet and holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913 *
Marcus Chown Marcus Chown (born 1959) is a science writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently cosmology consultant for ''New Scientist'' magazine. Biography He graduated from the Queen Mary University of London in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in physics ...
– British science writer, journalist and broadcaster, cosmology consultant for ''New Scientist'' magazine * Allan Cubitt - British playwright, screenwriter and director * Richard Gordon – British screenwriter and writer *
Lee Harwood Lee Harwood (6 June 1939 – 26 July 2015) was a poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. Life Travers Rafe Lee Harwood was born in Leicester to maths teacher Wilfred Travers Lee-Harwood and Grace Ladkin Harwood, who were then living ...
– British poet *
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (; 7 May 19273 April 2013) was a British author and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. In 1951, Jhabvala ma ...
– British writer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter * Clive Leo McNeir - British linguist, lexicographer and author of crime novels *
Derek Marlowe Derek William Mario Marlowe (21 May 1938 – 14 November 1996) was an English playwright, novelist, screenwriter and painter. Life Derek Marlowe was born in Perivale, Middlesex, and lived there and in Greenford as a child. His father was Fre ...
- British playwright and screenwriter (did not graduate) *
Eleanor Updale Eleanor Updale (born 1953) is an English fiction writer, best known for the Victorian-era London thriller '' Montmorency'' (2003) and its sequels, the Montmorency series, which feature the namesake fictional character, Montmorency. Personal ...
– British award-winning author *
Sarah Waters Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as '' Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''. Life and education Early life Sa ...
– British author of ''
Tipping The Velvet ''Tipping the Velvet'' (1998) is a historical novel by Sarah Waters; it is her debut novel. Set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her ...
'' *
Guy Walters Guy Edward Barham Walters (born 8 August 1971) is a British author, historian, and journalist. He is the author and editor of nine books on the Second World War, including war thrillers, and a historical analysis of the Berlin Olympic Games. ...
– British author, historian and journalist


Musicians

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Bernard Butler Bernard Joseph Butler (born 1 May 1970) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the first guitarist with Suede, until his departure in 1994. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of hi ...
– British musician, former guitarist of
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* Bruce Dickinson – British singer of
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
* Pete Doherty – British musician, writer, actor, poet and artist *
Jay Sean Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), better known by the stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with " Dance with You", which reache ...
– British singer * Shakka – British singer *
Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to: *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen *Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran *Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series *Roger Taylor (college pr ...
– British drummer of the band Queen *
Valanto Trifonos Valando Tryfonos (Greek: Βαλάντω Τρύφωνος; born 6 March 1988), is a Greek–Cypriot singer who rose to fame after winning the first season of talent show ''Greek Idol'' in 2010. She subsequently released the digital single "Sti Di ...
– Greek–Cypriot singer; winner of '' Greek Idol''
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Businesspeople

* Sir Richard Broadbent – British businessman * Sir Frank Chapman – British CEO of
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Piers Corbyn Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is an English weather forecaster, businessman, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist. Born in Wiltshire, Corbyn was raised in Shropshire where he attended Adams' Grammar School. He was awarded a firs ...
– British scientist, businessman *
Christopher Rawson Penfold Penfolds is an Australian wine producer that was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English physician who emigrated to Australia, and his wife Mary Penfold. It is one of Australia's oldest wineries, and is currently p ...
– British businessman, founder of
Penfolds Penfolds is an Australian wine producer that was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English physician who emigrated to Australia, and his wife Mary Penfold. It is one of Australia's oldest wineries, and is currently p ...
, an Australian wine producer * David Sullivan – British businessman, newspaper publisher, and football chairmen and investor * Aziz Al Othman - Critical thinker of contemporary social issues


Technologists

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Samson Abramsky Samson Abramsky (born 12 March 1953) is Professor of Computer Science at University College London. He was previously the Christopher Strachey Professor of Computing at the University of Oxford, from 2000 to 2021. He has made contributions to t ...
– British computer scientist *
Igor Aleksander Igor Aleksander FREng (born 26 January 1937) is an emeritus professor of Neural Systems Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London. He worked in artificial intelligence and neural networks a ...
– British artificial intelligence researcher * Keith Clark – British computer scientist; Professor of Computer Science at Imperial College London *
Mary Coombs Mary Clare Coombs ( Blood, 4 February 1929 – 28 February 2022) was a British computer programmer and schoolteacher. Employed in 1952 as the first female programmer to work on the LEO computers, she is recognised as the first female commercia ...
- British computer scientist, first female commercial computer programmer in the UK * Ian Lewis – British computer scientist * Tom Maibaum – Hungarian computer scientist


Engineers

* Kurt Berger – Finnish aviation engineer *
William Glanville Sir William Henry Glanville CB CBE FRS (1 February 1900 – 30 June 1976) was a British civil engineer. During World War II he and the Road Research Laboratory were involved in important war work, developing temporary runways, beach analy ...
– civil engineer * George Hockham – British engineer; together with Nobel Prize winner Charles Kao, widely recognised a pioneer in the field of optical fibres (PhD Electronic Engineering, 1969) *
Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, is a Ghanaian robotics engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the chief engineer and technical group leader for the mobility and manipulation group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory He h ...
- Ghanaian robotics engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (
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) and the chief engineer and technical group leader for the mobility and manipulation group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has been associated with various
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Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...
missions, notably the
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and InSight projects.


Lawyers and judges

* Dame Laura Cox – British lawyer, English High Court judge * Sir William Davis – British lawyer, English High Court judge *
Roy Goode Sir Royston Miles "Roy" Goode (born 6 April 1933) is an academic commercial lawyer in the United Kingdom. He founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He was awarded the OBE in 1972 followed by the CBE ...
– British lawyer and author *
Tracey McDermott Tracey Elizabeth McDermott was the acting chief executive of Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from September 2015 until 1 July 2016. Career From 2001 she was employed at the Financial Services Authority as director of supervision and ...
- past chief executive of Britain's Financial Conduct Authority and financial service executive * Basil Markesinis – British lawyer * Barbara Mensah - British judge *
Jeremy Phillips Jeremy Phillips (born 25 December 1951jeremyphillips.blogspot.com. Consulted on March 24, 2007.) is a retired British academic, author, editor, publisher, and commentator in intellectual property (IP) law.Ben Moshinsky''Olswang returns to Slaught ...
– British lawyer * Sir Christopher Pitchford – British lawyer, Lord Justice of Appeal *
Anand Ramlogan Anand Ramlogan is a member of the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago, England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands. He is the founder and head of Freedom Law Chambers which is based in the city of San Fernando, Trinidad. He served as junior counsel to ...
– Trinidad and Tobago lawyer, Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago * K. Sripavan – Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, the 44th and current Chief Justice of Sri Lanka * Roger Tan Kor Mee – Malaysian lawyer


Actors, broadcasters and journalists

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Graham Chapman Graham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python. He portrayed authority figures such as The Colonel and the lead role in two P ...
– British actor, member of comedy group Monty Python *
Fleur East Fleur East (born 29 October 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, rapper and radio presenter on Hits Radio. She competed on the second series of the televised singing competition ''The X Factor'' in 2005 as a member of the girl group Addicti ...
– British singer and ''The X Factor'' contestant *
Katia Elizarova Ekaterina Igorevna "Katia" Elizarova (russian: Екатерина Игоревна "Катя" Елизарова, link=no; born 17 August 1986) is a Russian model and actress. Early life Elizarova was born in Saratov, Soviet Union. Her great-gr ...
– Russian model and actress *
Romola Garai Romola Sadie Garai (; born 6 August 1982) is a British actress and film director. She appeared in ''Amazing Grace'', ''Atonement'', and '' Glorious 39'', and in the BBC series '' Emma'', '' The Hour'' and ''The Crimson Petal and the White''. I ...
– British actress *
Julie Gardner Julie Ann Gardner (born 4 June 1969) is a Welsh television producer. Her most prominent work has been serving as executive producer on the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-off shows ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. ...
– British television producer responsible for ''Doctor Who'' *
Sean Gilder Sean Brian Gilder (born 1 March 1964) is an English stage, film and screen actor, he is also a playwright Gilder was born in Brampton, Cumberland, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Paddy Maguire on '' Shameless'' from 2005 to 2010 ...
– British actor * Sarah Harrison, British journalist *
Ching He Huang Ching-He Huang (; (born 8 April 1978), often known in English-language merely as Ching, is a Taiwanese-born food writer and TV chef. She has appeared in a variety of television cooking programmes, and is the author of nine best-selling cook ...
– British television chef *
Jane Hill Jane Amanda Hill (born 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is an English newsreader working for the BBC. She is one of the main presenters for BBC News, and is the main presenter on the '' BBC News at One'' and the '' BBC News at Five'', as w ...
– British newsreader,
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* Tom Machell - British Actor and Writer *
Kasia Madera Katarzyna "Kasia" Madera (born 4 October 1975) is a British journalist and television news presenter. She fronts mainly evening and overnight bulletins on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News, presenting the '' Newsday'' strand on ...
- British newsreader,
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* Bill O'Reilly – American television host, author, historian, syndicated columnist and political commentator *
Claire Price Claire Louise Price (born 4 July 1972) is an English actress. Life and career Price was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Her parents, John Price and Andree Evans, also acted. Her grandfather was the Worcestershire cricketer John Price. Her n ...
– British actress *
Roger Tilling Roger Tilling (born 17 October 1971, in Hertfordshire, England) is a British voice-over artist, voice actor and broadcaster. Biography Tilling is a graduate of Queen Mary University of London. He holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and is ...
– British broadcaster and voice of ''
University Challenge ''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...
'' *
Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and is considered to be one of its co-founders, along with his wife R ...
– Indian journalist * Kate Williams – British broadcaster and historian *
Peter Wingfield Dr Peter Wingfield (born 5 September 1962) is a Welsh-born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in ''Holby City'', Dr. Robert Helm in ''Queen of Swords'' and Inspector Simon Ross in ''Cold Squad'' but he is int ...
– British actor * Mehmet Aksoy (filmmaker) - British - Kurdish Film Director and Editor in Chief of Kurdish Question.


Doctors, psychiatrists and surgeons

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John Abernethy John Abernethy may refer to: * John Abernethy (bishop), Scottish bishop, died 1639 * John Abernethy (judge) (born 1947), Australian judge *John Abernethy (minister) (1680–1740), Presbyterian minister in Ireland *John Abernethy (surgeon) (1764–18 ...
– British surgeon * Joseph Adams – British surgeon and pathologist *
Edgar Adrian Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons ...
– British neuroscientist and physiologist, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology. * Sir Christopher Andrewes – British virologist * George Augustus Auden – British Professor of public health * John Badley – British surgeon * Edward Bancroft – British physician and double agent in the American Revolution * Gopal Baratham – Singaporean author and neurosurgeon * Frederick Batten – British neurologist and pediatrician *
Thomas Barnardo Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 184519 September 1905) was an Irish-born philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, ne ...
– Irish philanthropist * Hannah Billig – British medical doctor * Sir William Blizard – British surgeon, co-founded England's first clinical medical school, The London Hospital Medical College *
George Bodington George Bodington (1799–1882) was a British general practitioner and pulmonary specialist. Career Born in Buckinghamshire and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, he served a surgical apprenticeship then studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. ...
– British pulmonary specialist *
Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle OBE (2 April 1875 – 15 October 1941) was a pioneering anaesthetist best remembered for the development of early anaesthetic machines. Early life Born in Barbados, he was the only child of Henry Eudolphus Boyle, es ...
– British anaesthetist *
Alfred James Broomhall Alfred James Broomhall (6 December 1911 – 11 May 1994), also A. J. Broomhall, was a British Protestant Christian medical missionary to China, and author and historian of the China Inland Mission (renamed as Overseas Missionary Fellowship in ...
– British medical missionary * George Busk – British surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist * Tim Crow – British psychiatrist * Thomas Blizard Curling – British surgeon * Sir Henry Hallett Dale – British pharmacologist and physiologist, shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine *
John Langdon Down John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician best known for his description of the genetic condition now known as Down syndrome, which he originally classified in 1862. He is also noted for his work in ...
– British physician; first to describe
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, a genetic disorder named after him * Colonel Sir
Weary Dunlop Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, (12 July 1907 – 2 July 1993) was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. Early life and family Dunlop was born in Wa ...
– Australian surgeon * John Freke – British ophthalmic surgeon * Sir Archibald Garrod – British physician, first to appreciate the importance of biochemistry in medicine *
Major Greenwood Major Greenwood Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (9 August 1880 – 5 October 1949) was an English epidemiologist and statistician. Biography Major Greenwood junior was born in Shoreditch in East End of London, London's East End, the only chil ...
– British epidemiologist and statistician *
Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Gordon Hamilton Fairley DM, FRCP (20 April 1930 – 23 October 1975) was a professor of medical oncology. Born and raised in Australia, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he studied and worked. He was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican ...
– British oncologist *
William Harvey William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and propert ...
– British physician who made seminal contributions in anatomy and physiology, first person to describe circulation * James Hinton – British surgeon and author *
Ebbe Hoff Ebbe Curtis Hoff (August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas – February 17, 1985 in Richmond, Virginia) was chairman of the Department of Neurological Science at the Medical College of Virginia, founding Dean, School of Graduate Studies and founding di ...
– American medical doctor and academic * Allan Victor Hoffbrand – British medical doctor and academic * John Hunter – British surgeon and anatomist; Hunterian Society is named in his honour * Sir
Jonathan Hutchinson Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (23 July 1828 – 23 June 1913), was an English surgeon, ophthalmologist, dermatologist, venereologist, and pathologist. Life He was born in Selby, Yorkshire, of Quaker parents and educated in the local school. Then he ...
– British surgeon, ophthalmologist, dermatologist, venereologist and pathologist * John Hughlings Jackson – British neurologist * William Lawrence – British surgeon, a founder of British ophthalmology * Andrew Lees – British neurologist *
William John Little William John Little (1810–1894) was an English surgeon who is credited with the first medical identification of spastic diplegia, when he observed it in the 1860s amongst children. While spasticity surely existed before that point, Little was ...
– British orthopedic surgeon, pioneer of orthopaedic surgery *
Morell Mackenzie Sir Morell Mackenzie (7 July 1837 – 3 February 1892) was a British physician, one of the pioneers of laryngology in the United Kingdom. Biography Morell Mackenzie was born at Leytonstone, Essex, England on 7 July 1837. He was the eldest of ni ...
– British physician, pioneer of laryngology * William Marsden – British surgeon, founder of The Royal Free and Marsden Hospitals *
Sir James Paget Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virc ...
– British surgeon and founder of scientific medical pathology * Stephen Paget – British surgeon, the son of the distinguished surgeon and pathologist Sir James Paget, proposed the "seed and soil" theory of metastasis * Jonathan Pereira – British pharmacologist *
Percivall Pott Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London – 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen. Career He was the ...
– British surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen * W. H. R. Rivers – British psychiatrist, psychiatric anthropologist *
Sir Ronald Ross Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the f ...
– British medical doctor, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria * Elizabeth Press – British immunologist * Sir Peter Ratcliffe – British molecular biologist * William Scovell Savory – British surgeon *
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923), was a prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy. Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of Ki ...
– British surgeon *
Daniel Hack Tuke Daniel Hack Tuke (19 April 18275 March 1895) was an English physician and expert on mental illness. Family Tuke came from a long line of Quakers from York who were interested in mental illness and concerned with those afflicted. His great-gr ...
– British expert on mental illness * Sir James Underwood – British pathologist * Karen Vousden – British medical researcher * Hugh Watkins – British cardiologist *
William James Erasmus Wilson Sir William James Erasmus Wilson FRCS FRS (25 November 18097 August 1884), generally known as Sir Erasmus Wilson, was an English surgeon and dermatologist. Biography Wilson was born in London, studied at Dartford Grammar School before St Bar ...
– British surgeon *
Donald Winnicott Donald Woods Winnicott (7 April 1896 – 25 January 1971) was an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst who was especially influential in the field of object relations theory and developmental psychology. He was a leading member of the Briti ...
– British paediatrician and psychoanalyst


Medical missionaries

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Albert Ruskin Cook Sir Albert Ruskin Cook, CMG, OBE (22 March 1870 – 23 April 1951) was a British medical missionary in Uganda, and the founder of Mulago Hospital and Mengo Hospital. Together with his wife, Katharine Cook (1863–1938), he established a mate ...
– British medical missionary * Sir
Wilfred Grenfell Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics. Early life and education He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 Febr ...
– British medical missionary *
John Preston Maxwell John Preston Maxwell (5 December 1871 – 25 July 1961), son of James Laidlaw Maxwell, was a Presbyterian obstetric missionary to China. John Preston Maxwell was born on 5 December 1871 in Birmingham, where his father Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell, ...
– British medical missionary * Robert Morrison – British medical missionary * Frederick Howard Taylor – British medical missionary * Herbert Hudson Taylor – British medical missionary *
Hudson Taylor James Hudson Taylor (; 21 May 1832 – 3 June 1905) was a British Baptist Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Taylor spent 51 years in China. The society that he began was respons ...
– British medical missionary


Politicians, civil servants and Parliamentarians


Politicians

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Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, (19 June 1869 – 11 December 1951), was a British medical doctor and politician. A member of the Liberal and Labour parties, he served as Minister of Munitions during the First World War and was la ...
– British politician, Labour Party Member of Parliament * Apsana Begum – First British hijab-wearing
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
* Sir Peter Caruana – Gibraltarian politician, Chief Minister of
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Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, , (; born 29 April 1942) is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992. She served as Minister of State for Overseas Development and Africa a ...
– British politician, former Conservative Party Member of Parliament *
Mary Clancy Mary Catherine Clancy (born 13 January 1948) is a Canadian former politician and former lawyer. She was the Member of Parliament representing Halifax from 1988 to 1997. Career Clancy won the Halifax electoral district for the Liberal Party in ...
- Canadian politician and lawyer, former Member of Parliament * Sir
William Job Collins Sir William Job Collins, (9 May 1859 – 11 December 1946) was an English surgeon, anti-vaccinationist and later a Liberal politician and legislator. Background Collins was born at 46 Gloucester Road, Regent's Park, London the eldest son o ...
– British politician and surgeon, Liberal Party Member of Parliament, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London *
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone David Anthony Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone (born 9 December 1946) is a British economist specialising in regulation, and a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. Currie was the inaugural Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authorit ...
– British politician, member of the
House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...
* John Cronin – British politician and surgeon, Labour Party Member of Parliament *
Marcia Matilda Falkender, Baroness Falkender Marcia Matilda Falkender, Baroness Falkender, CBE (''née'' Field, known professionally as Marcia Williams; 10 March 1932 – 6 February 2019) was a British Labour politician, known first as the private secretary for, and then the political ...
– British politician, member of the
House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...
* Sir Alan Glyn – British politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament *
Donald McIntosh Johnson Donald McIntosh Johnson (17 February 1903 – 5 November 1978) was a British general practitioner, author and politician who was a member of parliament for nine years. He regarded himself as a 'Cassandra' (one whose prophecies were true but nev ...
– British author and politician *
Peter Hain Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain (born 16 February 1950), is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2007 to 2008 and twice as Secretary of State ...
– British politician, Labour Party Member of Parliament, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and
Secretary of State for Wales The secretary of state for Wales ( cy, ysgrifennydd gwladol Cymru), also referred to as the Welsh secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Wales Office. The incumbent is a member ...
*
Stephen Hammond Stephen William Hammond (born 4 February 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon since 2005. On 4 September 2012, Hammond was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of St ...
– British politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament and former UK Government Minister * Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn – British politician *
Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel Francis Michael Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel (born 28 June 1964), styled Viscount Ennismore until 1997, is an peerage of Ireland, Irish and peerage of the United Kingdom, British peer. He first sat in the House of Lords by right of his United King ...
– Irish British politician, member of the
House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...
*
Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton, PC (15 January 1904 – 22 August 1989) was a British physician and medical spokesman, radio speaker, member of parliament, government minister and broadcasting executive. Early life and career Charles H ...
– British politician and former chairman of the BBC *
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (; born 26 June 1968) is an Icelandic historian and politician serving as the sixth and current president of Iceland. He took office in 2016 after winning the most votes in the 2016 election, 71,356 (39.1%). He wa ...
– Icelandic politician, historian and lecturer; President of Iceland (2016-) * Leo Chen-jan Lee – Taiwanese politician, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan *
Esther McVey Esther Louise McVey (born 24 October 1967) is a British politician and television presenter serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Minister of State for Housing and Pl ...
– British politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament *
Joseph Ngute Joseph Dion Ngute (born 12 March 1954) is a Cameroonian politician currently serving as the 9th Prime Minister of Cameroon, following his appointment in January 2019. He succeeded Philémon Yang, who had held the post since 2009. Career Ngut ...
- Cameroonian politician, the 9th Prime Minister of Cameroon * Stephanie Peacock – British Labour Party politician, the Member of Parliament for Barnsley East *
Tom Pursglove Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (born 5 November 1988) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work. He served as Minister of State for Immigration from September 2022 to October 2022. He served as ...
– British politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament *
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy (born 1 March 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Streatham since the 2019 general election. Solidly on the left of the Party, she considers herself a "life-long ...
– British Politician, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Streatham *
Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, (born 20 August 1955), is a British Labour Co-operative Party politician. She was Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. She is the principal of Somerville College, Oxford. ...
– British politician,
Leader of the House of Lords The leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The post is also the leader of the majority party in the House of Lords who acts as ...
from October 2008 to May 2010 *
Caroline Spelman Dame Caroline Alice Spelman (' Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was the Se ...
– British politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament and former
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food ...
* John Whittaker – British economics academic at Lancaster University; former politician,
UKIP The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest p ...
Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
* Dato Amin Liew – Bruneian Cabinet Minister


Administrators and civil servants

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David Blanchflower David Graham Blanchflower, (born 2 March 1952), sometimes called Danny Blanchflower, is a British-American labour economist and academic. He is currently a tenured economics professor at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. He is also a ...
– British-American economist *
Dame Colette Bowe Dame Mary Colette Bowe (born 1946) is an English entrepreneur and former civil servant. Born in Liverpool, Bowe has a PhD in economics from Queen Mary University of London. In her executive career, she was in the UK civil service from 1975 to 1 ...
– British civil servant * William Carr – British-Australian admiral * Simon Case – British civil servant * Sir Curtis Keeble – British ambassador to the USSR * Sir Michael Lyons – British chairman of the BBC Trust *
Davidson Nicol Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol or pen named Abioseh Nicol (14 September 1924 – 20 September 1994) was a Sierra Leone Creole academic, diplomat, physician, writer and poet. He was able to secure degrees in the arts, science and ...
– Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations * Dame Veronica Sutherland – British ambassador, sixth President of
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college is named in honour of Lucy Cavendish (1841–1925), who campaigned for the reform of women's education. History The college was founded in 1965 by fe ...
, and former ambassador to the Republic of Ireland * Martin Uden – British ambassador to
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
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Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (née Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst; born 25 May 1966) is the wife of Prince Constantijn and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Early life Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst was born in ...
– Dutch royalty, Vice-President of Fauna & Flora International, Chair of the European Cultural Foundation


Clergy and religious leaders

* Joyce M. Bennett – British Anglican priest and member of the Anglican clergy (first Englishwoman to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Communion) * Pamela Evans – British medical doctor and Christian writer *
Martyn Lloyd-Jones David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) was a Welsh Protestant minister and medical doctor who was influential in the Calvinist wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminste ...
– British evangelical Christian religious leader


Sportspeople

* Naila Kiani – leading Pakistani female high-altitude mountaineer. She is the first Pakistani woman mountaineer to climb 10 of the 14 eight-thousanders. *
Richard Budgett Richard Gordon McBride Budgett OBE (born 20 March 1959) is a Great Britain, British Medical and Scientific Director of the International Olympic Committee. He won an Olympic Rowing (sport), rowing gold medal in Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics ...
– British gold medal-winning Olympic rower *
Martin Cross Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...
– British gold medal-winning Olympic rower *
W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equal ...
– British cricketer * Mike Hennessy – British Olympic rower *
Jimmy Hill James William Thomas Hill, OBE (22 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was an English footballer and later a television personality. His career included almost every role in the sport, including player, trade union leader, coach, manager, director ...
– British footballer, football manager, TV presenter * William Hughes - Welsh boxer * Martyna Snopek – Polish paralympic rower *
Arthur Wint Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Competing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympi ...
– Jamaican athlete, won
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
's first gold medal at the
1948 London Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
in the 400 metres, and a silver medal in the 800 metres * Imran Kayani – Professional footballer and
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
international


References

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