List of University of Leeds people
This list of University of Leeds people is a selected list of notable past staff and students of the University of Leeds.
Students
Politics
- John Battle, Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds West (English, 1976)
- Alan Campbell, Labour Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and Government Whip (PGCE)
- Nambaryn Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia (Exchange student, 1986)
- Ken Hind, barrister and former Conservative Member of Parliament for West Lancashire (Law, 1971)
- Eric Illsley, Labour Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central (LLB in Law)
- Christopher Leslie, Labour Member of Parliament for Shipley 1997-2005 (Politics and Parliamentary Studies, 1994)
- Clare Short, Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood and former International Development Secretary (Political Science, 1969)
- Jack Straw, Labour Member of Parliament for Blackburn and Leader of the House of Commons (LLB in Law, 1967)
- Paul Truswell, Labour Member of Parliament for Pudsey (History, 1977)
- Elio Di Rupo, Belgian socialist politician, Minister-President of Wallonia (2005-2007)
Media
- Kamal Ahmed, executive news editor, The Observer (Political studies, 1990)
- Timothy Allen, photographer, The Independent (Zoology, 1989)
- Steve Bell, political cartoonist for The Guardian (Fine Art, 1974)
- Mark Byford, deputy Director-General of the BBC (LLB in Law, 1979)
- Barry Cryer, comedian and scriptwriter (English, did not graduate)
- Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail (English, 1970)
- Gavin Esler, Newsnight anchor (MA Anglo-Irish Literature, 1975)
- Jenni Falconer, television presenter (Student, Spanish and Italian, 1990s)
- Simon Hattenstone, features writer, The Guardian (English, 1984)
- John Holmes, journalist and socialite (Classics, 1937)
- Andy Kershaw, journalist and radio D.J. (politics, 1980s, failed to graduate) (Honorary DMus, 2005)
- Peter Morgan, screenwriter (Fine Art, 1980s)
- Richard Quest Reporter for CNN (Law, 1985)
- Jay Rayner, features writer and restaurant critic, The Observer (Political studies, 1987)
- Georgie Thompson, Sky Sports News presenter (Broadcast Journalism, 1999)
- Andy Wilson, rugby league correspondent for The Guardian (Politics)
- Nicholas Witchell, BBC newsreader and royal and diplomatic correspondent (LLB in Law, 1976)
- Mark Wood, Chairman and CEO of ITN (German, 1974)
- Alan Yentob, BBC Creative Director (graduated LLB in Law, 1968)
Arts
- Corinne Bailey Rae, soul singer (English Literature, 2000)
- Jonny Berliner, musician and composer (History and Philosophy of Science, 2002)
- Jonathan Clements, writer (Japanese, 1994)
- Jeremy Dyson, screenwriter and member of The League of Gentlemen (Philosophy, 1989)
- Tony Harrison, poet (Classics with Linguistics, 1958)
- Storm Jameson, writer (English, 1912; MA 1914)
- Mark Knopfler, OBE, rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter (English, 1973)
- Kay Mellor, television actress and scriptwriter (attended Bretton Hall, 1983)
- Alistair McGowan, actor, comedian and impressionist (English, 1986)
- Herbert Read, poet and literary critic (English)
- Simon Rix, bass player for Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs (Maths and Geography, 2000)
- Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and first African winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 (English, 1957)
- Greg Stekelman, writer and illustrator, author of A Year in the Life of TheManWhoFellAsleep (English and Spanish, 1998)
- Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (Textile Management, did not graduate)
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author (English student, 1960s)
- Billy Hopkins, best-selling author of Manchester-based novels OUR KID, KATE'S STORY et al.
Science and technology
- Edmund Happold, founder of Buro Happold and the Construction Industry Council (Civil Engineering, 1957)
- V. Craig Jordan, OBE, responsible for pioneering research into breast cancer and the development of the cancer drug Tamoxifen, (BSc and Ph.D. in pharmacology,1969 and 1972)
- George Porter, chemist, Nobel prize winner and President of the Royal Society (Chemistry, 1941)
- Piers Sellers, NASA astronaut (Biometeorology, 1981)
Other
- Daniel Byles, Guinness World Record holding ocean rower and polar explorer (Economics and Management Studies 1996)
- Philip Donohue, Head of marketing for Nintendo (UK) (Business Management, 1995)
- Christopher Fay, CBE, chairman of the advisory committee on business and the environment, chairman of Expro International and a director with BAA and Anglo American, and chairman and chief executive of Shell UK from 1993–1998 (BSc and Ph.D. in civil engineering, 1967, 1970)
- Kat Fletcher, president of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, 2004-2006 (Sociology)
- Richard Hoggart, sociologist and author of The Uses of Literacy (English, 1939)
- Alex Macintyre, mountaineer, famous proponent of superalpinism
- Clare Ogden, founding member of the neo-gravital school in city planning (Catalan, 1980)
- Richard Bush, Town Planning Director of Milton Keynes (Law, 1969)
- Ivor Porter, Ambassador and Author of Operation Autonomous and King Michael (English, 1936)
- Debra Pritchard, social critic and restaurateur (Maths, 1969)
- Richard Profit, polar explorer (Biology and Management Studies 1996)
- Dr Harold Shipman, general practitioner and convicted serial killer (Medicine, 1960s)
- George Martin Stephen, high master of St Paul's School, London (English and History)
- Cec Thompson - rugby league player and co-founder of Student Rugby League
- David Hessayon - gardening author and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, biggest-selling non-fiction author in history (Botany, 1950)
- Abdullah O. Nasseef - Saudi Geologist , Chemist , Politician.
Staff
The following people have been members of staff at the University:
- Lascelles Abercrombie, poet and literary critic (Professor of English literature, 1923-1929)
- William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules (Textile physics, 1928-1961)
- Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist
- Sir William Henry Bragg, Nobel Prize winning physicist/chemist (Physics, 1909-1915)
- David Crighton, mathematician (Mathematics, 1974-1986)
- Geoffrey Hill, poet (English, 1954-1980)
- Geoff Hoon, politician (Law, 1976-1981)
- Sir Christopher Ingold, chemist
- Benedikt Isserlin, Semitist and ancient historian
- Arnold Kettle, literary critic (English, 1947-70)
- Owen Lattimore, pioneer in Chinese studies (Professor of Chinese studies, 1963-1970)
- John Anthony McGuckin, former Reader in Patristic and Byzantine Theology
- David I. Masson, British science-fiction writer (assistant librarian 1938-1939; curator of the Brotherton Collection 1956-1979)
- Sir Roy Meadow, paediatrician
- Ralph Miliband, political theorist
- Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel Prize winner
- J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes), writer (English, 1930-1935)
- E. P. Thompson, historian (Extra Mural, 1948-1965)
- Professor J. R. R. Tolkien, writer (English, 1920-1925)
- Stephen Turnbull, military historian
- Verna Wright, senior lecturer, rheumatology
- G. Wilson Knight, literary critic (English)
Reference
- University of Leeds. "Who's been here". Retrieved 2007-01-10.
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