List of Durham University people

This is a list of people associated with Durham University, divided for user convenience into multiple subcategories. This includes alumni, those who have taught there, conducted research there or played a part in its founding.

Durham University is a collegiate university, so where known and if applicable, they are shown alongside their associated college. Note that college membership was not always compulsory. Staff candidates who have read for higher degrees, like the geologist Gillian Foulger or the historian Jeremy Black, did not join a college either. Alumni who did not take up membership of a college or society are therefore listed as Unattached.

This list is divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Alumni who have achieved distinction in more than one field are listed in the field in which it is felt they are most associated, or have been involved in more recently.

Durham alumni are active through organizations and events such as the annual reunions, dinners and balls. By 2009, the university claimed 67 Durham associations, ranging from international to college and sports affiliated groups, catered for the more than 109,000 living alumni.

Academics

Scientific entries who were, or are, Fellows of the Royal Society, have the Post-nominal letters FRS listed after their name

Astronomers and Physicists

Aba Andam (Grad Soc) – President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017–2019); the first female physicist from Ghana
Karen Aplin (Trevelyan) – Professor of Space Science and Technology at University of Bristol
David Axon (Hatfield) – Professor of Physics at the University of Hertfordshire and Rochester Institute of Technology
Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge (Hatfield) – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at Newcastle University
John Barrow FRS (Van Mildert) – Gresham Professor of Geometry (2008–2011); Templeton Prize (2006)
Eric F. Bell (Grad Soc) – Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan
Brian J. Boyle (Grad Soc) – Director of the Australian Astronomical Observatory (1996–2003)
Olwyn Byron – Professor of Biophysics at the University of Glasgow; Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize (2020)
Richard Christopher Carrington FRS – "Observer" at Durham University Observatory (1849–1852)
Martyn Chamberlain – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Master of Grey College (2003–2011)
Emma Chapman (Josephine Butler) – Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Temple Chevallier – Director of Durham University Observatory (1839–1871)
Roger Davies – Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University; President of the Royal Astronomical Society (2010–2012)
I. M. Dharmadasa (Grad Soc) – Emeritus Professor of Electronic Materials & Devices at Sheffield Hallam University
George Efstathiou FRS (Grad Soc) – Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University (1988–1997)
Richard Ellis FRS – Professor of Astronomy at UCL; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2011)
Keith Ellis FRS – Professor of Physics at Durham University; Dirac Medal of the IOP (2019)
Andrew Fisher – Professor of Physics at University College London
Carlos Frenk FRS – Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University
Nigel Glover FRS (Hatfield) – Professor of Physics at Durham University
Monica Grady (St Aidan's) – Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University
Lucien Hardy (Grad Soc) – Researcher at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics best known for the Hardy's paradox thought experiment
Alexander Stewart Herschel FRS – first Professor of Physics at the College of Physical Sciences
Jeremy S. Heyl – Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of British Columbia
Harold Jeffreys FRS (Armstrong) – Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University (1946–1958)
Hans Kronberger – Scientist-in-Chief of the Reactor Group at UKAEA (1962–1969); Leverhulme Medal (1969)
Chris Leighton – Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota
Gordon D. Love (Van Mildert) – Professor of Computer Science and Physics at the University of Leeds
John Lupton – Professor of Experimental Physics at University of Regensburg
Alan Martin FRS – former Head of the Physics Department at Durham; Max Born Prize (2007)
Richard Massey (University) – Professor of Physics at Durham University
Tom McLeish FRS – Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of York
M. A. Wazed Miah (Grad Soc) – Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (–1999)
Bahram Mobasher (Grad Soc) – Professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside
Ben Moore – Director of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Zürich; Philip Leverhulme Prize (2001)
Antonio Padilla – Professor of Physics at the University of Nottingham; Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2016)
A. W. Pryor – Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics; David Syme Research Prize (1964)
George Rochester FRS (Armstrong) – British physicist known for having co-discovered, with Sir Clifford Butler, a subatomic particle called the kaon
Graham Ross FRS (Grad Soc) – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University; Dirac Medal of the IOP (2012)
Brian Scarlett (Hatfield) – Professor of Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology (1983–2000)
Caleb Scharf (University) – Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University
Ian Smail (University) – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Herschel Medal (2025)
Anna Stasto – Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University
James Stirling FRS – Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (2008-2013); Provost of Imperial College (2013-2018)
Paul Sutcliffe (University) – Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham University; Whitehead Prize (2006)
Mark Swinbank (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Physics at Durham University; Philip Leverhulme Prize (2013)
Nial Tanvir (St Aidan's) – Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of Leicester; Herschel Medal (2019)
Elizabeth J. Tasker (Collingwood) – Associate Professor at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Sarah Thompson (Trevelyan) – Head of Physics Department at the University of York
Samuel Tolansky FRS (Armstrong) – Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway College (1947–1973)
John C. Travers (Hild Bede) – Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University; A. F. Harvey Prize (2022)
Richard S. Ward FRS – Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham University
Gillian Wilson (Grad Soc) – Professor of Physics at University of California, Merced
Arnold Wolfendale FRS – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Astronomer Royal (1991–1995)

Chemists

Cyril Clifford Addison FRS (Hatfield) – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Nottingham (1960–78)
Jas Pal Badyal FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University; Edward Harrison Memorial Prize (1993)
Neil Bartlett FRS (King's) – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley; Davy Medal (2002)
Richard Dickinson Chambers FRS (University) – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University (1976–2000)
Tristram Chivers (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of Calgary
Geoffrey E. Coates – Head of the Chemistry Department at Durham University (1953–1968)
Jacqui Cole (Grey) – Head of Molecular Engineering at Cavendish Laboratory
James Feast FRS – President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2006–08), Royal Medal (2007)
Rebecca Goss (Hatfield) – Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of St. Andrews (2018–); Meldola Medal and Prize (2006)
James Finlay Weir Johnston FRS – Professor in Chemistry and Mineralogy, first Durham Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1837)
Judith Howard FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University
Jeremy Hutson FRS – Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Durham University (1996–); Tilden Prize (2011)
Rachel McKendry (Trevelyan) – Professor at London Centre for Nanotechnology; Rosalind Franklin Award (2014)
Elizabeth New (Ustinov) – Professor of Chemistry at University of Sydney; Eureka Prize (2018)
Friedrich Paneth FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham, 1939–1953
David Parker FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham (1992–); twice Head of Department
John A. Pyle FRS (Grey) – Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge (2007–2018)
Peter J. H. Scott (Ustinov) – Professor of Radiology and Pharmacology at University of Michigan
Peter Skabara (Grad Soc) – Ramsay Professor of Chemistry at University of Glasgow

Classicists and Archaeologists

John Atkinson (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor of Classics at University of Cape Town
Eric Birley – Master of Hatfield College (1949–1956)
David Breeze (University) – Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic Scotland (1989–2005)
Martin Carver – Professor of Archaeology at the University of York
Sam Challis (Hatfield) – Director of the Rock Art Research Institute (RARI) at the University of the Witwatersrand
Robin Coningham – Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology; UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage
Brian Dobson (Hatfield) – Reader Emeritus of Durham University; President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
Alan Greaves (Grey) – Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Liverpool
William Greenwell FRS (University) – archaeologist, canon at Durham Cathedral
Birgitta Hoffmann (Ustinov) – Director of the Roman Gask Project
Michael Jarrett (Hatfield) – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
Iain MacIvor (Hatfield) – Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland (1980–1989)
Charlotte Roberts - Professor of Archaeology at Durham University (since 2004)
J. E. H. Spaul (Hatfield) – British epigrapher and specialist on the Army of the Roman Empire
Malcolm Todd – Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter (1979–1996); Principal of Trevelyan College (1996–2000)
Leslie Peter Wenham – Head of History at St. John's College, York
Tony Wilkinson – Professor of Archaeology (2006–2014)

Computer scientists

Sue Black – Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University
Leslie Blackett Wilson (King's) – former Chair of Computer Science at the University of Stirling
Keith Clark (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
Simon Colton (St Aidan's) – Professor of Computational Creativity at Queen Mary University of London
Max Garagnani (Grad Soc) – Lecturer, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
David Gavaghan (Grey) – Professor of Computational Biology at University of Oxford
Edwin Hancock (Grey) – Emeritus Professor of Computer Vision at the University of York

Economists and Political scientists

Ewan Anderson – Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics at Durham
Alexander Betts – Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at University of Oxford
Luiza Bialasiewicz – Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Relations at the University of Amsterdam
Philip Booth (Hatfield) – Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs
Thom Brooks – Professor of Law and Government; Dean of Durham Law School; incoming Principal of Collingwood College
Gordon Cameron (Hatfield) – Professor of Land Economy at Cambridge University; Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990)
Neil Carter (Hatfield) – Professor of Politics at the University of York
Andrew Cumbers (Grad Soc) – Professor of Political Economy at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
Anoush Ehteshami – Professor and Joint Director of the ESRC Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, Durham
Anthony Forster – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex
Andrew Gamble (Grad Soc) – Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield (1986–2007)
Mark N. Katz – Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University; William Luce Fellow (April–June 2018)
Eduardo Mendieta – Professor at Penn State University; former fellow at Institute of Advanced Study
Roger Scully – Professor of Political Science at Cardiff University
Steven B. Smith (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Political Science at Yale University; Master of Branford College (1996-2011)
Gareth Stansfield (Hatfield and Hild Bede) – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
Suha Taji-Farouki (St Mary's) – Lecturer in Modern Islam at University of Exeter
Giles Ji Ungpakorn – Thai dissident; Professor of Political Science at International University of Humanities and Social Sciences (Costa Rica)

Engineers and Mathematicians

Mark Ainsworth (Grey) – Francis Wayland Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.
Julian Besag FRS – Professor of Mathematics at Durham University; Guy Medal (1983)
Ed Corrigan FRS – Professor of Mathematics at the University of York, Principal of Collingwood College (2008–11)
Ron Doney (University) – Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at University of Manchester
Patrick Dorey – Professor of Mathematics at Durham University
H. Martyn Evans – Professor in Humanities in Medicine at Durham University; Principal of Trevelyan College (2008–2019)
Ian Fells – Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University, Michael Faraday Prize (1993)
David Grant (Grad Soc) – Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University (2001–2012); Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2007–2012)
Ruth Gregory – Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Durham University
Julian Higgins – Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Director of Research at the Department of Population Health Sciences
Frank Kelly FRS (Van Mildert) – Professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge since 2006
Peter Kyberd (Hatfield) – Head of the School of Energy and Electrical Engineering at Portsmouth University
William Herrick Macaulay (University) – Lecturer in Mathematics at University of Cambridge; Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge (1918–1924)
Nigel Martin – Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Durham University; Principal of Trevelyan College (2000–2008)
Angela Mihai (Grey) – Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cardiff University
John R. Parker (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Mathematics at Durham University; Editor-in-Chief of Geometriae Dedicata (2013–2022)
Rosemary Renaut (Collingwood) – Professor of Mathematics at Arizona State University
Xiaoying Zhuang – Professor of Computational Science and Simulation Technology at Leibniz University Hannover

Geographers and Earth Scientists

John Anthony Allan (University) – Professor in Geography at King's College, London; Stockholm Water Prize (2008)
Ash Amin – Professor of Geography at Cambridge University
Richard Arculus (Hatfield) – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University
Gerald Blake – Geographer and Principal of Collingwood College (1987–2001)
Andrew Blowers (Hatfield) – Geographer known for his work on nuclear waste management; Alexander & Ilse Melamid Medal (2018)
Martin Bott FRS – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences; Wollaston Medal (1992)
George Malcolm Brown FRS (University) – Director of the British Geological Survey; Murchison Medal (1981)
Christopher Burn (Hatfield) – Emeritus Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University; Polar Medal (2018)
William Campbell (College of Science) – metallographer to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mike Crang – Professor of Cultural Geography at Durham University
Sarah Curtis – Professor of Health and Risk at Durham University
John Frederick Dewey – Professor of Geology at Oxford University (1986–2000)
Kingsley Charles Dunham FRS (Hatfield) – Director of the British Geological Survey; Wollaston Medal (1976)
Ghazi Falah (Hild Bede) – Geographer at University of Akron
Gillian Foulger (Unattached) – Professor of Geophysics at Durham University; Price Medal (2005)
Paul Lewis Hancock (University) – Editor of Journal of Structural Geology
Peter Liss (University) – Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia
David Harper – Professor of Palaeontology in Earth Sciences; Principal of Van Mildert College (2011–2021)
Joseph Holden (Hatfield) – Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds
Arthur Holmes – Chair of Geology at the University of Edinburgh; Vetlesen Prize (1964)
Claire Horwell – Professor of Geohealth at Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
Ray Hudson – Lecturer in Geography; Director of the Wolfson Research Institute (2003-2007)
Malcolm K. Hughes (University) – Regents' Professor of Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona; co-producer of the hockey stick graph
Basil Charles King (Hatfield) – Professor of Geology at Bedford College; Bigsby Medal (1959)
Geoffrey King (Hatfield) – Senior Research Professor in Geophysics at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Ian Main (Grad Soc) – Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics at the University of Edinburgh
Gordon Manley – Professor of Geography at Bedford College (1948–1964); President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1945–1947)
Stewart McPherson – TV presenter and conservationist; David Given Award for Excellence in Plant Conservation (2012)
Frank Pasquill (University) – Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Met Office
Roger Powell FRS (Van Mildert) – Emeritus Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne
David Sadler (University) – Professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool
David Vaughan (Hatfield) - Scientist at British Antarctic Survey; Lead Author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Lawrence Wager FRS – Professor of Geology at Durham University
Ming Hung Wong (St Cuthbert's) – Advisor (Environmental Science) in the Department of Science and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong
Philip Woodworth (Hatfield) - Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

Historians and Antiquarians

Michael Aris (St Cuthbert's) – Author on Bhutanese, Tibetan and Himalayan culture and Buddhism; Lecturer in Asian history at St John's College, Oxford and later at St Antony's College, Oxford
Jeremy Black – Professor of History at the University of Exeter; Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (2008)
Richard Britnell – Emeritus Professor of History at Durham University; The Commercialisation of English Society, 1000-1500 (1993)
Bertram Colgrave (Hatfield) – Reader in English at Durham University; Editor of Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile
Anthony Crichton-Stuart (St Chad's) – Head of Old Master Paintings at Christie's, New York
Robin Donkin (King's) – Reader in Historical Geography at Cambridge University (1990–1996)
Jo Fox – Director of the Institute of Historical Research
Roy Martin Haines (St Chad's) – Professor of Medieval History at Dalhousie University
James Holland (St Chad's) – Popular historian, author of books on World War II
Jean Hood – Author of various books on maritime history
Liz James (Van Mildert) – Professor of the History of Art at the University of Sussex
Judith Jesch (St Aidan's) – Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham
Clifford Kinvig (St Cuthbert's) – Senior Lecturer in War Studies at RMA Sandhurst
Deborah Lavin – Principal of Trevelyan College (1979–95)
Dominic Montserrat (Grey) – British egyptologist and papyrologist; Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt (1996)
Jack Ogden – Visiting Professor of Ancient Jewellery, Material and Technology at Birmingham City University; President of the Society of Jewellery Historians (since 2018)
George Ornsby (University) – Antiquarian; editor with the Surtees Society
David Reeder (Hatfield) – Lecturer in Urban History, University of Leicester
Nicholas Reeves (Van Mildert) – Egyptologist; Director of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project (1998–2002)
James Rutherford (Armstrong) – Chair of History at University of Auckland (1934–63)
Alec Ryrie – Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University; Gresham Professor of Divinity (2018–2022)
Alan Schom (Hatfield) – Biographer of Napoleon and Napoleon III
Heather J. Sharkey (Grad Soc) – Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at University of Pennsylvania
Peter Snowdon (University) – specialist in contemporary British political history; contributor to Parliamentary Brief
John Steele (University) – Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity and Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Assyriology at Brown University

Joanna Story (Trevelyan) – Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leiecester
Michael Swanton – Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Exeter University
George Macaulay Trevelyan – Scholar of political history and Chancellor of Durham University (1950–57)
Andy Wood – Professor of Social History at Durham University
Benjamin Woolley (St Cuthbert's) – historian and biographer; The King's Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I (2018)
Julian Wright – Professor of History at Northumbria University; co-editor of French History

Language and Literature academics

Kenneth Allott (Armstrong) – Kenneth Muir Professor of English at Liverpool University
Thomas Blackburn (Hatfield) – Lecturer at College of St. Mark and St. John
Philip Bullock – Professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford
Seán Burke – Reader in English at Durham University
Paul Edwards (Hatfield) – Professor of English and African Literature at the University of Edinburgh
Mikhail Epstein – Anglo-American and Russian literary theorist; Director of the Centre for Humanities Innovation at Durham University
Ruth Etchells – Principal of St John's College, Durham (1979–88)
Gary Ferguson (St Chad's) – Douglas Huntly Gordon Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Virginia
Clifford Nelson Fyle (Hatfield) - Sierra Leonean Professor of English; wrote lyrics to the Sierra Leone National Anthem
Eldred D. Jones – literary critic from Sierra Leone
Malcolm Guite – author, poet (Sounding the Seasons, The Singing Bowl), priest, and singer-songwriter; current Bye-Fellow and Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge
Maebh Long – Irish academic, known for writings on the novelist and playwright Brian O'Nolan
Margaret Masson – Lecturer in English, Principal of St Chad's College (2016–present)
Patrick O'Meara – Professor of Russian and Russian history; Master of Van Mildert College (2004–11)
John Robert O'Toole - Professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne
Ann Moss – Professor of French at Durham University (1996–2003)
Harold Orton (Hatfield) – Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds (1946–64)
Jennifer Smith - FRSE Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Glasgow
Ida C. Ward (St Mary's) – Professor of Linguistics, known for work on African languages

Life scientists

Entries defined as having backgrounds in Biology and its various sub-disciplines e.g. Botany, Ecology, Neuroscience, Pathology etc.

David Barker – Emeritus Professor of Zoology
David Bellamy – Lecturer in Botany; President of The Wildlife Trusts (1995–2005)
Kathleen Bever Blackburn (Armstrong) – botanist
David Holden (University) – Emeritus Professor of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London
John Lawton FRS – RSPB Vice President; previously head of Natural Environment Research Council; the last chair of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Marie Lebour – marine biologist
Simon Parson – Regius Professor of Anatomy at University of Aberdeen (since 2018); President of the Anatomical Society (since 2019)
Joe Smartt (Hatfield) – Reader in Biology at Southampton University (1990–1996)
Mark A. Smith (Hatfield) – Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University
David H. Valentine - Head of Department of Botany from 1945 as Reader, then from 1950 as Professor. Subsequently at University of Manchester
Stan Woodell (Hatfield) – Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–1988); Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford (1989–2004)
Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (Hatfield) – Ecologist; contributor to the Journal of Ecology

Philosophers and Theologians

(See § Religion for theologians better known for their ordained ministry)

Lewis Ayres – Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University; Bede Chair of Catholic Theology (2009–2013)
Charles Kingsley Barrett – Professor of Divinity at Durham University (1958–1982)
Joan Bernard – Principal of Trevelyan College (1966–1978)
Stephen R. L. Clark – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool
Dan Cohn-Sherbok – Emeritus Professor of Judaism at the University of Wales
David E. Cooper – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University
Douglas Davies (St John's) – Professor in the Study of Religion at Durham
James Dunn – Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University (1990–2003)
Christopher Evans – Lightfoot Professor of Divinity (1959–1962)
Stanley Eveling – Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University
Simon J. Gathercole (Hatfield) – Reader in New Testament Studies and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
David Jasper (Hatfield and St Chad's) – Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Glasgow
R. W. L. Moberly – Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at Durham University
Tim Crane - Former Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge

Physicians and Psychiatrists

Ephraim Anderson FRS – bacteriologist known for his research on plasmids
Francis Arthur Bainbridge FRS – Professor of Physiology at Durham University (1911–1915), later chair of physiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital
George Stewardson Brady FRS (College of Medicine) – Professor of Natural History at the Hancock Museum (1875–1906)
John Charles – Chief Medical Office (1950–1960)
Thomas Dutton – dietitian and opponent of teetotalism
Reginald Hall – endocrinologist known for his research on the thyroid gland
William Edmund Hick – President of the Experimental Psychology Society (1958–1959)
Tom Main – doctor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, coined the term Therapeutic community
Flora Murray – doctor and suffragist, founder of Women's Hospital for Children
Claude Nelson-Williams - physician, politician, and one-time president of the Sierra Leone Medical Association
Ruth Nicholson – obstetrician and gynaecologist
Thomas Horrocks Openshaw – Victorian surgeon and recipient of a Jack the Ripper letter
Joseph Stoddart FRS – Consultant anaesthetist at Royal Victoria Infirmary, influenced the development of Intensive Care in the UK
John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant – former President of British Medical Association, General Medical Council and the Royal Society of Medicine

Sociologists and Social Anthropologists

Gëzim Alpion (Grad Soc) – Lecturer in Sociology at University of Birmingham
Robert Burgess (Bede) – President of the British Sociological Association (1989–1991)
Stanley Cohen – Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
Iain R. Edgar (Grad Soc) – Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Durham University
Mathew Guest - Professor of Sociology of Religion at Durham University
Robert Hugh Layton – Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Durham University
Tariq Modood (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol (1997-); co-founder of the journal Ethnicities
Henrietta Moore (Trevelyan) – William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology (2008-2014)
Caroline Moser (St Mary's) – Emeritus Professor of Urban Development at University of Manchester; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (2004–2007)
Sue Scott – Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle; President of the British Sociological Association (2007–2009)
Ian Taylor (Hatfield) – Professor of Sociology at Salford University (1989–1998); Principal of Van Mildert College (1999–2000)
Alan Warde (Grad Soc) – Professor of Sociology at Manchester University (1999-)
Frank Webster (St Cuthbert's) – Head of the Department of Sociology at City University London (2008–2012); Theories of the Information Society (1995)

Other academics

Michael Alcorn – Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University, Belfast
Robert Allison – Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University from 2012
Roy Ascott (King's) – Founder and President of the Planetary Collegium at Plymouth University (2003–present)
Tim Blackman (University) – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Middlesex
Ernest Bullock – Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow and Principal of the Scottish National Academy of Music (1941–1952); Director of the Royal College of Music (1953–1960)
Kenneth Calman – Vice-Chancellor of Durham University (1998–2006); Chancellor of the University of Glasgow (2006–present)
Anne Campbell – Professor of Psychology at Durham University
John Casken – Professor of Music at the University of Manchester (1992–2008)
Joe Elliott (Hild Bede) – Principal of Collingwood College (2011–present) and Professor of Education at Durham (2004–present)
Peter Evans (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Music at Southampton University (1961–1990)
Aikaterini Fotopoulou – Professor of Psychodynamic Neuroscience at University College London
Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. – President of Morehouse College (2007–2012)
Chris Higgins (Grey) – Vice Chancellor of Durham University (2007–2014)
George Wilberforce Kakoma – Professor of music, composer of Uganda's national anthem
Richard Ovenden (St Chad's) – Deputy Director and Head of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library
Hugh Pearman (St Chad's) – architecture and design critic of The Sunday Times (1986–2016)
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (University) – Clergyman and arachnologist
Frank Rhodes – President of Cornell University (1977–1995)
Akilagpa Sawyerr – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (1985–1992)
Charles Thorp FRS – Warden of the University
Peter Ustinov – Chancellor of the University of Durham (1992–2004)
Paul Wellings (Grad Soc) – Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University (2002–2012)
Ted Wragg (Hatfield) – Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)
Zu'bi M.F. Al-Zu'bi (Ustinov) - Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Jordan (2013–2017); Director of Development at the University of Sydney

Business people

Richard Adams (St John's) – pioneer of Fair Trade and founder of Traidcraft
Patrick Allman-Ward (Collingwood) – CEO of Dana Gas (2013–2023)
Adam Applegarth (Grey) – CEO of Northern Rock bank (2001–07)
David Arkless (Hatfield) – former president, CDI Corporation
James Averdieck (Hild Bede) – entrepreneur known for dessert brand Gü
John Cadman, 1st Baron Cadman – Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Cecil Chao – Chairman and owner of Cheuk Nang Holdings
Edwin Davies – businessman and philanthropist
Steve Easterbrook (St Chad's) – CEO of McDonald's
Ron Emerson (Grad Soc) – founding Chairman of the British Business Bank
Leslie Ferrar (St Mary's) – Treasurer to Charles III
James Hoffmann – co-founder of Square Mile Coffee Roasters and World Barista Champion
John Henry Holmes (College of Physical Science) – inventor of the light switch
Tom Hume (King's) – first Director of the Museum of London
Herbert Loebl (King's) – co-founder of Joyce, Loebl & Company
John Laurent Giles – yacht designer
Sir Robert Malpas (King's) – engineer and industrialist
Lady Edward Manners – manager of Haddon Hall and founder of Beau Bra Lingerie Company
Ian Marchant (Hatfield) – CEO of SSE plc
Sir Peter Ogden (University) – co-founder of Computacenter
Peter Owen Edmunds (Hatfield) – telecoms entrepreneur, co-founder of Peterstar
Richard Paniguian (Hatfield) – former vice-president, BP
Richard Pease (Hatfield) – fund manager
Tom Riall (St Cuthbert's) – executive chair of Mydentist
Alison Rose (St Aidan's) – former CEO of NatWest Group
William Russell (Grey) – former Merrill Lynch banker; 692nd Lord Mayor of London (2019–2021)
Nick Scheele (St Cuthbert's) – president and COO of the Ford Motor Company
David Sproxton (Collingwood) – co-founder of Aardman Animations
Edi Truell (Collingwood) – co-founder of private equity group Disruptive Capital
Richard Walker (St Aidan's) – executive chairman of Iceland

Judges and lawyers

Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Name	College	Notes	Ref.
Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley	Van Mildert	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2013-2018); Vice President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal (2009-2013); Lord Justice of Appeal (2006–2013)
Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent	Trevelyan	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2017-); Lady Justice of Appeal (2010-2017)

Senator of the College of Justice

Name	College	Notes	Ref.
Robert Robert Weir, Lord Weir		Senator of the College of Justice (2020 - present); Sheriff of the Edinburgh Sheriff Court; All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court (2018 - 2020)

Judges of the High Court of Justice

Name	College	Notes
James Goss	University	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2014–)
David Maddison	Grey	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2008–2013)
Andrew McFarlane	Collingwood	Justice of the High Court (2006–2011); Lord Justice of Appeal (2011–2018); President of the Family Division (2018–)
Finola O'Farrell	Trevelyan	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2016–)
Caroline Swift	St Aidan's	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2005–2015)
Mark Waller	King's	Justice of the High Court (1989–1996); Lord Justice of Appeal (1996–2010); Intelligence Services Commissioner (2011–2016)
Sonia Harris	University	Justice of the High Court (Family Division) (2024-)

Judges in other countries

Name	College	Notes
St John Branch	Codrington	Chief Justice of Jamaica (1923–1925); Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1925–1926)
Henry Joko-Smart	Fourah Bay	Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (1998–2005)
Kobina Arku Korsah	Fourah Bay	Chief Justice of the Gold Coast (1956–1957); Chief Justice of Ghana (1957–1963)
George Lamptey	King's	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2000–2002)
Koi Larbi	Fourah Bay	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1970–1972)
Andrew Macrae	St John's College	Vice President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (2018 - Present); Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (2013 - present)
Albert Earnshaw	University College	Judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements (1914 - 1920); acting Chief Justice, British Guiana (1913)

Lawyers

Name	College	Notes	Ref.
George Gretton	Hatfield	Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission (2006–2011)
Jolyon Maugham QC	Hatfield	Barrister at Devereux Chambers; Founder of Good Law Project

Broadcasters and entertainers

Actors

Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings (Hatfield) – actor, The Archers
Arthur Bostrom (St Chad's) – played Officer Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo!
Andrew Buchan (St Cuthbert's) – All the Money in the World (2017)
Daniel Casey (Grey) – co-star of Midsomer Murders
Ian Hogg (St John's) – played lead role in Rockliffe
Nathan Kiley – stage actor
Alex Macqueen (Collingwood) – The Thick of It and The Inbetweeners
Ambika Mod (St Mary's) – This Is Going to Hurt and One Day
Adam Rayner (St Chad's) – actor, Tyrant
Charlotte Riley (St Cuthbert's) – actress
Patrick Ryecart (Bede) – film and stage actor
John Schwab (Hild Bede) – actor and voice artist
Lily Travers – actress, Viceroy's House
Jenny Walser – actress, Heartstopper
James Wilby (Grey) – film, television and theatre actor known for Maurice and Howards End
Christina Wolfe (Van Mildert) – actress, The Royals
Fenella Woolgar (St Mary's) – actress, Bright Young Things (2003)

Comedians

James Cary (Hatfield) – TV and radio comedy writer, Think the Unthinkable and Bluestone 42
Tim FitzHigham (St Chad's) – comedian, actor and record-breaker
Ed Gamble (Hatfield) – presenter and performer, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and Mock the Week
Liz Kingsman – comedian and actress, Parlement and I, Jack Wright
Nish Kumar (Grey) – stand-up and host, The Mash Report
Stevie Martin (St John's) – comedian and podcast host, Nobody Panic
Nick Mohammed (St Aidan's) – comedian and actor
Naz Osmanoglu (Van Mildert) – stand-up and former So You Think You're Funny runner-up

Correspondents and Presenters

George Alagiah (Van Mildert) – broadcaster; BBC TV News at Six since 2003
Matthew Amroliwala (St Chad's) – BBC news presenter
Guy de la Bédoyère (Collingwood) – British historian and broadcaster, Time Team
Lucy Beresford (Trevelyan) – broadcaster, host of #MindOverMatterMondays and agony aunt on This Morning
Lionel Blue – rabbi, broadcaster, author; Honorary Doctor of Divinity and Fellow at Grey College
Allan Cartner (University) – Continuity announcer, Border Television
Mark Durden-Smith (Hatfield) – Channel 5 sports presenter
Jonny Dymond (Hild Bede) – BBC Royal Correspondent (2017–)
Marc Edwards – Welsh and Chinese television presenter on China Central Television
Jonathan Gould (Hatfield) – Channel 5 television presenter of MLB on Five (1997–2008)
Judith Hann (St Aidan's) – freelance broadcaster and writer, former Tomorrow's World presenter
Gavin Hewitt (St John's) – Special Correspondent for BBC News
Chris Hollins (Hild Bede) – broadcaster, sports presenter for BBC Breakfast
Nina Hossain (St Cuthbert's) – broadcast journalist
Catherine Jacob (Grey) – Sky News journalist
Gabby Logan (Hild Bede) – TV presenter
Dominic Montserrat (Grey) – TV Egyptologist
Rory Morrison (University) – BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer
Maryam Nemazee – Bloomberg presenter
Kjartan Poskitt (Collingwood) – TV presenter and author
Mark Pougatch (Hatfield) – BBC sports presenter and radio host
Jonny Saunders (Collingwood) – BBC Radio 2 Sports Presenter
David Shukman (Hatfield) – BBC correspondent
Gareth Sibson (University) – writer and broadcaster
Kate Silverton (St Cuthbert's) – Broadcast journalist
Bill Steel – presenter and announcer, Tyne Tees Television
Jeremy Vine (Hatfield) – BBC radio and television presenter
Tim Willcox (St Chad's) – BBC television presenter

Directors and Producers

George Auckland (Hatfield) – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
Simon Ardizzone (University) – film editor and producer, Hacking Democracy (2006)
Biddy Baxter (St Mary's) – TV producer (Blue Peter) and inventor of the Blue Peter badge
Jamie Campbell (St John's) – documentary filmmaker and producer, 24 Hours with...
Jonny Campbell (Van Mildert) – film and television director, Alien Autopsy (2006)
Charles Mark Townshend Colville (St Chad's) – 5th Viscount Colville of Culross, BBC producer and director, elected as hereditary peer in 2011
George Entwistle (University) – journalist, TV producer and former Director-General of the BBC
John Exelby (University) – co-founder and editor of BBC News World Service
Shelagh Fogarty – host of the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show
Fiona Foster (Van Mildert) – television presenter of BBC Business News and ITV London Tonight
Alastair Fothergill (St Cuthbert's) – BBC Nature producer and co-producer of The Blue Planet
Pippa Greenwood (Trevelyan) – plant pathologist, appears on BBC Gardeners World
Lorraine Heggessey (Collingwood) – BBC One controller (2000–2004)
Sally El Hosaini (Collingwood) – filmmaker
Cecil McGivern – Controller of BBC Television Service (1950–1957)
Roger Pratt (St John's) – cinematographer and Academy Award nominee, The End of the Affair (1999)
Ian Sharp (Hatfield) – director known for Who Dares Wins (1982) and his second-unit work on GoldenEye (1995)
Chris Terrill (Collingwood) – documentary maker, writer and adventurer
Dougal Wilson (University) – director; Paddington in Peru (2024)

Military personnel

British Army

Mark Carleton-Smith
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
Richard Nugee
Tim Radford
Alex Taylor

Chiefs of the General Staff
Name	College	Notes	Ref.
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith	Hatfield	Previously Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) (2016–2018); Director Special Forces (2012–2015)
General Sir Richard Dannatt	Hatfield	Also Constable of the Tower (2009–2016)

Senior personnel
Name	College	Notes
Major-General Harold Henry Blake	Armstrong	Royal Army Medical Corps
Major-General Thomas Brodie	Bede	General Officer Commanding, 1st Division (1952–1955)
Major-General Nicholas Cottam	Van Mildert	Military Secretary (2005–2008)
Major-General Craig Lawrence	University	Director of Joint Warfare at the Directorate of Joint Warfare
Lieutenant General Richard Nugee	Grey	Chief of Defence People (2016–2020); Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016)
Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin	Hatfield	Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (2004–2007)
Major-General Edward Phillips	College of Medicine	Director of Medical Services, British Army of the Rhine (1945–1949)
Lieutenant-General Tim Radford	St Chad's	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2020–)
Major-General Andrew Ritchie	University	Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (2003–2006)
Major-General John Sutherell	Grey	Director Special Forces (1996–1999)
Major-General Alex Taylor	Hatfield	Director, Army Legal Services Branch (2019–)

Other personnel
Name	College	Notes
Captain Hugh Clark	King's	Won Military Cross for actions during Operation Varsity
Captain Nigel Morgan	Hatfield	Irish Guards officer; known for helping to expose the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt
Lieutenant-Colonel John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard	?	Commanded Northumberland Hussars (1964–1966)
Lieutenant Michael Osborne Waddell	King's	Won Military Cross for actions during Invasion of Sicily

Royal Air Force

Jonathan Chaffey
Nigel Phillips
James Milne Robb
Garry Tunnicliffe

Senior personnel
Name	College	Notes
Air Vice Marshall Jonathan Chaffey	St Chad's/St John's	Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force (2014–2018)
Group Captain Campbell Hoy	Armstrong	Flying ace (11 victories)
Air Commodore Nigel Phillips	?	Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2017–)
Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb	Armstrong	Inspector-General of the RAF (1951); Vice Chief of the Air Staff (1947–1948)
Air Vice Marshal Adam Henry Robson	Armstrong	Director, RAF Educational Service (1944–1952)
Air Commodore Joy Tamblin	?	Director, Women's Royal Air Force (1976–1980)
Air Vice Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe	University	Defence Services Secretary (2016–2019)
Air Marshal Peter Walker	Hatfield	Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015); Commander, Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007)

Other personnel
Name	College	Notes	Ref.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Kerr	University	Pilot during Second World War; later President of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1985–1986)

Royal Navy

Andrew Burns
Alex Burton
Clive Johnstone
Timothy Laurence
David Steel

Senior personnel
Name	College	Notes
Rear Admiral Andrew Burns	Hatfield	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) (2020–)
Rear Admiral Alex Burton	University	Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces (2016–2017)
Rear Admiral Amjad Hussain	Collingwood	Controller of the Navy (2009–2012)
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson	Grey	Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet (2009–2011); Flag Officer Sea Training (2007–2009)
Rear Admiral Clive Johnstone	Hild Bede	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) (2013–2015)
Vice Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt	Van Mildert	Commander, Joint Helicopter Command (2008–2011)
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence	University	Chief Executive, Defence Estates (2007–2010)
Rear Admiral Matthew Parr	Hatfield	Commander Operations (2013–2015)
Rear Admiral Christopher Snow	St Cuthbert's	Flag Officer Sea Training (2009–2011)
Vice Admiral Sir David Steel	Grey	Governor of Gibraltar (2020–); Second Sea Lord (2012–2015)

Musicians and artists

Michael Alford (St John's) – figurative painter
Sir Thomas Allen – operatic baritone, former Chancellor of Durham University
Ralph Allwood (Van Mildert) – Director of Music at Eton College
Marian Arkwright (Unattached) – composer, one of the first British women to receive a doctorate in music
Frederic Austin – English baritone singer, musical teacher and composer from 1905 to 1930
Edward Bairstow – organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition
H. Hugh Bancroft – British organist and composer who was organist of five cathedrals
Kerry Beaumont – organist and Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa (2021–)
Philip Best – pioneer in power electronics
Jon Boden (Collingwood) – English fiddle player and folk singer
Thomas Frederick Candlyn – organist and choirmaster, St. Thomas Church, New York
Andrew Cantrill (Hild Bede) – organist and choirmaster, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, New York
Justin Chancellor – bassist, Tool
King Charles – indie rock artist
J. Michael Clarke (St Chad's) – composer and musician
Rod Clements (St Cuthbert's) – musician in folk-rock band Lindisfarne
(Alfred) Melville Cook – British organist and conductor
Jonathan Darlington (Hatfield) – conductor and Music Director of Vancouver Opera
Howard Davies (St Cuthbert's) – theatre and television director
Bryan Ferry – Roxy Music singer (only studied for one year before moving to Newcastle)
Eveline Fischer – video game composer known for her work with Rare
Margot Fonteyn – ballet dancer, Chancellor of Durham University
Noel Forster (King's) – British artist
Rumon Gamba – conductor, Chief Conductor of Oulu Symphony Orchestra
Ruth Gipps – British composer, conductor, oboist and pianist
Malcolm Goldring (Hatfield) – English conductor and oboist
Dan "Nu:Tone" Gresham – drum and bass musician
J. P. E. Harper-Scott (St Chad's) – Professor of Music History and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London
Ted Harrison – Canadian artist
Patrick Hawes (St Chad's) – composer and Classic FM's Composer in Residence
Gwyneth Herbert (St Chad's) – singer-songwriter and jazz musician
Arthur Hutchings – Professor of Music at Durham University (1947–1968)
David Jennings (University) – composer
John Joubert – composer of choral music
James MacMillan (Hild Bede and Grad Soc) – Scottish composer
Stuart MacRae (Hild Bede) – composer
Paul Miles-Kingston – director of music at St Peter's School, York
Anthony Payne (Cuths) – composer and Elgar specialist
Giles Ramsay (St Chad's) – theatre director, producer and playwright, Fellow of St Chad's
Michael F. Robinson – composer and musicologist, faculty member (1961-1965)
Tom Rosenthal (St Cuthbert's) – English singer-songwriter
Alec Roth (Hatfield) – English composer
Janet Mary Salsbury - English author, composer and organist
Malcolm Sargent (Unattached) – English conductor, organist and composer
Tim "Exile" Shaw (Hatfield) – drum and bass and IDM musician
Robert Simpson – composer, writer, BBC producer
Ronald Smith – English classical pianist, composer and teacher
Alexander Talbot Rice (St Cuthbert's) – portrait artist
Richard Terry – organist and revivalist of Tudor period music
John Philip 'Jake' Thackray (Hatfield) - singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist
Alan Walker – musicologist and biographer of Franz Liszt
John B. Williams (Van Mildert) – drum and bass musician and DJ

Politicians and civil servants

Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Current members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Name	College	Title	Ref.
Heidi Alexander	Grey	Labour MP for Lewisham East (2010–2018), Shadow Secretary of State for Health (2015–2016), Deputy Mayor of London (2018–2021), MP for Swindon South (2024–present), Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice (2024), Secretary of State for Transport (2024–present).

Members of the House of Commons

Excluding current members of the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet, who are listed above (if any), and former MPs who went on to be members of the House of Lords, who are listed below

Heidi Alexander
Graham Brady
Robert Buckland
Carla Denyer
Edward Leigh
Mo Mowlam

Name	College	Notes
Lucy Allan	Trevelyan	Conservative MP for Telford (2015–2024)
David Anderson	?	Labour MP for Blaydon (2005–2017); Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (2016–2017)
Jonathan Ashworth	St Aidan's	Labour MP for Leicester South (2011–2024), Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2023–2024)
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge	?	Liberal MP for Gainsborough (1895–1900)
Crispin Blunt	University	Conservative MP for Reigate (1997–2024)
James Boyden	King's	Labour MP for Bishop Auckland (1959–1979)
Graham Brady	St Aidan's	Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024); Chairman of 1922 Committee (2010–2019, 2020–2024)
Phil Brickell	?	Labour MP for Bolton West (2024–present)
Sir Robert Buckland	Hatfield	Conservative MP for Swindon South (2010–2024), Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (2019–2021)
Jenny Chapman	?	Labour MP for Darlington (2010–2019)
Victoria Collins	Van Mildert	Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted (2024–)
John Robert Davison	University	Liberal MP for the City of Durham (1868–1871)
Carla Denyer	St Chad's	Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (2021–2025), Green MP for Bristol Central (2024–present)
Jackie Doyle-Price	University	Conservative MP for Thurrock (2010–2024)
Bill Etherington	?	Labour MP for Sunderland North (1992–2010)
Ben Everitt	?	Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North (2019–2024)
Nick Gibb	Hild Bede	Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (1997–2024)
Paul Goggins	Ushaw	Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East (1997–2014)
Thomas George Greenwell	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for The Hartlepools (1943–1945)
Jane Griffiths	St Mary's	Labour MP for Reading East (1997–2005)
Ben Howlett	St John's	Conservative MP for Bath (2015–2017)
Mark Hughes	King's	Labour MP for Durham (1970–1983); City of Durham (1983–1987)
Andrew Hunter	St John's	Conservative (1983–2002); Independent Conservative (2002–2005); and Democratic Unionist Party (2005) MP for Basingstoke
Sarah Jones	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Croydon Central (2017–2024) and for Croydon West (2024–present), Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation (2024–present)
Peter Kilfoyle	?	Labour MP for Liverpool Walton (1991–2010)
Joseph Leech	College of Medicine	Unionist Party MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West (1931–1940)
Edward Leigh	University	Conservative MP for Gainsborough and Horncastle (1983–1997); Gainsborough (1997–present); Father of the House (2024–present)
Malcolm MacDonald	―	Labour MP for Bassetlaw (1929–1931); National Labour MP for Bassetlaw (1931–1935); Ross and Cromarty (1936–1945); Chancellor of the University of Durham (1971–1980)
David Mackintosh	?	Conservative MP for Northampton South (2015–2017)
Shona McIsaac	St Aidan's	Labour MP for Cleethorpes (1997–2010)
Alan Meale	?	Labour MP for Mansfield (1987–2017)
Piers Merchant	University	Conservative MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1983–1987); Beckenham (1992–1997)
Huw Merriman	University	Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle (2015–2024),
Fergus Montgomery	Bede	Conservative MP Newcastle upon Tyne East (1959–1964); Brierley Hill (1967–1974); Altrincham and Sale (1974–1997)
Iqbal Mohamed	?	Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley (2024—present)
Mo Mowlam	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Redcar (1987–2001); Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1997–1999)
Oswald O'Brien	St Cuthbert's	Labour MP for Darlington (1983)
Tris Osborne	Hild Bede	Labour MP for Chatham and Aylesford (2024–present)
John Pugh	St Cuthbert's	Liberal Democrat MP for Southport (2001–2017)
Nathan Raw	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for Liverpool Wavertree (1918–1922)
Lucy Rigby	?	Labour MP for Northampton North (2024–)
Sam Rushworth	Staff	Labour MP for Bishop Auckland (2024–present)
Thomas Sexton	Bede	Labour MP for Barnard Castle (1935–1945)
Edward Shortt	University	Liberal MP for Newcastle upon Tyne (1910–1918); Newcastle upon Tyne West (1918–1922); Home Secretary (1919–1922); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1918–1919)
David Simmonds	Grey	Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (2019–)
Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet	University	Liberal MP for Caithness (1869–1885)
John Slinger	University	Labour MP for Rugby (2024–)
Lisa Smart	?	Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove (2024–)
Rachel Squire	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Dunfermline West (1992–2005)
Robert Strother Stewart	Hatfield/Armstrong	Liberal MP for Stockton-on-Tees (1923–1924)
Peter Swallow	Staff	Labour MP for the Bracknell (2024–present)
Thomas Charles Thompson	University	Liberal MP for the City of Durham (1874 & 1880–1885)
Edward Timpson	Hatfield	Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich (2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–2024)
Henry Villiers-Stuart	University	Liberal MP for County Waterford (1873–1874 & 1880–1885)
Matt Warman	St Cuthbert's	Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness (2015–2024)
Thomas Watts	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for Manchester Withington (1922–1923 & 1924–1929)
Jenny Willott	St Mary's	Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central (2005–2015)
Esmond Wright	Armstrong	Conservative MP for Glasgow Pollok (1967–1970)

Members of the House of Lords

Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley
Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Viscount Knutsford
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton

Name	College	Notes
Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose	St Cuthbert's	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington	?	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross	St Chad's	Member of the House of Lords (2011–)
Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling	Bede	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1998–1999)
Jack Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington	Bede	Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party (1981–1987); Labour MP for Easington (1970–1987)
Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley	Collingwood	Lord-in-waiting (1989, 2016–2017)
Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town	Trevelyan	Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (2017–)
Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford	University	Secretary of State for the Colonies (1887–1892)
Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling	King's	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1983–1987); Conservative MP for Westmorland (1964–1983); Westmorland and Lonsdale (1983–1997)
Herbert Laming, Baron Laming	King's	Chairman of Committees (2015–2016); Convenor of the Crossbench Peers (2011–2015)
Massey Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough	St Cuthbert's
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1958–1969)
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton	Van Mildert	Member of the House of Lords (2001–)
Fred Peart, Baron Peart	Bede	Leader of the House of Lords (1976–1979); Labour MP for Workington (1945–1976)
Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1913–1918)
Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk	―	Professor of English Language at University of Durham (1958–1960); Member of the House of Lords (1994–2017)
John Sewel, Baron Sewel	University	Chairman of Committees (2012–2015); Member of the House of Lords (1996–2015)
Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock	St Chad's	Honorary Fellow and Tutor at St Chad's College; Member of the House of Lords (2010–)
Dominic Johnson, Baron Johnson of Lainston	Collingwood	Member of the House of Lords (2022–); Minister of State for Investment (2022); Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2016–2019)
Edward Short, Baron Glenmara	Bede	Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1972–1976); Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1951–1976)
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1931–1949)
James Wharton	University	Conservative MP for Stockton South (2010–2017), entered House of Lords 2020, Chair of the Office for Students (2021–2024)

Members of devolved assemblies and parliaments

Name	College	Notes
Nick Ramsay	St John's	Conservative Member of the Welsh Assembly for Monmouth (2007–2021)
Patrick Roche	Graduate Society	Northern Ireland Unionist Party Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley (1998–2003)
Mike Tuffrey	University	Liberal Democrat Member of the London Assembly as the 5th Additional Member (2002–2012)

Members of the European Parliament

Name	College	Notes
Paul Brannen	?	Labour Party MEP for North East England (2014–2019)
Alexandra Phillips	St Mary's	Brexit Party MEP for South East England (2019–2020)
Jake Pugh	Hatfield	Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (2019–2020)

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Fergus Cochrane-Dyet
Kim Darroch
Jonathan Wilks

United Kingdom
Name	College	Notes
Asif Ahmad	St Cuthbert's	British High Commissioner to Jamaica and the Bahamas (2017–); British Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and Palau (2013–2017); British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Laos (2010–2012); British Ambassador to Thailand (2010–2012)
Norman Aspin	St John's	British High Commissioner to Malta (1976–1979)
David Carter	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004)
Anwar Choudhury	?	Governor of the Cayman Islands (2018–) British Ambassador to Peru (2014–2018) British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2004–2008)
Fergus Cochrane-Dyet	Grey	British High Commissioner to Zambia (2016–) British Ambassador to Liberia (2013–2015) British High Commissioner to Malawi (2009–2011) British High Commissioner to the Seychelles (2007–2009)
Neil Crompton	University	British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2020–)
Kim Darroch	Hatfield	British Ambassador to the United States (2016–2019) National Security Advisor (2012–2015) UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011)
Matt Field	Van Mildert	British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018–)
David Fitton	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017) British High Commissioner to the Bahamas (2013–2017)
Alexandra Hall Hall	Collingwood	British Ambassador to Georgia (2013–2016)
James Hennessy	King's	Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons (1982–1987) Governor of British Honduras (1980–1981) High Commissioner to Uganda (1973–1976) Ambassador to Rwanda (1973–1976)
Paul Madden	?	British Ambassador to Japan (2017–) British High Commissioner to Australia (2011–2015) British High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–2011)
Jane Marriott	University	British Ambassador to Yemen (2013-2015) High Commissioner to Kenya (2019–)
Chris O'Connor	?	British Ambassador to Tunisia (2008–2013)
Denis Osborne	University	British High Commissioner to Malawi (1987–1990)
William Quantrill	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Cameroon (1991–1995)
Allan Ramsay	Graduate Society	British Ambassador to Lebanon (1988-1990) British Ambassador to Sudan (1990-1991) British Ambassador to Morocco (1992-1996)
John Richmond	―	British Ambassador to Sudan (1965–1966) British Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963)
James Roscoe	St John's	Acting British Ambassador to the United States (2025–) British Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly (2019–2022)
Michael Scott	King's	British Ambassador to Nepal (1974-1977) British High Commissioner to Malawi (1977-1979) British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1980-1981)
James Lyall Sharp	St Cuthbert's	British Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2019–) British Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2002–2005)
Jan Thompson	Collingwood	British Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2013–2017)
Jonathan Wilks	University	British Ambassador to Iraq (2017–) British Ambassador to Oman (2014–2017) British Ambassador to Yemen (2010–2011)

Other countries
Name	College	Notes
K. B. Asante	University	Ghanaian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the European Economic Community (1976–1978) Ghanaian Ambassador to Switzerland and Australia (1967–1972)
Phyllis Kandie	?	Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (2018–)
Desra Percaya	Graduate Society	Ambassador of Indonesia to the United Kingdom (2020–) Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations (2012–2015)
Samir Sumaidaie	King's	Iraqi Ambassador to the United States (2006–2011) Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations (2004–2006)

Civil Service

Ian Chapman
Kumar Iyer
Jonathan Jones
Nicola Spence

Home Civil Service
Name	College	Notes
Adrian Brown	?	Director of Parliamentary Archives (2014–)
Clare Cameron	University	Director, Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence (2019–)
Ian Chapman	Hild Bede	Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Shona Dunn	?	Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office (2018–2021)
Kumar Iyer	University	Chief Economist, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2019–)
Jonathan Jones	St Chad's	Permanent Secretary, Government Legal Department (2014–2020)
Richard Paniguian	Hatfield	Head of Defence & Security Organisation (2008–2015)
Graham Savage	―	Education Officer, London County Council (1940–1951)
Nicola Spence	St Aidan's	Chief Plant Health Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2014–)
Mike Tomlinson	?	Chief Inspector at Ofsted (2000–2002)

Overseas Civil Service
Name	College	Notes	Ref.
John Rawling Todd	Hatfield	Secretary for Housing, British Hong Kong (1986–1988)
John Francis Yaxley	Hatfield	Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)

Others

Politicians overseas
Name	College	Notes
Crispin Adeniyi-Jones	College of Medicine	President of Nigerian National Democratic Party; Member of Legislative Council of Nigeria (1923–1938)
Aryo Djojohadikusumo	?	Member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia (2014–2019)
Charles Bruzon	Ushaw	Member of the Gibraltar Parliament (2002–2013)
Henry Rawlingson Carr	?	Member of Legislative Council of Nigeria (1933–1944)
John Douglas	University	Premier of Queensland (1877–1879)
Kinfe Gebremedhin	Hatfield	Chief of Security and Immigration, Ethiopia
Kerryann Ifill	?	President of the Senate of Barbados (2012–2018)
Norman Lacy	Ustinov	Minister for the Arts and Minister of Educational Services, State of Victoria, Australia (1979–1982)
Maszlee Malik	?	Malaysian Minister of Education (2018–2020)
Milton Margai	Fourah Bay/College of Medicine	Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1958–1964)
Steven Marshall	?	Premier of South Australia (2018–2022)
Maurice Berkeley Portman	University	Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for East Middlesex (1861–1863)
Elsie Tu	Armstrong	Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995); Member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong (1963–1995)
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile	Cuths	Governor of the Bank of Uganda (2001-2022)
Tom Weidig	?	Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies (2023–)
Ibrahim bin Ali bin Issa Al Hassan Al Mohannadi	?	Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs (2024–)

Campaigners and activists
Name	College	Notes
Rodney Atkinson	Collingwood	Eurosceptic campaigner; 1997 general election Referendum Party candidate for North West Durham, 1999 European Elections UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate for the North East Region
Tracy Philipps	Hatfield	Secretary-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (1955–1958)
Francis Ambrose Ridley	Non-Collegiate	President of the National Secular Society (1951–1963)
Charles Andrew Smith	Armstrong	Chairman of the Independent Labour Party (1939–1941); Chairman of the Common Wealth Party (1945–1947)
Kevin Watkins	University	Chief Executive of Save the Children (2016–)

Religion

Archbishops and Primates

Walter Adams
Josiah Idowu-Fearon
Henry Ndukuba
Michael Ramsey
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
Justin Welby

Name	College	Notes
Walter Robert Adams	University	Archbishop of Yukon (1947–1952)
Drexel Gomez	St Chad's	Archbishop of the West Indies (1998–2009)
Alastair Haggart	Hatfield	Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1977–1985)
Josiah Idowu-Fearon	St John's	Archbishop of Kaduna (2002–2008)
James Horstead	University	Archbishop of West Africa (1955–1961)
Edward Hutson	Codrington	Archbishop of the West Indies (1922–1936)
Henry Ndukuba	St John's	Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria (2020–)
Michael Ramsey	—	Van Mildert Professor of Divinity (1940–1950); Archbishop of Canterbury (1961–1974)
Theophilos III	University	Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (2005–)
Justin Welby	St John's	Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025)
John Wilson	Ushaw	Archbishop of Southwark (2019–)

Bishops

Steven Croft
Christopher Foster
Nick Holtam
Walsham How
John Inge
William Stanton Jones

Name	College	Notes
Thomas Makinson Armour	St Chad's	Bishop of Wangaratta
Robert Ronald Atwell	St John's	Bishop of Stockport
Clifford Barker	St Chad's	Bishop of Whitby (1976–1983); Bishop of Selby (1983–1991)
Frederic Beaven	University	Bishop of Mashonaland (1911–1925)
James Harold Bell	St John's	Bishop of Knaresborough
David Williams Bentley	St Cuthbert's	Bishop of Barbados
Richard Blackburn	St John's	Bishop of Warrington
John Boys	Hatfield	Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman
Ronald Brown	?	Bishop of Birkenhead
Mark Bryant	St John's	Bishop of Jarrow
Cyril Bulley	St Chad's	Bishop of Penrith (1959–1966); Bishop of Carlisle (1966–1972)
Edmund Capper	St Cuthert's	Bishop of St Helena (1967–1973)
Gething Caulton	St Chad's	Bishop of Melanesia
Alan Chesters	St Chad's	Bishop of Blackburn (1989–2003)
Steven Croft	St John's	Bishop of Sheffield (2008–2016); Bishop of Oxford (2016–)
Harold Darby	?	Bishop of Sherwood (1975–1988)
David Edwardes	Hatfield	Bishop of Bangor (1944–1949)
Mark Davies	Ushaw	Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury (2010–)
Peter Dawes	Hatfield	Bishop of Derby (1988–1995)
Michael Doe		Bishop of Swindon (1994–2001)
Arthur Douglas	Hatfield	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905)
Christopher Paul	St John's	Bishop of Bolton
Christopher Foster	University	Bishop of Portsmouth
George Frodsham	University	Bishop of North Queensland (1902–1913)
John Gaisford	St Chad's	Bishop of Beverley (1994–2000)
Michael Frederick	St John's	Bishop of Doncaster (1993–1999)
John Gladwin	St John's	Bishop of Chelmsford (2004–2009)
John Goddard	St Chad's	Bishop of Burnley (2000–2014)
Frederick Goldie	Hatfield	Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1974–1980)
Temple Hamlyn	Hatfield	Bishop of Accra (1908–1910)
Clive Handford	Hatfield	Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007)
Ralph Hawkins	Hatfield	Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977)
Robert Hay	Hatfield	Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943)
Samuel Heaslett	University	Bishop of South Tokyo (1921–1941)
Michael Henshall	St Chad's	Bishop Suffragan of Warrington (1976–96)
George Hills	University	Bishop of British Columbia (1859–1892)
Nick Holtam	Collingwood	Bishop of Salisbury
William Walsham How	University	Bishop of Wakefield (1889–1897)
John Howe	St Chad's	Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1955–1969)
John Taylor Hughes	Bede	Bishop of Croydon (1956–1977)
John Inge	St Chad's	Bishop of Worcester (2007–)
Michael Ipgrave	St Chad's	Bishop of Woolwich (2012–2016); Bishop of Lichfield (2016–)
Francis Johnston	Hatfield	Bishop of Egypt (1952–1958)
Thomas Sherwood Jones	Non-Collegiate	Bishop of Hulme (1930–1945)
William Stanton Jones	Non-Collegiate	Bishop of Sodor and Man (1928–1942)
Donald Knowles	Hatfield	Bishop of Antigua (1953–1969)
Libby Lane	St John's	Bishop of Stockport (2015–2019)
James Linton	St John's	Bishop in Persia (1917–1935)
Evered Lunt	University	Bishop of Stepney (1957–1968)
Peter Maurice	St Chad's	Bishop of Taunton
Sandy Millar	St John's	Bishop of the Church of Uganda, serving as Assistant Bishop for Mission in the Diocese of London
Cecil Norgate	St Chad's	Bishop of Masasi (1984–1992)
Robert Paterson	St John's	Bishop of Sodor and Man (2008–2016)
Geoffrey Seagrave Pearson	St John's	Bishop of Lancaster (2006–2017)
Anthony Russell	St Chad's	Bishop of Dorchester (1988–2000); Bishop of Ely (2000–2010)
Mark Rylands	Hild Bede	Bishop of Shrewsbury (2009–2018)
Frank Sargeant	St John's	Bishop of Stockport (1984–1994); Bishop at Lambeth (1994–1999)
John Saxbee	St John's	Bishop of Ludlow (1994–2002); Bishop of Lincoln (2002–2011)
Bertram Simpson	University	Bishop of Kensington (1932–1942); Bishop of Southwark (1942–1959)
William Nigel Stock	St Cuthbert's	Bishop of Stockport (2000–2007); Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (2007–2013); Bishop at Lambeth (2013–2017); Bishop to the Forces and Bishop for the Falkland Islands (2014–2017)
Cyril Swaby	St John's	Bishop of Jamaica (1968–1975)
Proctor Swaby	Hatfield	Bishop of Guyana (1893–1899); Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1899–1916)
Gordon Tindall	Hatfield	Bishop of Grahamstown (1964–1969)
John Tinsley	St John's	Bishop of Bristol (1975–1985)
Michael Turnbull	St John's	Bishop of Durham (1994–2003)
James Turner	University	Bishop of Grafton and Armidale (1869–1893)
Dennis Victor	Hatfield	Bishop of Lebombo
Michael Volland	St John's	Bishop of Birmingham (2023–)
Martin Warner	St Chad's	Bishop of Chichester (2012–)
Martin Wharton	Van Mildert	Bishop of Newcastle (1997–2014)
Alison White	St Aidan's/St John's	Bishop of Hull
Alan Williams	Grey	Bishop of Brentwood (2014–)
Paul Gavin Williams	Grey	Bishop of Kensington (2009–2015); Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (2015–)
Pete Wilcox	St John's	Bishop of Sheffield (2017–)

Archdeacons

Name	College	Notes
Henry Carden	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934)
Alexander Chisholm	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Carlisle (1947–1958)
Richard Blundell Comins	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910)
Herbert Edmonds	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940)
Hugh Edwardes	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944)
Richard Gillings	St Chad's	Archdeacon of Macclesfield (1994–2004)
Glyndwr Hackett	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Monmouth (2001–2008)
Thomas Hodgson	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1915–1921)
Robert Jones	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Worcester (2014–)
George MacDermott	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Norwich (1921–1938)
Henry Marriott	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951)
Frederic Murray	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918)
Andrew Ritchie	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Surrey (1949–1955)
Morris Rodham	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Warwick (2010–2019)
Richard Ross-Lewin	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921)
Edward Seager	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Dorset (1955–1974)
Andrew Spens of Craigsanquhar	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900)
Basil Stratton	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lichfield (1959–1974)
Paul Wheatley	?	Archdeacon of Sherborne (1991–2003)
David Williams	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Cardigan (1928–1936)

Deans

Bill Baddeley
Adrian Dorber
Jonathan Draper
John Hall
Jane Hedges
Edward Shotter

Name	College	Notes
Bill Baddeley	St Chad's	Dean of Brisbane (1958–1967)
John Barker	?	Dean of Cloyne (1973–1984)
Dominic Barrington	Hatfield	Dean of York (2022–)
Adrian Dorber	St John's	Dean of Lichfield (2005–2023)
Jonathan Draper	St John's	Dean of Exeter (2012–2017)
Edward Frossard	University	Dean of Guernsey (1947–1967)
John Robert Hall	St Chad's	Dean of Westminster (2006–2019)
Jane Hedges	St John's	Dean of Norwich (2014–)
Roderick Mackay	Hatfield	Dean of Edinburgh (1939-1954)
Geoff Miller	?	Dean of Newcastle (2018–)
John Seaford	St Chad's	Dean of Jersey (1993–2005)
Edward Shotter	?	Dean of Rochester (1989–2003)
Michael Tavinor	University	Dean of Hereford (2002–2021)

Other clerics

Ronald Beddoes
John McManners
Iain Murray
David Pawson
Leonard Sharland
Stephen Warner

Name	College	Notes
Peter Adam	?	Principal of Ridley College (2002–2012)
Ronald Beddoes	St Chad's	Provost of Derby (1953–1981)
Joseph Cassidy	—	Principal of St Chad's College (1997–2015), Non-Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral (2001–2015)
George Dragas	?	Professor of Patristics at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
John Galbraith Graham	—	Chaplain and Tutor at St Chad's College (1949–1952); crossword puzzle writer, 'Araucaria' of The Guardian
Robert Hornby	University	Held Curacy at Wakefield and Flaxton, noted antiquarian
Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet	Hatfield	Rector of Hillington, Norfolk, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V
Alan Horsley	St Chad's	Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness (1988–1991)
William Kay	Hatfield	Provost of Blackburn Cathedral (1936–1961)
John Anthony McGuckin	Ushaw	Nielsen Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary
Hugh McIntosh	Hatfield	Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (1966–1970)
John McManners	St Chad's	Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford (1972–1984)
Iain Murray	Bede	Founder of Banner of Truth Trust
David Pawson	King's	Arminianism minister and Bible teacher
Leonard Sharland	St John's	CMS missionary in Southern Sudan; Canon of Khartoum (1951–1958)
Richard Turnbull	St John's	Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (2005–2012)
Stephen Warner	University	Rector of Holy Trinity, Eastbourne
Bill Williams	Hatfield	Provost of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)

Royalty

Emmanuel de Merode
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud

Name	College	Notes
Guillaume V	University	Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2025–)
Emmanuel de Merode	?	Prince of the House of Merode; Director of Virunga National Park (2008–)
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi	?	Emir of Sharjah (1972–)
Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud	?	Prince of the House of Saud; Governor of Al-Qassim Province (2015–)

Sports people

Olympic and Paralympic medallists

Name	College	Course	Medal
Fiona Crackles	Collingwood	Bsc Sport and Exercise Science	Bronze medal (field hockey) at 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in Tokyo
Jonathan Edwards	Van Mildert	BSc Physics	Gold medal (triple jump) at 2000 Olympics in Sydney; Silver medal in triple jump at 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
Angus Groom	Hatfield	BSc Natural Sciences	Silver medal (Quad sculls) at 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in Tokyo
Sophie Hosking	Trevelyan	BSc Chemistry and Physics	Gold medal (lightweight double sculls) at 2012 Olympics in London
Stephen Rowbotham	Collingwood	BA Business Economics	Bronze medal (double sculls) at 2008 Olympics in Beijing
Lily van den Broecke	University	BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics	Gold medal (mixed coxed four) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Basketball players

Mike Allison – basketball player for Gifu Swoops
Monika Bosilj – Croatian basketball player
Mollie Campbell – basketball player for Great Britain

Cricketers

Ajaz Akhtar – Cambridgeshire cricketer
Paul Allott (Bede) – Lancashire and England cricketer
Caroline Atkins (Hild Bede) – England cricketer
Colin Atkinson (King's) – former Somerset cricket captain
Jamie Atkinson (St Mary's) – Hong Kong cricket captain
Steve Atkinson (Bede) – Durham, the Netherlands and Hong Kong cricketer (1970s)
David Balcombe (Hild Bede) – Hampshire cricketer
Jonathan Batty (St Chad's) — Surrey and Gloucestershire wicket-keeper and opening batsman
Chaitanya Bishnoi (Hatfield) – Indian cricketer
Mark Chilton (Grey) – former Lancashire captain
Holly Colvin (St Mary's) – England cricketer; holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England
Nick Compton (Hatfield) – Middlesex and England batsman
Matthew Creese – Middlesex (1999) and Durham UCCE (2002)
Tim Curtis (Hatfield) – England cricketer
Lee Daggett (John Snow) – Northamptonshire (2009–2013)
Yasmin Daswani – Hong Kong women cricketer
Peter Deakin (Hatfield) – Dorset (1999–2006) and Cambridge University (1996)
Brian Evans (St Chad's) – Hertfordshire batsman
Laurie Evans (St Mary's) – English cricketer
Robert Ferley (Grey) – English cricketer
James Foster (Collingwood) – Essex and England wicketkeeper
Graeme Fowler (Bede) – former England and Lancashire cricketer; current coach of the MCC Centre of Excellence
James Freeling, 7th Baronet (Castle) – represented MCC and Oxford University
Cordelia Griffith – Middlesex Women batter
Steve Henderson (Hatfield) – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and Glamorgan (1983–1985) all-rounder
Simon Hughes (Castle) – writer, cricket analyst and former Middlesex and Durham bowler
Nasser Hussain (Hild Bede) – former captain of the England cricket team
Ben Hutton – Middlesex batsman
Thomas Jameson (Hatfield) – Warwickshire (1970) and Cambridge University (1970)
Will Jefferson (Hild Bede) – former Essex country cricketer
Douglas Lockhart – Scotland wicket-keeper
Alex Loudon (Collingwood) – Warwickshire and England all-rounder
Shan Masood - Pakistan Test cricketer
Gehan Mendis (Bede) – Sussex and Lancashire cricketer
Oliver Metcalfe – Munster Reds and Ireland A wicket-keeper
Matt Milnes (Stephenson) – Kent seam bowler
Gavin Moffat (Hatfield) – Cambridge University seam bowler
Tim O'Gorman (St Chad's) – Derbyshire batsman (1987–1996)
Ed Pollock (Collingwood) – Warwickshire batsman (2016–2021)
Mia Rogers (Collingwood) – wicket-keeper for Berkshire Women and Sunrisers
James Rowe (Hatfield) – Durham UCCE and Kent Cricket Board batsman (2002)
Will Smith (Collingwood) – Durham batsman (2007–2013)
Martin Speight (St Chad's) – former Durham County Cricket Club wicketkeeper
Alexander Stead – Durham UCCE and Staffordshire cricketer
Andrew Strauss (Hatfield) – former captain of the England Test cricket team
Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson (Hatfield) – England fast bowler and Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1956)
Freddie van den Bergh (Hatfield) – Surrey spin bowler
Nathaniel Watkins (Hatfield) – Durham MCCU and Jersey cricketer
Thomas Westley (Cuths) - England and Essex Cricketer, and Essex captain
James Wilkes-Green (Hatfield) – Durham MCCU and Guernsey cricketer
Robbie Williams (St Mary's) – Durham MCCU and Leicestershire fast bowler
Matthew Windows (Hild Bede) – Gloucestershire cricketer

Footballers

Thomas Blyth (Armstrong) – centre forward for Newcastle United
Eddy Brown – Coventry City and Birmingham City centre forward
Warren Bradley (Hatfield) – Manchester United and England footballer
Ana Cate – midfielder for Nicaragua women's team
Oliver Gill (Cuths) – footballer for Manchester United Football Club
Tommy Jackson – Aston Villa goalkeeper
Michael King (St Aidan's) – former Burnley winger
Rory Lonergan – Hong Kong FC left-back
Matt Perrella – goalkeeper for Utica City FC
Joe Shaw (Armstrong) – Hull City forward
Molly-Mae Sharpe – Crystal Palace Women winger
Jim Shoulder (Cuths) – Scarborough F.C. footballer
Wouter Verstraaten (Grey) – South Shields defender
Layla Young – footballer, Brighton & Hove Albion, Doncaster Belles and England

Field Hockey players

Jamie Cachia (St Mary's) – goalkeeper for Scotland national team
Fiona Crackles (Collingwood) – represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Steph Elliott (Collingwood) – defender for England women's team
Tessa Howard (Castle) – midfielder for England women's team
Ollie Payne (Josephine Butler) – represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sean Rowlands – represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Rui Saldanha (Hatfield) – represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rhys Smith (St Mary's) – midfielder for England national team
Jack Turner – forward for England national team
Jack Waller (Hild Bede) – defender for England and Great Britain

Rowers

Simon Barr (Hatfield)
Colin Barratt
Roger Brown (Hild Bede)
Andy Butt
James Clarke (Cuths)
Philippa Cross
Suzie Ellis (Trevs)
Angus Groom (Hatfield)
Will Fletcher (Hild Bede)
Alice Freeman (Hatfield)
Lucinda Gooderham (Hild Bede)
Wade Hall-Craggs (Grey)
Naomi Hoogesteger (Hild Bede)
David Hosking (Grey)
Tracy Langlands (St Mary's)
Ian Lawson (Cuths)
Lindsey Maguire (Ustinov)
Callum McBrierty (St John's)
Malindi Myers
Louisa Reeve (Hatfield)
Matt Rossiter (Cuths)
Peter Rudge (Van Mildert)
Emily Taylor (Hatfield)
Kim Thomas
Lily van den Broecke (Castle)

Rugby players

Toby Allchurch (Hatfield) – participated in 1979 England rugby union tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga
Josh Beaumont (St. Aidan's) – Sale Sharks and England national rugby union team player
Mark Bailey (Hild Bede) – former English national rugby union player, Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia
David Barnes – Bath prop
Beth Blacklock (Stephenson and Hatfield) – centre, Harlequins Women and Scotland women's national team
Richard Breakey (Hatfield) – Scotland rugby player
Adam Brocklebank (Collingwood) – Newcastle Falcons prop
Peter Browne (St John's) – Ulster Rugby lock/flanker
Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton (Hatfield) – former Scottish rugby union lock
Will Carling (Hatfield) – rugby union player for Harlequin F.C., former captain of the England national rugby union team (1988–1996)
Fran Clough (Collingwood) – England rugby player
Jon Dunbar – Scotland flanker
Phil de Glanville (Castle) – former captain of the England national rugby union team
P.J. Dixon (Grey) – Captain of England Rugby Union Team 1972; as an uncapped player, played in the Lions' first Test victories against New Zealand in 1971
Maurice Fitzgerald (Hild Bede) – England A and Biarritz prop
Coreen Grant (St John's) – centre, Saracens Women and Scotland women's national team
Will Greenwood (Hatfield) – England rugby player
Simon Hammersley – Sale Sharks fullback
Charlie Hannaford (Hatfield) – England rugby player
Fitz Harding (Hatfield) – Bristol Bears back row
Duncan Hodge – Scotland full back
Charlie Hodgson – England rugby player
Ed Kalman (Hild Bede) – Scotland prop
Heather Kerr (St Mary's) – represented England at 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
Peter Lillington (Hatfield) – participated in 1981 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand
Stuart Legg (Hatfield) – former rugby union full-back for Newcastle Falcons and Treviso
Claudia MacDonald (Josephine Butler) – England women scrum-half
Nick Makin (Castle) – Newcastle Falcons hooker
Alan Old – England international and British and Irish Lion, participated in 1974 South Africa tour
Chris Oti - England international
Guy Pepper – Bath flanker
Max Pepper (Collingwood) – Newcastle Falcons scrum-half
Ollie Phillips (Van Mildert) – captained England sevens
Sean Robinson – second row for Newcastle Falcons
Marcus Rose (Hatfield) – England rugby union international full back
Peter Rossborough (Bede) – former England rugby fullback
Andy Mullins (Hatfield) – England rugby player
Ben Stevenson – wing for Newcastle Falcons
Tim Stimpson (Grey) – rugby union player and England international (1996–2002)
Rob Vickers (Van Mildert) – Newcastle Falcons hooker
Dave Walder (Hatfield) – rugby union footballer, fly-half for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars in Japan
Peter Warfield (Hatfield) – England rugby player
Ben Woods (Hatfield) – former rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker

Runners

Mark Hudspith (Hatfield) – long-distance runner, 1994 Commonwealth Games medallist
Colin Kirkham (Cuths) – marathon runner, competed at 1972 Summer Olympics
Rahul Mehta (S. Mary's) – Indian long-distance runner, most famous for his victory in the 2001 Great North Run
Jon Solly (Hatfield) – long-distance runner, 1986 Commonwealth Games champion

Tennis players

Mallory Cecil (St Mary's)
Gabriela Knutson (Hatfield and Ustinov)
Henry Patten (Collingwood)
Romana Tabak
Finn Tearney
Julius Tverijonas
Filip Veger

Other sports people

Colin Crouch – chess International Master and prolific chess author
Peter Elleray (Collingwood) – Formula One and Le Mans Race Car designer
Katharine Ford (Hatfield) – 4 times world-record holding Ultracyclist and the first ever Briton to ride for 12 Hours or more on an Indoor Velodrome and Static bicycle
Shirin Gerami – first Iranian woman triathlete
Michael Knighton (Cuths) – Chairman of Carlisle United F.C.
Eli Schenkel (born 1992) - Canadian Olympic fencer
Robert Swan (St Chad's) – Honorary Fellow of St Chad's, Explorer – the first person to reach both the South and North Pole on foot
Jock Wishart (Bede) – set a new world record for circumnavigation of the globe in a powered vessel and organising the Polar Race

Writers

Authors

Poppy Adams (Hatfield) – novelist
Russell Ash (Cuths) – author of Top 10 of Everything
Oliver Balch (Hatfield) - travel writer
Simi Bedford – Nigerian novelist
John Blackburn (King's) – thriller writer
Edward Bradley (Castle) – novelist and clergyman known by the pen name Cuthbert M. Bede; author of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Bill Bryson – writer and former University Chancellor
Barbara Cleverly – author of mystery novels
William Farquhar Conton – Sierra Leonean author best known for The African
Tim FitzHigham (St Chad's) – award-winning British comedian, author, and world record holder
Stephen Davies (Collingwood) – children's author
Mark Elliott (Collingwood) – travel writer
Justin Hill (Cuths) – award-winning young author
Lorna Hill (St Mary's) – children's writer, author of the Sadlers Wells series
Khaled Khalifa – Banipal fellow at St Aidan's College
Baret Magarian (Castle) – novelist and freelance journalist
Allan Mallinson (St Chad's) – military historian and author of the Matthew Hervey novels
Guy Mankowski – author
Alice Oseman - novelist
Katharine Preston (Hatfield) – author and public speaker
Rosa Rankin-Gee (Hatfield) - novelist
Ernest Raymond (Unattached) – novelist
Mary Stewart (Hild) – novelist
Patrick Tilley – science fiction author (The Amtrak Wars)
Dan van der Vat (Cuths) – journalist, author
Annabel Venning (Castle) – journalist, author
Minette Walters (Trevs) – bestselling author and crime writer
Peter Watson (Castle) – journalist, author
Charles Gidley Wheeler – screenwriter (The Sandbaggers) and novelist

Journalists

George Arbuthnott – investigative journalist
Tim Atkin (Castle) – wine correspondent
Katy Balls (St Aidan's) – political editor of The Spectator
Dominic Carman (Hatfield) – journalist and Liberal Democrat politician
Benjamin Cook (Collingwood) – journalist and author
Adrian Dannatt (St Chad's) – child actor, artist and journalist
Hunter Davies (Castle) – journalist and author of The Beatles: The Only Authorised Biography
Harold Evans (Castle) – journalist; former editor of The Sunday Times and The Times; author of The American Century
Nigel Farndale (Grad Soc) – writer in the Sunday Telegraph
Jonah Fisher (Collingwood) – BBC journalist
Alexander Frater (Hatfield) – travel writer, journalist
Tom Harwood (St Mary's) - journalist, political commentator
Annabel Heseltine (St Mary's) – editor of School House Magazine
Graham Hancock (Cuths) – co-editor of New Internationalist magazine, 1976–1979; East Africa correspondent of The Economist, 1981–1983
Andrew Holgate (Cuths) – Literary Editor, The Sunday Times
John Kay (Hatfield) – former chief reporter with The Sun
Christopher Lamb (Castle) – Rome correspondent for The Tablet
Colin McDowell (Hatfield) – fashion writer and journalist
Andrew Norfolk (Hild Bede) – chief investigative reporter for The Times, known for work exposing the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
Sebastian Payne (Van Mildert) – journalist
Manveen Rana (Castle) – reporter, Today Programme
Jonathan Wilson (Grad Soc) – football journalist, founder and editor of The Blizzard

Poets, dramatists and translators

Richard Caddel – poet, publisher and editor
Julia Copus (St Mary's) – poet, children's writer and biographer, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and the National Poetry Competition
James Kirkup (Grey) – travel writer, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, broadcaster, Hon. Fellow Grey College from 1992
Liz Lefroy (St Mary's) – poet, winner of Roy Fisher prize (2011)
Alan Plater (King's) – playwright and TV writer
Tina Kover (Ustinov) – translator
Rachel McCarthy (Castle) – poet, critic and broadcaster
David Mercer (King's) – English playwright and dramatist
Michael O'Neill – poet and academic

Miscellaneous

Dave Anderson (Collingwood) – cartoon and animation writer
Lucy Beresford (Trevs) – writer, psychotherapist and media commentator
John Galbraith Graham (St Chad's) – crossword compiler, "Araucaria" of The Guardian; Chaplain and tutor at St Chad's 1949–52
Jack Edwards (St Cuthbert's) - YouTuber and author
Joseph Stevenson (Castle) – English Catholic archivist

Explorers

Stephanie Solomonides, first Cypriot to reach both the North and South Poles

Other notable people

Stephen Bicknell (St Chad's) – leading British organ builder and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music
Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (Hatfield) – Chairman of Sport England (2002–06)
E. C. B. Corlett – naval architect and consultant, pivotal in the restoration of the SS Great Britain
Sarah Everard (St Cuthbert's) – marketing executive murdered by a Metropolitan Police officer on 4 March 2021
Sir Terry Farrell (King's) – architect (the MI6 Building, Charing Cross railway station, KK100, Shenzhen)
Harry Faulkner-Brown (King's) – architect, particularly known for his work on Jesmond Library and the Newcastle Metro
Katharine Gun (St Mary's) – former translator for GCHQ and whistle-blower of information concerning USA activities in their push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Dame Elisabeth Hoodless (King's) – Executive Director of Community Service Volunteers
Jack Lynn (King's) – architect
Ian McCafferty (Van Mildert) – member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
David Rock (King's) – architect RIBA President 1997-99
Gordon Ryder (King's) – architect
Thomas Sharp – town planner, academic in the School of Architecture at King's College 1937–1945, president of the Town Planning Institute
Tim Smit (Hatfield) – horticulturalist and creator of the Eden Project
Alison and Peter Smithson (King's) – pioneers of brutalist architecture
Michael Spurr (St Chad's) – Director of Operations, HM Prison Service
David Walton (Van Mildert) – economist, member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Rupert Whitaker (Hild Bede) – founder and chairman of the Tuke Institute; co-founder of the Terence Higgins Trust
Sir William Whitfield (King's) – architect
Robert Beckley (University) - Police Officer
Rowan Ellis – Youtuber and LGBT rights activist