List of University of Bristol people
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This page collects together some of the more notable among the alumni of the University of Bristol, along with a brief description of their notability.
[edit] Academia
- Nancy Millis (Chancellor of La Trobe University, Australia)
- David William Rhind (Vice-Chancellor of City University)
- Richard Sykes (Rector of Imperial College, formerly Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline)
- John Metcalf (Editor of Canadian Notes and Queries.
- Sean Mann (Bioethicist, formerly of the University of California, Berkeley)
- A.G.E. Blake (Philosophical Writer and the Director of Studies at the DuVersity.)
- Irving Hexham (Professor of Religious Studies, University of Calgary).
- Steven Reader (Professor of Geography, University of South Florida)
[edit] Writers
- Angela Carter (Author)
- Dick King-Smith (Author)
- Deborah Moggach (Author)
- Jeremy Thomas (Script writer)
- Sarah Kane (Playwright)
- David Gibbins (Author)
- Mark Ravenhill (Playwright)
- Julie Myerson (Novelist)
[edit] Business
- Roger Holmes (CEO of Marks & Spencer)
- Fiona Lowry (CEO of Merlin Communications)
- Jemima Goldsmith
- Sahar Hashemi (Founder of the chain Coffee Republic)
- Tehseen Noorani (Local entrepreneur, founder of the Giza empire)
- Peter Williams (CEO of Selfridges)
- Sinan Mohammed Rida al-Shibibi (Governor of the Iraqi Central Bank)
- Matt Goode (Investment Banker)
[edit] Journalism
- Plum Sykes (Fashion journalist)
- Alastair Stewart (TV Journalist)
- Kate Sanderson (TV Journalist)
- Laura Trevelyan (TV Journalist)
- Matthew Norman (Newspaper journalist)
- Misha Glenny (Newspaper and BBC radio journalist)
- Caroline St John-Brooks (Newspaper journalist)
- Jim White (Newspaper journalist)
- William Lewis (journalist) (Editor of The Daily Telegraph)
- Sarah Montague (Presenter of the Today programme)
[edit] Politics
- Paul Boateng (Member of Parliament)
- Manuel Esquivel (Former Prime Minister of Belize)
- Dawn Primarolo (Paymaster-General)
- Chris Woodhead (Columnist, former Chief Inspector of Schools)
- George W. Odlum (Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Lucia)
- Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa)
- Danny Montano (Senator of the Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago)
- Lembit Opik (Member of Parliament)
- Stephen Williams (Member of Parliament)
- Theresa Villiers (Member of the European Parliament)
- Bob Marshall-Andrews (Member of Parliament)
- Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern of Vauxhall
- Daniel Russell (Official of the European Economic and Social Committee)
- Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe, Botswana politician, diplomat
- Jonathan Evans, Head of MI5
[edit] Science
- Paul Dirac (Nobel laureate, Physics)
- Klaus Fuchs (Physicist and Russian spy)
- Nevill Mott (Nobel laureate, Physics)
- Cecil Frank Powell (Nobel laureate, Physics)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (Nobel laureate, Chemistry)
- Sir William Ramsay (Nobel laureate, Chemistry)
- David Bohm (Physicist)
- Michael Berry (Physicist)
- Kun Huang (Physicist)
- Sean Mann (Bioethicist)
[edit] TV/Film/Theatre
- Emily Watson (Actress)
- Jason Isaacs (Actor)
- Judy Finnigan (TV Presenter)
- Sue Lawley (TV Presenter)
- Chris Morris (Comedian / Satirist)
- Dominik Diamond (TV Presenter)
- Derren Brown (Magician)
- Philip Jackson (Actor)
- Marcus Brigstocke (Comedian)
- Matt Lucas (Comedian)
- David Walliams (Comedian)
- Neil Cole (Comedian / Broadcaster)
- Simon Pegg (Comedy writer and actor)
- Matthew Warchus (Director)
- Michael Winterbottom (Director)
- Chris Langham (Comedian)
- Stuart Longley (Actor - Spaced Episode 2.3 - in Robot Club scene, bare-chested.)
- Iain Morris (Producer)
[edit] Satire
- Craig Brown Journalist and humorous author
[edit] Sport
- Tom Avery (Explorer)
- Josh Lewsey (Rugby Union)
- Jake Meyer (Climber)
[edit] Art
- Mark Hewitt (studio potter)
[edit] Music
- James Blunt (Musician, Singer and Songwriter)
- Arabella Gibbins (Musician, Singer and Songwriter)
