Alumni of the University of Hull
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Hull.
Notable alumni
- Michael Aldrich, online shopping pioneer, innovator, and entrepreneur (BA, 1962)
- Daniel Francis Annan, former Appeal Court Judge, member of the Provisional National Defence Council and Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (1993–2001)
- Fred Apaloo, Chief Justice of Ghana (1977–1986) and later Kenya (1993–?)
- Len Arran, Songwriter, Composer
- Erkin Bairam, Professor of Economics at the University of Otago (1991–2001)
- Dan Billany, novelist
- Colin Challen, Labour politician (BA, Philosophy, 1983)
- Mark Chapman, Radio 1 DJ
- Mark Charnock, actor and star of ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Simon Cheshire, children's writer
- Stan Cullimore, musician (BSc, Maths, 1984)
- Richard Douglas CB, Director General and Chief Operating Officer, Department of Health (BA, English, 1978)
- Rae Earl, author and broadcaster
- Louise Ellman, Labour politician (BA, 1967)
- Barry Everitt, Professor of Neuroscience, Master of Downing College, University of Cambridge
- Frank Field, Labour politician
- Richard A Flavell, Chair of Immunobiology at Yale University, HHMI Investigator, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Stephen Gallagher, novelist, screenwriter
- Tony Galvin, former Tottenham Hotspur and Republic of Ireland footballer
- Hazel Genn, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London
- Dennis Gibson, academic, Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia (BSc, 1963)
- Anthony Giddens (Lord Giddens), sociologist, government advisor, and writer; former director of the LSE
- Sarah Greene, actor and television presenter
- David Hanson, Labour Party politician
- Lord Hattersley, Labour Party politician
- Mark C. Hunter, naval historian
- Muhtar Kent, Turkish businessman and executive of the Coca-Cola Company
- Dorothy Lightbourne, Attorney General of Jamaica
- Nicholas Liverpool, current President of Dominica
- Christine Loh, Hong Kong politician
- John McCarthy, journalist
- Roger McGough, poet and presenter
- Rosie Millard, journalist, columnist, and broadcaster
- Anthony Minghella, film director
- Juliet Morris (aka Julie), broadcaster
- Chris Mullin, Labour politician, author, and journalist
- Jenni Murray, broadcaster and writer
- Tom Paulin, poet, and lecturer at The University of Oxford
- John Prescott MP, Former Deputy Prime Minister
- Jonathan Raban, fiction and travel writer, including "Hunting Mister Heartbreak" and "Bad Land: An American Romance"
- Sian Reese-Williams actor and star of ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Simon Rushton, academic
- The Silkie, 1960s folk band, all members of the band attended the university
- Mike Stock, record producer
- Chris Tame, libertarian political activist and founder and Director of the Libertarian Alliance
- Jon Trickett MP, Labour Politician
- Sam Troughton, actor, grandson of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton
- Wouter Van Besien, Belgian politician of the green party Groen!.
- Tom Watson MP, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
- Jennifer Wilby, Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull.
- Rosie Winterton MP, Labour Party politician
- Helen Grant MP, Conservative Party politician
- Everything But the Girl, (Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt), a sophisti-pop duo
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