List of University of Leeds people

This list of University of Leeds people is a selected list of notable past staff and students of the University of Leeds.

tudents

Politics

*John Battle, Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds West (English, 1976)
*Alan Campbell, Labour Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and Government Whip (PGCE)
*Nambaryn Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia (Exchange student, 1986)
*Ken Hind, barrister and former Conservative Member of Parliament for West Lancashire (Law, 1971)
*Eric Illsley, Labour Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central (LLB in Law)
*Christopher Leslie, Labour Member of Parliament for Shipley 1997-2005 (Politics and Parliamentary Studies, 1994)
*Clare Short, Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood and former International Development Secretary (Political Science, 1969)
*Jack Straw, Labour Member of Parliament for Blackburn and Leader of the House of Commons (LLB in Law, 1967)
*Paul Truswell, Labour Member of Parliament for Pudsey (History, 1977)
*Elio Di Rupo, Belgian socialist politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region (2005-2007)
* Simba Makoni Zimbabwean Politician and Candidate for Zimbabwe Elections 2008

Media

*Kamal Ahmed, executive news editor, "The Observer" (Political studies, 1990)
*Timothy Allen, photojournalist (Zoology, 1989)
*Stephen Beard, radio journalist, London correspondent for Marketplace from American Public Media (Law, 1971)
*Steve Bell, political cartoonist for "The Guardian" (Fine Art, 1974)
*Mark Byford, deputy Director-General of the BBC (LLB in Law, 1979)
*Barry Cryer, comedian and scriptwriter (English, did not graduate)
*Paul Dacre, editor of the "Daily Mail" (English, 1970)
*Gavin Esler, Newsnight anchor (MA Anglo-Irish Literature, 1975)
*Jenni Falconer, television presenter (Student, Spanish and Italian, 1990s)
*Simon Hattenstone, features writer, "The Guardian" (English, 1984)
*John Holmes, journalist and socialite (Classics, 1937)
*Andy Kershaw, journalist and radio D.J. (politics, 1980s, failed to graduate) (Honorary DMus, 2005)
*Liz Kershaw, journalist and radio DJ. (textiles, 1978)
*Peter Morgan, screenwriter (Fine Art, 1980s)
*Richard Quest Reporter for CNN (Law, 1985)
*Jay Rayner, features writer and restaurant critic, "The Observer" (Political studies, 1987)
*Georgie Thompson, Sky Sports News presenter (Broadcast Journalism, 1999)
*Mark Wheat, radio DJ at The Current from Minnesota Public Radio (English, 1981)
*Andy Wilson, rugby league correspondent for "The Guardian" (Politics)
*Nicholas Witchell, BBC newsreader and royal and diplomatic correspondent (LLB in Law, 1976)
*Mark Wood, Chairman and CEO of ITN (German, 1974)
*Alan Yentob, BBC Creative Director (graduated LLB in Law, 1968)

Arts

*Shona Auerbach, award-winning director/cinematograper of "Dear Frankie"
*Corinne Bailey Rae, soul singer (English Literature, 2000)
*Jonny Berliner, musician and composer (History and Philosophy of Science, 2002)
*Jonathan Clements, writer (Japanese, 1994)
*Jeremy Dyson, screenwriter and member of "The League of Gentlemen" (Philosophy, 1989)
*Tony Harrison, poet (Classics with Linguistics, 1958)
*Storm Jameson, writer (English, 1912; MA 1914)
*Mark Knopfler, OBE, rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter (English, 1973)
*Kay Mellor, television actress and scriptwriter (attended Bretton Hall, 1983)
*Alistair McGowan, actor, comedian and impressionist (English, 1986)
*Herbert Read, poet and literary critic (English)
*Simon Rix, bass player for Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs (Maths and Geography, 2000)
*Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and first African winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 (English, 1957)
*Greg Stekelman, writer and illustrator, author of "A Year in the Life of TheManWhoFellAsleep" (English and Spanish, 1998)
*Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (Textile Management, did not graduate)
*Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author (English student, 1960s)
*Billy Hopkins, best-selling author of Manchester-based novels "Our Kid", "Kate's Story" etc (Diploma in Secondary Education, 1957) [cite web | url=http://www.billysbooks.info/ | title=The author (in his own words) | author=Billy Hopkins | accessdate = 2007-10-30]
*Andy Kershaw, DJ and broadcaster (Politics).

cience and technology

*Robert Blackburn, aviation pioneer and founder of Blackburn Aircraft (Engineering, 1906)
*Edmund Happold, founder of Buro Happold and the Construction Industry Council (Civil Engineering, 1957)
*V. Craig Jordan, OBE, responsible for pioneering research into breast cancer and the development of the cancer drug Tamoxifen, (BSc and Ph.D. in pharmacology,1969 and 1972)
*George Porter, chemist, Nobel prize winner and President of the Royal Society (Chemistry, 1941)
*Piers Sellers, NASA astronaut (Biometeorology, 1981)
*Emily Cummins, Technology Woman of the Future 2006, British Female Innovator Of the Year 2007

Other

*Michael Asher, Desert explorer and author (English 1977)
* Ian P Buckingham, Management consultant and author (English 1989)
*Daniel Byles, Guinness World Record holding ocean rower and polar explorer (Economics and Management Studies 1996)
*Marilyn Stowe, divorce lawyer and the first Chief Assessor and Chief Examiner of the Law Society's Family Law Panel (Law, 1970s)
*Philip Donohue, Head of marketing for Nintendo (UK) (Business Management, 1995)
*Christopher Fay, CBE, chairman of the advisory committee on business and the environment, chairman of Expro International and a director with BAA and Anglo American, and chairman and chief executive of Shell UK from 1993–1998 (BSc and Ph.D. in civil engineering, 1967, 1970)
*Kat Fletcher, president of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, 2004-2006 (Sociology)
*Richard Hoggart, sociologist and author of "The Uses of Literacy" (English, 1939)
*Ivor Porter, Ambassador and Author of "Operation Autonomous" and "King Michael" (English, 1936)
*Richard Profit, polar explorer (Biology and Management Studies 1996)
*Dr Harold Shipman, general practitioner and convicted serial killer (Medicine, 1970)
*George Martin Stephen, high master of St Paul's School, London (English and History)
*Cec Thompson - rugby league player and co-founder of Student Rugby League
*David Hessayon - gardening author and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, biggest-selling non-fiction author in history (Botany, 1950)
*Abdullah O. Nasseef - Saudi Geologist , Chemist , Politician.
*Sir Christoper Rose - former head of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (LLB, 1957)

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The following people have been members of staff at the University:
*Lascelles Abercrombie, poet and literary critic (Professor of English literature, 1923-1929)
*William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules (Textile physics, 1928-1961)
*Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist
*Sir William Henry Bragg, Nobel Prize winning physicist/chemist (Physics, 1909-1915)
* Asa Briggs, historian
*Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of British Library (University Librarian, 1997-2000)
*David Crighton, mathematician (Mathematics, 1974-1986)
*Geoffrey Hill, poet (English, 1954-1980)
*Geoff Hoon, politician (Law, 1976-1981)
*Sir Christopher Ingold, chemist
*Benedikt Isserlin, Semitist and ancient historian
*Percy Fry Kendall, Award-winning geologist (Geology 1904-22)
*Arnold Kettle, literary critic (English, 1947-70)
*Owen Lattimore, pioneer in Chinese studies (Professor of Chinese studies, 1963-1970)
*John Anthony McGuckin, former Reader in Patristic and Byzantine Theology
*David I. Masson, British science-fiction writer (assistant librarian 1938-1939; curator of the Brotherton Collection 1956-1979)
*Sir Roy Meadow, paediatrician
*Ralph Miliband, political theorist
*Leonard James Rogers, mathematician (Mathematics 1889-1919)
*Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel Prize winner
*J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes), writer (English, 1930-1935)
*E. P. Thompson, historian (Extra Mural, 1948-1965)
*Professor J. R. R. Tolkien, writer (English, 1920-1925)
*Stephen Turnbull, military historian
* Professor Philip Wilby, composer, School of Music until 2006
*Verna Wright, senior lecturer, rheumatology
*G. Wilson Knight, literary critic (English)

References

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External links

* [http://www.leeds.ac.uk University of Leeds homepage]