List of University of Bristol people

This is a list of alumni of the University of Bristol, including a brief description of their notability. See also "".

Politics

*Paul Boateng (Member of Parliament)http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/az_uni_colleges/article1213466.ece]
*Michael Cocks (Labour Chief Whip and life peer).
*Sir Liam Donaldson (Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom Government)
*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 (Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament)
*Theresa Villiers (Member of Parliament)
*Bob Marshall-Andrews (Member of Parliament)
*David Kidney (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

Academia

*Nancy Millis (Chancellor of La Trobe University, Australia)
*David William Rhind (Vice-Chancellor of City University) [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=286&srcid=201 University of Bristol Alumni ] ]
*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).
*Elaine Graham (Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, University of Manchester)

Literature

*Angela Carter (Author) [ [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acarter.htm Angela Carter ] ]
*Dick King-Smith (Author)
*Deborah Moggach (Author)
*Sarah Kane (Playwright)
*David Gibbins (Author)
*Mark Ravenhill (Playwright)
*Julie Myerson (Novelist)
*Julia Donaldson (Children's author)
*Kate Long (Author)
*David Nicholls (Novelist and screenwriter) [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/readingroom/2004/02/11/nicholl.shtml BBC - The Reading Room - Starter for Ten ] ]

Business

*Sahar Hashemi (Founder of the chain Coffee Republic)
*Sinan Mohammed Rida al-Shibibi (Governor of the Iraqi Central Bank)

Journalism

*Susanna Reid (TV journalist)
*Alastair Stewart (TV journalist) [ [http://www.justadrop.org/en-gb/whoweare/trustees/261.cfm Just a Drop - Clean Water Charity for the world - Alastair Stewart OBE ] ]
*Kate Sanderson (TV journalist)
*Sheena McDonald (TV 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)
*James Landale - BBC journalist and founder of Bristol's student newspaper Epigram

cience

*Philip Campbell (editor-in-chief of "Nature")
*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)
*Debby Reynolds Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom
*David Bohm (Physicist)
*Michael Berry (Physicist)
*Kun Huang (Physicist)
*Sean Mann (Bioethicist)
*Rob Leslie-Carter (Engineer)

TV/Film/Theatre

*David Bamber (Actor) [ [http://pandp2.home.comcast.net/pandp2cast/bamber.html The David Bamber Page ] ]
*Marcus Brigstocke (Comedian) [ [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=268&srcid=190 University of Bristol Alumni ] ]
*Jeremy Brock (Actor and Director)
*Derren Brown (Psychological Illusionist)
*Neil Cole (Comedian / Broadcaster)
*Alex Cox (Director)
*Dominik Diamond (TV Presenter)
*Judy Finnigan (TV Presenter)
*Caroline Goodall (Actress)
*Jason Isaacs (Actor)
*Philip Jackson (Actor)
*Chris Langham (Comedian)
*Sue Lawley (TV Presenter)
*Matt Lucas (Comedian) [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=268&srcid=228 University of Bristol Alumni ] ]
*Chris Morris (Comedian / Satirist)
*Iain Morris (Producer)
*Simon Pegg (Comedy writer and actor)
*Tim Pigott-Smith (Actor)
*Mark Ravenhill (playwright)
*Jeremy Thomas (film producer)
*David Walliams (Comedian)
*Matthew Warchus (Director)
*Emily Watson (Actress) [ [http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2005/646 Bristol University | News from the University | Students' Union and Film-making Society ] ]
*Michael Winterbottom (Director)
*Charlotte Uhlenbroek (TV presenter)
*Paul Unwin(Director/writer)
*Matthew Warchus (Director/dramatist)
*Michael Winterbottom (filmmaker)

ports

*Tom Avery (Explorer)
*Josh Lewsey (England international in rugby union)
*Jake Meyer (Climber)
*Alex King (Rugby union player ASM Clermont Auvergne)

Music

*James Blunt (Musician, Singer and Songwriter)
*Julian Grant (Classical music composer)
*Harriet Wheeler (Musician, Singer for The Sundays)

Others

*Craig Brown (satirist) (Journalist and humorous author)
*Mark Hewitt (studio potter)
*Jemima Khan (Socialite)

References

External links

* [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=190&srcid=178 Bristol's list of notable alumni]
* [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=689&srcid=190 Books published by Bristol alumni]
* [http://www.alumni.bris.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=404&srcid=187 The University of Bristol Aumni Foundation]