- Source: List of University of Birmingham alumni
This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Birmingham and its predecessors, Mason Science College and Queen's College, Birmingham. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Birmingham University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Heads of state and government
Nobel Prize recipients
In addition, soil scientist Peter Bullock (1958 BA Geography) contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
Academics
= Agriculture
=Chris Pollock, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Welsh Assembly Government 2007-08
Christopher Wathes, Chairman of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, awarded the Research Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (BSc in Physics, 1974)
= Biology
== Chemistry
== Computer science, mathematics and statistics
=Julian Besag, statistician, recipient of the Guy Medal in Silver (1983) (BSc in 1968)
Mike Cowlishaw, computer scientist
Peter McCullagh, statistician, recipient of the Guy Medal in Bronze (1983) and in Silver (2005), and the inaugural Karl Pearson Prize
Mary Lee Woods, mathematician and computer programmer
Mike Worboys, mathematician and computer scientist
= Cultural studies
=Paul Gilroy, sociologist and cultural theorist
Stuart Hall, cultural theorist
Lawrence Grossberg, cultural studies theorist
Paul Willis, sociologist and cultural theorist
Angela McRobbie, media studies scholar and cultural theorist
= Economics
=David Bailey, economist
Michael Beesley, industrial economist
David Blanchflower, labour economist
Julian Cooper, specialist in Russian economic matters (PhD)
Milton Ezrati, economist
Homa Katouzian, economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies
Charit Tingsabadh, Thai economist
Alan Williams, health economist
= Education
=John Omoniyi Abiri, Nigerian academic, dean of the Faculty of Education University of Ilorin
Mel Ainscow, Professor of Education at the University of Manchester
William Arbuckle Reid, British curriculum theorist
Leaena Tambyah, social worker and founder of the first school for children with multiple disabilities in Singapore
= Engineering
== English
=Polly Ho-Yen, author
David Lodge, novelist and literary critic (PhD English, 1967; Professor of English)
Lorna Sage, English academic, author and literary critic
F. P. Wilson, literary scholar and bibliographer
= Geography
=John Brian Harley, geographer and map historian
Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, geographer
Terry Slater, Reader in Historical Geography
Michael John Wise, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of London
= Geology
=Rob Larter, Marine Geolophysicist, British Antarctic Survey, awarded the Polar Medal (PhD Geological Sciences, 1991)
Li Siguang, father of geomechanics in China
Frank H. T. Rhodes, geologist, President of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995
Ethel Shakespear, geologist (DSc 1906)
Gordon Warwick, geomorphologist and speleologist
Harry B. Whittington, palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna
Leonard Johnston Wills, British geologist, recipient of the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1954
= History
== Humanities, management and social sciences
=Akbar S. Ahmed, anthropologist; Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University, Washington, DC
Shahram Akbarzadeh, professor of International Relations, East European Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Melbourne
Paul Crawford, academic, author and broadcaster; professor of Health Humanities at the University of Nottingham
John Ellis, media academic
Sir John Hills, professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics; director of the ESRC Research Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion
Stephen Hinton, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University
Alan Kennedy, Professor of Psychology from 1972–2006 at the University of Dundee
Vincent Watts, management consultant, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (1997–2002)
Ian Wilson, Canadian linguist
= Medicine and dentistry
== Philosophy
=John Lewis, philosopher
Bernard Mayo, English philosopher
Constance Naden, philosopher and poet
= Physics
== Political science
=Stephen Gill, political scientist
Philip Gummett, Chief Executive at the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Director of the PREST institute, and Professor of Government and Technology Policy at Manchester University (BSc Chemistry, 1969)
Richard Sakwa, Russian and European political scientist
= Theology
=Robert Beckford, theologian and film-maker (PhD and later a research fellow)
William Lane Craig, philosopher and Christian apologist
Gavin D'Costa, Professor of Theology at the University of Bristol
Lynn de Silva, Sri Lankan theologian, former director of the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, Methodist minister
James Haire, Director of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre at Charles Sturt University in Canberra
James Holt, Mormon scholar
John M. Hull, Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham
J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam scholar
= Zoology
=Minnie Abercrombie, zoologist
Leslie Brent, immunologist and zoologist
Desmond Morris, zoologist, author and TV presenter
Karl Shuker, zoologist and cryptozoologist
Actors, comedians and directors
Armed forces
Peter Gray, Air Commodore (ret’d) and military historian
Alan Hawley, Major General, Director General of the Army Medical Services 2006-09
Sir Mike Jackson, former Chief of the General Staff, the most senior officer in the British Army
Adrian Nance, Commodore of Royal Navy Maritime Warfare School based in HMS Collingwood, commanding officer of HMS Ark Royal
David Tinker, Royal Navy supply officer, killed in action, shortly before the end of the Falklands War, when HMS Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet missile
Authors and writers
Business and entrepreneurship
Charities and NGOs
H. J. Blackham, first president and co-founder of the British Humanist Association
Ian Bruce, academic, vice-president of the Royal National Institute of Blind People, founder and president of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School
Glanis Changachirere, women's rights activist and founder of the Institute for Young Women Development
Hany El-Banna, founder of Islamic Relief
Monica Fletcher, Chief Executive of Education for Health (MSc Healthcare Policy and Management, 1997)
George Hosking, founder of the WAVE Trust
Jane Slowey, Chief Executive of The Foyer Federation
Sir Nick Young, Chief Executive of the British Red Cross, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief (1995-2001)
Engineers
Healthcare
Lawyers and judges
Media and journalism
Musicians
Politics and government
= United Kingdom
== Africa
=Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia
= Asia
== The Caribbean
=John Delaney, Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs of The Bahamas (LLB Law, 1986)
Harold Lovell, Minister of Finance, the Economy and Public Administration Antigua and Barbuda
Alvina Reynolds, Saint Lucian minister for Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations
= Europe
=Sven Giegold, Green Party MEP
David Hallam Labour Party MEP
= Middle East
=Lucien Dahdah, Lebanese foreign minister, 1975
Abdul-Aziz Higazy, Egyptian Prime Minister, PhD 1951
Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, Information and Culture Minister of Saudi Arabia 2009-14
Omar Z Malhas, Finance Minister of Jordan, 2015 to 2018. MBA-IBF 1991
= Oceania
=Gerry Bates, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Michael Johnson, member of the Australian House of Representatives
ʻAna Taufeʻulungaki, Tongan minister
= International organisations and ambassadors
=Religion
Royalty
Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, Lesotho High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Prince Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian, sixth son of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and of Batoul Khanoum, Iran
Sport
Others
See also
List of University of Birmingham people
List of University of Birmingham academics
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