List of Newcastle University people

This article is a list of people associated with Newcastle University as either a student or teacher.

Contents

• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y

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A

William Armstrong

Rowan Atkinson

• Ali Mohamed Shein, 7th President of Zanzibar
• Richard Adams - fairtrade businessman[1]
• Kate Adie - journalist[2]
• Yasmin Ahmad - Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter[3]
• Prince Adewale Aladesanmi - Nigerian prince and businessman[4]
• Jane Alexander - Bishop[5]
• Theodosios Alexander (BSc Marine Engineering 1981) - Dean, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology of Saint Louis University[6]
• William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - industrialist; in 1871 founded College of Physical Science, an early part of the University[7]
• Roy Ascott - new media artist
• Dennis Assanis - Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Stony Brook University[8]
• Neil Astley - publisher, editor and writer[9]
• Rodney Atkinson - eurosceptic conservative academic[10]
• Rowan Atkinson - comedian and actor[11]
• Kane Avellano - Guinness World Record for youngest person to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle (solo and unsupported) at the age of 23 in 2017[12]

B

Bruce Babbitt

Alan Beith

• Bruce Babbitt - U.S. politician; 16th Governor of Arizona (1978–1987); 47th United States Secretary of the Interior (1993–2001); Democrat[13]
• James Baddiley - biochemist, based at Newcastle University 1954–1983;[14] the Baddiley-Clark building is named in part after him
• Tunde Baiyewu - member of the Lighthouse Family[15]
• John C. A. Barrett - clergyman[16]
• G. W. S. Barrow - historian[17]
• Neil Bartlett - chemist, creation of the first noble gas compounds (BSc and PhD at King's College, University of Durham, later Newcastle University)[18]
• Sue Beardsmore - television presenter[19]
• Alan Beith - politician[20]
• Jean Benedetti - biographer, translator, director and dramatist[21]
• Phil Bennion - politician[22]
• Catherine Bertola - contemporary painter[23]
• Simon Best - Captain of the Ulster Rugby team; Prop for the Ireland Team[24]
• Andy Bird - CEO of Disney International[25]
• Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan - heir apparent to the earldom of Cork[26]
• David Bradley - science writer[27]
• Mike Brearley - professional cricketer, formerly a lecturer in philosophy at the university (1968–1971)[28]
• Constance Briscoe - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK; author of the best-selling autobiography Ugly;[29] found guilty in May 2014 on three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice; jailed for 16 months[30]
• Steve Brooks - entomologist; attained BSc in Zoology and MSc in Public Health Engineering from Newcastle University in 1976 and 1977 respectively[31]
• Thom Brooks - academic, columnist[32]
• Gavin Brown - academic[33]
• Vicki Bruce - psychologist[34]
• Basil Bunting - poet; Northern Arts Poetry Fellow at Newcastle University (1968–70); honorary DLitt in 1971[35][36]
• John Burgan - documentary filmmaker[37]
• Mark Burgess - computer scientist[38]
• Sir John Burn - Professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle University Medical School; Medical Director and Head of the Institute of Genetics; Newcastle Medical School alumnus[39]
• William Lawrence Burn - historian and lawyer, history chair at King's College, Newcastle (1944–66)[40]
• John Harrison Burnett - botanist, chair of Botany at King's College, Newcastle (1960–68)[41]

C

• Richard Caddel - poet[42]
• Ann Cairns - President of International Markets for MasterCard[43]
• Deborah Cameron - linguist[44]
• Stuart Cameron - lecturer[45]
• John Ashton Cannon - historian; Professor of Modern History; Head of Department of History from 1976 until his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1979; Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1983–1986[46]
• Ian Carr - musician[47]
• Jimmy Cartmell - rugby player, Newcastle Falcons[24]
• Steve Chapman - Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University[48]
• Dion Chen - Hong Kong educator[49]
• Ashraf Choudhary - scientist[50]
• Chua Chor Teck - Managing Director of Keppel Group[51]
• Jennifer A. Clack - palaeontologist[52]
• George Clarke - architect[53]
• Carol Clewlow - novelist[54]
• Brian Clouston - landscape architect[55]
• Ed Coode - Olympic gold medallist[56]
• John Coulson - chemical engineering academic[57]
• Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox - cross-bench member of the British House of Lords[58]
• Nicola Curtin – Professor of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics

D

Alexander Downer

• Fred D'Aguiar - author[59]
• Julia Darling - poet, playwright, novelist, MA in Creative Writing[60]
• Simin Davoudi - academic[61]
• Richard Dawson - civil engineering academic and member of the UK Committee on Climate Change
• Katie Doherty - singer-songwriter[62]
• Nowell Donovan - vice-chancellor for academic affairs and Provost of Texas Christian University[63]
• Catherine Douglas - Ig Nobel Prize winner for Veterinary Medicine[64]
• Annabel Dover - artist, studied fine art 1994–1998[65]
• Alexander Downer - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996–2007)[66]
• Chloe Duckworth - archaeologist and presenter
• Chris Duffield - Town Clerk and Chief Executive of the City of London Corporation[67]

E

• Michael Earl - academic[68]
• Tom English - drummer, Maxïmo Park[69]

F

Tim Farron

Bryan Ferry

• U. A. Fanthorpe - poet[70]
• Frank Farmer - medical physicist; professor of medical physics at Newcastle University in 1966[71][72]
• Terry Farrell - architect[73]
• Tim Farron - former Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale[74]
• Ian Fells - professor[75]
• Andy Fenby - rugby player[76]
• Bryan Ferry - singer, songwriter and musician, member of Roxy Music and solo artist; studied fine art[77]
• E. J. Field - neuroscientist, director of the university's Demyelinating Disease Unit[78]
• John Niemeyer Findlay - philosopher[79]
• John Fitzgerald - computer scientist[80]
• Vicky Forster - cancer researcher[81]
• Rose Frain - artist[82]

G

• Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster - aristocrat, billionaire, businessman and landowner
• Peter Gibbs - television weather presenter[83]
• Ken Goodall - rugby player[84]
• Peter Gooderham - British ambassador[85]
• Michael Goodfellow - Professor in Microbial Systematics[86]
• Robert Goodwill - politician[87]
• Richard Gordon - author[88]
• Teresa Graham - accountant[89]
• Thomas George Greenwell - National Conservative Member of Parliament[90]

H

Ken Hodcroft

Bill Hopkins

• Sarah Hainsworth - Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University[91]
• Alex Halliday - Professor of Geochemistry, University of Oxford[92]
• Richard Hamilton - artist[93]
• Vicki L. Hanson - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2017
• Rupert Harden - professional rugby union player
• Tim Head - artist[94]
• Patsy Healey - professor[95]
• Alastair Heathcote - rower[96]
• Dorothy Heathcote - academic[97]
• Adrian Henri - 'Mersey Scene' poet and painter[98]
• Stephen Hepburn - politician[99]
• Jack Heslop-Harrison - botanist[100]
• Tony Hey - computer scientist; honorary doctorate 2007
• Stuart Hill - author[101]
• Jean Hillier - professor[102]
• Ken Hodcroft - Chairman of Hartlepool United; founder of Increased Oil Recovery[103]
• Robert Holden - landscape architect[104]
• Bill Hopkins - composer[105]
• David Horrobin - entrepreneur[106]
• Debbie Horsfield - writer of dramas, including Cutting It[107]
• John House - geographer[108]
• Paul Hudson - weather presenter[109]
• Philip Hunter - educationist[110]
• Ronald Hunt – Art Historian who was librarian at the Art Department[111]

I

• Martin Ince - journalist and media adviser, founder of the QS World University Rankings[112]
• Charles Innes-Ker - Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford[113]
• Mark Isherwood - politician[114]
• Jonathan Israel - historian[115]

J

George Neil Jenkins

Rich Johnston

• George Neil Jenkins - medical researcher[116]
• Caroline Johnson - Conservative Member of Parliament
• Wilko Johnson - guitarist with 1970s British rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood[117]
• Rich Johnston - comic book writer and cartoonist[118]
• Anna Jones - businesswoman[119]
• Cliff Jones - computer scientist[120]
• Colin Jones - historian[121]
• David E. H. Jones - chemist[122]
• Francis R. Jones - poetry translator and Reader in Translation Studies[123]
• Phil Jones - climatologist[124]
• Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling - Member of the House of Lords and the Conservative Party[125]
• Wilfred Josephs - dentist and composer[126]

K

• Panayiotis Kalorkoti - artist; studied B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art (1976–80); Bartlett Fellow in the Visual Arts (1988)[127]
• Rashida Karmali - businesswoman[128]
• Jackie Kay - poet, novelist, Professor of Creative Writing[129]
• Paul Kennedy - historian of international relations and grand strategy[130]

L

• Joy Labinjo - artist[131]
• Henrike Lähnemann - German medievalist[132]
• Dave Leadbetter - politician[133]
• Lim Boon Heng - Singapore Minister[134]
• Lin Hsin Hsin - IT inventor, artist, poet and composer[135]
• Keith Ludeman - businessman[136]

M

Chris Mullin

• Jack Mapanje - writer and poet[137]
• Milton Margai - first prime minister of Sierra Leone (medical degree from the Durham College of Medicine, later Newcastle University Medical School)[138]
• Laurence Martin - war studies writer[139]
• Murray Martin, documentary and docudrama filmmaker, co-founder of Amber Film & Photography Collective[140]
• Carl R. May - sociologist[141]
• Kieran Macfadzean That's TV Cumbria presenter
• Tom May - professional rugby union player, now with Northampton Saints, and capped by England[142]
• Ian G. McKeith – professor of Old Age Psychiatry[143]
• John Anthony McGuckin - Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet[144]
• Zia Mian - physicist[145]
• Richard Middleton - musicologist[146]
• Mary Midgley - moral philosopher[147]
• G.C.J. Midgley - philosopher
• Hermann Moisl - linguist[148]
• Anthony Michaels-Moore - Operatic Baritone [149]
• Theodore Morison - Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne (1919–24)[150]
• Andy Morrell - footballer[151]
• Frank Moulaert - professor[152]
• Mo Mowlam - politician, lecturer at Newcastle University (1979–83)[153][154]
• Chris Mullin - ex-MP, author, visiting fellow[155]
• Richard Murphy - architect[156]

N

Lisa Nandy

• Lisa Nandy - British Labour Party politician and current shadow foreign secretary[157]
• Karim Nayernia - biomedical scientist[158]
• Dianne Nelmes - TV producer[159]

O

• Sally O'Reilly - writer[160]
• Mo O'Toole - politician[161]

P

Chris Patten

• Ewan Page - founding director of the Newcastle University School of Computing and briefly acting vice-chancellor; later appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Reading[162][163]
• Geoff Parling - Leicester Tigers rugby player[164]
• Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes - British Conservative politician and Chancellor of the University (1999–2009)[165]
• Chris M Pattinson former Great Britain International Swimmer 1976-1984
• Mick Paynter - Cornish poet and Grandbard[166]
• Robert A. Pearce - academic[167]
• Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland - Chancellor of the University (1964–1988)[168]
• Jonathan Pile - Showbiz Editor, ZOO magazine[169]
• Ben Pimlott - political historian; PhD and lectureship at Newcastle University (1970–79)[170][171]
• Robin Plackett - statistician[172]
• Alan Plater - playwright and screenwriter[173]
• Ruth Plummer - Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research[174] and Fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences.[175]
• Poh Kwee Ong - Deputy President of SembCorp Marine[176]
• John Porter - musician[177]
• Rob Powell - former London Broncos coach[178]
• Stuart Prebble - former chief executive of ITV[179]
• Oliver Proudlock - Made in Chelsea star; creator of Serge De Nîmes clothing line; studied fine art[180]
• Mark Purnell - palaeontologist[181]

Q

Baroness Quin

• Pirzada Qasim - Pakistani scholar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi[182]
• Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin - politician[183]

R

Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley

• Andy Raleigh - Rugby League player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats[184]
• Brian Randell - computer scientist[185]
• Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale - Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords for International Development[186]
• Alastair Reynolds - novelist, former research astronomer with the European Space Agency[187]
• Ben Rice - author[188]
• Lewis Richardson - mathematician, studied at the Durham College of Science in Newcastle[189]
• Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley - Chancellor of the University 1988-1999[190]
• Colin Riordon - VC of Cardiff University, Professor of German Studies (1988–2006)[191]
• Susie Rodgers - British Paralympic swimmer[192]
• Nayef Al-Rodhan - philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author[193]
• Neil Rollinson - poet[194]
• Johanna Ropner - Lord lieutenant of North Yorkshire[195]
• Sharon Rowlands - CEO of ReachLocal[196]
• Peter Rowlinson - Ig Nobel Prize winner for Veterinary Medicine[64]
• John Rushby - computer scientist[197]
• Camilla Rutherford - actress[198]

S

Jonathan Sacks

Nigel Shadbolt

• Jonathan Sacks - former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth[199]
• Ross Samson - Scottish rugby union footballer; studied history[200]
• Helen Scales - marine biologist, broadcaster, and writer[201]
• William Scammell - poet[202]
• Fred B. Schneider - computer scientist; honorary doctorate in 2003
• Sean Scully - painter[203]
• Nigel Shadbolt - computer scientist[204]
• Tom Shakespeare - geneticist[205]
• Jo Shapcott - poet[206]
• James Shapiro - Canadian surgeon and scientist[207]
• Jack Shepherd - actor and playwright[208]
• Mark Shucksmith - professor[209]
• Chris Simms - crime thriller novel author[210]
• Graham William Smith - probation officer, widely regarded as the father of the national probation service[211]
• Iain Smith - Scottish politician[212]
• Paul Smith - singer, Maxïmo Park[69]
• John Snow - discoverer of cholera transmission through water; leader in the adoption of anaesthesia; one of the 8 students enrolled on the very first term of the Medical School[213]
• William Somerville - agriculturist, professor of agriculture and forestry at Durham College of Science (later Newcastle University)[214]
• Ed Stafford - explorer, walked the length of the Amazon River[215]
• Chris Steele-Perkins - photographer[216]
• Chris Stevenson - academic[217]
• Di Stewart - Sky Sports News reader[218]
• Miodrag Stojković - genetics researcher[219]
• Miriam Stoppard - physician, author and agony aunt[220]
• Charlie van Straubenzee - businessman and investment executive
• Peter Straughan - playwright and short story writer[221]

T

• Mathew Tait - rugby union footballer[222]
• Eric Thomas - academic[223]
• David Tibet - cult musician and poet[224]
• Archis Tiku - bassist, Maxïmo Park[69]
• James Tooley - professor[225]
• Elsie Tu
• Maurice Tucker - sedimentologist[226]
• Paul Tucker - member of Lighthouse Family[15]
• George Grey Turner - surgeon[227]
• Ronald F. Tylecote - archaeologist[228]

V

Chris Vance

• Chris Vance - actor in Prison Break and All Saints[229]
• Géza Vermes - scholar[230]
• Geoff Vigar - lecturer[231]
• Hugh Vyvyan - rugby union player[232]

W

Kevin Warwick

Duncan Watmore

Charlie Webster

• Alick Walker - palaeontologist[233]
• Matthew Paul Walker - Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley[234][235]
• Tom Walker - Sunday Times foreign correspondent[236]
• Lord Walton of Detchant - physician; President of the GMC, BMA, RSM; Warden of Green College, Oxford (1983–1989)[237]
• Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics; former Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering[238]
• Duncan Watmore - footballer at Sunderland A.F.C.[239]
• Mary Webb - artist[240]
• Charlie Webster - television sports presenter[241]
• Li Wei - Chair of Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education, University College London [242]
• Joseph Joshua Weiss - Professor of Radiation Chemistry[243]
• Robert Westall - children's writer, twice winner of Carnegie Medal[244]
• Thomas Stanley Westoll - Fellow of the Royal Society[245]
• Gillian Whitehead - composer[246]
• William Whitfield - architect, later designed the Hadrian Building and the Northern Stage[247]
• Claire Williams - motorist[248]
• Zoe Williams - sportswoman, worked on Gladiators[249]
• Donald I. Williamson - planktologist and carcinologist[250]
• Philip Williamson - former Chief Executive of Nationwide Building Society[251]
• John Willis - Royal Air Force officer and council member of the University[252]
• Lukas Wooller - keyboard player, Maxïmo Park[69]
• Graham Wylie - co-founder of the Sage Group; studied Computing Science & Statistics BSc and graduated in 1980; awarded an honorary doctorate in 2004[253]

Y

• Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York - member of the British royal family; studied Combined Studies BA (Art History, English Literature and Politics)[254]
• John Yorke - Controller of Continuing Drama; Head of Independent Drama at the BBC[107]
• Martha Young-Scholten - linguist[255]
• Paul Younger - hydrogeologist[256]

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