List of University of Reading alumni

This is a list of University of Reading alumni.

Academics

 * Catherine Abbott - Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Edinburgh
 * Fatima Akilu – Nigerian psychologist and head of major national program of de-radicalisation to tackle Boko Haram
 * Ash Amin – Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge
 * Janet Beer – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool (formerly Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University)
 * L. J. F. Brimble – botanist and editor of Nature magazine
 * Sir Clifford Charles Butler – co-discoverer of hyperons and mesons, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London, Vice-chancellor of Loughborough University
 * Stephen E. Calvert – Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of British Columbia
 * David Carpanini – Emeritus Professor of Art, University of Wolverhampton
 * Michael Cox – Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
 * Sir Peter Crane – Professor of Botany, Yale University
 * Beate Hermelin (1920–2008) – German-born experimental psychologist, who worked in the UK
 * Sean Holly – Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
 * Jolyon Howorth – Professor of European politics, University of Bath and Visiting Professor of Political Science at Yale University
 * Michael Leifer – was a professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
 * Jane Lewis - Barnett Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford
 * David Marks – Professor of Psychology, City University London
 * Dragan Marušič – Professor of Mathematics at the University of Ljubljana
 * Sarah Mercer - Professor of linguistics at the University of Graz
 * Mark Nixon - Emeritus Professor of Electronics and Computer Science at University of Southampton
 * Avi Shlaim – Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
 * Nigel Smart (cryptographer)
 * John R. Terry – Professor of Biomedical Modelling, University of Exeter
 * June Thoburn – Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia
 * Ethelwynn Trewavas – ichthyologist and taxonomist
 * John Turner – Professor of Engineering and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth
 * Janet Watson - geologist
 * Sean Whelan (scientist) – Professor of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School
 * A. E. Wilder-Smith – creationist and chemist

Broadcasting

 * Julian Barratt – comedian, BBC's The Mighty Boosh
 * Keith Bosley – former BBC broadcaster and prizewinning poet and translator
 * Richard Holmes – military historian and television presenter
 * Julian Richards – archaeologist and broadcaster
 * Richard Sambrook – Director of the BBC World Service
 * Tomasz Schafernaker – TV weather presenter
 * Nick Thorpe – BBC Central Europe correspondent (1996–); formerly BBC Budapest correspondent
 * Laura Tobin – TV weather presenter
 * Jay Wynne – TV weather presenter

Business

 * Richard Adam - former finance director of Carillion
 * David Atkins – Chief Executive, Hammerson plc
 * Linda Bennett OBE - English-Icelandic clothing designer and entrepreneur
 * Nick Candy – Co-Founder and partner of high end property development company, Candy & Candy, London
 * Gavin Grant – Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
 * Nicky Kinnaird – founder and president of British cosmetic retailer Space NK
 * Robert Noel – businessman, Chief Executive of Land Securities Group plc
 * Noel Stockdale – Co-founder of Asda

Military

 * Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe - Welsh Guards officer killed in action in Afghanistan
 * Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas - killed in action (2014) in Afghanistan
 * Wilfred Owen - First World War poet and soldier

Music

 * Rotimi Alakija – Nigerian disc jockey, record producer and recording artist.
 * Rick Battersby – member of the band Twelfth Night
 * Arthur Brown – rock and roll singer
 * Alan Clayson – singer, composer, record producer, leader of the band Clayson and the Argonauts
 * Jamie Cullum – jazz pianist and singer
 * Brian Devoil – member of the band Twelfth Night
 * Falz - Nigerian Musician and actor
 * Liam Howe – music producer, musician, formed the band Sneaker pimps with David Westlake and Joe Wilson (musician) also alumni
 * Hilary James – singer, double bassist, guitarist, and mando-bassist
 * Andy MacKay – member of the band Roxy Music
 * Geoff Mann – member of the band Twelfth Night
 * Simon Mayor – mandolinist, fiddle player, guitarist, and composer
 * Clive Mitten – member of the band Twelfth Night
 * Martin Noble – musician, Noble in the band British Sea Power
 * Andy Revell – member of the band Twelfth Night
 * Edmund Rubbra – composer
 * Julian Wagstaff – composer
 * Scott Wilkinson – musician and composer, Yan in the band British Sea Power

Politics

 * Anton Apriantono, Indonesian politician
 * Dimeji Bankole – Nigerian politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
 * Sharon Bowles, British Liberal Democrats European politician.
 * Harriet Cross, British Conservative Party politician
 * Daniel Feetham, Gibraltarian politician
 * Fred Gardiner, Canadian politician
 * Gilbert Seidu Iddi, Ghanaian politician
 * Edison James, Prime Minister of Dominica 1995–2000
 * Morgan Jones, British Labour Party politician, the first conscientious objector to be elected to Parliament after the First World War
 * Shukuru Kawambwa, Tanzanian Government Minister
 * Jan Kavan, Czech diplomat and politician
 * Rupert Lowe, Reform UK politician
 * Penny Mordaunt, British Conservative Party politician
 * Mike Penning, British Conservative Party politician
 * Frauke Petry, German Politician
 * Mark Prisk, British Conservative Party politician
 * Hugh Robertson, British Conservative Party politician
 * Adrienne Ryan - Australian politician
 * Sophie Walker, British Women's Equality Party politician
 * Rob Wilson, British Conservative Party politician

Sport

 * David Bedford – runner
 * Cath Bishop – rower, silver medallist in the coxless pairs at the 2004 Olympics
 * James Cracknell – rower, gold medallist in the coxless fours at the 2000 Olympics and 2004 Olympics
 * Adrian Ellison - rower, gold medallist in the coxed four at the 1984 Olympics
 * Debbie Flood – rower, silver medallist in the quadruple sculls at the 2004 Olympics
 * Alex Gregory - rower, gold medallist in the coxless fours at the 2012 Olympics
 * Garry Herbert – rower, gold medallist in the coxed pairs at the 1992 Olympics
 * Molly Hide – cricketer, captained the English women's team for seventeen years
 * Will Hoy – racing driver, British Touring Car Champion in 1991
 * Bill Lucas - rower
 * Anna Watkins – rower, gold medallist in the double sculls at the 2012 Olympics

Writing and art

 * Steven Atkinson – theatre director, and artistic director of HighTide Festival Theatre
 * Anne Bean – installation and performance artist
 * Audrey Blackman - sculptor, potter
 * Jane Carpanini – artist
 * Vincent Connare – creator of Comic Sans
 * Jeff Evans – beer writer
 * Cherryl Fountain artist
 * Robert Gillmor – ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor
 * Elizabeth Goudge - Carnegie Medal winning novelist
 * Kathleen Hale – artist and children's author, the Orlando the Marmalade Cat series
 * Ingrid Kerma - European Artist
 * Robin Kinross - writer
 * Myfanwy Kitchin – artist
 * Alan Morrison - poet
 * Mike Nelson – installation artist
 * Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Award winning Kenyan writer of Luo Nationality
 * Kusha Petts – artist and writer
 * Joan Smith – novelist and journalist
 * Hilary Summers Welsh singer
 * David Watkins – designer of the London 2012 Olympics medals
 * Richard Wilson – installation artist

Others

 * Lorna Arnold - British historian
 * Eve Balfour – farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement
 * Robin Bextor – film and television director, father of Sophie Ellis-Bextor
 * Pippa Greenwood - TV plant pathologist
 * Bunny Guinness - landscape architect
 * Azahari Husin – leading member of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, believed to have been involved in the 2005 Bali bombing
 * Clive Ponting – civil servant who faced trial for the leaking of information on the sinking of the Belgrano, during the Falklands War
 * John Tabatabai – professional poker player
 * Wei Tang – actress, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution
 * Ibrahim Taguri - British community worker
 * Rachel Treweek – Bishop of Gloucester; the first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England, and first female Lord Spiritual
 * Carl Wright - civil servant former director of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum