List of University of Warwick people

This is a list of University of Warwick people, including office holders, current and former academics and alumni of the University of Warwick, including a brief description of their notability.

Warwick has over 283,000 alumni and an active alumni network.

Academics

 * Janet Beer – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
 * Robert Calderbank – former Dean of Natural Sciences at Duke University and winner of the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal and the Claude E. Shannon Award
 * David Cardwell FREng – superconducting engineer and head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department
 * Colin Cooper – Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of East Anglia
 * John Fauvel – historian of mathematics at the Open University
 * Luciano Floridi – philosopher of information
 * Oliver Hart – economist and former Chairman of the Harvard Economics Department, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016
 * H.A. Hellyer – policy consultant and Senior Research Fellow for Muslims in Europe
 * Alan Hywel Jones – Principal Research Fellow and senior consultant at Sheffield Hallam University, materials scientist and inventor
 * Maris Martinsons – Professor of Management; international business consultant
 * Moeletsi Mbeki – Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs; brother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki
 * Patricia McFadden – Swazi author; Professor of Sociology; African radical feminist
 * Stuart Neil – professor of virology at King's College London
 * Pippa Norris – political scientist and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 * Ian Stewart FRS – popular science author; Professor of Mathematics
 * Leslie Valiant FRS – British computer scientist and Turing Award winner

Art

 * Benjamin Hope (Mathematics and Physics 1996) – painter

Business

 * Ian Gorham – CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown
 * Bernardo Hees – CEO of the Heinz Company; former CEO of Burger King
 * Linda Jackson – CEO of Citroën
 * Nick Landau – co–owner and founder of Titan Entertainment Group and Forbidden Planet sci-fi, fantasy and horror bookstores
 * Margaret Milan – founder and owner of Eveil & Jeux
 * Mahmoud Mohieldin (PhD Financial Economics, 1995) – former Investment Minister of Egypt; current Managing Director of the World Bank
 * Phil O'Donovan – Bluetooth engineer & CSR plc co-founder
 * Ada Osakwe – economist, entrepreneur and corporate executive
 * Ralf Speth – CEO of Jaguar Land Rover
 * Mary Turner – CEO of Koovs
 * Jehangir Wadia – Indian Businessman, Managing Director of Go First, Bombay Dyeing and Bombay Realty, Director on the Boards of Britannia Industries
 * Ness Wadia – Indian Businessman, managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings
 * Tony Wheeler – founder of Lonely Planet travel guides
 * Nigel Wilson – CEO of Legal & General Group plc
 * George Yankey – CEO of Ghana Gas Company & former Minister of Health in Ghana
 * Rajiv Bajaj – Managing director and CEO of Bajaj Auto
 * Sanjiv Bajaj – Managing director of Bajaj Finserv
 * Lakshmi Venu – Director at TVS Motor Company, daughter of Venu Srinivasan

Cinema and theatre

 * Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
 * Adam Buxton (dropped out after two terms) – comedian and actor, best known as part of Adam and Joe
 * Angus Castle–Doughty, actor who has starred in Showtrial and Hollyoaks, co-founded theatre company Incognito
 * Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre
 * Paul Darke (PhD in Film) – academic, artist and disability rights activist, creator of the '' normality drama' theory
 * Brett Goldstein (Film & Feminism) – actor and comedian
 * Vadim Jean (History) – film director
 * Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the RSC
 * Ruth Jones (Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts 1988) – actress known as Myfanwy in Little Britain and Nessa in Gavin & Stacey
 * Lloyd Langford – comedian (film and television)
 * Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series The Office and Extras, in such roles as the 'Oggmonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
 * Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor, known from the award-winning comedy series Green Wing
 * Frank Skinner, then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature 1981) – comedian, actor, writer
 * Hannah Waterman – actress

Government and politics

 * Wendy Alexander MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament
 * Luis Arce (Master's in Economics, 1997) – President of Bolivia, former Minister of Economy and Public Finance in Bolivia
 * Joseph Ngute – Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Republic of Cameroon
 * Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Sociology 1976) – Britain's first female black Cabinet Minister, formerly Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and British High Commissioner to Australia; and now Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN
 * Tim Barrow – diplomat and British Ambassador to Russia since 2011
 * Yunus Carrim – Minister of Communications of South Africa
 * Chan Yuen Han SBS – JP; active female unionists in Hong Kong
 * Vernon Coaker (BA (Hons) Politics and Economics) – Member of Parliament for Gedling and Government Minister until 2010
 * Jon Cruddas (PhD in Philosophy, 1990) – Member of Parliament for Dagenham and formerly a candidate for deputy leadership of the Labour Party
 * Sir David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative MP and former Secretary of State for Exiting the EU
 * Claire Darke, (Certificate of Social Work) – 161st Mayor of Wolverhampton
 * Becky Gittins – Labour Member of Parliament for Clwyd East
 * Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former President of Nigeria
 * Andy Haldane (Economics) – chief economist at the Bank of England
 * Kim Howells (PhD) – former Foreign Office Minister
 * Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson – President of Iceland
 * George Chouliarakis – Academic and Greek Alternate Minister of Finance
 * George W. Kanyeihamba – Member of the Supreme Court of Uganda and African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; Legal Advisor to the President of Uganda on Human Rights and International Affairs
 * Sir Bob Kerslake – Head of the Home Civil Service
 * Andrea Leadsom (Political Science) – Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire and Secretary of State for the Environment
 * Sir Richard Leese – Leader of Manchester City Council
 * David Li GBM, GBS, OBE – JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia; member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong; former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
 * Tim Loughton (Classical Civilisation) – Conservative former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
 * Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley – Privy Counsellor; former Labour Secretary of State for Education; graduated from Coventry College of Education
 * Lord Gus O'Donnell (Economics 1973) – former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
 * Lord Brian Paddick – former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police and London Mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats in 2008 and 2012
 * José Fernando Franco González Salas – Ministry of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
 * George Saitoti – Former Vice-President of Kenya, former Executive Chairman of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and former President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
 * Dan Stoenescu – Romanian diplomat and Former Minister for Romanians Abroad
 * Valentine Strasser – former head of state of Sierra Leone; did not complete his studies at Warwick
 * Aung Tun Thet – Myanmar economist and the Economic Advisor to the President of Burma
 * Carrie Symonds – British political activist, conservationist and Partner of Boris Johnson

History

 * David Englander – historian and author

Literature

 * Nicholas Blincoe – author
 * Simon Calder (Mathematics) – travel writer for The Independent
 * Jonathan Coe (English Literature) – novelist and writer
 * Sarah Crossan – Irish author.
 * Anne Fine (History '68) FRSL – children's author
 * James Franklin (Mathematics) – historian of ideas; philosopher
 * Sam Gillespie – philosopher and early translator and commentator of Alain Badiou, crucial to Badiou's initial reception in the English-speaking world
 * Mal Lewis Jones (English and American literature '70) – children's author
 * Kaiser Haq – Bangladeshi writer and translator
 * A. L. Kennedy (Theatre and Performance Studies) – author
 * Peter Linebaugh (History '75) – author of The Magna Carta Manifesto
 * Sally Nicholls (Philosophy and Literature '05) – children's and young adult author
 * Mal Peet – author, writer of popular young adult literature, Keeper, Tamar, others...
 * Robin Stevens, children's author
 * Chip Tsao (pen name: To Kit) (English Literature) – Hong Kong cultural and political commentator
 * Patrick M. Vollmer – House of Lords Librarian
 * Tony Wheeler (Engineering '68) – co-founder of Lonely Planet (LP) travel guides
 * Yilin Zhong (Cultural Studies '05) – journalist and author of 8 books, novel "Chinatown" released in 2011.

Law

 * Yomi Adegoke – journalist, known for writing the Slay in Your Lane book series
 * Constance Briscoe – disgraced barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice
 * Phil Shiner (LLM '85) – lawyer struck off for misconduct
 * Princess Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah (LLB '08) – Bruneian princess

Media

 * Camila Batmanghelidjh – charity executive
 * Jennie Bond (French and European Literature 1968) – former BBC Royal correspondent
 * Brian Deer (Philosophy) – The Sunday Times; Channel 4
 * Tom Dunmore (Film & Literature) – Editor In Chief, Stuff Magazine
 * George Eaton – political editor of the New Statesman
 * Giles Fletcher (Computer Science 1987) – glam rock artist
 * Michelle Fleury (Literature & French Language 1991) – BBC US business correspondent
 * Janan Ganesh (Politics) – Financial Times journalist
 * Leona Graham (Drama) – radio presenter and voice–over artist
 * Merfyn Jones – Governor BBC and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
 * James King (Film and Literature) – BBC Radio 1 film critic
 * Timmy Mallett (History 1977) – 1980s children's television presenter
 * Simon Mayo (History and Politics 1981) – broadcaster
 * Peter Salmon (European Literature 1977) – BBC television executive
 * Tim Vickery (History and Politics) – South American football correspondent for BBC Sport, ESPN and an analyst on SporTV's main morning programme, Redação SporTV.
 * Christian Wolmar (1971) – writer on transport and social issues
 * Dawn Foster (English 2009) – British journalist, broadcaster and author

Music

 * DJ Yoda (English and American Literature 1998) – Hip hop turntablist
 * Gareth Emery – DJ and founder of electronic label Garuda, rated world's no.14 DJ in 2012
 * Roxanne Emery – solo singer/songwriter artist, founder of LATE records
 * Adem Ilhan (studied Mathematics) – solo artist; member of Fridge
 * Kode9 (PhD in Philosophy) – dubstep producer, DJ and owner of the Hyperdub record label
 * Sting (left after one term) – lead singer of The Police and solo artist
 * Very Rev Robert Willis – Dean of Canterbury, composer of hymns
 * Nissi Ogulu (Mechanical Engineering) - singer/songwriter

Sport

 * Kevin Blackwell (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 * Aidy Boothroyd (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 * Steve Heighway (Economics) – Liverpool F.C. footballer
 * Mark Hughes (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 * Stuart Pearce MBE (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
 * Princess Azemah (Laws) – polo player

Notable faculty and staff
Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:

Biological sciences

 * Sir Howard Dalton FRS
 * Sir Brian Follett – also formerly Warwick University's vice-chancellor (1993–2001)

Chemistry

 * Keith Jennings – known for work in mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation

Classics and Ancient History

 * Alison E. Cooley – Roman historian
 * James Davidson – social historian of Ancient Greece
 * Michael Scott – ancient historian and broadcaster
 * Zahra Newby – historian of Ancient art and the visual culture of festivals
 * Victoria Rimell – latinist
 * Simon Swain – scholar of Greek culture under Rome

English

 * Susan Bassnett – translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature
 * Jonathan Bate
 * Andrew Davies – television screenwriter
 * Sir Michael Edwards OBE – first Briton to be voted into the Académie Française
 * Maureen Freely – writer, author and translator of works by Orhan Pamuk
 * K. W. Gransden – poet and critic; one of the founders of the English Department
 * Germaine Greer – former Professor of English and Comparative Literature
 * A L Kennedy
 * China Miéville – fiction writer
 * David Vann – creative writing professor
 * John Fletcher – literary theorist

Engineering and computer science

 * Lord Bhattacharyya – founder and Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
 * Mike Cowlishaw – creator of the REXX programming language
 * Hugh Darwen – creator of Tutorial D database language
 * Mike Paterson FRS – former director of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
 * Kevin Warwick – cyborg researcher

History

 * David Arnold FBA – Indian historian
 * J. H. Elliott FBA – Spanish historian
 * John Rigby Hale – Renaissance historian and first Professor of History at Warwick University
 * E. P. Thompson – Marxist historian and founding member of the CND

Law

 * Shaheen Sardar Ali – Professor of Law
 * Patrick Atiyah – barrister and legal writer
 * Upendra Baxi – Professor of Law
 * John McEldowney – Professor of Public Law
 * Paul Raffield – Professor of Law; actor in Joking Apart

Mathematics and statistics

 * Brian Bowditch – mathematician known for contributions to geometry and topology, and for solving the angel problem
 * Jack Cohen – developmental biologist; xenobiologist; honorary professor
 * David Epstein FRS – mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry; co-founder of the University of Warwick mathematics department
 * Martin Hairer FRS – expert in stochastic partial differential equations; winner of the Fields Medal, Philip Leverhulme Prize, the Royal Society Wolfson Award and the LMS Whitehead Prize
 * Wilfrid Kendall – probabalist and president of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2013 – 2015)
 * Robert Sinclair MacKay FRS – mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems; current president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
 * David Preiss FRS – winner of the 2008 Pólya Prize for his contributions to analysis and geometric measure theory
 * Miles Reid FRS – mathematician known for work in algebraic geometry
 * Gareth Roberts FRS, statistician known for work on Markov chain Monte Carlo methodology; winner of the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver and Bronze; an ISI highly cited researcher
 * Ian Stewart FRS – mathematician, popular science author and an ISI highly cited researcher
 * Andrew M. Stuart – mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and computational mathematics; winner of the Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
 * Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS – topologist; exponent of catastrophe theory; founding professor of mathematics; former President of the London Mathematical Society; namesake of the Mathematics and Statistics building; Principal of Hertford College, Oxford

Philosophy

 * Quassim Cassam – Professor of Philosophy
 * Angie Hobbs – Lecturer
 * Nick Land – Former lecturer, known as the father of accelerationism
 * David Miller – Emeritus Reader of Philosophy
 * Peter Poellner – Professor of Philosophy

Social sciences

 * Lady Margaret Archer – theorist in critical realism; former President of International Sociological Association; current president of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
 * Sir George Bain – former Chairman of the School of Industrial and Business Studies
 * Söhnke M. Bartram – Professor of Finance
 * James A. Beckford – Professor Emeritus of Sociology
 * Jim Bulpitt – Professor of Politics
 * Simon Clarke – professor of sociology
 * Robin Cohen – honorary professor
 * Nicholas Crafts – professor of economics and economic history
 * Avinash Dixit – economist
 * Robert Fine – Professor Emeritus, theorist of cosmopolitanism
 * Steve Fuller – Professor of Sociology, theorist in science and technology studies
 * Wyn Grant – former Chair of the British Political Studies Association (2002–2005); President of the PSA (2005–2008) Political scientist with interest in comparative public policy
 * Peter J. Hammond – Professor of Economics
 * H. A. Hellyer – senior research Fellow; specialist on Muslims in Europe and West–Muslim world relations
 * Richard Higgott – Director of the Warwick Commission to the World Bank
 * Abhinay Muthoo – Professor of Economics and Dean of Warwick in London
 * Andrew Oswald – Professor of Economics
 * Tobias Preis – Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Finance
 * John Rex – Professor Emeritus
 * Sir Ken Robinson – Professor Emeritus of Education
 * Leonard Seabrooke – Professor of International Political Economy
 * Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky – Professor Emeritus of Political Economy
 * Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford FBA – former Chief Economist of the World Bank
 * Susan Strange – political economist and former chair of International Relations
 * Mark P. Taylor – Dean of Warwick Business School and Professor of International Finance
 * John Williamson – English economist who coined the term Washington Consensus
 * Sarah D. Goode – Former lecturer in child health at Warwick Medical School

Other

 * The Coull String Quartet – quartet-in-residence since 1977
 * Koen Lamberts – psychologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
 * Mark Smith, – physicist, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
 * Nigel Thrift – geographer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick

Chancellors

 * William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes – Chancellor-designate (died in December 1964 before taking office)
 * Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1965–1977)
 * Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (1977–1989)
 * Sir Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal (1989–2002)
 * Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–2008)
 * Sir Richard Lambert (2008–2016)
 * Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (2017–present)

Vice-chancellors

 * Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1965–1985)
 * Clark L. Brundin (1985–1992)
 * Sir Brian K. Follett (1993–2001)
 * David VandeLinde (2001–2006)
 * Nigel Thrift (2006–2016)
 * Stuart Croft (2016–present)