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 ^[1]
• Wilfred Owen - First World War poet and soldier

Music

Jamie Cullum, pianist and singer

• 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.
• 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 ^[2]
• Shukuru Kawambwa, Tanzanian Government Minister
• Jan Kavan, Czech diplomat and 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

James Cracknell, Olympic gold medallist in rowing

• 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
• Myfanwy Kitchin – artist
• Ingrid Kerma - European 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 ^[3]
• Wei Tang – actress, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution ^[4]
• Ibrahim Taguri - British community worker
• Rachel Treweek – Bishop of Gloucester; the first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England, ^[5] 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

References

1. "University pays tribute to Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas". University of Reading. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
2. Williams, Chris (2004). "Jones, Morgan (1885–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66804.
3. Deal or no deal? by Robert Blincoe, thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk 19 July 2008. Archive here
4. "HKMD Daily News, February 25, 2009". Hkmdb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
5. "Introducing Bishop Rachel". About the Diocese. Diocese of Gloucester. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.