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.
Name | Year | Prize | Affiliation | Reference |
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Francis William Aston | 1922 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry | BSc in Applied/Pure Science, 1910; DSc in Applied/Pure Science, 1914 (also a lecturer at the university) | [1] [2] |
Maurice Wilkins | 1962 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | PhD in Physics, 1940 | [3] |
Sir John Vane | 1982 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | BSc in Chemistry, 1947 | [4] |
Sir Paul Nurse | 2001 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | BSc in Biology, 1970 | [5] |
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 [6] [7]
State | Leader | Office |
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![]() | Kenny Anthony | Prime Minister of St. Lucia, 1997–2006, 2011– |
![]() | Stanley Baldwin [89] | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1923–24, 1924–29, 1935–37 |
![]() | Joe Bossano | Chief Minister of Gibraltar, 1988–96 |
![]() | Neville Chamberlain [90] [91] | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1937–40 |
![]() | Perry Christie | Prime Minister of the Bahamas, 2005–07, 2012– |
![]() | Hakainde Hichilema | President of Zambia, 2021– |
A number of politicians, public figures, newspapers and magazines, businesses and other organisations endorsed either the United Kingdom remaining in the EU or the United Kingdom leaving the EU during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.