List of people associated with Royal Holloway, University of London

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The following is a list of Royal Holloway, University of London people, including alumni, members of faculty and fellows.

Notable alumni

Royal Holloway College, Bedford College and RHUL have over 80,000 alumni.

Entertainment, media, theatre

• Chris Aldridge, British radio newsreader (BBC Radio 4)
• David Benson (born 1962), English comedian, writer and actor
• Peter Bramley, British actor, director and theatre director
• Mark Carwardine, Zoologist, Writer, wildlife photographer, TV and radio presenter
• Candace Chong Mui Ngam (born 1976), Hong Kong playwright
• Richard Clarke (born 1978), English radio presenter
• James Dagwell (born 1974), British journalist
• Isabel Fay (born 1979), English comedy writer and character comedian
• Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), film producer
• Emma Freud (born 1962), English broadcaster and cultural commentator
• Pippa Guard (born 1952), English actress
• Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC Two ^[1]
• Lenny Henry (born 1958), comedian and presenter ^[2]
• Alex Hyndman (born 1978), British newsreader
• Robin Ince (born 1969), English comedian
• Anthony Jabre, film producer and financier
• Karena Johnson, English theatre director
• Roxanne McKee (born 1980), British actress and model
• John Moloney, comedian and comedy writer
• Mary Nightingale (born 1964), British newsreader ^[3]
• Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor
• Simon Nye (born 1958), English comic television writer ^[3]
• Lucy Owen (born 1970), Welsh newsreader
• Ben Richardson (b.198?), British cinematographer
• Bobby Seagull (born 1984), mathematics teacher and broadcaster
• Mark Strong (born 1963), English actor
• Daniel Lawrence Taylor (born 198?), British actor and comedy writer
• Francis Wheen (born 1957), British journalist, writer and broadcaster
• Sir Roger Wright (born 1956) Controller of BBC Radio 3 and former director of the BBC Proms

Literature

• Tahmima Anam (born 1975), Bangladeshi-born writer and novelist
• Margaret Busby (born 1944), writer and broadcaster
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
• Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), English writer of Just William ^[3]
• George Eliot (1819–1880), British novelist ^[3]
• Jane Gardam (born 1928), novelist
• Rosemary Manning (1911–1988), British author
• Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), English poet
• Jojo Moyes (born 1969), British novelist
• Redell Olsen (born 1971), poet, performer and academic
• Sophie Robinson, (born 1985) contemporary English poet
• Ann Saddlemyer (born 1932), Canadian academic and author
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948), Biographer, novelist
• Jacqueline Simpson (born 1930), British author and folklorist
• Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), explorer and travel writer
• Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015), poet and academic
• Carol Townend (born 1953) English author

Music

• Richard Baker (born 1972), British composer and conductor
• Susan Bullock (born 1958), English soprano
• Jonathan Cole (born 1970), British composer
• Tansy Davies (born 1973), British composer
• Example (born 1982), British singer, rapper and songwriter
• Sarah Fox (born 1973) English operatic soprano
• Geoff Hannan (born 1972), British composer
• Dame Felicity Lott (born 1947), English soprano
• Ivan Moody (born 1964), British composer
• Paul Newland (born 1966), British composer
• Ewan Pearson (born 1972), British music producer
• Andrew Poppy (born 1954), British composer, pianist and music producer
• China Soul (born 1988) American-British singer/songwriter
• Joby Talbot (born 1971) British composer
• KT Tunstall (born 1975) Scottish singer and songwriter
• John Scott Whiteley (born 1950) York Minster organist and composer

Politics

• Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (born 1957), Iranian politician
• Catherine Ashton (born 1956), British Labour politician; High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; vice president, European Commission
• Norman Baker (born 1957) Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes 1997–2015
• Greg Barker (born 1966), British politician
• Helen Bentwich(1892–1972), philanthropist and politician
• Emily Davison (1872–1913), English suffragette activist
• Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington (1907–1998), politician
• Dame Janet Fookes (born 1936) English politician, Conservative member House of Lords
• Norvela Forster (1931–1993) British businesswoman, exporter and politician (MEP)
• John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble, (born 1956), politician
• Sir Robbie Gibb (born 1964), political advisor and journalist
• Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), politician
• Jean Henderson (1899–1997), British barrister and Liberal Party politician
• Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig (born 1943), politician and historian
• Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Gaddafi spokesman during the 2011 Libyan civil war
• Stewart Jackson (born 1965), British politician
• Tess Kingham (born 1963), British politician
• Jessica Lee(born 1976), British politician
• Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (1926–2012), nurse and member of the House of Lords
• Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 1961), politician
• Sir Andrew Parmley (born 1956), former Lord Mayor of London
• Al Pinkerton, Liberal Democrat politician
• Victoria Prentis (born 1971), Conservative MP and former Attorney General for England and Wales
• Jenny Randerson (born 1948), Welsh Liberal Democrat politician
• Andrew Stephenson (born 1981), British politician
• Frances Stevenson (1888–1972), personal secretary and second wife of David Lloyd George
• Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903–1984), politician
• Valerie Vaz (born 1954), British politician
• Katharine Wallas (1864–1944), politician
• Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 1945) Labour member House of Lords

Science

• Melanie Bartley, sociologist
• David Bellamy (1933–2019) Botanist, environmentalist, author and broadcaster ^[3]
• Martin Buck (born 1956) microbiologist
• Ida Busbridge (1908–1988) first woman to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics
• Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), microbiologist
• John B. Cosgrave (born 1946), Irish mathematician
• Stuart Cull-Candy (born 1946), neuroscientist
• Jean Hanson (1919–1973), biophysicist
• Jackie Hunter (born 1956), former chief executive of BBSRC
• Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971), crystallographer
• Dame Sally Macintyre (born 1949), medical sociologist
• Rachel, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), geologist
• K. C. Nicolaou (born 1946), chemist
• Mary Pickford (1902–2002), British neuroendocrinologist
• Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990) biochemist
• Helen Porter (1899–1987) botanist, first female professor of Imperial College London
• Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005), natural scientist
• Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1871–1966), English geographer, historian of science
• Jennifer Anne Thomas, experimental particle physicist
• Derek Yalden (1940–2013) English zoologist, reader at the University of Manchester
• Grace Waterhouse (1906–1996), British mycologist
• Dame Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist and psychologist
• Alex Wilkie (born 1948), mathematician
• Fiona Williams (born 1947), social scientist
• Andy Young (born 1950), psychologist

Sport

• Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997) English rugby player
• Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), gold medal winner, Paralympics equestrian events ^[4]
• Jessica Eddie (born 1984), British rower, Olympic silver medalist
• Helene Raynsford (born 1979), British paralympic rower and gold medallist
• Zeina Shaban (born 1988), Jordanian table tennis player and a member of the Jordanian royal family
• Andy Sheridan, (born 1979) Rugby Union, Sale Sharks and England
• Joe Saward (born 1961), British Formula One journalist
• Alex Lewington (born 1991) English rugby player

Other

• Kitty Anderson (1903–79) BA PhD, former Headmistress of North London Collegiate School ^[5]
• Muhammad Abdul Bari (b.1953), Former Secretary General Muslim Council of Britain
• Daphne Blundell (1916–2004), former Director of Women's Royal Naval Service
• John Broome (born 1947), philosopher
• Sophie Bryant (1850–1922) Anglo-Irish mathematician, educator, feminist and activist
• Helen Cam (1885–1968), English historian
• Lucy Caslon, founder and director of charity Msizi Africa
• Ilse Crawford (born 1962), British designer
• Dame Karen Dunnell (born 1946), medical sociologist
• Edith Durham (1863–1944), British traveller, artist, writer and anthropologist
• Dame Ann Ebsworth (1937–2002), high court judge
• Tania El Khoury (born 1976), Lebanese artist
• Dame Janet Finch (born 1946) former Vice-chancellor, Professor of Social Relations at Keele University 1995–2010, honorary fellow RHC 1999
• Jayne-Anne Gadhia (born 1961), Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Money UK
• Robert Garside (born 1967), English record-breaking adventurer
• Jonathan Goodall, (born 1961), bishop
• Laura Gowing, historian
• Nick Hallard (born 1975), British artist
• Giles Hart (1949–2005), British engineer and trade union activist
• Alison Jaggar (born 1941), philosopher
• Admiral Sir Ben Key (born 1965), First Sea Lord
• Declan Lang (born 1950), bishop
• Duncan McCargo, professor and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Louisa Martindale (1872–1966), British physician and surgeon
• Angela Mason (born 1944), civil servant and activist
• Marilynne Morgan, barrister and civil servant
• Victor Olisa, former senior Metropolitan Police officer
• Jennie Page (b. 1944), former chief executive of the London Millennium Dome project
• Thea Porter (1927–2000), fashion designer (expelled) ^[6]
• Sarah Parker Remond (1815-c.1894) African-American lecturer, abolitionist and doctor
• Dame Mildred Riddelsdell (1913–2006), civil servant
• Alison Shrubsole (1925–2002), former Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge
• Dame Mary Smieton (1902–2005), civil servant, second woman to reach rank of permanent secretary
• Simon Thurley (born 1963), British architectural historian ^[3]
• Sarah Tyacke (born 1945), historian and archivist
• Amanda Vickery professor of early modern history at Queen Mary, University of London
• Ronald Alan Waldron (born 1927), English medievalist
• Mary Wilkinson (1909–2001), scholar of German literature and culture
• Ahmed Yerima, Nigerian professor, administrator

Notable staff

The following is a list of notable office-holders, academics and other teachers or researchers:

• H. B. Acton, taught political philosophy
• Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale, Member college council at the merger with Bedford
• Khizar Humayun Ansari, director of the Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies
• Sarah Ansari, professor of history
• Geoffrey Alderman, professor of politics and contemporary history
• Giovanni Aquilecchia, professor of Italian and Italian Renaissance scholar
• Gillian Bailey, fellow in theatre studies
• George Barger, professor of chemistry
• Dame Gillian Beer, former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge
• Sir William Benham, zoologist
• Margaret Jane Benson, Professor of Botany
• John Bercow, Professor of Politics, former Speaker of the House of Commons
• Francis Berry, professor of English literature
• Luiza Bialasiewicz, senior lecturer in human geography
• James Booth, mathematician
• Mark Bowden, professor of composition
• Andrew Bowie, professor of philosophy and German
• Mary Boyce, taught Anglo-Saxon literature and archaeology
• David Bradby, professor of drama and theatre studies
• Daniel Joseph Bradley, physicist
• Peter Bramley professor of biochemistry
• Kai Brodersen, visiting professor in ancient history and classics
• Jonathan Burrows, visiting professor of drama and theatre
• Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Chris Carey, professor of classics
• William Benjamin Carpenter, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Lorna Casselton, fungal geneticist
• Philip Cashian, composer, taught in the music department
• David Cesarani, Research Professor in History
• William Gilbert Chaloner, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Justin Champion, professor of the history of early modern ideas
• Alexey Chervonenkis, professor of computer science
• Christopher Cocksworth, college chaplain, now Bishop of Coventry
• Paul Cohn, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Grenville Cole, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Peter Conrad, visiting professor in sociology
• Nicholas Cook, professorial research fellow in music
• Glen Cowan, professor of physics
• Denis Cosgrove, professor of geography and dean of the graduate school
• Joseph Mordaunt Crook, historian
• Tim Cresswell, professor of human geography
• Hilda Ellis Davidson, lecturer in archaeology and anthropology
• Veronica Della Dora, professor of human geography
• Antonella De Santo, lecturer in experimental physics, coordinator for the ATLAS experiment-UK supersymmetry group
• Whitfield Diffie, visiting professor at the information security group
• Richard Dixon, Fellow of the Royal Society, biologist
• Roland Dobbs, emeritus professor of physics
• Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics
• Felix Driver, professor of human geography
• Michael Eysenck, (now emeritus) professor of psychology
• Lilian Faithfull, university administrator
• Giles Foden, fellow in creative and performing arts
• Sir Gregory Foster, former vice-chancellor of the University of London
• Mary Fowler, professor of geology, now Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
• Harold Munro Fox, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey
• Dame Helen Gardner, assistant lecturer in English literature
• Reginald Gates, Fellow of the Royal Society
• A. C. Grayling, Master of New College of the Humanities
• Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879–1967), botanist and mycologist
• Edith Hall, professor of classics and drama
• Robert Gavin Hampson, professor of modern literature
• Glyn Harman, professor of mathematics
• Nick Hardwick, former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
• J. P. E. Harper-Scott, professor of music history and theory
• Leonard Hawkes, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Harriet Hawkins, professor of geography
• Margaret Hayes-Robinson, Head of History
• John F Healy, professor of classics and archaeology
• Sir Frank Heath, educationist and civil servant
• Olaus Henrici, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Frank Horton, professor of physics and vice-chancellor of London University 1939–45
• Dame Olwen Hufton, professorial research fellow in the history department
• Jonathan Holmes, senior lecturer in drama
• Joan M. Hussey, professor of history
• Julian Johnson, Regius Professor of Music
• Brian Juden, professor of French 1970–1985
• Sharman Kadish, scholar of Jewish British history
• Peter Knight, Jubilee research fellow in quantum optics
• Robert Latham, historian, dean of men, joint author 1970–83 The Diary of Samuel Pepys
• Robert Lethbridge chair French, head of dept, dean of the graduate school, vice-principal
• Roger Lockyer, reader in history, specialist in Tudor and Stuart Britain
• Sir Oliver Lodge, Fellow of the Royal Society
• S L Loney, professor of mathematics
• Peter Longerich, director of the research centre for the Holocaust and 20th century history
• John Duncan Mackie, historian
• Louis MacNeice, poet and playwright
• Ursula Martin, computer scientist
• J. D. Mackie, professor of modern history
• Ursula Martin, taught in the computer science department
• Sir William McCrea, professor of mathematics 1944–66
• Oliver McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris, sociologist
• Katie Mitchell, professor of Theatre Directing. Former associate director of the National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
• Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate, professor of creative writing
• Sean Murphy, professor of cryptology
• David Naccache, visiting professor at the information security group
• Anthony J. Naldrett, visiting professor of geology
• Meredith Oakes, taught play-writing
• Ben O'Loughlin, prof. of international relations, co-director, New Political Communication Unit
• Eleonora Oggiano, professor of Business Communication and English
• Sir Roger Penrose, recipient of the 2020 Nobel prize in physics
• Dame Lillian Penson, professor of modern history; first woman vice-chancellor of London University
• Kevin Porée record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, lecturer theatre studies
• H. F. M. Prescott, Jubilee research fellow on Thomas Wolsey
• Boris Rankov, professor of Roman history
• Dan Rebellato, professor of contemporary theatre
• Jonathan Riley-Smith, taught in the history department
• Adam Roberts, teacher of literature and creative writing
• Eric Robertson, professor of modern French literary and visual culture
• Francis Robinson, professor of the history of South Asia
• Matt Robshaw, lecturer in cryptology
• Francis Rose, botanist
• Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (1937–2004), reader in history
• William James Russell, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Nigel Saul, professor of medieval history
• Andrew Cunningham Scott, emeritus professor of geology, director science communications (1996–2007)
• Andrew Sentance, visiting professor, economist
• Jo Shapcott, poet and lecturer in creative writing
• Pankaj Sharma, Professor of Clinical Neurology
• Dame Barbara Shenfield, social scientist and politician
• David Skinner, taught in the music department
• Ray Solomonoff, visiting professor at the Computer Research Learning Centre
• Oskar Spate, lecturer in geography
• Sonya Stephens, former President of Mount Holyoke College
• Anthony Stockwell, professor of modern history
• Alex Stokes, lecturer in physics
• Francis Thompson, historian
• Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex
• Kathleen Tillotson, academic and literary critic
• Samuel Tolansky, professor of physics
• Vladimir Vapnik, professor of computer science and statistics
• Andrew Wathey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northumbria
• Michael Walker, mathematician
• Martin West, classical scholar
• Nathan Widder, professor of political theory
• William Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Sir Bernard Williams, philosopher
• Michael John Williams, reader in international relations
• John Woolrich, composer, taught in the music department
• Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, sociologist

See also

• List of Principals of Royal Holloway, University of London

References

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2. "Lenny Henry's long road to a PhD", BBC Press Office, 5 October 2010
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6. Trebay, Guy (27 July 2000). "Thea Porter, 72; Dressed the Elite of the 60's in Hippie Chic". New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2014.