List of Durham University people

Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of people associated with Durham University, divided for user convenience into multiple subcategories. This includes alumni, those who have taught there, conducted research there or played a part in its founding.

Durham University is a collegiate university, so where known and if applicable, they are shown alongside their associated college. Note that college membership was not always compulsory.Template:Efn Staff candidates who have read for higher degrees, like the geologist Gillian Foulger or the historian Jeremy Black, did not join a college either. Alumni who did not take up membership of a college or society are therefore listed as Unattached.

This list is divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Alumni who have achieved distinction in more than one field are listed in the field in which it is felt they are most associated, or have been involved in more recently.

Durham alumni are active through organizations and events such as the annual reunions, dinners and balls. By 2009, the university claimed 67 Durham associations, ranging from international to college and sports affiliated groups, catered for the more than 109,000 living alumni.

Academics

Scientific entries who were, or are, Fellows of the Royal Society, have the Post-nominal letters FRS listed after their name

Astronomers and Physicists

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John D. Barrow

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Richard Ellis

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Gordon D. Love

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Ben Moore

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Elizabeth J. Tasker

• Aba Andam (Grad Soc) – President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017–2019); the first female physicist from Ghana
• Karen Aplin (Trevelyan) – Professor of Space Science and Technology at University of Bristol
• David Axon (Hatfield) – Professor of Physics at the University of Hertfordshire and Rochester Institute of Technology
• Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge (Hatfield) – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at Newcastle University
• John Barrow FRS (Van Mildert) – Gresham Professor of Geometry (2008–2011); Templeton Prize (2006)
• Brian J. Boyle (Grad Soc) – Director of the Australian Astronomical Observatory (1996–2003)
• Olwyn Byron – Professor of Biophysics at the University of Glasgow; Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize (2020)
• Richard Christopher Carrington FRS – "Observer" at Durham University Observatory (1849–1852)
• Martyn Chamberlain – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Master of Grey College (2003–2011)
• Emma Chapman (Josephine Butler) – Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Imperial College London
• Temple Chevallier – Director of Durham University Observatory (1839–1871)
• Roger Davies – Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University; President of the Royal Astronomical Society (2010–2012)
• I. M. Dharmadasa (Grad Soc) – Emeritus Professor of Electronic Materials & Devices at Sheffield Hallam University
• George Efstathiou FRS (Grad Soc) – Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University (1988–1997)
• Richard Ellis FRS – Professor of Astronomy at UCL; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2011)
• Keith Ellis FRS – Professor of Physics at Durham University; Dirac Medal of the IOP (2019)
• Andrew Fisher – Professor of Physics at University College London
• Carlos Frenk FRS – Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University
• Nigel Glover FRS (Hatfield) – Professor of Physics at Durham University
• Monica Grady (St Aidan's) – Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University
• Lucien Hardy (Grad Soc) – Researcher at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics best known for the Hardy's paradox thought experiment
• Alexander Stewart Herschel FRS – first Professor of Physics at the College of Physical Sciences
• Jeremy S. Heyl – Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of British Columbia
• Harold Jeffreys FRS (Armstrong) – Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University (1946–1958)
• Hans Kronberger – Scientist-in-Chief of the Reactor Group at UKAEA (1962–1969); Leverhulme Medal (1969)
• Gordon D. Love (Van Mildert) – Professor of Computer Science and Physics at the University of Leeds
• John Lupton – Professor of Experimental Physics at University of Regensburg
• Alan Martin FRS – former Head of the Physics Department at Durham; Max Born Prize (2007)
• Richard Massey (University) – Professor of Physics at Durham University
• Tom McLeish FRS – Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of York
• M. A. Wazed Miah (Grad Soc) – Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (–1999)
• Bahram Mobasher (Grad Soc) – Professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside
• Ben Moore – Director of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Zürich; Philip Leverhulme Prize (2001)
• Antonio Padilla – Professor of Physics at the University of Nottingham; Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2016)
• A. W. Pryor – Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics; David Syme Research Prize (1964)
• George Rochester FRS (Armstrong) – British physicist known for having co-discovered, with Sir Clifford Butler, a subatomic particle called the kaon
• Graham Ross FRS (Grad Soc) – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University; Dirac Medal of the IOP (2012)
• Brian Scarlett (Hatfield) – Professor of Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology (1983–2000)
• Caleb Scharf (University) – Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University
• Ian Smail (University) – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Herschel Medal (2025)
• Anna Stasto – Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University
• James Stirlng FRS – Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (2008-2013); Provost of Imperial College (2013-2018)
• Paul Sutcliffe (University) – Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham University; Whitehead Prize (2006)
• Mark Swinbank (St Cuthbert's) – Professor of Physics at Durham University; Philip Leverhulme Prize (2013)
• Nial Tanvir (St Aidan's) – Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of Leicester; Herschel Medal (2019)
• Elizabeth J. Tasker (Collingwood) – Associate Professor at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Sarah Thompson (Trevelyan) – Head of Physics Department at the University of York
• Samuel Tolansky FRS (Armstrong) – Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway College (1947–1973)
• John C. Travers (Hild Bede) – Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University; A. F. Harvey Prize (2022)
• Richard S. Ward FRS – Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham University
• Gillian Wilson (Grad Soc) – Professor of Physics at University of California, Merced
• Arnold Wolfendale FRS – Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University; Astronomer Royal (1991–1995)

Chemists

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Jas Pal Badyal

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Jacqui Cole

• Cyril Clifford Addison FRS (Hatfield) – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Nottingham (1960–78)
• Jas Pal Badyal FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University; Edward Harrison Memorial Prize (1993)
• Neil Bartlett FRS (King's) – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley; Davy Medal (2002)
• Richard Dickinson Chambers FRS (University) – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University (1976–2000)
• Tristram Chivers (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of Calgary
• Geoffrey E. Coates – Head of the Chemistry Department at Durham University (1953–1968)
• Jacqui Cole (Grey) – Head of Molecular Engineering at Cavendish Laboratory
• James Feast FRS – President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2006–08), Royal Medal (2007)
• Rebecca Goss (Hatfield) – Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of St. Andrews (2018–); Meldola Medal and Prize (2006)
• James Finlay Weir Johnston FRS – Professor in Chemistry and Mineralogy, first Durham Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1837)
• Judith Howard FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham University
• Jeremy Hutson FRS – Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Durham University (1996–); Tilden Prize (2011)
• Rachel McKendry (Trevelyan) – Professor at London Centre for Nanotechnology; Rosalind Franklin Award (2014)
• Elizabeth New (Ustinov) – Professor of Chemistry at University of Sydney; Eureka Prize (2018)
• Friedrich Paneth FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham, 1939–1953
• David Parker FRS – Professor of Chemistry at Durham (1992–); twice Head of Department
• John A. Pyle FRS (Grey) – Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge (2007–2018)
• Peter J. H. Scott (Ustinov) – Professor of Radiology and Pharmacology at University of Michigan
• Peter Skabara (Grad Soc) – Ramsay Professor of Chemistry at University of Glasgow

Classicists and Archaeologists

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Leslie Peter Wenham

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Charlotte Roberts

• John Atkinson (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor of Classics at University of Cape Town
• Eric Birley – Master of Hatfield College (1949–1956)
• David Breeze (University) – Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic Scotland (1989–2005)
• Martin Carver – Professor of Archaeology at the University of York
• Robin Coningham – Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology; UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage
• Brian Dobson (Hatfield) – Reader Emeritus of Durham University; President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
• Alan Greaves (Grey) – Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Liverpool
• William Greenwell FRS (University) – archaeologist, canon at Durham Cathedral
• Birgitta Hoffmann (Ustinov) – Director of the Roman Gask Project
• Michael Jarrett (Hatfield) – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
• Iain MacIvor (Hatfield) – Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland (1980–1989)
• Charlotte Roberts - Professor of Archaeology at Durham University (since 2004)
• J. E. H. Spaul (Hatfield) – British epigrapher and specialist on the Army of the Roman Empire
• Malcolm Todd – Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter (1979–1996); Principal of Trevelyan College (1996–2000)
• Leslie Peter Wenham – Head of History at St. John's College, York
• Tony Wilkinson – Professor of Archaeology (2006–2014)

Computer scientists

• Sue Black – Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University
• Leslie Blackett Wilson (King's) – former Chair of Computer Science at the University of Stirling
• Keith Clark (Hatfield) – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
• Simon Colton (St Aidan's) – Professor of Computational Creativity at Queen Mary University of London
• Max Garagnani (Grad Soc) – Lecturer, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
• David Gavaghan (Grey) – Professor of Computational Biology at University of Oxford
• Edwin Hancock (Grey) – Emeritus Professor of Computer Vision at the University of York

Economists and Political scientists

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Philip Booth

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Andrew Gamble

• Ewan Anderson – Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics at Durham
• Alexander Betts – Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at University of Oxford
• Luiza Bialasiewicz – Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Relations at the University of Amsterdam
• Philip Booth (Hatfield) – Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs
• Thom Brooks – Professor of Law and Government; Dean of Durham Law School; incoming Principal of Collingwood College
• Gordon Cameron (Hatfield) – Professor of Land Economy at Cambridge University; Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990)
• Neil Carter (Hatfield) – Professor of Politics at the University of York
• Anoush Ehteshami – Professor and Joint Director of the ESRC Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, Durham
• Anthony Forster – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex
• Andrew Gamble (Grad Soc) – Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield (1986–2007)
• Mark N. Katz – Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University; William Luce Fellow (April–June 2018)
• Eduardo Mendieta – Professor at Penn State University; former fellow at Institute of Advanced Study
• Roger Scully – Professor of Political Science at Cardiff University
• Steven B. Smith (Cuths) – Professor of Political Science at Yale University; Master of Branford College (1996-2011)
• Gareth Stansfield (Hatfield and Hild Bede) – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
• Suha Taji-Farouki (St Mary's) – Lecturer in Modern Islam at University of Exeter
• Giles Ji Ungpakorn – Thai dissident; Professor of Political Science at International University of Humanities and Social Sciences (Costa Rica)

Engineers and Mathematicians

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Frank Kelly

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William Herrick Macaulay

• Mark Ainsworth (Grey) – Francis Wayland Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.
• Julian Besag FRS – Professor of Mathematics at Durham University; Guy Medal (1983)
• Ed Corrigan FRS – Professor of Mathematics at the University of York, Principal of Collingwood College (2008–11)
• H. Martyn Evans – Professor in Humanities in Medicine at Durham University; Principal of Trevelyan College (2008–2019)
• Ian Fells – Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University, Michael Faraday Prize (1993)
• David Grant (Grad Soc) – Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University (2001–2012); Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2007–2012)
• Ruth Gregory – Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Durham University
• Julian Higgins – Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Director of Research at the Department of Population Health Sciences
• Frank Kelly FRS (Van Mildert) – Professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge since 2006
• Peter Kyberd (Hatfield) – Head of the School of Energy and Electrical Engineering at Portsmouth University
• William Herrick Macaulay (University) – Lecturer in Mathematics at University of Cambridge; Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge (1918–1924)
• Nigel Martin – Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Durham University; Principal of Trevelyan College (2000–2008)
• Angela Mihai (Grey) – Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cardiff University
• Rosemary Renaut (Collingwood) – Professor of Mathematics at Arizona State University
• Xiaoying Zhuang – Professor of Computational Science and Simulation Technology at Leibniz University Hannover

Geographers and Earth Scientists

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Arthur Holmes

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Claire Horwell

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Peter Liss

• John Anthony Allan (University) – Professor in Geography at King's College, London; Stockholm Water Prize (2008)
• Ash Amin – Professor of Geography at Cambridge University
• Richard Arculus (Hatfield) – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University
• Gerald Blake – Geographer and Principal of Collingwood College (1987–2001)
• Andrew Blowers (Hatfield) – Geographer known for his work on nuclear waste management; Alexander & Ilse Melamid Medal (2018)
• Martin Bott FRS – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences; Wollaston Medal (1992)
• George Malcolm Brown FRS (University) – Director of the British Geological Survey; Murchison Medal (1981)
• William Campbell (College of Science) – metallographer to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• Mike Crang – Professor of Cultural Geography at Durham University
• Sarah Curtis – Professor of Health and Risk at Durham University
• John Frederick Dewey – Professor of Geology at Oxford University (1986–2000)
• Kingsley Charles Dunham FRS (Hatfield) – Director of the British Geological Survey; Wollaston Medal (1976)
• Ghazi Falah (Hild Bede) – Geographer at University of Akron
• Gillian Foulger (Unattached) – Professor of Geophysics at Durham University; Price Medal (2005)
• Paul Lewis Hancock (University) – Editor of Journal of Structural Geology
• Peter Liss (University) – Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia
• David Harper – Professor of Palaeontology in Earth Sciences; Principal of Van Mildert College (2011–2021)
• Joseph Holden (Hatfield) – Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds
• Arthur Holmes – Chair of Geology at the University of Edinburgh; Vetlesen Prize (1964)
• Claire Horwell – Professor of Geohealth at Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
• Ray Hudson – Lecturer in Geography; Director of the Wolfson Research Institute (2003-2007)
• Malcolm K. Hughes (University) – Regents' Professor of Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona; co-producer of the hockey stick graph
• Basil Charles King (Hatfield) – Professor of Geology at Bedford College; Bigsby Medal (1959)
• Geoffrey King (Hatfield) – Senior Research Professor in Geophysics at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
• Ian Main (Grad Soc) – Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics at the University of Edinburgh
• Gordon Manley – Professor of Geography at Bedford College (1948–1964); President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1945–1947)
• Stewart McPherson – TV presenter and conservationist; David Given Award for Excellence in Plant Conservation (2012)
• Frank Pasquill (University) – Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Met Office
• Roger Powell FRS (Van Mildert) – Emeritus Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne
• David Sadler (University) – Professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool
• David Vaughan (Hatfield) - Scientist at British Antarctic Survey; Lead Author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
• Lawrence Wager FRS – Professor of Geology at Durham University
• Philip Woodworth (Hatfield) - Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

Historians and Antiquarians

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Jack Ogden

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James Holland

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Liz James

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G. M. Trevelyan

• Michael Aris (St Cuthbert's) – Author on Bhutanese, Tibetan and Himalayan culture and Buddhism; Lecturer in Asian history at St John's College, Oxford and later at St Antony's College, Oxford
• Jeremy Black – Professor of History at the University of Exeter; Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (2008)
• Richard Britnell – Emeritus Professor of History at Durham University; The Commercialisation of English Society, 1000-1500 (1993)
• Bertram Colgrave (Hatfield) – Reader in English at Durham University; Editor of Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile
• Anthony Crichton-Stuart (St Chad's) – Head of Old Master Paintings at Christie's, New York
• Robin Donkin (King's) – Reader in Historical Geography at Cambridge University (1990–1996)
• Jo Fox – Director of the Institute of Historical Research
• Roy Martin Haines (St Chad's) – Professor of Medieval History at Dalhousie University
• James Holland (St Chad's) – Popular historian, author of books on World War II
• Jean Hood – Author of various books on maritime history
• Liz James (Van Mildert) – Professor of the History of Art at the University of Sussex
• Judith Jesch (St Aidan's) – Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham
• Clifford Kinvig (St Cuthbert's) – Senior Lecturer in War Studies at RMA Sandhurst
• Deborah Lavin – Principal of Trevelyan College (1979–95)
• Dominic Montserrat (Grey) – British egyptologist and papyrologist; Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt (1996)
• Jack Ogden – Visiting Professor of Ancient Jewellery, Material and Technology at Birmingham City University; President of the Society of Jewellery Historians (since 2018)
• George Ornsby (University) – Antiquarian; editor with the Surtees Society
• David Reeder (Hatfield) – Lecturer in Urban History, University of Leicester
• Nicholas Reeves (Van Mildert) – Egyptologist; Director of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project (1998–2002)
• James Rutherford (Armstrong) – Chair of History at University of Auckland (1934–63)
• Alec Ryrie – Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University; Gresham Professor of Divinity (2018–2022)
• Alan Schom (Hatfield) – Biographer of Napoleon and Napoleon III
• Heather J. Sharkey (Grad Soc) – Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at University of Pennsylvania
• Peter Snowdon (University) – specialist in contemporary British political history; contributor to Parliamentary Brief
• John Steele (University) – Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity and Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Assyriology at Brown University

• Joanna Story (Trevelyan) – Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leiecester
• Michael Swanton – Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Exeter University
• George Macaulay Trevelyan – Scholar of political history and Chancellor of Durham University (1950–57)
• Andy Wood – Professor of Social History at Durham University
• Benjamin Woolley (St Cuthbert's) – historian and biographer; The King's Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I (2018)
• Julian Wright – Professor of History at Northumbria University; co-editor of French History

Language and Literature academics

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Mikhail Epstein

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Malcolm Guite

• Kenneth Allott (Armstrong) – Kenneth Muir Professor of English at Liverpool University
• Thomas Blackburn (Hatfield) – Lecturer at College of St. Mark and St. John
• Philip Bullock – Professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford
• Seán Burke – Reader in English at Durham University
• Paul Edwards (Hatfield) – Professor of English and African Literature at the University of Edinburgh
• Mikhail Epstein – Anglo-American and Russian literary theorist; Director of the Centre for Humanities Innovation at Durham University
• Ruth Etchells – Principal of St John's College, Durham (1979–88)
• Gary Ferguson (St Chad's) – Douglas Huntly Gordon Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Virginia
• Clifford Nelson Fyle (Hatfield) - Sierra Leonean Professor of English; wrote lyrics to the Sierra Leone National Anthem
• Eldred D. Jones – literary critic from Sierra Leone
• Malcolm Guite – author, poet (Sounding the Seasons, The Singing Bowl), priest, and singer-songwriter; current Bye-Fellow and Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge
• Maebh Long – Irish academic, known for writings on the novelist and playwright Brian O'Nolan
• Margaret Masson – Lecturer in English, Principal of St Chad's College (2016–present)
• Patrick O'Meara – Professor of Russian and Russian history; Master of Van Mildert College (2004–11)
• John Robert O'Toole - Professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne
• Ann Moss – Professor of French at Durham University (1996–2003)
• Harold Orton (Hatfield) – Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds (1946–64)
• Jennifer Smith - FRSE Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Glasgow
• Ida C. Ward (St Mary's) – Professor of Linguistics, known for work on African languages

Life scientists

Entries defined as having backgrounds in Biology and its various sub-disciplines e.g. Botany, Ecology, Neuroscience, Pathology etc.

• David Barker – Emeritus Professor of Zoology
• David Bellamy – Lecturer in Botany; President of The Wildlife Trusts (1995–2005)
• Kathleen Bever Blackburn (Armstrong) – botanist
• John Lawton FRS – RSPB Vice President; previously head of Natural Environment Research Council; the last chair of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
• Marie Lebour – marine biologist
• Simon Parson – Regius Professor of Anatomy at University of Aberdeen (since 2018); President of the Anatomical Society (since 2019)
• Joe Smartt (Hatfield) – Reader in Biology at Southampton University (1990–1996)
• Mark A. Smith (Hatfield) – Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University
• David H. Valentine - Head of Department of Botany from 1945 as Reader, then from 1950 as Professor. Subsequently at University of Manchester
• Stan Woodell (Hatfield) – Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–1988); Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford (1989–2004)
• Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (Hatfield) – Ecologist; contributor to the Journal of Ecology

Philosophers and Theologians

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Douglas Davies

• Lewis Ayres – Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University; Bede Chair of Catholic Theology (2009–2013)
• Charles Kingsley Barrett – Professor of Divinity at Durham University (1958–1982)
• Joan Bernard – Principal of Trevelyan College (1966–1978)
• Stephen R. L. Clark – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool
• Dan Cohn-Sherbok – Emeritus Professor of Judaism at the University of Wales
• David E. Cooper – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University
• Douglas Davies (St John's) – Professor in the Study of Religion at Durham
• James Dunn – Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University (1990–2003)
• Christopher Evans – Lightfoot Professor of Divinity (1959–1962)
• Stanley Eveling – Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University
• Simon J. Gathercole (Hatfield) – Reader in New Testament Studies and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
• David Jasper (Hatfield and St Chad's) – Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Glasgow
• R. W. L. Moberly – Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at Durham University
• Tim Crane - Former Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge

Physicians and Psychiatrists

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Ruth Nicholson

• Ephraim Anderson FRS – bacteriologist known for his research on plasmids
• Francis Arthur Bainbridge FRS – Professor of Physiology at Durham University (1911–1915), later chair of physiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital
• George Stewardson Brady FRS (College of Medicine) – Professor of Natural History at the Hancock Museum (1875–1906)
• John Charles – Chief Medical Office (1950–1960)
• Thomas Dutton – dietitian and opponent of teetotalism
• Reginald Hall – endocrinologist known for his research on the thyroid gland
• William Edmund Hick – President of the Experimental Psychology Society (1958–1959)
• Tom Main – doctor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, coined the term Therapeutic community
• Flora Murray – doctor and suffragist, founder of Women's Hospital for Children
• Claude Nelson-Williams - physician, politician, and one-time president of the Sierra Leone Medical Association
• Ruth Nicholson – obstetrician and gynaecologist
• Thomas Horrocks Openshaw – Victorian surgeon and recipient of a Jack the Ripper letter
• Joseph Stoddart FRS – Consultant anaesthetist at Royal Victoria Infirmary, influenced the development of Intensive Care in the UK
• John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant – former President of British Medical Association, General Medical Council and the Royal Society of Medicine

Sociologists and Social Anthropologists

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Robert Hugh Layton

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Mathew Guest

• Gëzim Alpion – Lecturer in Sociology at University of Birmingham
• Robert Burgess (Bede) – President of the British Sociological Association (1989–1991)
• Stanley Cohen – Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
• Iain R. Edgar – Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Durham University
• Mathew Guest - Professor of Sociology of Religion at Durham University
• Robert Hugh Layton – Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Durham University
• Tariq Modood (Cuths) – Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol (1997-); co-founder of the journal Ethnicities
• Henrietta Moore (Trevs) – William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology (2008-2014)
• Caroline Moser – Emeritus Professor of Urban Development at University of Manchester; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (2004–2007)
• Sue Scott – Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle; President of the British Sociological Association (2007–2009)
• Ian Taylor (Hatfield) – Professor of Sociology at Salford University (1989–1998); Principal of Van Mildert College (1999–2000)
• Alan Warde – Professor of Sociology at Manchester University (1999-)
• Frank Webster (Cuths) – Head of the Department of Sociology at City University London (2008–2012); Theories of the Information Society (1995)

Other academics

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Aikaterini Fotopoulou

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Richard Ovenden

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Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

• Michael Alcorn – Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University, Belfast
• Robert Allison – Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University from 2012
• Roy Ascott (King's) – Founder and President of the Planetary Collegium at Plymouth University (2003–present)
• Tim Blackman – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Middlesex
• Ernest Bullock – Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow and Principal of the Scottish National Academy of Music (1941–1952); Director of the Royal College of Music (1953–1960)
• Kenneth Calman – Vice-Chancellor of Durham University (1998–2006); Chancellor of the University of Glasgow (2006–present)
• Anne Campbell – Professor of Psychology at Durham University
• John Casken – Professor of Music at the University of Manchester (1992–2008)
• Joe Elliott – Principal of Collingwood College (2011–present) and Professor of Education at Durham (2004–present)
• Peter Evans (Cuths) – Professor of Music at Southampton University (1961–1990)
• Aikaterini Fotopoulou – Professor of Psychodynamic Neuroscience at University College London
• Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. – President of Morehouse College (2007–2012)
• Chris Higgins (Grey) – Vice Chancellor of Durham University (2007–2014)
• George Wilberforce Kakoma – Professor of music, composer of Uganda's national anthem
• Richard Ovenden (St Chad's) – Deputy Director and Head of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library
• Hugh Pearman (St Chad's) – architecture and design critic of The Sunday Times (1986–2016)
• Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (Castle) – Clergyman and arachnologist
• Frank Rhodes, President of Cornell University (1977–1995)
• Akilagpa Sawyerr – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (1985–1992)
• Charles Thorp FRS – Warden of the University
• Peter Ustinov – Chancellor of the University of Durham (1992–2004)
• Paul Wellings – Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University (2002–2012)
• Ted Wragg (Hatfield) – Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)
• Zu'bi M.F. Al-Zu'bi (Ustinov) - Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Jordan (2013–2017); Director of Development at the University of Sydney

Business people

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Dr Herbert Loebl

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William Russell

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David Sproxton

• Richard Adams (St John's) – pioneer of Fair Trade and founder of Traidcraft
• Adam Applegarth (Grey) – CEO of Northern Rock bank (2001–07)
• David Arkless (Hatfield) – former president, CDI Corporation
• James Averdieck (Hild Bede) – entrepreneur known for dessert brand Gü
• John Cadman, 1st Baron Cadman – Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
• Cecil Chao – A Hong Kong billionaire, the Chairman and owner of Cheuk Nang Holdings
• Edwin Davies, businessman and philanthropist
• Steve Easterbrook (St Chad's) – CEO of McDonald's
• Ron Emerson – founding Chairman of the British Business Bank
• Leslie Ferrar (St Mary's) – Treasurer to Charles III
• James Hoffmann - co-founder of Square Mile Coffee Roasters and World Barista Champion
• John Henry Holmes (College of Physical Science) – inventor of the light switch
• Tom Hume (King's) – first Director of the Museum of London
• Herbert Loebl (King's) – co-founder of Joyce, Loebl & Company
• John Laurent Giles – yacht designer
• Sir Robert Malpas (King's) – engineer and industrialist
• Lady Edward Manners – manager of Haddon Hall and founder of Beau Bra Lingerie Company
• Ian Marchant (Hatfield) – CEO of SSE plc
• Sir Peter Ogden (Castle) – co-founder of Computacenter
• Peter Owen Edmunds (Hatfield) – telecoms entrepreneur, co-founder of Peterstar
• Richard Paniguian (Hatfield) – former vice-president, BP
• Richard Pease (Hatfield) – fund manager
• Alison Rose – former CEO of NatWest Group
• William Russell (Grey) – former Merrill Lynch banker; 692nd Lord Mayor of London (2019–2021)
• Nick Scheele (Cuths) – president and COO of the Ford Motor Company
• David Sproxton (Collingwood) – co-founder (with Peter Lord) of Aardman Animations

Judges and lawyers

Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Van Mildert	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2013-2018); Vice President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal (2009-2013); Lord Justice of Appeal (2006–2013)
	Trevelyan	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2017-); Lady Justice of Appeal (2010-2017)

Judges of the High Court of Justice

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	University	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2014–)
	Grey	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2008–2013)
	Collingwood	Justice of the High Court (2006–2011); Lord Justice of Appeal (2011–2018); President of the Family Division (2018–)
	Trevelyan	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2016–)
	St Aidan's	Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench) (2005–2015)
	King's	Justice of the High Court (1989–1996); Lord Justice of Appeal (1996–2010); Intelligence Services Commissioner (2011–2016)
	University	Justice of the High Court (Family Division) (2024-)

Judges in other countries

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Codrington	Chief Justice of Jamaica (1923–1925); Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1925–1926)
	Fourah Bay	Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (1998–2005)
	Fourah Bay	Chief Justice of the Gold Coast (1956–1957); Chief Justice of Ghana (1957–1963)
	King's	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2000–2002)
	Fourah Bay	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1970–1972)

Lawyers

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Hatfield	Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission (2006–2011)
	Hatfield	Barrister at Devereux Chambers; Founder of Good Law Project

Broadcasters and entertainers

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Alex Macqueen

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Charlotte Riley

Actors

• Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings (Hatfield) – actor, The Archers
• Arthur Bostrom (St Chad's) – actor, played Officer Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo!
• Andrew Buchan (Cuths) – actor, All the Money in the World (2017)
• Daniel Casey (Grey) – co-star of Midsomer Murders
• Ian Hogg (St John's) – played lead role in Rockliffe
• Nathan Kiley – stage actor
• Alex Macqueen (Collingwood) – actor, The Thick of It and The Inbetweeners
• Ambika Mod (St Mary's) – actress, This Is Going to Hurt and One Day
• Adam Rayner – actor, Tyrant
• Charlotte Riley (Cuths) – actress
• Patrick Ryecart (Bede) – film and stage actor
• John Schwab – actor and voice artist
• Lily Travers – actress, Viceroy's House
• James Wilby (Grey) – film, television and theatre actor known for Maurice and Howards End
• Christina Wolfe (Van Mildert) – actress, The Royals
• Fenella Woolgar (St Mary's) – actress, Bright Young Things (2003)

Comedians

• James Cary (Hatfield) – TV and radio comedy writer, Think the Unthinkable and Bluestone 42
• Tim FitzHigham (St Chad's) – comedian, actor and record-breaker
• Ed Gamble (Hatfield) – presenter and performer, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and Mock the Week
• Liz Kingsman – comedian and actress, Parlement and I, Jack Wright
• Nish Kumar (Grey) – stand-up and host, The Mash Report
• Stevie Martin (St John's) – comedian and podcast host, Nobody Panic
• Nick Mohammed (St Aidan's) – comedian and actor
• Naz Osmanoglu (Van Mildert) – stand-up and former So You Think You're Funny runner-up

Correspondents and Presenters

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George Alagiah

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Gabby Logan

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Jeremy Vine

• George Alagiah (Van Mildert) – broadcaster; BBC TV News at Six since 2003
• Matthew Amroliwala (St Chad's) – BBC news presenter
• Guy de la Bédoyère (Collingwood) – British historian and broadcaster, Time Team
• Lucy Beresford (Trevs) – broadcaster, host of #MindOverMatterMondays and agony aunt on This Morning
• Lionel Blue (Grey) – rabbi, broadcaster, author; Honorary Doctor of Divinity and Fellow at Grey College
• Allan Cartner (Castle) – Continuity announcer, Border Television
• Mark Durden-Smith (Hatfield) – Channel 5 sports presenter
• Jonny Dymond – BBC Royal Correspondent (2017–)
• Marc Edwards – Welsh and Chinese television presenter on China Central Television
• Jonathan Gould (Hatfield) – Channel 5 television presenter of MLB on Five (1997–2008)
• Judith Hann (St Aidan's) – freelance broadcaster and writer, former Tomorrow's World presenter
• Gavin Hewitt (St John's) – Special Correspondent for BBC News
• Chris Hollins (Hild Bede) – broadcaster, sports presenter for BBC Breakfast
• Nina Hossain (Cuths) – broadcast journalist
• Catherine Jacob – Sky News journalist
• Gabby Logan (Hild Bede) – TV presenter
• Dominic Montserrat (Grey) – TV Egyptologist
• Rory Morrison (Castle) - BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer
• Maryam Nemazee – Bloomberg presenter
• Kjartan Poskitt (Collingwood) - TV presenter and author
• Mark Pougatch (Hatfield) – BBC sports presenter and radio host
• Jonny Saunders (Collingwood) – BBC Radio 2 Sports Presenter
• David Shukman (Hatfield) – BBC correspondent
• Gareth Sibson (Castle) – writer and broadcaster
• Kate Silverton (Cuths) – Broadcast journalist
• Bill Steel – presenter and announcer, Tyne Tees Television
• Jeremy Vine (Hatfield) – BBC radio and television presenter
• Tim Willcox (St Chad's), BBC television presenter

Directors and Producers

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Viscount Colville

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Lorraine Heggessey

• George Auckland (Hatfield) – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
• Simon Ardizzone (Castle) – film editor and producer, Hacking Democracy (2006)
• Biddy Baxter (St Mary's) – TV producer (Blue Peter) and inventor of the Blue Peter badge
• Jamie Campbell (St John's) – documentary filmmaker and producer, 24 Hours with...
• Jonny Campbell (Van Mildert) – film and television director, Alien Autopsy (2006)
• Charles Mark Townshend Colville (St Chad's) – 5th Viscount Colville of Culross, BBC producer and director, elected as hereditary peer in 2011
• George Entwistle (Castle) – journalist, TV producer and former Director-General of the BBC
• John Exelby (Castle) – co-founder and editor of BBC News World Service
• Shelagh Fogarty – host of the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show
• Fiona Foster (Van Mildert) – television presenter of BBC Business News and ITV London Tonight
• Alastair Fothergill (Cuths) – BBC Nature producer and co-producer of The Blue Planet
• Pippa Greenwood (Trevs) – plant pathologist, appears on BBC Gardeners World
• Lorraine Heggessey (Collingwood) – BBC One controller (2000–2004)
• Sally El Hosaini (Collingwood) – filmmaker
• Cecil McGivern – Controller of BBC Television Service (1950–1957)
• Roger Pratt (St John's) – cinematographer and Academy Award nominee, The End of the Affair (1999)
• Ian Sharp (Hatfield) – director known for Who Dares Wins (1982) and his second-unit work on GoldenEye (1995)
• Chris Terrill (Collingwood) – documentary maker, writer and adventurer
• Dougal Wilson (Castle) – director; Paddington in Peru (2024)

Military personnel

British Army

• Mark Carleton-Smith
  Mark Carleton-Smith
• Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
  Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
• Richard Nugee
  Richard Nugee
• Tim Radford
  Tim Radford
• Alex Taylor
  Alex Taylor

Chiefs of the General Staff

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Hatfield	Previously Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) (2016–2018); Director Special Forces (2012–2015)
	Hatfield	Also Constable of the Tower (2009–2016)

Senior personnel

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Armstrong	Royal Army Medical Corps
	Bede	General Officer Commanding, 1st Division (1952–1955)
	Van Mildert	Military Secretary (2005–2008)
	University	Director of Joint Warfare at the Directorate of Joint Warfare
	Grey	Chief of Defence People (2016–2020); Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016)
	Hatfield	Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (2004–2007)
	College of Medicine	Director of Medical Services, British Army of the Rhine (1945–1949)
	St Chad's	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2020–)
	University	Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (2003–2006)
	Grey	Director Special Forces (1996–1999)
	Hatfield	Director, Army Legal Services Branch (2019–)

Other personnel

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	King's	Won Military Cross for actions during Operation Varsity
	Hatfield	Irish Guards officer; known for helping to expose the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt
	?	Commanded Northumberland Hussars (1964–1966)
	King's	Won Military Cross for actions during Invasion of Sicily

Royal Air Force

• Jonathan Chaffey
  Jonathan Chaffey
• Nigel Phillips
  Nigel Phillips
• James Milne Robb
  James Milne Robb
• Garry Tunnicliffe
  Garry Tunnicliffe

Senior personnel

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	St Chad's/St John's	Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force (2014–2018)
	Armstrong	Flying ace (11 victories)
	?	Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2017–)
	Armstrong	Inspector-General of the RAF (1951); Vice Chief of the Air Staff (1947–1948)
	Armstrong	Director, RAF Educational Service (1944–1952)
	?	Director, Women's Royal Air Force (1976–1980)
	University	Defence Services Secretary (2016–2019)
	Hatfield	Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015); Commander, Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007)

Other personnel

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	University	Pilot during Second World War; later President of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1985–1986)

Royal Navy

• Andrew Burns
  Andrew Burns
• Alex Burton
  Alex Burton
• Clive Johnstone
  Clive Johnstone
• Timothy Laurence
  Timothy Laurence
• David Steel
  David Steel

Senior personnel

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Hatfield	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) (2020–)
	University	Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces (2016–2017)
	Collingwood	Controller of the Navy (2009–2012)
	Grey	Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet (2009–2011); Flag Officer Sea Training (2007–2009)
	Hild Bede	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) (2013–2015)
	Van Mildert	Commander, Joint Helicopter Command (2008–2011)
	University	Chief Executive, Defence Estates (2007–2010)
	Hatfield	Commander Operations (2013–2015)
	St Cuthbert's	Flag Officer Sea Training (2009–2011)
	Grey	Governor of Gibraltar (2020–); Second Sea Lord (2012–2015)

Musicians and artists

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Justin Chancellor

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Jonathan Darlington

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Patrick Hawes

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Tom Rosenthal

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Alexander Talbot Rice

• Michael Alford (St John's) – figurative painter
• Sir Thomas Allen – operatic baritone, former Chancellor of Durham University
• Ralph Allwood (Van Mildert) – Director of Music at Eton College
• Marian Arkwright (Unattached) – composer, one of the first British women to receive a doctorate in music
• Frederic Austin – English baritone singer, musical teacher and composer from 1905 to 1930
• Edward Bairstow – organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition
• H. Hugh Bancroft – British organist and composer who was organist of five cathedrals
• Kerry Beaumont – organist and Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa (2021–)
• Philip Best – pioneer in power electronics
• Jon Boden (Collingwood) – English fiddle player and folk singer
• Thomas Frederick Candlyn – organist and choirmaster, St. Thomas Church, New York
• Andrew Cantrill (Hild Bede) – organist and choirmaster, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, New York
• Justin Chancellor – bassist, Tool
• King Charles – indie rock artist
• J. Michael Clarke (St Chad's) – composer and musician
• Rod Clements (Cuths) – musician in folk-rock band Lindisfarne
• (Alfred) Melville Cook – British organist and conductor
• Jonathan Darlington (Hatfield) – conductor and Music Director of Vancouver Opera
• Howard Davies (Cuths) – theatre and television director
• Bryan Ferry – Roxy Music singer (only studied for one year before moving to Newcastle)
• Eveline Fischer – video game composer known for her work with Rare
• Margot Fonteyn – ballet dancer, Chancellor of Durham University
• Noel Forster (King's) – British artist
• Rumon Gamba – conductor, Chief Conductor of Oulu Symphony Orchestra
• Ruth Gipps – British composer, conductor, oboist and pianist
• Malcolm Goldring (Hatfield) – English conductor and oboist
• Dan "Nu:Tone" Gresham – drum and bass musician
• J. P. E. Harper-Scott (St Chad's) – Professor of Music History and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London
• Ted Harrison – Canadian artist
• Patrick Hawes (St Chad's) – composer and Classic FM's Composer in Residence
• Gwyneth Herbert (St Chad's) – singer-songwriter and jazz musician
• Arthur Hutchings – Professor of Music at Durham University (1947–1968)
• David Jennings (Castle) – composer
• John Joubert – composer of choral music
• James MacMillan (Hild Bede/Grad Soc) – Scottish composer
• Stuart MacRae (Hild Bede) – composer
• Anthony Payne (Cuths) – composer and Elgar specialist
• Giles Ramsay (St Chad's) – theatre director, producer and playwright, Fellow of St Chad's
• Michael F. Robinson – composer and musicologist, faculty member (1961-1965)
• Tom Rosenthal (Cuths) – English singer-songwriter
• Alec Roth (Hatfield) – English composer
• Janet Mary Salsbury - English author, composer and organist
• Malcolm Sargent (Unattached) – English conductor, organist and composer
• Tim "Exile" Shaw (Hatfield) – drum and bass and IDM musician
• Robert Simpson – composer, writer, BBC producer
• Ronald Smith – English classical pianist, composer and teacher
• Alexander Talbot Rice (Cuths) – portrait artist
• Richard Terry – organist and revivalist of Tudor period music
• John Philip 'Jake' Thackray (Hatfield) - singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist
• Alan Walker – musicologist and biographer of Franz Liszt
• John B. Williams (Van Mildert) – drum and bass musician and DJ

Politicians and civil servants

Members of the House of Commons

Excluding current members of the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet, who are listed above (if any), and former MPs who went on to be members of the House of Lords, who are listed below

• Graham Brady
  Graham Brady
• Robert Buckland
  Robert Buckland
• Carla Denyer
  Carla Denyer
• Edward Leigh
  Edward Leigh
• Mo Mowlam
  Mo Mowlam

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Grey	Labour MP for Lewisham East (2010–2018), Shadow Secretary of State for Health (2015–2016), Deputy Mayor of London (2018–2021), MP for Swindon South (2024–present), Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice (2024–present)
	Trevelyan	Conservative MP for Telford (2015–2024)
	?	Labour MP for Blaydon (2005–2017); Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (2016–2017)
	St Aidan's	Labour MP for Leicester South (2011–2024), Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2023–2024)
	?	Liberal MP for Gainsborough (1895–1900)
	University	Conservative MP for Reigate (1997–2024)
	King's	Labour MP for Bishop Auckland (1959–1979)
	St Aidan's	Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024); Chairman of 1922 Committee (2010–2019, 2020–2024)
	?	Labour MP for Bolton West (2024–present)
	Hatfield	Conservative MP for Swindon South (2010–2024), Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (2019–2021)
	?	Labour MP for Darlington (2010–2019)
	Van Mildert	Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted (2024–)
	University	Liberal MP for the City of Durham (1868–1871)
	St Chad's	Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (2021–present), Green MP for Bristol Central (2024–present)
	University	Conservative MP for Thurrock (2010–2024)
	?	Labour MP for Sunderland North (1992–2010)
	?	Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North (2019–2024)
	Hild Bede	Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (1997–2024)
	Ushaw	Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East (1997–2014)
	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for The Hartlepools (1943–1945)
	St Mary's	Labour MP for Reading East (1997–2005)
	St John's	Conservative MP for Bath (2015–2017)
	King's	Labour MP for Durham (1970–1983); City of Durham (1983–1987)
	St John's	Conservative (1983–2002); Independent Conservative (2002–2005); and Democratic Unionist Party (2005) MP for Basingstoke
	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Croydon Central (2017–2024) and for Croydon West (2024–present), Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation (2024–present)
	?	Labour MP for Liverpool Walton (1991–2010)
	College of Medicine	Unionist Party MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West (1931–1940)
	University	Conservative MP for Gainsborough and Horncastle (1983–1997); Gainsborough (1997–present); Father of the House (2024–present)
	―	Labour MP for Bassetlaw (1929–1931); National Labour MP for Bassetlaw (1931–1935); Ross and Cromarty (1936–1945); Chancellor of the University of Durham (1971–1980)
	?	Conservative MP for Northampton South (2015–2017)
	St Aidan's	Labour MP for Cleethorpes (1997–2010)
	?	Labour MP for Mansfield (1987–2017)
	University	Conservative MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1983–1987); Beckenham (1992–1997)
	University	Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle (2015–2024),
	Bede	Conservative MP Newcastle upon Tyne East (1959–1964); Brierley Hill (1967–1974); Altrincham and Sale (1974–1997)
	?	Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley (2024—present)
	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Redcar (1987–2001); Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1997–1999)
	St Cuthbert's	Labour MP for Darlington (1983)
	Hild Bede	Labour MP for Chatham and Aylesford (2024–present)
	St Cuthbert's	Liberal Democrat MP for Southport (2001–2017)
	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for Liverpool Wavertree (1918–1922)
	?	Labour MP for Northampton North (2024–)
	Staff	Labour MP for Bishop Auckland (2024–present)
	Bede	Labour MP for Barnard Castle (1935–1945)
	University	Liberal MP for Newcastle upon Tyne (1910–1918); Newcastle upon Tyne West (1918–1922); Home Secretary (1919–1922); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1918–1919)
	Grey	Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (2019–)
	University	Liberal MP for Caithness (1869–1885)
	University	Labour MP for Rugby (2024–)
	?	Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove (2024–)
	Trevelyan	Labour MP for Dunfermline West (1992–2005)
	Hatfield/Armstrong	Liberal MP for Stockton-on-Tees (1923–1924)
	Staff	Labour MP for the Bracknell (2024–present)
	University	Liberal MP for the City of Durham (1874 & 1880–1885)
	Hatfield	Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich (2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–2024)
	University	Liberal MP for County Waterford (1873–1874 & 1880–1885)
	?	Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness (2015–2024)
	College of Medicine	Conservative MP for Manchester Withington (1922–1923 & 1924–1929)
	St Mary's	Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central (2005–2015)
	Armstrong	Conservative MP for Glasgow Pollok (1967–1970)

Members of the House of Lords

• Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
  Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
• Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley
  Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley
• Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
  Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
• Viscount Knutsford
  Viscount Knutsford
• Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton
  Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	?	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	?	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
	St Chad's	Member of the House of Lords (2011–)
	Bede	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1998–1999)
	Bede	Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party (1981–1987); Labour MP for Easington (1970–1987)
	Collingwood	Lord-in-waiting (1989, 2016–2017)
	Trevelyan	Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (2017–)
	University	Secretary of State for the Colonies (1887–1892)
	King's	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1983–1987); Conservative MP for Westmorland (1964–1983); Westmorland and Lonsdale (1983–1997)
	King's	Chairman of Committees (2015–2016); Convenor of the Crossbench Peers (2011–2015)
	Cuths
	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1958–1969)
	Van Mildert	Member of the House of Lords (2001–)
	Bede	Leader of the House of Lords (1976–1979); Labour MP for Workington (1945–1976)
	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1913–1918)
	―	Professor of English Language at University of Durham (1958–1960); Member of the House of Lords (1994–2017)
	University	Chairman of Committees (2012–2015); Member of the House of Lords (1996–2015)
	St Chad's	Honorary Fellow and Tutor at St Chad's College; Member of the House of Lords (2010–)
	Collingwood	Member of the House of Lords (2022–); Minister of State for Investment (2022); Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2016–2019)
	Bede	Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1972–1976); Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1951–1976)
	―	Chancellor of the University of Durham (1931–1949)
	University	Conservative MP for Stockton South (2010–2017), entered House of Lords 2020, Chair of the Office for Students (2021–2024)

Members of devolved assemblies and parliaments

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	St John's	Conservative Member of the Welsh Assembly for Monmouth (2007–2021)
	Graduate Society	Northern Ireland Unionist Party Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley (1998–2003)
	University	Liberal Democrat Member of the London Assembly as the 5th Additional Member (2002–2012)

Members of the European Parliament

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	?	Labour Party MEP for North East England (2014–2019)
	St Mary's	Brexit Party MEP for South East England (2019–2020)
	Hatfield	Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (2019–2020)

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

• Fergus Cochrane-Dyet
  Fergus Cochrane-Dyet
• Kim Darroch
  Kim Darroch
• Jonathan Wilks
  Jonathan Wilks

United Kingdom

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	St Cuthbert's	British High Commissioner to Jamaica and the Bahamas (2017–); British Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and Palau (2013–2017); British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Laos (2010–2012); British Ambassador to Thailand (2010–2012)
	St John's	British High Commissioner to Malta (1976–1979)
	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004)
	?	Governor of the Cayman Islands (2018–) British Ambassador to Peru (2014–2018) British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2004–2008)
	Grey	British High Commissioner to Zambia (2016–) British Ambassador to Liberia (2013–2015) British High Commissioner to Malawi (2009–2011) British High Commissioner to the Seychelles (2007–2009)
Neil Crompton	University	British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2020–)
	Hatfield	British Ambassador to the United States (2016–2019) National Security Advisor (2012–2015) UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011)
	Van Mildert	British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018–)
	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017) British High Commissioner to the Bahamas (2013–2017)
	Collingwood	British Ambassador to Georgia (2013–2016)
	King's	Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons (1982–1987) Governor of British Honduras (1980–1981) High Commissioner to Uganda (1973–1976) Ambassador to Rwanda (1973–1976)
	?	British Ambassador to Japan (2017–) British High Commissioner to Australia (2011–2015) British High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–2011)
	University	British Ambassador to Yemen (2013-2015) High Commissioner to Kenya (2019–)
	?	British Ambassador to Tunisia (2008–2013)
	University	British High Commissioner to Malawi (1987–1990)
	Hatfield	British High Commissioner to Cameroon (1991–1995)
	Graduate Society	British Ambassador to Lebanon (1988-1990) British Ambassador to Sudan (1990-1991) British Ambassador to Morocco (1992-1996)
	―	British Ambassador to Sudan (1965–1966) British Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963)
	King's	British Ambassador to Nepal (1974-1977) British High Commissioner to Malawi (1977-1979) British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1980-1981)
	St Cuthbert's	British Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2019–) British Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2002–2005)
	Collingwood	British Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2013–2017)
	University	British Ambassador to Iraq (2017–) British Ambassador to Oman (2014–2017) British Ambassador to Yemen (2010–2011)

Other countries

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	University	Ghanaian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the European Economic Community (1976–1978) Ghanaian Ambassador to Switzerland and Australia (1967–1972)
	?	Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (2018–)
	Graduate Society	Ambassador of Indonesia to the United Kingdom (2020–) Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations (2012–2015)
	King's	Iraqi Ambassador to the United States (2006–2011) Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations (2004–2006)

Civil Service

• Ian Chapman
  Ian Chapman
• Kumar Iyer
  Kumar Iyer
• Jonathan Jones
  Jonathan Jones
• Nicola Spence
  Nicola Spence

Home Civil Service

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	?	Director of Parliamentary Archives (2014–)
	University	Director, Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence (2019–)
	Hild Bede	Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
	?	Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office (2018–2021)
	University	Chief Economist, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2019–)
	St Chad's	Permanent Secretary, Government Legal Department (2014–2020)
	Hatfield	Head of Defence & Security Organisation (2008–2015)
	―	Education Officer, London County Council (1940–1951)
	St Aidan's	Chief Plant Health Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2014–)
	?	Chief Inspector at Ofsted (2000–2002)

Overseas Civil Service

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Hatfield	Secretary for Housing, British Hong Kong (1986–1988)
	Hatfield	Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)

Others

Politicians overseas

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	College of Medicine	President of Nigerian National Democratic Party; Member of Legislative Council of Nigeria (1923–1938)
	?	Member of the House of Representatives of Indonesia (2014–2019)
	Ushaw	Member of the Gibraltar Parliament (2002–2013)
	?	Member of Legislative Council of Nigeria (1933–1944)
	University	Premier of Queensland (1877–1879)
	Hatfield	Chief of Security and Immigration, Ethiopia
	?	President of the Senate of Barbados (2012–2018)
	Ustinov	Minister for the Arts and Minister of Educational Services, State of Victoria, Australia (1979–1982)
	Ustinov	National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, United States
	?	Malaysian Minister of Education (2018–2020)
	Fourah Bay/College of Medicine	Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1958–1964)
	?	Premier of South Australia (2018–2022)
	University	Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for East Middlesex (1861–1863)
	Armstrong	Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995); Member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong (1963–1995)
	Cuths	Governor of the Bank of Uganda (2001-2022)
	?	Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies (2023–)

Campaigners and activists

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Collingwood	Eurosceptic campaigner; 1997 general election Referendum Party candidate for North West Durham, 1999 European Elections UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate for the North East Region
	Hatfield	Secretary-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (1955–1958)
	Non-Collegiate	President of the National Secular Society (1951–1963)
	Armstrong	Chairman of the Independent Labour Party (1939–1941); Chairman of the Common Wealth Party (1945–1947)
	University	Chief Executive of Save the Children (2016–)

Religion

Archbishops and Primates

• Walter Adams
  Walter Adams
• Josiah Idowu-Fearon
  Josiah Idowu-Fearon
• Henry Ndukuba
  Henry Ndukuba
• Michael Ramsey
  Michael Ramsey
• Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
  Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
• Justin Welby
  Justin Welby

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	University	Archbishop of Yukon (1947–1952)
	St Chad's	Archbishop of the West Indies (1998–2009)
	Hatfield	Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1977–1985)
	St John's	Archbishop of Kaduna (2002–2008)
	University	Archbishop of West Africa (1955–1961)
	Codrington	Archbishop of the West Indies (1922–1936)
	St John's	Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria (2020–)
	—	Van Mildert Professor of Divinity (1940–1950); Archbishop of Canterbury (1961–1974)
	University	Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (2005–)
	St John's	Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–)
	Ushaw	Archbishop of Southwark (2019–)

Bishops

• Steven Croft
  Steven Croft
• Christopher Foster
  Christopher Foster
• Nick Holtam
  Nick Holtam
• Walsham How
  Walsham How
• John Inge
  John Inge
• William Stanton Jones
  William Stanton Jones

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	St Chad's	Bishop of Wangaratta
	St John's	Bishop of Stockport
	St Chad's	Bishop of Whitby (1976–1983); Bishop of Selby (1983–1991)
	University	Bishop of Mashonaland (1911–1925)
	St John's	Bishop of Knaresborough
	St Cuthbert's	Bishop of Barbados
	St John's	Bishop of Warrington
	Hatfield	Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman
	?	Bishop of Birkenhead
	St John's	Bishop of Jarrow
	St Chad's	Bishop of Penrith (1959–1966); Bishop of Carlisle (1966–1972)
	St Cuthert's	Bishop of St Helena (1967–1973)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Melanesia
	St Chad's	Bishop of Blackburn (1989–2003)
	St John's	Bishop of Sheffield (2008–2016); Bishop of Oxford (2016–)
	?	Bishop of Sherwood (1975–1988)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Bangor (1944–1949)
	Ushaw	Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury (2010–)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Derby (1988–1995)
		Bishop of Swindon (1994–2001)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905)
	St John's	Bishop of Bolton
	University	Bishop of Portsmouth
	University	Bishop of North Queensland (1902–1913)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Beverley (1994–2000)
	St John's	Bishop of Doncaster (1993–1999)
	St John's	Bishop of Chelmsford (2004–2009)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Burnley (2000–2014)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1974–1980)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Accra (1908–1910)
	Hatfield	Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943)
	University	Bishop of South Tokyo (1921–1941)
	St Chad's	Bishop Suffragan of Warrington (1976–96)
	University	Bishop of British Columbia (1859–1892)
	Collingwood	Bishop of Salisbury
	University	Bishop of Wakefield (1889–1897)
	St Chad's	Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1955–1969)
	Bede	Bishop of Croydon (1956–1977)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Worcester (2007–)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Woolwich (2012–2016); Bishop of Lichfield (2016–)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Egypt (1952–1958)
	Non-Collegiate	Bishop of Hulme (1930–1945)
	Non-Collegiate	Bishop of Sodor and Man (1928–1942)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Antigua (1953–1969)
	St John's	Bishop of Stockport (2015–2019)
	St John's	Bishop in Persia (1917–1935)
	University	Bishop of Stepney (1957–1968)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Taunton
	St John's	Bishop of the Church of Uganda, serving as Assistant Bishop for Mission in the Diocese of London
	St Chad's	Bishop of Masasi (1984–1992)
	St John's	Bishop of Sodor and Man (2008–2016)
	St John's	Bishop of Lancaster (2006–2017)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Dorchester (1988–2000); Bishop of Ely (2000–2010)
	Hild Bede	Bishop of Shrewsbury (2009–2018)
	St John's	Bishop of Stockport (1984–1994); Bishop at Lambeth (1994–1999)
	St John's	Bishop of Ludlow (1994–2002); Bishop of Lincoln (2002–2011)
	University	Bishop of Kensington (1932–1942); Bishop of Southwark (1942–1959)
	St Cuthbert's	Bishop of Stockport (2000–2007); Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (2007–2013); Bishop at Lambeth (2013–2017); Bishop to the Forces and Bishop for the Falkland Islands (2014–2017)
	St John's	Bishop of Jamaica (1968–1975)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Guyana (1893–1899); Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1899–1916)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Grahamstown (1964–1969)
	St John's	Bishop of Bristol (1975–1985)
	St John's	Bishop of Durham (1994–2003)
	University	Bishop of Grafton and Armidale (1869–1893)
	Hatfield	Bishop of Lebombo
	St John's	Bishop of Birmingham (2023–)
	St Chad's	Bishop of Chichester (2012–)
	Van Mildert	Bishop of Newcastle (1997–2014)
	St Aidan's/St John's	Bishop of Hull
	Grey	Bishop of Brentwood (2014–)
	Grey	Bishop of Kensington (2009–2015); Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (2015–)
	St John's	Bishop of Sheffield (2017–)

Archdeacons

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Carlisle (1947–1958)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944)
	St Chad's	Archdeacon of Macclesfield (1994–2004)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Monmouth (2001–2008)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1915–1921)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Worcester (2014–)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Norwich (1921–1938)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Surrey (1949–1955)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Warwick (2010–2019)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Dorset (1955–1974)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Lichfield (1959–1974)
	?	Archdeacon of Sherborne (1991–2003)
	Hatfield	Archdeacon of Cardigan (1928–1936)

Deans

• Bill Baddeley
  Bill Baddeley
• Adrian Dorber
  Adrian Dorber
• Jonathan Draper
  Jonathan Draper
• John Hall
  John Hall
• Jane Hedges
  Jane Hedges
• Edward Shotter
  Edward Shotter

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	St Chad's	Dean of Brisbane (1958–1967)
	?	Dean of Cloyne (1973–1984)
	Hatfield	Dean of York (2022–)
	St John's	Dean of Lichfield (2005–2023)
	St John's	Dean of Exeter (2012–2017)
	University	Dean of Guernsey (1947–1967)
	St Chad's	Dean of Westminster (2006–2019)
	St John's	Dean of Norwich (2014–)
	Hatfield	Dean of Edinburgh (1939-1954)
	?	Dean of Newcastle (2018–)
	St Chad's	Dean of Jersey (1993–2005)
	?	Dean of Rochester (1989–2003)
	University	Dean of Hereford (2002–2021)

Other clerics

• Ronald Beddoes
  Ronald Beddoes
• John McManners
  John McManners
• Iain Murray
  Iain Murray
• David Pawson
  David Pawson
• Leonard Sharland
  Leonard Sharland
• Stephen Warner
  Stephen Warner

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	?	Principal of Ridley College (2002–2012)
	St Chad's	Provost of Derby (1953–1981)
	—	Principal of St Chad's College (1997–2015), Non-Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral (2001–2015)
	?	Professor of Patristics at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
	—	Chaplain and Tutor at St Chad's College (1949–1952); crossword puzzle writer, 'Araucaria' of The Guardian
	University	Held Curacy at Wakefield and Flaxton, noted antiquarian
	Hatfield	Rector of Hillington, Norfolk, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V
	St Chad's	Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness (1988–1991)
	Hatfield	Provost of Blackburn Cathedral (1936–1961)
	Ushaw	Nielsen Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary
	Hatfield	Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (1966–1970)
	St Chad's	Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford (1972–1984)
	Bede	Founder of Banner of Truth Trust
	King's	Arminianism minister and Bible teacher
	St John's	CMS missionary in Southern Sudan; Canon of Khartoum (1951–1958)
	St John's	Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (2005–2012)
	University	Rector of Holy Trinity, Eastbourne
	Hatfield	Provost of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)

Royalty

• Emmanuel de Merode
  Emmanuel de Merode
• Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
  Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
• Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud
  Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud

Name	College	Notes	Template:Reference heading
	University	Heir apparent of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg (2000–)
	?	Prince of the House of Merode; Director of Virunga National Park (2008–)
	?	Emir of Sharjah (1972–)
	?	Prince of the House of Saud; Governor of Al-Qassim Province (2015–)

Sports people

Olympic and Paralympic medallists

Name	College	Course	Medal	Ref
Fiona Crackles	Collingwood	Bsc Sport and Exercise Science	Bronze medal (field hockey) at 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in Tokyo
Jonathan Edwards	Van Mildert	BSc Physics	Gold medal (triple jump) at 2000 Olympics in Sydney; Silver medal in triple jump at 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
Angus Groom	Hatfield	BSc Natural Sciences	Silver medal (Quad sculls) at 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in Tokyo
Sophie Hosking	Trevs	BSc Chemistry and Physics	Gold medal (lightweight double sculls) at 2012 Olympics in London
Stephen Rowbotham	Collingwood	BA Business Economics	Bronze medal (double sculls) at 2008 Olympics in Beijing
Lily van den Broecke	Castle	BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics	Gold medal (mixed coxed four) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Basketball players

• Mike Allison – basketball player for Gifu Swoops
• Monika Bosilj – Croatian basketball player
• Mollie Campbell – basketball player for Great Britain

Cricketers

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Holly Colvin

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Will Jefferson

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Matt Milnes

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Ed Pollock

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Andrew Strauss

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Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson

• Ajaz Akhtar – Cambridgeshire cricketer
• Paul Allott (Bede) – Lancashire and England cricketer
• Caroline Atkins (Hild Bede) – England cricketer
• Colin Atkinson (King's) – former Somerset cricket captain
• Jamie Atkinson (St Mary's) – Hong Kong cricket captain
• Steve Atkinson (Bede) – Durham, the Netherlands and Hong Kong cricketer (1970s)
• David Balcombe (Hild Bede) – Hampshire cricketer
• Jonathan Batty (St Chad's) — Surrey and Gloucestershire wicket-keeper and opening batsman
• Chaitanya Bishnoi (Hatfield) – Indian cricketer
• Mark Chilton (Grey) – former Lancashire captain
• Holly Colvin (St Mary's) – England cricketer; holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England
• Nick Compton (Hatfield) – Middlesex and England batsman
• Matthew Creese – Middlesex (1999) and Durham UCCE (2002)
• Tim Curtis (Hatfield) – England cricketer
• Lee Daggett (John Snow) – Northamptonshire (2009–2013)
• Yasmin Daswani – Hong Kong women cricketer
• Peter Deakin (Hatfield) – Dorset (1999–2006) and Cambridge University (1996)
• Brian Evans (St Chad's) – Hertfordshire batsman
• Laurie Evans (St Mary's) – English cricketer
• Robert Ferley (Grey) – English cricketer
• James Foster (Collingwood) – Essex and England wicketkeeper
• Graeme Fowler (Bede) – former England and Lancashire cricketer; current coach of the MCC Centre of Excellence
• James Freeling, 7th Baronet (Castle) – represented MCC and Oxford University
• Cordelia Griffith – Middlesex Women batter
• Steve Henderson (Hatfield) – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and Glamorgan (1983–1985) all-rounder
• Simon Hughes (Castle) – writer, cricket analyst and former Middlesex and Durham bowler
• Nasser Hussain (Hild Bede) – former captain of the England cricket team
• Ben Hutton – Middlesex batsman
• Thomas Jameson (Hatfield) – Warwickshire (1970) and Cambridge University (1970)
• Will Jefferson (Hild Bede) – former Essex country cricketer
• Douglas Lockhart – Scotland wicket-keeper
• Alex Loudon (Collingwood) – Warwickshire and England all-rounder
• Shan Masood - Pakistan Test cricketer
• Gehan Mendis (Bede) – Sussex and Lancashire cricketer
• Oliver Metcalfe – Munster Reds and Ireland A wicket-keeper
• Matt Milnes (Stephenson) – Kent seam bowler
• Gavin Moffat (Hatfield) – Cambridge University seam bowler
• Tim O'Gorman (St Chad's) – Derbyshire batsman (1987–1996)
• Ed Pollock (Collingwood) – Warwickshire batsman (2016–2021)
• Mia Rogers (Collingwood) – wicket-keeper for Berkshire Women and Sunrisers
• James Rowe (Hatfield) – Durham UCCE and Kent Cricket Board batsman (2002)
• Will Smith (Collingwood) – Durham batsman (2007–2013)
• Martin Speight (St Chad's) – former Durham County Cricket Club wicketkeeper
• Alexander Stead – Durham UCCE and Staffordshire cricketer
• Andrew Strauss (Hatfield) – former captain of the England Test cricket team
• Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson (Hatfield) – England fast bowler and Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1956)
• Freddie van den Bergh (Hatfield) – Surrey spin bowler
• Nathaniel Watkins (Hatfield) – Durham MCCU and Jersey cricketer
• Thomas Westley (Cuths) - England and Essex Cricketer, and Essex captain
• James Wilkes-Green (Hatfield) – Durham MCCU and Guernsey cricketer
• Robbie Williams (St Mary's) – Durham MCCU and Leicestershire fast bowler
• Matthew Windows (Hild Bede) – Gloucestershire cricketer

Footballers

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Layla Young

• Thomas Blyth (Armstrong) – centre forward for Newcastle United
• Eddy Brown – Coventry City and Birmingham City centre forward
• Warren Bradley (Hatfield) – Manchester United and England footballer
• Ana Cate – midfielder for Nicaragua women's team
• Oliver Gill (Cuths) – footballer for Manchester United Football Club
• Tommy Jackson – Aston Villa goalkeeper
• Michael King (St Aidan's) – former Burnley winger
• Rory Lonergan – Hong Kong FC left-back
• Matt Perrella – goalkeeper for Utica City FC
• Joe Shaw (Armstrong) – Hull City forward
• Molly-Mae Sharpe – Crystal Palace Women winger
• Jim Shoulder (Cuths) – Scarborough F.C. footballer
• Wouter Verstraaten (Grey) – South Shields defender
• Layla Young – footballer, Brighton & Hove Albion, Doncaster Belles and England

Field Hockey players

• Jamie Cachia (St Mary's) – goalkeeper for Scotland national team
• Fiona Crackles (Collingwood) – represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Steph Elliott (Collingwood) – defender for England women's team
• Tessa Howard (Castle) – midfielder for England women's team
• Ollie Payne (Josephine Butler) – represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Sean Rowlands – represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
• Rui Saldanha (Hatfield) – represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Rhys Smith (St Mary's) – midfielder for England national team
• Jack Turner – forward for England national team
• Jack Waller (Hild Bede) – defender for England and Great Britain

Rowers

• Simon Barr (Hatfield)
• Colin Barratt
• Roger Brown (Hild Bede)
• Andy Butt
• James Clarke (Cuths)
• Philippa Cross
• Suzie Ellis (Trevs)
• Angus Groom (Hatfield)
• Will Fletcher (Hild Bede)
• Alice Freeman (Hatfield)
• Lucinda Gooderham (Hild Bede)
• Wade Hall-Craggs (Grey)
• Naomi Hoogesteger (Hild Bede)
• David Hosking (Grey)
• Tracy Langlands (St Mary's)
• Ian Lawson (Cuths)
• Lindsey Maguire (Ustinov)
• Callum McBrierty (St John's)
• Malindi Myers
• Louisa Reeve (Hatfield)
• Matt Rossiter (Cuths)
• Peter Rudge (Van Mildert)
• Emily Taylor (Hatfield)
• Kim Thomas
• Lily van den Broecke (Castle)

Rugby players

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Adam Brocklebank

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Phil de Glanville

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Will Greenwood

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Charlie Hodgson

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Ed Kalman

• Toby Allchurch (Hatfield) – participated in 1979 England rugby union tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga
• Josh Beaumont (St. Aidan's) – Sale Sharks and England national rugby union team player
• Mark Bailey (Hild Bede) – former English national rugby union player, Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia
• David Barnes – Bath prop
• Beth Blacklock (Stephenson and Hatfield) – centre, Harlequins Women and Scotland women's national team
• Richard Breakey (Hatfield) – Scotland rugby player
• Adam Brocklebank (Collingwood) – Newcastle Falcons prop
• Peter Browne (St John's) – Ulster Rugby lock/flanker
• Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton (Hatfield) – former Scottish rugby union lock
• Will Carling (Hatfield) – rugby union player for Harlequin F.C., former captain of the England national rugby union team (1988–1996)
• Fran Clough (Collingwood) – England rugby player
• Jon Dunbar – Scotland flanker
• Phil de Glanville (Castle) – former captain of the England national rugby union team
• P.J. Dixon (Grey) – Captain of England Rugby Union Team 1972; as an uncapped player, played in the Lions' first Test victories against New Zealand in 1971
• Maurice Fitzgerald (Hild Bede) – England A and Biarritz prop
• Coreen Grant (St John's) – centre, Saracens Women and Scotland women's national team
• Will Greenwood (Hatfield) – England rugby player
• Simon Hammersley – Sale Sharks fullback
• Charlie Hannaford (Hatfield) – England rugby player
• Fitz Harding (Hatfield) – Bristol Bears back row
• Duncan Hodge – Scotland full back
• Charlie Hodgson – England rugby player
• Ed Kalman (Hild Bede) – Scotland prop
• Heather Kerr (St Mary's) – represented England at 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
• Peter Lillington (Hatfield) – participated in 1981 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand
• Stuart Legg (Hatfield) – former rugby union full-back for Newcastle Falcons and Treviso
• Claudia MacDonald (Josephine Butler) – England women scrum-half
• Nick Makin (Castle) – Newcastle Falcons hooker
• Alan Old – England international and British and Irish Lion, participated in 1974 South Africa tour
• Guy Pepper – Bath flanker
• Max Pepper (Collingwood) – Newcastle Falcons scrum-half
• Ollie Phillips (Van Mildert) – captained England sevens
• Sean Robinson – second row for Newcastle Falcons
• Marcus Rose (Hatfield) – England rugby union international full back
• Peter Rossborough (Bede) – former England rugby fullback
• Andy Mullins (Hatfield) – England rugby player
• Ben Stevenson – wing for Newcastle Falcons
• Tim Stimpson (Grey) – rugby union player and England international (1996–2002)
• Rob Vickers (Van Mildert) – Newcastle Falcons hooker
• Dave Walder (Hatfield) – rugby union footballer, fly-half for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars in Japan
• Peter Warfield (Hatfield) – England rugby player
• Ben Woods (Hatfield) – former rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker

Runners

• Mark Hudspith (Hatfield) – long-distance runner, 1994 Commonwealth Games medallist
• Colin Kirkham (Cuths) – marathon runner, competed at 1972 Summer Olympics
• Rahul Mehta (S. Mary's) – Indian long-distance runner, most famous for his victory in the 2001 Great North Run
• Jon Solly (Hatfield) – long-distance runner, 1986 Commonwealth Games champion

Tennis players

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Henry Patten

• Mallory Cecil (St Mary's)
• Gabriela Knutson (Hatfield and Ustinov)
• Henry Patten (Collingwood)
• Romana Tabak
• Finn Tearney
• Julius Tverijonas
• Filip Veger

Other sports people

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Explorer Robert Swan

• Colin Crouch – chess International Master and prolific chess author
• Peter Elleray (Collingwood) – Formula One and Le Mans Race Car designer
• Katharine Ford (Hatfield) – 4 times world-record holding Ultracyclist and the first ever Briton to ride for 12 Hours or more on an Indoor Velodrome and Static bicycle
• Shirin Gerami – first Iranian woman triathlete
• Michael Knighton (Cuths) – Chairman of Carlisle United F.C.
• Eli Schenkel (born 1992) - Canadian Olympic fencer
• Robert Swan (St Chad's) – Honorary Fellow of St Chad's, Explorer – the first person to reach both the South and North Pole on foot
• Jock Wishart (Bede) – set a new world record for circumnavigation of the globe in a powered vessel and organising the Polar Race

Writers

Authors

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Edward Bradley

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Minette Walters

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Ernest Raymond

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Peter Watson

• Poppy Adams (Hatfield) – novelist
• Russell Ash (Cuths) – author of Top 10 of Everything
• Oliver Balch (Hatfield) - travel writer
• Simi Bedford – Nigerian novelist
• John Blackburn (King's) – thriller writer
• Edward Bradley (Castle) – novelist and clergyman known by the pen name Cuthbert M. Bede; author of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
• Bill Bryson – writer and former University Chancellor
• Barbara Cleverly – author of mystery novels
• William Farquhar Conton – Sierra Leonean author best known for The African
• Tim FitzHigham (St Chad's) – award-winning British comedian, author, and world record holder
• Stephen Davies (Collingwood) – children's author
• Mark Elliott (Collingwood) – travel writer
• Justin Hill (Cuths) – award-winning young author
• Lorna Hill (St Mary's) – children's writer, author of the Sadlers Wells series
• Khaled Khalifa – Banipal fellow at St Aidan's College
• Baret Magarian (Castle) – novelist and freelance journalist
• Allan Mallinson (St Chad's) – military historian and author of the Matthew Hervey novels
• Guy Mankowski – author
• Alice Oseman - novelist
• Katharine Preston (Hatfield) – author and public speaker
• Rosa Rankin-Gee (Hatfield) - novelist
• Ernest Raymond (Unattached) – novelist
• Mary Stewart (Hild) – novelist
• Patrick Tilley – science fiction author (The Amtrak Wars)
• Dan van der Vat (Cuths) – journalist, author
• Annabel Venning (Castle) – journalist, author
• Minette Walters (Trevs) – bestselling author and crime writer
• Peter Watson (Castle) – journalist, author
• Charles Gidley Wheeler – screenwriter (The Sandbaggers) and novelist

Journalists

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Katy Balls

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Harold Evans

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Sebastian Payne

• George Arbuthnott – investigative journalist
• Tim Atkin (Castle) – wine correspondent
• Katy Balls (St Aidan's) – political editor of The Spectator
• Dominic Carman (Hatfield) – journalist and Liberal Democrat politician
• Benjamin Cook (Collingwood) – journalist and author
• Adrian Dannatt (St Chad's) – child actor, artist and journalist
• Hunter Davies (Castle) – journalist and author of The Beatles: The Only Authorised Biography
• Harold Evans (Castle) – journalist; former editor of The Sunday Times and The Times; author of The American Century
• Nigel Farndale (Grad Soc) – writer in the Sunday Telegraph
• Jonah Fisher (Collingwood) – BBC journalist
• Alexander Frater (Hatfield) – travel writer, journalist
• Tom Harwood (St Mary's) - journalist, political commentator
• Annabel Heseltine (St Mary's) – editor of School House Magazine
• Graham Hancock (Cuths) – co-editor of New Internationalist magazine, 1976–1979; East Africa correspondent of The Economist, 1981–1983
• Andrew Holgate (Cuths) – Literary Editor, The Sunday Times
• John Kay (Hatfield) – former chief reporter with The Sun
• Christopher Lamb (Castle) – Rome correspondent for The Tablet
• Colin McDowell (Hatfield) – fashion writer and journalist
• Andrew Norfolk (Hild Bede) – chief investigative reporter for The Times, known for work exposing the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
• Sebastian Payne (Van Mildert) – journalist
• Manveen Rana (Castle) – reporter, Today Programme
• Jonathan Wilson (Grad Soc) – football journalist, founder and editor of The Blizzard

Poets, dramatists and translators

• Richard Caddel – poet, publisher and editor
• Julia Copus (St Mary's) – poet, children's writer and biographer, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and the National Poetry Competition
• James Kirkup (Grey) – travel writer, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, broadcaster, Hon. Fellow Grey College from 1992
• Liz Lefroy (St Mary's) – poet, winner of Roy Fisher prize (2011)
• Alan Plater (King's) – playwright and TV writer
• Tina Kover (Ustinov) – translator
• Rachel McCarthy (Castle) – poet, critic and broadcaster
• David Mercer (King's) – English playwright and dramatist
• Michael O'Neill – poet and academic

Miscellaneous

• Dave Anderson (Collingwood) – cartoon and animation writer
• Lucy Beresford (Trevs) – writer, psychotherapist and media commentator
• John Galbraith Graham (St Chad's) – crossword compiler, "Araucaria" of The Guardian; Chaplain and tutor at St Chad's 1949–52
• Jack Edwards (St Cuthbert's) - YouTuber and author
• Joseph Stevenson (Castle) – English Catholic archivist

Explorers

• Stephanie Solomonides, first Cypriot to reach both the North and South Poles

Other notable people

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Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles, Ex-Chairman of Sport England

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Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project

• Stephen Bicknell (St Chad's) – leading British organ builder and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music
• Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (Hatfield) – Chairman of Sport England (2002–06)
• E. C. B. Corlett – naval architect and consultant, pivotal in the restoration of the SS Great Britain
• Sarah Everard (St Cuthbert's) – marketing executive murdered by a Metropolitan Police officer on 4 March 2021
• Sir Terry Farrell (King's) – architect (the MI6 Building, Charing Cross railway station, KK100, Shenzhen)
• Harry Faulkner-Brown (King's) – architect, particularly known for his work on Jesmond Library and the Newcastle Metro
• Katharine Gun (St Mary's) – former translator for GCHQ and whistle-blower of information concerning USA activities in their push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• Dame Elisabeth Hoodless (King's) – Executive Director of Community Service Volunteers
• Jack Lynn (King's) – architect
• Ian McCafferty (Van Mildert) – member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
• David Rock (King's) – architect RIBA President 1997-99
• Gordon Ryder (King's) – architect
• Thomas Sharp – town planner, academic in the School of Architecture at King's College 1937–1945, president of the Town Planning Institute
• Tim Smit (Hatfield) – horticulturalist and creator of the Eden Project
• Alison and Peter Smithson (King's) – pioneers of brutalist architecture
• Michael Spurr (St Chad's) – Director of Operations, HM Prison Service
• David Walton (Van Mildert) – economist, member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
• Rupert Whitaker (Hild Bede) – founder and chairman of the Tuke Institute; co-founder of the Terence Higgins Trust
• Sir William Whitfield (King's) – architect
• Robert Beckley (University) - Police Officer