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Discover the notable alumni of University Of Birmingham. The list includes people like Tim Curry, Susanne Klatten, Maurice Wilkins, John Stewart Bell & Mo Ibrahim. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, intellectuals & academics, scientists, engineers and media personalities etc.
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 1 
Christine McVie
(Singer-songwriter)
Christine McVie
10
Listed In: Lyricists & Songwriters
Birthdate: July 12, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bouth, Lancashire, England
Died: November 30, 2022
 2 
Tim Curry
(Actor)
Tim Curry
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 3 
Matthew Goode
(English Actor Known for His Films: ‘Chasing Liberty’, ‘Stoker’, and ‘The Imitation Game’)
Matthew Goode
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 3, 1978
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Devon, England, United Kingdom
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 4 
Michaela Coel
(British Actress and Screenwriter Known for Her TV Series 'Chewing Gum' and 'I May Destroy You')
Michaela Coel
17
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 1, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 5 
Simon Le Bon
(Singer-Songwriter)
Simon Le Bon
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 27, 1958
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 6 
Victoria Wood
(British Comedian Best Known for the Sketch Series ‘Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV')
Victoria Wood
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 19, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prestwich, Lancashire, England
Died: April 20, 2016
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 7 
Elizabeth Henstridge
(Actress)
Elizabeth Henstridge
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 11, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sheffield, England
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 8 
Tamsin Greig
(Actress)
Tamsin Greig
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 12, 1966
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 9 
Maurice Wilkins
(Biophysicist)
Maurice Wilkins
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 15, 1916
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pongaroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Died: October 5, 2004
 10 
Chris Tarrant
(Television presenter, Radio personality)
Chris Tarrant
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Reading
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 11 
Anna Soubry
(British Barrister, Journalist and Member of Parliament for Broxtowe (2010 - 2019))
Anna Soubry
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 7, 1956
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
 12 
Tom Riley
(Actor, Producer and Director)
Tom Riley
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 5, 1981
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 13 
Jane Wymark
(Actress)
Jane Wymark
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 31, 1952
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
 14 
Ann Widdecombe
(British Politician, Author, and Television Personality)
Ann Widdecombe
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 4, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bath, Somerset, England
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 15 
Judy Loe
(Actress)
Judy Loe
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1947
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Urmston, Manchester, England
 16 
David Kelly
(Welsh Scientist and Authority on Biological Warfare)
David Kelly
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 14, 1944
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Llwynypia, Glamorgan, Wales
Died: July 17, 2003
 17 
James Clavell
(American Writer, Screenwriter, Director, and World War II Veteran)
James Clavell
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 10, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: September 7, 1994
 18 
Isaac Hempstead Wright
(Actor)
Isaac Hempstead Wright
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 9, 1999
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Surrey, England, UK
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 19 
Lori Saunders
(Actress)
Lori Saunders
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 4, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 20 
Chris Addison
(Actor, Comedian)
Chris Addison
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 5, 1971
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cardiff
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 21 
Sister Bliss
(British Keyboardist, DJ, and a Former Member of Faithless)
Sister Bliss
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 30, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
 22 
Chrissie Wellington
(English Former Professional Triathlete and Four-Time Ironman Triathlon World Champion)
Chrissie Wellington
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 18, 1977
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 23 
Sarah Kane
(Playwright, Writer)
Sarah Kane
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 3, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brentwood
Died: February 20, 1999
 24 
William Lane Craig
(Philosopher, Theologian, University teacher, Writer)
William Lane Craig
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 23, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Peoria
 25 
Jim Ratcliffe
(Businessperson)
Jim Ratcliffe
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 18, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Failsworth, Lancashire, England
 26 
Ben Shephard
(Journalist, Television presenter)
Ben Shephard
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 11, 1974
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Epping
 27 
Yanis Varoufakis
(Greek Economist & Politician)
Yanis Varoufakis
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palaio Faliro, Greece
 28 
Philip Kerr
(Author Best Known for His 'Bernie Gunther' Series of Historical Detective Thrillers)
Philip Kerr
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 22, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: March 23, 2018
 29 
John Stewart Bell
(Physicist)
John Stewart Bell
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 28, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died: October 1, 1990
 30 
Geoffrey Hutchings
(Actor)
Geoffrey Hutchings
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 8, 1939
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dorchester, England
Died: July 1, 2010
 31 
Desmond Morris
(English Ethologist, Zoologist, Author, and Surrealist Painter)
Desmond Morris
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Purton, Wiltshire, England
 32 
Mo Ibrahim
(Entrepreneur)
Mo Ibrahim
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 3, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sudan
 33 
Irving Finkel
(Philologist, Writer)
Irving Finkel
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 1951
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
 34 
Adam Osborne
(He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer)
Adam Osborne
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 6, 1939
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: March 18, 2003
 35 
Gisela Stuart
(Politician)
Gisela Stuart
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 26, 1955
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Velden, Bavaria, West Germany
 36 
Francis William Aston
(Chemist & Physicist)
Francis William Aston
2
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 1, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Harborne, Birmingham
Died: November 20, 1945
 37 
Jacquie Beltrao
(Sports presenter, Rhythmic gymnast)
Jacquie Beltrao
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1965
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 38 
Suzy Aitchison
(Actress)
Suzy Aitchison
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 4, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marylebone, London
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 39 
Perry Christie
(3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas)
Perry Christie
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 21, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nassau, Bahamas
 40 
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
(Politician)
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana
 41 
Prince Seeiso of Lesotho
(Younger brother of Lesotho's King Letsie III)
Prince Seeiso of Lesotho
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 16, 1966
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Morija, Lesotho
 42 
Gita Gutawa
(Actress, Singer)
Gita Gutawa
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 11, 1993
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Jakarta, Indonesia
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 43 
Faisal Naseem
(Politician)
Faisal Naseem
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 20, 1973
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Funaadu, Fuvahmulah, Maldives
 44 
John R. Vane
(British Pharmacologist Known for His Research on Understanding How Aspirin Produces Anti-Inflammatory and Pain-Relief Effects)
John R. Vane
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tardebigge, Worcestershire
Died: November 19, 2004
 45 
Wavel Ramkalawan
(5th President of Seychelles)
Wavel Ramkalawan
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 15, 1961
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mahé, Seychelles
 46 
Rodolfo Neri Vela
(Mexican Astronaut and the Second Latin American to Travel to Space)
Rodolfo Neri Vela
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 19, 1952
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chilpancingo, Mexico
 47 
Sophie Bray
(English International Field Hockey Player Who Played as a Forward)
Sophie Bray
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 12, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Grasse, France
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 48 
Elmira Minita Gordon
(1st Governor-General of Belize)
Elmira Minita Gordon
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 30, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belize City, Belize
Died: January 1, 2021
 49 
Lily Owsley
(English Field Hockey Player Who Plays as a Midfielder or Forward)
Lily Owsley
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 10, 1994
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: June 6, 1940
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, Madras Presidency, British India
Died: March 1, 2019
The University of Birmingham traces its roots back to 1828, and is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Essentially being a research oriented university, it is a founding member of the Russell Group and Universitas 21, it was also in fact the first English redbrick university to receive its own charter. After having been deemed as the University of the Year in 2014, as per the Times Education Awards, Birmingham was ranked 15th in the United Kingdom and 82nd globally, as per the QS World University Rankings 2016-17. It was also ranked 118th in the world as per the 2017 edition of the U.S News & World Report. With the student body touching nearly 34,000 in number, the University of Birmingham is the fourth largest university in UK. The university aims to enhance its renowned research facilities and provide quality education through its six major departments which are – Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Social Sciences and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The alumni of the university are well-known for dedication and quality of work that the institute was rated 90th worldwide and 10th in UK as per the 2016 Global Employability Ranking. Tamsin Greig, Matthew Goode, Chris Tarrant and Tim Curry are some of its notable alumni who have made the university proud. Here is the full-list of celebrities who attended the University of Birmingham.
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