Discover the notable alumni of University Of London. The list includes people like Nelson Mandela, B. R. Ambedkar, Ada Lovelace, Bear Grylls & Robert Mugabe. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, leaders, media personalities, intellectuals & academics and film & theater personalities etc.
Nelson Mandela18 July 1918, South African
Anti-Apartheid Activist, President of ANC and
B. R. Ambedkar14 April 1891, Indian
Indian Jurist
Brian May19 July 1947, British
Bear Grylls07 June 1974, British
Adventurer
Mark Strong05 August 1963, British
Actor
Robert Mugabe21 February 1924, Zimbabwean
Former PM & President of Zimbabwe
Ada Lovelace10 December 1815, British
Countess of Lovelace
DJ Qualls10 June 1978, American
Actor
Aung San Suu Kyi19 June 1945, Burmese
Political Leader (Freedom Fighter) of Myanmar
Eckhart Tolle16 February 1948, German
Spiritual Speaker & Author
Bruce Dickinson07 August 1958, British
Edward Jenner17 May 1749, British
Physicians
Enoch Powell16 June 1912, British
Pete Doherty12 March 1979, British
Musician
John Snow15 March 1813, British
Physician
Chinua Achebe16 November 1930, Nigerian
Nigerian novelist
Damien Hirst07 June 1965, British
Artist
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Jomo Kenyatta20 October 1891, Kenyan
Former Prime Minister of Kenya
Ramsay MacDonald12 October 1866, British
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Emmerson Mnangagwa15 September 1946, Zimbabwean
President of Zimbabwe
Wilfred Owen18 March 1893, British
Poet
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Emily Davison11 October 1872, British
Activist
Joseph Lister05 April 1827, British
Surgeon and Scientist
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Thomas Henry Huxley04 May 1825, British
Biologist
Zeinab Badawi24 November 1959, British
Journalist
Mary Quant11 February 1934, British
Fashion Designer
Seumas Milne1958 AD, British
Journalist
Robert Winston15 July 1940, British
Surgeon, Scientist, TV Presenter
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Henry Gray1827 AD, British
Anatomist and surgeon
Frank Macfarlane Burnet03 September 1899, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar21 February 1894, Indian
Father of research laboratories
Tayeb Salih12 July 1929, Sudanese
Writer
Michael Boulos , Lebanese, Nigerian
Tiffany Trump’s Boyfriend
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20 June 1861, British
English biochemist
Edward Victor Appleton06 September 1892, British
Physicist
Birbal Sahni1891 AD, Indian
Palaeobotanist
Tindyebwa Agaba Wise , British
Emma Thompson's Son
Bill O'Reilly10 September 1949, American
Talk Show Host & Radio Personality
Sofia Abramovich02 April 1995, Russian
Daughter of Roman Abramovich
Steve McQueen09 October 1969, British
Artist
Kalki Koechlin10 January 1984, Indian
Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
Damon Albarn23 March 1968, British
Guitarist, Singer, Musician, Composer, Songwriter
Peaches Geldof13 March 1989, British
Journalist, Television presenter, Model,
Asaduddin Owaisi13 May 1969, Indian
Politician
Mawra Hocane28 September 1992, Pakistani
Actress
KT Tunstall23 June 1975, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Pianist
Simon Sinek09 October 1973, British
Writer
Adnan Sami15 August 1971, Canadian, Indian, Pakistani, British
Singer
Balu Mahendra20 May 1939, Indian
Film director, Actor, Camera operator,
Prannoy Roy15 October 1949, Indian
Journalist
Varun Gandhi13 March 1980, Indian
Politician
David Lammy19 July 1972, British
Politician
Annastacia Palaszczuk25 July 1969, Australian
Politician
Malcolm McLaren22 January 1946, British
Singer, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Talent agent,
Romola Garai06 August 1982, British
Actor, Film actor
Harry Hill01 October 1964, British
Comedians
Thabo Mbeki18 June 1942, South African
Politician, Economist
John Cale09 March 1942, British, Welsh
Singer-songwriter, Record producer, Actor,
Lucian Freud08 December 1922, German, British
Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker
Maajid Nawaz02 November 1977, British
Activist
Sandie Shaw26 February 1947, British
Singer
Bill Bailey13 January 1965, British
Comedian
Dido25 December 1971, British
Singer-songwriter
Urjit Patel28 October 1963, Indian
Economist
Brian Molko10 December 1972, British, American
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Abi Titmuss08 February 1976, British
Actor, Model
Jojo Moyes04 August 1969, British
Journalist
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Ylenia Carrisi29 November 1970, Italian
Presenter
Tiff Needell29 October 1951, British
Formula One driver, Journalist
Julian Clary25 May 1959, British
Comedian, Novelist, Actor
Antony Gormley30 August 1950, British
Sculptor, Artist
Graham Sutherland24 August 1903, British
Painter, Artist
Howard Marks13 August 1945, British, Welsh
Writer
Jamie Hince19 December 1968, British
Musician
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa01 October 1912, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Esther McVey24 October 1967, British
Politician
Quentin Blake16 December 1932, British
Cartoonist
Todd Young24 August 1972, American
Politician
Orde Wingate26 February 1903, British
Officer
John Illsley24 June 1949, British
Bassist, Guitarist
Kia Joorabchian14 July 1971, British
Alasdair MacIntyre12 January 1929, British, American
Philosopher, Professor
Narinder Singh Kapany12 October 1926, Indian
physicist, scientist, university teacher
Fatima Bhutto29 May 1982, Pakistani
Journalist, Writer, Poet
Ashley Banjo04 October 1988, British
Choreographer
Leslie Cockburn02 September 1952, American
Journalist
John Atta Mills21 July 1944, Ghanaian
President
Sean Gilder01 March 1964, British
Actor
Bernard Lewis31 May 1916, British
Historian, University teacher