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
Brian May19 July 1947, British
B. R. Ambedkar14 April 1891, Indian
Indian jurist
Bear Grylls07 June 1974, British
Adventurer
Mark Strong05 August 1963, British
Actor
Ada Lovelace10 December 1815, British
Countess of Lovelace
Robert Mugabe21 February 1924, Zimbabwean
Former PM & President of Zimbabwe
Bruce Dickinson07 August 1958, British
Aung San Suu Kyi19 June 1945, Burmese
Political Leader (Freedom Fighter) of Myanmar
Eckhart Tolle16 February 1948, German
Spiritual Speaker & Author
DJ Qualls10 June 1978, American
Actor
Chinua Achebe16 November 1930, Nigerian
Nigerian novelist
Pete Doherty12 March 1979, British
Musician
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Enoch Powell16 June 1912, British
Michael Boulos , Lebanese, Nigerian
Tiffany Trump’s Boyfriend
Edward Jenner17 May 1749, British
Physicians
Jomo Kenyatta20 October 1891, Kenyan
Former Prime Minister of Kenya
Damien Hirst07 June 1965, British
Artist
Ramsay MacDonald12 October 1866, British
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Emily Davison11 October 1872, British
Activist
Emmerson Mnangagwa15 September 1946, Zimbabwean
President of Zimbabwe
Wilfred Owen18 March 1893, British
Poet
Joseph Lister05 April 1827, British
Surgeon and Scientist
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Mary Quant11 February 1934, British
Fashion Designer
Thomas Henry Huxley04 May 1825, British
Biologist
Robert Winston15 July 1940, British
Surgeon, Scientist, TV Presenter
Zeinab Badawi24 November 1959, British
Journalist
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar21 February 1894, Indian
Father of research laboratories
Birbal Sahni1891 AD, Indian
Palaeobotanist
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Henry Gray1827 AD, British
Anatomist and surgeon
Tindyebwa Agaba Wise , British
Emma Thompson's Son
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20 June 1861, British
English biochemist
Tayeb Salih12 July 1929, Sudanese
Writer
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Frank Macfarlane Burnet03 September 1899, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Edward Victor Appleton06 September 1892, British
Physicist
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, American
Film director
Kalki Koechlin10 January 1984, Indian
Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
KT Tunstall23 June 1975, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Pianist
Damon Albarn23 March 1968, British
Guitarist, Singer, Musician, Composer, Songwriter
Asaduddin Owaisi13 May 1969, Indian
Politician
Peaches Geldof13 March 1989, British
Journalist, Television presenter, Model,
Adnan Sami15 August 1969, Indian
singer, musician, actor, composer
Prannoy Roy15 October 1949, Indian
Journalist
Varun Gandhi13 March 1980, Indian
Politician
Thabo Mbeki18 June 1942, South African
Politician, Economist
Malcolm McLaren22 January 1946, British
Singer, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Talent agent,
Romola Garai06 August 1982, British
Actor, Film actor
John Cale09 March 1942, British, Welsh
Singer-songwriter, Record producer, Actor,
John Snow15 March 1813
Physician, Epidemiologist, Q2849224
William Joyce24 April 1906, German, British, American
Politician, Journalist, Radio personality
Lucian Freud08 December 1922, German, British
Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker
Ashley Banjo04 October 1988, British
Choreographer
Balu Mahendra20 May 1939, Indian
Film director, Actor, Camera operator,
Brian Molko10 December 1972, British, American
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Abi Titmuss08 February 1976, British
Actor, Model
Dido25 December 1971, British
Singer-songwriter
Seumas Milne1958 AD, British
journalist, trade unionist
Obafemi Awolowo06 March 1909, Nigerian
politician, lawyer, trade unionist
Leslie Cockburn02 September 1952, American
Journalist
Sandie Shaw26 February 1947, British
Singer
Fatima Bhutto29 May 1982, Pakistani
Journalist, Writer, Poet
Julian Clary25 May 1959, British
Comedian, Novelist, Actor
Annastacia Palaszczuk25 July 1969, Australian
Politician
Antony Gormley30 August 1950, British
Sculptor, Artist
Ylenia Carrisi29 November 1970, Italian
Presenter
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Jemima Khan30 January 1974, British
Alasdair MacIntyre12 January 1929, British, American
Philosopher, Professor
John Illsley24 June 1949, British
Bassist, Guitarist
Bridget Riley24 April 1931, British
Painter
Nissim Ezekiel14 December 1924, Indian
poet
Graham Sutherland24 August 1903, British
Painter, Artist
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa01 October 1912, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Orde Wingate26 February 1903, British
Officer
Michael Halliday13 April 1925, Australian, British
Linguist, Philosopher, Educationist, University
Bernard Lewis31 May 1916, British
Historian, University teacher
Antony Flew11 February 1923, British
Philosopher, University teacher
Tiff Needell29 October 1951, British
Formula One driver, Journalist
Michaelia Cash19 July 1970, Australian
Politician
Narinder Singh Kapany12 October 1926, Indian
physicist, scientist, university teacher
A. C. Grayling03 April 1949, British
Philosopher, University teacher
Swapan Dasgupta03 September 1955, Indian
Journalist, Columnist
Bülent Ecevit28 May 1925, Turkish
Politician, Writer, Poet, Translator, Journalist,
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia30 August 1917, French
Art collector
Yinka Shonibare09 August 1962, British
painter, Photographer
Tommy Flowers22 December 1905, British
Technician, Engineer, Computer scientist
Robert Sobukwe05 December 1924, South African
Politician
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala07 May 1927, British
Screenwriter, Novelist, Writer
John Atta Mills21 July 1944, Ghanaian
Politician, University teacher, Lawyer
Kia Joorabchian14 July 1971, British