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.
B. R. Ambedkar14 April 1891, Indian
Indian Jurist
Nelson Mandela18 July 1918, South African
Anti-Apartheid Activist, President of ANC and
Brian May19 July 1947, British
Mark Strong05 August 1963, British
Actor
Ada Lovelace10 December 1815, British
Countess of Lovelace
Bear Grylls07 June 1974, British
Adventurer
Aung San Suu Kyi19 June 1945, Burmese
Political Leader (Freedom Fighter) of Myanmar
Robert Mugabe21 February 1924, Zimbabwean
Former PM & President of Zimbabwe
Eckhart Tolle16 February 1948, German
Spiritual Speaker & Author
DJ Qualls10 June 1978, American
Actor
Bruce Dickinson07 August 1958, British
Chinua Achebe16 November 1930, Nigerian
Nigerian novelist
Edward Jenner17 May 1749, British
Physicians
Pete Doherty12 March 1979, British
Musician
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Enoch Powell16 June 1912, British
Jomo Kenyatta20 October 1891, Kenyan
Former Prime Minister of Kenya
Ramsay MacDonald12 October 1866, British
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Damien Hirst07 June 1965, British
Artist
Wilfred Owen18 March 1893, British
Poet
John Snow15 March 1813, British
Physician
Joseph Lister05 April 1827, British
Surgeon and Scientist
Mary Quant11 February 1934, British
Fashion Designer
Emily Davison11 October 1872, British
Activist
Emmerson Mnangagwa15 September 1946, Zimbabwean
President of Zimbabwe
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Thomas Henry Huxley04 May 1825, British
Biologist
Robert Winston15 July 1940, British
Surgeon, Scientist, TV Presenter
Zeinab Badawi24 November 1959, British
Journalist
Tindyebwa Agaba Wise , British
Emma Thompson's Son
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Henry Gray1827 AD, British
Anatomist and surgeon
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar21 February 1894, Indian
Father of research laboratories
Birbal Sahni1891 AD, Indian
Palaeobotanist
Tayeb Salih12 July 1929, Sudanese
Writer
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Edward Victor Appleton06 September 1892, British
Physicist
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20 June 1861, British
English biochemist
Frank Macfarlane Burnet03 September 1899, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Michael Boulos , Lebanese, Nigerian
Tiffany Trump’s Boyfriend
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
Asaduddin Owaisi13 May 1969, Indian
Politician
Peaches Geldof13 March 1989, British
Journalist, Television presenter, Model,
Adnan Sami15 August 1971, Canadian, Indian, Pakistani, British
Singer
Damon Albarn23 March 1968, British
Guitarist, Singer, Musician, Composer, Songwriter
Simon Sinek09 October 1973, British
Writer
KT Tunstall23 June 1975, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Pianist
Balu Mahendra20 May 1939, Indian
Film director, Actor, Camera operator,
Mawra Hocane28 September 1992, Pakistani
Actress
Prannoy Roy15 October 1949, Indian
Journalist
Romola Garai06 August 1982, British
Actor, Film actor
Lucian Freud08 December 1922, German, British
Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker
Ashley Banjo04 October 1988, British
Choreographer
Malcolm McLaren22 January 1946, British
Singer, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Talent agent,
Maajid Nawaz02 November 1977, British
Activist
Thabo Mbeki18 June 1942, South African
Politician, Economist
John Cale09 March 1942, British, Welsh
Singer-songwriter, Record producer, Actor,
Esther McVey24 October 1967, British
Politician
David Lammy19 July 1972, British
Politician
Bill Bailey13 January 1965, British
Comedian
Varun Gandhi13 March 1980, Indian
Politician
Graham Sutherland24 August 1903, British
Painter, Artist
Brian Molko10 December 1972, British, American
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Dido25 December 1971, British
Singer-songwriter
Harry Hill01 October 1964, British
Comedians
Jojo Moyes04 August 1969, British
Journalist
Seumas Milne1958 AD, British
Journalist
Julian Clary25 May 1959, British
Comedian, Novelist, Actor
Sandie Shaw26 February 1947, British
Singer
Antony Gormley30 August 1950, British
Sculptor, Artist
Urjit Patel28 October 1963, Indian
Economist
Bridget Riley24 April 1931, British
Painter
Todd Young24 August 1972, American
Politician
Abi Titmuss08 February 1976, British
Actor, Model
John Illsley24 June 1949, British
Bassist, Guitarist
Howard Marks13 August 1945, British, Welsh
Writer
Ylenia Carrisi29 November 1970, Italian
Presenter
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa01 October 1912, Nigerian
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Narinder Singh Kapany12 October 1926, Indian
physicist, scientist, university teacher
Quentin Blake16 December 1932, British
Cartoonist
Leslie Cockburn02 September 1952, American
Journalist
Annastacia Palaszczuk25 July 1969, Australian
Politician
Swapan Dasgupta03 September 1955, Indian
Journalist, Columnist
Alasdair MacIntyre12 January 1929, British, American
Philosopher, Professor
Nissim Ezekiel14 December 1924, Indian
poet
Jamie Hince19 December 1968, British
Musician
A. C. Grayling03 April 1949, British
Philosopher, University teacher
Orde Wingate26 February 1903, British
Officer
Fatima Bhutto29 May 1982, Pakistani
Journalist, Writer, Poet
Bernard Lewis31 May 1916, British
Historian, University teacher