List of University of Southampton people

Officers

Chancellors

Hartley Institution and Hartley College

• 1862–73 Francis Bond
• 1873–74 Charles Blackader
• 1875–95 Thomas Shore
• 1896–00 R. Stewart
• 1900–02 Spencer Richardson

  University College

• 1902–07 Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington
• 1908–08 Sir Alfred Wills
• 1910–13 Claude Montefiore
• 1913–34 Claude Montefiore
• 1934–47 Lord John Seely
• 1948–49 Lord Wyndham Portal
• 1949–53 Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington

  University

• 1952–62 Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
• 1964–74 Lord Keith Murray
• 1974–84 Lord Eric Roll
• 1984–95 Earl George Jellicoe
• 1996–2006 John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne
• 2006–11 Sir John Parker
• 2011–17 Dame Helen Alexander
• 2019–present Ruby Wax

  Vice-Chancellors

University College

• 1902–12 Spencer Richardson
• 1912–20 Alexander Hill
• 1920–22 Thomas Tudor Loveday
• 1922–46 Kenneth Hotham Vickers
• 1946–52 Sir Robert Stanford Wood

  University

• 1952–52 Sir Robert Stanford Wood
• 1952–65 David Gwilym James
• 1965–71 Kenneth Mather
• 1971–79 Laurence Gower
• 1979–85 John Roberts, CBE
• 1985–94 Sir Gordon Higginson
• 1994–01 Sir Howard Newby
• 2001–09 Sir William Wakeham
• 2009–15 Don Nutbeam
• 2015–19 Sir Christopher Snowden
• 2019- Mark E. Smith

  Other

• Sir Henry Tizard
• Sir Samuel Gurney-Dixon
• Sir Basil Schonland
• Sir Bernard Miller
• Lord Edward Shackleton
• Sir Adrian Swire
• Dame Rennie Fritchie
• Dame Yvonne Moores
• William Darwin, first-born son of Charles Darwin; treasurer of the Hartley Institution

  Staff

Arts

Sciences

Chemistry

Electronics and computer science

Mathematics

Ocean and earth science

• George Deacon, awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society for contributions to physical oceanography and leadership as director of the National Institute of Oceanography
• José Galizia Tundisi, President of the National Research Council of Brazil

  Physics and astronomy

• Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, President of the Institute of Physics
• Sir David Wallace, Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge and master of Churchill College, Cambridge
• Anna Watts, astrophysicist and Professor at University of Amsterdam

  Engineering

• Wing Commander Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave elder brother of Air Vice Marshal Henry Cave-Browne-Cave; both engineering officers in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I
• Sir Peter Gregson, Vice Chancellor of Cranfield University, former President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
• John Turner, Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Portsmouth

  Medicine

Nursing and midwifery

• Dame Jill Macleod Clark, President of the Infection Control Nursing Association
• Dame Jessica Corner, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences; Professor of Cancer and Palliative Care at the University of Southampton

  Social sciences

Geography

• Sir Paul Curran, current Vice-Chancellor of City University London; former Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University; recipient of the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
• Ken Gregory, former Warden of Goldsmiths' College, University of London

  History

Law

• Malcolm Grant, Provost and President of University College London
• Alastair Hudson, Professor of Equity and Finance Law
• Dame Judith Mayhew, former Provost of King's College, Cambridge; on the Board of Directors at Merrill Lynch
• Albie Sachs, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

  Students

Academia

• Jackie Akhavan, chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry at Cranfield University
• Richard Aldridge, former President of the Palaeontological Association
• Anthony Cohen CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
• Sir Christopher Ingold, chemist, recipient of the Longstaff Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1951 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1952
• David Jones, Flavelle Medal–winning biologist
• Sir Harold Marshall, acoustician, Knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, awarded Wallace Clement Sabine Medal in 1995 and Rayleigh Medal in 2015
• Phil Moorby, computer scientist and recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award
• Antony Sutton, economist who published on controversial topics such as the West's role in developing Soviet Union, Wall Street's involvement in the Russian Revolution and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the University of Yale's Skull and Bones Society
• Adrian Tinniswood, author, historian and educationalist
• Nigel Weatherill, engineer, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University
• Colin White, historian and Director of the Royal Naval Museum
• Ashraf El-Shihy, former Minister of Higher Education, Minister of Scientific Research, and a University President/Chancellor in Egypt.

  Arts

• Darren Almond, artist working in film, installation, sculpture and photography; nominated for the 2005 Turner Prize
• Stephen Baxter, award-winning science fiction author
• Stephen Baysted, composer of video game soundtracks
• Martin Bell, poet and founder member of The Group
• John Buckley, sculptor, creator of the Headington Shark
• James Castle, draughtsman and sculptor; Invited Artist at Royal West of England Academy
• Daniel Catán, composer of Florencia en el Amazonas
• Ronald Cavaye, pianist and music author
• James Clarke, composer of Voices in collaboration with Harold Pinter
• Stephen Deuchar, Director of Tate Britain
• Brian Eno, electronic music pioneer, recording artist and producer
• Kodwo Eshun a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker.
• Aaron Fletcher, musician in The Bees
• Anne Hardy, artist best known for her large-scale photographic work of unusual interior spaces
• Jeremy Hardy, winner of the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988
• Mark Hill, record producer; member of Artful Dodger band
• Mick Jackson, director of L.A. Story and Volcano
• Stephen Jeffreys, playwright of The Libertine
• Edward Kluz, artist, illustrator and printmaker
• Marek Larwood, comedian in BBC Three sitcom Rush Hour
• Paul Lee, sculptor
• Robin Maconie, composer, pianist, and writer
• Dominic Muldowney, composer and former music director of the Royal National Theatre
• John Nettles, actor best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders
• James Saunders, playwright and writer of BBC sitcom Bloomers
• Rosemary Squire, co-founder and Executive Director of the Ambassador Theatre Group
• Pauline Stainer, poet
• Linda Sutton, artist and regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
• Antony G. Sweeney, former director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

  Business

• George Buckley, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive of 3M
• Richard Cuthbertson, Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Oxford University
• Tom Delay CBE, climate economist and Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust.
• Canan Ediboglu, General Manager of Shell, Turkey
• Chris Hohn, founder of The Children's Investment Fund Management; Britain's biggest charity donor
• Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, founder of OpenX Innovations, trustee of The Brookings Institution
• Frederick Lanchester, co-founder of the Lanchester Motor Company
• Andrew MacLeod, Non-Executive Director of Cornerstone Capital and Homestrings PLC; former humanitarian lawyer and aid worker
• Richard Murphy, accountant and tax campaigner
• Christopher Orlebar, former British Airways Concorde pilot
• Chai Patel CBE, former Chief Executive of the Priory Healthcare group
• Stephen Payne OBE, maritime consultant and former Vice-President and Chief Naval Architect at Carnival Corporation
• Stuart Popham, senior partner at Clifford Chance
• David Pritchard, Non-executive Deputy Chairman of Lloyds TSB Group, chairman of Cheltenham & Gloucester plc
• Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation
• Justin Urquhart Stewart, Co-founder of 7IM, investment company and well known Business commentator. University has a bursary award named after him.

  Politics and public life

• Conor Burns, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West
• Grenville Cross, Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, China
• John Denham, Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen; Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
• Evan Enwerem, former President of the Senate of Nigeria
• Mohammed Lutfi Farhat, Member of the Pan-African Parliament from Libya; the Parliament's North African Vice President
• Astrid Fischel Volio, Vice-President of Costa Rica
• Sir Adrian Fulford, Judge of the International Criminal Court
• Justine Greening, Conservative Member of Parliament for Putney; Former Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
• Baroness Gloria Hooper, lawyer and Life peer in the House of Lords
• Gerald Howarth, Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldershot; Shadow Minister for Secretary of State for Defence
• Jason Hu, Mayor of Taichung City and former foreign minister of the Republic of China
• David Kurten, UKIP Member of the London Assembly
• Usutuaije Maamberua, Namibian politician, head of the South West Africa National Union
• Glyn Mathias, former Electoral Commissioner of the United Kingdom
• Bob Mitchell, former Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test; Social Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen
• Ebele Okeke, first female head of the Nigerian Civil Service
• Peter Price, honorary Member of the European Parliament; member of the European Strategy Council
• Geoffrey Rowland, Bailiff of Guernsey
• Arnold Shaw, former Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford South
• Viscount Jan David Simon, Labour Member of the House of Lords
• Lord Clive Soley, Labour Member of the House of Lords
• Sir John Stevens, former head of the Metropolitan Police Service; current International Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts
• Lord George Thomas, former Speaker of the House of Commons; Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central and Cardiff West
• Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner and former Director of Public Policy at Clifford Chance law firm
• Alan Whitehead, Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test
• William Whitlock, former Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham North
• Sheila Wright, former Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth

  Media

• Laura Bailey, model and fashion writer
• Liz Barker, former Blue Peter presenter
• Andrea Benfield, co-anchor of Wales Tonight
• Alex Brummer, leading financial commentator; City Editor for The Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail newspapers
• Stefan Buczacki, horticulturalist, radio and TV expert
• Jason Cowley, editor for the New Statesman magazine
• David Cracknell, former Political Editor for the Sunday Times newspaper
• Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent for Sky News
• John Inverdale, sports broadcaster for the BBC
• Glyn Mathias, Political Editor of Independent Television News and BBC Wales ; the Electoral Commission's Commissioner for Wales ; board member of OFCOM
• Dominic Mohan, editor of the newspaper The Sun
• Chris Packham, naturalist and television presenter for Inside Out in the South
• Daniel Sandford, Home Affairs Correspondent for the BBC
• Jon Sopel, presenter of The Politics Show; a lead presenter on BBC News 24
• Kathy Tayler, former presenter of Holiday on the BBC
• Stella Tennant, modeled for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Hermès and Burberry
• Srđa Trifković, foreign affairs editor for the Chronicles magazine and director of the Center for International Affairs at the Rockford Institute
• Caroline Wyatt, Religious correspondent for the BBC

  Military

• Air Vice Marshal Arthur Button OBE, former Senior Commander in the Royal Air Force
• Air Commodore Ian Stewart, Commandant of the Air Cadet Organisation
• Admiral Sir George Zambellas, First Sea Lord; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 2000

  Religion

• Anjem Choudary, Muslim preacher
• David Hallatt, former Bishop of Shrewsbury
• Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon
• Tim Thornton, Bishop of Truro

  Sport

• Guin Batten, won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull; set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell
• Miriam Batten, won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull
• Roger Black; 400m athlete; European, Commonwealth and World Championship gold medalist
• Pavlos Kontides, sailor; won silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class
• Tim Male, rower in the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Adrian Newey, Technical Director, Red Bull Racing Formula One team
• Jon Potter, member of the gold-winning British field hockey squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics and bronze winning squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Harry Tarraway, Olympian at the 1948 Olympic Games
• Mark Taylor, former captain of Wales national rugby union team
• Robert Tobin, part of the silver medal-winning 4×400 relay team at the 2009 World Athletic Championships in Berlin
• Bruce Tulloh, 5000m athlete; won gold medal at the 1962 European Championships in bare feet
• Lawrence Wallace, medal winner at the 1938 Empire Games
• Rob White, deputy managing director engine at Renault F1

  Other

• Kevin Ashman, international Mastermind champion
• Sally Clark, lawyer, convicted for the murder of her two children in 1999, subsequently quashed on appeal in 2003; notable for the involvement of Sir Roy Meadow and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
• Katy Croff Bell, National Geographic Explorer
• Eleanor Hawkins, received custodial sentence and fine for posing naked on Mount Kinabalu
• George Hersee, BBC engineer responsible for development of Test Card F
• June Jolly, children's nurse
• Scott Mills, Radio One DJ; involved with Southampton University's radio station, Surge, although never a student at the University
• Gerry del-Guercio, Richard Hanson, Neil Higton, John Maskell and Alexei Roszkowiak, members of indie rock band SixNationState, formed whilst studying sociology at Southampton
• Jeremy Stangroom, writer, editor, and website designer
• Christopher Stark, British radio personality known for his work as a co-host on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1.
• Jane Wilson-Howarth author

  Fictional characters

• Alice Aldridge, character in The Archers, studying for an Aeronautical Engineering degree