List of University of Exeter people

Academics

Sir Michael Berry - mathematical physicist, known for the Berry Phase and recipient of the Ig Nobel Prize for using magnets to levitate a frog
Iwona Blazwick - art critic and lecturer
Stephen J. Ceci - cognitive psychologist - PhD Psychology (1978)
Imogen Coe - biochemist and Dean of Toronto Metropolitan University
Rose Ferraby - archaeologist and artist
Andrew D. Hamilton - former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, current president of New York University
Ally Louks - literary academic
David Maguire - Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
Sami Moubayed - historian and writer
Namira Nahouza - French author, academic researcher, university lecturer, teacher of Arabic and religious studies, and research fellow at Cambridge Muslim College
Rachel Owen - photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature
Raymond St. Leger - mycologist, entomologist and molecular biologist
Sir William Wakeham - former vice-chancellor of Southampton University

Actors and directors

Samantha Baines - actress and comedian
Phil Cameron - theatre producer
Adam Campbell - actor
Steven Culp - actor
Stephen Dillane - actor
Michael Garner - actor
Andrew Havill - actor
Nick Hendrix - actor
Vanessa Kirby - actress
Jeremy Meadow - theatre director/producer
Nicholas Pegg - actor/director
Julian Richings - actor
Christopher Smith - American actor and improviser
Elaine Tan - actress

Business people

George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire - former HSBC executive
Rachel Burnett - IT lawyer, author and president of the British Computer Society
Phil Cameron - owner of No.1 Traveller
Dennis Gillings - founder of the Fortune 500 company Quintiles
Sam E. Jonah - president of AngloGold Ashanti
Toki Mabogunje founder, Toki Mabogunje & Co and the 3rd female president Lagos Chamber of Commerce (LCCI)
Henry Staunton - media mogul
Neil Woodford - founder and CEO, Woodford Investment Management

Entertainers and journalists

Toby Amies - TV presenter, film-maker
Katy Ashworth - children's TV chef
Emma B - Heart 106.2 Drivetime presenter
Steve Backshall - BBC television presenter
Nick Baker - wildlife TV expert
William Bemister - Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist
Raef Bjayou - former contestant on BBC's The Apprentice
Alison Booker - radio DJ
John Crace - Guardian features writer
Tom Deacon - comedian and Radio 1 DJ
Tim Footman - journalist and author
Daphne Fowler - game show champion, winner of Fifteen to One, Going for Gold, and Brain of Britain
Frank Gardner - BBC security correspondent
Alex George - contestant on season 4 of Love Island UK
Rhod Gilbert - comedian
Frank Gillard - broadcaster and BBC executive
Simon Greenberg - Chelsea FC's Director of Communications
Lloyd Griffith - comedian, actor and classical singer
Isabel Hardman - assistant editor of The Spectator^[1]
Stefano Hatfield - former editor of the i
Lindsey Hilsum - Channel 4 journalist and international editor
Katie Hopkins - presenter and former contestant on BBC's The Apprentice
Paul Jackson - television producer
Jon Kay - television presenter and journalist
Raph Korine - Runner-up, Big Brother UK 2017
Ted Kravitz - Formula 1 commentator
Mark Labbett - Professional quizzer and TV personality on The Chase
Tim Montgomerie - editor of ConservativeHome
Clemmie Moodie - Daily Mirror associate features editor
James Pearce - journalist and presenter for BBC Sport
Mark Power - journalist and photographer
Tim Taylor - creator and producer of Channel 4's series Time Team
Rob Walker - British sports commentator, television presenter and freelance reporter
Matthew Wright - TV presenter of The Wright Stuff

Judges, lawyers and law enforcement

Patrick Kwateng Acheampong - Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service - MA Police Studies and Criminal Justice (1990)
Steve Edge - Partner at Slaughter and May
Sir Patrick Elias - Lord Justice of Appeal - LLB (1969)
Sir John Goldring - Lord Justice of Appeal, and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission
Tito Karnavian - Current Indonesian National Police chief - MA Police Studies (1993)
Sir Robert Michael Owen - High Court Judge
George L. Savvides - Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus
Fiona Shackleton - high-profile divorce lawyer
Ambiga Sreenevasan - former president of the Malaysian Bar Council and human rights activist
David Syed - Head of Sovereign Practice at Dentons Europe
Jeremy Wright - Attorney General for England and Wales

Military personnel

Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, formerly the First Sea Lord chief of the Naval Staff (head of the Royal Navy)
Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Giles, first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commanding New College.^[2]
Major General Matthew Holmes, former Commandant General Royal Marines.
General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff.

Musicians

Felix Buxton of Basement Jaxx
Anthony Drewe - lyricist
Matthew Herbert - electronic musician
Hannah Kendall - composer
Tony McManus - guitarist
Jackie Oates - folk star and multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner
Simon Shackleton - electronic musician
George Stiles - composer
Thom Yorke - singer Radiohead
Will Young - singer and actor
Call Me Loop - singer and songwriter
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - performance artists of the 1960s/70s
Members of Semi-Toned - all-male A cappella group, winner of Gareth Malone's BBC 2 series The Choir: Gareth's Best in Britain

Politicians

Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei - Member of the Ghanaian Parliament and Deputy Minister of Information
Nickie Aiken - Conservative MP
Tonia Antoniazzi - Labour MP
Tengku Zafrul Aziz - Malaysian Minister of Finance
Adrian Bailey - Labour MP
James Brokenshire - Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
David Burrowes - Conservative MP
Esra Limbacher - Member of the German federal Parliament Bundestag
Martin Cauchon - former Minister of Justice in Canada
Derek Clark - UKIP MEP
Feryal Clark - Labour MP
Major James Coldwell - former MP and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party in Canada.
Mark Drakeford - First Minister of Wales
Michael Frendo - Foreign Minister of Malta
Zewde Gebre-Sellassie - former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Carl Barrington Greenidge - Former Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana
Kate Griffiths - Conservative MP
Abdullah Gül - former President of Turkey (2007–14)
Ameenah Gurib - President of Mauritius
Vilmundur Gylfason - former Icelandic politician, historian and poet
Robert Halfon - Conservative MP and Deputy Chairperson
Philip Ian Hope - Labour MP and vocational education minister
Moussa Ibrahim - spokesman for Gaddafi during the 2011 Libyan civil war
Bernadette Jagger - Member of the Namibian Parliament and Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism
Sajid Javid - Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (2019–2020)
Sigrid Kaag - Dutch politician and Minister
Luay al-Khatteeb - Former Minister of Electricity of Iraq
Jonathan Kwesi Lamptey - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Ghana
Mark Lancaster - Conservative MP
Andrew Lansley - Former MP and Former Secretary of State for Health
Lau Kong Wah - Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong.
Caroline Lucas - MP and former Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Gabriel Makhlouf - Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and Former Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury
Anthony Mangnall - Member of UK Parliament
Eliud Mathu - First African member of the Legislative Council of Kenya
Linah Mohohlo - Governor of the Bank of Botswana
Hind Abdul Rahman al-Muftah - Member of the Qatari Consultative Assembly
Prem Nababsing - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
Jonny Oates - Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg
Pieter Omtzigt - Member of the Dutch House of Representatives
Park Jae-kyu - former Unification Minister and National Security Council Chairman of South Korea
Roy Perry - Conservative Politician and former MEP
Álvaro Santos Pereira - Former Minister of Economy, Labour, Transport, Public Works and Communications of Portugal
Luke Pollard - Labour MP
George L. Savvides - former Minister of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus
Abubakar Boniface Siddique - Member of the Ghanaian Parliament and Minister of State
Mehmet Simsek - Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Minister of Finance (2009–2015)
Andy Slaughter - Labour MP
Iain Stewart - Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South
Abdullah Omran Taryam - First UAE Minister of Justice and Minister of Education, and founder of the newspapers Al Khaleej and Gulf Today
Robin Teverson - Liberal Democrat MEP and Peer
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur - 1st president of Somaliland (1991-1993)
Jeremy Wright - Attorney General
Derek Wyatt - Labour MP
Ahmed Zaki Yamani - former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia
Yip Hon Weng - Member of the Parliament of Singapore
Óscar Iván Zuluaga - nominee for President of Colombia in the 2014 election

Religion

Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury - head of the British Orthodox Church
James Stuart Jones - Bishop of Liverpool - Theology (1970)
Peter Smith - Archbishop-emeritus of Southwark, Vice-President of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales
Sadiq Al-Ghariani - Grand Mufti of Libya
Andrew Williams - bishop of the Anglican Diocese in New England

Royalty

Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi - ruler of Sharjah - PhD History (1985)
Infanta Elena of Spain - eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía - MA Sociology and Education - (1990)
Peter Phillips - eldest grandson and first grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh - Sport Science (2000)^[3]
Zara Phillips - eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II - Physiotherapy^[4]

Sports people

Tom Abell - Somerset cricketer
Mark Bamford - former cricketer
Andy Beattie - England rugby player
Richard Capstick - Exeter Chiefs rugby player
Ben Collins, Formula 3 racing driver, who appeared in Top Gear as the Stig
Richard Dawson - Yorkshire and England cricketer
Paul Downton - former England cricketer
Richard Ellison - former Kent and England cricketer
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso - Exeter Chiefs and England national team rugby player
Richard Hill - former England rugby captain
Lasha Jaiani - Georgian national team rugby player
Dafydd Jenkins - Exeter Chiefs rugby player and Wales national team captain
Pete Laverick - Exeter Chiefs rugby player
Tom Lawday - Harlequins rugby player
Jack Maunder - Exeter Chiefs rugby player
Sam Maunder - Exeter Chiefs rugby player
John Scott - former England national team rugby player
Henry Slade - Exeter Chiefs and England national team rugby player
Sam Skinner - Exeter Chiefs and Scotland national team rugby player
Samantha Smith - tennis player and commentator
David Sole - former Scottish rugby captain
Jeff Squire - former Lions and Wales national team rugby player
Tom Stayt - cricketer
Arul Suppiah - Malaysia and Somerset cricketer
Christ Tshiunza - Exeter Chiefs and Wales national team rugby player
Gerald Trump - cricketer and schoolteacher
Ross Vintcent - Exeter Chiefs and Italian national team rugby player
Matthew Wheeler - former Northamptonshire cricketer

Writers and artists

Nina Allan - author of speculative fiction and winner of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel in 2014
Steve Bell - cartoonist (PGCE 1975, St Luke's)
Alice Birch - playwright and screenwriter
Robert Bolt - Oscar and BAFTA-winning playwright and screenwriter
Nick Burbridge - author of poetry, plays, novels and songs; founder of folk-rock band McDermott's Two Hours
Stanley Donwood (aka Dan Rickwood) - artist and writer
Jon Edgar - sculptor
David Eldridge - playwright
Milly Johnson - author
Santa Montefiore - author
Abi Morgan - screenwriter
Ian Mortimer - historian and historical biographer
Roger Nash - philosopher and poet
Suniti Namjoshi - writer
John O'Farrell - author
Primrose Pitman - artist
Mark Power - photographer
J. K. Rowling - author of the Harry Potter books - BA French and Classics
Robert Shearman - playwright, short story writer and screenwriter (including Doctor Who episode Dalek (2005))
Carol Shields - author and Pulitzer Prize winner
Zoë Skoulding - poet
Robert Sloman - playwright and writer for Doctor Who in the 1970s^[5]
Lady Teresa Waugh - novelist
William John Seward Webber sculptor, attended Exeter School of Art

Others

Belabbes Benkredda - Algerian-German social innovator, founder of The Munathara Initiative, and 2013 NDI Democracy Award recipient
Laurie Brokenshire - Commodore and puzzle specialist
Laury Haytayan - MENA officer in the Natural Resource Charter framework, and civil activist in Lebanon
Dame Suzi Leather - Chairwoman of the Charity Commission
Catherine Nettleton - Senior British diplomat
Tuppy Owens - sexuality campaigner

Fictional alumni

Debbie Aldridge - character in radio soap opera The Archers, played by Tamsin Greig

List of University of Exeter people

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Royalty

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Writers and artists

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