List of people associated with Royal Holloway, University of London

The following is a list of Royal Holloway, University of London people, including alumni, members of faculty and fellows. It is not exhaustive.

Notable alumni

Royal Holloway College, Bedford College and RHUL have over 80,000 alumni.

Entertainment, media, theatre

• Chris Aldridge, British radio newsreader (BBC Radio 4)
• David Benson (born 1962), English comedian, writer and actor
• Peter Bramley, British actor, director and theatre director
• Mark Carwardine, Zoologist, Writer, wildlife photographer, TV and radio presenter
• Candace Chong Mui Ngam (born 1976), Hong Kong playwright
• Richard Clarke (born 1978), English radio presenter
• James Dagwell (born 1974), British journalist
• Isabel Fay (born 1979), English comedy writer and character comedian
• Emma Freud OBE (born 1962), English broadcaster and cultural commentator
• Pippa Guard (born 1952), English actress
• Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC Two
• Lenny Henry (born 1958), Television presenter
• Alex Hyndman (born 1978) British newsreader
• Robin Ince (born 1969), English comedian
• Anthony Jabre, film producer and financier
• Karena Johnson, English theatre director
• Roxanne McKee (born 1980), British actress and model
• John Moloney, comedian and comedy writer
• Mary Nightingale (born 1964), British newsreader
• Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor
• Simon Nye (born 1958), English comic television writer
• Lucy Owen (born 1970), Welsh newsreader
• Ben Richardson (b.198?), British cinematographer
• Mark Strong (born 1963) English actor
• Francis Wheen (born 1957) British journalist, writer and broadcaster
• Roger Wright (born 1956) Controller of BBC Radio 3 and director of the BBC Proms
• David Herrera (born 1986) Colombian Filmmaker.

Literature

• Tahmima Anam (born 1975), Bangladeshi-born writer and novelist
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
• Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), English writer of Just William
• George Eliot (1819–1880), British novelist
• Jane Gardam OBE FRSL (born 1928), novelist
• Rosemary Manning (1911–1988), British author
• Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), English poet
• Jojo Moyes (born 1969), British novelist
• Redell Olsen (born 1971), poet, performer and academic
• Sophie Robinson, (born 1985) contemporary English poet
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948), Biographer, novelist
• Jacqueline Simpson (born 1930), British author and folklorist
• Carol Townend (born 1953) English author

Music

• Richard Baker (born 1972), British composer and conductor
• Susan Bullock CBE (born 1958), English soprano
• Jonathan Cole (born 1970), British composer
• Tansy Davies (born 1973), British composer
• Example (musician) (born 1982), British singer, rapper and songwriter
• Sarah Fox (born 1973) English operatic soprano
• Geoff Hannan (born 1972), British composer
• Dame Felicity Lott DBE (born 1947), English soprano
• Ivan Moody (born 1964), British composer
• Paul Newland (born 1966), British composer
• Ewan Pearson (born 1972), British music producer
• Andrew Poppy (born 1954), British composer, pianist and music producer
• China Soul (born 1988) American-British singer/songwriter
• Joby Talbot (born 1971) British composer
• KT Tunstall (born 1975) Scottish singer and songwriter
• John Scott Whiteley (born 1950) York Minster organist and composer

Politics

Science

• David Bellamy OBE (1933–2019) Botanist, environmentalist, author and broadcaster
• Martin Buck FRS (born 1956) microbiologist
• John B. Cosgrave (born 1946), Irish mathematician
• Jackie Hunter (born 1956) chief executive BBSRC
• Dame Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (1903–1971), crystallographer
• Rosalind Pitt-Rivers FRS (1907–1990) biochemist
• Helen Porter FRS (1899–1987) botanist, first female professor of Imperial College London
• Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1871–1966), English geographer, historian of science
• Derek Yalden (1940–2013) English zoologist, reader at the University of Manchester
• Grace Waterhouse (1906–1996), British mycologist

Sport

• Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), gold medal winner, Paralympics equestrian events
• Jessica Eddie (born 1984), British rower, Olympic silver medalist
• Helene Raynsford (born 1979), British paralympic rower and gold medallist
• Andy Sheridan, (born 1979) Rugby Union, Sale Sharks and England
• Joe Saward (born 1961), British Formula One journalist
• Alex Lewington (born 1991) English rugby player
• Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997) English rugby player

Other

• Sofia Abramovich (born 1995), daughter of Roman Abramovich

Notable staff

The following is a list of notable office-holders, academics and other teachers or researchers:

See also

• List of Principals of Royal Holloway, University of London

References