Hatfield College, Durham is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated at the college.
Academia
Academic administrators
- Gordon Cameron – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990)
- Sydney Holgate – Master of Grey College, Durham (1959–1980)
- David Jasper – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1989–1991)
- David Kirby – Pro-Vice Chancellor of Middlesex University (1996–2000)
- Stephen Moulsdale – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1904–1937)
- Arthur Prowse – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1965–1972)
- Ian Taylor – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1999–2000)
- Andrew Teverson – Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of the Arts London (2022–)
Professors and researchers
Humanities and Social Science
- John Atkinson – Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town
- Philip Booth – Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at St Mary's University, Twickenham
- Richard Calland – Emeritus Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town; Head of Political Monitoring & Information Service at IDASA (1995–2011)
- Tim Carter – David G. Frey Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Cecil William Davidge – Professor of English at University College of Commerce, Kobe (1907–1930); Tutor of Hirohito
- Brian Dobson – Reader Emeritus of Archaeology at Durham University; President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
- Paul Edwards – Professor of English and African Literature at the University of Edinburgh
- Allan M. Findlay – Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews
- Simon J. Gathercole – Reader in New Testament Studies and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- George Gretton – Lord President Reid Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh (1994–2016); Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission (2006–2011)
- Michael Jarrett – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
- Paul D. Murray – Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University
- Harold Orton – Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds (1946–64)
- Angelo Raine – clergyman scholar active in the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
- David Reeder – Lecturer in Urban History, University of Leicester
- Gareth Stansfield – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
- Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock – pioneering ecologist and former President of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union
- Ted Wragg – Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)
Science
- Cliff Addison – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Nottingham (1960–78)
- Richard Arculus – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University
- David Axon – Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and Rochester Institute of Technology
- Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at Newcastle University
- Keith Clark – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
- Kingsley Dunham – Director of the British Geological Survey (1967–75); Wollaston Medal (1976)
- Nigel Glover – Professor of Physics at Durham University
- Rebecca Goss – Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of St. Andrews (2018–)
- Joseph Holden – Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds (2007–)
- Joanne Johnson – British Antarctic Survey geochemist; Polar Medal (2023)
- Basil Charles King Professor of Geology at Bedford College; Bigsby Medal (1959)
- Mosobalaje Oyawoye – Professor of Geology at the University of Ibadan (1966–1977)
- Brian Scarlett – Professor of Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology (1983–2000)
- Joe Smartt – Reader in Biology at Southampton University (1990–96)
- Mark A. Smith – Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University
- W C Swinbank – Meteorological physicist; Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Australia (1961–1971)
- David Vaughan – Scientist at British Antarctic Survey; Lead Author on IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
- Stan Woodell – Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–88); emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford (1989–2004)
- Philip Woodworth – Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level
Business
- David Arkless – President of End Human Trafficking Now (2011–)
- Jonathan Beckett – Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts
- Ian Marchant – Chairman of Thames Water (2018–2023)
- Peter Owen Edmunds – telecoms entrepreneur in Russia; co-founded Peterstar
- Richard Paniguian – Group Vice-president at BP (2002–2008), Head of Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) (2008–2015)
- Richard Pease, 4th Baronet – Head of Crux Asset Management (2015–2023)
- Tim Smit – co-creator of Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project
- James Timpson – CEO of Timpson Group (2002–) and Chair of the Prison Reform Trust (2016–)
- Oliver Tress – founder of Oliver Bonas
- Rachel Skinner – President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2020–2021)
- Stephen Welton – CEO of Business Growth Fund (2011–)
Media and performing arts
Film, radio and television
- George Auckland – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
- Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings – played Cameron Fraser on The Archers
- Fergus Beeley – BBC Natural World producer and documentarian
- Benedict Bermange – Sky Sports cricket statistician
- Bill Bunbury – ABC radio producer
- James Cary – TV and radio comedy writer, Think the Unthinkable and Bluestone 42
- Stuart Draper – theatre actor and director
- Mark Durden-Smith – Channel 5 sports presenter
- Ed Gamble – stand-up and performer, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and Mock the Week
- Jonathan Gould – sports presenter; MLB on Five (1997–2008)
- Mark Pougatch – ITV Sport presenter
- Ian Sharp – film and television director known for Who Dares Wins (1982) and his second-unit work on GoldenEye (1995)
- Richard Teverson – character actor who has appeared in Coalition, Red Joan and The Crown
- Jeremy Vine – broadcaster and journalist; Panorama (2007–2010) Eggheads (2008–present)
Music
- Jonathan Darlington – Generalmusikdirektor of the Duisburg Philharmonic (2002–2011)
- Tim Exile – drum and bass producer
- Malcolm Goldring – conductor and musical director
- Paul Keenan – composer of contemporary classical music
- Shelly Knotts – composer and performer of electronic, live coded and networked music
- Alec Roth – composer best known for Arion and the Dolphin (1994)
- Riva Taylor – jazz singer-songwriter; This Woman's Heart .1 (2020) and This Woman's Heart .2 (2021)
- Jake Thackray – folk musician; The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray (1967)
Writing and journalism
- Poppy Adams – author and television director; The Behaviour of Moths (2008)
- Oliver Balch – author and freelance journalist; Viva South America! A Journey Round a Restless Continent (2009)
- Thomas Blackburn – poet, novelist and memoirist; A Clip of Steel (1969)
- Dominic Carman – legal affairs journalist; former feature writer for The Times
- Alexander Frater – author and travel editor; Chasing the Monsoon (1990)
- Frederick Grice – writer of children's literature; The Bonny Pit Laddie (1960)
- John Kay – chief reporter for The Sun
- Colin McDowell – former Fashion Editor of The Sunday Times
- Katharine Preston – writer and public speaker; Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice (2013)
- Rosa Rankin-Gee – novelist; The Last King of Sark (2011) and Dreamland (2021)
- Alan Schom – popular historian; Napoleon Bonaparte, A Biography (1997)
- David Shukman – Science Editor of BBC News (2012–2021); Reporting Live from the End of the World (2010)
- Owen Slot – sports journalist; Chief Rugby Correspondent at The Times
Military personnel
British Army
- General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022)
- General Sir Richard Dannatt – Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009)
- Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin – Military Secretary (2000–2004)
- Major-General Alex Taylor – Director, Army Legal Services (2019–)
Royal Air Force
- Air Marshal Peter Walker – Commander of Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007); Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015)
Royal Navy
- Rear Admiral Andrew Burns – Fleet Commander (2021–)
- Rear Admiral Matthew Parr – Commander Operations (2013–2015)
Politicians and civil servants
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Members of the House of Commons
- Robert Buckland – Conservative MP for South Swindon (2010–); Secretary of State for Justice (2019–2021)
- Robert Strother Stewart – Liberal MP for Stockton-on-Tees (1923–1924)
- Edward Timpson – Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich (2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–); Solicitor General for England and Wales (2022)
Members of the House of Lords
- Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles – Labour Party life peer (2004–)
European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament
- Jake Pugh – Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (2019–2020)
Civil Service
Ambassadors and High Commissioners
- Bruce Bucknell – British Ambassador to Belarus (2012–2016)
- David Carter – British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004)
- Kim Darroch – UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011), British Ambassador to the United States (2016–2019)
- David Fitton – British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017)
- William Quantrill – British Ambassador to Cameroon (1991–1995)
Colonial Service
- John Rawling Todd – Secretary for Housing, British Hong Kong (1986–1988)
- John Francis Yaxley – Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)
Governors of British Overseas Territories
- Peter Waterworth – Governor of Montserrat (2007–2011)
Religion
Anglican Communion
Bishops
- John Boys – Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman (1951–1960)
- David Chellappa – Bishop of Madras (1955–1964)
- Peter Dawes – Bishop of Derby (1988–1995)
- Arthur Douglas – Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905)
- David Edwardes Davies – Bishop of Bangor (1944–1949)
- Morris Gelsthorpe – Bishop in the Sudan (1945–1952)
- Frederick Goldie – Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1974–1980)
- Temple Hamlyn – Bishop of Accra (1908–1910)
- Clive Handford – Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007)
- Ralph Hawkins – Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977)
- Robert Hay – Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943)
- Francis Johnston – Bishop of Egypt (1952–1958)
- Gordon Tindall – Bishop of Grahamstown (1964–1969)
Deans and Provosts
- Dominic Barrington – Dean of York (2022–)
- William Kay – Provost of Blackburn Cathedral (1936–1961)
- Roderick Mackay – Dean of Edinburgh (1939–1954)
- Hugh McIntosh – Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (1966–1970)
- Leslie Weatherhead – Dean of Nassau (1965–1972)
- Bill Williams – Provost of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)
Archdeacons
- Henry Carden – Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934)
- Alexander Chisholm – Archdeacon of Carlisle (1947–1958)
- Richard Blundell Comins – Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910)
- Herbert Edmonds – Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940)
- Hugh Edwardes – Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944)
- Glyndwr Hackett – Archdeacon of Monmouth (2001–2008)
- Thomas Hodgson – Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1915–1921)
- Robert Jones – Archdeacon of Worcester (2014–2023)
- George MacDermott – Archdeacon of Norwich (1921–1938)
- Henry Marriott – Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951)
- Frederic Murray – Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918)
- Andrew Ritchie – Archdeacon of Surrey (1949–1955)
- Morris Rodham – Archdeacon of Warwick (2010–2019)
- Richard Ross-Lewin – Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921)
- Edward Leslie Seager – Archdeacon of Dorset (1955–1974)
- Andrew Spens – Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900)
- Basil Stratton – Archdeacon of Lichfield (1959–1974)
- David Williams – Archdeacon of Cardigan (1928–1936)
Other clerics
- Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet – royal chaplain to King Edward VIII and King George VI
- Jonas Pilling – grossly incompetent vicar of St Mark's Church, Huddersfield
Catholic Church
Bishops
- Michael Houghton – Bishop of Ebbsfleet (1998–1999)
Sport
Athletics
- Mark Hudspith – long-distance runner; bronze medallist in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Jon Solly – gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Cricket
First-Class
- Chaitanya Bishnoi – Haryana (2015–2023) and Chennai Super Kings (2018–2019)
- Thomas Bruce – Durham UCCE (2005)
- Nick Compton – Middlesex (2001–2009), Somerset (2010–2014) and England (2012–2016)
- Graham Cowdrey – Kent (1984–1998)
- Tim Curtis – Cambridge University (1983) and Worcestershire (1979–1997)
- Peter Deakin – Cambridge University (1996) and Dorset (1999–2006)
- Paul Dixey – Kent (2005–2010), Durham UCCE (2007–2010) and Leicestershire (2011–2012)
- Edwin Hardy – Europeans (1915)
- George Harper – Durham UCCE (2009–2010) and Buckinghamshire (2008–2012)
- Steve Henderson – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and Glamorgan (1983–1985)
- Thomas Jameson – Cambridge University (1970) and Warwickshire (1970)
- James Lawrence – Durham University (1995) and British Universities (1998)
- Harry McInley – Durham MCCU (2015)
- Gavin Moffat – Cambridge University (1996)
- James Rowe – Durham UCCE (2001) and Kent Cricket Board (2002)
- Andrew Strauss – Middlesex (1998–2012) and England (2003–2012)
- Frank Tyson – Northamptonshire (1952–1960) and England (1954–1959)
- Freddie van den Bergh – Surrey (2011–2019) and Durham MCCU (2012–2014)
- Charlie Wallis – Durham MCCU (2012–2013)
- Nathaniel Watkins – Oxfordshire (2011), Durham MCCU (2011–2013) and Jersey (2012–2019)
- James Wilkes-Green – Guernsey (2015)
- Michael Yeabsley – Cambridge University (1995)
List A
- Rodney Dethridge – Bedfordshire (1982)
- Kim Norkett – Glamorgan (1974)
Field Hockey
- Gavin Featherstone – coached United States at 1984 Olympics and South Africa at the 1996 Olympics
- Rui Saldanha – represented Great Britain at 1972 Olympics
- Warren Bradley – Manchester United (1958–1962) and England (1959)
Rowing
- Simon Barr – Gold medallist for Germany in Lightweight men's eight at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships
- Angus Groom – Silver medallist in Quadruple sculls at at the 2020 Olympics
- Alice Freeman – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships, 5th place in Women's eight at the 2008 Olympics
- Louisa Reeve – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships
- Emily Taylor – Silver medallist in Women's eight at 2008 European Championships
Rugby
- Toby Allchurch – represented England on tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga (1979)
- Josh Basham – Newcastle Falcons (2018–2022)
- Beth Blacklock – Scotland women (2023–)
- Richard Breakey – Scotland (1978)
- Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton – Scotland B (1985–1986) and Scotland (1986–1987)
- Will Carling – Harlequins (1987–2000) and England (1988–1997)
- Will Greenwood – Harlequins (1994–1996 and 2000–2006), Leicester Tigers (1996–2000) and England (1997–2004)
- Mark Griffin – United States (2003–2005)
- Charlie Hannaford – England (1971)
- Fitz Harding – Bristol Bears (2020–)
- Stuart Legg – Newcastle Falcons (1997–2000)
- Peter Lillington – Scotland B (1981–1982), also represented Scotland on tour of New Zealand (1981)
- Andy Mullins – England B (1988) and England (1989)
- Marcus Rose – England (1981–1987)
- Roshini Turner – Hong Kong women (2019–)
- Dave Walder – Newcastle Falcons (1999–2006) and England (2001–2003)
- Peter Warfield – England (1973–1975)
- Ben Woods – Newcastle Falcons (2003–2008), Leicester Tigers (2008–2012) and England Saxons (2006–2012)
Tennis
- Gabriela Knutson – Czech tennis player; career-high singles ranking of 155
Miscellaneous
- Matthew Hedges – doctoral student imprisoned for spying by the United Arab Emirates
- Claude Hinscliff – noted suffragist and founder of the Church League for Women's Suffrage
- Robin Medforth-Mills – UNESCO official also known for his marriage to Princess Elena of Romania
- Nigel Morgan – security consultant who gained notoriety for leaking the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
- Tracy Philipps – Intelligence officer and conservationist; Secretary-General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (1955–1958)
- Frederick William Sanderson – Headmaster of Oundle School (1892–1922)
- Percy Warrington – founder of various private schools; established Allied Schools financial trust
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