List of Durham University people
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This is a list of alumni associated with Durham University
, founded in 1832 in England. This includes those who have taught there, done research there, taken a degree there or were involved in its founding. Durham is a collegiate university, so where known and if applicable, they are shown alongside their associated college.
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
, founded in 1832 in England. This includes those who have taught there, done research there, taken a degree there or were involved in its founding. Durham is a collegiate university, so where known and if applicable, they are shown alongside their associated college.
Academia
- M. A. Wazed MiahM. A. Wazed MiahDr. M. A. Wazed Miah was a reputed Bangladeshi nuclear scientist, the writer of a number of well-known texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina....
, eminent Physicist - Michael AlcornMichael AlcornMichael Alcorn is a composer and the current Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University, Belfast. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1962....
- Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University, Belfast. - Kenneth AllottKenneth AllottKenneth Allott was an Anglo-Irish poet and academic, and authority on Matthew Arnold.-Life:Born in Glamorgan, where his father, a doctor, was serving as a locum, Allott later experienced the break-up of his parents' marriage, followed by the death of his mother...
(Armstrong) - Poet and Academic and Kenneth Muir Professor of English at Liverpool University - Ephraim AndersonEphraim AndersonEphraim Saul "Andy" Anderson FRS CBE was a British bacteriologist, best known for his work highlighting the human health dangers of drug-resistant bacteria created by antibiotics, in particular by low-dose antibiotic use in animal feeding. Anderson was educated at Rutherford College before winning...
- bacteriologist, best known for his work highlighting the human health dangers of drug-resistant bacteria created by antibiotics - Dr. Michael ArisMichael ArisMichael Vaillancourt Aris was a leading Western authority on Bhutanese, Tibetan, and Himalayan culture, and wrote numerous books on Buddhism in those regions. He was the husband of Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi....
- husband of Aung San Suu Kyi. Lecturer in Asian history at St John's College, Oxford and later at St Antony's College, Oxford. Tutor of the children of the royal family of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. - Roy AscottRoy AscottRoy Ascott is a British artist and theorist, who works with cybernetics and telematics. He is President of the Planetary Collegium.- Biography :...
(King's) - British artist and theorist and professor at Plymouth University - David AxonDavid AxonDavid John Axon is a British astrophysicist, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, and is currently Head of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex. He received his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Durham...
- professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology - John BarrowJohn D. Barrow-External links:****** The Forum-Publications available on the Internet:************...
FRS (Van Mildert) - Cosmologist, winner of the 2006 Templeton Prize - Neil Bartlett FRS (King's) - chemist best known for his discovery of noble gas compounds.
- Prof. David BellamyDavid BellamyDavid James Bellamy OBE is a British author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner and botanist. He has lived in County Durham since 1960.-Career:...
- botanist and environmental campaigner - Prof. Sir George Malcolm BrownGeorge Malcolm BrownSir George Malcolm Brown, FRS was one of the most respected geologists of the second half of the Twentieth century...
- Geologist, scientist to NASA Apollo 11 mission, winner of the Murchison Medal. Director of the British Geological Survey - Sir Ernest BullockErnest BullockSir Ernest Bullock was an English organist, composer, and educator.-Education:...
- Gardiner Professor of Music, Glasgow and Director of the Royal College of Music - Prof. Sir Kenneth CalmanKenneth CalmanSir Kenneth Charles Calman, KCB, DL, FRSE is a Scottish cancer researcher and former Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006, before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has held the position of...
- Vice-Chancellor of Durham University, then Chancellor of University of Glasgow - Prof. William CampbellWilliam Campbell (metallographer)William Campbell, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.A. was an English metallurgist, born at Newcastle on Tyne, England. He was graduated at the Durham College of Science of Durham University in 1898, and at Columbia University...
- metallographer to the United States Geodetic Survey - Dr. David CarterDavid CarterDavid Carter may refer to:*Dave Carter , American folk singer, songwriter*David Carter , former American football offensive lineman...
- BursarBursarA bursar is a senior professional financial administrator in a school or university.Billing of student tuition accounts are the responsibility of the Office of the Bursar. This involves sending bills and making payment plans with the ultimate goal of getting the student accounts paid off...
at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University - Martin CarverMartin CarverMartin Oswald Hugh Carver FSA , is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, England, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project and a leading exponent of new methods in excavation and survey. He specialises in the archaeology of early Medieval Europe...
- Professor of Archaeology at the University of York - Dr. Robin DonkinRobin DonkinRobin Arthur Donkin FBA was an English historian and geographer who served as a reader in Historical Geography in Cambridge University's Department of Geography in 1990...
FBA (King's) - historian and geographer, reader in Historical Geography in Cambridge University - Prof. Sir Kingsley Charles DunhamKingsley Charles DunhamSir Kingsley Charles Dunham FRS was one of the leading British geologists and mineralogists of the 20th century. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Durham from 1950-71. He was later Professor Emeritus from 1967-2001...
- geologist and mineralogist, Director of the British Geological Survey and winner of the Wollaston Medal - Prof. Stanley EvelingStanley EvelingStanley Eveling, or Harry Stanley Eveling was an English playwright and academic, based in Scotland. Eveling was educated at Rutherford College and Samuel King's School...
- English playwright and academic at Edinburgh University - Dr. Ghazi FalahGhazi FalahGhazi-Walid Falah is a Bedouin Israeli-Canadian geographer, who is currently a tenured professor at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA.Ghazi Falah is an expert on political, social and urban geography of the Middle East and the Arab World, with special emphasis on Israel. He has published over 45...
- Geographer at University of Akron - Robert Michael Franklin, Jr.Robert Michael Franklin, Jr.Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. is an African-American educator, author, and the tenth president of Morehouse College, the nation's only historically black liberal arts college for men, located in Atlanta, Georgia...
- president of Morehouse College - Prof. David GavaghanDavid GavaghanProfessor David Gavaghan, B.Sc. , MA, M.Sc., D.Phil. is the director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, Principal Investigator of the Integrative Biology project at the University of Oxford, and Research Fellow in Mathematics at New College, Oxford.-External...
- director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford - Prof. Monica GradyMonica GradyMonica Mary Grady is a leading British space scientist, primarily known for her work on meteorites. She is currently Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University....
- Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University - Dr. David Grant - Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University
- Canon William GreenwellWilliam GreenwellCanon William Greenwell FRS FSA FSA.Scot was an English archaeologist.-Life:William Greenwell was born 23 March 1820 in the estate known as Greenwell Ford near Lanchester, County Durham, England...
(University) - English archaeologist. - Prof. Roy Martin HainesRoy Martin HainesRoy Martin Haines is a British historian.Haines is the son of Evan George Martin Haines, who served in the Welsh Guards during World War I and died in 1929 from an illness attributable to his military service...
(St Chad's), M.A., M.Litt. Durham, D.Phil., D.Litt. Oxford, FRHistS., F.S.A.- Professor of Medieval History Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, life member of Clare Hall, CambridgeClare Hall, CambridgeClare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students.Informality is a defining value at Clare Hall and this contributes to its unique character... - William Edmund HickW. E. HickWilliam Edmund Hick was a British psychologist, who was a pioneer in the new sciences of experimental psychology and ergonomics in the mid-20th century....
- British psychologist, pioneer in experimental psychology - Prof. Chris HigginsChris Higgins (academic)Chris Higgins is, since April 2007, the Vice-Chancellor of Durham University. He was previously the director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Head of Division in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London....
(Grey) - Vice-Chancellor of Durham University - Arthur HolmesArthur HolmesArthur Holmes was a British geologist. As a child he lived in Low Fell, Gateshead and attended the Gateshead Higher Grade School .-Age of the earth:...
Geologist, early exponent of plate tectonics. - Prof. David JasperDavid JasperDavid Jasper is a theologian, currently Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.-Publications :*Coleridge as Poet and Religious Thinker, *The New Testament and the Literary Imagination,...
- Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Glasgow - Sir Harold JeffreysHarold JeffreysSir Harold Jeffreys, FRS was a mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer. His seminal book Theory of Probability, which first appeared in 1939, played an important role in the revival of the Bayesian view of probability.-Biography:Jeffreys was born in Fatfield, Washington, County...
(Armstrong) - mathematician and geophysicist - Prof. Frank KellyFrank Kelly (professor)Francis Patrick "Frank" Kelly, FRS is professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge....
- professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. - Prof. George Wilberforce KakomaGeorge Wilberforce KakomaProfessor George Wilberforce Kakoma is a graduate of Trinity College of Music and Durham University who composed Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty, Uganda's national anthem....
- professor of music, composer of Uganda's national anthem - Gordon ManleyGordon ManleyGordon Valentine Manley, FRGS was an English climatologist who assembled the Central England temperature series of monthly mean temperatures stretching back to 1659. This is the longest standardised instrumental record available for anywhere in the world...
- Climatologist - Dominic MontserratDominic MontserratDominic Alexander Sebastian Montserrat was a British egyptologist and papyrologist.- Life :Montserrat studied Egyptology at Durham University and received his PhD in Classics at University College London, specializing in Greek, Coptic and Egyptian Papyrology. From 1992 to 1999 he taught Classics...
- (Grey) British egyptologist and papyrologist - Muhamad Rasat MuhamadMuhamad Rasat MuhamadProfessor Dato' Muhamad Rasat Muhamad is the third and current president of the Multimedia University in Malaysia. He took office on 1 January 2011, after his predecessor Zaharin Yusoff left office late in December 2010. He was previously a deputy vice-chancellor of University Malaya...
, President of the Multimedia UniversityMultimedia UniversityMultimedia University is Malaysia's first private university. It has two campuses with one in Cyberjaya and another in Melaka. The distance between the two campuses are approximately 150 kilometers, via the North South Expressway.-History:...
, Malaysia - Richard OvendenRichard OvendenRichard Ovenden is a librarian and author of John Thomson : photographer , a major study of the Scottish photographer. Ovenden was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Kent and at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating in 1985...
(St Chad's) - Head of Special Collections, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford - Prof. Friedrich PanethFriedrich PanethFriedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist. Fleeing the Nazis, he escaped to Britain and became a British citizen in 1939 but returned as director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in 1953....
FRS - Professor of Chemistry at Durham, 1939–1953 - Nicholas ReevesNicholas ReevesCarl Nicholas Reeves is an English Egyptologist best known for his archaeological work in and writings on the Valley of the Kings. He is currently Sylvan C...
- English Egyptologist - George RochesterGeorge RochesterGeorge Dixon Rochester, FRS was a British physicist known for having co-discovered, with Sir Clifford Charles Butler, a subatomic particle called the kaon....
FRS (Armstrong) - British physicist known for having co-discovered, with Sir Clifford Butler, a subatomic particle called the kaon. - Prof. Samuel TolanskySamuel TolanskySamuel Tolansky born Turlausky BSc DThPT PhD PhD DSc FRAS FRSA FInstP FRS. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize, has a crater on the moon named after him near the Apollo 14 landing site and he was a principal investigator to the NASA lunar project known as the Apollo program.-Personal life:His...
(Armstrong) - Physicist and Nobel Prize nominee - G. M. TrevelyanG. M. TrevelyanGeorge Macaulay Trevelyan, OM, CBE, FRS, FBA , was a British historian. Trevelyan was the third son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and great-nephew of Thomas Babington Macaulay, whose staunch liberal Whig principles he espoused in accessible works of literate narrative avoiding a...
- historian - Prof. Ji UngpakornJi UngpakornGiles Ji Ungpakorn Giles Ji Ungpakorn Giles Ji Ungpakorn (Thai: ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์, pronounced (born 1953) is a Thai-British academic and political activist. He formerly worked as an associate professor at Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom...
- professor of Thai - Sir Peter UstinovPeter UstinovPeter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
- Chancellor of the University of Durham - Prof. Paul Wellings - Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
- Ted WraggTed WraggEdward Conrad Wragg known as Ted Wragg, was a British educationalist and academic known for his advocacy of the cause of education and opposition to political interference in the field...
(Hatfield) - Educationalist
Business
- Richard AdamsRichard Adams (Traidcraft)Richard Adams, OBE is the British founder of the UK fair trade organisations Tearcraft and Traidcraft and of a number of social enterprises which promote ethical business.Adams attended King Edward VI Five Ways school in Birmingham...
- (St John's) - pioneer of Fair Trade and founder of Traidcraft - Adam ApplegarthAdam ApplegarthAdam J. Applegarth was the Chief Executive Officer of the Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne based Northern Rock bank, one of the first victims of the so-called subprime mortgage crisis...
- Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Rock bank - Stephen BicknellStephen BicknellStephen Bicknell was a leading British organ builder and writer about the organ.-Early and family life:...
- leading British organ builder and writer about the organ. - E. C. B. CorlettE. C. B. CorlettReverend Dr Ewan Christian Brew Corlett, OBE, FREng was a British author, naval architect and consultant. He was pivotal to the restoration of the SS Great Britain from a sandbank in the Falklands, to Bristol...
- naval architect and consultant, pivotal in the restoration of the SS Great Britain - Lord Anthony Crichton-StuartAnthony Crichton-StuartLord Anthony Crichton-Stuart is an art historian, and former head of old master paintings at Christie's in New York, where he worked from 1991 until 2006. He is now an independent art dealer in New York, specialising in Old Master Paintings. He, and his wife Alison, have three children; Flora...
- head of Old Master Paintings, at Christie's, New York - Leslie FerrarLeslie FerrarLeslie Jane Ferrar has been Treasurer to Charles, Prince of Wales since January 2005. Her alleged behaviour in office has led to her being dubbed 'the grasping treasurer' by a couple of members of the 'Tabloid' press. Mrs Ferrar is the granddaughter of the author Bruce Marshall and Dr...
- Treasurer to Charles, Prince of Wales - David FrenchDavid French (Chief Executive)David French was chief executive officer of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, , an agency of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office set up to promote democratic development overseas...
- Chief Executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy - Paul Hawkins - inventor of the Hawk-EyeHawk-EyeHawk-Eye is a complex computer system used in cricket, tennis and other sports to visually track the trajectory of the ball and display a record of its most statistically likely path as a moving image. In cricket and tennis, it is now part of the adjudication process. It was developed by engineers...
ball-tracking system used in cricket, tennis and other sports - Dame Elisabeth HoodlessElisabeth HoodlessDame Elisabeth Anne Marian Frost Hoodless, DBE is the Executive Director of Community Service Volunteers , the United Kingdom's leading volunteering and training charity. She is also a former Labour councillor in North London, and a long-term Labour party member...
(King's) - Executive Director of Community Service Volunteers - Tom HumeTom Hume (museum director)Thomas Andrew Hume CBE was the first director of the Museum of London.Born on 21 June 1917, the only son of the late Thomas Hume of Burnfoot, Oxton and Lillias Dodds, Hume was educated at the Heaton Grammar School in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne before attending King's College, Durham University,...
(King's) - First Director of the Museum of London - Julian KnightJulian Knight (executive)Julian Knight is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of climate change campaign Global Cool.- Career highlights :Julian joined Global Cool in October 2006 from Man Group, the world's largest alternative investment manager and financial broker...
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of climate change campaign Global Cool. - Sir Peter OgdenPeter OgdenSir Peter Ogden is one of the founders of Computacenter, one of the United Kingdom's largest computer businessses.-Education:Peter was born in Rochdale, England. He was educated at Rochdale Grammar School...
- Co-founder of Computacenter - Sir Nick ScheeleNick ScheeleSir Nicholas Scheele is a former Chancellor of the University of Warwick and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Company...
(Cuths) - President and Chief Operating Officer of the Ford Motor Company - Tim SmitTim SmitTim Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, both in Cornwall, Britain.-Biography:...
- horticulturalist and creator of the Eden Project - David SproxtonDavid SproxtonDavid Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders of the Aardman Animations studio.David graduated from Collingwood College, University of Durham before starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart .He is...
(Collingwood) - co-founder (together with Peter Lord) of the Aardman Animations - David WaltonDavid WaltonDavid Robert Walton was a British economist, and a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from July 2005 until his death in June 2006....
, (Van Mildert) - economist, member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. - Michael Warrender, 3rd Baron BruntisfieldMichael Warrender, 3rd Baron BruntisfieldMichael John George Warrender, 3rd Baron Bruntisfield is the elder son and heir of the late John Robert Warrender, 2nd Baron Bruntisfield by his first wife Moireen Campbell ....
- director of Jardine Fleming Investment Management and Atlas Capital
Law
- Prof. Deryck BeyleveldDeryck BeyleveldDeryck Beyleveld is founding Director of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics , but is now the Head of the Law School at Durham University...
- Founding Director of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics (SIBLE) and current Head of Durham Law School. - The Hon Mrs Justice BlackJill BlackDame Jill Margaret Black DBE, PC, QC is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.Black was educated at the University of Durham, and was called to the Bar in 1976 . She became a Queen's Counsel in 1994 and was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1996 and a Recorder in 1998...
- Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
and Privy councilor - Leo BlairLeo Blair (senior)Leo Charles Lynton Blair is a retired University of Durham law lecturer. He is the author of the book The Commonwealth Public Service...
- Lecturer in Law, father of Tony BlairTony BlairAnthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
former Prime Minister of United Kingdom.* Prof. David Campbell - former Head of the Law Department and specialist in contract law. - Tufyal ChoudhuryTufyal ChoudhuryTufyal Choudhury is a lecturer in international human rights law at Durham University, England. His research interests focus on equality law and in particular on racial and religious discrimination...
- International Human Rights Lawyer - Prof. He Haibo - Tsinghua UniversityTsinghua UniversityTsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
Law School. Visiting scholar at the China Law Center, Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
Law School - The Rt Hon Lord Justice HughesAnthony HughesSir Anthony Philip Gilson Hughes , styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Hughes, became a Lord Justice of Appeal on 24 April 2006, following the retirement of Lord Justice Rose...
(Van Mildert) - Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
and Vice-President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and WalesCourt of Appeal of England and WalesThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it... - Prof. David O'KeeffeDavid O'KeeffeDavid O'Keeffe is Emeritus Professor of European Law in the University of London and Of Counsel on EU Affairs at the international law firm Salans. Together with an academic career, he has practiced EU law since 1984, as associate and Counsel with Coudert Brothers and Hammonds LLP...
- Professor of European Law - Judge Adel Ibrahim Maged - Hon. Prof., Special Advisor to the Islamic Criminal Justice Project in the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- The Hon Mr Justice McFarlane - Justice of the High Court (Family Division)
- Prof. Gavin Phillipson - Professor of Human Rights Law
- The Hon Mrs Justice SwiftCaroline SwiftDame Caroline Jane Swift, DBE , styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Swift, was leading counsel to the Inquiry in the Shipman Inquiry, which began in 2001....
(St Aidan's) - Justice of the High Court (Queens Bench Division) - The Rt Hon Sir Mark WallerMark Waller (judge)Sir George Mark Waller is the Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.Waller was educated at Oundle School and read law at Durham University before being called to the Bar in 1964 and is a Bencher at Gray's Inn. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1979, and was...
- Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
and Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and WalesCourt of Appeal of England and WalesThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it...
Media and actors
- George AlagiahGeorge AlagiahGeorge Maxwell Alagiah OBE is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.Since 3 December 2007, he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010...
(Van Mildert) - broadcaster - Matthew AmroliwalaMatthew AmroliwalaMatthew Amroliwala is a BBC newsreader who presents on the BBC News Channel each weekday from 11am - 2pm alongside Jane Hill. He is an occasional relief presenter of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One and appears in the revamped Crimewatch programme on BBC One, with Kirsty Young.-Biography:He was...
(St Chad's) - BBC News presenter - Neave BarkerNeave BarkerNeave Barker is the Moscow correspondent of Al Jazeera English, an international news network headquartered in Doha, Qatar.He was a correspondent and news presenter at Russia Today from 2005 to 2008. He joined Al Jazeera on August 2008....
(Van Mildert )- Broadcaster - Al Jazeera English - Biddy BaxterBiddy BaxterBiddy Baxter MBE is best known as the former editor of the long-running popular BBC One children’s magazine show Blue Peter, a position she held from 1965 to 1988. She was also its producer from 1962 to 1965...
(St Mary's) - TV Producer (Blue Peter) and inventor of the Blue Peter badge - Guy de la BédoyèreGuy de la BédoyèreGuy Martyn Thorold Huchet de la Bédoyère is a British historian, who has published widely on Roman Britain and other subjects, and has appeared regularly on the Channel 4 archaeological television series, Time Team. In 1999 he presented a three-part series called The Romans in Britain for BBC2,...
- British historian and broadcaster - Rabbi Lionel Blue - TV journalist and broadcaster
- David J. BodycombeDavid J. BodycombeDavid J. Bodycombe is a puzzle author and games consultant. He is based in London, and his work is read by over 2 million people a day in the UK, and is syndicated to over 300 newspapers internationally...
(Trevelyan) - puzzle-writer - Arthur BostromArthur BostromArthur Bostrom is an English actor, most famous for his role as Officer Crabtree, in the long-running BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!.-Biography:...
(St Chad's) - actor and early member of The Durham Revue, played Officer Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo! - Andrew BuchanAndrew Buchan-Early life:Buchan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and brought up in the suburb of Lostock in Bolton. He attended the nearby Rivington and Blackrod High School in Horwich....
(Cuths) - Actor - Jamie Campbell (St John's) - documentary film maker and writer in the New Statesman, The Guardian and the Mail on Sunday
- Daniel CaseyDaniel Casey-Early life:The son of journalist and television presenter Luke Casey, he grew up in Stockton-on-Tees and attended Grey College, Durham, graduating with a BA in English Literature before pursuing a career in acting.-Career:...
(Grey) - Co-star of Midsomer Murders - Adrian DannattAdrian DannattAdrian Dannatt is the son of architect Trevor Dannatt, he was educated at St Chad's College, Durham University. Before arriving at university he had previously been the child star of the London Weekend Television series Just William , based on the novels of author Richmal Crompton...
(Chads) - Child actor, artist and journalist - John ExelbyJohn ExelbyJohn Exelby was co-founder of BBC World Service TV News.After leaving Durham University with a degree in politics, John worked in newspapers before joining BBC TV News where he was news editor, editor of most of the major news programmes and co-founder and managing editor of BBC World TV News. He...
- Co-founder and editor of BBC News World Service - Nigel FarndaleNigel FarndaleNigel Farndale is a British author and journalist, known for his award-winning interviews in the Sunday Telegraph.He has written five books: two novels, two biographies and a collection of interviews...
- writer in the Sunday Telegraph - Jonah FisherJonah FisherJonah Fisher is a correspondent on both BBC television news and BBC Radio Five Live. He has worked in the far east with Greenpeace tracking whales being hunted by the Japanese whaling fleet; and in 2005 he was beaten by Sudanese security forces outside Khartoum, Sudan.-ANC Outburst:Following a...
(Collingwood) - BBC Journalist - Shelagh FogartyShelagh FogartyShelagh Fogarty, born 13 January 1966 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, is a radio and television presenter and journalist. She formerly hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell.-Early life:...
- host of the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show - Alastair FothergillAlastair FothergillAlastair Fothergill is a producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the executive producer of the multi-award winning series The Blue Planet and Planet Earth and the co-director of the associated feature films Deep Blue and Earth.Fothergill attended Harrow...
(Cuths) - BBC Nature producer and co-producer of The Blue Planet - Jonathan Gould - television presenter and host of the MLB on Five
- Helen GraceHelen GraceHelen Grace is an English actress who trained at the Drama Centre London, now part of the University of the Arts, London. She grew up as an only child in Northwood, attended St...
(University) - actress notable for role as incestuous sibling Georgia Simpson in Brookside - John Galbraith GrahamJohn Galbraith GrahamThe Reverend John Galbraith Graham MBE is a British crossword compiler, best known as Araucaria of The Guardian. He is also, like his father, a priest of the Church of England.-Career:...
(St Chad's) - crossword compiler - "Araucaria" of The Guardian, Chaplain and Tutor at St Chad's 1949–52 - Judith HannJudith HannJudith Hann at Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, England, is a freelance broadcaster and writer specialising in science, food and the environment.-Education:...
- presenter of BBC's Tomorrow's World 1974-1994 - Lorraine HeggesseyLorraine HeggesseyLorraine Heggessey is a British television producer and former Chief Executive of the production company Talkback Thames...
(Collingwood) - controller of BBC One 2000-2004 - Gavin HewittGavin HewittGavin Hewitt is a British journalist and presenter, currently BBC News's Europe Editor, a post he has held since September 2009.-Life and career:...
(Johns) - Special Correspondent for the BBC - Chris HollinsChris HollinsChris Hollins is an English journalist, presenter and sportsman, currently employed by the BBC and best known for being the sports correspondent for BBC Breakfast, and for winning Strictly Come Dancing 2009.-Early life:...
- Sports presenter for BBC Breakfast - Sally El HosainiSally El HosainiSally El Hosaini is an Egyptian Welsh screenwriter & film director. She was one of Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow 2009.-Filmography:*My Brother the Devil 2012*Camelia 2011...
(Collingwood) - filmmaker - Nina HossainNina HossainNina Hossain is a British journalist, presenter and newscaster.Hossain is currently employed on a freelance basis by ITN where she is the main presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. Nina also acts as a relief newscaster for ITV News.-Background:Hossain was born in...
, (Cuths) - Broadcast journalist - Louise HullandLouise HullandLouise Hulland is an English television and radio presenter. Louise was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and St...
- English television and radio presenter. - George LazenbyGeorge LazenbyGeorge Robert Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.-Early life:...
(Bede) - Bond Actor - Gabby LoganGabby LoganGabby Logan is a television presenter and radio presenter, as well as a former Wales international gymnast. She currently hosts programmes for BBC Sport, mainly focusing on football.- Early life :...
(Hild Bede) - Commonwealth Games gymnast and TV presenter - Alex MacQueenAlex MacQueenAlexander Tulloch MacQueen is an English actor. He has appeared on television, film and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Hut 33, The Thick of It, and Keeping Mum....
, Actor - Dominic MontserratDominic MontserratDominic Alexander Sebastian Montserrat was a British egyptologist and papyrologist.- Life :Montserrat studied Egyptology at Durham University and received his PhD in Classics at University College London, specializing in Greek, Coptic and Egyptian Papyrology. From 1992 to 1999 he taught Classics...
(Grey) - TV Egyptologist - Roger MooreRoger MooreSir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
(Bede) - Notably seven times "James Bond" actor. Did not graduate due to national service - Maryam Nemazee - Bloomberg Presenter
- Mark PougatchMark PougatchMark Pougatch is a freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who works mainly as a sports presenter for the BBC.-Early life:...
, BBC sports presenter and radio host - Gareth SibsonGareth SibsonGareth JH Sibson is a writer and broadcaster. His debut novel, was a frank look at relationships in London. The book drew on his own experiences of dating in London and analysed the women of a generation inspired by Bridget Jones and Sex and the City. Before becoming a writer and broadcaster,...
, (Castle) - Writer and broadcaster - Kate SilvertonKate SilvertonKate Silverton is an English journalist, currently employed by the BBC.- Early life and education :Silverton was born in Essex, England, the daughter of English parents; Terry Silverton, a black-cab driver turned registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton, who now heads her daughter's...
, (Cuths) - Broadcast journalist - David ShukmanDavid ShukmanDavid Roderick Shukman is the BBC's Environment and Science Correspondent.His father is Harold Shukman, a Russian scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford , and his mother was a vicar, and also a Russian scholar of writers such as Alexander Men . He has a younger brother and sister...
, (Hatfield) - BBC correspondent - Alex StandishAlex StandishAlex Standish is an intelligence analyst and military expert. He is current project manager for Security Sector Reform in the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo. He was formerly editor of Strategic Intelligence Review, is a former BBC Panorama producer, a former foreign correspondent...
(St Chad's) - BBC producer and television broadcaster - Chris TerrillChris TerrillChris Terrill is an anthropologist, adventurer, author and filmmaker born in Brighton in 1952. He attended Brighton College 1965–1970, and then went to Durham University where he gained a joint-honours degree in Geography and Anthropology...
(Collingwood) - documentary maker, writer and adventurer - Jeremy VineJeremy VineJeremy Guy Vine is a British author, journalist and news presenter for the BBC. He is known for his direct interview style and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa...
(Hatfield), radio and television presenter - James WilbyJames WilbyJames Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
(Grey) - actor - Tim WillcoxTim WillcoxTim Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News, where he presents news bulletins for both the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Generally a relief presenter for the BBC, he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó...
, (St Chad's), BBC television presenter - Fenella WoolgarFenella WoolgarFenella Woolgar is an English actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1999 and has since appeared in several film, television and theatre productions. She also works as an audio book narrator and voice over artist...
- actor
Medicine
- Dr. Thomas Horrocks OpenshawThomas Horrocks OpenshawThomas Horrocks Openshaw CB CMG FRCS LSA TD , was an English Victorian and Edwardian era surgeon perhaps best known for his brief involvement in the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888....
(1856–1929), Victorian surgeon and recipient of a Jack the RipperJack the Ripper"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
letter - John Walton, Baron Walton of DetchantJohn Walton, Baron Walton of DetchantJohn Nicholas Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant is a British politician and Life Peer.-Life:Lord Walton qualified from Newcastle Medical School...
- former President of British Medical AssociationBritish Medical AssociationThe British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
, General Medical CouncilGeneral Medical CouncilThe General Medical Council registers and regulates doctors practising in the United Kingdom. It has the power to revoke or restrict a doctor's registration if it deems them unfit to practise...
and the Royal Society of MedicineRoyal Society of MedicineThe Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
Military
- General Sir Richard Dannatt (Hatfield) - Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
- Rear Admiral Amjad HussainAmjad HussainRear-Admiral Amjad Mazhar Hussain, CB is the Director and Controller of the Royal Navy.Born in Pakistan, Hussain and his mother moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 when he was three years old, to join his father who was working as a railway signalman...
(Collingwood) - British Royal Navy (first Admiral from an ethnic-minority group and the highest ranking ethnic-minority officer in the UK armed forces) - Vice Admiral Sir Timothy LaurenceTimothy LaurenceVice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, KCVO, CB, ADC is a senior British naval officer and the second husband of HRH The Princess Royal, the only daughter of HM The Queen...
- Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy, knight and husband of Anne, Princess Royal - Alan Percy, 8th Duke of NorthumberlandAlan Percy, 8th Duke of NorthumberlandAlan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland KG CBE MVO TD was the son of Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Edith Campbell....
- army officer - Air Vice Marshal Adam Henry RobsonAdam Henry RobsonAir Vice Marshal Adam Henry Robson CB, OBE, MC & Bar, PhD was a senior officer of the Royal Air Force.After being educated at Armstrong College, Newcastle he joined the Durham Light Infantry on the outbreak of the First World War and served until 1919, being thrice wounded and twice winning the...
(Armstrong) - officer in the Royal Air Force - John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard - army officer, Lord Lieutenant of Durham
Music & the Arts
- Ralph AllwoodRalph AllwoodRalph Allwood was the Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College in the UK until September 2011. He is a British conductor and has set up many musical events, including the Eton Choral Courses of which there are now seven a year....
- Director of Music at Eton College - Frederic AustinFrederic AustinFrederic Austin was an English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. He is best remembered for his restoration and production of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and Johann Christoph Pepusch, and its sequel, Polly, in 1920–23...
- English baritone singer, musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. - Jon BodenJon BodenJon Boden is an multi-instrumental musician and English folk singer.-Career:Boden plays fiddle as part of the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead and up until 2007, Eliza Carthy's band The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he toured with his new backing band The Remnant Kings. He has also written a...
- English fiddle player and folk singer - Sir Edward BairstowEdward BairstowSir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow was born in Huddersfield on 22 August 1874 and died in York on 1 May 1946. He was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition....
- organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition. - H. Hugh BancroftH. Hugh BancroftHenry Hugh Bancroft was a British organist and composer who was organist of fivecathedrals.He was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire,and studied music with E.P. Guthrie and J.S...
- British organist and composer who was organist of five cathedrals. - Thomas Frederick Handel CandlynT. Frederick CandlynThomas Frederick Handel Candlyn was an English-born organist, composer and choirmaster who spent most of his professional career at two Episcopal Church congregations in New York....
- Organist and choirmaster, St. Thomas Church, New York - Andrew CantrillAndrew CantrillAndrew Cantrill is a British-born organist and choral director. He has held cathedral positions in New Zealand and America and is currently Organist & Master of the Choristers at Croydon Minster.-Education:...
- Organist and choirmaster, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, New York - J. Michael ClarkeJ. Michael ClarkeProfessor Michael Clarke is a graduate of St Chad's College, Durham University. He is Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the University of Huddersfield....
(St Chad's) - composer and musician - (Alfred) Melville CookMelville CookMelville Cook was a British organist, conductor, composer and teacher.- Biography :Alfred Melville Cook was born in Gloucester. He was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral and articled pupil there under Herbert Sumsion . He also studied with Herbert Brewer and Edward Bairstow...
, British organist and conductor - Justin ChancellorJustin ChancellorJustin Gunnar Walter Chancellor is an English musician formerly in the band Peach but best known as the bass player for Grammy Award-winning rock band Tool. Chancellor is of Norwegian and English descent...
, bassist, ToolTool (band)Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Since 1995, Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour... - Jonathan DarlingtonJonathan DarlingtonJonathan Darlington is a British conductor and the Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Opera...
- conductor and Music Director of Vancouver OperaVancouver OperaVancouver Opera is the second largest performing arts organization in British Columbia and the largest opera company in western Canada.It performs in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre accompanied currently by the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, one of two specialized opera orchestras in Canada... - Bryan FerryBryan FerryBryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...
- Roxy Music singer (only for one year before moving to Newcastle) - Joseph CrabtreeJoseph CrabtreeJoseph Crabtree may refer to:*Joseph Crabtree *Joseph Crabtree , session drummer...
(Collingwood) - drummer, Wishbone AshWishbone AshWishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records included Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England... - Dame Margot FonteynMargot FonteynDame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE , was an English ballerina of the 20th century. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time...
- ballet dancer - Noel ForsterNoel ForsterNoel Armstrong Forster was a British artist who trained at King's College Newcastle a part of Durham University, graduating in 1957.He was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland and attended to Gosforth Grammar School....
(King's) - British artist - Ruth GippsRuth GippsRuth Gipps was a British composer, oboist and pianist.-Biography:Ruth Gipps was born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England in 1921. She was something of a child prodigy, winning performance competitions in which she was considerably younger than the rest of the field -- and female, to boot...
- British composer, oboist and pianist - Dan "Nu:ToneNu:toneNu:Tone is a drum and bass artist on the Hospital Records label. His musical style is generally drum and bass and the subgenre liquid funk.-Background:...
" Gresham - drum and bass musician - Ted HarrisonTed HarrisonEdward Hardy "Ted" Harrison, CM is a Canadian artist notable for his paintings of the Yukon.-Life and work:Ted Harrison was born in Wingate, County Durham, England and currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....
- Canadian artist - Patrick HawesPatrick HawesPatrick Hawes is a British composer.He studied at St Chad's College, University of Durham before working as a teacher of music and English, being appointed composer in residence at Charterhouse School, where he produced a children's opera and several other choral works, some in partnership with...
- composer and Classic FM's Composer in Residence. - Arthur HutchingsArthur HutchingsArthur James Bramwell Hutchings was professor of music at the University of Durham, England. He wrote extensively on topics as varied as nineteenth-century English church music, Schubert, Edmund Rubbra, and baroque concertos; but his most famous work was the Companion to Mozart's Piano Concertos,...
- professor of music in Durham, author of books on Mozart Piano Concertos and Jean-Philippe Rameau - John JoubertJohn Joubert (composer)John Joubert is a British composer of South African descent, particularly of choral works. He has lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 40 years. A music academic at the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on...
- composer of choral music - James MacMillan - composer.
- Anthony PayneAnthony PayneAnthony Payne is an English composer, most famous for the work published as Edward Elgar: The Sketches for Symphony No. 3 Elaborated by Anthony Payne...
- Composer famed for his work on the sketches of Elgar's Third Symphony - Charles Sansbury (King's) - sculptor and artist
- Sir Sir Harold Malcolm Watts SargentMalcolm SargentSir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works...
- English conductor, organist and composer - Ronald SmithRonald SmithRonald Sam Smith was an English classical pianist, composer and teacher, born in London. He entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 16 with the Sir Michael Costa Scholarship for composition...
- English classical pianist, composer and teacher - Tim "ExileExile (artist)Tim Exile is the recording alias of Tim Shaw, a producer and performer of electronic music spanning drum and bass, IDM, breakcore and gabber.-History:...
" Shaw, drum and bass and IDM musician - Alan Walker - musicologist and biographer of Franz Liszt
- John B. WilliamsJohn B. Williams (musician)Not to be confused with Jon B., an American R&B/soul singer.John B is an English DJ and electronic music producer...
- drum and bass musician
House of Commons
- Heidi AlexanderHeidi AlexanderHeidi Alexander is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East since the 2010 general election.- Early life:...
- Labour Member of Parliament for Lewisham East - David Anderson (UK politician)David Anderson (UK politician)David Anderson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Blaydon since 2005.-Early life:...
- LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
, Blaydon - Crispin BluntCrispin BluntCrispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Reigate constituency in Surrey, and since May 2010 he has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.He first entered...
(Castle) - ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... - Graham BradyGraham BradyGraham Stuart Brady is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West. He served as a shadow minister for Europe under four Conservative leaders before resigning in 2007 in protest at David Cameron's opposition to grammar schools...
(St Aidan's) - Conservative - Robert BucklandRobert BucklandRobert James Buckland is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Swindon South, having won the seat from the Labour Party at the 2010 general election....
(Hatfield) - Conservative South Swindon (elected 2010) - Jenny ChapmanJenny ChapmanJennifer Chapman is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Darlington since the 2010 general election.-Personal life:...
- Labour Darlington (elected 2010) - Jackie Doyle-PriceJackie Doyle-PriceJacqueline "Jackie" Doyle-Price is an English Conservative Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament for Thurrock in the May 2010 general election. She was born in Sheffield and now lives in Purfleet....
(Castle) - Conservative - Bill EtheringtonBill EtheringtonWilliam "Bill" Etherington is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland North from 1992 to 2010.-Early life:...
- Labour - Nick GibbNick GibbNicolas John "Nick" Gibb is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton...
(Hild Bede) - Conservative - Jane GriffithsJane Griffiths (politician)Jane Patricia Griffiths is a British linguist and politician. She held positions as a Labour councillor on Reading Borough Council, and as Labour Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency...
(St. Mary's) - Labour - Peter KilfoylePeter KilfoylePeter Kilfoyle is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.-Early life:...
- Labour - Edward LeighEdward LeighEdward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative politician. He has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire since 1997, and for its predecessor constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...
(Castle) - Conservative - Malcolm MacDonaldMalcolm MacDonaldMalcolm John MacDonald OM, PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Background:MacDonald was the son of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald. Like his father he was born in Lossiemouth, Moray...
- Labour cabinet minister, Governor of Kenya, chancellor of Durham University - Shona McIsaacShona McIsaacShona McIsaac is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes from 1997 to 2010...
(Aidan's) - Labour - Piers MerchantPiers MerchantPiers Rolf Garfield Merchant was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1983 to 1987, and then MP for Beckenham from 1992 until he resigned in October 1997 following a scandal.- Education :He was educated at Nottingham High...
(Castle) - Conservative and President of Durham University Conservative Association - Alan MealeAlan MealeSir Joseph Alan Meale is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mansfield since 1987.-Early life:...
- Labour, Mansfield - Mo MowlamMo MowlamMarjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.Mowlam's time as Northern...
(Trevelyan) - Labour cabinet minister - Oswald O'BrienOswald O'BrienOswald O'Brien was a British Labour Co-operative politician.He was born Oswald O'Brien into a family of teachers in 1928, in Darlington...
(Cuths) - Labour - John PughJohn PughJohn David Pugh is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament for Southport...
(Cuths) - Liberal Democrat - Nick RamsayNick RamsayNick Ramsay is a British Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Welsh Assembly since 2007. He currently represents the constituency of Monmouth.-Early life:...
(St Johns) - Labour, Monmouth - Nathan RawNathan RawLieutenant-Colonel Nathan Raw C.M.G, M.D, was a British Conservative Party politician and a physician well known for his work on tuberculosis and also in the field of medical psychology...
(1866 – 1940) - Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree - Sir John Sinclair, 3rd BaronetSir John Sinclair, 3rd BaronetSir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885....
(1825–1912) - Liberal Member of Parliament for CaithnessButeshire and Caithness (UK Parliament constituencies)Buteshire and Caithness were county constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918.... - Rachel SquireRachel SquireRachel Anne Squire was a British Labour Party politician in Scotland. She was the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West from 1992 to 2005, and then for Dunfermline and West Fife from 2005 until her death after a long series of illnesses.-Background:Squire was born in Carshalton, Surrey, England...
(Trevs) - Labour - Edward TimpsonEdward TimpsonAnthony Edward Timpson is a British Conservative Party politician. He became a Member of Parliament in 2008 after winning a by-election in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich.-Biography:Timpson was born in Knutsford, Cheshire, in 1973...
- Conservative - Henry Villiers-StuartHenry Villiers-StuartHenry Windsor Villiers-Stuart , was a British soldier, politician, clergyman and author.Villiers-Stuart was the son of Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, son of Lord Henry Stuart and his wife Lady Gertrude Amelia, daughter of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison...
(1827-1895) (University) - Liberal Member of Parliament for County Waterford - James WhartonJames Wharton (UK politician)James Stephen Wharton is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stockton South since the 2010 general election, having defeated the sitting Labour MP Dari Taylor.-Early life:...
(Castle) - Conservative - Jenny WillottJenny WillottJennifer Nancy Willott is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central since the 2005 general election. She is the first woman and the first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat....
(Mary's) - Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... - Esmond WrightEsmond WrightEsmond Wright was an English historian of the United States, Director of the Institute of United States Studies at the University of London from 1971 to 1983, a television personality, and a Conservative politician.Wright had a grammar school education in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before winning an open...
- Conservative, historian and Director of the Institute of United States Studies
House of Lords
For Lord Bishops see under "Religion" below.- Jack CunninghamJack CunninghamJohn "Jack" Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Copeland from 1983 to 2005, and previously served in the Cabinet.-Early life:...
, Baron Cunningham of Felling (Bede) - former Labour cabinet minister - Jack Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington - Former Government whip and Parliamentary Labour Party chair
- Oliver Eden, 8th Baron HenleyOliver Eden, 8th Baron HenleyOliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords, currently a Minister of State at the Home Office with responsibility for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction, a role in which he succeeded Lady Browning in September...
- Conservative spokesman on Constitutional and Legal Affairs in the House of Lords. - Henry Holland, 1st Viscount KnutsfordHenry Holland, 1st Viscount KnutsfordHenry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford GCMG, PC , known as Sir Henry Holland, Bt, from 1873 to 1888 and as The Lord Knutsford from 1888 to 1895, was a British Conservative politician, best known for serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1887 to 1892.-Background and...
- served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1887 to 1892. - Michael Jopling, Baron JoplingMichael Jopling, Baron JoplingThomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....
(King's) - former Conservative MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale - Herbert Laming, Baron LamingHerbert Laming, Baron LamingWilliam Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, CBE isa British social worker and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. On 29 June 2011, it was announced that he had been elected to succeed Baroness D'Souza as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers; he will take up the post in September 2011 when the House...
- Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough - former MP
- Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of HuytonSally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of HuytonSally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton is a British Labour Party politician.Morgan was educated at Belvedere School for Girls, Liverpool, and at Durham University, where she graduated in 1980 with a B.A. in geography. After taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at King's College London...
(Van Mildert) - Labour, Board Member of the Olympic Delivery Authority - Fred Peart, Baron PeartFred Peart, Baron PeartThomas Frederick "Fred" Peart, Baron Peart, PC was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party....
- Former Labour MP - Henry Percy, 7th Duke of NorthumberlandHenry Percy, 7th Duke of NorthumberlandHenry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS , styled Lord Lovaine between 1865 and 1867 and Earl Percy between 1867 and 1899, was a British Conservative politician...
- Nineteenth century MP, chancellor of Durham university - Joyce Quin, Baroness QuinJoyce Quin, Baroness QuinJoyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, PC is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School, University of Newcastle and the London School of Economics...
- formerly tutor at Durham University - Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk - formerly professor at Durham University
- John Sewel, Baron SewelJohn Sewel, Baron SewelJohn Buttifant Sewel, Baron Sewel CBE, BA, MScEcon, PhD, LL.D is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords, former Senior Vice Principal of the University of Aberdeen and former parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
- former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland - Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of LondonderryCharles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of LondonderryCharles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics...
- Former Conservative MP, chancellor of Durham university
Other notable political figures
- Crispin Curtis Adeniyi-JonesAdeniyi-JonesCrispin Curtis Adeniyi-Jones was a medical doctor of Sierra Leonean heritage and the pioneer director of the Yaba asylum. He became one of Nigeria's foremost nationalist as a member and later president of the Nigerian National Democratic Party. He was also a long time member of the legislative...
- President of the Nigerian National Democratic Party and member of the legislative council of Nigeria from 1923-1938. - Rodney AtkinsonRodney AtkinsonRodney Eric Bainbridge Atkinson is a British Eurosceptic conservative academic, political and economic commentator, journalist and author...
- eurosceptic campaigner and economist - Anwar ChoudhuryAnwar ChoudhuryAnwar Choudhury is the Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He was a High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and was the first British Head of Mission to be of Bangladeshi origin...
- British High Commissioner to Bangladesh - Ruth FirstRuth FirstRuth First was a white South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa...
- anti-apartheid activist assassinated by the South African security services - George GrettonGeorge GrettonGeorge Lidderdale Gretton WS is a Scottish lawyer and academic and, as of May 2006, a Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. He is married with three children....
- Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission - Dianne Hayter (Trevelyan) - former General secretary of the Fabian SocietyFabian SocietyThe Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
and current chair of Labour Party National Executive CommitteeNational Executive CommitteeThe National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties,... - Henry M. Joko-SmartHenry M. Joko-SmartDr. Henry M. Joko-Smart is a Sierra Leonean statesman, educator and retired Supreme Court Justice.Joko-Smart has a B.A. in classics and a Diploma in Education from the University of Durham, UK, LL.B and LL.M from the University of Sheffield, UK and a Ph.D in law from the University of London...
- Sierra Leonean statesman, educator and Supreme Court Justice. - Hans KronbergerHans Kronberger (physicist)Hans Kronberger CBE, FRS was a British physicist.- Education :* King's College, University of Durham; BSc 1944* University of Birmingham; Ph.D 1948- Career :Escaping from Austria he studied in Durham...
CBE, FRS - Former Scientist-in-Chief at UKAEA - Norman LacyNorman LacyNorman Henry Lacy, Australian politician, is a former Victorian Government Minister from May 1979 to April 1982 who grew up in Richmond, Victoria and three times represented his state at national under age basketball championships...
, Australian politician - Eduardo J. Lopez-ReyesEduardo J. Lopez-ReyesEduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes , of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is an American Republican Party activist and National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus.-Early political experience and education:...
, National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, United States - Sir Milton MargaiMilton MargaiSir Milton Augustus Strieby Margai was a Sierra Leonean politician and the first prime minister of Sierra Leone...
- first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone - Francis Ambrose RidleyF. A. RidleyFrancis Ambrose Ridley, usually known as Frank Ridley was a marxist and secularist of the United Kingdom.- Life :...
- marxist, secularist and President of the National Secular Society from 1951 to 1963 - Samir SumaidaieSamir SumaidaieSamir Shakir Mahmoud Sumayda'ie is an Iraqi politician and the Iraqi ambassador to the United States. He was born in Baghdad in 1944 and left Iraq in 1960 to study in the United Kingdom where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering from Durham University in 1965 and a postgraduate diploma...
- Ambassador of Iraq to the USA - Mike TomlinsonMike TomlinsonSir Michael John Tomlinson CBE is the chair of the Working Group for 14–19 Reform which has been commissioned by the British Government to look into reform of the syllabus and qualifications structure for 14–19 year-olds in the English education system.-Early life:He passed the eleven plus...
- Chief Inspector of Schools and chair of the Working Group for 14–19 Reform - Elsie TuElsie TuElsie Hume Elliot Tu or Elsie Tu , GBM, CBE, is a prominent social activist, former elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong, and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong...
(Armstrong) - elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Religion
- Archbishop Walter Robert AdamsWalter Robert AdamsWalter Robert Adams was a British Anglican bishop.Adams was born in London and studied for eight years at Ardingly College before moving to Hurstpierpoint College for Sixth Form...
(University) - Former Archbishop of Yukon - The Rt. Rev. Thomas Makinson ArmourThomas Makinson ArmourThomas Makinson Armour was a Bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was born on 8 August 1890 in New Springs Lancashire..-Career:He served as an Army Chaplain and afterwards as Vicar of Orford, Lancashire. In 1928 he went to Australia as a member of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd at...
- Bishop of Wangaratta - The Rt. Rev. Robert Ronald AtwellRobert Ronald AtwellRobert Ronald Atwell is the current Anglican Bishop of Stockport.Atwell was born in 1954 in Ilford, Essex, and educated at the St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1979...
- Bishop of Stockport - The Rt. Rev. Clifford Conder BarkerClifford Conder BarkerClifford Conder Barker was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop in the last quarter of the 20th century. Born in 1926 he was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and St Chad's College, Durham. After World War II service with the Green Howards he was ordained priest in 1953...
- Former Bishop of Whitby and Bishop of Selby - The Rt. Rev. James Harold BellJames Harold BellJames Harold Bell is the current suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough.Bell was educated at St John's College, Durham...
(St John's) - the Bishop of Knaresborough - The Rt. Rev. David Williams BentleyDavid Williams BentleyDavid Williams Bentley was the 7th Bishop of Barbados . Educated at the University of Cambridge, the University of London and St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham, he was ordained Deacon in 1906 and Priest a year later....
- 7th Bishop of Barbados - John Henry BluntJohn Henry BluntJohn Henry Blunt was an English divine.Before going to the university of Durham in 1850, he was for some years engaged in business as a manufacturing chemist. He was ordained in 1852 and took his M.A. degree in 1855, publishing in the same year a work on The Atonement...
- was an EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
divine - The Rt. Rev. John BoysJohn BoysJohn Boys is best known as the Royalist captain who was the Governor of Donnington Castle in Berkshire during the English Civil War....
(Hatfield) - 4th Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman - The Rt. Rev. Ronald BrownRonald Brown (bishop)Ronald Brown was the Suffragan Bishop of Birkenheadfrom 1974 until 1992.Brown was born on 7 August 1926 and educated at Durham University. After a curacy at St Laurence Chorley he was vicar of Whittle-le-Woods. Following this he was vicar of St Thomas', Halliwell, Bolton and then rural dean of ...
- Bishop of Birkenhead - The Rt. Rev. Mark BryantMark BryantMark Craig Bryant is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round of the 1988 NBA Draft. Bryant played for 10 NBA teams during his career, averaging 5.4 ppg and appeared in the 1990 and 1992 NBA Finals as a member of the Blazers...
- Bishop of Jarrow - The Rt. Rev. Cyril BulleyCyril Bulley (bishop)The late Right Reverend Sydney Cyril Bulley was born on 12 June 1907 and educated at the University of Durham. He began his ministry as a curate at Newark and was then successively Vicar of Worksop, Rural Dean of Mansfield, Director of Religious Education within the Diocese of Carlisle and...
- Late Bishop of Penrith and Bishop of Carlisle - The Rt. Rev. Sydney Caulton (St Chad's) - Bishop of Melanesia
- The Rt. Rev. Alan ChestersAlan Chesters (bishop)Alan David Chesters CBE was the Bishop of Blackburn from 1989 to 2003.-Early life and education:Chesters is the son of Herbert and Catherine Chesters, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Elland Grammar School, St Chad's College, Durham , St Catherine's Society, Oxford and St...
(St Chad's) - Former Bishop of Blackburn - The Rt. Rev. Steven Croft (St John's) - Bishop of SheffieldBishop of SheffieldThe Bishop of Sheffield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in the Province of York.The title was first created as a suffragan see in the Diocese of York in 1901. The only suffragan bishop of Sheffield assisted the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese...
(Took office in Spring 2009) - The Rt. Rev. Harold DarbyHarold DarbyThe Rt Rev Harold Richard "Dick" Darby was the Suffragan Bishop of Sherwood from 1975 until 1989. He was born on 28 February 1919 and educated at Durham University. He was ordained in 1951 and began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Leyton and Harlow...
- former Bishop of Sherwood - Margaret DryburghMargaret DryburghMargaret Dryburgh was born in Sunderland, England and trained as a teacher. She later became a missionary in Singapore, where she was captured in the Second World War. The plight of Dryburgh and her fellow inmates such as Betty Jeffrey in a Japanese prisoner of war camp inspired the 1996 film...
- missionary in Singapore, where she was captured in the Second World War. The plight of Dryburgh and her fellow inmates in a Japanese prisoner of war camp inspired the 1996 film Paradise Road. - The Rt. Rev. Michael DoeMichael DoeThe Rt Rev.Michael David Doe is the former Bishop of Swindon. He was born on Christmas Eve 1947 and educated at Durham University. After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1973. His career began with a curacy in St Helier after which he was Youth Secretary of Churches...
- former Bishop of Swindon - The Rt. Rev. Christopher Paul EdmondsonChristopher Paul EdmondsonChristopher Paul Edmondson has been the Anglican Bishop of Bolton since 2008.Educated at St John's College, Durham University, he was ordained in 1974 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kirkheaton. From 1979 until 1986 he was Vicar of Ovenden, and also in the latter part of his...
(St John's) - Bishop of BoltonBishop of BoltonThe Bishop of Bolton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester.-List of the Bishops of Bolton:... - The Rt Rev Christopher FosterChristopher FosterChristopher Knollys Foster was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1927.-Biography:...
(Castle) - Bishop of HertfordBishop of HertfordThe Bishop of Hertford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of St Albans, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire... - The Rt. Rev. John GaisfordJohn GaisfordJohn Scott Gaisford was the second Bishop of Beverley, appointed by the Archbishop of York to be a provincial episcopal visitor when the Church of England began ordaining women as priests. He was born on 7 October 1934 and educated at Durham University. Ordained in 1961, he began his ordained...
- Bishop of Beverley - The Rt. Rev. Michael Frederick GearMichael Frederick GearThe Rt Rev. Michael Frederick Gear is a former Suffragan Bishop of Doncaster. He was born on 27 November 1934 and educated at St John's College, Durham...
(St John's) - former Suffragan Bishop of DoncasterBishop of DoncasterThe Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The see is currently vacant following the retirement of the Rt Revd... - The Rt. Rev. John GladwinJohn GladwinJohn Warren Gladwin is the former Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.Born in 1942, he was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Churchill College, Cambridge . His ministerial training was at Cranmer Hall, Durham . He was ordained deacon in...
(St John's) - Bishop of Chelmsford - The Rt. Rev. John GoddardJohn Goddard (bishop)John William Goddard is the current Bishop of Burnley. He was educated at Durham University. He was ordained in 1971 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St John, Southbank. Following this he held two incumbencies in Middlesbrough and was then Rural Dean of the area...
- Bishop of Burnley - The Most Rev. Drexel GomezDrexel Gomez-Life and ministry:Gomez was born on the Berry Islands.He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham University in 1959. He was consecrated as the Bishop of Barbados and in 1997 was elected the Bishop of the Bahamas & the Turks & Caicos Islands. He was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province...
(St Chad's) - Primate of the Province of the West Indies - The Very Rev. John Robert HallJohn Robert HallJohn Robert Hall FRSA is an English priest of the Church of England. He is the current Dean of Westminster.-Education:Hall was educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford and St Chad's College, University of Durham...
(St Chad's) - Dean of Westminster - The Rt. Rev. Michael HenshallMichael HenshallMichael Henshall was a long serving Suffragan Bishop of Warrington. Born on 29 February 1928 and educated at Manchester Grammar School and St Chad's College, Durham, he was ordained in 1957 and began his career with a Curacy in Bridlington before Incumbencies at Micklehurst and Altrincham...
(St Chad's) - Former Bishop of Warrington - The Rt. Rev. George HillsGeorge HillsGeorge Hills was a Canadian Anglican bishop.He was born in Eythorne, England. His father was a rear-admiral in the British navy...
(University) - first bishop of the Diocese of British Columbia. - The Rt. Rev. John Taylor HughesJohn Taylor HughesJohn Taylor Hughes was an Anglican Suffragan bishop in the mid 20th century. Born on the 12th of April 1908 he was educated firstly in Uxbridge and subsequently at Bede College,University of Durham. He took Holy Orders in 1931 and was successively an assistant chaplain and tutor at his alma mater,...
(Bede) - Former Bishop of CroydonBishop of CroydonThe Bishop of Croydon is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England....
and Bishop to the ForcesBishop to the ForcesThe Anglican church in the British Armed Forces falls under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, however for all practical purposes the function is performed by the Bishop to the Forces. His full title is "The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces"... - The Rt. Rev. William Walsham HowWilliam Walsham HowWilliam Walsham How was an English bishop.The son of a Shrewsbury solicitor, How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham College, Oxford and University College, Durham. He was ordained in 1846, and for upwards of thirty years was actively engaged in parish work at Whittington in Shropshire and...
(University) - First Bishop of WakefieldBishop of WakefieldThe Bishop of Wakefield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield in the Province of York.The diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covers Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale... - The Rt Rev. John IngeJohn IngeJohn Geoffrey Inge is the current Bishop of Worcester in the Diocese of Worcester.He was educated at Kent College Canterbury and St Chad's College, Durham University where he took a BSc in 1977 and an MA in 1994. In 1979 he took a PGCE at Keble College, Oxford. He trained for ordination at the...
, (St Chad's) - Bishop of Worcester - Houn Jiyu-KennettHoun Jiyu-KennettHoun Jiyu-Kennett, , born Peggy Teresa Nancy Kennett, was a British roshi most famous for having been the first female to be sanctioned by the Soto School of Japan to teach in the West. Jiyu-Kennett founded Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California in 1970 after many years spent studying Zen and...
- ZenZenZen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
Buddhist teacher of the SōtōSotoSōtō Zen , or is, with Rinzai and Ōbaku, one of the three most populous sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.The Sōtō sect was first established as the Caodong sect during the Tang Dynasty in China by Dongshan Liangjie in the 9th century, which Dōgen Zenji then brought to Japan in the 13th century...
school, founder of Shasta AbbeyShasta AbbeyShasta Abbey is a Zen Buddhist Monastery, established in 1970 by Houn Jiyu-Kennett in Mount Shasta, California, in the United States. It is a training monastery, and is open to visitors who want to learn about Buddhism....
in the United States - John Anthony McGuckinJohn Anthony McGuckinJohn Anthony McGuckin is an Orthodox Christian scholar, priest and poet.McGuckin was raised Roman Catholic and at 19 became a member of the Passionist religious order. In 1989 he became Greek Orthodox and was ordained a priest for the Romanian Orthodox Church, now serving at the St. Gregory the...
, Orthodox Christian priest, scholar, and poet - The Rt. Rev Sandy MillarSandy MillarJohn Alexander Kirkpatrick "Sandy" Millar is an Anglican bishop who, in 2005, was consecrated in Uganda as an assistant bishop in the Province of Uganda, in a joint initiative of the Archbishop of Uganda, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London...
- an Anglican bishop appointed by the Church of Uganda as a Bishop in Mission to London - The Rt. Rev. Cecil NorgateCecil NorgateThe Rt Rev Cecil Richard Norgate was the Anglican Bishop of Masasi from 1984 until 1992.Richard Norgate was born on 10 November 1921. His father was the Revd Cecil Francis Norgate, Rector of Great Casterton, near Stamford, Lincolnshire, from 1928 until his death in 1953. His mother died in 1928...
(St Chad's) - Former Bishop of Masasi - The Rt. Rev Robert PatersonRobert Paterson (clergy)Robert Mar Erskine Paterson MA MLC is Bishop of Sodor and Man, in the Church of England.-Life:He was educated and trained at St John's College and Cranmer Hall, Durham....
(St John's) - Bishop of Sodor and ManBishop of Sodor and ManThe Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1... - Michael RamseyMichael RamseyArthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury PC was the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and was in office from June 1961 to 1974.-Career:...
Professr of Divinity at Durham. Later successively Bishop of Durham, Archbishop of York, Archbishop of Canterbury - The Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Seagrave Pearson (St John's) - Anglican Bishop of LancasterAnglican Bishop of LancasterThe Anglican Bishop of Lancaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the traditional county town of Lancaster in Lancashire. The incumbent is The Rt Revd Geoff Pearson...
- Anthony RussellAnthony RussellAnthony John Russell was the previous Bishop of Ely in the Church of England.Russell was educated at Uppingham School, St Chad's College, Durham University and Trinity College Oxford, where he earned a DPhil degree...
(Chad'sSt Chad's CollegeSt Chad's College is a college of the University of Durham in England. One of the smallest of Durham's colleges in terms of student numbers , it has the largest staff, the most extensive college library facilities, and consistently the highest academic results in Durham...
) - Lord Bishop of ElyBishop of ElyThe Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the... - The Rt. Rev John SaxbeeJohn SaxbeeJohn Charles Saxbee was the 71st Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England between 23 March 2002 and 31 January 2011. He was introduced to the House of Lords as a new Lord Spiritual on 1 July 2008 together with former Director-General of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller.-Education and...
(St John's) - Bishop of LincolnBishop of LincolnThe Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral... - Charles ThorpCharles ThorpCharles Thorp was an English churchman, rector of the parish of Ryton and, later, Archdeacon of Durham and the first warden of the University of Durham.-Life:...
- former rector of RytonRyton, Tyne and WearRyton is a semi-rural small town near the western border of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent town in County Durham it became incorporated into the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. It has a population of 15,742.- Location :Ryton lies...
, former ArchdeaconArchdeaconAn archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of Durham, Virtual Founder and First Warden of the University, first master of University College. - Bishop Michael TurnbullMichael TurnbullAnthony Michael Arnold Turnbull was the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 1994 until 2003.Turnbull was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 1958. He prepared for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, University...
(St John's) - Bishop of Durham (1994–2003) - The Reverend Richard TurnbullRichard TurnbullRichard Duncan Turnbull is the Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Evangelical Anglican theological college which is part of the University of Oxford.-Biography:...
(St John's) - Principal of Wycliffe Hall, OxfordWycliffe Hall, OxfordWycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college and a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located on the Banbury Road in central North Oxford, between Norham Gardens and Norham Road.-Overview:... - Bishop William Van MildertWilliam Van MildertWilliam Van Mildert was the last palatine Bishop of Durham , and one of the founders of the University of Durham...
- Former Bishop of Durham - The Rev. Stephen Walker (St John's) - Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tewkesbury
- The Rt Rev. Martin Warner (St Chad's) Bishop of Whitby
- The Very Rev.Justin Portal WelbyJustin WelbyJustin Portal Welby became the Bishop of Durham and the fourth most senior cleric in the Church of England on 29 September 2011. He was previously the Dean of Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and education:...
(St John's) - current and sixth Dean of LiverpoolDean of LiverpoolThe Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool, UK and is head of the Chapter of Liverpool Cathedral.The deanery is currently vacant following the departure in October 2011 of The Very Reverend Justin Welby to become Bishop of Durham. The Acting Dean is the Canon Precentor, the Reverend Canon Myles... - The Rt Rev.Martin WhartonMartin WhartonJohn Martin Wharton CBE is a British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Newcastle.Wharton was born in Ulverston, Lancashire, the son of John Wharton and Marjorie Skinner. He was educated at Ulverston Grammar School and Van Mildert College, Durham where he graduated with a Bachelor of...
(Van MildertVan Mildert CollegeVan Mildert College, commonly known as Mildert, is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1965, it takes its name from William Van Mildert, Prince-Bishop of Durham from 1826 to 1836 and a leading figure in the University's 1832 foundation.Van Mildert College occupies grounds...
) - Lord Bishop of NewcastleBishop of NewcastleThe Bishop of Newcastle is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York.The diocese at present covers the County of Northumberland and the Alston Moor area of Cumbria...
Royalty
- Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of LuxembourgGuillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of LuxembourgGuillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg has been heir apparent to the crown of Luxembourg since his father's accession in 2000.-Early life and education:...
- Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi IIISultan bin Mohamed Al-QasimiSheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi III is a member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and current ruler of the Sharjah emirate...
; after whom the Al-Qasimi Building is named.
Sport
- Ajaz AkhtarAjaz AkhtarAjaz Akhtar is a Pakistani born English cricketer. Akhtar is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bahawalpur, Pakistan...
- Cambridgeshire cricketer - Caroline AtkinsCaroline AtkinsCaroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008....
(Hild/Bede) - England Cricketer - Colin AtkinsonColin AtkinsonColin Ronald Michael Atkinson CBE - Cricketer, schoolmaster and headmaster of Millfield School....
- Former Somerset cricket captain - David BalcombeDavid BalcombeDavid John Balcombe is an English cricketer. Balcombe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast....
- Hampshire cricketer - Warren BradleyWarren Bradley (footballer)Warren Bradley was an English footballer, who played for Manchester United and England.Bradley was born in Hyde, Greater Manchester and educated at Hyde Grammar School, where he played for Bolton Wanderers youth and B teams for eight years...
- Manchester UnitedManchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
and England footballerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball... - Will CarlingWill CarlingWilliam David Charles Carling, OBE is a former Rugby union player for Harlequins, and a former captain of England from 1988 to 1996, winning 72 caps.-Early life:...
(HatfieldHatfield CollegeHatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...
http://www.dur.ac.uk/pr.office/922honpal.htm) - former captain of the England rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team - Mark ChiltonMark ChiltonMark James Chilton is an English cricketer. Chilton was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Durham University where he won the British Universities tournament in 1997. The same year he made his debut for Lancashire, aged 20...
- Cricketer and former Lancashire captain - Holly ColvinHolly ColvinHolly Louise Colvin is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's cricket team.She currently holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England.-School level:...
(St.Mary's) - England Cricketer (current undergrad) - Nick ComptonNick ComptonNick Compton is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He is the grandson of Denis Compton and the great-nephew of Leslie Compton, and his father Richard Compton played seven first-class games for Natal...
- Cricketer - Daniel Coultas - International Field Hockey player
- Matthew CreeseMatthew CreeseMatthew Creese was an English cricketer. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he played for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1999....
- cricketer - Tim CurtisTim CurtisTim Curtis is a former England cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Curtis was a prolific scorer for Worcestershire and county captain between 1992 and 1995...
(HatfieldHatfield CollegeHatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...
)- England cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er - Lee DaggettLee DaggettLee Daggett is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire county cricket club. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Warwickshire, having joined them in 2006...
- Cricketer - P.J. ( Peter Dixon) ( Grey College ) - Captain of England Rugby Union Team 1972. As an uncapped player played in the Lions' first Test victories against New Zealand in 1971, scoring a try in the 14-14 draw at Eden Park.
- Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards (athlete)Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....
(Van Mildert) - OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medal-winning triple jumpTriple jumpThe triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
er - Peter EllerayPeter EllerayPeter Elleray is an English engineer and race car designer particularly known for designing the Bentley Speed 8 race car. Elleray, who worked for Racing Technologies Norfolk , also designed the Audi R8C and the British Radical SR9...
- Formula One and Le Mans Race Car Designer - Laurie EvansLaurie Evans (cricketer)Laurie Evans is an English cricketer, contracted to Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He graduated from Surrey County Cricket Club Academy in 2007, but never made an appearance for the county. He played three first-class games for Durham UCCE in 2007, and one first-class game for the MCC against...
- English cricketer - Robert Ferley - English cricketer
- James FosterJames Foster (cricketer)James Savin Foster is an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001/02 and 2002/03. Foster played his club cricket at Ilford Cricket Club and then Wanstead & Snaresbrook Cricket Club...
(Collingwood) - cricketer, EssexEssexEssex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
and England wicketkeeper - Graeme FowlerGraeme FowlerGraeme "Foxy" Fowler is a former English professional cricketer, who played for Lancashire, England, and later for Durham...
- former England and Lancashire cricketer and current coach of the MCC Centre of Excellence - Phil de GlanvillePhil de GlanvillePhilip Ranulph de Glanville is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.-Rugby career:...
- former captain of the England rugby team - Will GreenwoodWill GreenwoodWilliam John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s.-Career:...
(HatfieldHatfield CollegeHatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...
) - England rugby player - Wade Hall-CraggsWade Hall-CraggsOliver Wade Hall-Craggs is a British rower and Olympic sculler. He is current head coach at Durham University Boat Club, a position he has held since 2000, and mainly coaches the heavy-weight men. He represented Great Britain in the Single Scull at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- External links :*...
(Grey) - Olympic rower - Charlie HodgsonCharlie HodgsonCharles Christopher Hodgson is an English rugby union footballer. He plays fly-half for Saracens and England. He is also the leading Premiership points scorer of all time.-Early years:...
- England rugby player - Simon HughesSimon Hughes (cricketer)Simon Peter Hughes is an English cricketer and journalist. He is the son of the actor, Peter Hughes, and the brother of the historian Bettany Hughes.-Cricket career:...
- Cricketer - Nasser HussainNasser HussainNasser Hussain OBE is a former Essex and England cricketer.Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman. In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06,...
(Hild Bede) - former captain of the England cricket team - Ben HuttonBen HuttonBenjamin Leonard Hutton , is a retired English cricketer.-Early life:Ben Hutton was educated at Radley and Durham University for whom he opened the innings with the current England captain Andrew Strauss....
- Cricketer - Douglas LockhartDouglas LockhartDouglas Ross Lockhart is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He has played well over 100 times for the Scotland national team, making his debut in a match against the MCC on 23 August 1995...
- Cricketer - Alex LoudonAlex LoudonAlexander Guy Rushworth Loudon is an English former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he was considered a promising future international player....
(Collingwood) - cricketer, [Warwickshire] all-rounder - Rahul MehtaRahulRahul, a popular male name in India, has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Rahul also means "Traveler" in Arabic.Buddha's son was also called Rahul meaning "obstruction".- People named Rahul :...
(St. Mary's) - Indian long distance runner, most famous for his victory in the 2001 Great North RunGreat North RunThe Bupa Great North Run is the world's largest half marathon, taking place annually each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields in England. The run was devised by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster.The first Great... - Tim O'GormanTim O'GormanTimothy Joseph Gerard O'Gorman is a former professional cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1987 to 1996.O'Gorman was born at Woking, Surrey, into a cricketing family...
(St Chad's) - cricketer, former DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
opening batsman - Will Smith (cricketer)Will Smith (cricketer)Will Smith is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler.Smith originally played for Harrold CC and Bedford School . He played minor county cricket for Bedfordshire as a schoolboy, until he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2002...
(Collingwood) - Durham County Cricket Club Captain, DurhamDurhamDurham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county... - Stephanie SolomonidesStephanie SolomonidesStephanie Solomonides, born in 1982 in Nicosia, is the first Cypriot to have skied to the South Pole. She reached it on December 29, 2009 as part of the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition. She and seven other women from seven other Commonwealth countries were selected among over 800...
(Grey) - First Cypriot (male or female) to trek 900 km from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole - Alexander Stead - Cricketer
- Tim StimpsonTim StimpsonTimothy Richard George Stimpson is a former rugby union international full back . During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham, England and the British Lions...
(Grey) - England rugby player - Andrew StraussAndrew StraussAndrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...
(HatfieldHatfield CollegeHatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...
) - cricketer, captain of the England cricket team - Frank 'Typhoon' TysonFrank TysonFrank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...
(HatfieldHatfield CollegeHatfield College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1846 by the Rev. David Melville, it is the second oldest of Durham's colleges, and was originally called Bishop Hatfield's Hall...
) - former England cricketer and Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1956 - Dave WalderDave WalderDavid John Hume Walder is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Wasps. He joined London Wasps from Newcastle Falcons in the summer of 2006, and he played a large part in his teams first win, against the Saracens...
- fly-half for the London WaspsLondon WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999... - Robbie WilliamsRobbie Williams (cricketer)Robert Williams is an English cricketer.Robbie Williams made his first-class debut for Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in three matches during 2007 as a six foot right-arm medium-fast bowler, before impressing for the Middlesex second XI. He made his List A and County...
- Cricketer
Writers and journalists
- Dave Anderson (cartoon writer)Dave Anderson (cartoon writer)Dave Anderson is a British writer and creator of cartoons and animations including Bastard Bunny and the BAFTA nominated animation shorts, The Terribles...
(Collingwood) - cartoon and animation writer - Russell AshRussell AshRussell Ash was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his recent series of books on strange-but-true names, Potty, Fartwell & Knob, Busty, Slag and...
(St Cuthbert's) – author of Top 10 of Everything, etc. - Tim AtkinTim AtkinTim Atkin is a British Master of Wine, and wine correspondent of several publications.-Career:Atkin has published columns in The Observer, Observer Food Monthly, Off Licence News, Woman and Home, The World of Fine Wine, The Economist. Between 2000 and 2003 Atkin was editor of Harpers Wine and...
- wine correspondent - John BlackburnJohn Blackburn (author)John Fenwick Blackburn was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, horror novels, and The Flame and the Wind , an unusual historical novel set in Roman times, in which a nephew of Pontius Pilate tries to discover the facts about the crucifixion of Jesus.His horror novels are often structured as...
- Author - Edward BradleyEdward Bradley (writer)Edward Bradley was an English novelist and clergyman. He was born in Kidderminster and educated at Durham University . He wrote under the name of Cuthbert M. Bede, B.A. a few novels and tales, Fairy Fables , Glencraggan , Fotheringhay , etc...
(Castle) - Author of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green - Bill BrysonBill BrysonWilliam McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science. Born an American, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before moving back to the US in 1995...
- Writer and current University Chancellor - Peter CadoganPeter CadoganPeter Cadogan was an English writer and political activistCadogan was born into a middle-class family in Newcastle upon Tyne, where his father was employed by a shipping company. He was educated at The King's School, Tynemouth in the 1930s...
- Noted writer and protester. - Adrian DannattAdrian DannattAdrian Dannatt is the son of architect Trevor Dannatt, he was educated at St Chad's College, Durham University. Before arriving at university he had previously been the child star of the London Weekend Television series Just William , based on the novels of author Richmal Crompton...
(St Chad's)- child actor and journalist - Hunter DaviesHunter DaviesEdward Hunter Davies is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known for writing the only authorised biography of The Beatles.- Early life :...
- journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author of The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
: The Only Authorised Biography - Mark Elliott (British author) (Collingwood) - travel writer
- Sir Harold EvansHarold EvansSir Harold Matthew Evans is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. He has written various books on history and journalism...
(Castle) - journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, editor of The Sunday Times and author of The American Century - James KirkupJames KirkupJames Falconer Kirkup, FRSL was a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer. He was brought up in South Shields, and educated at South Shields Secondary School and Durham University. He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays...
- poet and author - Graham HancockGraham HancockGraham Hancock is a British writer and journalist. Hancock specialises in unconventional theories involving ancient civilizations, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths and astronomical/astrological data from the past...
- co-editor of New Internationalist magazine from 1976–1979 and East Africa correspondent of The Economist from 1981-1983. - Justin HillJustin HillJustin Hill is an English novelist whose novels have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize three times. Born in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island in 1971, he grew up in Yorkshire. He was educated at the historic St Peter's School, York....
(St Cuthbert's) - award winning young author - Lorna HillLorna HillLorna Hill , was a British author of over 40 books for children.-Life and works:...
, born Lorna Leatham - children's writer, author of the "Sadlers Wells" series - Rachel McCarthyRachel McCarthyRachel McCarthy is a British poet, essayist, interviewer and broadcaster who lives in London and Exeter with her partner, the British portrait painter Piran Bishop. She holds first class honours in Physics and Chemistry from Durham University...
(Castle)- poet, critic and broadcaster - David Mercer (King's) - was an English playwright and dramatist.
- Allan MallinsonAllan MallinsonBrigadier Allan Lawrence Mallinson is an English author and was an officer in the British Army.Mallinson is best known for writing a series of novels chronicling the life of Matthew Hervey, an officer serving in the British 6th Light Dragoons from the late Napoleonic Wars through subsequent...
(St Chad's) - military historian and author of the Matthew Hervey novels. - Malcolm Miller - writer & lecturer on the art and history of Chartres Cathedral.
- Joseph StevensonJoseph StevensonJoseph Stevenson was an English Catholic archivist.-Biography:Though his parents were Presbyterians, he was educated at University College, Durham under the historian, James Raine, and afterwards at the University of Glasgow...
(University) - was an English Catholic archivist. - Jeremy VineJeremy VineJeremy Guy Vine is a British author, journalist and news presenter for the BBC. He is known for his direct interview style and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa...
(Hatfield) - journalist and early member of The Durham Revue - Minette WaltersMinette WaltersMinette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England...
- bestselling author and crime writer
Honorary Doctorates
- Sir Thomas AllenThomas Allen (singer)Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, CBE is an internationally renowned English operatic baritone. He is widely admired in the opera world for his voice, the versatility of his repertoire, and his acting - leading many to regard him as one of the best lyric baritones of the late 20th Century...
- DMus - Sir Leon Brittan - DCLDoctor of Civil LawDoctor of Civil Law is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws degrees....
- Bill BrysonBill BrysonWilliam McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science. Born an American, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before moving back to the US in 1995...
- DCL - The Most Rev and Right Hon George Leonard Carey - DDDoctor of DivinityDoctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....
- Charles, Prince of WalesCharles, Prince of WalesPrince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
- DCL - Richard DawkinsRichard DawkinsClinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...
- DSc - Lord Dearing - DCL
- Dame Judi DenchJudi DenchDame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
- DLitt - Sir Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
- Lord Foster of Thames Bank - DCL
- Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
- DCL - Sir John Hall - DCL
- Dame Bridget OgilvieBridget OgilvieDame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, AC, DBE, FRS is an Australian and British scientist.Ogilvie was born in 1938 at Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, to John Ogilvie and Margaret Beryl McRae...
-DScDSC-in academia:* D.Sc., Doctor of Science* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine* Dalton State College, Georgia* Daytona State College, Florida* Deep Springs College, California* Dixie State College of Utah... - Arvo PärtArvo PärtArvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-made compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from...
- DMus - His Royal Highness The Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
- DCL - Sir Matthew PinsentMatthew PinsentSir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals, of which three were with Steve Redgrave...
- DCL - Sir Steven Redgrave - DCL
- Prof. Joseph E. StiglitzJoseph E. StiglitzJoseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Medal . He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank...
- Sir Richard Runciman TerryRichard Runciman TerrySir Richard Runciman Terry was an English organist, choir director and musicologist. He is noted for his pioneering revival of Tudor liturgical music. He is often credited as R. R. Terry or simply R...
- Terry WaiteTerry WaiteTerry Waite CBE is an English humanitarian and author.Waite was Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie's Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages including journalist John...
- William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....