List of Imperial College London people
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This is a list of famous student and staff alumni from Imperial College London
and from the various historical institutions which are now part of Imperial.
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
and from the various historical institutions which are now part of Imperial.
Sciences and engineering
- Dr Asad AbidiAsad AbidiAsad Ali Abidi is a Pakistani electrical engineer, who was the first dean of Lahore University of Management Sciences's School of Science and Engineering...
(electrical engineer) - dean of Lahore University of Management SciencesLahore University of Management SciencesThe Lahore University of Management Sciences, usually referred to by its acronym LUMS, is a university located in Lahore, Pakistan. LUMS was established in 1984 by a group of industrialists and people belonging to Pakistan's leading private and public sector corporations, to provide rigorous...
, member of the National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences... - John AlberyJohn AlberyWyndham John Albery FRS is a British chemist and academic.John Albery was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He undertook his D.Phil. with Ronnie Bell, starting in 1960...
(chemist) - Igor AleksanderIgor AleksanderIgor Aleksander FREng is an emeritus professor of Neural Systems Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London...
(engineering) - Sir Roy AndersonRoy AndersonRoy Anderson or Andersson may refer to:* Sir Roy M. Anderson , former rector of Imperial College* Roy Anderson , character from television sitcom The Office* Roy Andersson , Swedish film director...
(leading British expert on epidemiology; mathematically modelled the spread of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and AIDS.) - Nicolas AmbraseysNicolas AmbraseysProfessor Nicolas Neocles Ambraseys Dip.Eng DIC PhD FICE FREng is a Greek Engineering Seismologist...
(Civil Engineer) - Founder of Engineering Seismology at Imperial College London - John ArgyrisJohn ArgyrisJohn Hadji Argyris was among the creators of the Finite Element Method and lately Professor at the University of Stuttgart and Director of the Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures. His uncle, Constantin Carathéodory, was a Greek mathematician of the Modern Era...
(Civil and Aeronautical Engineer, one of the founders of the Finite Element MethodFinite element methodThe finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
) - Henry Edward ArmstrongHenry Edward ArmstrongHenry Edward Armstrong FRS was an English chemist. Although Armstrong was active in many areas of scientific research, such as the chemistry of naphthalene derivatives, he is remembered today largely for his ideas and work on the teaching of science...
(chemist) - Baron Ashby (botanist; adviser to the British National Fruit Traders Association)
- Eric AshEric AshSir Eric Albert Ash, CBE is a distinguished German-born British electrical engineer and past Rector of Imperial College.Born in Berlin, Ash emigrated with his family to Britain in 1938 to escape Nazism...
(engineer) - Ayodele AwojobiAyodele AwojobiAyodele Oluwatuminu Awojobi , also known by the nicknames "Dead Easy", "The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist....
(First African awarded the D.Sc degree in Mechanical Engineering; main field: VibrationVibrationVibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road.Vibration is occasionally "desirable"...
) - Per BakPer BakPer Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."- Life and work :...
(theoretical physicist, self-organized criticality) - David BaldingDavid BaldingDavid Balding is an Australian statistician and Professor in Statistical Genetics at University College London. Until October 2009 he was a Professor in Statistical Genetics Imperial College London, where he still retains an affiliation as Visiting Professor...
(mathematical statistician) - Cecil BalmondCecil BalmondCecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan/British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. He has been hailed as "one of the most important forces in contemporary architecture today," and in 2003 received the prestigious RIBA Charles Jencks award for Theory in Practice. He is also the recipient of...
(notable civil engineer) - Richard Barrer (developer of zeolites)
- Anthony R. BarringerAnthony R. BarringerAnthony R. “Tony” Barringer is a Canadian/American geophysicist. He has made numerous contributions to mineral exploration technology...
(geophysicist and inventor) - Sir Derek Harold Richard BartonDerek Harold Richard BartonSir Derek Harold Richard Barton FRS was a British organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate.-Biography:Barton was born to William Thomas and Maude Henrietta Barton. He attended Tonbridge School and in 1938 he entered Imperial College London, where he graduated in 1940 and obtained his Ph.D. degree...
(Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) - Sir Henry De la BecheHenry De la BecheSir Henry Thomas De la Beche FRS was an English geologist and palaeontologist who helped pioneer early geological survey methods.-Biography:...
, founder of the British Geological SurveyBritish Geological SurveyThe British Geological Survey is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. The BGS headquarters are in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, but other centres... - Baron Richard BeechingRichard BeechingRichard Beeching, Baron Beeching , commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer...
(engineer) - William Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas Blanford was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.-Biography:Blanford was born in London...
(geologist) - Tino Belli (Racing Engineer)
- Kenneth BinmoreKenneth BinmoreKenneth George "Ken" Binmore, is a British mathematician, economist and game theorist. He is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of London and a Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol ....
(Notable Economist) - Baron Patrick Blackett (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
- Moses BlackmanMoses BlackmanMoses Blackman was a South African-born British crystallographer.His father was a minister of religion, Rev. Joseph Blackman.-Education:...
(crystallographer) - David Blow (biophysicist)
- Alan BlumleinAlan BlumleinAlan Dower Blumlein was a British electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereo, television and radar...
(electronic engineer) - Sir Charles Vernon BoysC.V. BoysSir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work.Boys was the eighth child of the Reverend Charles Boys, the Anglican vicar of Wing, Rutland...
(scientist) - Donal BradleyDonal BradleyDonal Donat Conor Bradley, CBE, FRS, FRSA, is Lee-Lucas Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London. He is director of the Centre for Plastic Electronics and from October 2011 will also be a pro rector at the college....
(researcher in plastic electronics) - Tony BrookerTony BrookerTony Brooker graduated in Mathematics from Imperial College in 1945 and returned there in 1947 as Assistant Lecturer. His first computer project was the construction of a fast multiplier unit from electro-mechanical relays. This was taken over by Professor K D Tocher and incorporated into ICCE, the...
(Mathematician and Computer Scientist) - John BurlandJohn BurlandJohn Boscawen Burland CBE, DSc, FREng, FRS is an Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Imperial College London.-Early education:...
(Civil Engineer) - The person who stabilised the Tower of Pisa - Kevin BuzzardKevin BuzzardKevin Mark Buzzard is a British mathematician and currently a Professor of Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. He specialises in algebraic number theory....
(mathematician, Number Theory) - Colin CherryColin CherryEdward Colin Cherry was a British cognitive scientist whose main contributions were in focused auditory attention, specifically regarding the cocktail party problem. This concerns the problem of following only one conversation while many other conversations are going on around us...
(cognitive scientist; expert in cocktail party problem) - Keith ClarkKeith ClarkKeith L. Clark is a Professor of Computer Science at Imperial College London, England. He has lectured in both mathematics and computer science. Since 1979 he has had a tenured position in the Department of Computing, Imperial College London, where he has been Professor of Computational Logic...
(Computer Scientist) - Sir William CrookesWilliam CrookesSir William Crookes, OM, FRS was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, London, and worked on spectroscopy...
(chemist and physicist) - Andrew CrumeyAndrew CrumeyAndrew Crumey is a novelist and former literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch, north of Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews and holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London. In...
(physicist) - Edmund DaukoruEdmund DaukoruDr. Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru is a former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy and was President of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2006.-Background:...
(geologist) - Donald Watts Davies (computer scientist)
- George Mercer DawsonGeorge Mercer DawsonDr. George Mercer Dawson F.R.S., C.M.G., was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson...
(surveyor) - Herbert DingleHerbert DingleHerbert Dingle , an English physicist and natural philosopher, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953, is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the protracted controversy that this provoked.-Biography:Dingle was born...
(English astronomer, best-known for his claimed disproof of the theory of special relativity.) - Dr Patrick DixonPatrick DixonDr Patrick Dixon is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist. In 2005 he was ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive according to the Thinkers 50...
, (Futurist, physician and author of 12 books including FuturewiseFuturewiseFuturewise is a book on global trends written by the futurist Patrick Dixon in 1998, with new editions in 2001, 2003 and 2007. Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today by Thinkers 50, and is author of 11 other books including Building a...
and Building a Better BusinessBuilding a Better BusinessBuilding a Better Business is a book on the future of marketing, management and motivation written by the futurist Patrick Dixon in 2006. Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today , and is author of 11 other books including Futurewise.The...
. Trained at Kings College Cambridge and Charing Cross Hospital, (part of Imperial College) - Simon DonaldsonSimon DonaldsonSimon Kirwan Donaldson FRS , is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth four-dimensional manifolds. He is now Royal Society research professor in Pure Mathematics and President of the Institute for Mathematical Science at Imperial College London...
(Fields Medalist) - Fay DowkerFay DowkerHelen Fay Dowker is a British Theoretical Physicist at Imperial College London.As a student, she was interested in wormholes and quantum cosmology...
(physicist) - Olaf DreyerOlaf DreyerOlaf Dreyer is a German theoretical physicist and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo whose research interests include quantum gravity and the quantum measurement problem. Dreyer received his Ph.D. in quantum gravity in 2001 from the...
(physicist) - Keith DuckworthKeith DuckworthDavid Keith Duckworth, , was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One....
(mechanical engineer) - Michael Duff (string theorist)
- Abbas EdalatAbbas EdalatAbbas Edalat is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College of London and a political activist. He is also the founder of CASMII, a campaign against sanctions and military intervention in Iran....
, (computer scientist) - Khaled El-Bizri (computer scientist)
- James H. EllisJames H. EllisJames Henry Ellis was a British engineer and mathematician. In 1970, while working at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham he conceived of the possibility of "non-secret encryption", more commonly termed public-key cryptography.-Early life, education and career:Ellis was born...
(engineer, conceived public-key cryptographyPublic-key cryptographyPublic-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one to lock or encrypt the plaintext, and one to unlock or decrypt the cyphertext. Neither key will do both functions. One of these keys is published or public and the other is kept private...
) - Prof Sir Harold Ellis (world famous general surgeon, Alumnus of Westminster medical school, former past president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England)
- Sir Lewis Leigh FermorLewis Leigh FermorSir Lewis Leigh Fermor OBE FRS was an English geologist and the first president of the Indian National Science Academy...
(geologist, First president of Indian National Science AcademyIndian National Science AcademyThe Indian National Science Academy , New Delhi is the apex body of Indian scientists representing all branches of science & technology.-History:...
) - George Finch (chemist)George Finch (chemist)George Ingle Finch FRS was a chemist and mountaineer.He was born in Australia but educated in German-speaking Switzerland and studied physical sciences at Geneva University....
- Alfred FowlerAlfred FowlerAlfred Fowler, FRS was an English astronomer. Not to be confused with American astrophysicist William Alfred Fowler....
(astronomer) - Sir Edward FranklandEdward FranklandSir Edward Frankland, KCB, FRS was a chemist, one of the foremost of his day. He was an expert in water quality and analysis, and originated the concept of combining power, or valence, in chemistry. He was also one of the originators of organometallic chemistry.-Biography:Edward Frankland was born...
(chemist) - William FyfeWilliam FyfeWilliam Sefton Fyfe, is a New Zealand geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. He is widely considered among the world’s most eminent geochemists.-Life:...
(geochemist) - Dennis GaborDennis GaborDennis Gabor CBE, FRS was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and inventor, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics....
(Nobel Laureate, Physics) - Marc GarneauMarc GarneauJoseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, CC CD FCASI MP is a Canadian retired military officer, former astronaut, engineer and politician.Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles...
(The first Canadian in space, Chancellor of Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
, Liberal Member of Parliament) - Erol GelenbeErol GelenbeSami Erol Gelenbe is a Turkish computer scientist, engineer and applied mathematician who currently holds the Dennis Gabor Professorship at Imperial College...
(computer scientist, G-networks and the random neural network) - Stephen GlaisterStephen GlaisterStephen Glaister CBE is Professor of Transport and Infrastructure at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London where he is also director of the Railway Technology Strategy Centre; a former board member of Transport for London and director of the RAC Foundation...
(Professor of Transport Economics - Department of Civil Engineering) - James R. GrahamJames R. GrahamJames R. Graham is an Irish astrophysicist who works primarily in the fields of infrared astronomy instrumention and adaptive optics.-Biography:...
(astrophysicist) - Dr Giorgos Grammatikakis, (physicist)
- Malcolm Green (chemist)Malcolm Green (chemist)Malcolm Green also known as M. L. H. Green is a British Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.Born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, he received his BSc degree from Acton Technical College in 1956 and his PhD from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1959 under the supervision of Professor...
- Peter GregsonPeter GregsonSir Peter John Gregson, DL, FREng, FIAE, FIMMM, MRIA is a British research engineer and the 11th Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, taking over from Sir George Bain in August 2004...
(research engineer, Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast) - Michael HassellMichael HassellMichael Patrick Hassell CBE, FRS is a British biologist, noted for his work in population ecology, especially in insects. He is a professor at Imperial College London....
(population ecology) - Sir Walter HaworthWalter HaworthSir Norman Haworth was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C"...
(Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) - Dame Julia HigginsJulia HigginsDame Julia Stretton Higgins, DBE, FRS, FREng is Professor of Polymer Science in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology at Imperial College London...
(engineer, various Chairs) - Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
- August Wilhelm von HofmannAugust Wilhelm von HofmannAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist.-Biography:Hofmann was born at Gießen, Grand Duchy of Hesse. Not intending originally to devote himself to physical science, he first took up the study of law and philology at Göttingen. But he then turned to chemistry, and studied under Justus von...
(chemist) - Sir Thomas Henry HollandThomas Henry HollandSir Thomas Henry Holland KCSI KCIE FRS was a British geologist and educational administrator.Thomas Holland was born in Helston, Cornwall. In 1884, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Science, graduating with a first class degree in Geology...
(British geologist and educational administrator) - 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) - Sir Stanley HookerStanley HookerSir Stanley George Hooker was a jet engine engineer, first at Rolls-Royce where he worked on the earliest designs such as the Welland and Derwent, and later at Bristol Aero Engines where he helped bring the troubled Proteus and Olympus to market, and then designed the famous Pegasus.Stanley George...
(mechanical engineer) - Sir Brian HoskinsBrian HoskinsProfessor Sir Brian John Hoskins CBE FRS, is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the Imperial College London. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of fronts to that of the Earth, using a range of...
, (dynamical meteorologist) - T. H. Huxley (biologist and author)
- Frank IrvingFrank IrvingFrank Irving was a British aeronautical engineer, glider pilot, author and university Senior Lecturer.- Early life and education :...
, Senior Lecturer in Aeronautics, glider pilot and author - Christopher IshamChristopher IshamChristopher Isham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College London. His main research interests are quantum gravity and foundational studies in quantum theory. He was the inventor of an approach to temporal quantum logic called the HPO formalism, and has worked on loop quantum gravity and...
(physicist) - C.L.V. Jayathilake (engineer, various Chairs)
- Viktor JensenViktor JensenViktor Þór William Jensen is an Icelandic racing driver, with dual nationality. His father is Canadian-born British radio DJ David Jensen....
(engineer) - Dr Narinder Singh KapanyNarinder Singh KapanyNarinder Singh Kapany is an Indian born American physicist known for his work in fiber optics. He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by Fortune magazine in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue ....
- pioneering work on optical fibres - Nicholas KemmerNicholas KemmerNicholas Kemmer FRS, was a Russian born British nuclear physicist who played an integral and an edge leading role in United Kingdom's nuclear programme, and was known as a mentor of Abdus Salam – a Nobel laureate in Physics....
(physicist) - Sir Angel Ken (Oriental swordman, LiteratureLiteratureLiterature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
) - Tom W. B. KibbleTom W. B. KibbleThomas Walter Bannerman Kibble, FRS, is a British scientist and senior research investigator at The Blackett Laboratory, at Imperial College London, UK. His research interests are in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology...
(physicist; symmetry breaking, phase transitions and the topological defects (monopoles, cosmic strings or domain walls)) - Julia KingJulia KingJulia King CBE FREng is the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University.King graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences. Her PhD degree, also from Cambridge, was in materials...
(Chief Executive of the Institute of PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsThe Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000....
) - Alexander King (scientist)Alexander King (scientist)Alexander King CMG, CBE was a scientist and pioneer of the sustainable development movement who co-founded the Club of Rome in 1968 with the Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei....
- Peter KnightPeter KnightPeter Knight is a folk musician, member of the electric folk group Steeleye Span.Peter Knight was born in London on 27 May 1947. As a child he learned the violin and mandolin before going to the Royal Academy of Music from 1960 to 1964. The recordings of the Irish fiddler Michael Coleman inspired...
(physicist- Quantum Optics) - Peter Knight (scientist)Peter Knight (scientist)Sir Peter Knight, FRS is a British physicist, Professor of Quantum Optics and Senior Research Investigator Imperial College London, and Principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre. He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005. He was president of the Optical Society of...
(physicist, Quantum Optics) - Eric LaithwaiteEric LaithwaiteEric Roberts Laithwaite was a British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system.- Biography :...
(engineer) - Dr Bernard Lamb (GeneticistGeneticistA geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...
, President of the Queen's English SocietyQueen's English SocietyThe Queen's English Society is a charity that aims to keep the English language safe from perceived declining standards . The current President is Dr. Bernard Lamb, a former Reader in Genetics at Imperial College.-History:...
, and Director of the Vitiligo Society) - Frederick William Lanchester (aeronautic engineer)
- David LatchmanDavid LatchmanDavid Seymour Latchman CBE is a British geneticist and university administrator. Since 2003 he has been Master of Birkbeck, University of London, and Professor of Genetics at Birkbeck and University College London....
(geneticist) - Sir James LighthillJames LighthillSir Michael James Lighthill, FRS was a British applied mathematician, known for his pioneering work in the field of aeroacoustics.-Biography:...
(mathematician) - Sir Patrick LinsteadPatrick LinsteadSir Patrick Linstead CBE, DSc, HonDSc, DIC, HonFCGI, HonMIMM, FRS was an English chemist.-Career:...
(discoverer of phthalocyanine dyes) - Leonard MandelLeonard MandelLeonard Mandel was the Lee DuBridge Professor Emeritus of Physics and Optics at the University of Rochester when he died at the age of 73 at his home in Pittsford, New York. He contributed immensely to theoretical and experimental optics...
(physicist, founder of quantum opticsQuantum opticsQuantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena involving light and its interactions with matter.- History of quantum optics :...
) - Meir Manny LehmanMeir Manny LehmanMeir M. "Manny" Lehman, FREng was a professor in the School of Computing Science at Middlesex University. From 1972 to 2002 he was a Professor and Head of the Computing Department at Imperial College London...
(father of software evolution) - Armand Marie LeroiArmand Marie LeroiArmand Marie Leroi is an evolutionary developmental biologist at Imperial College in London. A Dutch citizen, his youth was spent in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada. He was awarded a BSc. by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada in 1989, and a Ph.D. by the University of California, Irvine in...
(Biologist) - Tshilidzi MarwalaTshilidzi MarwalaTshilidzi Marwala born 28 July 1971 in Venda, Limpopo South Africa is a Dean of Engineering at the University of Johannesburg.-Academic career:...
(engineer) - Basil John MasonBasil John MasonSir John Mason, CB, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRFPS, FRS is an expert on cloud physics and former Director of the UK Meteorological Office.His work includes the Mason Equation, giving the growth or evaporation of small water droplets...
(expert on cloud physics) - Baron Robert MayRobert MayRobert May or Bob May or Rob May may refer to:* Robert May , English chef.* Robert May, founder in 1694 of Robert May's School, Odiham, Hampshire, England.* Bob May , Australian politician.* Robert L...
(physicist, member of the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
) - Johnjoe McFaddenJohnjoe McFaddenJohnjoe McFadden is an Irish / British scientist, academic and writer. He is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom.-Life:He was born in Donegal, Ireland but raised in the UK...
(molecular geneticist and writer) - Michael MingosMichael MingosDavid Michael Patrick Mingos FRS was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1999 to 2009, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the University of Oxford...
(inorganic chemist) - Kirpal NandraKirpal NandraKirpal "Paul" Nandra is a British physicist and the current director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.He was Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London....
(astrophysist) - John NelderJohn NelderJohn Ashworth Nelder FRS was a British statistician known for his contributions to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory.-Contributions:...
(statistician) - William George PenneyWilliam George PenneyWilliam George Penney, Baron Penney OM, KBE PhD, DSc, , FRS, FRSE, FIC, Hon FCGI was a British mathematician who was responsible for the development of British nuclear technology, following World War II...
(physicist) - Sir William Henry Perkin (discoverer of aniline dyes, studied at the Royal College of ChemistryRoyal College of ChemistryThe Royal College of Chemistry was a college originally based on Oxford Street in central London, England. It operated between 1845 and 1872....
) - William Henry Perkin, Jr.William Henry Perkin, Jr.William Henry Perkin, Jr. was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds.-Early life:...
(son of Sir William Henry Perkin, studied at the Royal College of ScienceRoyal College of ScienceThe Royal College of Science was a higher education institution located in South Kensington; it was a constituent college of Imperial College London from 1907 until it was wholly absorbed by Imperial in 2002. Alumni include H. G. Wells and Brian May and are distinguishable by the letters ARCS ...
) - Nicholas J. PhillipsNicholas J. PhillipsNicholas John Phillips was an English physicist, notable for the development of photochemical processing techniques for the color hologram...
(physicist) - Sir George PorterGeorge PorterGeorge Hornidge Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, OM, FRS was a British chemist.- Life :Porter was born in Stainforth, near Thorne, South Yorkshire. He was educated at Thorne Grammar School, then won a scholarship to the University of Leeds and gained his first degree in chemistry...
(Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) - David PotterDavid PotterDavid Edwin Potter, CBE, FREng is the founder and chairman of the microcomputer systems company Psion PLC., and Psion Teklogix after Psion's acquisition of Teklogix in the year 2000.-Early life:...
(founder and Chairman of Psion, Chairman of SymbianSymbianSymbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
) - Juda Hirsch QuastelJuda Hirsch QuastelJuda Hirsch Quastel, CC, FRS, FRSE was a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cellular metabolism, and cancer....
(chemist) - John Graham RamsayJohn Graham RamsayJohn Graham Ramsay is a British structural geologist. He went to Imperial College London and became a full professor in 1966. In the following year he published his first book, Folding and Fracturing of Rocks, which garnered him attention in structural geology...
(structural geologist) - Alec ReevesAlec ReevesAlec Harley Reeves, CBE was a British scientist best known for his invention of pulse-code modulation . He was awarded 82 patents.-Early life:...
(engineer, invented pulse code modulation) - Peter RicePeter RicePeter Rice was an Irish structural engineer.Born in 52 Brigid Street, Dundalk in County Louth, he spent his childhood between the town of Dundalk, and the villages of Gyles' Quay and Inniskeen. He was educated at the Queen's University of Belfast where he received his primary degree, and spent a...
(Civil engineer) - Sylvia RichardsonSylvia RichardsonSylvia Richardson is a French Bayesian statistician. She has been chair in Biostatistics at Imperial College London since 2000. Previously, she held lectureships at Warwick University and the University of Paris V....
(statistician) - Klaus RothKlaus RothKlaus Friedrich Roth is a British mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. He was born in Breslau, Prussia, but raised and educated in the UK. He graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1945...
(Fields Medalist) - Michael Rowan-RobinsonMichael Rowan-RobinsonMichael Rowan-Robinson is an astronomer and astrophysicist. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and is Professor of Astrophysics and until May 2007 was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London. From 1981 to 1982, he gave public lectures as professor of astronomy at...
(astronomer) - Henry RzepaHenry RzepaHenry S. Rzepa is a contemporary computational organic chemist. He was born in London in 1950, was educated at Wandsworth Comprehensive School, and then entered the chemistry department at Imperial College London where he graduated in 1971. Following a Ph.D...
(computational organic chemist) - Dilshad Sachedina (first Ismaili Student of W1)
- Dr Abdus SalamAbdus SalamMohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام, pronounced , (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the...
(Nobel Laureate, Physics) - Jeremy Sanders (chemist)
- Roger W.H. SargentRoger W.H. SargentRoger W.H. Sargent was Dean of the City and Guilds College from 1973 to 1976, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1975 to 1988 and Director of the Centre for Process Systems Engineering from its launch in August 1989 until he retired in 1992, when he became a Senior Research Fellow...
(chemical engineer) - Shihab Shamma (neuromorphic engineer)
- Alec SkemptonAlec SkemptonSir Alec Skempton FRS was a leader in and founding father of Soil Mechanics. As a founding member of the Institution of Civil Engineers' Soil Mechanics and Foundations committees he studied at City and Guilds College London and established the Soil Mechanics course at Imperial College London,...
(founding father of soil mechanics) - Adrian SmithAdrian SmithAdrian Frederick "H" Smith is an English musician and one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. He is also one of the band's regular songwriters and, along with bassist Steve Harris, performs backing vocals on some songs.-Biography:While at school, Smith purchased his first...
(mathematician) - Brian SpaldingBrian SpaldingDudley Brian Spalding, FRS was a Professor of Heat Transfer at Imperial College, London. He is one of the influential persons in the development of computational fluid dynamics . In 1983, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society....
(computational fluid dynamics) - R. A. StradlingR. A. StradlingRobert Anthony "Tony" Stradling , was a notable English semiconductor physicist, latterly professor of physics at Imperial College London.Tony Stradling was born in Solihull, Warwickshire. He received his early education at Solihull School....
(physicist) - Ray StreaterRay StreaterRay F. Streater is a British physicist, and professor emeritus of Applied Mathematics at King's College London. He is best known for co-authoring a text on quantum field theory, the 1964 "PCT, Spin and Statistics and All That."- Life :...
(physicist) - Michael StumpfMichael StumpfMichael Stumpf is scholar in the field of systems biology. He has made ample contributions to evolutionary genetics and population genetics.-Life:...
(systems biologist) - Sir Richard SykesRichard SykesSir Richard Brook Sykes, DSc, FRS, FMedSci, FKC is a biochemist and former executive in a number of pharmaceuticals, most notably GlaxoSmithKline. He is the former rector of Imperial College, London, UK...
(leading Biochemist and Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline) - Sir G. P. ThomsonGeorge Paget ThomsonSir George Paget Thomson, FRS was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his discovery with Clinton Davisson of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.-Biography:...
(Nobel Laureate, Physics) - Sir Henry TizardHenry TizardSir Henry Thomas Tizard FRS was an English chemist and inventor and past Rector of Imperial College....
(Chemist and inventor) - Nicholas TombazisNicholas TombazisNicholas Tombazis is the chief designer at Ferrari.He was employed at Ferrari as chief aerodynamicist before leaving to work at McLaren in .He returned to Ferrari on March 1, , to become chief designer....
(Mclaren F1 and Scuderia Ferrari chief aerodynamicist) - Sir Gilbert WalkerGilbert WalkerSir Gilbert Thomas Walker, CSI, FRS, was a British physicist and statistician of the 20th century. He is best known for his groundbreaking description of the Southern Oscillation, a major phenomenon of global climate, and for greatly advancing the study of climate in general.He was born in...
(physicist) - Kevin WaltonKevin WaltonEric William Kevin Walton, GC, DSC , known as Kevin Walton, was an officer in the Royal Navy during World War II and, in 1946, was a winner of the Albert Medal, which in 1971 was superseded by the George Cross.-Early life:...
(military, awarded the George CrossGeorge CrossThe George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
in 1946) - Kevin WarwickKevin WarwickKevin Warwick is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom...
(engineer) - Dr Siddheswar Ray (scientist) - Senior lecturer at Monash University
- Alfred North WhiteheadAlfred North WhiteheadAlfred North Whitehead, OM FRS was an English mathematician who became a philosopher. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education...
(mathematician) - Sir Geoffrey WilkinsonGeoffrey WilkinsonSir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.-Biography:...
(Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) - Baron Robert WinstonRobert WinstonRobert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
(doctor, television presenter, member of the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
) - Shao XianghuaShao XianghuaShao Xianghua, , is a Chinese scientist and metallurgical engineer. He is considered as a pioneer of modern Chinese metallurgical engineering. -Career:...
(metallurgical engineer) - Olgierd ZienkiewiczOlgierd ZienkiewiczOlgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz, CBE, FREng, FRS was a British academic, mathematician, and civil engineer. He was born in Caterham, England. He was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method...
(Civil Engineer) - one of the pioneers of the Finite Element MethodFinite element methodThe finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
and its applications
Medicine
- Sir Ernst Chain (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)
- Lord Ara DarziAra DarziAra Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, KBE, PC MD FMedSci, HonFREng, FRCS, FRCSI, FRCSEd, FRCPSG, FACS, FCGI, FRCPE FRCP HonFRCPI , is one of the world's leading surgeons at Imperial College London where he holds Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and...
(Baron Darzi of Denham, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Leading Surgeon) - Carl DjerassiCarl DjerassiCarl Djerassi is an Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright best known for his contribution to the development of the first oral contraceptive pill . Djerassi is emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University.He participated in the invention in 1951, together with Mexican Luis E...
(chemist; first oral contraceptive pill progestin norethindrone) - Sir Joseph FayrerJoseph FayrerSir Joseph Fayrer, 1st Baronet was an English physician noted for his writings on medicine in India.The son of a Commander in the Royal Navy, he was born at Plymouth, Devon. After studying medicine at Charing Cross Hospital, London, he was in 1847 appointed medical officer of HMS Victory...
(physician noted for his writings on medicine in India) - Marc FeldmannMarc FeldmannSir Marc Feldmann is an Australian immunologist, and a professor at the Imperial College School of Medicine where he is a head of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.-Biography:...
(expert on rheumatology) - Sir Alexander FlemingAlexander FlemingSir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...
(Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine) - Sir Malcolm GreenMalcolm Green (chemist)Malcolm Green also known as M. L. H. Green is a British Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.Born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, he received his BSc degree from Acton Technical College in 1956 and his PhD from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1959 under the supervision of Professor...
(inorganic chemist) - Dr Robert Grieve (failed mechanical engineer, deported to South Australia where he now studies wilderness medicine and serial killers)
- John Henry (toxicologist)John Henry (toxicologist)Professor John Anthony Henry was a professor specialising in toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington...
(clinical toxicologist who did crucial work on poisoning and drug overdose) - Sir Frederick HopkinsFrederick HopkinsSir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901...
(Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine) - Dame Rosalind HurleyRosalind HurleyDame Rosalinde Hurley, Mrs. Gortvai, DBE, FRC, FRCPath, FRCOG was knighted by the British government for her services to medicine, science and law.She was:...
(medical microbiologist, researcher, and ethicist) - Sir Andrew HuxleyAndrew HuxleySir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, FRS is an English physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his experimental and mathematical work with Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the activity...
(Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine) - Sir Bruce KeoghBruce KeoghProfessor Sir Bruce E. Keogh, KBE, FRCS is Medical Director of the National Health Service in England.-Biography:He was born in Zimbabwe where he attended school at St George's College, Harare.- Medical career :...
(medical director of the National Health ServiceNational Health ServiceThe National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
) - David LivingstoneDavid LivingstoneDavid Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
(congregationalist pioneer medical missionary in South Africa–Charing Cross Hospital) - Christine MoffattChristine MoffattChristine Joy Moffatt, CBE, FRCN is a British nurse and educator.Following training at Charing Cross Hospital, Moffatt trained as a district nurse. Following a diploma in leg ulcer care she became involved in research, became a lecturer at Imperial College London...
(nurse in leg ulcer care) - Albert NeubergerAlbert NeubergerAlbert Neuberger CBE FRS FRCP was Professor of Chemical Pathology, St Mary's Hospital, University of London, 1955–1973, and later Emeritus Professor.-Education in Germany:...
(chemical pathologist) - William Kitchen Parker (physician and zoologist)
- Julia PolakJulia PolakDame Professor Julia Margaret Polak, DBE, FMedSci is a current head of the Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Imperial College London, a centre for medical research she set up with Professor Larry Hench, also from Imperial College, to develop cells and tissues for...
(tissue engineer) - Sir Rodney Robert PorterRodney Robert PorterRodney Robert Porter, FRS was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate.Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences degree from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry. He moved to the University of Cambridge where...
(Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine) - Ann RedgraveAnn RedgraveDr Ann Redgrave, Lady Redgrave MB BS DO , is the wife of British rower Sir Steve Redgrave CBE and is a qualified British doctor and osteopath....
(orthopaedic surgery) - Bernard SpilsburyBernard SpilsburySir Bernard Henry Spilsbury was an English pathologist. His cases include Hawley Harvey Crippen, the Seddon case and Major Armstrong poisonings, the "brides in the bath" murders by George Joseph Smith, Louis Voisin, Jean-Pierre Vaquier, the Crumbles murders, Norman Thorne, Donald Merrett, the...
(pathologist and one of the pioneers of modern forensic medicine) - Joseph ToynbeeJoseph ToynbeeJoseph Toynbee was an English otologist, whose career was dedicated to pathological and anatomical studies of the ear.He was born in Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1815....
(otologist) - Augustus Desiré WallerAugustus Desiré WallerAugustus Desiré Waller FRS was a British physiologist and the son of Augustus Volney Waller. He was born in Paris, France.He created the first practical ECG machine with surface electrodes.He died in London.-Further reading:...
(the invention of the electrocardiogramElectrocardiogramElectrocardiography is a transthoracic interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time, as detected by electrodes attached to the outer surface of the skin and recorded by a device external to the body...
(ECG)) - Baron Robert WinstonRobert WinstonRobert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
(fertility expert, politician, scientist and television presenter) - Almroth WrightAlmroth WrightSir Almroth Edward Wright, KBE, CB was a British bacteriologist and immunologist.He is notable for developing a system of anti-typhoid fever inoculation, recognizing early on that antibiotics would create resistant bacteria and being a strong advocate for preventive medicine.-Biography:Wright was...
(advanced vaccination through the use of autogenous vaccines) - Sir Magdi YacoubMagdi YacoubSir Magdi Habib Yacoub, FRS , is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London.Yacoub's major achievements may be summarised:1. Established Heart Transplantation in UK and became leading transplant surgeon in the world....
(expert on live lobe lung transplant)
Politics
- Matthew CarringtonMatthew Carrington (UK politician)Matthew Hadrian Marshall Carrington was Conservative Member of Parliament for Fulham from 1987 to 1997.He studied at Imperial College London from 1966-1969 during which time he chaired the Imperial College Conservative Society...
(former Conservative Member of Parliament for Fulham, 1987–1997) - Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
(former Prime Minister of IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
) - Adam HollowayAdam HollowayAdam James Harold Holloway is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Gravesham.-Early life:...
(journalist and politician) - Branislav Ivkovic (politician)
- Joan RuddockJoan RuddockJoan Mary Ruddock is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford since 1987. She is a feminist and is the wife of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North...
(politician) - Rilwan Lukman (Petroleum Resources Minister of NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
and former Secretary General OPECOPECOPEC is an intergovernmental organization of twelve developing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. OPEC has maintained its headquarters in Vienna since 1965, and hosts regular meetings...
) - Ken MichaelKen MichaelKenneth Comninos Michael, AC was the 32nd Governor of Western Australia, succeeding Lieutenant-General John Sanderson.His vice-regal appointment was announced on 6 June 2005 by the then Premier Geoff Gallop and he was sworn in at Government House, Perth on 18 January 2006 by the Chief Justice of...
(Governor of Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
) - Trevor PhillipsTrevor PhillipsTrevor Phillips OBE chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission and is a former television executive and presenter...
(journalist and politician) - Guy Saint-PierreGuy Saint-PierreGuy Saint-Pierre, , is a retired Canadian politician and businessman.-Background:Born in Windsor Mills, Quebec, he was the son of Armand Saint-Pierre and Alice Perra. Saint-Pierre graduated from Université Laval with a B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1957. He obtained an M.Sc. from the University...
(politician) - Teo Chee HeanTeo Chee HeanTeo Chee Hean is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, and a Member of Parliament for the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group...
(Defense Minister of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and former Chief of NavyRepublic of Singapore NavyThe Republic of Singapore Navy is the naval component of the Singapore Armed Forces , responsible for the defence of Singapore against sea-borne threats and protection of its sea lines of communications. Operating within the crowded littoral waters of the Singapore Strait, the RSN is regarded as...
) - Sir Julius VogelJulius VogelSir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...
(former Prime Minister of New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) - Dr Phillip LeePhillip LeePhillip Lee is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the South Queensland Crushers and the Brisbane Broncos, usually in the forwards...
(MP For Bracknell) - Chris KellyChris KellyChris Kelly is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . He is an alternate captain for the Bruins during away games.- Minor Hockey :...
(MP for Dudley South) - Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy (Minister of Oil and Gas in the Sultanate of Oman.)
- Edmund DaukoruEdmund DaukoruDr. Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru is a former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy and was President of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2006.-Background:...
(Minister of Energy for Nigeria and former OPEC President (2006)) - Frederic CreswellFrederic CreswellColonel Frederic Hugh Page Creswell was a British-born Labour Party politician in South Africa. He was Minister of Defence from 1924 to March 1933.-Early life:...
(mining engineer and Minister of Defense in South Africa) - Sir James Allen (minister of foreign affairs for New Zealand)
- Sydney Russell-WellsSydney Russell-WellsSydney Russell-Wells, Kt, FRCP was a physician and British Member of Parliament for London University from 1922 until 1924, sitting as a Unionist. He was educated at the Royal College of Science and studied medicine at St George's Hospital where he was later House surgeon, Assistant Curator of...
(British MP) - Adam AfriyieAdam AfriyieAdam Afriyie is a British Conservative Party politician, and the Member of Parliament for Windsor. He was first elected at the 2005 general election and re-elected at the 2010 election.-Early life:...
(MP For Windsor) - Abubakarr JallohAbubakarr JallohAbubakarr Jalloh is the name of:* Abubakarr Jalloh , Sierra Leonean politician* Abubakarr Jalloh , Sierra Leonean swimmer, see Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 m breaststroke...
(Minister for Natural Resources Sierra Leone) - Desmond Stanley Turneris (British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown)
- Dr Richard Thomas Taylor (Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest)
- Thomas Anthony Brake (British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington)
- Sir Adrian James Johns (Current Governor of Gibraltar and former second sea lord)
Industry
- Sebastien de Halleux (Co-Founder of PlayfishPlayfishPlayfish, currently a property of Electronic Arts, is a developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi and Shukri Shammas. In October 2008, they secured USD$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel...
) - Sami Lababidi (Co-Founder of PlayfishPlayfishPlayfish, currently a property of Electronic Arts, is a developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi and Shukri Shammas. In October 2008, they secured USD$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel...
) - Michael Birch (Founder of BeboBeboBebo is a social networking website launched in July 2005. It is currently owned and operated by Criterion Capital Partners after taking over from AOL in June 2010....
) - Chew Choon SengChew Choon SengChew Choon Seng is the former Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines .He is currently the Chairman of both Singapore Exchange and Singapore Tourism Board-Career:...
(CEO of Singapore AirlinesSingapore AirlinesSingapore Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets...
) - Iain ConnIain ConnIn his role as an executive director of the BP Group, Iain Conn has regional responsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa...
(Group Managing Director of BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
) - Michael CowplandMichael CowplandMichael Cowpland is a British-born entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company.-Early life:...
(founder of CorelCorelCorel Corporation from the abbreviation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that specializes in graphics processing, similar to Adobe Systems...
) - Chris Delay, Mark Morris and Thomas Arundel, who formed game developer Introversion SoftwareIntroversion Software-History:The company was founded in 2001 by three friends, Chris Delay; Mark Morris; and Thomas Arundel, who met when they were undergraduates at Imperial College London...
- Keith DuckworthKeith DuckworthDavid Keith Duckworth, , was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One....
(Founder of Cosworth EngineeringCosworthCosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries...
) - Colin Dyer (CEO of Jones Lang LaSalleJones Lang LaSalleJones Lang LaSalle, Inc. is a multinational financial and professional services company specializing in real estate. Global headquarters are located in Chicago, with an operational remit covering the Americas regional market...
) - Koh Boon HweeKoh Boon HweeKoh Boon Hwee holds a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School...
(Chairman of DBS BankDBS BankDBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
, Singapore) - Leslie Hudson (CEO of DOV PharmaceuticalDOV PharmaceuticalDOV Pharmaceutical, a biotechnology company, focuses on therapies primarily for central nervous system conditions. The firm's lead drug candidate, Indiplon, is said to treat insomnia. Indiplon targets the same subset of neurotransmitter receptors affected by Valium and Xanax, but with more...
) - Danny LuiDanny LuiDanny Lui is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He won the Hong Kong Young Industrialist Award in 1992 and maintains working relationships with governments in China and Hong Kong...
(founder of Lenovo) - John Manzoni (Group Managing Director of BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
) - Mehraj MattooMehraj MattooMehraj Mattoo is the founder of Commonwealth Asset Management and the former Global Head of Commerzbank Alternative Investment Strategies , one of the largest hedge fund groups globally . Prior to Commerzbank, Dr...
(Global Head, COMAS, CommerzbankCommerzbankCommerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
) - Derek Pannell (CEO of NorandaNorandaNoranda Inc. was a mining and metallurgy company originally from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. It was listed on the TSX under the symbol NRD.LV. After eventually acquiring a large interest in rival mining company Falconbridge, it merged with that company in 2005. The combined company continued...
) - Rahul Patel (C.E.O Rushi-Vihar group)
- David PotterDavid PotterDavid Edwin Potter, CBE, FREng is the founder and chairman of the microcomputer systems company Psion PLC., and Psion Teklogix after Psion's acquisition of Teklogix in the year 2000.-Early life:...
(founder and Chairman of Psion, Chairman of SymbianSymbianSymbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
) - Leo Quinn (CEO of QinetiqQinetiQQinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...
) - Sir Ralph RobinsRalph RobinsSir Ralph Robins was the CEO of Rolls-Royce. He served 20 years on the board of Rolls-Royce, retiring in 2003 after 10 years as chairman.He graduated from Imperial College London and joined Rolls-Royce as a graduate apprentice in 1955...
(CEO of Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce plcRolls-Royce Group plc is a global power systems company headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines , and also has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. Through its defence-related activities...
) - Harold Roxbee CoxHarold Roxbee CoxHarold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, Kt, FEng, FIMechE was a British aeronautical engineer.-Life:He was the son of William John and Amelia Roxbee Cox . As a child, his father took him to early air shows and air races, and his imagination was fuelled by pilots of the time such as Claude...
(aircraft engineer) - Gary TanakaGary TanakaGary A. Tanaka is a Japanese-American businessman, sportsman and philanthropist who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investment Advisors in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar....
(founder of Amerindo Investment AdvisorsAmerindo Investment AdvisorsAmerindo Investment Advisors Inc. was an Investment services firm, best known for making large profits during the Dot-com boom of the 1990s and 2000s....
) - Winston WongWinston WongWinston Wen-Yang Wong , Taiwan) is the eldest son of Wang Yung-ching, chair of the Formosa Plastics Group , by his second wife. Wong is now a widower with a son and a daughter after his wife succumbed to stomach cancer in 2007. Wong holds degrees in physics, applied optics, and chemical engineering...
(businessman) - Arjun Singh Panesar (entrepreneur and co-founder of Financial Services Net Ltd, acquired by Moneysupermarket.com)
- Peter Baxendell(former Managing Director of Shell)
Others
- Edna Agbarha (business psychologist and candidate on The Apprentice series seven)
- Anjana AhujaAnjana AhujaAnjana Ahuja is a British Indian science journalist and columnist for The Times. Ahuja read physics at Imperial College London, followed by a postgraduate course in space physics during which she worked on data about the Sun's magnetic field from the Ulysses probe.After receiving her PhD in 1994,...
(journalist) - Elsayed Elsayed WagihElsayed Elsayed WagihElasayed Elsayed Wagih PhD, DIC, CIDTT is an Egyptian Professor of Virology and Biotechnology and vice President of the Arab Society for Biotechnology. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt...
(Egyptian Virologist and Biotechnologist) - Louis AttrillLouis AttrillLouis Attrill is a British rower and Olympics gold medallist.Attrill took up rowing at Shanklin Rowing Club on the Isle of Wight and won novice at Milford regatta. The following year he furthered his interest in the sport at Imperial College Boat Club in 1993. Previously he had played rugby and...
(Olympic gold medallist, rowingSport rowingRowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
) - Sir Roger BannisterRoger BannisterSir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE is an English former athlete best known for running the first recorded mile in less than 4 minutes...
(athlete) - Alfred BeitAlfred BeitAlfred Beit was a German, British South African, Jewish gold and diamond magnate, a supporter of British imperialism in Southern Africa and a major donor towards infrastructure development in central and Southern Africa, and to university education and research in several countries.- Life and...
(gold and diamond magnate) - Otto BeitOtto BeitSir Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet, KCMG, FRS was a German-born British financier, philanthropist and art connoisseur.- Life history and career :...
(financier) - David Cohen (New ScientistNew ScientistNew Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
features editor) - Henry ColeHenry ColeSir Henry Cole was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in 19th century Britain...
(civil servant) - Piers CorbynPiers CorbynPiers Richard Corbyn is a meteorologist, astrophysicist, consultant, and owner of the business Weather Action which makes weather forecasts up to a year in advance, and which he also bets on.-Personal life:...
("meteorologist") - Wilfred CorriganWilfred CorriganWilfred J. Corrigan is a British engineer and entrepreneur, known for founding and running LSI Logic Corp. He was the chairman and chief executive of LSI for over two decades until 2005, during the earlier part of which he made made vital contributions to the company. He was the founder and served...
(American engineer and entrepreneur, founder of LSI Logic Corp.) - Andrew CrumeyAndrew CrumeyAndrew Crumey is a novelist and former literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch, north of Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews and holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London. In...
(novelist) - Declan CurryDeclan CurryDeclan Curry is an Irish journalist, presenter and businessman, currently employed by the BBC and best known as the former Business Correspondent for BBC Breakfast.-Early career:Curry studied chemistry at Imperial College, London...
(presenter on BBC news 24) - Simon DennisSimon DennisSimon Dennis MBE is a British rower and Olympic gold medalist.He started rowing at St Paul's School, London, coached by Michael Streat and his first international appearance was in 1994 in the GB eight at the Junior World Rowing Championships, winning a bronze medal...
(Olympic gold medallist, rowingSport rowingRowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
) - Andy FanshaweAndy FanshaweAndy Fanshawe was a British mountaineer.-Biography:He started climbing as a student at Wilmslow Grammar School...
(mountaineer) - Marc GarneauMarc GarneauJoseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, CC CD FCASI MP is a Canadian retired military officer, former astronaut, engineer and politician.Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles...
(astronaut) - Pallab GhoshPallab GhoshPallab Ghosh is a science correspondent for BBC News. Born in India, he came to the United Kingdom in 1963, he read physics at Imperial College, London between 1980 and 1983 and has been a science journalist since 1984...
(BBC Science Correspondent) - William Douglas Herman, (founder of St Helens Rugby League Club and former Head Chemist of PilkingtonPilkingtonPilkington Group Limited is a multinational glass manufacturing company headquartered in St Helens, United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of the Japan-based NSG Group...
) - Jessica HsuanJessica HsuanJessica Hester Hsuan, or Suen Huen is a Hong Kong actress. Jessica holds a degree from Imperial College London.She is currently one of the most popular television actresses of Hong Kong. She started her career in late 1992 and early 1993...
(Chinese actress) - David IrvingDavid IrvingDavid John Cawdell Irving is an English writer,best known for his denial of the Holocaust, who specialises in the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany...
(author) - Alok Jha, (The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
science correspondent) - Charles KennedyCharles Kennedy (economist)Charles Kennedy was an economist, often considered one of the finest theorists of his generation.He was born into a large family, the youngest of five sons; he was the son of George Kennedy, an architect, and grandson of the painter Charles Napier Kennedy. A gifted child, he was educated at...
(economist) - Anthony R. MichaelisAnthony R. MichaelisAnthony R. Michaelis was a science journalist and publisher.He was born Kurt Otto Adolf Michaelis, a doctor's son, in Berlin on August 22, 1916 and educated at the Falk Real Gymnasium...
(science journalist and publisher) - David MilesDavid MilesDavid Miles is a British economist. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and former Chief UK Economist of Morgan Stanley...
(economist) - Ronald Oxburgh (non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell PLC)
- Ayan PanjaAyan PanjaDr Ayan Panja is a British media doctor, medical expert, television presenter and writer.He is a partner in a NHS GP town centre practice in St Albans...
(doctor, author and TV presenter) - Sylvia RichardsonSylvia RichardsonSylvia Richardson is a French Bayesian statistician. She has been chair in Biostatistics at Imperial College London since 2000. Previously, she held lectureships at Warwick University and the University of Paris V....
(historian) - Prof. Ian Scoones (IDS, Sussex University)
- Ted SimonTed SimonTed Simon is a British journalist born in Germany in 1931, noted for circumnavigating the world twice by motorcycle. He was raised in London by a German mother and a Romanian father....
(journalist) - Simon SinghSimon SinghSimon Lehna Singh, MBE is a British author who has specialised in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner....
(popular science author) - Dr Daniel V. Snaith (IDMIDMIDM may refer to:Science and technology* Identity management, the management of the identity life cycle of an entity* IDM Computer Solutions* Integrated Data Management...
artist, records under the name Caribou (musician)Caribou (musician)Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:...
) - Richard SouthwoodRichard SouthwoodSir Thomas Richard Edmund Southwood DL, FRS was Professor of zoology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford....
(Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford) - George Reginald StarrGeorge Reginald StarrGeorge Reginald Starr DSO MC was a British mining engineer and one of the Special Operations Executive's best secret agents during World War II.-Early life:...
(Special Operations ExecutiveSpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
officer) - Lancelot WareLancelot WareLancelot Lionel Ware OBE was an English barrister, biochemist and co-founder of Mensa.Lancelot Ware's main claim to fame is co-founding Mensa, the international society for intellectually gifted people, with the Australian barrister Roland Berrill in 1946...
(biochemist, barrister and co-founder of Mensa InternationalMensa InternationalMensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...
) - H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
(science fiction author) - Jane YardleyJane YardleyJane Yardley is an English author, raised in a village in 1960s Essex, . She went to university in London and gained a Ph.D. degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School...
(author) - Raymond YiuRaymond YiuRaymond Yiu , born 1973; is a composer, conductor, jazz pianist and music writer.-Biography:Born in Hong Kong, he now lives in London. He went to England in 1990 and started piano lessons at the age of four. He began writing music as a teenager, and took up composing again while he was studying at...
(composer) - Brian MayBrian MayBrian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
(Musician and astrophysicist)
- Adam Kay (of the comedy duo Amateur TransplantsAmateur TransplantsAmateur Transplants are a London based, British parody musical duo consisting of medical professionals, Dr. Adam Kay and Dr. Suman Biswas , who came to prominence in 2005 with a song about the London Underground, parodying the Jam song "Going Underground"...
) - Suman Biswas (of the comedy duo Amateur TransplantsAmateur TransplantsAmateur Transplants are a London based, British parody musical duo consisting of medical professionals, Dr. Adam Kay and Dr. Suman Biswas , who came to prominence in 2005 with a song about the London Underground, parodying the Jam song "Going Underground"...
) - Aarif LeeAarif LeeAarif Lee is an actor and Cantopop singer from Hong Kong. After singing "普通朋友" at a gathering, he was signed by Alvin Wang and Leon Lai of East Asia Record Production and became one of the new artists in 2009...
(chinese actor and singer)