This is a list of University of Salford people, including staff (past and present) and alumni from the University of Salford.
Notable staff
Allan Boardman: Physics Ralph Darlington: Employment Relations Trevor Cox: Acoustic Engineering Garry Crawford: Cultural Sociology Said Faiq: Translation & Interpreting Neal Hazel: Criminology and Criminal Justice Andy Miah: Science Communication and Future Media Miklas Scholz: Water resources engineering Audrey Stuckes: Material science Ad De Jongh: Dentistry
Notable alumni
Academia Michael Atchia: Mauritian academician, former Chief and Programme Director with the United Nations Environment Programme Sydney Chapman: British mathematician and geophysicist Robert Garner: professor of political theory at the University of Leicester Matt Goodwin: British political commentator and academic who stood for ReformUK in the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election Adam Ledgeway: Professor of Italian and Romance Linguistics, Chair of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge Robert Lomas: writer, business studies and science academic, Freemasonry researcher Mary Mellor: Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Northumbria University Susan Price: Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Beckett University
Business Andy Bond: former Chief Executive of Asda Keith Ludeman: Chief Executive of the Go-Ahead Group Chris Moyes: former Chief Executive of the Go-Ahead Group Richard Parry-Jones: former group vice president-Global Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer, Ford Motor Company Mohammad Hashem Pesaran: British-Iranian economist Mohammed Rahif Hakmi: Chairman of Armada Group Kamaruddin Taib: Chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia Rita Oyoku: Trade Commissioner of the Vanuatu to Nigeria
Media, entertainment and design
Military Major General William Moore: 1976-79
Physiotherapy The university has held a link for Physiotherapy with the Professional Footballers' Association since 1991. "Careers after football: former players tell us how they made the grade!" Professional Footballers' Association As of 2007 over 70 former professional footballers have graduated from Salford. In 2009 the PFA reported that they had 33 members undertaking the programme at the university."Premier League Learning News: Now is the time to plan for future", Premier League Learning
Politics
Science Darwin Caldwell: Research Director, Italian Institute of Technology, key person in iCub project B. N. Suresh (Byrana Nagappa Suresh): Indian aerospace scientist; 2002 recipient of Padma Shri Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health and Inclusivity at the University of Manchester Nicolette Peel, British midwife and an advocate for women and families with cancer in pregnancy
Sports Eworitse Ezra Arenyeka: boxer Ieuan Evans: former international rugby union player for Wales David France: author and football historian Su Maozhen: assistant coach of the Chinese Olympic football team for Beijing Olympics, current head coach of U-20 national team Norman Whiteside: former Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer who studied podiatry
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