The following is a list of Royal Holloway, University of London people, including alumni, members of faculty and fellows.
Notable alumni
Royal Holloway College, Bedford College and RHUL have over 80,000 alumni.
Entertainment, media, theatre
Chris Aldridge, British radio newsreader (BBC Radio 4) David Benson (born 1962), English comedian, writer and actor Peter Bramley, British actor, director and theatre director Mark Carwardine, Zoologist, Writer, wildlife photographer, TV and radio presenter Candace Chong Mui Ngam (born 1976), Hong Kong playwright Richard Clarke (born 1978), English radio presenter James Dagwell (born 1974), British journalist Isabel Fay (born 1979), English comedy writer and character comedian Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), film producer Emma Freud (born 1962), English broadcaster and cultural commentator Pippa Guard (born 1952), English actress Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC Two"Press Releases: Janice Hadlow to be new Controller of BBC Two", BBC Press Office, 1 October 2008 Lenny Henry (born 1958), comedian and presenter"Lenny Henry's long road to a PhD", BBC Press Office, 5 October 2010 Alex Hyndman (born 1978), British newsreader Robin Ince (born 1969), English comedian Anthony Jabre, film producer and financier Karena Johnson, English theatre director Roxanne McKee (born 1980), British actress and model John Moloney, comedian and comedy writer Mary Nightingale (born 1964), British newsreader Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor Simon Nye (born 1958), English comic television writer Lucy Owen (born 1970), Welsh newsreader Ben Richardson (b.198?), British cinematographer Bobby Seagull (born 1984), mathematics teacher and broadcaster Mark Strong (born 1963), English actor Daniel Lawrence Taylor (born 198?), British actor and comedy writer Francis Wheen (born 1957), British journalist, writer and broadcaster Sir Roger Wright (born 1956) Controller of BBC Radio 3 and former director of the BBC Proms
Literature Tahmima Anam (born 1975), Bangladeshi-born writer and novelist Margaret Busby (born 1944), writer and broadcaster Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), English writer of Just William George Eliot (1819–1880), British novelist Jane Gardam (born 1928), novelist Rosemary Manning (1911–1988), British author Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), English poet Jojo Moyes (born 1969), British novelist Redell Olsen (born 1971), poet, performer and academic Sophie Robinson, (born 1985) contemporary English poet Ann Saddlemyer (born 1932), Canadian academic and author Miranda Seymour (born 1948), Biographer, novelist Jacqueline Simpson (born 1930), British author and folklorist Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), explorer and travel writer Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015), poet and academic Carol Townend (born 1953) English author
Music Richard Baker (born 1972), British composer and conductor Susan Bullock (born 1958), English soprano Jonathan Cole (born 1970), British composer Tansy Davies (born 1973), British composer Example (born 1982), British singer, rapper and songwriter Sarah Fox (born 1973) English operatic soprano Geoff Hannan (born 1972), British composer Dame Felicity Lott (born 1947), English soprano Ivan Moody (born 1964), British composer Karen Mok (born 1970), Hong Kong singer Paul Newland (born 1966), British composer Ewan Pearson (born 1972), British music producer Andrew Poppy (born 1954), British composer, pianist and music producer China Soul (born 1988) American-British singer/songwriter Joby Talbot (born 1971) British composer KT Tunstall (born 1975) Scottish singer and songwriter John Scott Whiteley (born 1950) York Minster organist and composer
Politics
Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (born 1957), Iranian politician Catherine Ashton (born 1956), British Labour politician; High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; vice president, European Commission Norman Baker (born 1957) Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes 1997–2015 Greg Barker (born 1966), British politician Helen Bentwich (1892–1972), philanthropist and politician Emily Davison (1872–1913), English suffragette activist Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington (1907–1998), politician Dame Janet Fookes (born 1936) English politician, Conservative member House of Lords Norvela Forster (1931–1993) British businesswoman, exporter and politician (MEP) John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble, (born 1956), politician Sir Robbie Gibb (born 1964), political advisor and journalist Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), politician Jean Henderson (1899–1997), British barrister and Liberal Party politician Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig (born 1943), politician and historian Moussa Ibrahim (born 1974), Gaddafi spokesman during the 2011 Libyan civil war Stewart Jackson (born 1965), British politician Tess Kingham (born 1963), British politician Jessica Lee (born 1976), British politician Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (1926–2012), nurse and member of the House of Lords Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 1961), politician Sir Andrew Parmley (born 1956), former Lord Mayor of London Al Pinkerton, Liberal Democrat politician Victoria Prentis (born 1971), Conservative MP and former Attorney General for England and Wales Jenny Randerson (born 1948), Welsh Liberal Democrat politician Andrew Stephenson (born 1981), British politician Frances Stevenson (1888–1972), personal secretary and second wife of David Lloyd George Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903–1984), politician Valerie Vaz (born 1954), British politician Katharine Wallas (1864–1944), politician Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 1945) Labour member House of Lords
Science Melanie Bartley, sociologist David Bellamy (1933–2019) Botanist, environmentalist, author and broadcasterRoyal Holloway, University of London. The Independent, 27 July 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008. Martin Buck (born 1956) microbiologist Ida Busbridge (1908–1988) first woman to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), microbiologist John B. Cosgrave (born 1946), Irish mathematician Stuart Cull-Candy (born 1946), neuroscientist Jean Hanson (1919–1973), biophysicist Jackie Hunter (born 1956), former chief executive of BBSRC Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971), crystallographer Dame Sally Macintyre (born 1949), medical sociologist Rachel, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), geologist K. C. Nicolaou (born 1946), chemist Mary Pickford (1902–2002), British neuroendocrinologist Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990) biochemist Helen Porter (1899–1987) botanist, first female professor of Imperial College London Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005), natural scientist Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1871–1966), English geographer, historian of science Jennifer Anne Thomas, experimental particle physicist Derek Yalden (1940–2013) English zoologist, reader at the University of Manchester Grace Waterhouse (1906–1996), British mycologist Dame Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist and psychologist Alex Wilkie (born 1948), mathematician Fiona Williams (born 1947), social scientist Andy Young (born 1950), psychologist
Sport Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997) English rugby player Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), gold medal winner, Paralympics equestrian events Jessica Eddie (born 1984), British rower, Olympic silver medalist Helene Raynsford (born 1979), British paralympic rower and gold medallist Zeina Shaban (born 1988), Jordanian table tennis player and a member of the Jordanian royal family Andy Sheridan, (born 1979) Rugby Union, Sale Sharks and England Joe Saward (born 1961), British Formula One journalist Alex Lewington (born 1991) English rugby player
Other
Kitty Anderson (1903–79) BA PhD, former Headmistress of North London Collegiate SchoolOxford Dictionary of National Biography – subscription based Muhammad Abdul Bari (b.1953), Former Secretary General Muslim Council of Britain Daphne Blundell (1916–2004), former Director of Women's Royal Naval Service John Broome (born 1947), philosopher Sophie Bryant (1850–1922) Anglo-Irish mathematician, educator, feminist and activist Helen Cam (1885–1968), English historian Lucy Caslon, founder and director of charity Msizi Africa Ilse Crawford (born 1962), British designer Dame Karen Dunnell (born 1946), medical sociologist Edith Durham (1863–1944), British traveller, artist, writer and anthropologist Dame Ann Ebsworth (1937–2002), high court judge Tania El Khoury (born 1976), Lebanese artist Dame Janet Finch (born 1946) former Vice-chancellor, Professor of Social Relations at Keele University 1995–2010, honorary fellow RHC 1999 Jayne-Anne Gadhia (born 1961), Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Money UK Robert Garside (born 1967), English record-breaking adventurer Jonathan Goodall, (born 1961), bishop Laura Gowing, historian Nick Hallard (born 1975), British artist Giles Hart (1949–2005), British engineer and trade union activist Alison Jaggar (born 1941), philosopher Admiral Sir Ben Key (born 1965), First Sea Lord Declan Lang (born 1950), bishop Duncan McCargo, professor and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Louisa Martindale (1872–1966), British physician and surgeon Angela Mason (born 1944), civil servant and activist Marilynne Morgan, barrister and civil servant Victor Olisa, former senior Metropolitan Police officer Jennie Page (b. 1944), former chief executive of the London Millennium Dome project Thea Porter (1927–2000), fashion designer (expelled) Sarah Parker Remond (1815-c.1894) African-American lecturer, abolitionist and doctor Dame Mildred Riddelsdell (1913–2006), civil servant Christian Saunders, United Nations official Alison Shrubsole (1925–2002), former Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge Dame Mary Smieton (1902–2005), civil servant, second woman to reach rank of permanent secretary Simon Thurley (born 1963), British architectural historian Sarah Tyacke (born 1945), historian and archivist Amanda Vickery professor of early modern history at Queen Mary, University of London Ronald Alan Waldron (born 1927), English medievalist Mary Wilkinson (1909–2001), scholar of German literature and culture Ahmed Yerima, Nigerian professor, administrator
Notable staff
The following is a list of notable office-holders, academics and other teachers or researchers:
H. B. Acton, taught political philosophy Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale, Member college council at the merger with Bedford Khizar Humayun Ansari, director of the Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies Sarah Ansari, professor of history Geoffrey Alderman, professor of politics and contemporary history Giovanni Aquilecchia, professor of Italian and Italian Renaissance scholar Gillian Bailey, fellow in theatre studies George Barger, professor of chemistry Dame Gillian Beer, former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge Sir William Benham, zoologist Margaret Jane Benson, Professor of Botany John Bercow, Professor of Politics, former Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Berry, professor of English literature Luiza Bialasiewicz, senior lecturer in human geography James Booth, mathematician Mark Bowden, professor of composition Andrew Bowie, professor of philosophy and German Mary Boyce, taught Anglo-Saxon literature and archaeology David Bradby, professor of drama and theatre studies Daniel Joseph Bradley, physicist Peter Bramley professor of biochemistry Kai Brodersen, visiting professor in ancient history and classics Jonathan Burrows, visiting professor of drama and theatre Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society Chris Carey, professor of classics William Benjamin Carpenter, Fellow of the Royal Society Lorna Casselton, fungal geneticist Philip Cashian, composer, taught in the music department