This is a list of notable alumni and staff of Cardiff University and its predecessor institutions

Heads of state and government Faisal Al-Fayez – Prime Minister of Jordan

Barham Salih – Former president of Iraq, former prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government Mark Drakeford – First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething – First Minister of Wales

Politics

David Bahati – State Minister of Finance for Planning in the Cabinet of Uganda Christine Chapman – MS for Cynon Valley Jeffrey Cuthbert – Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner, MS for Caerphilly and Welsh Government Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty Hefin David – MS for Caerphilly Wayne David – MP for Caerphilly and UK Shadow Minister for Europe, Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces S. O. Davies – miner, trade union official and Labour Party MP Guto Harri – broadcaster, Communications Director for the Mayor of London Mike Hedges – MS for Swansea East Lord Jenkins, former Chancellor of the Exchequer – Home Secretary, President of the European Commission and Chancellor of the University of Oxford (did not graduate) Elin Jones – MS for Ceredigion, Llywydd of the Senedd and Welsh Government Minister for Rural Affairs Fatou Sanyang Kinteh – Gambian Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare Sir Emyr Jones Parry – British Permanent Representative to the United Nations Glenys Kinnock – MEP and UK Foreign Office Minister Neil Kinnock – MP for Bedwellty and for Islwyn, Leader of the Labour Party, Leader of the Opposition Hilary Marquand – MP for Cardiff East and Minister for Health. Robert Minhinnick – co-founder of Friends of the Earth (Cymru) Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – advisor to Margaret Thatcher Craig Oliver – Conservative Party Director of Communications Adam Price – MS and leader of Plaid Cymru Bill Rammell – MP for Harlow David Rees – MS for Aberavon and Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd Cymru. Lord Richards – Chief of the Defence Staff Michael Shrimpton – barrister, politician, and conspiracy theorist John Smith – MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, member of the Defence Select Committee Victoria Starmer – Wife of Sir Keir Starmer, solicitor, and NHS occupational health worker. Brian Wilson – MP for Cunninghame North and Minister of State Mike Wood – MP for Dudley South

University administrators C. W. L. Bevan – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1966–1972; Principal of University College Cardiff 1972–1987 Leszek Borysiewicz – Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge David Grant – Vice Chancellor of University of Wales Cardiff 2001–2005; Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University 2005–2012 Ernest Howard Griffiths – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1901–1918 John Viriamu Jones – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1883–1901 Frederick Rees – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1929–1949 Colin Riordan – Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University since 2012 Brian Smith – Principal of University of Wales College Cardiff 1988–1996; Vice Chancellor of University of Wales Cardiff 1996–2001 Anthony Steel – Principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 1949–1966 Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson – Principal of the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 1968–1988; Principal of University of Wales College Cardiff 1988–1993

Academics

Abedelnasser Abulrob – medical researcher Miguel Alcubierre – Mexican theoretical physicist Rudolf K. Allemann – Swiss biochemist Gabrielle Allen – computer scientist Robin Attfield – philosopher Martin J. Ball – Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University, Cymru/Wales Paul E. A. Barbier – Professor of French at the University of Leeds Jason Barker – professor Yehuda Bauer – Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Archie Cochrane – pioneer of scientific method in medicine Peter Coles – Professor of Astrophysics David Crouch – historian Alun Davies – bioscientist Huw Dixon – economist Stephen Dunnett – neuroscientist Alice Laura Embleton – biologist, zoologist and suffragist. Martin Evans – Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007 Mahmoud Ezzamel – professorial fellow Dimitra Fimi – writer Brian J. Ford – Honorary fellow of Cardiff University (1986), honorary fellow of the Linnean Society, honorary fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. John S. Fossey – Professor of synthetic chemistry at the University of Birmingham Burt Goldberg – university professor, microbiologist Karen Holford – engineer Robert Huber – Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1988 John Loughlin – Professor of Politics Vaughan Lowe – Chichele Professor of Public International Law in the University of Oxford Ursula Masson – women's history and feminism Angela Mihai – mathematician Patrick Minford – Professor of Applied Economics John Warwick Montgomery – American lawyer and theologian; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College Christopher Norris – literary critic Keith Peters – Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge Leighton Durham Reynolds – Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford Alice Roberts – clinical anatomist and osteoarchaeologist Wendy Sadler – physicist and science communicator H. W. Lloyd Tanner – Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy (1883–1909) Pamela Taylor – Professor of Forensic Psychiatry since 2004 Meena Upadhyaya – medical geneticist Keith Ward – philosopher, Gresham Professor of Divinity, Gresham College Chandra Wickramasinghe – mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist, Professor of Applied Mathematics Rheinallt Nantlais Williams – professor of the philosophy of religion, principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth Emma Yhnell – biomedical research scientist

Business Spencer Dale – Chief economist, Bank of England Andrew Gould – chairman and former CEO, Schlumberger Philip Jansen - former CEO of BT and Worldpay Martin Lewis – personal finance journalist, television presenter and website entrepreneur Dame Mary Perkins – co-founder, Specsavers Ceri Powell – senior Royal Dutch Shell executive John Pettigrew (businessman) – CEO, National Grid plc Lorenzo Simonelli – CEO, Baker Hughes Company Terry Smith – British Fund Manager, Fundsmith

Religion Gregory Cameron – Bishop of St Asaph Sheila Cameron – lawyer and ecclesiastical judge Paul Colton – Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Vicentia Kgabe (Bishop) - Diocese_of_Lesotho Dominic Walker – Bishop of Monmouth

Sport Nathan Cleverly – professional boxer and former WBO light heavyweight world champion Gareth Davies – former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player, and current chief executive of Cardiff Rugby Football Club Gerald Davies – former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player Alex Gough – Squash player Mike Hall – former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player Heather Knight – English cricketer Steven Outerbridge – Bermudian cricketer Jamie Roberts – Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player James Tomlinson – English cricketer Bradley Wadlan – Welsh cricketer

Arts and journalism

Paul Atherton – television and film producer and director Matt Barbet – journalist Manish Bhasin – journalist and television presenter Nick Broomfield – documentary filmmaker and receiver of the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Documentary Philip Cashian – composer Suw Charman-Anderson – journalist and social software consultant. Adrian Chiles – television presenter Gillian Clarke – poet and receiver of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry Huw Edwards – journalist and BBC newsreader Ken Elias – artist/painter Max Foster – CNN anchor, CNN Today Shihab Ghanem - poet M. A. Griffiths – poet Julia Hartley-Brewer – journalist and television presenter Jiang Heping – executive director of the CCTV Sports Programming Centre and Controller of CCTV-5 Tim Hetherington – photo-journalist and co-director of Academy Award-nominated Restrepo Alun Hoddinott – composer Chris Jackson - photographer Elis James – stand-up comedian and actor Sioned James – choral conductor Karl Jenkins – composer Alan Johnston – journalist Riz Khan – journalist and television interviewer Bernard Knight – crime writer Simon Lane – co-founder and Creative director of The Yogscast Ltd Gwilym Lee – actor. Siân Lloyd – television presenter Los Campesinos! – six piece indie pop band Philip Madoc – actor Paul Moorcraft – writer Sharon Morgan – actress Joanna Natasegara – documentary producer, Academy Award winner for Netflix documentary The White Helmets Siân Phillips – actress Susanna Reid – television presenter James Righton – musician Leo Rowlands – Welsh musical composer, Catholic priest Arlene Sierra – composer Ron Smerczak – actor Mari Strachan – novelist and librarian Richard Tait – former BBC governor and BBC trustee Craig Thomas – author Alex Thomson – journalist & television presenter Vedhicka – Indian actress Grace Williams – composer

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