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- The Rt. Hon.Joseph ChamberlainJoseph ChamberlainJoseph Chamberlain was an influential British politician and statesman. Unlike most major politicians of the time, he was a self-made businessman and had not attended Oxford or Cambridge University....
– Former and First ChancellorChancellorChancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
who helped set up the University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, Lord Mayor of Birmingham and father of Sir Austen ChamberlainAusten ChamberlainSir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...
and former Prime Minister Neville ChamberlainNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
. - Sir Robert AitkenSir Robert AitkenSir Robert Aitken was a physician and university administrator from New Zealand. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand between 1948 and 1953 and of the University of Birmingham between 1953 and 1968.-References:...
– Former Vice-Chancellor who helped set up the University of WarwickUniversity of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom... - Sir Melville Arnott – Former William Withering Chair in Medicine
- George Augustus AudenGeorge Augustus AudenGeorge Augustus Auden was an English physician, professor of public health, school medical officer, and writer on archaeological subjects....
– Former School Medical Officer and Lecturer in Public Health & Father of W. H. AudenW. H. AudenWystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also... - Professor Mark BeesonMark BeesonMark Beeson is Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia. He was previously Professor in International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham...
– Head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies - Professor Rupert E. BillinghamRupert E. BillinghamRupert Everett Billingham was a British American biologist who did significant research in the fields of reproductive immunology and organ transplantation...
– Former Chair in Zoology - Dr Stewart BrownStewart BrownDr Stewart Brown is an English poet, university lecturer and scholar of African and Caribbean Literature.-Life and Study:...
– Reader in African Literature and Director of the Centre of West African StudiesCentre of West African StudiesCentre of West African Studies is a division of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham . The centre provides teaching and research into issues of African development, culture, anthropology, sociology, politics, history, and the legacies of the African diaspora,... - Anthony BurgessAnthony BurgessJohn Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
– British novelist who lectured on phonetics in the late 1940s - Professor Peter BurnhamPeter BurnhamPeter Burnham is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. He was previously based at the University of Warwick, where he was Head of Department in the Department of Politics and International Studies from 2004 to 2008 and where he remains an...
– Professor of Political Science and International Studies - Sir Alexander JarrattAlex JarrattSir Alexander Jarratt CB is a British businessman and former senior civil servant. He was the fifth Chancellor of Birmingham University. He chaired a Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals studying higher education policy; the committee's influential report became known as the Jarratt...
CB – Former Chancellor. - Sir Dominic Cadbury – Current ChancellorChancellor (education)A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
- Professor John Churton CollinsJohn Churton CollinsJohn Churton Collins , English literary critic, was born at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.From King Edward's School, Birmingham, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1872, and at once devoted himself to a literary career, as journalist, essayist and lecturer...
– Former Professor of English Literature - Dr Reginald Cline-ColeReginald Cline-ColeReginald Cline-Cole , is a University lecturer and scholar of Developmental Geography.- Life and study :...
– Senior Lecturer at the Centre of West African Studies - Professor Thomas DiezThomas DiezThomas Diez is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen. He was formerly Professor of International Relations Theory in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham,...
– Professor of International Relations Theory - Sir Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
– Former Professor of Music - Professor John Fage – Former Professor of African History, founder of Birmingham's Centre for West African Studies
- David F. FordDavid F. FordDavid Frank Ford is an academic and public theologian. He has been the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge since 1991...
, lecturer and senior lecturer of theology, 1976–1991 - Professor Stuart HallStuart Hall (cultural theorist)Stuart Hall is a cultural theorist and sociologist who has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1951. Hall, along with Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams, was one of the founding figures of the school of thought that is now known as British Cultural Studies or The Birmingham School of...
– Former Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural StudiesCentre for Contemporary Cultural StudiesThe Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies was a research centre at the University of Birmingham, England. It was founded in 1964 by Richard Hoggart, its first director... - Professor Richard HoggartRichard HoggartHerbert Richard Hoggart is a British academic and public figure, whose career has covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with a special concern for British popular culture.-Career:...
– Founder of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural StudiesCentre for Contemporary Cultural StudiesThe Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies was a research centre at the University of Birmingham, England. It was founded in 1964 by Richard Hoggart, its first director...
and former Assistant Director-General of UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations... - Professor John Hick – emeritus H.G. Wood Professor of Theology
- Professor Rodney HiltonRodney HiltonRodney Howard Hilton, , was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. He was born in Manchester and studied at Balliol College Oxford University and was a member of the Communist Party Historians Group before leaving the party in 1956...
– former Professor of Medieval History - Mervyn KingMervyn King (economist)An ex-officio member of the Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee since its inception in 1997, Sir Mervyn is the only person to have taken part in every one of its monthly meetings to date. His voting style is often seen as "hawkish", a perspective that emphasises the dangers of...
– Former Professor in the Faculty of Commerce and current Governor of the Bank of EnglandBank of EnglandThe Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world... - Sir Michael Lyons – Professor of Public Policy from 2001 to 2006
- Professor Anand MenonAnand MenonAnand Menon is Professor of West European Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He is also a Special Adviser to the House of Lords EU committee...
– Professor of West European Politics and Director of the European Research Institute - Professor Allardyce NicollAllardyce NicollJohn Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll was an English literary scholar and teacher.Allardyce Nicoll was born and educated in Glasgow. He became a lecturer at King's College London in 1920 and took the chair of English at East London College John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll (28 June 1894 – 17 April 1976) was an...
– Head of the English Department and founding director of the Shakespeare InstituteShakespeare InstituteThe Shakespeare Institute is a centre for postgraduate study dedicated to the study of William Shakespeare and the literature of the English Renaissance. It is part of the University of Birmingham, and is located in Stratford-upon-Avon.... - Sir Marcus Oliphant – Former Professor of Physics, played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb and radarHistory of radarThe history of radar starts with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell's seminal work on electromagnetism...
- Professor Roy Pascal – former Professor of German
- Arthur PeacockeArthur PeacockeThe Reverend Canon Arthur Robert Peacocke MBE was a British theologian and biochemist.-Biography:Arthur Robert Peacocke was born at Watford in on 29 November 1924...
was a lecturer in chemistry and biophysical chemistry, before he went to Oxford University in 1959 - Professor Rudolf PeierlsRudolf PeierlsSir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, CBE was a German-born British physicist. Rudolf Peierls had a major role in Britain's nuclear program, but he also had a role in many modern sciences...
– Former Professor of Physics - Sir Nikolaus PevsnerNikolaus PevsnerSir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
– Art historian who held a research post at the university for a number of years - Canon Dr Terry SlaterTerry SlaterCanon Doctor Terry Slater is a honorary senior research fellow in Historical Geography at the University of Birmingham, UK. Born in Bromley but raised in Charlton he was educated at Hull University, University College, London and the University of Birmingham....
– Reader in Historical GeographyHistorical geographyHistorical geography is the study of the human, physical, fictional, theoretical, and "real" geographies of the past. Historical geography studies a wide variety of issues and topics. A common theme is the study of the geographies of the past and how a place or region changes through time... - Professor Aaron SlomanAaron SlomanAaron Sloman is a philosopher and researcher on artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He is the author of several papers on philosophy, epistemology and artificial intelligence...
– Former Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science - Professor Ninian SmartNinian SmartProfessor Roderick Ninian Smart was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies...
– Former Professor of Religious Studies - Professor Michael SterlingMichael SterlingProfessor Michael Sterling FREng began his career as an electrical engineer in 1964 joining AEI as a student apprentice with a scholarship to the University of Sheffield to read electronic and electrical engineering, graduating with a 1st class honours degree and subsequently a PhD in computer...
– Former Vice-Chancellor and Principal - Professor Colin ThainColin ThainColin Thain is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. Born in Bedlington, Northumberland, Thain received a BA in Economics and Ph. D. in Government from the University of Manchester. He was...
– Professor of Political Science - Professor Stanley WellsStanley WellsStanley William Wells, CBE, is a Shakespeare scholar and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.Wells took his first degree at University College, London, and was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Warwick in 2008...
– Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies and former Director of the Shakespeare Institute - Dr Tony WrightTony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)Dr. Anthony Wayland Wright is a British Labour Party politician and author, who was the Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010...
was a lecturer in politics from 1975 until 1992, before being elected LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Cannock and BurntwoodCannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)Cannock and Burntwood was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.- History :... - Professor John Henry PoyntingJohn Henry PoyntingJohn Henry Poynting was an English physicist. He was a professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 until his death....
– Former Professor of Physics at (Mason Science College) now the University of Birmingham, first calculated the weight of the earth. - Professor David EastwoodDavid EastwoodProfessor David Stephen Eastwood is a British academic who became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham on 13 April 2009, taking over from Professor Michael Sterling upon the latter's retirement. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England ,...
– Successor of current Vice-Chancellor and currently Chief Executive at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) - Baron Zuckerman – Professor of Anatomy at Birmingham, 1946–68 and chief scientific adviser to the British government 1964–71
- Sir Alan CottrellAlan CottrellSir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS is a British metallurgist and physicist. He received his BSc degree from the University of Birmingham in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942. He joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of...
– Professor of Metallurgy 1949–55 - Lancelot HogbenLancelot HogbenLancelot Thomas Hogben FRS was a versatile British experimental zoologist and medical statistician. He is best known for developing Xenopus laevis as a model organism for biological research in his early career, attacking the eugenics movement in the middle of his career, and popularising books on...
– Professor of Zoology 1941–47 + Professor of Medical Statistics 1947–61 - Alan S C RossAlan S C RossAlan Strode Campbell Ross was a British academic specialising in linguistics. He is best remembered as the ultimate source and inspiration for Nancy Mitford's 'U and non-U' forms of behaviour and language usage....
– Professor of English Language 1948–51 + Professor of Linuistics 1951–74 - Sir John Randall (physicist)John Randall (physicist)Sir John Turton Randall, FRS, FRSE, was a British physicist and biophysicist, credited with radical improvement of the cavity magnetron, an essential component of centimetric wavelength radar, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War. It is also the key component of...
– Royal Society Fellow who worked on the cavity magnetron valve 1937–43 - Sir William James Ashley- First Dean and Founder of Business School
- Professor Maureen PerrieMaureen PerrieMaureen Perrie is a British historian, Professor Emeritus of Russian History at the University of Birmingham, and a lecturer in Russian History at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham.- Career :...
– Professor Emeritus in Russian History - Jerzy LukowskiJerzy LukowskiJerzy Tadeusz Lukowski is a Polish-British historian at University of Birmingham. He specializes in studies of the 18th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.- Selected publications :...
– Historian - Professor John KnottJohn KnottJohn Knott OBE FRS FREng is a British scientist who teaches at the University of Birmingham. He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society in 2005.-References:...
, OBE – Professor of Metallurgy and Materials - Dr Sue Blackwell – Lecturer in English Language
- Tahir Abbas – Reader in Sociology and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
- Professor Ronen PalanRonen PalanRonen Palan is Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is an expert in offshore finance....
– Professor of International Political Economy - Dr Gordon WarwickGordon WarwickDr. Gordon Warwick was an award-winning geomorphologist and speleologist, based for his entire working career at Birmingham University. Following upon his death in 1983 a medal was instituted in his honour by the British Geomorphological Research Group, of which he was a founder member.He was born...
– Reader in Geomorphology - Daniel PedoeDaniel PedoeDan Pedoe was an English-born mathematician and geometer with a career spanning more than sixty years. In the course of his life he wrote approximately fifty research and expository papers in geometry. He is also the author of various core books on mathematics and geometry some of which have...
– Mathematics (1942–46) - Professor Brinley ReesBrinley ReesProfessor Brinley Roderick Rees was a Welsh academic. He wrote extensively on Classics, particularly the study of the Greek language. Early work was devoted to Greek papyri; a later publication was devoted to the Life and Letters of Pelagius...
– Lecturer in Classics (1970–75) - Major Kenneth Walton (pathologist)Kenneth Walton (pathologist)Major Kenneth Walter William Henry Walton FRCP was a leading British experimental pathologist and rheumatologist. He published over 160 papers during his lifetime and was a member of 18 learned societies...
– 1947–52 - Professor David Edgar (playwright)David Edgar (playwright)David Edgar is a British playwright and author who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.He was resident playwright at the Birmingham...
– Professor of Playwrighting Studies - Sir Ellis WaterhouseEllis WaterhouseSir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse was an English art historian specialized in Roman baroque and English painting...
– Former Barber Professor of Fine Art (1952–70) - Sir Louis MathesonLouis MathesonSir James Adam Louis Matheson KBE was a British academic and university administrator, who was the first Vice-Chancellor of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.- Early life :...
– Civil Engineering - Ian BrockingtonIan BrockingtonIan Brockington was the son of Colin Fraser Brockington, one of the top names in British medicine. Ian trained as a cardiologist and went to Nigeria where he completed a monumental work on cardiomyopathy which formed the basis for his doctoral thesis .However, on his return he decided to train in...
– Expert in Psychiatry - Bill Hopkins (musician) – Taught music at the University
- Professor Sir Alan WaltersAlan WaltersProfessor Sir Alan Arthur Walters was a British economist, best known as the former Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1989 after his return from the USA.- Early life :...
– Former Professor of Econometrics and Statistics - G. N. WatsonG. N. WatsonNeville Watson was an English mathematician, a noted master in the application of complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's A Course of Modern Analysis produced the classic “Whittaker & Watson” text...
- Professor of mathematics from 1918 to 1951 - Thomas Summers WestThomas Summers WestThomas Summers West, FRS was a British chemist.He was born in 1927 in Peterhead, Scotland and educated at Old Tarbat Public School in Portmahomack and then Tain Royal Academy...
– Analytical Chemistry - William Brunsdon YappWilliam Brunsdon YappWilliam Brunsdon Yapp was a zoologist and author. He lectured in zoology at the University of Birmingham. In 1957, he gave his address as Stourbridge; and in 1961, as an unspecified "Church End"....
– Zoologist and author - Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman – Former Professor of Anatomy
Academia
- Dr Robert BeckfordRobert BeckfordRobert Beckford is a British academic theologian and a reader in black theology and popular culture at Oxford Brookes University, whose documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused controversy and debate among the Christian and British religious community.-Biography:Beckford was born...
– leading UK theologian, academic, and film-maker, completed his PhD at Birmingham and was also a research fellow at the university - Dr Harry BootHarry BootHenry Albert Howard "Harry" Boot was an English physicist who with Sir John Randall and James Sayers developed the cavity magnetron, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War.-Biography:...
– co-developer of the war-winning cavity magnetronCavity magnetronThe cavity magnetron is a high-powered vacuum tube that generates microwaves using the interaction of a stream of electrons with a magnetic field. The 'resonant' cavity magnetron variant of the earlier magnetron tube was invented by John Randall and Harry Boot in 1940 at the University of... - Professor Gavin D'CostaGavin D'CostaProfessor Gavin D'Costa, BA, PhD is a Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Bristol, Great Britain. He was Head of the Theology & Religious Studies Department , and has lectured at Bristol since 1993....
– Professor of Theology, University of Bristol - Professor Leroy (Lee) CroninLeroy CroninLeroy Cronin is the Gardiner Professor Chemistry in the Department Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, UK. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and appointed to the Gardiner Chair in April 2009.-Biography:Lee Cronin received...
- Gardiner Professor, Chemistry, University of Glasgow, UK - Rev Dr Lynn de SilvaLynn de SilvaLynn Alton de Silva was a Sri Lankan theologian and Methodist minister. He was the founder and editor of one of the first theological journals on Buddhist-Christian encounter called Dialogue , chief translator for the revision of the Old Testament of the Sinhalese Bible published as New Sinhala...
– Sri LankanSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
theologian, former director of the Ecumenical Institute for Study and DialogueEcumenical Institute for Study and DialogueThe Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue , formerly called Study Center for Religion and Society, is an institute located in Colombo, Sri Lanka that is devoted to the study and interpretation of religious and social movements of people in Sri Lanka, in order to assist the Church in...
, Methodist minister, and a pioneer in promoting Buddhist-Christian dialogue, completed his Master of ArtsMaster of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
at Birmingham - Dr. Fawzia Fahim – Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist
- Professor Paul GilroyPaul Gilroy-Biography:Born in the East End of London to Guyanese and English parents , he was educated at University College School and obtained his bachelor's degree at Sussex University in 1978. He moved from there to Birmingham University where he completed his Ph.D...
– Sociologist and Cultural TheoristCultural studiesCultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
, author of Ain't no Black in the Union Jack - Dr Desmond MorrisDesmond MorrisDesmond John Morris, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire, is a British zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular anthropologist. He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author.-Life:...
– leading zoologist, author and TV presenter - Professor Margaret MullettMargaret MullettMargaret Elizabeth Mullett OBE is Professor of Byzantine Studies and has held the position of the director of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at the Queen's University of Belfast and that of the Director of the Queen's Gender Initiative...
OBE – Professor of Byzantine studies and director of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at the Queen's University of BelfastQueen's University of BelfastQueen's University Belfast is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university's official title, per its charter, is the Queen's University of Belfast. It is often referred to simply as Queen's, or by the abbreviation QUB... - Eleanor Mildred SidgwickEleanor Mildred SidgwickEleanor Mildred Sidgwick, née Balfour was an activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research.-Biography:...
– activist for higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College and sister of a British Prime minister - Vincent WattsVincent WattsVincent Challacombe Watts OBE is a British academic and businessman.He was educated at Sidcot School, Peterhouse, Cambridge , and at the University of Birmingham . He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 1997 to 2002, leaving to focus full-time on his role as Chairman...
– Vice-Chancellor of the University of East AngliaUniversity of East AngliaThe University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
(1997–2002) - Sir Ernest TittertonErnest William TittertonSir Ernest William Titterton Ph. D. was a nuclear physicist and professor.-Early years:...
– nuclear physicist involved in the development of the atomic bomb - Professor Leslie BrentLeslie BrentLeslie Baruch Brent , born Lothar Baruch, in Köslin, Germany , to German-Jewish parents, is a British immunologist and zoologist....
– Professor Emeritus, University of London - Dr John Brian HarleyJohn Brian HarleyBrian Harley was a geographer, cartographer, and map historian at the universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Exeter and Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is the founding co-editor of...
– Geographer and Map Historian - Professor Arnold TustinArnold TustinArnold Tustin, , was a British engineer, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Birmingham and at Imperial College London, who made important contributions to the development of control engineering and its application to electrical machines.- Biography :Arnold Tustin was born in 1899...
– Professor of Engineering (1947–1955) - Bernard MayoBernard MayoBernard Mayo was an English philosopher.He worked at University of Birmingham until 1968, when he joined University of St...
– English Philosopher - Rosemary WaringRosemary WaringRosemary Waring, a reader in human toxicology at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, was the first researcher to produce scientific evidence suggestive of abnormal sulfur metabolism affecting people with autism spectrum disorders...
– Reader in Toxicology - Professor Adrian John BrownAdrian John BrownAdrian John Brown, FRS was a British Professor of Malting and Brewing at the University of Birmingham and a pioneer in the study of enzyme kinetics....
– Original Professor of Malting and Brewing (1900–1928) - Brian Flowers, Baron FlowersBrian Flowers, Baron FlowersBrian Hilton Flowers, Baron Flowers FRS was a British physicist and academican.-Early life and studies:The son of Reverend Harold Joseph Flowers, he was educated at the Bishop Gore School in Swansea and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts...
– British Physicist - Dr Marco Rito-PalomaresMarco Rito-PalomaresMarco Antonio Rito Palomares PhD, born April 1966 in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. graduated in 1987 with a BSc in Food-Biochemical Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de La Paz, B.C.S. In 1989, he also earned a MSc in Chemical Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey.Earned his PhD in Chemical...
– Professor of Bioprocess Engineering at the Centre for Biotechnology at Tecnológico de Monterrey - Dr George IsaakGeorge IsaakGeorge Richard Isaak was a Polish Australian physicist, an important figure in the development of helio- and asteroseismology....
– Physicist and an important figure in the development of helio- and asteroseismology. - Louis MacNeiceLouis MacNeiceFrederick Louis MacNeice CBE was an Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis; nicknamed "MacSpaunday" as a group — a name invented by Roy Campbell, in his Talking Bronco...
– Lecturer in Classics 1930–36, Poet and Playwright - Dr Damian J. Smith - Associate Professor of History, St. Louis University
- E. R. Dodds – Professor of Greek 1924–36
- Dr William Arbuckle ReidWilliam Arbuckle ReidWilliam A. Reid is a well known British curriculum theorist. After obtaining his B.A. degree from Cambridge University, he first taught in English high schools. He went on to conduct curriculum research at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained his Ph.D...
– British Curriculum Theorist - Lawrence GrossbergLawrence GrossbergLawrence Grossberg is an internationally renowned scholar of cultural studies and popular culture whose work focuses primarily on popular music and the politics of youth in the United States. He is also widely known for his research in the philosophy of communication and culture...
– Renowned Cultural Studies theorist - Dr Halil BerktayHalil BerktayHalil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Sabancı University and columnist for the daily Taraf.-Biography:Berktay was born into an intellectual Turkish Communist family. His father, Erdogan Berktay, was a member of the old clandestine Communist Party of Turkey...
– Turkish Historian - David BlanchflowerDavid BlanchflowerDavid Graham Blanchflower CBE is a leading labour economist, currently a tenured economics professor at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire...
CBE – Labour Economist - Lorna SageLorna SageLorna Sage was a Welsh-born academic, as well as an award-winning literary critic and author, known widely for her contribution to the consideration of women's writing.-Biography:...
– Award winning literary critic - Professor Stanley SalmonsStanley SalmonsStanley Salmons was born in Lower Clapton, east London, and was educated at St. Marylebone Grammar School. Awarded a Royal Scholarship, he attended Imperial College London, from which he graduated in Physics and went on to gain a D.I.C...
– Research Fellowship in the Department of Anatomy and Stothert Research Fellowship of the Royal Society - Dr John Stewart BellJohn Stewart BellJohn Stewart Bell FRS was a British physicist from Northern Ireland , and the originator of Bell's theorem, a significant theorem in quantum physics regarding hidden variable theories.- Early life and work :...
– Physicist and originator of Bell's TheoremBell's theoremIn theoretical physics, Bell's theorem is a no-go theorem, loosely stating that:The theorem has great importance for physics and the philosophy of science, as it implies that quantum physics must necessarily violate either the principle of locality or counterfactual definiteness... - Dr Homa KatouzianHoma KatouzianHoma Katouzian, PhD is an economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies. Katouzian’s formal academic training was in economics and the social sciences but he concurrently continued his studies of Persian history and literature at a...
– Economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies - Dr Noor Muhammad ButtNoor Muhammad ButtNoor Muhammad Butt , , , best known as "Dr. N. M. Butt", is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and an International Centre for Theoretical Physics laureate who received the ICTP Prize in 1970 and in 1979, in the honor of Dr...
– Pakistani research physicist - Professor Robert Roland Pennington- Former Chair of Commercial Law and Former Dean of Birmingham University Law School
Actors/directors
- Jean ButlerJean ButlerJean Butler , is an Irish American Irish dancer, choreographer, and occasional actress. She is best known for originating the principal female role in the Irish dance company Riverdance.-Personal life and education:...
, dancer and choreographer, perhaps best known for RiverdanceRiverdanceRiverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant...
, studied drama and theatre arts - Madeleine CarrollMadeleine CarrollEdith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
– actress - Tim CurryTim CurryTimothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
– actor and musician - Matthew GoodeMatthew GoodeMatthew William Goode is an English actor. His notable films have included Match Point, Watchmen, Brideshead Revisited, Leap Year, Imagine Me and You and A Single Man.-Early life:...
– actor - Phyllida LloydPhyllida LloydPhyllida Lloyd CBE is an English director, best known for her work in theatre and as the director of the most financially successful British film ever released, Mamma Mia!.-Career:...
– director - Tamsin GreigTamsin GreigTamsin Greig is an English actress principally known for two Channel 4 television comedy parts: Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing...
– actress (star of Green WingGreen WingGreen Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
, Black BooksBlack BooksBlack Books is a British sitcom television series created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan and produced by Nira Park, first broadcast on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004...
and Love SoupLove SoupLove Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert...
, "Debbie Aldridge" in The Archers), studied drama and theatre arts - Norman PaintingNorman PaintingNorman Painting, OBE was an actor who played Phil Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since the pilot episodes were aired on the BBC Midlands Home Service in summer 1950. The series went national on 1 January 1951...
– actor ("Phil ArcherPhil ArcherPhilip Walter Archer is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, played by Norman Painting. He made his first appearance on 29 May 1950, the show's pilot episode. The character later became the longest serving male character in the series...
" in radio series The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
) - Jane WymarkJane WymarkJane Wymark is an English actress. The daughter of well-known actor Patrick Wymark , she is best known for playing Morwenna Chynoweth Whitworth in the 1970s BBC television period drama Poldark , and more recently Joyce Barnaby in the hugely popular ITV detective series Midsomer Murders, a role...
– actress, studied drama and theatre arts - Fielder CookFielder CookFielder Cook was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons....
– Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning director and producer - Victoria WoodVictoria WoodVictoria Wood CBE is a British comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood has written and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live stand-up comedy act is interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanies on piano...
– comedienne and actress - Tim PlesterTim PlesterTim Plester is a British playwright and actor who lives and works in London.Plester graduated in 1994 with a BA in theatre at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, and went on to obtain an MA in playwriting studies from Birmingham University in 1997...
– Playwright and Actor - Jim Field SmithJim Field SmithJim Field Smith is a British film director, comedy writer, and actor.-Background:Field Smith attended Wellington College, Berkshire, England from 1992 to 1997, and then went on to the University of Birmingham, from where he graduated in 2001...
– Actor, writer and director - Wanda OpalinskaWanda OpalinskaWanda Opalinska is a British-Polish actress, best known for playing the part of Polish immigrant and Underworld factory worker Wiki Dankowska in Coronation Street.-Early life:...
– Underworld factory worker Wiki Dankowska in Coronation Street - James Merifield-Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning production designer for the BBC drama Little Dorrit.
Armed forces
- General Sir Mike JacksonMike JacksonGeneral Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment, with whom he served two of his three tours of...
KCB CBE – former Chief of the General StaffChief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)Chief of the General Staff has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. The CGS is a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Army Board...
, the most senior officer in the British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England... - Captain Adrian Nance OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Commanding Officer, HMS Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal (R07)HMS Ark Royal is a decommissioned light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. She was the third and final vessel of Invincible-class... - Field Marshal William Slim (member of Birmingham University Officer Training Corps 1912–14)
Entrepreneurs and business
- Matthew Key – chief executive of O2
- Dr Adam OsborneAdam OsborneAdam Osborne was an American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere.- Computers :...
– founder of the Osborne Computer CorporationOsborne Computer CorporationThe Osborne Computer Corporation was a pioneering maker of portable computers.-The Osborne 1:After Adam Osborne sold his computer book-publishing company to McGraw-Hill in 1979, he decided to sell an inexpensive portable computer with bundled software and hired Lee Felsenstein to design it... - George Davis – founder of Next and creator of George at Asda
- Sir Alex Jarratt CB – Former Chancellor of University of Birmingham
- Sir Clive Thompson – Former President of the Confederation of British IndustryConfederation of British IndustryThe Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
- Liz Locke – investment banker and series six contestant on The Apprentice
- Tony HaywardTony HaywardAnthony Bryan "Tony" Hayward is a British businessman, the former chief executive of oil and energy company BP. He replaced John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley on 1 May 2007. His tenure ended on 1 October 2010 in large part due to the circumstances of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill...
- Former Chief Executive 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"...
Law and order
- Sir Michael DaviesMichael Davies (judge)Sir Alfred William Michael Davies was a British barrister, and was a High Court judge for 18 years, from 1973 to 1991...
– one of the first judges to specifically handle defamation cases - David Allen GreenDavid Allen GreenDavid Allen Green is an English lawyer and writer. He is also legal correspondent for the New Statesman; and blogs as "Jack of Kent"....
- lawyer - Professor David PearlDavid PearlDavid Stephen Pearl is a British lawyer and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. He is the son of Rabbi Chaim Pearl....
– lawyer and member of the judicial appointments commission - Justice Michelle Arana – first female Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize
- Justice Geoffrey MaGeoffrey MaGeoffrey Ma Tao-li is currently the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, who ranks second only to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong order of precedence....
– Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
Media and journalism
- Kay AlexanderKay AlexanderKay Alexander is a British regional television newsreader, appearing on BBC Midlands Today.Alexander is originally from Surrey and read English in the Midlands at the University of Birmingham. She initially worked for the BBC at Pebble Mill for BBC Radio 4...
– TV presenter - Professor Michael AstonMick AstonProfessor Michael Antony 'Mick' Aston is a prominent English archaeologist. As an academic, he has taught at a number of universities across the United Kingdom, and has helped popularise the discipline amongst the British public by appearing as the resident academic on the Channel 4 television...
– TV archaeologist (as "Mick Aston") - Michael Collie – journalist, TV presenter
- Ellie CrisellEllie CrisellEllie Crisell is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's 8pm news summary, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel...
– journalist, TV presenter - Alex DeakinAlex DeakinAlex Deakin is a weatherman for the BBC, broadcasting on British television and radio....
– BBC weatherman - Philippa ForresterPhilippa ForresterPhilippa Forrester is an English television and radio presenter, producer and author. Having presented shows such as Tomorrow's World, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars, she now makes wildlife programmes with her husband, Charlie Hamilton James.-Education:Forrester was educated at Westgate...
– TV presenter - Jane GarveyJane Garvey (broadcaster)Jane Susan Garvey is a British radio presenter, currently a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.-Education:Garvey was educated at Merchant Taylors' Girls' School in Crosby, Merseyside and is a graduate of the University of Birmingham.-Work:She was employed as a medical records clerk in a...
– broadcast journalist, presenter of Woman's HourWoman's HourWoman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
on BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
(2007–) - Joanna GoslingJoanna GoslingJoanna Marie Mussett Gosling is a television news presenter, broadcast journalist and author. She presents on the United Kingdom rolling news channel BBC News, as well as occasionally on the Saturday evening and late editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...
– journalist, TV presenter - Saima MohsinSaima MohsinSaima Mohsin is a British journalist.Mohsin attended the University of Birmingham and in 1998 gained a BA degree in political science with English literature, followed by a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism in 1999...
– Dawn NewsDawn NewsDawn News was Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited , Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred on May 25, 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007...
Senior Journalist, News Eye - Tim Muffett – journalist and TV reporter
- Lizo MzimbaLizo MzimbaLizo Mzimba is the Entertainment Correspondent for BBC News.-Early life:He attended the independent Solihull School and The University of Birmingham...
– journalist, TV presenter and former editor of RedbrickRedbrick (newspaper)Redbrick is the student newspaper of the University of Birmingham. Originally titled Guild News, the newspaper was renamed Redbrick in 1962... - Fiona Philips – broadcast journalist and GMTVGMTVGMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
presenter (2003–2008) - Ben ShephardBen ShephardBenjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...
– TV presenter - Chris TarrantChris TarrantChristopher John "Chris" Tarrant, OBE is an English radio and television broadcaster, now best known for hosting the first version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002.Chris...
OBE – TV presenter - Tim TaylorTim Taylor (producer)Professor Timothy 'Tim' Taylor is a British television producer best known for his work as the originator and producer of Channel 4's popular archaeology series Time Team...
- creator and Producer of Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's series Time TeamTime TeamTime Team is a British television series which has been aired on Channel 4 since 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining... - Brian WhitakerBrian WhitakerBrian Whitaker has been a journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian since 1987 and its Middle East editor from 2000-2007. He is currently an editor on the paper's "Comment Is Free". He also writes articles for Guardian Unlimited, the internet edition of the paper...
– journalist - Lord David Currie, Baron Currie of MaryleboneDavid Currie, Baron Currie of MaryleboneDavid Anthony Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone was the chairman of Ofcom and a member of the House of Lords under the title of Baron Currie of Marylebone, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster.Currie is also chairman of Semperian PPP Investment Partners and acts as an advisor to Unisys...
– chairman of Ofcom and member of the House of Lords - Jack SchofieldJack SchofieldJack Schofield is a British technology journalist and former Computer Editor for The Guardian newspaper, for whom he started writing a weekly computer column in 1983. He joined the staff to launch the newspaper's computer section in 1985...
– Journalist, Computer Editor Guardian newspaper - Simon Thomas (television presenter)Simon Thomas (television presenter)Simon Thomas is a British television presenter, who worked on Blue Peter for six years.-Early life:Simon Thomas was born in Norwich, Norfolk to Andrew and Gill Thomas. He has two sisters called Hannah and Rebecca...
– Sky Sports Reporter - Jon GauntJon GauntJonathan Charles Gaunt , is an English radio talk show presenter, TV Personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman....
– Radio presenter and The SunThe Sun (newspaper)The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
columnist
Musicians
- Neil Arthur – lead singer and guitarist of the synthpop group BlancmangeBlancmange (band)Blancmange are a British synthpop band who came to prominence with a string of hits in the early to mid 1980s.-Biography:Blancmange was formed in Harrow, Middlesex in 1979 by singer Neil Arthur and instrumentalists Stephen Luscombe and Laurence Stevens...
- Ayalah Bentovim, a.k.a Sister BlissSister BlissSister Bliss is a British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter. In the studio she is best known for her work with Rollo Armstrong, particularly as part of the now disbanded dance group Faithless.She started music at the age of five, when she learned how to play the piano...
– founder member of the band FaithlessFaithlessFaithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide... - Spencer DavisSpencer DavisSpencer David Nelson Davis is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group.-Early life:...
– 1960s pop star - Simon Le BonSimon Le BonSimon John Charles Le Bon is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.-Early life:...
– lead singer of Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States... - Peter Wishart (composer)Peter Wishart (composer)Peter Charles Arthur Wishart was an English composer. Wishart was born in Crowborough. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1947-1948 and taught at the Guildhall School of Music, Birmingham University, King's College London and Reading University where he was Professor of Music from 1977...
– Composer - John CaskenJohn CaskenJohn Casken is an English composer, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.Casken read music at the University of Birmingham, studying composition and contemporary music with John Joubert and Peter Dickinson. He then went on to study in Poland with Andrzej Dobrowolski on a Polish government...
– Composer - David Prior (artist)David Prior (artist)-Early work:David Prior was born in the UK and studied Music and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor where he studied composition with Andrew Lewis...
– Sound artist and composer - Amrita HunjanAmrita HunjanAmrita Hunjan is a British-Indian model and singer. She is perhaps best known for being a singer in the R'n'B/pop band Rouge. Amrita is also known in the British Asian community for being the winner of Miss India UK 2004 and Miss India Worldwide 2005...
- Model and singer in R'n'B/pop band Rouge - Kirti Purohit- Music producer, part of electronica outfit BeatWala
Nobel Prize recipients
- Francis Aston FRSRoyal SocietyThe Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
– chemistChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
and physicistPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
: 1922 Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,... - Norman Haworth FRS – chemistChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
: 1937 Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,... - Maurice WilkinsMaurice WilkinsMaurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS was a New Zealand-born English physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate whose research contributed to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction, and to the development of radar...
CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
FRS – physicist: 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
(discovery of DNADNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
) - Sir John Vane FRS – pharmacologistPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
and: 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Sir Paul NursePaul NurseSir Paul Maxime Nurse, PRS is a British geneticist and cell biologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Leland H. Hartwell and R...
FRS – biochemistBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
: 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Professor Peter Bullock – soil scientist: 2007 Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
(shared in the award as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
Politicians
- The Rt Hon Baroness AmosValerie Amos, Baroness AmosValerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC is the eighth and current UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she had been British High Commissioner to Australia. She was made a Labour life peer in 1997 and served as Leader...
– first black woman to sit in the British Cabinet - Dr Kenny AnthonyKenny AnthonyKenny Davis Anthony is a Saint Lucian politician who was the fifth Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006. As leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party, he was Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2011 and returned to office as Prime Minister on 30 November 2011 following the 2011...
– Prime Minister of St. Lucia - The Rt Hon Hilary ArmstrongHilary ArmstrongHilary Jane Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010.-Early life:...
MP – former cabinet minister - Stanley BaldwinStanley BaldwinStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
– Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, 1935–1937 - Baron Bhattacharyya – sits on the Labour bench of the House of Lords
- Bob BlizzardBob BlizzardRobert John Blizzard is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Waveney from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
– Labour MP - John ButcherJohn Butcher (British politician)John Patrick Butcher was a British Conservative Party politician.Butcher was born in Doncaster but grew up in Huntingdonshire where he was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School and the University of Birmingham...
– former MP - Neville ChamberlainNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
– Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, 1937–1940 - David Drew – Labour MP
- Richard EdwardsRichard Edwards (Welsh politician)Richard Edwards born 25 August 1956, Llanelli, is a former Welsh Labour politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli Pembrokeshire from 1999 to 2003. Before politics he worked in local government and was a political researcher....
– Welsh Labour Party politician - Sven GiegoldSven GiegoldSven Giegold is a German politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens party and one of the founding members of Attac Germany. He became a member of the Greens only in 2008, and was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections....
– Green Party MEPMembers of the European Parliament 2009–2014This is a list giving breakdowns of the members serving in the European Parliament session from 2009 to 2014, following the 2009 election. For a full single list, see: List of members of the European Parliament 2009–2014.*MEPs for Austria 2009–2014... - Patrick HallPatrick HallPatrick Hall is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
– former MP - Dr Richard Hu – former 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...
Minister of Finance - Matthias Yao – former 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...
Senior Minister of State - Lynne JonesLynne JonesLynne Mary Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak from 1992 until the dissolution of parliament in April 2010.-Early life:...
– Labour MP - Chen LiangyuChen LiangyuChen Liangyu was a politician of the People's Republic of China from the ruling Communist Party, and the disgraced CPC Shanghai Committee Secretary, or the city's first-in-charge....
– former CPCCommunist Party of ChinaThe Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Committee Secretary - Basil McCreaBasil McCreaBasil McCrea MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Ulster Unionist Party member for Lagan Valley. He unsuccessfully contested the 2005 UK General Election in Lagan Valley for the UUP...
, UUPUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
member of the Northern Ireland AssemblyNorthern Ireland AssemblyThe Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive... - Jessica MordenJessica MordenJessica Elizabeth Morden is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Newport East since 2005.-Background:...
– Labour MP - Richard Tracey - former Conservative MP and Minister, Member of Greater London Assembly
- Andrew Turner – Conservative MP
- The Rt Hon Ann WiddecombeAnn WiddecombeAnn Noreen Widdecombe is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of...
MP – former government minister - The Hon Perry Gladstone Christie – Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Karen GillonKaren GillonKaren Gillon, née Turnbull is a Scottish Labour politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydesdale from 1999 to 2011. She had previously served as personal assistant to Helen Liddell MP since 1997....
– Member of Scottish Parliament - Didymus MutasaDidymus MutasaDidymus Noel Edwin Mutasa is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and as the Secretary for Administration of ZANU-PF.-Family background:...
– Zimbabwean politician - Eric RollEric RollEric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden CB KCMG was an academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977....
, Baron Roll of Ipsden – Former director of the Bank of England and Life Peer from 1977–2005 - Howard Lovell – Minister of tourism and civil aviation of Antigua and Barbuda
- Margaret MoranMargaret MoranMargaret Moran is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament for Luton South from 1997 to 2010....
– former MP - Henry Oryem OkelloHenry Oryem OkelloHenry Oryem Okello is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Oryem Okello is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Oryem Okello is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current State...
– Uganda's State Minister for Foreign Affairs responsible for International Affairs
Royalty
- Prince Seeiso of LesothoPrince Seeiso of LesothoPrince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho is the younger brother of Lesotho's king, Letsie III, and son of the southern African country's late King Moshoeshoe II and the late Queen 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso...
– Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho - Prince Manucher Mirza Farman FarmaianManucher Mirza Farman FarmaianPrince Manucher Mirza was born in Tehran in 1917. He was the sixth son of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and of Batoul Khanoum.He studied petroleum engineering at Birmingham University in England before returning to Iran...
– Sixth son of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and of Batoul Khanoum, Iran
Sport
- Joey BarringtonJoey BarringtonJoey Barrington is a professional squash player from England.He is the son of the legendary squash player Jonah Barrington.- External links :* * * *...
– squashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
player, son of Jonah Barrington - Tom BertramTom BertramTom Quesenbery Bertram is an English field hockey player. Bertram played in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain in 2000 and 2004....
– EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player - Dr. Colin Boreham – represented Britain in the decathlon at the 1984 Olympics, one-time holder of the British high jump record
- Lisa ClaytonLisa ClaytonLisa Lyttelton, Dowager Viscountess Cobham is the first British woman to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world...
– first BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
woman to sail single-handed around the world - Julie Crane – Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
silver medalist in the high jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... - Allison CurbishleyAllison CurbishleyAllison Curbishley is a former British athlete from Teesside but who represented Scotland. She specialised in the 400m. A play scheme in the summer holiday when she was ten years old got Curbishley interested in sport and although athletics was the sport she eventually chose she also reached...
– OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
400m athlete - Naomi FolkardNaomi FolkardNaomi Anne Folkard is an archer from Leamington Spa, England. She is a music graduate from Birmingham University .-2004 Summer Olympics:...
– British archerArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity... - David GillDavid Gill (executive)David Alan Gill is British football executive, currently Chief Executive of Manchester United F.C. and a board member of the Football Association...
– Chief executiveChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Manchester UnitedManchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... - Patrick HeadPatrick HeadPatrick Head , is co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team.For 25 years from Head was technical director at Williams Grand Prix Engineering, and responsible for many innovations within Formula One. Head oversaw the design and construction of Williams cars until May 2004...
– Co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team - Rachel HealRachel HealRachel Heal is an English racing cyclist.She joined British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan in 2001 when she gave up her job to become a full-time cyclist. She turned professional and rode for the Belgian Farm Frites-Hartol team after obtaining a degree in chemical engineering from...
– racing cyclistBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport... - David HempDavid HempDavid Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, Tim, who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven. He has also played List A and...
– Cricketer who represented BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
in the Cricket World CupCricket World CupThe ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
and also represented England Lions - Paul ManningPaul Manning (cyclist)Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008...
– professional track cyclistTrack cyclingTrack cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.... - Simon MantellSimon MantellSimon Douglas Mantell is an English field hockey forward, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 9 November 2005 versus Ireland at Beeston...
– England hockey player - Shelley NewmanShelley NewmanShelley Newman, now Shelley Parr and maiden name Shelley Drew, is a retired English discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.22 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough...
– retired discus throwDiscus throwThe discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
er - Adam PengillyAdam PengillyAdam Pengilly is a British skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. He won a silver medal in men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid....
– British skeleton racerSkeleton (sport)Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding... - Nick Smith – Olympic canoeistCanoeingCanoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
- Victor UboguVictor UboguVictor Eriakpo Ubogu is a former Bath and England rugby union player. He also played, whilst still at university, for Moseley....
– former BathBath RugbyBath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
and England rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player - Chrissie WellingtonChrissie WellingtonChristine Ann Wellington MBE , known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete and the current Ironman Triathlon World Champion...
– first British athlete to win the Ironman TriathlonIronman TriathlonAn Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break...
World Championship - Ian Hall (cricketer)Ian Hall (cricketer)Ian William Hall is a former English cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire...
– Batsman for Derbyshire (1959–72)
Writers and artists
- Chris AddisonChris AddisonChris Addison is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is known for his lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4...
– writer/comedian - Professor Walter AllenWalter AllenWalter Ernest Allen was an English literary critic and novelist. He is best known for his classic study The English Novel: a Short Critical History ....
– novelist and literary critic - Nasser AzamNasser AzamNasser Azam is a British contemporary artist, living and working in .-Biography:Nasser Azam was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1963, and moved to London with his parents in 1970. He began painting seriously in 1980, and in the same year embarked on a business degree at the University of Birmingham...
– contemporary artist - Matt BullenMatt BullenMatt Bullen is an English writer and polyamory advocate. He lives in Seattle. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and the University of Birmingham. He co-wrote some Family: the web series episodes with Terisa Greenan. He has also written about polyamory for publications...
- writer and screenwriter - James ClavellJames ClavellJames Clavell, born Charles Edmund DuMaresq Clavell was an Australian-born, British novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war...
– novelist and screenwriter - Roy FisherRoy FisherRoy Fisher is a British poet and jazz pianist. He was one of the first British writers to absorb the poetics of William Carlos Williams and the Black Mountain poets into the British poetic tradition. Fisher was a key precursor of the British Poetry Revival.Fisher was born in Handsworth, Birmingham...
– poet - William GarnerWilliam Garner (novelist)William Garner is an English thriller writer.-Life and work:He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1941 with a BSc...
– novelist - Dr David LodgeDavid Lodge (author)David John Lodge CBE, is an English author.In his novels, Lodge often satirises academia in general and the humanities in particular. He was brought up Catholic and has described himself as an "agnostic Catholic". Many of his characters are Catholic and their Catholicism is a major theme...
– novelist - Dr C. J. SansomC. J. SansomChristopher John "C.J." Sansom is a British writer of crime novels. He was born in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor...
– crime novelist - William P. McGivernWilliam P. McGivernWilliam Peter McGivern was an American novelist and television scriptwriter. He published more than 20 novels, mostly mysteries and crime thrillers, some under the pseudonym Bill Peters...
– crime novelist and scriptwriter - Henry TreeceHenry TreeceHenry Treece was a British poet and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novelist, particularly as a children's historical novelist, although he also wrote some adult historical novels.-Life and work:Treece was born in Wednesbury,...
– poet and novelist - Victoria WoodVictoria WoodVictoria Wood CBE is a British comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood has written and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live stand-up comedy act is interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanies on piano...
OBE – writer/comedian - Francis Brett YoungFrancis Brett YoungFrancis Brett Young was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer.-Life:Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He schooled first at a private school in Sutton Coldfield...
– novelist and poet - Constance Caroline Woodhill NadenConstance Caroline Woodhill NadenConstance Caroline Woodhill Naden was an English poet and philosopher.Born at 15 Francis Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England to Thomas Naden, an architect, later president of the Birmingham Architectural Association, and Caroline Ann who died within two weeks of giving birth...
– poet and philosopher - John Ash (writer)John Ash (writer)John Ash is an expatriate British poet and writer.His lifelong interest in Byzantium is a major theme which runs through his poetry, fiction and travel writing, along with family friends and the three major cities he has lived in...
– Poet, fiction and travel writer - Philip KerrPhilip KerrPhilip Kerr is a British author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series of thrillers, and of children's books, particularly the Children of the Lamp series....
– Scottish author - Henry Reed (poet) – Poet, translator, radio dramatist and journalist.
- Alan BoothAlan BoothAlan Booth was a well-known English travel writer, who wrote two insightful books on his journeys by foot through the Japanese countryside. The better-known of the two, The Roads to Sata is about his travels from the northernmost cape in Hokkaidō to the southern tip of Kyūshū in Cape Sata...
– Travel writer - Sam Baker (writer)Sam Baker (writer)Sam Baker was the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan in the UK until December 2006. She is now editor of Red, owned by Hachette, and a sister magazine to Elle. Baker was born in Hampshire, and studied politics at Birmingham University...
– Former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... - Sarah KaneSarah KaneSarah Kane was an English playwright. Her plays deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture — both physical and psychological — and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of...
– Playwright - Shahidul ZahirShahidul ZahirShaheedul Jahir, also spelt Shahidul Zahir, was an eminent post-modernist fictionist of Bangladesh. He wrote both short stories and novels, and was distinguished for his extraordinary prose-style.-Life and career:...
– Bangladeshi Post-Modernist author - S. J. WatsonS. J. WatsonSteve "S. J." Watson is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel Before I Go to Sleep. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 37 different countries around the world and it has gone on to be an international bestseller....
- writer - Razia KhanRazia KhanRazia Khan , is a modern female Bangladeshi author known for her contributions as a novelist.-Life:Her first creative impulses found expressions in rhymes, Brishti poriya jay/mushol dharay…….. She was only 8 then. By 15 she was writing full-fledged novels and at 18 she wrote Bot tolar Upannayash...
– Bangladeshi author
Health
- Professor Sir Liam DonaldsonLiam DonaldsonSir Liam Joseph Donaldson was the Chief Medical Officer for England, the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855...
– Chief Medical Officer for England - Barry CockcroftBarry Cockcroft (dentist)Barry Michael Cockcroft CBE is the Chief Dental Officer for England.Cockcroft qualified from the Dental School at the University of Birmingham in 1973...
– Chief Dental OfficerChief Dental Officer (United Kingdom)The Chief Dental Officer for England is the British Government's most senior advisor for dentistry in England, and is the head of dental staff and dental profession in England...
for England - Kenneth WaltonKenneth Walton (pathologist)Major Kenneth Walter William Henry Walton FRCP was a leading British experimental pathologist and rheumatologist. He published over 160 papers during his lifetime and was a member of 18 learned societies...
, noted pathologist - Aaron ValeroAaron ValeroAaron Valero was an Israeli physician and educator who helped establish hospitals and medical schools, authored medical publications and contributed greatly to the advancement of medical education in Israel in the latter half of the 20th century....
, noted physician
Others
- David Kelly CMGOrder of St Michael and St GeorgeThe Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
– UN weapons inspectorUnited Nations Special CommissionUnited Nations Special Commission was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War... - Dr Rodolfo Neri VelaRodolfo Neri VelaRodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flow aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1985. He is the first and only Mexican, and then the second Latin-American, to have traveled to space.-Personal :...
– Mexican astronaut - Henry FowlerHenry Fowler (engineer)Sir Henry Fowler, KBE was a Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...
– Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and later London, Midland and Scottish Railway - Elizabeth FilkinElizabeth FilkinElizabeth Filkin is a British civil servant. She was the United Kingdom's Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards between February 1999 and 2002...
– former Parliamentary Commissioner for StandardsParliamentary Commissioner for StandardsThe Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is an officer of the British House of Commons.He or she is appointed by a Resolution of the House of Commons and works a four-day week.- Tasks :... - Alice PaulAlice PaulAlice Stokes Paul was an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.-Activism: Alice Paul received her undergraduate education from...
– Woman's suffrage campaigner in the USA - Alex Smith (The Simplest Universal Computer Proof contest winner) – An undergraduate currently studying Electronic and Computer Engineering
- William Haywood – Special Lecturer in Town Planning, Architect and founder of the Birmingham Civic Society
- Richard Cory-Wright (born 1944) 4th Baronet Cory-WrightCory-Wright BaronetsThe Cory-Wright Baronetcy, of Caen Wood Towers, High Gate, in St Pancras in the County of London and Hornsey in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 August 1903 for Cory Cory-Wright, Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal and oil shippers....