List of King's College London alumni

This list of King's College London alumni comprises notable graduates as well as non-graduate former, and current, students. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions later merged with King's College London. It does not include those whose only connection with the college is (i) being a member of the staff or (ii) the conferral of an honorary degree or honorary fellowship.

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit (PhD, 1990)
President and Prime Minister of the Seychelles France-Albert René (LLB, 1957)
State/Government Individual Office Reference
 Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling Prime Minister (1969–1992)
Premier (1967–1969)		 [1][2]
 Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos President (2003–2008) [3]
 Cyprus Glafcos Clerides President (1993–2003) [4][5]
 Cyprus John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton Governor (1955–1957) [6]
 Ghana William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel Governor-General (1957–1960) [7]
 Gibraltar Ed Davis Governor (2016–) [8]
 Grenada Maurice Bishop President (1979–1983) [9]
 Iraq Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz Prime Minister (1965–1966) [10]
 Ireland Michael Collins Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government (1922) [11][12]
 Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit Prime Minister (2005–2007; 2011) [13][14]
 Moldova Natalia Gherman Acting Prime Minister (2015) [15][16]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Sir Lee Moore Prime Minister (1979–1980) [17]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Sydney Gun-Munro Governor (1976–1979)
Governor-General (1979–1985)		 [18]
 Seychelles France-Albert René Prime Minister (1976–1977)
President (1977–2004)		 [1][19][20]
 Turks and Caicos Islands Martin Bourke Governor (1993–1996) [21]
 Uganda Godfrey Binaisa President (1979–1981) [22]

United Kingdom

Current Members of the House of Commons

UKIP MP Douglas Carswell (MA, 1994)
Conservative MP Mark Francois (MA, 1987)

Current Members of the House of Lords

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey (BD, 1962)
Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (PhD, 1981)

Other UK politicians

Speaker of the House of Commons James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (AKC)
Speaker of the House of Commons Horace King, Baron Maybray-King (BA, 1922; PhD, 1940)
Sidney Webb, Labour peer and co-founder of the London School of Economics

Other politicians

Europe

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov (MA, 1996)
Czech Defence Minister Jiří Šedivý (MA, 1994)

Americas

Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Anne McLellan (LLM, 1975)

Asia

President of the United Nations General Assembly Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (LLB, 1914)
Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim (PhD, 1994)

Middle East

Africa

Vice President of Sierra Leone Abdulai Conteh (LLB, 1969)
Vice President of Kenya Michael Kijana Wamalwa (LLB, 1968)

Oceania

Diplomatic service

British Ambassador to Argentina John Freeman (PhD, 1984)
British Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough (MA, 2012)
British Ambassador to Greece John Kittmer (MA, 2007)

Royalty and nobility

Armed forces

Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel (MA, 2005)
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir Adrian Bradshaw (MSc, 1991; MA, 2005)
Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force Sohail Aman (MA, 1998)

Police and security specialists

Lawyers and judges

Attorney General of Bermuda Trevor Moniz (LMB, 1975)
Judge of the International Court of Justice Patrick Lipton Robinson (LMM, 1972)

Academics

Heads of institutions

Dame Nancy Rothwell (DSc, 1987)
Sir Anthony Seldon (PGCE, 1983)

Historians

Theologians

Others

Polymath Sir Francis Galton (Medicine, 1839)

Scientists

Biologists

Lasker Award winner Michael Houghton (Ph.D 1977) one of the co-discoverers of Hepatitis C in 1989
Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Michael Levitt (BSc, 1967)
Raymond Gosling (PhD, 1954) took Photograph 51 which was critical evidence in identifying the structure of DNA

Botanists

Computer scientists

Chemists

Earth scientists

Medicine

1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate and President of the Royal Society Sir Frederick Hopkins (Medicine)
1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate Max Theiler (Medicine)

Nurses

Physicists and astronomers

Theorist of the Higgs boson and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics Peter Higgs (BSc, 1950; MSc, 1952; PhD, 1954)

Zoologists

Mathematicians

Religion

Archbishops & Primates

Archbishop of Armagh Richard Clarke (BD)
Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (BD, 1965, MTh 1966) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984

Bishops

Archdeacons

Deans

Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Martyn Percy (PhD, 1993)

Other religious figures

Arts and media

Authors

Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke (BSc, 1948)
Writer and philosopher Alain de Botton (MPhil, 1992)
Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (French, 1863)
Author and poet Michael Morpurgo (BA, 1967)
Dramatist Sir W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan (BA, 1856)
Writer Virginia Woolf (Languages, 1901)

Media, Entertainment, Film and Theatre

Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner (BA, 1984)
Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson (BA, 1926)
Further information: List of RADA alumni

[29][30]

Journalists

Journalist Martin Bashir (Religious History, 1985)
Journalist Sean Fletcher (Geography)

Musicians

Grammy Award-winning conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner (CAMS, 1966)
Golden Globe-winning composer Michael Nyman (BMus, 1971)

Artists and photographers

Business and economics

Oil magnate and philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian
CEO of Salomon Brothers Sir Deryck Maughan (BA, 1969)

Sport

Four-time Olympic medal winner Katherine Grainger (PhD, 2013)

Architects

Engineers

Educators

Other

References

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  10. ↑ Esposito, John L (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam – Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-19-512559-7. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Mackay, James (21 December 2012). Michael Collins: A Life. Random House. ISBN 1780575025.
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  13. ↑ "H.E. Dr. Marouf al-Bakhit". The University of Jordan. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Biography of Marouf al-Bakhit". Retrieved 22 December 2008.(subscription required)
  15. ↑ "International Women's Day". News, events & features. King’s College London. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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  17. ↑ "Court Building to be named in honour of Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore on National Heroes Day". Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of St. Kitts & Nevis. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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  21. ↑ "Martin Bourke". Who's Who.(subscription required)
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