The following is a list of notable University of Essex people (in chronological or alphabetical order).
Chancellors
Notable faculty
Vice-Chancellors
Economics
Sciences
Humanities
Law
Social sciences
Notable alumni
Academia in economics
- Erkin Bairam - Professor of Economics, University of Otago (1991âÂÂ2001)
- Panicos O. Demetriades - Professor of Financial Economics, University of Leicester
- Jean Drèze - Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
- Colm Kearney - Professor of International Business, University College Dublin
- Graham Loomes - Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
- Christopher A. Pissarides - Nobel Laureate 2010 British-Cypriot Economists, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
- Michael Riordan - Professor of Economics, Columbia University
- Norman Schofield - Professor of Political Economy, Washington University in St. Louis
- Richard J. Smith - Professor of Econometric Theory and Economic Statistics, University of Cambridge
- Yanis Varoufakis - Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Finance Minister of Greece (2015 onward)
- John Whalley - Professor of International Trade at University of Western Ontario
Academia in other areas
- Martin J. Ball - Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Bangor University, Cymru/Wales
- Stephen J. Ball - Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education of University College London
- Richard Barbrook - Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Social Science, University of Westminster
- Manuel Barcia, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement, University of Bath
- John Barrell - Professor of English, University of York
- David M. Barrett - Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
- Eva Collins - Professor of Management, University of Waikato
- John Fauvel - historian of mathematics, Open University
- James Gomez - Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Stephen F. Jones - academic in the field of Eastern European affairs
- Kusuma Karunaratne - Sri Lankan academic; university administrator; professor and scholar in the fields of Sinhalese language, comparative literature, and sociology, University of Colombo
- Ernesto Laclau - Post-Marxist political theorist at Northwestern University; Visiting Professor at Essex's Department of Government
- Jill Marsden - scholar of the work of philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; lecturer at the University of Bolton
- Maxine Molyneux - Professor of Sociology, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
- John Warwick Montgomery - American lawyer, theologian and academic known for his work in the field of Christian apologetics; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College
- Farish Ahmad Noor - Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Alberto Pérez-Gómez - Professor of Architectural History, McGill University
- David Robertson - Professor of Politics, Oxford University
- Nigel S. Rodley - international human rights lawyer and academic, University of Essex
- Deborah Sugg Ryan - Professor of Design History and Theory, University of Portsmouth
- Michael Tappin - academic associated with Keele University
- Michael Taylor - Professor of Politics, University of Washington
- Nathan Widder - Professor of Political Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Jonathan Wilson - Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate; Director of the Center for Humanities, Tufts University
- Wong Chin Huat - Malaysian political scientist, activist and columnist
Politics and government
- Martin Docherty-Hughes - Scottish National Party politician
- ÃÂscar Arias - President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
- Ian Austin - Former MP for Dudley North
- Sima Sami Bahous - Jordanian Executive Director of UN Women
- John Bercow - Speaker of the House of Commons
- John Biehl - Chilean lawyer, political scientist and diplomat
- Thozamile Botha - South African politician
- Virginia Bottomley - Conservative Party politician
- DragiÃ
¡a Burzan - Serbian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Foreign Minister of Montenegro
- Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Speaker of the Bangladesh National Assembly
- Fátima Choi - Director of Audit, Macau SAR, China
- James Duddridge - Conservative Party politician, MP for Rochford and Southend East
- Sean Farren - former Northern Irish politician
- Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen - British trade unionist
- Reshef Hen - former member of the Knesset
- Peter Housden - Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
- John Howarth - Labour Party Politician, MEP for South East England
- Ibrahim Jazi - Jordanian Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs
- Omar Asghar Khan - Pakistani social activist, economist and politician
- Leung Yiu-chung - member of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council
- Siobhain McDonagh - Labour Party politician
- Priti Patel - Conservative Party politician
- Donald C. Pogue - Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade
- Dimitrij Rupel - first Foreign Minister of Republic of Slovenia
- Mark Shields - Deputy Commissioner of the Jamaica Constabulary Force from 2005 to 2009
- Duncan Shipley-Dalton - former Northern Irish politician
- David Triesman, Baron Triesman - Labour Party Member in the House of Lords; Chairman of the English Football Association
- Yanis Varoufakis - Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Finance Minister of Greece (2015 onward)
- Hoshyar Zebari - Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Business and economics
Actors and directors
Law and order
Media and journalism
Musicians
Architecture and urban planning
Philosophy
Literary figures and artists
Science and technology
Human rights
References