This is a list of University of Southampton people, including famous officers, staff (past and present) and student alumni from the University of Southampton or historical institutions from which the current university derives.
Officers
Chancellors
Hartley Institution and Hartley College
Chancellors were known as principals before the formation of University College
- 1862âÂÂ1873 Francis Bond
- 1873âÂÂ1874 Charles Blackader
- 1875âÂÂ1895 Thomas Shore
- 1896âÂÂ1900 R. Stewart
- 1900âÂÂ1902 Spencer Richardson
University College
Chancellors were known as presidents before the formation of university
University
Vice-chancellors
University College
Vice-chancellors were known as principals before the formation of University
University
Other
Selected past and current pro-chancellors
Staff
Current and former notable members of academic staff by subject field:
Arts
Sciences
Chemistry
Electronics and computer science
Mathematics
Ocean and earth science
Physics and astronomy
Engineering
Medicine
Nursing and midwifery
Social sciences
Geography
History
Law
Students
Former notable students at Southampton include:
Academia
- Jackie Akhavan, chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry at Cranfield University
- Richard Aldridge, former President of the Palaeontological Association
- Joanna Bauldreay, British chemist and Aviation Fuel Development Manager at Shell Global Solutions
- Anthony Cohen, Vice-Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
- Shanaka L de Silva, geologist, academic and author.
- Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, cell biologist, medical researcher, and academic at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Sir Christopher Ingold, chemist, recipient of the Longstaff Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1951 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1952
- David Jones, Flavelle MedalâÂÂwinning biologist
- Sir Harold Marshall, acoustician, Knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, awarded Wallace Clement Sabine Medal in 1995 and Rayleigh Medal in 2015
- Phil Moorby, computer scientist and recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award
- Zohrah Sulaiman, Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Brunei
- Antony Sutton, economist who published on controversial topics such as the West's role in developing Soviet Union, Wall Street's involvement in the Russian Revolution and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the University of Yale's Skull and Bones Society
- Adrian Tinniswood, author, historian and educationalist
- Nigel Weatherill, engineer, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University
- Colin White, historian and Director of the Royal Naval Museum
- Ashraf El-Shihy, former Minister of Higher Education, Minister of Scientific Research, and a University President/Chancellor in Egypt.
- Christine Patch, nurse and genetic counsellor, Clinical Lead for Genetic Counselling at Genomics England and former President of the European Society of Human Genetics
Arts
- Ritu Arya, actress best known for her role in The Umbrella Academy
- Darren Almond, artist working in film, installation, sculpture and photography; nominated for the 2005 Turner Prize
- Stephen Baxter, award-winning science fiction author
- Stephen Baysted, composer of video game soundtracks
- Martin Bell, poet and founder member of The Group
- John Buckley, sculptor, creator of the Headington Shark
- James Castle, draughtsman and sculptor; Invited Artist at Royal West of England Academy
- Daniel Catán, composer of Florencia en el Amazonas
- Ronald Cavaye, pianist and music author
- James Clarke, composer of Voices in collaboration with Harold Pinter
- Stephen Deuchar, Director of Tate Britain
- Brian Eno, electronic music pioneer, recording artist and producer
- Kodwo Eshun a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker.
- Aaron Fletcher, musician in The Bees
- Anne Hardy, artist best known for her large-scale photographic work of unusual interior spaces
- Jeremy Hardy, winner of the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988
- Mark Hill, record producer; member of Artful Dodger band
- Mick Jackson, director of L.A. Story and Volcano
- Stephen Jeffreys, playwright of The Libertine
- Edward Kluz, artist, illustrator and printmaker
- Marek Larwood, comedian in BBC Three sitcom Rush Hour
- Paul Lee, sculptor
- Robin Maconie, composer, pianist, and writer
- Dominic Muldowney, composer and former music director of the Royal National Theatre
- John Nettles, actor best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders
- James Saunders, playwright and writer of BBC sitcom Bloomers
- Rosemary Squire, co-founder and Executive Director of the Ambassador Theatre Group
- Pauline Stainer, poet
- Linda Sutton, artist and regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
- Antony G. Sweeney, former director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Business
- George Buckley, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive of 3M
- Richard Cuthbertson, Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Oxford University
- Tom Delay, climate economist and former Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust.
- Grahaeme Henderson, engineer and maritime executive; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Chris Hohn, founder of The Children's Investment Fund Management; Britain's biggest charity donor
- Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, founder of OpenX Innovations, trustee of The Brookings Institution
- Frederick Lanchester, co-founder of the Lanchester Motor Company
- Christopher Orlebar, former British Airways Concorde pilot
- Chai Patel, former Chief Executive of the Priory Healthcare group
- Stephen Payne, maritime consultant and former Vice-President and Chief Naval Architect at Carnival Corporation (owners of Cunard)
- Stuart Popham, senior partner at Clifford Chance
- Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation
- Justin Urquhart Stewart, Co-founder of 7IM, investment company and well known Business commentator. University has a bursary award named after him.
Politics and public life
- Baroness Liz Barker, Liberal Democrat Life Peer
- Sir Conor Burns, former Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West
- Grenville Cross, Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, China
- John Denham, Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen; Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
- Evan Enwerem, former president of the Senate of Nigeria
- Mohammed Lutfi Farhat, Member of the Pan-African Parliament from Libya; the Parliament's North African Vice President
- Astrid Fischel Volio, Vice-President of Costa Rica
- Sir Adrian Fulford, Judge of the International Criminal Court
- Justine Greening, ConservativeFormer Member of Parliament for Putney; Former Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, former German Minister of Defence
- Baroness Gloria Hooper, lawyer and Life peer in the House of Lords
- Rima Horton, Labour Party councillor on the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006.
- Gerald Howarth, Conservative former Member of Parliament for Aldershot; Shadow Minister for Secretary of State for Defence
- Jason Hu, Mayor of Taichung City and former foreign minister of the Republic of China
- David Kurten, Leader of the Heritage Party
- Usutuaije Maamberua, Namibian politician, head of the South West Africa National Union
- Glyn Mathias, former Electoral Commissioner of the United Kingdom
- Bob Mitchell, former Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test; Social Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen
- Paul Ovenden, former Downing Street Head of Political Strategy
- Peter Price, honorary Member of the European Parliament; member of the European Strategy Council
- Geoffrey Rowland, Bailiff of Guernsey
- Arnold Shaw, former Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford South
- Viscount Jan David Simon, Labour Member of the House of Lords
- Lord Clive Soley, Labour Member of the House of Lords
- Sir John Stevens, former head of the Metropolitan Police Service; current international security advisor to the prime minister
- Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts
- Lord George Thomas, former Speaker of the House of Commons; Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central and Cardiff West
- Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner and former director of public policy at Clifford Chance law firm
- Melchior Wathelet Jr., former Belgian Minister of the Interior
- Alan Whitehead, Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test
- William Whitlock, former Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham North
- Sheila Wright, former Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth
Media
- Laura Bailey, model and fashion writer
- Liz Barker, former Blue Peter presenter
- Andrea Benfield, co-anchor of Wales Tonight
- Alex Brummer, financial commentator; City Editor for The Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail newspapers
- Stefan Buczacki, horticulturalist, radio and TV expert
- William Frank Kobina Coleman, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1960âÂÂ1970)
- Jason Cowley, editor for the New Statesman magazine
- David Cracknell, former Political Editor for the Sunday Times newspaper
- Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent for Sky News
- John Inverdale, sports broadcaster for the BBC
- Glyn Mathias, Political Editor of Independent Television News (1981-1986) and BBC Wales (1994-1999); the Electoral Commission's Commissioner for Wales (2001-2008); board member of OFCOM (2011âÂÂpresent)
- Dominic Mohan, editor of the newspaper The Sun
- Chris Packham, naturalist and television presenter for Inside Out in the South
- Daniel Sandford, Home Affairs Correspondent for the BBC
- Jon Sopel, presenter of The Politics Show; a lead presenter on BBC News 24
- Kathy Tayler, former presenter of Holiday on the BBC
- Stella Tennant, modeled for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Hermès and Burberry
- SrÃÂa TrifkoviÃÂ, foreign affairs editor for the Chronicles magazine and director of the Center for International Affairs at the Rockford Institute
- Caroline Wyatt, Religious correspondent for the BBC
Military
Religion
Sport
- Guin Batten, won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull; set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell
- Miriam Batten, won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull
- Roger Black; 400m athlete; European, Commonwealth and World Championship gold medalist
- Pavlos Kontides, sailor; won silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class
- Tim Male, rower in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Adrian Newey, Technical Director, Red Bull Racing Formula One team
- Jon Potter, member of the gold-winning British field hockey squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics and bronze winning squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- John Smith, former Pro-Bowl placekicker for the New England Patriots of the NFL
- Harry Tarraway, Olympian at the 1948 Olympic Games
- Mark Taylor, former captain of Wales national rugby union team
- Robert Tobin, part of the silver medal-winning 4ÃÂ400 relay team at the 2009 World Athletic Championships in Berlin
- Bruce Tulloh, 5000m athlete; won gold medal at the 1962 European Championships in bare feet
- Lawrence Wallace, medal winner at the 1938 Empire Games
- Rob White, deputy managing director engine at Renault F1
- Daniel Wright, referee at the 2008 European Lacrosse Championship and 2010 World Lacrosse Championship
Other
- T. Q. Armar, Ghanaian publisher
- Kevin Ashman, international Mastermind champion
- Sally Clark, lawyer, convicted for the murder of her two children in 1999, subsequently quashed on appeal in 2003; notable for the involvement of Sir Roy Meadow and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Katy Croff Bell, National Geographic Explorer
- George Hersee, BBC engineer responsible for development of Test Card F
- June Jolly, children's nurse
- Scott Mills, Radio One DJ; involved with Southampton University's radio station, Surge, although never a student at the University
- Gerry del-Guercio, Richard Hanson, Neil Higton, John Maskell and Alexei Roszkowiak, members of indie rock band SixNationState, formed whilst studying sociology at Southampton
- Jeremy Stangroom, writer, editor, and website designer
- Christopher Stark, British radio personality known for his work as a co-host on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1.
- Jane Wilson-Howarth author
Fictional characters
References