List of University of Bristol people explained

This is a list of University of Bristol people, including a brief description of their notability. This list includes not just former students but persons who are or have been associated with the university, including former academics, Chancellors, and recipients of honorary degrees.

Alumni

Government and politics

International

The Law

• Alexander Cameron, English Barrister
• Eve Cornwell, YouTuber and former lawyer
• Sir Richard Field, English High Court Judge, Academic of University of British Columbia, University of Hong Kong, McGill University
• Louisa Ghevaert, British family law lawyer
• Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English judge and first woman to be appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of university (2004–2016)
• Sir Stephen Laws, British lawyer and civil servant who served as the First Parliamentary Counsel (2006–2012)
• Victoria Sharp, English Lady Justice of Appeal and Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division
• Kathryn Thirlwall, English Lady Justice of Appeal and Deputy Senior Presiding Judge

Science

• Tom Avery, explorer^[1]
• David Bohm, physicist^[2]
• Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief, Nature^[3]
• Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver of Cranfield, engineer
• Max Delbrück, Nobel laureate, Medicine^[4]
• Keith Devlin, logician
• Paul Dirac, Nobel laureate, Physics^[5]
• Peter Dunn, paediatrician
• Klaus Fuchs, physicist; Soviet spy^[6]
• Suzi Gage, psychologist, science blogger^[7]
• Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel laureate, Chemistry^[8]
• Kun Huang, physicist^[9]
• Judith Kingston, paediatrician^[10]
• Rob Leslie-Carter, engineer
• Chris MacMahon, mechanical engineer
• Nevill Mott, Nobel laureate, Physics^[11]
• Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London
• Cecil Frank Powell, Nobel laureate, Physics^[12]
• Sir William Ramsay, Nobel laureate, Chemistry^[13]
• Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer for the UK^[14]
• Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist at the Met Office
• Millicent Taylor, chemist who petitioned the Chemical Society
• Geoffrey Tovey, serologist who founded the UK Transplant service^[15]
• Linda Tyfield, clinical scientist and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists

Music

• James Blunt, musician, singer-songwriter^[16]
• Kerensa Briggs, composer
• Hugh Cornwell, lead singer of The Stranglers
• Julian Grant, classical music composer
• Jamie Lidell, musician and soul singer, signed to Warp Records^[17]
• Will Todd, classical and jazz composer; jazz pianist
• Harriet Wheeler, musician, singer for The Sundays^[18]
• Jonathan Whitehead, film and television composer

Others

• Roly Bain, clown-priest^[19]
• Mark Hewitt, potter^[20]
• Rob Munro, Bishop of Ebbsfleet^[21]
• Mary Talbot, naval officer who served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service

External links

• Bristol's featured alumni
• Bristol's alumni on University Challenge Christmas Special 2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: North Pole expedition. Bristol.ac.uk. 5 June 2009.
2. Web site: David Bohm. Homepages.ihug.co.nz. 20 December 1917. 5 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130001305/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sai/Bohm.html. 30 November 2018. dead.
3. Web site: Dr Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief. Iop.org. 5 June 2009.
4. Web site: Nobel Prizes and Fellowships. bris.ac.uk. 8 June 2009.
5. Web site: Paul A.M. Dirac biography at. Nobelprize.org. 5 June 2009.
6. Web site: Doug Linder. Klaus Fuchs, British physisist and spy. Law.umkc.edu. 1 March 1950. 5 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090429211059/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROS_BFUC.HTM. 29 April 2009. dead.
7. Web site: Dr Suzanne Gage - Experimental Psychology. Bristol. University of. www.bris.ac.uk. en-GB. 2018-01-28.
8. Web site: Professor Dorothy Hodgkin obituary. Chm.bris.ac.uk. 5 June 2009.
9. Web site: Huang Kun . 26 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081013000431/http://english.cast.org.cn/n1181872/n1182069/47666.html . 13 October 2008 . dead .
10. BMJ. Judith Eve Kingston. 356. 2017. j809. M. Ashwin. Reddy. 10.1136/bmj.j809. 28213458. 2278890.
11. http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0953-8984/19/25/251001/cm7_25_251001.pdf?request-id=0d280316-23fc-49df-9edc-ef7d1fe5e381
12. Web site: Cecil Powell biography at. Nobelprize.org. 5 June 2009.
13. Web site: Sir William Ramsay biography at. Nobelprize.org. 23 July 1916 . 5 June 2009.
14. Web site: News from the University. Bristol.ac.uk. 5 June 2009.
15. News: Geoffrey Tovey. The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 20 December 2001. 23 April 2010.
16. Web site: James Blunt interview. BBC. 18 May 2005. 5 June 2009.
17. Web site: Jamie Lidell profile at. Bangtheparty77-84.com. 13 August 2009. 9 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915151247/http://bangtheparty77-84.com/category/jamie-lidell/. 15 September 2010. dead.
18. Web site: The Sundays' Harriet Wheeler's downloads . VH1.com . 5 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902113816/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/515522/19990625/sundays.jhtml . 2 September 2009 .
19. News: The Reverend Roly Bain, priest and clown – obituary. 22 August 2016. The Telegraph. 4 September 2016.
20. Web site: Mark Hewitt profile. Hewittpottery.com. 5 June 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090423020001/http://hewittpottery.com/bioresume.html. 23 April 2009. dead.
21. News: Thornton . Ed . Rob Munro, next Bishop of Ebbsfleet, appointed to serve conservative Evangelicals in the C of E . 7 February 2023 . Church Times . 9 December 2022.