This is a list of University of Southampton people, including famous officers, staff (past and present) and student alumni from the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

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 *1862–1873 Francis Bond *1873–1874 Charles Blackader *1875–1895 Thomas Shore *1896–1900 R. Stewart *1900–1902 Spencer Richardson

University College

Chancellors were known as presidents before the formation of university *1902–1907

Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, (15 March 1849 – 18 June 1934), styled Lord Arthur Wellesley from 1884 to 1900, was a British peer and politician, and a member of the well-known Wellesley family. He joined the military and ...

*1908–1908 Sir

Alfred Wills Sir Alfred Wills (11 December 1828 – 9 August 1912) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales and a well-known mountaineer. He was the third President of the Alpine Club, from 1863 to 1865. Early life Wills was the second son of Wi ...

*1910–1913

Claude Montefiore Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo- Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a schola ...

(Acting President) *1913–1934 Claude Montefiore *1934–1947 Lord John Seely *1948–1949 Lord Wyndham Portal *1949–1953

Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, (21 August 1885 – 4 January 1972), styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier, and architect. Background and education Wellesley was the third son of Lor ...

University

*1952–1962

*1964–1974 Lord

Keith Murray Keith Omar Murray (born May 29, 1974) is an American rapper from New York. Murray grew up on Carleton Ave, in Central Islip, which is located on the South Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County. Murray was a known member of a local rap collec ...

*1974–1984 Lord

Eric Roll Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (born Erich Roll; 1 December 1907 – 30 March 2005) was a British academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977. Biography Roll was born in Nowosielitza, Austro-Hungarian Empir ...

*1984–1995 Earl

George Jellicoe George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007), was a British politician, diplomat and businessman. Lord Jellicoe was the only son but sixth and youngest chil ...

*1996–2006

John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, (24 March 1940 – 12 February 2021), was a British peer, ecological expert, and businessman. He was one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the enactment of the H ...

*2006–2011 Sir John Parker *2011–2017 Dame Helen Alexander *2019–present

Ruby Wax Ruby Wax (; born 19 April 1953) is an American-British actress, comedian, writer, television personality, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for five years and co-starred on t ...

Vice-chancellors

University College

Vice-chancellors were known as principals before the formation of University *1902–1912 Spencer Richardson *1912–1920 Alexander Hill *1920–1922 Thomas Tudor Loveday *1922–1946

Kenneth Hotham Vickers Kenneth Hotham Vickers (11 May 1881 – 5 September 1958) was an English historian and university administrator. From 1922–1946 he was Principal of Southampton University College which became the University of Southampton in 1952.''The Universit ...

*1946–1952 Sir Robert Stanford Wood

University

*1952–1952 Sir

Robert Stanford Wood Sir Robert Stanford Wood (5 July 1886 – 18 May 1963) was a civil servant and educational administrator. He was the last Principal of Southampton University College and the first Vice Chancellor of its successor, the University of Southampton, in ...

*1952–1965 David Gwilym James *1965–1971

Kenneth Mather Sir Kenneth Mather CBE FRS (22 June 1911 – 20 March 1990) was a British geneticist and botanist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949, and won its Darwin Medal in 1964. He was the second vice chancellor of the University of Sout ...

*1971–1979

Laurence Gower Laurence Cecil Bartlett Gower (29 December 1913 – 25 December 1997) known as 'Jim' and universally credited as "LCB Gower" in his writings, was a lawyer and academic who was Vice Chancellor of the University of Southampton from 1971–79. ...

*1979–1985 John Roberts, CBE *1985–1994 Sir

Gordon Higginson Sir Gordon Robert Higginson (8 November 1929 – 5 November 2011) was an English engineer and academic who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton from 1985 to 1994. He was co-author of the standard text on hydrodynamic lubricati ...

*1994–2001 Sir

Howard Newby Sir Howard Joseph Newby (born 10 December 1947) is a British sociologist. He was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008 and retired in December 2014. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton from 1994 to ...

*2001–2009 Sir

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*2015–2019 Sir Christopher Snowden *2019–present

Mark E. Smith Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer, who was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith formed the band after attending the June 1976 Sex Pistols gig at the ...

Other

Selected past and current pro-chancellors *Sir

Henry Tizard Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (23 August 1885 – 9 October 1959) was an English chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College, who developed the modern "octane rating" used to classify petrol, helped develop radar in World War II, and led the fir ...

*Sir

Samuel Gurney-Dixon Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

*Sir

Basil Schonland Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland OMG CBE FRS (2 February 1896 – 24 November 1972) was noted for his research on lightning, his involvement in the development of radar during World War II and for being the first president of the South ...

*Sir

Bernard Miller Sir (Oswald) Bernard Miller (25 March 1904 – 23 February 2003) was a British businessman, who was chairman of the John Lewis Partnership from 1955 to 1972. Life Miller was educated at Sloane School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining his BA d ...

*Lord Edward Shackleton *Sir

Adrian Swire Sir Adrian Christopher Swire (15 February 1932 – 24 August 2018) was a billionaire British heir and businessman. He was the former chairman of John Swire & Sons Ltd. In April 2015, the Swire family's net worth was estimated at £2.4 billion. ...

* Dame

Rennie Fritchie Irene Tordoff Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, DBE (née Fennell; born 29 April 1942 in Fife, Scotland), known as Rennie Fritchie, is a British crossbench peer. Life/career Irene Tordoff Fennell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Frederick Fennell, w ...

* Dame

Yvonne Moores Dame Yvonne Moores, DBE, FRSH, CIMgt (born 14 June 1941) is a retired British nurse. She is a former Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, for Scotland and for England. As a Director of the NHS, she played a key role as advisor to the Prime Min ...

* William Darwin, first-born son of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

; treasurer of the Hartley Institution

Staff

Current and former notable members of academic staff by subject field:

Arts

Sciences

Chemistry

Electronics and computer science

Mathematics

Ocean and earth science

George Deacon Sir George Edward Raven Deacon CBE FRS FRSE (21 March 1906 – 16 November 1984) was a British oceanographer and chemist. Life He was born in Leicester, the son of George Raven Deacon and his wife Emma (née Drinkwater). He was educated ...

, awarded the

Royal Medal The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal and The King's Medal (depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award), is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important ...

of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

for contributions to physical oceanography and leadership as director of the National Institute of Oceanography

Physics and astronomy

*Dame

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (; Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. The discovery eventually earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in ...

, President of the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...

*Sir David Wallace, Director of the

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is an international research institute for mathematics and its many applications at the University of Cambridge. It is named after one of the university's most illustrious figures, the mathemat ...

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

and master of Churchill College, Cambridge *

Anna Watts Anna Louise Watts is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Amsterdam. She studies neutron stars and their thermonuclear explosions. Education Watts was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She studied physics at Merton Colle ...

, astrophysicist and Professor at

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

Engineering

* Wing Commander Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave elder brother of Air Vice Marshal

Henry Cave-Browne-Cave Air Vice Marshal Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave (1 February 1887 – 5 August 1965), was an engineering officer in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s. He was prom ...

; both engineering officers in the Royal Naval Air Service during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

* Sir Peter Gregson, Vice Chancellor of Cranfield University, former President and

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

of Queen's University Belfast

Medicine

Nursing and midwifery

*Dame

Jill Macleod Clark Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clark, DBE, RGN, FRCN has held key leadership roles in Nursing and Health care and was Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences University of Southampton. She is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of South ...

, President of the Infection Control Nursing Association *Dame Jessica Corner,

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(since 2010) of the Faculty of Health Sciences; Professor (since 2008) of Cancer and Palliative Care at the

Social sciences

Geography

* Sir Paul Curran, current Vice-Chancellor of

City University London City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...

; former Vice-Chancellor of

Bournemouth University Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s. The univer ...

; recipient of the Patron’s Medal of the

Royal Geographical Society The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...

History

Law

Malcolm Grant Sir Malcolm John Grant, , (born 29 November 1947) is a barrister, academic lawyer, and former law professor. Born and educated in New Zealand, he was the ninth President and Provost of University College London – the head as well as principa ...

, Provost and President of

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Alastair Hudson Alastair Hudson (born 6 November 1968), FHEA, FRSA, is an English barrister and academic. He is, in 2017/18, employed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and is also visiting professor of law at the University of Portsmouth. He has worked ...

, Professor of Equity and Finance Law *Dame Judith Mayhew, former Provost of

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

; on the

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Merrill Lynch Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ...

Albie Sachs Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs (born 30 January 1935) is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela. Early life and education Albie Sachs was born on ...

, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Students

Former notable students at Southampton include:

Academia

Jackie Akhavan Jacqueline Akhavan is a British chemist and expert in the chemistry of explosives. Early life and education Akhavan grew up in a house in Bermondsey, South London where there was an outdoor toilet and a tin bath. of postdoctoral research, she ...

, chemist, Fellow of the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...

and head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry at Cranfield University *

Richard Aldridge Richard John Aldridge (16 December 1945 – 4 February 2014) was a British palaeontologist and academic, who was Bennett Professor of Geology at the University of Leicester. Academic career Aldridge's career began at Southampton University befor ...

, former President of the

Palaeontological Association The Palaeontological Association (PalAss for short) is a charitable organisation based in the UK founded in 1957 for the promotion of the study of palaeontology and allied sciences. Publications The Association publishes two main journals: ' ...

* Joanna Bauldreay, British chemist and Aviation Fuel Development Manager at

Shell Global Solutions Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ...

* Anthony Cohen

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, Vice-Chancellor of

Queen Margaret University Queen Margaret University is a university, founded in 1875 and located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is named after the Scottish Queen Saint Margaret. History The university was founded in 1875, as ''The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic ...

, Edinburgh *Sir

Christopher Ingold Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold (28 October 1893 – 8 December 1970) was a British chemist based in Leeds and London. His groundbreaking work in the 1920s and 1930s on reaction mechanisms and the electronic structure of organic compounds was resp ...

, chemist, recipient of the Longstaff Medal of the

in 1951 and the

of the

in 1952 * David Jones,

Flavelle Medal The Flavelle Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada "for an outstanding contribution to biological science during the preceding ten years or for significant additions to a previous outstanding contribution to biological science". It is n ...

–winning biologist * Sir Harold Marshall, acoustician, Knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit,

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, awarded

Wallace Clement Sabine Medal The Wallace Clement Sabine Medal of the Acoustical Society of America is presented to an individual of any nationality who has advanced the science of architectural acoustics, either by being published in professional journals or periodicals, or b ...

in 1995 and

Rayleigh Medal The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. It should not be confused with the medal of the same name awarded ...

in 2015 *

Phil Moorby Phil Moorby () was a British engineer and computer scientist. Moorby was born and brought up in Birmingham, England, and studied Mathematics at Southampton University, England. Moorby received his master's degree in computer science from Manchest ...

, computer scientist and recipient of the

Phil Kaufman Award The Phil Kaufman Award was established in 1994 by the EDA Consortium (now the Electronic System Design Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community) to recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic de ...

* Antony Sutton, economist who published on controversial topics such as the West's role in developing

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

Wall Street Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for t ...

's involvement in the

Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...

and the rise of

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

and the

University of Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

Skull and Bones Skull and Bones, also known as The Order, Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death, is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior class society at the university, Skull and Bone ...

Society * Adrian Tinniswood, author, historian and educationalist *

Nigel Weatherill Nigel Peter Weatherill FIMA, C.Math, FRAeS, C.Eng, C.Sci, FREng, DL is the former Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University. Prior to this he had been Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Head of the School of ...

, engineer, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University * Colin White, historian and Director of the

Royal Naval Museum The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, formerly known as the Royal Naval Museum, is a museum of the history of the Royal Navy located in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard section of HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The ...

Ashraf El-Shihy Ashraf El Shihy (in Egyptian Arabic أشرف محمد عبد الحميد الشيحي), is an Egyptian politician, the Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Scientific Research, under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the government of ...

, former

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, Minister of Scientific Research, and a University President/Chancellor in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. * Christine Patch, nurse and genetic counsellor, Clinical Lead for Genetic Counselling at

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Arts

Brian Eno Profile Long Now Foundation 2006

Ritu Arya Ritu Arya (born 17 September 1988) is an English actress. She first became known for her role as Dr. Megan Sharma in the soap opera Doctors (2000 TV series), ''Doctors'' (2013–2017), for which she was nominated for a British Soap Award. She ga ...

, actress best known for her role in ''

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'' *

Darren Almond Darren James Almond (born August 1971, Appley Bridge, Lancashire) is an English artist, based in London. He was nominated for the 2005 Turner Prize. Life and career Almond graduated from Winchester School of Art in 1993, with a BA (hons) deg ...

, artist working in film, installation, sculpture and photography; nominated for the 2005

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* Stephen Baxter, award-winning

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

author *

Stephen Baysted Stephen Baysted (born January 1969 in London, England), is a British composer of film, television and video game music. He is known for composing music for racing simulator video games. Works ;Video games *GTR – FIA GT Racing Game (2005) * ...

, composer of

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soundtracks *

Martin Bell Martin Bell, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as " ...

, poet and founder member of

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* John Buckley, sculptor, creator of the

Headington Shark The Headington Shark (proper name ''Untitled 1986'') is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It was protest art, put up without permissi ...

James Castle James Castle may refer to: * James Castle (politician) (1836–1903), U.S. Representative from Minnesota * James Bicknell Castle (1855–1918), businessman in Hawaii * James Charles Castle (1899–1977), American artist-bookmaker from Idaho * Jam ...

, draughtsman and sculptor; Invited Artist at

Royal West of England Academy The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton, Bristol, near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade 2* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition progr ...

* Daniel Catán, composer of ''Florencia en el Amazonas'' * Ronald Cavaye, pianist and music author * James Clarke (composer), 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 (UK band), 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 (musician), Mark Hill, record producer; member of Artful Dodger (UK band), Artful Dodger band * Mick Jackson (director), Mick Jackson, director of ''L.A. Story'' and ''Volcano (1997 film), Volcano'' * Stephen Jeffreys, playwright of ''The Libertine (2005 film), The Libertine'' * Edward Kluz, artist, illustrator and printmaker * Marek Larwood, comedian in BBC Three sitcom ''Rush Hour (UK TV series), Rush Hour'' * Paul Lee (artist), 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 (TV series), Bergerac'' and ''Midsomer Murders'' * James Saunders (playwright), James Saunders, playwright and writer of BBC sitcom ''Bloomers (TV series), 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 W. Buckley, George Buckley, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive of 3M * Richard Cuthbertson, Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Oxford University * Tom Delay CBE, climate economist and Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust. * Chris Hohn, founder of The Children's Investment Fund Management; Britain's biggest charity donor *Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, founder of OpenX Innovations, trustee of Brookings Institution, The Brookings Institution * Frederick Lanchester, co-founder of the Lanchester Motor Company * Andrew MacLeod, Non-Executive Director of Cornerstone Capital and Homestrings PLC; former humanitarian lawyer and aid worker * Richard Murphy (accountant), Richard Murphy, accountant and tax campaigner * Christopher Orlebar, former British Airways Concorde pilot * Chai Patel CBE, former Chief Executive of the Priory Group, Priory Healthcare group * Stephen Payne (designer), Stephen Payne OBE, maritime consultant and former Vice-President and Chief Naval Architect at Carnival Corporation (owners of Cunard Line, 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

* Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker, Baroness Liz Barker, Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Life Peer * Conor Burns, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency), Bournemouth West * Grenville Cross, Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong, China * John Yorke Denham, John Denham, Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen; Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills * Evan Enwerem, former President of the Nigerian Senate, 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, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament for Putney; Former Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities * Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, former Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany), German Minister of Defence *Baroness Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper, Gloria Hooper, lawyer and Life peer in the House of Lords * Rima Horton, Labour Party (UK), Labour Party councellor on the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006. * Gerald Howarth, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative 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, UKIP Member of the London Assembly * Usutuaije Maamberua, Namibian politician, head of the South West Africa National Union * Glyn Mathias, former Electoral Commission (United Kingdom), Electoral Commissioner of the United Kingdom * Bob Mitchell (UK politician), Bob Mitchell, former Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test; Social Democratic Party (UK), Social Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen * Peter Price (politician), Peter Price, honorary Member of the European Parliament; member of the European Strategy Council * Geoffrey Rowland, Bailiff of Guernsey * Arnold Shaw, former Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford South *Viscount Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon, Jan David Simon, Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of the House of Lords *Lord Clive Soley, Baron Soley, Clive Soley, Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of the House of Lords *Sir John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, John Stevens, former head of the Metropolitan Police Service; current international security advisor to the prime minister * Matthew Taylor (Labour politician), Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts *Lord George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, George Thomas, former Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons; Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiff Central and Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiff West * Richard Thomas (lawyer), Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner and former director of public policy at Clifford Chance law firm * Melchior Wathelet Jr., former Minister of the Interior (Belgium), Belgian Minister of the Interior * Alan Whitehead, Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test * William Whitlock (politician), William Whitlock, former Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham North * Sheila Wright, former Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency), Birmingham Handsworth

Media

* Laura Bailey (model), 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 (1960–1970) * Jason Cowley (journalist), 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 (2011–present) * Dominic Mohan, editor of the newspaper ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' * Chris Packham, naturalist and television presenter for ''Inside Out (2002 TV programme), Inside Out'' in the South * Daniel Sandford (journalist), 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 (TV series), Holiday'' on the BBC * Stella Tennant, modeled for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Hermès and Burberry * Srđa Trifković, foreign affairs editor for the ''Chronicles (magazine), Chronicles'' magazine and director of the Center for International Affairs at the Rockford Institute * Caroline Wyatt, Religious correspondent for the BBC

Military

*Air Vice Marshal Arthur Daniel Button, Arthur Button OBE, former Senior Commander in the Royal Air Force *Admiral Tony Radakin, First Sea Lord, appointed as Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Defence Staff *Air Commodore Ian Stewart (RAF), Ian Stewart, Commandant Air Cadets, Commandant of the Air Cadet Organisation *Admiral Sir George Zambellas, First Sea Lord; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), Distinguished Service Cross in 2000

Religion

* Anjem Choudary, Muslim preacher * David Hallatt, former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Shrewsbury * Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon * Tim Thornton (bishop), Tim Thornton, Bishop of Truro

Sport

* Guin Batten, won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Quadruple Sculls 2, 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 Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Quadruple Sculls 2, 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 Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser, 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 (placekicker), John Smith, former Pro-Bowl placekicker for the New England Patriots of the NFL * Harry Tarraway, Olympian at the 1948 Olympic Games * Mark Taylor (Welsh rugby player), Mark Taylor, former captain of Wales national rugby union team * Robert Tobin, part of the silver medal-winning 4×400 relay team at the 2009 World Athletic Championships in Berlin * Bruce Tulloh, 5000m athlete; won gold medal at the 1962 European Championships in Athletics, 1962 European Championships in bare feet * Lawrence Wallace, medal winner at the 1938 Empire Games * Rob White (Formula One), Rob White, deputy managing director engine at Renault F1 *Daniel J WDaniel Wright, referee at the European Lacrosse Championship, 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, BBC Radio 1, Radio One DJ; involved with Southampton University's radio station, Surge 1287am, 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 * Chris Stark, Christopher Stark, British radio personality known for his work as a co-host on the ''Scott Mills (radio show), Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1. * Jane Wilson-Howarth author

Fictional characters

* List of characters in The Archers#The Aldridge family, Alice Aldridge, character in ''The Archers'', studying for an aeronautical engineering degree

References

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