This is a list of alumni of the University of York, listed in alphabetical order by surname. The University of York, founded in 1963, has among its alumni many who have become notable, including at least fifteen Members of the United Kingdom Parliament, five members of the

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...

, two

Members of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The add ...

, one

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

and several ministers of non-UK governments. The university is also represented by alumni educated in the

liberal arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term '' art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically th ...

such as English literature, social sciences, economics, philosophy, medieval history, and music. More recently, due to expansion into areas of technology, it has also produced notable computer scientists.

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* Lama Abu-Odeh,

Palestinian American Palestinian Americans ( ar, فلسطينيو أمريكا) are Americans who are of full or partial Palestinian descent. It is unclear when the first Palestinian immigrants arrived in the United States, but it is believed that they arrived dur ...

academic: MA, philosophy, 1989 * Daron Acemoglu , Turkish-born American economist, Professor at MIT: BA, Economics, 1989 * Edward Acton, historian and former

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 and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

of the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

: BA, History, 1971 * Mark Addis, philosopher: MSc, Computing * Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, cross-bench peer: BA, Politics, ? * Geoffrey Álvarez , composer: D Phil, Composition *

Moniza Alvi Moniza Alvi (born 2 February 1954) is a Pakistani-British poet and writer. She has won several well-known prizes for her verse. Life and education Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a Pakistani father and a British mother. Her father ...

, poet: BA, English *

Fleur Anderson Kathleen Fleur Anderson (born 6 February 1971) the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney, elected in 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Paymaster General since 2021 and was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council fro ...

, Labour MP for

Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

: BSc, Politics, 1993; president of the Students Union, 1993–1994 *

Kerry Andrew Kerry Andrew (born 5 April 1978) is an English composer, performer and author. She has a PhD in Composition from the University of York and is the winner of four British Composer Awards. Her debut novel, ''Swansong'', was published by Vintage ...

, composer and singer (

Juice Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with concentrate or other biological food sources, such as meat or seafood, such as ...

): BA, music, MA & PhD, composition *

Rollo Armstrong Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong (born 8 May 1966), known professionally as Rollo, is an English music producer. He is one half of the remix/production duo Rollo & Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Fait ...

, musician ( Faithless): BA, Philosophy & English, 1988 * Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Interior Minister of Afghanistan: Diploma Information Technology & MA Politics, 1997

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* Ian Bailey, author: BA, English/Anglo-Saxon, 1980 * Kevin Bailey, poet: BSc, Psychology, 1986 * Sally Baldwin, academic: Dip. Social Administration, & DPhil 1976? *

Tony Banks, Baron Stratford Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942 – 8 January 2006) was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently ...

, MP: BA Politics, 1967 *

Andrea Barber Andrea Laura Barber (born July 3, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for playing Kimmy Gibbler in the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' and the Netflix sequel series '' Fuller House''. Early life Barber is the youngest of three children. She ...

, actress * Hugh Bayley, MP: BPhil, South African Studies, 1977 * Helen Bell, composer and musician: BA Music, 2001 *

Steve Beresford Steve Beresford (born 6 March 1950) is a British musician who graduated from the University of York He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, electronics, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar and a wide variety of toy instruments, suc ...

, musician: BA music, 1970 * Denys Blakeway, television producer and author * Mark William Bolland, journalist and publicist: BSc Chemistry 1987 *

Anne Boyd Anne Elizabeth Boyd AM (born 10 April 1946) is an Australian composer and emeritus professor of music at the University of Sydney. Early life Boyd was born in Sydney to James Boyd and Annie Freda Deason Boyd (née Osborn). Her father died when ...

, composer and professor of music: DPhil composition, 1972 *

Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, (born 17 May 1950, in Birmingham) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005. Early life H ...

, politician: MPhil Social Administration, 1979 * Stephen Brewster, professor of computer science: DPhil human-computer interaction, 1994 * Carole Bromley, poet * Andrew Brons, MEP and former National Front leader: BA Politics, 1970 * Michael Brown, former MP and journalist *Scott Bryan, TV critic and broadcaster: BA Politics, 2010 *

Richard Burden Richard Haines Burden (born 1 September 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1992 to 2019. He served as a Shadow Transport Minister from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2016 ...

, MP: BA politics 1978 * Charles Butler, author: MSc Information Processing, 1989, DPhil English 1989 *

Tanya Byron Tanya may refer to: * Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. * Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946) * List of Mortal Kombat characters#Tany ...

child psychologist Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult developmen ...

, author, TV presenter and Chancellor of

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male stu ...

: BA Psychology, 1989

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James Callis James Nicholas Callis (born 4 June 1971) is a British actor. He is known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined '' Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones's best friend Tom in '' Bridget Jones's Di ...

, actor: BA English and Related Literature, 1993 * Matt Carter, General Secretary of the Labour Party: DPhil Politics, 1999 * Richard Causton, composer: BMus 1993, MA Composition 1994 * Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 11th Prime Minister and 21st President of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

: PhD Economics, 1973 *

Horatio Clare Horatio Clare (born 1973) is an English author known for travel, memoir, nature and children's books. He worked at the BBC as a producer on '' Front Row'' (BBC Radio 4), ''Night Waves'' and ''The Verb'' (BBC Radio 3). Clare has written memoirs s ...

, writer, radio producer and journalist: BA English & Related Literature, 1996 * Jane Clarke, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Cambridge *

Myrna Combellack Myrna May Combellack is a British academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies (in the Charles Thomas era), translator of ''Beunans Meriasek'' and author of several works of fiction. Early life She graduated in English fro ...

, writer, translator and academic: DPhil, English Literature, 1971 * David Conn, journalist and author: BA English literature & politics, 1986 *

Richard Coyle Richard Coyle is an English actor. He portrayed lead role of Father Faustus Blackwood in Netflix series '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'', and Jeff Murdock in the sitcom ''Coupling''. Early and personal life Coyle was born in Sheffield, En ...

, actor: BA Politics, 1994 * Megan Crane, novelist: MA English Literature 1999, DPhil 2004 * Tim Crane,

Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy The Knightbridge Professorship of Philosophy is the senior professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. There have been 22 Knightbridge professors, the incumbent being Rae Langton. One of the oldest professorships in Cambridge, the ...

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

: MA Philosophy, 1985 * Lee Cronin, chemist, nano-scientist: BSc Chemistry, 1994 & PhD, 1997

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Ken Dark Ken Dark (born in Brixton, London in 1961) is a British archaeologist who works on the 1st millennium AD in Europe (including Roman and immediately post-Roman Britain) and the Roman and Byzantine Middle East, on the archaeology of religion ( ...

, archaeologist: BA Archaeology, 1982? * Sara Davies MBE, entrepreneur: Management, 2006 *

Caroline Dean Dame Caroline Dean (born 2 April 1957) is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower. She is specifically interested in v ...

, plant scientist; group leader at the

John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC), located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science founded in 1910. It is a registered charity (No 223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and ...

: BA Biology, 1978 & DPhil, 1982 * Simon Ditchfield

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

, Professor of Early Modern History: BA History, 1980 * Michael Dixon, director of the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

: DPhil Zoology * Chris d'Lacey, children's author: BSc biology, 1975? * Michael Dobbs, US-based author: BA Economic & Social History, 1972 * Paul Dolan, behavioural scientist: MSc and D.Phil. economics, 1991 and 1997 *

Michelle Donelan Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (born 8 April 1984) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since September 2022. She previously served as Minister of State for Higher and Further ...

, MP and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: BA History and Politics. * Juraj Draxler, Education minister of

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

2014-2016:MA Politics, 2005 *

Duncan Druce Robert Duncan Druce (23 May 193913 October 2015) was an English composer, string player and musicologist, noted for his breadth of musical interests ranging from contemporary music to baroque and early music, as well as music of India. Educatio ...

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Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels ''Zennor in Darkness'', '' A Spell of Winter'' and '' The Siege'', and her last ...

, writer: BA English, 1973 * Christopher Dye, epidemiologist, former Gresham Professor of Physic: Biology *

Greg Dyke Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing ' ...

, Head of the Football Association and

BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ...

; former Director General of the

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