List of University of Sussex alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Sussex. Some alumni are mentioned in the main article itself.
Politicians
- Hilary Benn, Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Ben Bradshaw, Labour Member of Parliament for Exeter, Minister of State in the Department of Health
- Simon Busuttil, Maltese Member of the European Parliament
- David Lee Camp, U.S. Republican member of the House of Representatives
- Bernard Coard, minister and deputy prime minister of Grenada
- Michael Fabricant, Tory Member of Parliament for Lichfield
- Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP and shadow Secretary of State for International Development
- Peter Hain, Labour Member of Parliament for Neath
- David Hallam, Member of the European Parliament, author
- Musa Hitam, Malaysian politician
- David Lepper, Labour Member of Parliament for Brighton
- Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa
- Dan Norris, Labour Member of Parliament for Wansdyke, North East Somerset
- Martin Salter, Labour Member of Parliament for Reading
- Lynn Walsh, Socialist Party politician
- Alan Woods, politician
Scientists
- Amir Caldeira, Brazilian quantum physicist
- David Clary FRS (President, Magdalen College, Oxford)
- Ian Cullimore, computer scientist
- Professor Sir Peter Knight FRS Principal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences Imperial College London
- Dimitri Nanopoulos, quantum physicist
- Mark Steedman, cognitive scientist
- Shamshad Akhtar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan
Academics
- Julian Crampton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Brighton
- Paul Hirst, professor
- Calestous Juma, professor
- Paul Gilroy, Professor and cultural critic
- Timothy O'Shea, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
- John Dearlove, Professor of Politics and former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Sussex
Writers and broadcasters
- Becky Anderson, CNN correspondent and presenter
- David Baboulene, humorous travel writer and story theorist
- Tommy Boyd, broadcaster
- Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Barbadian writer
- Peter Brimelow, journalist and author
- Michael Buerk, BBC journalist and newsreader
- Lord Richard Cecil, journalist and adventurer (died 1978)
- Simon Fanshawe, writer, broadcaster
- Charlotte Greig, novelist and musician
- Philippa Gregory, novelist
- Tobias Hill, novelist and poet
- Robin Lustig, broadcaster
- Sarra Manning, writer
- Ian McEwan, novelist
- Andrew Morton, journalist and writer
- Dermot Murnaghan, television presenter and journalist
- Clive Myrie, BBC journalist
- Kim Newman, journalist and writer
- Chris Paling, author
- Nigel Planer, actor, novelist, playwright
- Alexandra Shulman, editor of Vogue
- Julia Somerville, broadcaster
- Shirley Thomas, professor, broadcaster
- Merfyn Jones professor, historian, broadcaster, governor of the BBC and vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
- Srđa Trifković, Serbian historian and journalist
Musicians
- John Altman, award-winning film composer, music arranger, orchestrator, and conductor
- Tony Banks, keyboard player with Genesis
- Billy Idol, musician
- Jemma Griffiths, singer-songwriter (known as Jem)
- Mark Hollis, lead singer of Talk Talk
- Steve Knightley, singer-songwriter
- Beardyman, beatboxer
- Mo Foster, session musician (bass guitar)
- Stefan Pearson, session musician (bass guitar & shaker)
Diplomats
- Jamie Shea, Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations of NATO
- Savenaca Siwatibau, Fijian academic leader, civil service administrator
- Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Fijian diplomat and Ambassador to the United States
Sports
- Brendan Foster, former distance runner, and founder of the Great North Run
- Virginia Wade, Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Champion, 1977
Others
- Maximillion Cooper, Founder of Gumball 3000
- Michael Fuller, Chief Constable of Kent Police
- A. C. Grayling, philosopher
- Henry Piper, sculptor
- Bob Mortimer, comedian
- Daniel Catán, composer
- Cheung Kam Ching, philosopher
- Michael Attenborough, director
- Ayman Zohry, expert on migration studies
- Jeremy Coller, CEO of Coller Capital, a British private equity firm.
- Frankie Boyle, comedian