List of University of Sheffield people

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This list of University of Sheffield people is a selected list of notable past staff and students of the University of Sheffield.

Notable alumni[]

See also: Category:Alumni of the University of Sheffield

Academics[]

  • Percy Anstey, Principal of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai (1914-1920)
  • Freda Briggs, Emeritus Professor, University of South Australia, child protection expert
  • Thom Brooks, Dean, Durham Law School & Professor of Law and Government Durham University (PhD Philosophy 2004)
  • Sir Paul Curran, President, City, University of London (BSc Geography 1976)
  • Roma Gill, Reader in English Literature (1963-1984)
  • Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor & President, Ulster University (PhD 1994)
  • Stuart Palmer FREng, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick
  • Michael Sterling, Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham (BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering 1967, PhD 1971)
  • George Martin Stephen, High Master, St Paul's School (PhD)
  • John Sutton, Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
  • Richard Wilding OBE, Professor of Supply Chain Strategy, Cranfield University and Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (BSc (Tech) Material Science 1987)

Business people[]

  • Richard Cousins, CEO of Compass Group world's largest foodservice company
  • Hussain Dawood, Chairman of Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited, Engro Corporation Limited
  • John Devaney, Chairman, Marconi PLC
  • Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder of GMO asset management
  • Param Singh, Property Developer, Entrepreneur
  • Penny Hughes, former president of Coca-Cola Enterprises (UK) (BSc (Hons) Chemistry)
  • Sir Peter Middleton, Camelot Barclays Chairman
  • Edward H Ntalami, Chief Executive, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
  • Jim O'Neill, Head of global economic research, Goldman Sachs and coined the thesis of BRIC countries
  • Richard Simmons, CEO Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
  • Wei Yang, Founder of Wei Yang & Partner, Town Planner and Urban Designer (MSc 2001, PhD 2005)

Lawyers[]

In November 2013, for the first time in history, the Court of Appeal had an all-Sheffield alumni bench. The judges sitting were Lord Justice Maurice Kay (LLB Law, 1964; PhD Law, 1971 and Hon LLD, 2003), Lady Justice Anne Rafferty (LLB Law, 1971 and Hon LLD, 2005) and Lady Justice Julia Macur (LLB Law, 1978).[1] This event was also extremely significant because outside Oxford and Cambridge, Sheffield now has the record for the highest number of graduates appointed to the bench above any other UK University.

Authors[]

Lee Child, author (LLB)
  • Lindsay Ashford, author[2]
  • Lee Child, novelist (LLB)[3]
  • Sophie Deen, children’s book author
  • Katie Edwards (author) (alumni and former faculty 2012-2020)
  • Gregory Evans, dramatist
  • Nicci Gerrard, author
  • Joanne Harris, author (later became faculty)
  • Brooke Magnanti a.k.a. "Belle de Jour", author
  • Hilary Mantel author (LLB), two times Booker Prize winner[3]
  • Jack Rosenthal, playwright
  • John Thompson (poet) (1938–1976), Canadian poet

Media and artists[]

  • Van Badham, columnist for The Guardian, playwright
  • Carol Barnes, ITN Newsreader
  • Douglas Bostock, conductor
  • Lucie Cave, journalist, editor of Heat magazine
  • Munya Chawawa, comedian
  • Peter Cheeseman, theatre director, leading pioneer of theatre-in-the-round and documentary drama
  • Chris Chibnall, television screenwriter and producer[4]
  • Stephen Daldry, stage and film director
  • Martin Fry, lead singer of ABC[3]
  • Brian Glover, actor
  • Ian Hallard, actor
  • Eddie Izzard, comedian
  • Tim Key, comedian, poet, recipient of the Edinburgh Comedy Award 2009
  • Glenn Moore, comedian
  • Sid Lowe, journalist and columnist for The Guardian
  • Paul Mason, journalist and former economics editor for the BBC's Newsnight
  • John O'Leary, Times Higher Education Supplement editor
  • Rachel Shelley, actress (BA (Hons) English and Drama)
  • Linda Smith, comedian and head of the British Humanist Association
  • Dan Walker, journalist and television presenter
  • Andrew Wilson, Sky News presenter and former foreign correspondent
  • Frank Worrall, The Sun, author and journalist
  • Selina Thompson, performance artist and playwright

Pioneers[]

Politicians[]

David Blunkett

Public servants[]

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe

Clergy[]

Scientists[]

  • Sir Donald Bailey, civil engineer and inventor of the Bailey bridge
  • Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize-winning chemist (BSc (Hons) Chemistry, 1961; PhD, 1961–1964)
  • Sir Hans Kornberg, biochemist, Master of Christ's College Cambridge
  • Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist (BSc (Hons) Chemistry, 1965; PhD, 1968)
  • Olive Scott, paediatric cardiologist (MBBS 1948; MD 1957)

Sports people[]

Jessica Ennis, Olympic Gold medallist, heptathlete

Notable academics[]

  • Francis Berry, poet and literary critic
  • Norman Blake, Middle English and Early Modern English language and literature scholar
  • Peter Blundell Jones, Professor in Architecture
  • Sir Anthony Bottoms, Professor of Criminology
  • Angela Carter, author (1976–1978)
  • Henry Coward, conductor
  • Danny Dorling, former professor of Geography
  • Sir Bernard Crick, former Professor of Politics
  • Sir Graeme Davies, Vice-Chancellor University of London
  • Charles Eliot, diplomat, Vice-Chancellor
  • Sir William Empson, poet (The School of English names its facilities after him)
  • Lilian Edwards, Professor of Internet Law
  • Dr Katie Edwards (author), (2012-2020; was also a student)
  • Howard Florey, Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Hunter Professor of Pathology
  • Andrew Gamble, political economist, Professor of Politics
  • Joanne Harris, author (2000; was also a student)
  • Peter Hill, well-known pianist and expert on the works of Olivier Messiaen
  • Sir Robert Honeycombe, metallurgist
  • R. J. Hopper, Professor of Ancient History
  • David Hughes, astronomer, Asteroid 4205 is named in his honour.
  • Dame Betty Kershaw, Dean of the School of Nursing
  • Sir Ian Kershaw, historian
  • Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (1935–1954)
  • Stephen Laurence, philosopher and cognitive scientist
  • Sir Colin Lucas, historian, chair of the board of the British Library
  • Peter Maitlis FRS, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
  • David Marquand, politician
  • Edward Mellanby, Professor of Pharmacology, discoverer of Vitamin D
  • Brian Robert Morris, Professor of English
  • Douglas Northcott FRS, Professor of Mathematics
  • George Porter, Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1955–1966)
  • Sir David Read, Emeritus Professor of Plant Science
  • Colin Renfrew, archaeologist
  • Sir Gareth Roberts, Vice-Chancellor
  • Piers Robinson, professor of politics, society and political journalism
  • William Sarjeant, geologist
  • Joanna Shapland, Edward Bramley Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Noel Sharkey, broadcaster, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Professor of Public Engagement
  • Susan Sherratt, archaeologist of Bronze Age Greece, Cyprus, and the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Michael Siva-Jothy, entomologist
  • Sir Fraser Stoddart, chemist
  • Stephen Stich, Honorary Professor of Philosophy
  • Charles J. M. Stirling FRS, Professor of Chemistry
  • Simon Tavaré FRS FMedSci, computational biologist and statistician, founding director of the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
  • Grenville Turner FRS, Professor of Physics
  • W E S Turner (1881–1963), Professor of Glass Technology and founder of the museum which bears his name
  • Sir James Underwood, Joseph Hunter Professor of Pathology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
  • Yorick Wilks, Professor of Artificial Intelligence
  • , Professor of Information Behaviour
  • Peter Willett, Professor of Information Science
  • Sir Michael Woodruff, transplant surgeon

References[]

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