List of Newcastle University People - B

B

• Bruce Babbitt - U.S. politician, Democrat.
• Tunde Baiyewu - Member of the Lighthouse Family.
• Masoud Banisadr - Historian.
• John C. A. Barrett - Clergyman.
• G. W. S. Barrow - Historian.
• Neil Bartlett- Chemist that was most famous for the creation of the first noble gas compounds (obtained his BSc and PhD at King's College, University of Durham, which went on to become Newcastle University).
• Sue Beardsmore - Television presenter.
• Alan Beith - Politician.
• Jean Benedetti - Biographer, translator, director and dramatist.
• Phil Bennion - Politician.
• Simon Best - Captain of the Ulster Rugby team and a Prop for the Ireland Team.
• Andy Bird - CEO of Disney International.
• David Bradley - Science Writer.
• Mike Brearley - Professional cricketer, formerly a lecturer in philosophy at the university (1968–1971).
• Rory, Viscount Dungarvan - Heir apparent to the earldom of Cork.
• Constance Briscoe - One of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. Author of the best-selling autobiography Ugly.
• Gavin Brown - Academic.
• Vicki Bruce - Psychologist.
• Basil Bunting - Poet, Northern Arts Poetry Fellow at Newcastle University (1968–70).
• John Burgan - Documentary filmmaker.
• Mark Burgess - Computer scientist.

• Bruce Babbitt

• Alan Beith