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Notable Alumni

Notable alumni and former students of Royal Holloway College, Bedford College and RHUL include:

• Chris Aldridge, British radio newsreader (BBC Radio 4)
• Tahmima Anam (1975—), Bangladeshi born writer and novelist
• Kitty Anderson DBE (1903—1979) BA, PhD (1933) Headmistress North London Collegiate School 1945–1965
• Catherine Ashton (1956—), High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Dean Ayass (1976—), British wrestling manager and commentator
• Norman Baker MP (1957—), British politician
• Richard Baker (1972—), British composer and conductor
• Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE (1953—), Secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain
• Gregory Barker MP (1966—), British politician
• Debra Barr (1986—) Apprentice candidate, Series 5
• David Bellamy OBE (1933—), English botanist, environmentalist, author and broadcaster
• David Benson (1962—), English comedian, writer and actor
• Peter Bramley, British actor, director and theatre director
• Sophie Bryant (1850–1922) Anglo-Irish mathematician, educator, feminist and activist
• Susan Bullock (1958—), English soprano
• Helen Cam CBE FRHistS (1885–1968), English historian
• Mark Carwardine, Zoologist, Writer, Wildlife Photographer, TV and Radio Presenter
• Lucy Caslon, Founder and director of charity Msizi Africa
• Sophie Christiansen (1987– ), winner of several gold medals in Paralympics equestrian events
• Richard Clarke (1978—), English Radio Presenter
• Jonathan Cole (1970—), British composer
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
• John B. Cosgrave (1946—), Irish mathematician
• Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), English writer
• James Dagwell (1974—), British journalist
• Tansy Davies (1973—), British composer
• Emily Davison (1872–1913), English suffragette activist
• Edith Durham (1863–1944), British traveller, artist, writer and anthropologist
• George Eliot (1819–1880), British novelist
• Example (musician) (1982–), British Singer, Rapper and Songwriter
• Isabel Fay (1979—), English comedy writer and character comedian
• Dame Janet Finch (1946–) Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social Relations at Keele University 1995-2010, Hon Fellow RHC 1999
• Dame Janet Fookes DBE DL (1936—), English politician, Conservative member of the House of Lords
• Norvela Forster (1931–1993) British businesswoman, exporter and politician
• Emma Freud (1962—), English broadcaster and cultural commentator
• Robert Garside (1967—), English record-breaking adventurer
• Pippa Guard (1952—), English actress
• Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC Two
• Nick Hallard (1975—), British artist
• Geoff Hannan (1972—), British composer
• Conor Hanratty (1981—), Irish theatre director and scholar
• Giles Hart (1949–2005), British engineer and trade union activist
• Jean Henderson (1899–1997), British barrister and Liberal Party politician
• Alex Hyndman British newsreader
• Moussa Ibrahim (1974—), Gaddafi spokesman during the 2011 Libyan civil war
• Robin Ince (1969—), English comedian
• Stewart Jackson MP (1965—), British politician
• Karena Johnson, English theatre director
• Tess Kingham (1963—), British politician
• Jessica Lee MP (1976—), British politician
• Dame Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (1903–1971), Irish crystallographer
• Dame Felicity Lott DBE (1947—), English soprano
• Rosemary Manning (1911–1988), British author
• Duncan McCargo, British academic
• Roxanne McKee (1982—), British actress and model
• John Moloney (comedian), Comedian and comedy writer
• Laura Moore Candidate in The Apprentice series six
• Paul Newland (1966—), British composer
• Louisa Martindale CBE FRCOG (1872–1966), British physician and surgeon
• Jojo Moyes (1969—), British novelist
• Mary Nightingale (1964—), British newsreader
• Simon Nye (1958—), English comic television writer
• Lucy Owen (1970—), Welsh newsreader
• Jennifer Page CBE (1944—), former chief executive of the London Millennium Dome project
• Ewan Pearson (1972—), British music producer
• Andrew Poppy (1954—), British composer, pianist and music producer
• Jenny Randerson (1948—), Welsh Liberal Democrat politician
• Sophie Robinson, contemporary English poet
• Joe Saward (1961—), British Formula One journalist
• Andy Sheridan, Rugby Union,Sale Sharks and England
• Jacqueline Simpson (1930—), British author and folklorist
• China Soul (1988—) American-British singer/songwriter
• Andrew Stephenson MP (1981—), British politician
• Frances Stevenson (1888–1972), British personal secretary and second wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George
• Mark Strong (1963—), English actor
• Joby Talbot (1971—), British composer
• Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1871–1966), English geographer and historian of science
• Simon Thurley (1963—), British architectural historian
• Carol Townend (1953—), English author
• KT Tunstall (1975—), Scottish singer and songwriter
• Valerie Vaz MP, British politician
• Ronald Alan Waldron (1927—), English medievalist
• André Walker (1979—), British political and media figure
• Francis Wheen (1957—), British journalist, writer and broadcaster
• John Scott Whiteley (1950—), Organist at York Minster and in 21st century Bach (BBC TV/Associated Rediffusion)
• Derek Yalden, English zoologist, Reader at the University of Manchester