Newcastle University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Rowan Atkinson

Actor & comedian (“Mr Bean”, “Blackadder”)

BEng (Electrical Eng)

1975

Princess Eugenie

British royal, art history & English lit graduate

BA (Art History & English Lit)

2012

Bryan Ferry

Singer-songwriter, frontman of Roxy Music

Fine Art degree (BA)

N/A

Lisa Nandy

British Labour MP, Shadow Cabinet roles

BA (Politics)

2001

George Clarke

TV presenter and architect (“The Restoration Man”)

BA (Architectural Studies)

1995

Sir Terry Farrell

World-renowned architect and urban designer

Architecture degree

1961

Professor Sir John Burn

Clinical geneticist, prominent academic and NHS leader

BSc (Human Genetics), MBBS, MD

1973, 1976, 1991

Dr Zoe Williams

TV doctor on “This Morning”, GP and media personality

MBBS (Medicine)

2007

Max Fosh

YouTuber & comedian, began online career while at uni

BA (English Lit & Business)

N/A

Alan Craft

Paediatric oncologist, founder within Children’s Cancer Study Group

MBBS (Med)

1969

Lucy Winskell

Lawyer and business leader, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear

LLB (Law) or MBA

N/A

Kane Avellano

Youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo by motorcycle (Guinness Record)

N/A

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Ali Mohamed Shein

President of Zanzibar

N/A

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Richard Adams

Fair-trade businessman

N/A

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Yasmin Ahmad

Malaysian film director, writer, scriptwriter

N/A

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Dennis Assanis

President of University of Delaware

N/A

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Neil Astley

Publisher, editor, writer

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