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University of St Andrews Alumni
Notable Alumni from the University of St Andrews:
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|
Name |
Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Prince William |
Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne |
MA |
2005 |
|
Catherine, Princess of Wales |
Princess of Wales, member of British royal family |
MA |
2005 |
|
Alex Salmond |
Former First Minister of Scotland |
MA |
1978 |
|
Fay Weldon |
Novelist, author of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil |
MA |
1959 |
|
James Black |
Nobel Prize in Medicine, drug discovery (beta-blockers) |
MB ChB |
1946 |
|
John Napier |
Mathematician, inventor of logarithms |
N/A |
1563 |
|
Douglas Dunn |
Scottish poet and academic |
MA |
1969 |
|
Sir Malcolm Rifkind |
British politician, former Foreign Secretary |
MA |
1968 |
|
Michael Forsyth |
Politician, former Secretary of State for Scotland |
MA |
1978 |
|
Barbara Castle |
British politician, Labour Party |
MA |
1937 |
|
Sir Chris Hoy |
Olympic cyclist, multiple gold medalist |
MA |
1999 |
|
Andrew Lang |
Historian, writer, anthropologist |
MA |
1864 |
|
John Cleese |
Comedian, Monty Python member (studied briefly) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Sir Kenneth Dover |
Classical scholar, President of the British Academy |
MA |
1948 |
|
J. M. Barrie |
Author of Peter Pan |
MA |
1882 |
|
William Dunbar |
Scottish poet of the Renaissance |
N/A |
N/A |
|
George Buchanan |
Renaissance humanist, historian, poet |
MA |
1525 |
|
Sir Douglas Flint |
Former Chairman of HSBC |
MA |
1977 |
|
Louise Richardson |
Political scientist, first female Vice-Chancellor of Oxford |
PhD |
1989 |
|
Sir James Irvine |
Chemist, Principal of St Andrews, developed sugar chemistry |
PhD |
1901 |
|
Peter Burt |
Banker, former CEO of Bank of Scotland |
MA |
1970 |
|
Catherine Calderwood |
Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland |
MB ChB |
1990 |
|
John Witherspoon |
Signer of the US Declaration of Independence |
MA |
1739 |
|
Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson |
Biologist, pioneer in biomathematics |
MA |
1884 |
|
James Wilson |
Economist, founder of The Economist magazine |
N/A |
1840s |
|
Sir Ronald Ross |
Nobel Prize in Medicine (malaria research, studied briefly) |
MD |
1879 |
|
Duncan Cameron |
Journalist, philanthropist |
MA |
1835 |
|
Gordon Brown |
Former Prime Minister of the UK (studied briefly) |
MA |
1972 |
|
Sir James Matthew Barrie |
Playwright, creator of Peter Pan |
MA |
1882 |
|
Sally Magnusson |
Journalist, broadcaster, author |
MA |
1978 |
Students
University of St Andrews admitted student profiles
GRE
313
IELTS
7
Profiles that got Into University of St Andrews
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