List of University of Manchester people
This is a list of University of Manchester people. Many famous or notable people have worked or studied at the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology institutions, which combined in 2004 to form the University of Manchester.
The following list includes the names of all 25 Nobel prize laureates among them.Alumni
Architecture
Music
- John Casken, composer and professor of composition
Theatre, cinema and broadcasting
Others
- Natalia Fuchs, art critic, new media researcher, international curator and cultural producer.
- Tessa Jackson, contemporary art curator, writer and administrator
- Pat McDonagh, fashion designer
- Tom Palin, painter
- Johnny Rozsa, photographer
Natural and applied sciences
- William Boyd Dawkins, geologist
- James Lovelock, independent scientist and prominent environmentalist. Proposed the Gaia hypothesis. Graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1941.
- Sir John Maddox, Editor of Nature for 22 years
- Gordon Manley, climatologist
Psychology
- C. E. M. Hansel
- Adrian Wells
Biology and chemistry
Computer science
Engineering
Mathematics
Physics
Physiology and medicine
The University of Manchester currently has 28 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Present and historical University of Manchester people notable for their contributions to medicine and physiology include:Social sciences and education
Business
Economics
Education
Politics
Social anthropology
History
Religion and philosophy
Sport
Chancellors
Vice-Chancellors
