List of alumni of the University of St Andrews
This list of alumni of the University of St Andrews includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Academics[edit]
Educators[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bell | 1774 | Anglican priest, educationalist, founder of Madras College | |
| Normand MacLaurin | 1854 M.A. | Physician; chancellor of the University of Sydney; Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| G. Gabrielle Starr | 10th president of Pomona College; attended graduate school at St Andrews as a Robert T. Jones Scholar | ||
| Walter Perry | 1943 MB ChB, 1948 MD, 1958 DSc | Pharmacologist, physician, first Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, and life peer | |
| Eric Anderson | M.A. | Educationalist and Provost of Eton College | |
| P. C. Anderson | 1892 M.A. | Educator, headmaster of Scotch College and golfer; winning the 1893 Amateur Championship | |
| John Adamson | M.A. | Minister, academic, Principal of the University of Edinburgh | |
| Edward Farrer | Oxford University academic and administrator, master of University College | ||
| John Fulton | University administrator and public servant; vice-chancellor of the University of Wales and of the University of Sussex; chairman of the British Council | ||
| Leonard Huxley | Schoolteacher, writer and editor; son of Thomas Henry Huxley | ||
| Annie Lloyd Evans | M.A. | Superintendent of Fulham Training College for Women Teachers |
Professors and researchers[edit]
Sciences[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen ApSimon | PhD | Air pollution expert at Imperial College London | |
| John Hutton Balfour | Botanist and academic | ||
| Michael J. Belton | Astronomer; president of the Belton Space Exploration Initiatives; chair of the 2002 NASA Planetary Science Decadal Survey; emeritus astronomer at the Kitt Peak National Observatory | [1] | |
| Michael Berry | 1965 PhD | Mathematical physicist, known for discovering the Berry phase | [2] |
| Gavin Brown | 1963 M.A. | Mathematician, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide | [3] |
| Leslie Hilton Brown | Agriculturalist and ornithologist | ||
| Ishbel Campbell | PhD/1931 | British chemist researcher and lecturer who held one of the first Commonwealth Fellowships awarded to a woman. | [4] |
| Hugh Cleghorn | 1834 M.A. | Physician, botanist, forester, "the father of scientific forestry in India" | |
| Frank Close | 1967 BSc | Particle physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford | |
| Dougal Dixon | 1970 BSc, 1972 MSc | Geologist and author | |
| Angus Fulton | 1922 BSc | Civil engineer, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers | |
| James Alexander Green | Mathematician and professor at the University of Warwick; active in the field of representation theory | ||
| Ernest William Lyons Holt | 1888 | Marine biologist and ichthyologist; his work helped lay a scientific foundation for the fishery management in Ireland | |
| Peggie Muriel Hobson | 1952 Ph.D. | Geographer | |
| Rosemary Hutton | 1948 M.A. | Geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics | |
| James Irvine | BSc | Organic chemist and principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, as a research chemist, Irvine worked on the application of methylation techniques to carbohydrates, and isolated the first methylated sugars, trimethyl and tetramethyl glucose | |
| Francis Robert Japp | 1868 M.A. | Chemist, known for discovering the Japp-Klingemann reaction | |
| Benedict Jones | 2005 PhD | Academic; research psychologist and lecturer at the University of Glasgow; studies the biological and social factors underlying face perception and preferences | |
| John Scott Keltie | Geographer, known for his work with the Royal Geographical Society | ||
| William Elford Leach | Zoologist and marine biologist, described several species including Libinia emarginata | ||
| John Leslie | 1779 | Physicist and mathematician, gave the first modern description of capillary action and the artificial production of ice, developed the Leslie cube | |
| James Bowman Lindsay | 1825 | Inventor, author, credited with early developments in several fields, such as incandescent lighting and telegraphy | |
| Donald MacCrimmon MacKay | 1943 BSc | Physicist | [5] |
| Maxwell T. Masters | Botanist and taxonomist, known for his work in vegetable teratology | ||
| George Matthew McNaughton | 1916 BSc | Civil engineer, chief engineer to the Department of Health | |
| William M'Intosh | 1857 | Physician, psychiatrist, marine biologist, awarded the 1924 Linnean Medal | |
| Maureen Muggeridge | Geologist, worked mainly in diamond mining | ||
| James D. Murray | 1953 BA, 1956 PhD | Academic and mathematician, worked mainly in mathematical biology, held professorships at Oxford University and the University of Washington | |
| John Napier | 1563 (did not graduate) | Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, astrologer, known for discovering logarithms, inventing Napier's bones and popularising the use of the decimal point | |
| Mark M. Newell | 1996 PhD | Academic and underwater archeologist | |
| William Richmond | Biochemist, discovered the Richmond Test, a test for blood cholesterol levels | ||
| Catherine Steele | 1925 BSc, 1928 PhD | Plant biochemist | [6] |
Humanities[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Balfour | Philosopher | ||
| G.W.S. Barrow | Historian and academic | ||
| Stephen Haliczer | Historian | ||
| Kieron O'Hara | Philosopher, computer scientist and political writer | ||
| Russell Kirk | 1953 D.Litt. | Political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, fiction author, known for his influence on 20th-century American conservatism | [7] |
| Dominic Sandbrook | Historian and author | ||
| Lawrence Stenhouse | Educationalist | ||
| Robert Archibald Armstrong | Lexicographer | [8] | |
| James Crichton | 1574 BA M.A. | Polymath and origin of the term 'the admirable Crichton' | [9] |
| Michael Wesley | PhD | Academic, professor of national security at the Australian National University | |
| Bethwell Allan Ogot | 1959 M.A. | Historian and chancellor of Moi University | [10] |
| Adam Ferguson | 1742 M.A. | Philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment; "the father of modern sociology" | [11] |
| Steve Boardman | 1989 PhD | Medieval historian | [12] |
| John Craig | M.A. | Classicist, Firth Professor of Latin at the University of Sheffield | |
| William Craigie | 1888 | Philologist, lexicographer | [13] |
| James Main Dixon | 1879 | Professor of English literature, author, scholar of the Scots language | |
| John Elder | Cartographer, writer, tutor of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley | ||
| Duncan Forbes | Academic, linguist, translator, worked at King's College London and the British Museum, remembered for the erroneous Cox-Forbes theory | ||
| Peter Goodwin | MPhil | Maritime historian, author, former keeper and curator of HMS Victory | |
| George Hadow | 1731 M.A., 1740 MD | Professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at St Mary's College | |
| Bonaventure Hepburn | Roman Catholic linguist, lexicographer, philologist, biblical commentator, held the post of Keeper of Oriental Books and Manuscripts at the Vatican | ||
| Alexander Haslam | M.A. | Academic and professor of psychology at the University of Queensland | |
| David N. Hempton | 1977 PhD | Academic and historian of evangelical Protestant Christianity; dean of Harvard Divinity School; fellow of the Royal Historical Society | |
| Robert Kirk | 1664 | Minister; Gaelic scholar; folklorist; known for The Secret Commonwealth, a treatise on fairy folklore, witchcraft, ghosts, and the second sight, a type of extrasensory perception described as a phenomenon by the people of the Scottish Highlands | |
| Norman Kemp Smith | 1902 PhD | Academic, philosopher; held professorships at Princeton University and Edinburgh University; known for his English translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason | |
| Roger Lewis | 1982 | Academic, biographer, journalist, wrote biographies of Anthony Burgess, Peter Sellers and Laurence Olivier | |
| William Manderstown | C. 16th century | Philosopher, Rector of the University of Paris | |
| James Mylne | Philosopher and academic | ||
| Kieron O'Hara | M.A. | Philosopher, computer scientist, political writer and academic | |
| Richard Oram | 1983 M.A., 1988 PhD | Historian and academic | |
| Stephen Daniels | M.A. | Professor of Cultural Geography at University of Nottingham, awarded Victoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the British Academy | |
| Alan Stewart Duthie | 1960 M.A. | Professor of Linguistics at University of Ghana. Instrumental in establishment of the study of Linguistics in Ghana. He also was a long-serving member of the translation committee of the Bible Society of Ghana. |
Nobel laureates[edit]
The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year for outstanding research, the invention of ground-breaking techniques or equipment, or outstanding contributions to society.
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Black | 1946 MB ChB | Physician, pharmacologist; winner of 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; developed beta blockers and H2 receptor antagonists |
Medicine[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Jenner | 1792 MD | Physician and pioneer of the smallpox vaccine | [14] |
| Joseph Bancroft | 1859 MD | Surgeon and parasitologist | |
| Douglas Black | 1933 MB ChB | Physician and the author of the Black Report | |
| John Garrow | MD, PhD | Honorary consultant physician, nutrition scientist, and editor of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | |
| Robert Whytt | 1730 M.A. | Physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | |
| John Arbuthnot | 1696 MD | Physician, satirist, polymath, creator of the character John Bull | |
| Patrick Abercromby | 1685 MD | Physician, antiquarian, personal physician to King James VII (II of England) | |
| George Ballingall | Physician, surgeon, regius professor of military surgery at Edinburgh University | [11] | |
| John Barclay | B.D | Comparative anatomist, extramural teacher in anatomy, and director of the Highland Society of Scotland | [15] |
| Robert Batty | 1797 MD | Obstetric physician and amateur artist | [16] |
| Golding Bird | 1838 MD 1840 M.A. | Physician; authority on kidney disease; known for his work in related sciences, especially the medical uses of electricity and electrochemistry | |
| Charles Bisset | 1766 MD | Physician and military engineer | |
| David Bruce | Physician, an original member of the Royal Society | ||
| Elizabeth Bryson | 1905 MBChB, 1907 MD | Physician and broadcaster who pioneered research on the psychosomatic approach in gynecology | |
| Sheila Callender | 1935 BSc, 1938 MBChB, 1944 MD | Physician, haematologist | [17] |
| John Clephane | 1729 MD | Physician, military physician and correspondent of David Hume | |
| Andrew Duncan | 1762 M.A. | Physician and professor at Edinburgh University | |
| John Eliot | 1759 MD | Physician, and personal physician to George IV | |
| Margaret Fairlie | 1915 MB ChB | Physician, academic, first woman to hold a professorial chair in Scotland | |
| John Goodsir | Anatomist and pioneer of cell biology | ||
| George Britton Halford | 1854 MD | Anatomist, physiologist, founder of the first medical school in Australia, the University of Melbourne School of Medicine | |
| John Lorimer | 1764 M.D | Royal Army Surgeon, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | [18] |
| James Simson | MD | Medical academic and the second Chandos Professor of Medicine and Anatomy at the University of St Andrews | |
| John Jebb | 1777 MD | Physician, divine, religious and political reformer, Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge | |
| Richard Poole | 1805 MD | Physician, psychiatrist, phrenologist, editor of the New Edinburgh Review, the Phrenological Journal and Encyclopædia Edinensis | |
| Hubert Lacey | MB ChB | Physician, psychiatrist, academic, professor of psychiatry at St George's Medical School, specialises in the management of eating disorders | |
| John Pringle | Physician, 'father of military medicine' | ||
| Charles Rizza | 1962 MD | Physician, haematologist, haemophilia expert | |
| Stewart Duke-Elder | 1919 BSc M.A. 1923 MB ChB 1925 MD | Physician, ophthalmologist; Surgeon-Oculist to King Edward VIII, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II; awarded the 1957 Lister Medal | |
| Samuel Cockburn | 1848 MD | Physician, homeopath, critic of the medical establishment of the time | |
| Daniel Noble | 1832 M.A. 1833 MD | Physician, known for contributions to the study of mental illness and epidemiology | |
| John William Tripe | 1846 MD | President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1871–72) | [19] |
Business and finance[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Balfour | Merchant and founder of the shipping company Balfour Williamson | ||
| Peter Burt | Businessman, former chief executive and later Governor of the Bank of Scotland | ||
| Archibald Constable | Publisher, bookseller and stationer; his company continues to this day as Constable & Robinson | ||
| John Cuckney | Industrialist, civil servant and peer | ||
| Henry Duncan | Minister; founder of the world's first commercial saving bank, Trustee Savings Bank | ||
| Iain Ferguson | Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle; Chairman | ||
| Robert Horton | Chief Executive of BP; Chancellor of the University of Kent | ||
| Andrew Mackenzie | 1977 BSc | Chief Executive of BHP, the world's largest mining company | |
| George Mathewson | 1966 PhD | CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland and convener of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| Robert Paul Reid | Chief executive of Shell and Sears; chairman of the British Railways Board and the International Petroleum Exchange | ||
| John Rose | 1975 M.A. | Businessman and CEO of Rolls-Royce | |
| Olivier Sarkozy | M.A. | Investment banker and half brother of the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy |
Government, law, and public policy[edit]
- Note: Individuals who belong in multiple sections appear in the first relevant section.
Politics and public affairs[edit]
Members of the Scottish Parliament[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Salmond | M.A. | Former First minister of Scotland; former leader of the Scottish National Party | |
| Marco Biagi | Politician and MSP for Edinburgh central | ||
| Marlyn Glen | Scottish Labour politician; Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland | ||
| George Reid | 1962 M.A. | Politician; SNP Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire; regional MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife; Scottish Parliament's second Presiding Officer | |
| Jamie Stone | 1977 M.A. | Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, member of the Scottish Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland, and Easter Ross | |
| Chic Brodie | 1966 BSc | Politician, MSP for South Scotland | |
| Marlyn Glen | M.A. | Labour Party politician, MSP for North East Scotland | |
| Gordon Jackson | Scottish Labour Party politician, lawyer, MSP for Glasgow Govan |
Members of the House of Commons[edit]
Other[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sawers | British Ambassador to the UN and director of MI6 | ||
| Hikmat Abu Zayd | 1950 M.A. | First female member of the Cabinet of Egypt | |
| Henry Balnaves | Politician and religious reformer | ||
| John Hamilton-Gordon | Politician, Lord lieutenant of Ireland and Governor General of Canada | ||
| Colleen Bell | United States Ambassador to Hungary | ||
| Edgar Paul Boyko | Attorney, served as Attorney General for the State of Alaska | ||
| Thomas Bruce | Nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon in Athens | ||
| Eamonn Butler | Director and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute think tank; author and broadcaster on economic and social issues | ||
| Archibald Campbell | De facto head of government in Scotland during most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms; major figure in the Covenanter movement | ||
| Duncan Ndegwa | M.A. | Civil servant, banker; first African governor of the Central Bank of Kenya; head of the Kenyan Civil Service | [10] |
| John Campbell | Liberal politician, lawyer, man of letters, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | ||
| James Graham | Nobleman, soldier, initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed | ||
| John Graham | Soldier, nobleman, Tory, Episcopalian | ||
| John Campbell | Nobleman and the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883 | ||
| Arthur Hobhouse | Local government Liberal politician; architect of the system of National parks of England and Wales | ||
| David Kurten | 1993 BSc | UKIP Member of the London Assembly | |
| James Younger | Politician and elected hereditary peer who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords; Lord-in-waiting | ||
| Jean-Paul Marat | 1775 MD | Physician, political theorist, scientist, radical journalist and politician in France during the French Revolution | |
| Madsen Pirie | 1974 PhD | Researcher, author, educator, founder and current president of the Adam Smith Institute | |
| Lyon Playfair | Scientist and Liberal politician, held the offices of Postmaster General and Chairman of Ways and Means | ||
| Catherine Stihler | M.A. | Labour Party politician; Member of the European Parliament for Scotland; returned as the Rector of the University of St Andrews in 2014 | |
| James Wilson | 1763 M.A. | Founding Father of the United States; a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence; one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States | [20] |
| Robert F. Thompson | Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate, represented the 11th District | ||
| Richard Arthur | 1885 M.A. | Politician, social reformer, physician, Member of the Parliament of New South Wales | |
| Alastair Balls | M.A. | Senior economic adviser to HM Treasury and chairman of the International Centre for Life | |
| Henry Balnaves | M.A. | Politician, Lord Justice Clerk and Protestant religious reformer | |
| David Erskine | Nobleman, eccentric, founded the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | ||
| Stuart Butler | 1968 BSc 1971 M.A. 1978 PhD | Director of the Center for Policy Innovation at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.; associate professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute | [21] |
| Pamela Chesters | Conservative politician; advisor for health and youth opportunities to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson | ||
| James Hamilton | 1584 BA 1585 MA | Scot who became owner of large tracts of land in County Down, Ireland, and founded a successful Protestant settlement there several years before the Plantation of Ulster | |
| James Clinkskill | Politician and engineer, merchant, author, justice of the peace and mayor of Saskatoon | ||
| Robert Cox | Gelatine and glue manufacturer and Liberal Unionist politician | ||
| George Mackenzie | Statesman; Secretary of State; Lord Justice General | ||
| Alastair Crooke | 1972 M.A. | Diplomat; founder and director of the Conflicts Forum; a figure in MI6 | |
| Kevin Dunion | 1978 M.A. | Politician; first Scottish Information Commissioner; Rector of the University of St Andrews | |
| James Glenie | Businessman and political figure in New Brunswick, represented Sunbury County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| Gordon Ritchie | MB ChB | Progressive Conservative Party member of the House of Commons of Canada for Dauphin | |
| George Turner Orton | 1860 MD | Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada for Wellington Centre | |
| John Young Bown | MD | Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada for Brant North | |
| Frances Josephy | Liberal Party politician, chairman of the Federal Union | ||
| Donald Luddington | 1940 M.A. | Colonial government official, civil servant, Governor of the Solomon Islands and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
| David Lyndsay | 1509 | Lord Lyon and poet | |
| William Maitland | Politician, reformer, Secretary of State | ||
| Douglas Mason | 1963 | Policymaker, author, known for his work with the Adam Smith Institute in developing the poll tax | |
| Hugh Lyon Playfair | M.A. L.L.D. | Provost of St Andrews; officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery; prominent figure in The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews | |
| Dr. Fiona Hill (presidential advisor) | M.A. | Academic, foreign policy specialist, and former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on the United States National Security Council (2017-2019) Testified in Trump impeachment hearings. | |
| David Holmes | American diplomat, testified in Trump impeachment hearings. |
Law[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Dundas, Lord Arniston | Lord of Session and Shire Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament | ||
| Duncan McNeill | 1809 MD | Advocate; judge; Tory politician; Lord Justice General; Lord President of the Court of Session | |
| Ronald Mackay | M.A. | Lawyer and judge of the College of Justice, sitting in the Inner House of the Court of Session | |
| George Dempster | 1750 (did not graduate) | Advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician; served as MP for the Perth Burghs; founded the bank George Dempster & Co.; director of the East India Company; provost of the town of St Andrews; director of the Highland Society; key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment | |
| William Kirk Dickson | 1912 L.L.D. | Advocate; librarian; writer; Keeper of the Advocates' Library; Librarian of the National Library of Scotland | |
| David Erskine | Judge and MP for Forfarshire | ||
| William Lamb | 1520 M.A. | Cleric, lawyer, author, senator at the College of Justice | |
| George Mackenzie | 1653 | Lawyer, Lord Advocate, and legal writer | [22] |
| Robert Moray | C. 16th century (did not graduate) | Statesman, diplomat, judge, spy, freemason, natural philosopher, known for his role in the founding of the Royal Society |
Military and national intelligence[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Dickson Home | Surgeon General of the British Army who was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour during the Indian Mutiny | ||
| Alistair Irwin | British Army officer; Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom; Commandant of Sandhurst | ||
| Ewaryst Jakubowski | 1940 | Polish paratrooper; member of the Polish Army in Exile; stationed in St Andrews during World War II; attended art classes at the university; completed the Polish memorial mosaic on the town hall; parachuted into Poland as one of the Cichociemni and died in August 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising | [23] |
| J. M. Bruce Lockhart | 1936 | Deputy Director of MI6 and military attaché | [24] |
| Tony Mason | M.A. | Air vice-marshal in the RAF, Air Secretary | |
| James Graham | Nobleman, poet, soldier, Captain General of Scotland. | ||
| William Gordon Rutherfurd | Commander of HMS Swiftsure at the Battle of Trafalgar | ||
| Barney White-Spunner | 1981 | Commander of the British Field Army | [25] |
| George Kennedy Young | Deputy Director of MI6 and Merchant Banker | ||
| Alex Younger | Director of MI6 | [26][27] | |
| Edward Smyth-Osbourne | Commanding Officer of the Household Division, Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick in Waiting to the Queen. Honorary Colonel of the Tayforth UOTC. | [28] |
Journalism and media[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. C. Forbes | 1897 | Financial journalist, author, founded Forbes magazine | |
| Louise Minchin | Journalist and television presenter who works mainly for the BBC | ||
| Tim Samuels | Documentary filmmaker and broadcaster | ||
| Brian Taylor | 1977 M.A. | Journalist and the political editor for BBC Scotland | |
| Craig Oliver | M.A. | News editor, producer, media executive; director of communications for the former British prime minister David Cameron; former controller of English news output for BBC Global News | |
| Judith Bumpus | 1961 M.A. | Radio producer for the BBC specialising in coverage of the arts, particularly the work of visual artists | [29] |
| Robbie Collin | M.A. | Writer and film critic for the Daily Telegraph | |
| Jolyon Connell | M.A. | Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times journalist, founded The Week | |
| Margaret MacPherson | 1914 | Journalist, editor and writer | |
| Chris Morgan | 1976 M.Theol. | Journalist, BBC television and radio | |
| Lara Johnson-Wheeler | M.A. | Arts and fashion journalist |
Literature, writing, and translation[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Moffat | 1972 M.A. | Writer; journalist; director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Rector of the University of St Andrews | |
| Robert Aytoun | 1588 M.A. | Poet, lawyer, court poet to the queen of King James I and VI, one of the first Scots to write in standard English | |
| Andrew Crumey | Novelist and literary editor of the Edinburgh newspaper Scotland on Sunday | ||
| Gavin Douglas | 1494 | Bishop, makar and translator | |
| William Dunbar | 1479 M.A. | Poet and makar | |
| Alexander Hume | M.A. | Poet | |
| Robert Fergusson | 1763 (did not graduate) | Poet, known for his influence on Robert Burns | |
| Sarah Hall | M.Litt. | Novelist; poet; author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Electric Michaelangelo | |
| Gilbert Hay | Poet and translator | ||
| James A. Michener | Research Student, Lippincott Fellowship[30] | American author. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. | |
| David Lyndsay | Lord Lyon and poet | ||
| Bruce Marshall | Fiction and nonfiction writer whose works were the subject of numerous television and film adaptations | ||
| Hilary McKay | Writer of children's books, winner of the 1992 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | ||
| Alastair Reynolds | PhD | Science fiction author | |
| William Tennant | Scholar and poet | ||
| Fay Weldon | Author, essayist and playwright whose work has been associated with feminism | ||
| Timothy Williams | 1970 M.A. | Author and winner of a Crime Writers' Association award | |
| Andrew Lang | Poet, novelist, literary critic, contributor to the field of anthropology; known as a collector of folk and fairy tales | ||
| Robert Henryson | Poet and makar | ||
| Thomas Finlayson Henderson | Historian and biographer | ||
| Helen Bannerman | 1887 L.L.A. | Author of children's books; known for her first book, The Story of Little Black Sambo (1899) | [31] |
| John Bellenden | M.A. | Writer and translator to James V | |
| Thomas Bowdler | Physician and philanthropist, known for publishing The Family Shakspeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work | ||
| Pete Brown | Writer on beer and drinking culture around the world | ||
| James Browne | M.A. | Writer and man of letters | |
| Patrick Brydone | Traveller and author who served as Comptroller of the Stamp Office | ||
| Thomas Craig | 1555 BA | Jurist and poet | |
| William Fowler | 1578 | Poet, makar, writer, courtier, and translator | |
| James Graeme | 1769 (did not graduate) | Poet | |
| Michael Hulse | 1977 M.A. | Translator, critic and poet, notable especially for his translations of German novels by W. G. Sebald | |
| Alexander Hume | 1574 BA | Poet | |
| William Lauder | 1537 | Cleric, playwright, and poet | |
| Nicholas Moore | Poet, associated with the New Apocalyptics | ||
| Julia Ember | Author, associated with The Seafarer's Kiss | ||
| Dave Duncan | Author |
Entertainment[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crispin Bonham-Carter | 1992 | Actor and theatre director | |
| Dilys Breese | 1954 M.A. | Natural history television producer for the BBC and an ornithologist | |
| Michelle Duncan | Actress | ||
| Tenniel Evans | Actor | ||
| Hazel Irvine | 1980 | Television presenter | |
| Siobhan Redmond | Actress | ||
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas | Actor, voice actor, former child star, teen idol, known for his role as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement | ||
| Andrew Lawrence | Comedian and winner of the 2004 BBC New Act of the Year | ||
| Denny Delk | 2004 BSc | Actor, voice actor, known for providing the voice of Murray in the Monkey Island game series and a range of voices in LucasArts games | [32] |
| David Caves | Actor | ||
| Saba Douglas-Hamilton | 1993 M.A. | Wildlife conservationist, television presenter, known for the television series The Secret Life of Elephants | [33] |
| Jules Knight | Actor | ||
| Ian McDiarmid | Actor, known for portraying the villain Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars film series | ||
| Abigail Thorn | 2015 M.A. | Actress and YouTuber, known for the ongoing series Philosophy Tube and play The Prince |
Music[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid Canaveral | Indie pop band | ||
| David Jackson | Progressive rock saxophonist, flutist, composer, known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator | [34] |
Visual arts[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Rodger | Early photography pioneer | ||
| John Adamson | 1843 MD | Physician and pioneer photographer | |
| Philip Colbert | Fashion designer, artist and journalist | ||
| George Denholm Armour | Painter | [35] | |
| Kate Holt | Photojournalist | ||
| Andrew Nairne | 1983 M.A. | Curator, museum director, director of Kettle's Yard | |
| Franki Raffles | 1977 M.A. | Social documentary photographer |
Religion[edit]
Royalty and Nobility[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| William, Prince of Wales | 2005 | Heir apparent to the British throne. | [45] |
| Catherine, Princess of Wales | 2005 | Wife of William, Prince of Wales (née Middleton). | [46] |
Sports[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hoy | 1996 (transferred to the University of Edinburgh) | Cyclist; has won world, cycling and Commonwealth competitions; most successful British Olympian in terms of gold medals | |
| Charles B. Macdonald | 1875 | Major figure in the development of golf in the United States | [47] |
| Danny Blanchflower | 1945 | Northern Ireland international footballer | |
| J.S. Thomson | Rugby union player who represented Scotland in the first international rugby match | ||
| Alfred Clunies-Ross | Rugby union player who represented Scotland in the first international rugby match | ||
| Robert Munro | Rugby union player who represented Scotland in the first international rugby match | ||
| Findlay S. Douglas | 1896 | Amateur golfer who won the 1898 U.S. Amateur and was president of the United States Golf Association | |
| Damian Hopley | Rugby union player for London Wasps and England | ||
| Kim Elgie | 1956 | Cricketer; represented South Africa; represented Scotland in Rugby union while a student at St Andrews | |
| Duncan Macrae | 1939 MBChB | Rugby union player; represented Scotland and the British and Irish Lions | [48] |
| R. C. Stevenson | 1911 MBChB | Rugby union player; represented Scotland and the British and Irish Lions; also played for Barbarians F.C. | |
| Cameron Glasgow | Rugby union player, who represented Scotland, Barbarians F.C. and Heriot's Rugby Club | ||
| Tyrone Howe | 1993 M.A. | Rugby union player, who represented Ulster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions |
Other[edit]
| Name | Year/degree | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Berry | Surgeon, merchant and explorer who established the town of Berry, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Margaret C. Davidson | M.A. 1902 | Modern languages teacher, suffragist, volunteer nurse at the Scottish Women's Hospital, France and Girl Guide leader from Dornoch. | |
| John Honey | Minister; while a student at St Andrews, rescued five drowning men; commemorated in the traditional weekly 'pier walk' at the university | ||
| Elsie Howey | 1902 (did not graduate) | Suffragette | |
| Philippe Cousteau, Jr. | M.A. | Environmental conservationist; grandson of Jacques Cousteau | |
| Fiona Hukula | Ph.D. | The first Papua New Guinean woman to obtain a PhD in social anthropology |
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