Well-known Sheffield alumni
The University of Sheffield produces alumni of extremely high calibre.
Here are some of our more well-known former students (January 07):
- Sir Donald Bailey (1901-1985)
- Inventor of the famous World War II "Bailey Bridge" - Carol Barnes
- Newscaster - The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
- MP for Sheffield Brightside - Lee Child
- Crime fiction novelist - Stephen Daldry
- Director of films "Billy Elliott" and "The Hours", Artistic Director of Royal Court Theatre (1992-1998) - David Davies
- Executive Director of the Football Association - Jessica Ennis
- Great Britain Heptathlete - World Championship Gold Medalist 2009 - Martin Fry
- Lead singer with 80s pop band ABC - Nicci Gerrard
- Author (also writes as Nicci French) - Joanne Harris
- Award winning author of books including "Chocolat" - Penny Hughes
- Past-President, Coca-Cola Great Britain and Ireland - Eddie Izzard
- Comedian, Actor - Amy Johnson (1903-1941)
- Pioneering aviator of the 1930s - The Rt. Hon Lord Justice Maurice Kay
- Lord Justice of Appeal - Sir Hans Kornberg
- Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (1982- 1995), world-famous biochemist - Sir Harry Kroto
- Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1996 - Vanessa Lawrence
- Director General of Ordnance Survey - Hilary Mantel, CBE, FRSL
- Author and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 - Sir Peter Middleton
- Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, Chairman of Camelot - John O'Leary
- Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement - Dame Anne Rafferty, DBE
- Judge of the High Court of Justice - Sir Richard Roberts
- Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology 1993 - Jack Rosenthal (1931-2004)
- Playwright - Helen Sharman
- Britain's first astronaut - Rachel Shelley
- Star of Emmy nominated TV show 'The L Word' and of Oscar nominated movie 'Lagaan' - Linda Smith (1958-2006)
- Comedian - David Wetherall
- Former Premiership footballer at Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City - Howard Wilkinson
- Former football manager at Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday