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King’s alumni

Notable alumni

King's is proud of our brilliant alumni community. Each year, we recognise distinguished alumni at King's Distinguished Alumni Awards.

You can use the list below to browse some of King's most famous and illustrious alumni.

The criteria for inclusion on this page can be found here.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Actor and filmmaker
Dr Lama Al Sulaiman

Businesswoman and women’s rights pioneer
Anita Anand

Broadcaster and author
Dina Asher-Smith

Athlete
Satvir Bungar

Business leader and diversity champion
Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction Author
Alain de Botton

Philosopher and author
Dr Kenneth Dike

Pioneer of African studies
Maureen Duffy

Poet, playwright and novelist
Rosalind Franklin

Biophysicist
Susan Gilchrist

Communications World Leader
Katherine Grainger

Olympic Rower
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Botanist
Kavit Handa

International entrepreneur
Thomas Hardy

Novelist and poet
Peter Higgs

Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
Susan Hill

Novelist
Thomas Hodgkin

Pathologist
Africanus Horton

Political writer and army surgeon
Helen Hudson

Tutor for Women Students
Derek Jarman

Film-maker and gay rights campaigner
Rita Kakati-Shah

Entrepreneur and diversity champion
John Keats

Poet
Hanif Kureshi

Writer
Imani-Lara Lansiquot

Olympic sprinter
Michael Levitt

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Joseph Lister

Professor of Clinical Surgery
Charles Lyell

Professor of Geology
Comfort Momoh

Women’s health campaigner
Dr Harold Moody

Civil rights activist
Edith Morley

Literary scholar and suffragette
Sir Michael Morpurgo

Celebrated children's author
Sarah Mullally

133rd Bishop of London
Sarojini Naidu

Politician
Laviai Nielsen

Olympic athlete
Florence Nightingale

Nurse and social reformer