Alumni of Newcastle University

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained success on the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), before going on to play the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present).

British singer (born 1945)

Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth, Eugenie was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and is 12th as of 2026.

British actor

British politician (born 1970)

British historian

British politician (born 1979)

American lawyer and politician

British science fiction author (born 1966)

English actor

England association football player (born 1994)

English explorer (born 1975)

English film director, screenwriter and producer

deputy team principal of the Williams F1 Formula One racing team

English musician (1947–2022)

President of Zanzibar

Malaysian film director (1958–2009)

Australian politician (born 1951)

English paleontologist (1947-2020)

Nepalese politician

Irish rugby union player

British aristocrat and businessman (born 1991)

British jazz trumpeter, composer and writer (1933–2009)

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British rower

British rower

British politician

Irish artist based in the US (born 1945)

British journalist (born 1945)

British rower

French politician

British politician (born 1956)

British politician (born 1937)

English dramatist, screenwriter and short-story writer (born 1968)

Nigerian lawyer

British businessman

British climatologist

American director

British politician (born 1944)

Latvian diplomat (born 1955)

British music manager (1933–1973)

Sierra Leonean politician (1938-2020)

British politician (born 1954)

British paleontologist (1925–1999)

British psychoanalyst and suffragette

Nigerian lawyer

British politician

Sudanese mathematician and physicist

German-Indian cardiovascular scientist and cricketer

Scottish botanist (1942–2022)

English rock singer (b. 1979)

British video game composer

footballer; football manager (born 1974)

British botanist (1920-1998)

a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (born 1973)

British politician (born 1957)

English rugby union footballer

British singer-songwriter and visual artist

English football player and manager

British paleontologist (1947-2021)