University of York

:This article is about the British university. For the Canadian university, see York University.

Notable alumni / alumnae

• Haleh Afshar, professor
• Daron Acemoglu, MIT Professor in economics, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
• Tony Banks, MP
• Hugh Bayley, MP
• Steve Beresford, musician
• Alan Burns, Computer Scientist
• Alex Callinicos, Marxist intellectual
• James Callis, actor
• Aníbal Cavaco Silva, economist and 11th Prime Minister of Portugal, doctorate from York University
• Jung Chang, writer and historian
• Jonathan Dollimore, professor
• Denise O'Donohue, TV producer
• Helen Dunmore, writer
• Greg Dyke, former Director General of the BBC and now Chancellor of the University (a largely ceremonial post)
• Harry Enfield, comedian
• Ambrose Field, composer
• Adam Hart-Davis, television producer / presenter
• Christine Hamilton, television personality
• Harriet Harman, MP
• Peter Hitchens, newspaper journalist
• Oona King, ex-MP
• Mark Laity, BBC news reporter and NATO spokesman
• Peter Lord, Oscar nominated director of Aardman Animations
• Genista McIntosh, theatre director
• Dominic Muldowney, composer
• Greg Mulholland, MP
• Albert Owen, MP
• Mark Russell, radio presenter
• Verity Sharp, Radio 3 presenter
• Tim Smith, Radio 2 presenter
• Victor Lewis-Smith, comedian
• Graham Swift, author
• Vincenzo Visco, former Italian finance minister
• Trevor Wishart, composer
• John Witherow, newspaper editor (Sunday Times)
• Tony Worthington, MP
• Sir Colville Norbert Young, Governor-General of Belize
• Tanya Byron, TV child psychologist