List of Durham University people

This is a list of people associated with Durham University, divided for user convenience into multiple subcategories.

This includes alumni, those who have taught there, conducted research there or played a part in its founding.

[a] Staff candidates who have read for higher degrees, like the geologist Gillian Foulger or the historian Jeremy Black, did not join a college either.

Durham alumni are active through organizations and events such as the annual reunions, dinners and balls.

By 2009, the university claimed 67 Durham associations, ranging from international to college and sports affiliated groups, catered for the more than 109,000 living alumni.

Jas Pal Badyal , Professor of Chemistry
Andrew Gamble , Professor of Politics at Cambridge University
Frank Kelly , Mathematician and former Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Arthur Holmes , Head of Geology (1924–1942)
Peter Liss , environmental scientist at University of East Anglia
Jack Ogden , historian of jewellery
James Holland , author and broadcaster
Liz James , art historian
Douglas Davies , Professor in the Study of Religion
Robert Hugh Layton , Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
Mathew Guest , Professor of Sociology of Religion
Explorer Robert Swan
Tim Smit , founder of the Eden Project