Alumni

• Caroline Abel (MPhil 2005) Former Governor, Central Bank of Seychelles
• Charles S Chuka (MPhil 1988) Former Governor, Reserve Bank of Malawi
• Ian B Curle (BAcc 1982) Chief Executive, Edrington Group
• Richard Dixon (BVMS 1993, PhD 2000) Managing Director, Vets Now Ltd
• Douglas Flint (BAcc 1977) Former Chairman, HSBC 
• Charles G Hammond (LLB 1982) Chief Executive Officer, Forth Ports
• Bernard Higgins (BSc 1983) Former Chief Executive, Tesco Bank
• Donald P Kaberuka (MPhil 1980) Former 7th President of the African Development Bank
• Archibald G P Kane (BAcc 1975) Former Governor, Bank of Ireland
• Fiona C McBain (MA 1982) Former Chief Executive, Scottish Friendly Assurance
• Brian J McBride (MA 1977) Chair, ASOS plc
• Amanda E McMillan (BAcc 1990) Former Chief Executive Officer, AGS Airports Ltd.
• Kevin Sneader (LLB 1988) Co-President Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs
• Alan Thomson (MA 1967) Chair, Hays Group
• David J Thorburn (LLB 1978) Board Member, Prudential Regulation Authority
• Thomas Williams (MBA 1988) Chief Operating Officer, Airbus

• David V Anderson (MA 2000)  Playwright
• J Eddie H Barnes (MA 1995) Political Editor, Scotland on Sunday
• Nicola D S Barry (MPhil 2004) Journalist, Sunday Express
• Raman Bhardwaj (MA Soc Sci 1996) Sports presenter, STV
• John Binnie (MA 1986) Playwright
• Brian Bollen (MA 1979) Freelance Writer
• Cathie Boyd (BA 1993) Artistic Director & Founder of Cryptic & Curator for Sonica
• William A M Boyd (MA 1975, DLitt 2000) Author and Screenwriter
• Christopher J Brookmyre (MA 1989) Author 
• Paul G Buchanan (MA 1977) Singer, Songwriter, Frontman - Blue Nile
• Gerard J Butler (LLB1992, Diploma 1993) Actor
• Susan Calman (LLB 1996) Comedian, Actress and Writer
• Karen Campbell (MA 1987, MLitt 2003) Author
• Aileen Clarke (MA 1986) Reporter, BBC Scotland 
• Andrew Cotter (MA 1996) Sports Broadcaster
• Lorne Cousin (MA 1993) Bagpiper
• Robert Crawford (MA 1981) Poet   
• Lawrence Donegan (MA 1983) Author, Musician and Guardian golf correspondent
• Anne Donovan (MA 1975) Author
• Janice L Forsyth (MA 1982) BBC Radio Scotland Presenter
• Eileen R Gallagher (MA 1981) Shed Productions, Bad Girls and Footballer's Wives
• Janice Galloway (MA 1978) Author 
• Rodge P H Glass (MPhil 2003) Author 
• K M Grant (MA 1997) Children's author
• Jane S Harris (MA 1983) Author
• Roddy J J Hart (LLB 2001) Singer  
• Catriona M Harvey (MA 1993) Real Radio Presenter
• Greg E Hemphill (MA 1992) Actor
• Pat M Kane (MA 1985) Journalist, Musician
• Hardeep Singh Kohli (LLB 1989) Broadcaster
• Sanjeev Kohli  (BSc 1992) Actor
• Cal MacAninch (MA 1986) Actor
• Elisabeth A Mahoney (PhD 1995) Journalist & Founder of One Mile Bakery 
• Iain J Martin (MA 1993) Columnist for The Times and Co-founder, Editor and publisher of Reaction
• Nicola McCartney (MA 1994) Theatre Director and Writer
• Ken McCluskey (MA 2003) Singer, Bluebells
• Ann McManus (MEd 1986) Script Writer Shed Productions
• Denise A Mina (LLB 1991) Author
• Steven W Moffat (MA 1993) Executive producer, Dr Who, Sherlock   
• Shereen Nanjiani (MA 1983) TV & Radio Presenter    
• Andrew F Neil (MA 1972) Editor and Broadcaster
• Fraser A Nelson (MA 1995) Editor of The Spectator Magazine 
• Neil P Oliver (MA 1988) TV historian
• Paul Pender (LLB 1974) Writer and Producer
• Karine A Polwart (MPhil 1996) Singer/Songwriter
• Graeme A Reedie (MA 1996) DJ, Silicone Soul    
• Gwyneth L Rees (MBChB 1990) Children's Author  
• Emeli Sandé (BSc 2009) Singer/Songwriter
• Laura M Sayers (MA 2001) Radio One DJ, Producer   
• Manda C Scott (BVMS 1984)  Author
• Sarah E Smith (MA 1989) Reporter for BBC Scotland
• Zoe Strachan (MA 1996, MLitt 2000) Author    
• John Tiffany (MA 1994), Theatre Director
• Alan Warner (MPhil 1989)  Author    
• Lynn Faulds Wood (MA 1968) TV presenter and cancer campaigner
• Alf H Young (BSc 1967, MEd) Journalist and commentator

Current MPs and MSPs

• Alasdair J Allan (MA 1994) MSP SNP, Minister for Learning, Science & Scotland's Languages
• Thomas Arthur (MMus 2012) MSP SNP
• Jackie Baillie (Dip Housing Studies 1994) MSP Labour 
• Claire J Baker (PhD 1997) MSP Labour 
• Neil J Bibby (MA 2007) MSP Labour
• Mhairi Black MA 2015, SNP MP
• Alan Brown MP (BEng 1993) SNP MP
• J Vincent Cable, (PhD), Lib Dem MP
• Lisa Cameron MP (DClinPsy 1999) SNP MP
• Aileen E Campbell (MA 2002) MSP SNP,  Minister for Children & Young People
• Angela Constance (MA 1991) MSP SNP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
• Alberto Costa MA 1995  MP Conservative
• Angela Crawley (LLB 2016) SNP MP
• Bob Doris (MA 1995) MSP SNP
• Annabelle J Ewing (LLB 1981) MSP SNP
• Fergus S Ewing (LLB 1979) MSP SNP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism
• Linda Fabiani (Diploma in Social Sciences 1988) MSP SNP 
• Neil Findlay (PGCE 2003) MSP Labour
• Liam Fox (MBChB 1983) MP Conservative
• Patricia Gibson MA 1991 MP SNP
• Jennifer Gilruth (MA Sociology 2006) MSP SNP
• Peter Grant MP (BSc 1981) MP SNP
• James W Gray (MA 1975) MP Conservative
• James D Hepburn (MA 2002) MSP SNP
• Fiona J Hyslop (MA 1985) MSP SNP, Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs
• Christine Jardine (MA 1982), Lib Dem MP
• Johann M Lamont (MA 1978) MSP, Former Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
• John Lamont (LLB 1998) MP Conservative
• Gordon Lindhurst (Dip Legal Practice 1990 )  MSP Conservative 
• Dean Lockhart (LLB 1990) MSP Conservative
• Jennifer M Marra (LLB 2008) MSP Labour
• Gillian Martin  (MA 1991) MSP SNP 
• John F Mason (BAcc 1977) MSP SNP
• Joan McAlpine (MA 1985) MSP SNP
• Mark Menzies (MA 1994) MP Conservative
• Shona Robison (MA 1989) MSP SNP, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
• Douglas G Ross (BTech Hons 2004) MP Conservative
• Anas Sarwar (BDS 2005) MSP Labour
• Elaine Smith (PGCE 1993) MSP Labour
• Colin Smyth (MA 1984) MSP Labour
• Nicola Sturgeon (LLB 1992, Diploma 1993) MSP SNP, First Minister of Scotland
• Paul J Sweeney (MA Soc Sci 2011), Labour MP
• Philippa Whitford MP (MBChB 1982, MD 1991) SNP MP
• Humza Yousaf (MA 2007) MSP SNP

 Former MPs and MSPs

• Desmond H Browne (LLB 1974) Former Labour MP; Lord Browne of Ladyton 
• W Menzies Campbell (MA 1962, DUniv 2001) former MP, Lib Dem
• Margaret P Curran (MA 1981), former MP, Labour
• Stuart Donaldson MP (MA 2013) former MP, SNP
• Gemma Doyle (MA 2004), former MP, Labour
• Winifred "Winnie" M Ewing, MA 1949, Former MP
• George Kerevan MP (MA, 1972) former SNP MP
• Mary MacLeod (MA 1990) Former MP, Conservative
• Gregg McClymont (MA 1997), former MP, Labour
• Anne C McGuire (MA 1971) former MP Labour
• Pamela Nash (MA 2006) former MP, Labour
• John Nicolson MP (MA 1984) SNP former MP
• Kirsten Oswald MP (MA 1995) former SNP MP
• Bridget Prentice (MA 1973) Former MP
• Gordon Prentice (MA 1975) Former MP
• Edward (Teddy) Taylor (MA 1958) Former MP
• Eilidh Whiteford (MA 1991) former MP, SNP

Other Political Positions

• Elizabeth A Cameron (MA 1971, DUniv 2006) Former Lord Provost of Glasgow
• William A Jeffrey (BSc 1970), Permanent Undersecretary, Ministry of Defence
• Kamal A Ketuly (MAppSci 1978) Deputy Minister for Human Rights in Iraq

• Sir Iain Anderson (BSc 1959, PhD 1962) formerly board member Unilever
• Ellen Brown Orr (MBChB 1911) Founder Member of the Medical Women's Federation
• Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (BSc 1965, DSc 1997) Astrophysicist, discoverer of pulsars
• Sir Kenneth Collins (BSc 1965, DSc 2009) formerly Chairman Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
• Peter Doyle (BSc 1960, PhD 1963, DSc 1992) formerly Research and Technology Director ICI Pharmaceuticals
• Alison Barrat (BSc 1994) Director of Communications Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
• Hugh Grant (BSc 1980) Former President and Chief Executive Monsanto
• Howard T Jacobs (PhD 1981) Winner of the Descartes Prize (EU Nobel Prize)
• Andrew Jamieson (BSc 1969, PhD 1972) Executive Vice President Gas and Projects Shell
• Douglas Jolly (BSc 1969, PhD 1972) Executive VP, Research & Pharmaceutical Development at Tocagen Inc
• Colin McInnes (BSc 1988, PhD 1991) Aerospace Engineer, world authority on solar sailed spacecraft and consultant to NASA, Young Alumnus of the Year Winner 2004
• Stefanie Meredith (BSc 1975) Public Health Partnerships Director International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations
• George  Saridakis (BSc 1993) Designer of Ford Supercar 
• Keenan Smart (DSc 2003) Head of Natural History Film Division National Geographic Television and Film
• Ian P Sword (BSc 1964, PhD 1969, DSc 2008) formerly Chairman Inveresk Research Group Inc
• Rosemary J Versteegen (BSc 1970, PhD 1974) Partner Lifia Group

• Lord Iain Bonomy (LLB 1968, LLD 2006) Former judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland 
• Lady Hazel J Cosgrove (LLB 1966, LLD 2002, DUniv 2004) Former judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts
• J Ross Harper (MA 1956, DUniv 2002) Retired Lawyer and Co-founder of Ross Harper & Murphy
• Rt Hon Lord Alexander A M Irvine of Lairg (MA 1960, LLD 1997), House of Lords 
• Robert L Martin QC (LLB 1971) Dean of Faculty of Advocates 
• Professor Vanessa Munro (LLB 1997, PhD 2001), Head of Law School at Warwick 
• Hon Lady Ann Paton (MA 1972, LLB) Senator of the College of Justice at the Court of Session 
• Rt Hon Lord George W Penrose QC (MA 1959,  LLB 2000, LLD) Judge of Supreme Civil Court  
• John Rankin CMG (LLB 1979) Governor of Bermuda

• John R Beattie (BSc 1980) Former Scottish Rugby International Captain
• Mark Beaumont (MA 2006) Record breaking round the world cyclist
• Colin J L Bryce (BSc 1997) Winter Olympic Bobsleigh Crew
• Donald  A Cameron (BSc 1961, DEng 2000, DBA 2001) Balloonist
• Derek G Casey (MA 1972) Led Glasgow's bid for 2014 Commonwealth Games  
• Gillian H Cooke (BSc 2004) Pole Vaulter
• Katherine J Grainger (MPhil 2001) Olympic Gold medallist, London 2012, Double Sculls 
• Lauren A Gray (MA 2013) Winter Olympic Bronze medallist, Sochi 2014, Curling
• Hayley Haining (BVMS 1995, MVM 2001; PhD 2004) Marathon Runner
• Emily L Maguire (BSc 2009) Olympic Bronze medallist, London 2012, Hockey
• Catriona A Morrison (BSc 1998) Triathlon in Commonwealth Games 2006
• Euan Murray (BVMS 2003) Rugby Player, British Lions, Scottish National Team and Pau
• John R A Rattray (BSc 2001) Professional Skateboarder
• Emma C Richards (BSc 1996) Yachtswoman