48 Notable alumni of Bangor University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Bangor University is ranked #582 in the world and #46 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from Bangor University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Bangor University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Terwyn Davies
1979-. (aged 47)
television presenter
Terwyn Davies is a Welsh broadcaster, who presents BBC Radio Cymru's farming and rural affairs programme, Troi'r Tir, and produces the daily Ifan Jones Evans show on the station.
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2. David Miall Edwards
1873-1941 (aged 68)
theologian
professor
writer
David Miall Edwards was a Welsh Non-conformist writer and theologian who wrote in both Welsh and English.
3. Liz Howe
1959-2019 (aged 60)
herpetologist
ecologist
Liz Howe was a British ecologist and herpetologist. She is best known as one of the coordinators of a comprehensive field survey of the natural habitats of Wales, published in 2010.
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4. Carol Coslett
1963-. (aged 63)
presbyter
Carol Ann Coslett is a British Anglican priest. From 2018 until 2023, she served as an archdeacon in the Church of England's Diocese of Derby: as Archdeacon of Chesterfield until 2022, then as Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales.
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5. R. Silyn Roberts
1871-1930 (aged 59)
poet
Robert "Silyn" Roberts was a Welsh clergyman, writer, teacher and pacifist.
6. Matthew Collins
archaeologist
professor
anthropologist
Matthew Collins, FBA is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, formerly as a Niels Bohr professor, and also holds a McDonald Chair in Palaeoproteomics at the University of Cambridge.
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7. Robert Bryan
1858-1920 (aged 62)
poet
composer
Robert Bryan was a Welsh poet, composer and folklorist.
8. Exequiel Ezcurra
1950-. (aged 76)
conservationist
researcher
ecologist
botanical collector
botanist
Exequiel Ezcurra is an Argentine-Mexican plant ecologist and conservationist. His highly interdisciplinary work spans desert plant ecology, mangroves, island biogeography, sea birds, fisheries, oceanography, and deep-sea ecosystems.
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9. Nessa O'Mahony
poet
Nessa O'Mahony is an Irish poet and a freelance teacher and writer.
10. Phil Hopkins
1880-1966 (aged 86)
rugby union player
Phil Hopkins was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won just four caps for Wales but made an important impact to the team's 1909 Triple Crown winning championship.
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11. Rosa Lee
1884-1976 (aged 92)
marine biologist
academic
statistician
Rosa Mabel Lee was a British statistician, the first woman scientist to be employed by the Marine Biological Association and the first woman to work as a government fishery scientist in the United Kingdom.
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12. Guto Puw
1971-. (aged 55)
composer
Guto Pryderi Puw is a Welsh composer, university lecturer and conductor. He is considered to be one of the most prominent Welsh composers of his generation and a key figure in current Welsh music. Puw's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and been featured on television programmes for the BBC and S4C. He has twice been awarded the...
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13. Bert Biscoe
1960-. (aged 66)
poet
Bert Biscoe DL, also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow, is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth. Biscoe represented Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor until 2019, serving as an independent Truro City Council Councillor for the new Boscawen & Redannick Ward.
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14. William Williams
1875-1968 (aged 93)
poet
Christian minister
William Williams, better known by his bardic name of "Crwys", meaning "Cross", was a Welsh poet in the Welsh language. He served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1939 to 1947.
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15. Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno
1935-. (aged 91)
politician
Christian minister
John Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno, is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, Methodist minister, and life peer. He was for many years President of the Welsh Liberals, and later, the Welsh Liberal Democrats.
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16. Owain Owain
1929-1993 (aged 64)
writer
educator
poet
nuclear physicist
Owain Owain was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded Tafod y Ddraig (The Dragon's Tongue), which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its inception in the 1960s to the present day.
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17. Albert Evans-Jones
1895-1970 (aged 75)
poet
writer
Sir Cynan Evans-Jones CBE (14 April 1895 – 26 January 1970), more commonly known within Wales by his bardic name of Cynan, was a Welsh poet and dramatist.
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18. Leo Sachs
1924-2013 (aged 89)
geneticist
biologist
molecular biologist
university teacher
Leo Sachs was a German-born Israeli molecular biologist and cancer researcher. Born in Leipzig, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1933, and to Israel in 1952. There he joined the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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19. Angharad Tomos
1958-. (aged 68)
writer
Angharad Tomos is a Welsh author and prominent language activist. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award.
20. Peredur Lynch
1963-. (aged 63)
writer
professor
Peredur Ionor Lynch, FLSW is a Welsh academic who serves as professor of Welsh & Medieval Literature in the School of Welsh and Celtic Studies at Bangor University.
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21. Hardyal Dhindsa
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Hardyal Dhindsa is a British politician, and the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, representing the Labour Party. He was elected to the post on 5 May 2016, succeeding the previous incumbent, Alan Charles. He was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Angelique Foster in the 2021 election.
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22. Roger Yates
1957-. (aged 69)
academic
Roger Yates is an English lecturer in sociology at University College Dublin and the University of Wales, specialising in animal rights. He is a former executive committee member of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), a former Animal Liberation Front (ALF) press officer, and a co-founder of the Fur Action Group.
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23. Tom Parry Jones
1935-2013 (aged 78)
business executive
inventor
lecturer
chemist
Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Born and raised on Anglesey, he attended Bangor University and went on to study for his doctorate at University of Alberta, Canada. Prior to his...
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24. Leighton Andrews
1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher
political adviser
politician
Leighton Andrews is a former Welsh Labour politician and academic, who was the National Assembly for Wales member for Rhondda from 2003 to 2016. He was Education Minister from 2009 to 2013, before resigning after an alleged conflict between his own departmental policy and his active campaigning to save a school in his constituency. He was the first Minister to...
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25. Siân James
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Siân James is a Welsh traditional folk singer and harpist who has recorded for Sain and BBC Records as well as her own label, Bos.
26. Alan Bray
1948-2001 (aged 53)
civil servant
historian
Alan Bray was a British historian and gay rights activist. He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christianity's relationship to homosexuality.
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27. Caryl Parry Jones
1958-. (aged 68)
singer
writer
composer
actor
poet
Caryl Parry Jones is a Welsh singer, actress and presenter. She was born in the Flintshire village of Ffynnongroyw and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St. Asaph, but now lives in Cowbridge, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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28. Lewis Valentine
1893-1986 (aged 93)
writer
Christian minister
Lewis Edward Valentine M.A. was a Welsh politician, Baptist pastor, author, editor, and Welsh-language activist. He was the first leader of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru.
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29. Owen Hurcum
1997-. (aged 29)
politician
Owen Exie J. Hurcum is a British former politician. They are the former Mayor of the city of Bangor, Wales, and former ward councillor for Glyder ward on Bangor City Council. In May 2021, they became the Mayor of Bangor, the first openly non-binary mayor of any city world-wide and the youngest person in history to hold a mayoral position...
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30. Alun Ffred Jones
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
film director
Alun Ffred Jones is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru and former television producer, writer and director. Jones was the National Assembly for Wales Member for Caernarfon 2003–07 and for the newly created Arfon constituency from 2007 until he stood down in 2016. He served as Minister for Heritage between 2008 and 2011 as part of the One...
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31. Robert Holdstock
1948-2009 (aged 61)
novelist
science fiction writer
writer
Robert Paul Holdstock was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction.
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32. Ann Clwyd
1937-2023 (aged 86)
broadcaster
politician
journalist
Ann Clwyd Roberts was a Welsh Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley for 35 years, from 1984 until 2019. Although she had intended to stand down in 2015, she was re-elected in that year's general election and in 2017 before standing down in 2019. Clwyd is the longest-serving female MP for a Welsh constituency.
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33. Bill Wiggin
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Sir William David Wiggin is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire, previously Leominster, from 2001 to 2024.
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34. Robert Armstrong-Jones
1857-1943 (aged 86)
psychiatrist
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, CBE JP DL FRCS FRCP FSA was a Welsh physician and psychiatrist.
35. Sarah Atherton
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Sarah Elizabeth Atherton is a former British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wrexham between 2019 and 2024. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families from September to October 2022.
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36. Kate Roberts
1891-1985 (aged 94)
writer
children's writer
Kate Roberts was one of the foremost Welsh-language authors of the 20th century. Styled Brenhines ein llên ('The Queen of our Literature'), she is known mainly for her short stories, but also wrote novels. Roberts was a prominent Welsh nationalist. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Welsh scholar Idris Foster.
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37. Phil Woosnam
1932-2013 (aged 81)
association football player
association football coach
Phillip Abraham Woosnam was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for numerous clubs in Wales, England and one in the United States. He played international football for Wales. He was described as a "gifted inside-forward with a pronounced football intelligence".
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38. C. E. Wynn-Williams
1903-1979 (aged 76)
physicist
Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams, was a Welsh physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer.
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39. David Whyte
1955-. (aged 71)
poet
David Whyte is an Anglo-Irish poet. He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy are based on "the conversational nature of reality". His book The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1994) topped the best-seller charts in the United States.
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40. Paul Bérenger
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Paul Raymond Bérenger is a Mauritian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005. Bérenger currently serves as deputy prime minister since November 2024 and has previously held the office twice from 1995 to 1997 and 2000 to 2003.
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41. Hywel Williams
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Hywel Williams is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, from 2001 to 2024.
42. Meave Leakey
1942-. (aged 84)
paleoanthropologist
evolutionary biologist
university teacher
paleontologist
Meave G. Leakey is a British palaeoanthropologist. She works at Stony Brook University and is co-ordinator of Plio-Pleistocene research at the Turkana Basin Institute. She studies early hominid evolution and has done extensive field research in the Turkana Basin. She has Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science degrees.
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43. Frances Barber
1958-. (aged 68)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Frances Barber is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005); as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Soft Top...
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44. Robert Edwards
1925-2013 (aged 88)
researcher
biologist
physiologist
physician
Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, Edwards successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978. They founded the first IVF programme for infertile patients and...
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45. Peter Daszak
scientist
ecologist
zoologist
Peter Daszak is a British zoologist, consultant and public expert on disease ecology, in particular on zoonosis. He is a member of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Daszak was the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit non-governmental organization that supports various programs on global health and pandemic prevention, until January...
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46. Danny Boyle
1956-. (aged 70)
writer
director
film producer
producer
artistic director
Daniel Francis Boyle is a British director and producer. He has been described by the British Film Institute as "one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of British directors, adept at shifting genres and bringing a personal quality to whatever he tackles".
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47. Roger Whittaker
1936-2023 (aged 87)
composer
whistle artist
singer-songwriter
guitarist
writer
Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was a Kenyan/British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mixture of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He was best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills.
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48. Stefan Rahmstorf
1960-. (aged 66)
climate activist
university teacher
physicist
climatologist
oceanographer
Stefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He studied physical oceanography at Bangor University and received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington (1990). His work focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change. He was one of the lead...
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