46 Notable alumni of University of Stirling
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Stirling is ranked #592 in the world and #48 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 46 notable alumni from University of Stirling sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Stirling won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Geoff Holder
1958-. (aged 68)
writer
Geoff Holder is a British author. He has written twenty non-fiction books on the paranormal, as well as on unusual and unexplained events and objects. His works include The Jacobites and the Supernatural and 101 Things to Do with a Stone Circle, Scottish Bodysnatchers and nine titles in The Guide to the Mysterious... series, covering subjects throughout Britain.
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2. John Speakman
1958-. (aged 68)
editing staff
university teacher
biologist
physiologist
scientist
John Roger Speakman is a British biologist working at the University of Aberdeen, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, for which he was Director from 2007 to 2011. He leads the University's Energetics Research Group, which uses doubly labeled water (DLW) to investigate energy expenditure and balance in animals. Between 2011-2020, he was a '1000 talents' Professor at the Institute...
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3. Frankie Brown
1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Frankie Brown is a Scottish former footballer who played for Falkirk Ladies, Whitehill Welfare, Hibernian, Bristol City and the Scotland national team.
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4. Bill Butler
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Bill Butler is a Scottish Labour Co-operative Councillor. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Anniesland from a by-election in 2000 (following the death of the incumbent, First Minister Donald Dewar) until losing his seat in the 2011 election.
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5. Colin Sinclair
civil servant
Colin Sinclair is a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly for the year from May 2019. He served as the minister at Palmerston Place Church in Edinburgh from 1996 to June 2022.
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6. Danielle Joyce
1996-. (aged 30)
swimmer
Danielle Joyce is a Scottish swimmer, who swims freestyle and backstroke in the S15 hearing impaired category. In 2017, she became a double gold medallist at the 23rd Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey. She was born with moderate hearing loss which deteriorated rapidly from about the age of 12. She is now profoundly deaf in one ear and severely deaf in...
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7. Craig Benson
1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson
politician
Craig Benson is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in breaststroke. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European Championships.
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8. Bridget McConnell
1958-. (aged 68)
business executive
Bridget Mary McConnell, Lady McConnell of Glenscorrodale, CBE is a Scottish public sector administrator specialising in the arts. She was the chief executive officer of Glasgow Life from 2007 to 2022, the charity and arms-length body responsible for delivering culture and sport in Glasgow. McConnell participated in Glasgow's successful bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, serving as a member of...
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9. Andrew Oswald
1953-. (aged 73)
university teacher
economist
Andrew Oswald is a Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Warwick, England. He is an ISI highly cited researcher and has been a professorial fellow of the ESRC. He is currently a member of the board of reviewing editors of Science. He held previous posts at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Princeton, Dartmouth and Harvard....
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10. Muffy Calder
1958-. (aged 68)
computer scientist
Dame Muffy Calder is a Canadian-born British computer scientist, Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Formal Methods at the University of Glasgow. From 2012 to 2015 she was Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government.
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11. Steven Paterson
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
council member
Steven Alexander Paterson is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling between 2015 and 2017. He was not re-selected by the SNP to contest the Stirling seat at the 2019 general election.
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12. Michael Connarty
1947-. (aged 79)
school teacher
politician
Michael Connarty is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk from 2005 until 2015, and Falkirk East (1992–2005).
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13. Doug Allan
1951-. (aged 75)
photographer
Douglas George Allan OBE FRPS FRSGS is a Scottish wildlife cameraman and photographer best known for his work in polar regions and underwater.
14. Alan Bissett
1975-. (aged 51)
writer
playwright
Alan Bissett is a Scottish author and playwright. He became known for his alternate take on Scots dialect writing with the publication of his first two novels; Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark, developing a style specific to his hometown of Falkirk while incorporating popular culture references and socialist politics.
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15. Kenneth Gibson
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Kenneth James Gibson is a Scottish politician serving as the Convenor of the Finance and Public Administration Committee since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame North since 2007, having previously represented the Glasgow electoral region from 1999 to 2003.
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16. Charlotte Henshaw
1987-. (aged 39)
para swimmer
para canoeist
Charlotte Sarah Henshaw is a British Paralympic full-time athlete across multiple disciplines. Originally a swimmer, she changed to canoeing from 2017, becoming the reigning World champion in the KL2 (seven-time) and VL3 (four-time) 200m events. In September 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, she became a Paralympic champion at her fourth games, winning the Women's KL2 event....
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17. Gordon Banks
1955-2023 (aged 68)
record producer
songwriter
guitarist
Gordon Raymond Banks is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2005 to 2015.
18. Jonny O'Mara
1995-. (aged 31)
tennis player
Jonny O'Mara is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 44 achieved on 20 May 2019. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 489 achieved on 10 April 2017. He is also a North of Scotland Tennis Legend often representing the county in the prestigious County Cup event while...
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19. Fiona Ritchie
1960-. (aged 66)
podcaster
music journalist
Fiona Karen Ritchie MBE is a Scottish radio broadcaster of The Thistle & Shamrock, a weekly, Celtic music program for 40 years on National Public Radio (NPR). She curates ThistleRadio, a 24/7 web-based Celtic music channel. She was the co-author of The New York Times Best Seller Wayfaring Strangers.
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20. Richard Lochhead
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Richard Neilson Lochhead is a Scottish politician serving as the Minister for Business and Employment since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment from 2007 to 2016. He rejoined government in 2018 and has served in a series of junior ministerial posts since. Lochhead has been...
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21. Colin Fleming
1984-. (aged 42)
tennis player
Colin Fleming is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
22. Stephen Kerr
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Stephen Charles Kerr is a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician, currently serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland Region since 2021. From 2021 to 2022, Kerr served as the Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. Prior to his election to Holyrood, Kerr was the Member of Parliament for Stirling from 2017 to 2019.
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23. Richard Leonard
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Richard Leonard is a British politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2021. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the Central Scotland region, since 2016. He ideologically identifies as a socialist, democrat and internationalist.
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24. Anum Qaisar-Javed
1992-. (aged 34)
teacher
politician
Anum Qaisar, previously Anum Qaisar-Javed is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie and Shotts from 2021 to 2024, when she lost the seat to Kenneth Stevenson of the Labour Party. She was also the SNP Spokesperson for Levelling Up from 2023 to 2024.
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25. Richie Ramsay
1983-. (aged 43)
golfer
Richie Ramsay is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
26. Ross Murdoch
1994-. (aged 32)
swimmer
Ross Murdoch is a Scottish competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in 2016 and 2020, the FINA World Championships and the LEN European Championships, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games from 2014 to the present. Between 2014 and 2016, Murdoch became a World, European and Commonwealth champion.
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27. Jayne Secker
1972-. (aged 54)
journalist
television presenter
Katherine Jayne Secker is an English journalist and newsreader for Sky News. She has presented Sky News Today on the channel since September 2014, formerly alongside Colin Brazier.
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28. Hannah Bardell
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
television producer
Hannah Mary Kennedy-Bardell is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2015 until 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she served as its spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019.
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29. Maggie Chapman
1979-. (aged 47)
university teacher
politician
Maggie Chapman is a Scottish politician and lecturer who is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland. She was co-convenor of the Scottish Greens from November 2013 to August 2019, serving with Patrick Harvie, and was the party's lead candidate for the 2019 European election.
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30. Catriona Matthew
1969-. (aged 57)
golfer
Catriona Isobel Matthew OBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
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31. Lisa Cameron
1972-. (aged 54)
clinical psychologist
psychologist
politician
Lisa Cameron is a Scottish politician and former consultant clinical psychologist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from winning the seat at the 2015 general election until standing down at the 2024 general election. First elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was re-elected for that party in 2017 and 2019,...
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32. Neil Gray
1986-. (aged 40)
journalist
politician
Neil Charles Gray is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Airdrie & Shotts since 2021. Gray previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the equivalent Westminster seat from 2015 to 2021....
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33. Mark Cousins
1965-. (aged 61)
film director
film critic
cinematographer
screenwriter
filmmaker
Mark Nathaniel Cousins is a Northern Irish director and writer. A prolific documentarian, among his best-known works is the 15-hour 2011 documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
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34. Iain Banks
1954-2013 (aged 59)
writer
science fiction writer
novelist
philosopher
Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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35. Grace Dent
1973-. (aged 53)
novelist
writer
journalist
broadcaster
children's writer
Grace Georgina Dent is a British columnist, broadcaster and author. She is a restaurant critic for The Guardian and from 2011 to 2017 wrote a restaurant column for the Evening Standard. She is a regular critic on the BBC's MasterChef and has appeared on Channel 4's television series Very British Problems.
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36. Duncan Scott
1997-. (aged 29)
swimmer
Duncan William MacNaughton Scott is a Scottish swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, LEN European Aquatics Championships, European Games and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Scott made history after winning four medals - more than any other British athlete at a single Olympic Games - in Tokyo 2020, simultaneously becoming Great Britain's...
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37. Daniel Kawczynski
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Daniel Robert Kawczynski is a Polish-born British politician who was a Conservative Party MP. Kawczynski has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a parliamentary aide to the former Welsh Secretary David Jones, as well as serving as a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and as Special Advisor to Prime Minister...
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38. Jackie Kay
1961-. (aged 65)
novelist
poet
writer
Jacqueline Margaret Kay is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works Other Lovers (1993), Trumpet (1998) and Red Dust Road (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award in 1994, the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1998 and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award in 2011.
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39. Jack McConnell
1960-. (aged 66)
teacher
politician
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, PC is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007. McConnell served as the Minister for Finance from 1999 to 2000 and Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs from 2000 to 2001. He has been a Labour life...
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40. Tommy Sheridan
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
association football player
Thomas Sheridan is a Scottish politician and convicted perjurer. He served as convenor of Solidarity from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as convenor of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) from 1998 to 2004 and as co-convenor of Solidarity from 2006 to 2016. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 1999 to 2007.
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41. Pam Duncan-Glancy
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Pam Duncan-Glancy MBE is a Scottish independent politician. Formerly a member of Scottish Labour she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since May 2021. She is the first permanent wheelchair user elected to the Scottish Parliament.
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42. Shirley-Anne Somerville
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Shirley-Anne Somerville is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice in the devolved Scottish government since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dunfermline since 2016, having previously served as an additional member for the Lothians region from 2007 to 2011.
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43. Nadia Al-Sakkaf
1977-. (aged 49)
journalist
politician
Nadia Abdulaziz Al-Sakkaf is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the Yemen Times from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female Minister of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the coup and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011,...
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44. Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Neil Forbes Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova KC is a Scottish lawyer and former Advocate General for Scotland.
45. Mònica Terribas
1968-. (aged 58)
screenwriter
university teacher
documentary filmmaker
political pundit
journalist
Mònica Terribas i Sala is a Spanish journalist, full professor at Pompeu Fabra University. From 2008 to 2012 she was director of Televisió de Catalunya and the following year, editor of the newspaper Ara. From September 2013 to July 2020 she was the host and director of El matà de Catalunya Rà dio. Since February 2022 she has been vice-president of...
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46. John Campbell
1956-. (aged 70)
philosopher
John James Campbell is a New Zealand journalist and radio and television personality. Since 2018 he has been a presenter and reporter at TVNZ. He will start as a presenter on Radio New Zealand's daily Morning Report programme in 2026.
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