List of University of Salford people

This is a list of University of Salford people, including staff (past and present) and alumni from the University of Salford.

Notable staff

Allan Boardman: Physics
Ralph Darlington: Employment Relations
Trevor Cox: Acoustic Engineering
Garry Crawford: Cultural Sociology
Said Faiq: Translation & Interpreting
Neal Hazel: Criminology and Criminal Justice
Andy Miah: Science Communication and Future Media
Miklas Scholz: Water resources engineering
Audrey Stuckes: Material science

Notable alumni

Academia

Michael Atchia: Mauritian academician, former Chief and Programme Director with the United Nations Environment Programme
Sydney Chapman: British mathematician and geophysicist
Robert Garner: professor of political theory at the University of Leicester
Adam Ledgeway FBA: Professor of Italian and Romance Linguistics, Chair of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge
Robert Lomas: writer, business studies and science academic, Freemasonry researcher
Susan Price: Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Beckett University

Business

Andy Bond: former Chief Executive of Asda^[1]
Keith Ludeman: Chief Executive of the Go-Ahead Group
Chris Moyes: former Chief Executive of the Go-Ahead Group
Richard Parry-Jones: former group vice president-Global Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer, Ford Motor Company
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran: British-Iranian economist
Mohammed Rahif Hakmi: Chairman of Armada Group^[2]
Kamaruddin Taib: Chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia
Richard Tice: CEO of CLS Holdings and co-founder of Leave.EU

Media, entertainment and design

Jonathan Higgs: singer and song writer in the band Everything Everything
Ijaaz Ebrahim: Indian film actor and producer
Tom Short: comedian
Sophie Abelson: actress
Ross Adams: actor on BBC3 TV series The Gemma Factor
Emma Atkins: actress
Roma Babuniak: artist
Chris Bisson: actor
OJ Borg: radio and TV presenter
Wes Butters: writer and radio broadcaster
Nigel Clarke: Associate Composer to the Band of HM Grenadier Guards
Sophia Di Martino: actress
Andrew Diey: electronic musician, sound designer and record producer
Jay Diggins: singer/songwriter
Jason Done: actor
Christopher Eccleston: actor
Steve Edge: comedian and actor
Yasmin Evans: TV and radio broadcaster
Astor Fong: singer-songwriter, recording artist and record producer (studied Psychology)
Liam Fray: lead singer and songwriter for Courteeners
Stephen Fretwell: musician (studied at the university, but didn't complete)
Honey G: rapper
Sian Gibson: actress
James Gourlay: conductor and internationally renowned tuba soloist
Sarah Greene: TV presenter
John Hammond: BBC weather presenter
Matt Healy: actor
Joanna Higson: actress
Rob James-Collier: actor
Evie Jessop: sports broadcaster for the BBC
Jon the Postman: punk rock singer; born Jon Ormerod

Peter Kay: comedian
Frances Lennon: artist
John Vernon Lord: illustrator and author
L. S. Lowry: artist, studied at the Salford Royal Technical College, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1975
Karl Lucas: comedian, writer, actor

Jason Manford: Manchester comedian and Perrier nominee
Sarfraz Manzoor: writer, journalist and documentary maker
Conor McNamara: football commentator for the BBC
Kristyna Myles: singer-songwriter (studied Popular Music and Recording)
Gitau wa Njenga: journalist and founder of Jambo Magazine
Maxine Peake: actress
Nigel Pivaro: former actor, Edinburgh Fringe First winner, producer, journalist; studied as mature student for honours degree in Con Military and International History, attaining 2.1
Robert Powell: actor
Jen Pringle: TV presenter on Channel 5 children's show Milkshake!
Caroline Redman Lusher: singer/songwriter, founder and Director of Rock Choir
John Robb: musician and journalist
Samantha Siddall: actress
Richard Smith: Scottish screenwriter and film director
Rosie Smith: former keyboardist in Cradle of Filth
Ash Soan: drummer
Jim Sturgess: actor^[3]
Kaye Wragg: actress
Neil Yates: jazz and folk musician
Stephen Lawson: YouTuber and comedian, known as Stephen Tries

Military

Major General William Moore CBE: 1976-79

Physiotherapy

The university has held a link for Physiotherapy with the Professional Footballers' Association since 1991.^[4] As of 2007 over 70 former professional footballers have graduated from Salford. In 2009 the PFA reported that they had 33 members undertaking the programme at the university.^[5]

Nigel Adkins: former manager of Southampton
Chris Banks: physiotherapist at Stoke City
Charlie Barnett
Matt Barrass
Gregg Blundell: physiotherapist with Tranmere Rovers^[6]
Jon Bowden
Kieran Charnock
Jeff Clarke^[7]
Lee Collins
Robert Duffy
Joe Edwards
Simon Farnworth
Ashley Fickling^[8]
Neil Foster: former England cricketer who played in 29 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1983 to 1993
Ali Gibb
Wayne Gill
Jamie Green
Rick Holden
Phil Horner: physiotherapist with Blackpool F.C.
Rob Hulse
Stephen Jordan
Mark Kilty
Paul Lake: on the medical staff with Bolton Wanderers^{[citation needed]}
Henry McStay
Steve Macauley
Lee Martin: physiotherapist with Tranmere Rovers
David Moore: physiotherapist with Grimsby Town
Paul Morgan
Jamie Murphy: former Chief Physiotherapist with Manchester City
Keith Oakes
Joe O'Neill^[9]
Alex O'Reilly
Jason Oswell
Les Parry: former manager of Tranmere Rovers
Richie Partridge
Mel Pejic: physiotherapist at Bolton Wanderers^[10]
Jamie Pipe: former Derbyshire professional cricketer
Jamie Pitman: Hereford United physiotherapist^[11]
Mick Rathbone: former Head of Sports Medicine at Everton^[12]
Nicky Reid: completed two degrees in Sports Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy
Phil Robinson
Ian Rodgerson: physiotherapist for Hereford United
Derek Ryan: Irish former international squash player
Paul Scott
Paul Showler
Gary Stevens: former England international
Rob Swire: chief physiotherapist at Manchester United
Mark Taylor
Paul Teather
John Thompson
Stuart Walker: physiotherapist at Aston Villa
Steve Whitehall
Jon Whitney: club physiotherapist at Walsall^[13]
Ian Wilkinson
Jon Worthington
Rodger Wylde: physiotherapist for Stockport County^[14]

Politics

Ruth Cadbury: Labour Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)
John Pombe Magufuli: The Fifth President of The United Republic of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021 and former chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi party from 2016 to 2021
Anwar Choudhury: British diplomat, former British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere
Stuart Drummond: three times elected mayor of Hartlepool
Andrew Gwynne: Labour Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish
Trudy Harrison: Conservative Member of Parliament for Copeland
George Howarth: Labour Member of Parliament for Knowsley North and Sefton East
Barbara Keeley: Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles South
Alok Sharma: British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Reading West
Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh: local Labour politician and life peer
Ruth Turner: Labour political advisor; co-founder of The Big Issue in the North
Andrew Snowdon, Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire

Science

Darwin Caldwell: Research Director, Italian Institute of Technology, key person in iCub project
B. N. Suresh (Byrana Nagappa Suresh): Indian aerospace scientist; 2002 recipient of Padma Shri
Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health and Inclusivity at the University of Manchester
Nicolette Peel MBE, British midwife and an advocate for women and families with cancer in pregnancy

Sports

Ieuan Evans: former international rugby union player for Wales^[15]
David France: author and football historian
Su Maozhen: assistant coach of the Chinese Olympic football team for Beijing Olympics, current head coach of U-20 national team
Norman Whiteside: former Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer who studied podiatry

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