List of Ulster University people

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Notable academics who have had positions at the university include:

• Antony Alcock, historian and Ulster Unionist politician
• Walter Allen (1911–1995), Professor of English, novelist and literary critic
• John Anderson, head of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and co-founder of HeartSine® Technologies Inc.http://www.heartsine.com/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
• Stephen William Boyd, Professor of Tourism
• Brice Dickson, former Professor of Law; first Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• John Loughlin, Emeritus Fellow, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
• Richard Lynn, former professor emeritus of psychology (title withdrawn)
• Declan McGonagle, Professor of Art; the only curator, to date, to be nominated for the Turner Prize (1987)
• Gerry McKenna MRIA; Dean of Science, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research), Vice Chancellor and President, University of Ulster; Senior Vice President, Royal Irish Academy
• Monica McWilliams, academic, peace activist, human rights defender and former politician
• Denis Moloney, lawyer
• Fabian Monds, CBE, BBC Governor with responsibility for Northern Ireland
• Brian Norton, president of Dublin Institute of Technology; solar energy technologist
• Kim L. O'Neill, professor of microbiology at Brigham Young University
• Neil Shawcross, artist and portrait painter
• James Simmons, poet
• Andrew Waterman, poet
• Robert Anthony Welch (1947–2014), MRIA, literature, former dean of the faculty of arts

• Alison Kitson, nurse and academic
• Simon Kitson, historian
• Pat Loughrey, warden of Goldsmiths, University of London
• Gerry McKenna MRIA; Dean of Science, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research), Vice Chancellor and President, University of Ulster; Senior Vice President, Royal Irish Academy
• Calum Neill, psychoanalyst
• Steve Nimmons, information technologist and industry commentator
• Terri Scott, first female president of Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS)
• Ailsa A. Welch, nutritional epidemiologist{{cite web|title=Dr Ailsa Welch|url=http://www.uea.ac.uk/medicine/people/profile/a-welch|website=uea.ac.uk|publisher=University of East Anglia|accessdate=17 April 2015}}

• Arthur Armstrong (1924–1996), painter who worked in a Cubist style*
• Basil Blackshaw, artist, Royal Ulster Academy
• Doris Blair, artist
• Christine Borland, artist
• Muriel Brandt (1909-1981), painter of mural decorations, portraits and landscapes*
• John Byrne, performance and multimedia artist{{cite web|author=John Byrne|title=John Byrne Artist|work=John Byrne website|url=http://www.johnbyrne.info|accessdate=2007-07-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20041207175106/http://www.johnbyrne.info/|archivedate=2004-12-07}}
• Duncan Campbell, nominated for the 2014 Turner Prize; 2008 winner of the Bâloise Prize
• William Conor OBE (1881-1968), Belfast-born artist*
• Jack Coulter, artist
• Colin Davidson, artist, Royal Ulster Academy
• Willie Doherty, visual artist, twice nominated for the Turner Prize
• Micky Donnelly, painter
• Rita Duffy, artist{{cite web|author=Joanne Savage|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/3020/rita-duffy|title=Rita Duffy profile|publisher=Culture Northern Ireland|date=2010-01-18|accessdate=2015-11-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gormleysartauctions.com/artist/rita-duffy/370|title=Rita Duffy RUA at Gormley's Art Auctions|publisher=Gormleysartauctions.com|accessdate=2015-11-25}}

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• Mary Fitzpatrick, photographer
• Rowel Friers (1920-1998), cartoonist, illustrator, painter and lithographer*
• Maurice Harron, sculptor
• Seán Hillen, artist whose work includes collages and the creative use of photographs
• Oliver Jeffers, artist, designer, illustrator and writer
• John Kindness, artist
• John Long, artist, painter, lecturer, member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
• John Luke, artist
• Gladys Maccabe MBE, artist
• Mary McIntyre, artist and academic
• Eva McKee, craftswomen and designer
• Frank McKelvey (1895–1974), painter from Belfast*
• Colin Middleton MBE (1910–1983), artist and surrealist*
• Claire Morgan, sculptor and artist
• Albert Morrow (1863-1927), illustrator, poster designer and cartoonist*
• Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MLA
• Martin Parr, British photographer and former President of Magnum Photo Agency*
• Susan Philipsz, Scottish artist, winner of the 2010 Turner Prize{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11928557|title=Turner Prize: Susan Philipsz wins with Lowlands Away|publisher=BBC|date=2010-12-07|accessdate=2010-12-07}}
• Peter Richards, artist, curator and director of the Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast since 2002
• Markey Robinson (1918-1999), painter and sculptor*
• William Scott (1913–1989), artist*

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• Paul Seawright, official war artist
• Dermot Seymour, artist; member of Aosdána{{cite web|title=Dermot Seymour profile|work=Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection Artists|url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/collection/artists/art137.htm|accessdate=6 July 2009|archive-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130081318/http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/collection/artists/art137.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Dermot Seymour profile|work=Aosdána|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Visual-Arts/Seymour.aspx|accessdate=6 July 2009}}
• David Sherry, artist{{cite news|title=Artist's pain gains Beck's nomination|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2582671.stm|accessdate=18 January 2011|newspaper=BBC|date=17 December 2002}}
• Victor Sloan MBE, artist
• Stephen Snoddy, gallery director
• Andre Stitt, artist, academic
• Cathy Wilkes, artist, 2008 Turner Prize nominee
• Ross Wilson, sculptor

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• Gerry Anderson, radio and television personality*
• Neil Brittain, television presenter and journalist, UTV
• Aidan Browne, television presenter; actor; senior lecturer in Performing Arts at the Belfast Metropolitan College
• Omid Djalili, comedian
• Stuart Graham, actor
• Martin O'Hagan (1950–2001), investigative journalist*
• Michael Riley, film producer and CEO of London-based production company Sterling Pictures
• Lalor Roddy, actor
• Caroline St John-Brooks (1947-2003), journalist and academic*{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1040422,00.html|title=Obituary: Caroline St John-Brooks|author=Wendy Berliner|work=The Guardian|date=12 September 2003|accessdate=2008-05-07}}
• Arshad Sharif, investigative journalist and anchor person

• Michael Alcorn, composer and current Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University Belfast{{cite book|editor-last=Lalor|editor-first=Brian |year=2003|title=The Encyclopaedia of Ireland|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|location=Dublin, Ireland|isbn=0-7171-3000-2|page=20}}
• David Holmes, DJ, musician and composer
• Brian Irvine, composer
• Gary Lightbody, singer, songwriter and frontman of Snow Patrol
• David Lyttle, musician, producer, songwriter, composer and record label owner{{cite web|title=David Lyttle website|url=http://www.davidlyttle.com|publisher=Davidlyttle.com|accessdate=12 May 2012}}
• Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, Traditional Irish singer-songwriter
• Ian Wilson, composer

• Eileen Bell, former MLA for North Down;Former Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods, Labour Party, MP for City of Durham since 2005
• Dominic Bradley, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) MLA for Newry and Armagh
• Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for East Londonderry
• Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit (PBP) MLA for West Belfast
• John Dallat, SDLP, MLA and former Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Mark Durkan, Former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party; Former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• Sean Farren, former SDLP MLA for North Antrim
• Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Féin, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone; former MLA and Minister of Agriculture Rural Development 2007-11 in the Northern Ireland Executive
• Paul Givan, DUP MLA for Lagan Valley since 2010; Former First Minister of Northern Ireland
• Kate Hoey, Labour Party, MP for Vauxhall
• Cecilia Keaveney, former Fianna Fáil politician; Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East, 1996-2007; Senator, 2007-2011
• Dolores Kelly, SDLP, MLA for Upper Bann since 2003; Deputy Leader of the SDLP since 2011
• Alban Maginness, SDLP, MP
• David McClarty, MLA, Independent Unionist; Former Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Basil McCrea, leader of the Unionist Party NI21; member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo, Namibian politician; SWAPO member of the National Assembly; Deputy Minister of Education since 2005
• Seán Neeson, former leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland;Former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Brian Ó Domhnaill, Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann since 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=2261&ConstID=210|title=Mr. Brian Ó Domhnaill|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=13 March 2010}}
• Sandra Overend, Ulster Unionist Party MLA since 2011 for Mid. Ulster[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36723.stm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120093151/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36723.stm|date=November 20, 2011}}
• Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD since 2020 for Wicklow{{cite web|url=https://www.jenniferwhitmore.ie/about-jennifer/|title=About|website=Jennifer Whitmore|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923195103/https://www.jenniferwhitmore.ie/about-jennifer/|url-status=dead}}

• Rev. James Alexander Hamilton Irwin
• Reverend Roy Magee OBE (1930–2009), Presbyterian minister

• Fionnuala Carr, camogie player
• Jonathan Magee, academic and former footballer
• Brian Robinson, former Irish rugby union international player{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/10962.html|title=Profile|date=|work=ESPN|accessdate=1 May 2012 }}

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• Gerald Dawe, poet
• Anne Devlin, writer
• Colin Duriez, writer
• Brendan Hamill, poet and writer
• Brian Keenan, former hostage; writer
• Aodán Mac Póilin, writer
• Alastair McIntosh, Scottish writer, academic and activist
• Christina McKenna, author and painter
• Nigel McLoughlin, poet, editor and Professor of Creativity & Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire

• Seán Gallagher, entrepreneur, businessman
• Barbara Gray, senior police officer
• Seán O'Connor, businessman and political activist
• Stephen Martin (BSc 1988), former CEO of the Clugston Group, director general of the Institute of Directors{{cite journal|last1=Birkinshaw|first1=Julian|authorlink1=Julian Birkinshaw|last2=Crainer|first2=Stuart|title=Covert Operations|journal=Business Strategy Review|date=Autumn 2009|url=https://www.london.edu/-/media/files/publications/bsr/covert-operations.pdf?la=en|accessdate=April 29, 2017}}
• Eileen O'Donnell, fashion model and pageant titleholder

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• Wendy Austin, broadcaster{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2005/1761.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honorary Graduate: Wendy Austin|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2005-06-30|accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• May Blood, Baroness Blood, community activist
• Paul Brady, musician, singer, songwriter{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4515.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honour for Musician Paul Brady |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2009-07-06|accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Amanda Burton, actor{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1241.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Graduations Continue at Waterfront Hall|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2004-07-01|accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer
• Bill Clinton, former President of the United States{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1298.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU to Confer Honorary Degree on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2004-08-23|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015050029/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1298.html|archivedate=2006-10-15}}
• Hillary Clinton, former US First Lady, former Secretary of State 2009-2013
• Evelyn Collins, Chief Executive, Equality Commission of Northern Ireland{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2014/7240.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Inspiring Excellence: University of Ulster Honorary Graduates|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2014-01-27|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928020704/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2014/7240.html|archivedate=2015-09-28}}
• Seamus Deane, writer
• Adrian Dunbar, actor{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4485.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honorary Degree for Leading Ulster Actor Dunbar|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2009-06-30|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200244/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4485.html|archivedate=2016-03-03}}
• Joey Dunlop, motorcyclist* (awarded posthumously){{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2303.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honours for Northern Ireland Bike Aces Robert and Joey Dunlop|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2006-07-04|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117070834/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2303.html|archivedate=2015-11-17}}
• Robert Dunlop, motorcyclist*
• Jonathan Edwards, Olympic gold medal winning and world record holding triple jumper{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2902.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honours Olympian Jonathan Edwards|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2006-12-19|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170151/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2902.html|archivedate=2016-03-03}}
• Enya, born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, singer{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3306.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honours Musician Enya |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2007-07-11 |accessdate=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224183841/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3306.html |archivedate=2015-02-24 }}
• Brian Friel, playwright*
• Harry Gregg, footballer{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3864.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honorary Degree for Munich Hero Harry Gregg|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|accessdate=2015-11-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920051327/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3864.html|archivedate=2008-09-20}}
• Orla Guerin, journalist{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4509.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honour for International Journalist Orla Guerin |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2009-07-03|accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Seamus Heaney, poet and Nobel Laureate*
• John Hume, Nobel Peace prize co-recipient; former MP, MEP, MLA
• David Humphreys, Ulster and Ireland rugby union international{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2003/955.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - University To Honour Ulster Sporting Heroes Canavan And Humphreys |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2003-10-30 |accessdate=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183420/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2003/955.html |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}
• Dame Geraldine Keegan, educationalist{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2072.html|title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honorary degree for renowned educationalist|publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk|date=2006-02-20|accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, UK Supreme Court judge
• Tommy Makem, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller*{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3286.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Honour for Tommy Makem, the 'Bard of Armagh' |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2007-07-04 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Inez McCormack, trade unionist and human rights activist* {{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2013/7066.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Ulster Honours Campaigner Inez McCormack |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2013-07-09 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Graeme McDowell, professional golfer
• Ewan McGregor, actor
• Frank McGuinness, playwright
• Ian McKellen, actor{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-21314824 |title=Sir Ian McKellen receives award from University of Ulster |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=2013-02-03 |accessdate=2022-07-02}}
• Van Morrison, singer-songwriter{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2005/1755.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Graduations Continue at Belfast |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2005-06-30 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer*
• Chris Patten, last Governor of Hong Kong and former MP{{cite web |url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2005/1549.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU Unveils Summer Honorary Graduates |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2005-02-28 |accessdate=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193608/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2005/1549.html |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}
• Stephen Rea, actor{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2006/2191.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Acclaimed Actor Stephen Rea Set For Magee Campus |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2006-05-09 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Clare Short, MP[http://www.ulster.ac.uk/summergraduation2009/News/2news29thJunepm.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612105439/http://www.ulster.ac.uk/summergraduation2009/News/2news29thJunepm.htm |date=June 12, 2011 }}
• Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and Burmese pro-democracy leader (awarded in absentia){{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4524.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - Ulster Honours Burmese Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2009-07-07 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate and Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town{{cite web|url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3291.html |title=University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honours Nobel Laureate Tutu |publisher=News.ulster.ac.uk |date=2007-07-05 |accessdate=2015-11-25}}
• Margaret Ward, activist for female equality

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