Editing University of Bristol (section)

== Notable people ==
{{Main|List of University of Bristol people}}

=== Academics ===
Current academics at the University of Bristol include 23 fellows of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]], 13 fellows of the [[British Academy]], 13 fellows of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]], 43 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences<ref name="acss.org.uk"/> and 48 fellows of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Nobel Prizes and Fellowships|publisher=University of Bristol|access-date=2 October 2011|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/distinctions}}</ref> These include, Sir [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]], one of the discoverers of [[quantum mechanics]]' "[[geometric phase]]",<ref>{{cite web | title = Michael Berry | publisher = HP Labs | access-date = 29 December 2007 | url = http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/lectures/Abstracts/MichaelBerry.htm | archive-date = 3 January 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103053344/http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/lectures/Abstracts/MichaelBerry.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[John Rarity]] international expert on [[quantum optics]], [[quantum cryptography]] and quantum communication, [[David May (computer scientist)|David May]], computer scientist and lead architect for the [[transputer]],<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | title=MAY, Prof. (Michael) David | id = U27080 | volume = 2015 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> [[Mark Horton (archaeologist)|Mark Horton]], a British maritime and historical archaeologist and [[Bruce Hood (psychologist)|Bruce Hood]], a world-leading experimental psychologist.

Academics in computer science include, [[Dave Cliff (computer scientist)|David Cliff]], inventor of the seminal "ZIP" trading algorithm, [[Peter Flach]], [[Mike Fraser (computer scientist)|Mike Fraser]], professor of human-computer interaction, [[Julian Gough (scientist)|Julian Gough]] and [[Nigel Smart (cryptographer)|Nigel Smart]]. Academics in engineering include the materials scientist [[Stephen Eichhorn]].

Past academics of the university include, [[Patricia Broadfoot]], vice-chancellor of the [[University of Gloucestershire]], [[Nigel Thrift]], vice-chancellor of the [[University of Warwick]], and [[Wendy Larner]], provost of [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Patricia Broadfoot |publisher=University of Gloucestershire |access-date=29 December 2007 |url=http://www.glos.ac.uk/council/patricia-broadfoot.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005514/http://www.glos.ac.uk/council/patricia-broadfoot.cfm |archive-date=20 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About the Vice-Chancellor | access-date =29 December 2007 | publisher = University of Warwick | url = http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/management/vc|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215072647/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/management/vc |archive-date = 15 December 2007}}</ref> [[Anthony Epstein]], co-discoverer of the [[Epstein-Barr virus]], was Professor of [[Pathology]] at the university from 1968 to 1982,<ref>{{cite press release | title = Honorary Fellowship for Professor Sir Anthony Epstein | publisher = University of Bristol | access-date =29 December 2007 | date = 18 July 2006 | url = http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2006/1030.html}}</ref> Sir [[John Lennard-Jones]], discoverer of the [[Lennard-Jones potential]] in physics<ref>{{cite journal | author = Lennard-Jones, J. E. | title = Cohesion | journal = Proceedings of the Physical Society | year = 1931 | volume = 43 | pages = 461–482 | doi = 10.1088/0959-5309/43/5/301 | issue = 5|bibcode = 1931PPS....43..461L}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = H. Jones | title = Notes on Work at the University of Bristol, 1930-7 | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A | year = 1931 | volume = 371 | pages = 52–55 | issue = 1744| doi = 10.1098/rspa.1980.0056 | s2cid = 111085362 }}</ref> and [[Alfred Marshall]], one of the University College's principals and influential economist in the latter part of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web | title = Alfred Marshall | publisher = Economy Professor | access-date =29 December 2007 | url = http://www.economyprofessor.com/theorists/alfredmarshall.php}}</ref> Mathematicians and philosophers [[Rohit Parikh]] and [[Brian Rotman]] lectured in the mathematics department, and philosophers of science [[Paul Feyerabend]] and [[Alexander Bird]] taught in the department of philosophy. Another notable current academic in the department of philosophy includes [[Havi Carel]]. Notable mathematicians who have worked in the department of mathematics include [[Hannes Leitgeb]], [[Philip Welch]], [[Ben Green (mathematician)|Ben Green]], [[Andrew Booker (mathematician)|Andrew Booker]], [[Julia Wolf]], [[Jens Marklof]], [[John McNamara (mathematical biologist)|John McNamara]], [[Howell Peregrine]], [[Christopher Budd (mathematician)|Christopher Budd]] [[John Hogan (mathematician)|John Hogan]], [[Jeremy Rickard]], [[Richard Jozsa]], [[Corinna Ulcigrai]], [[David Evans (mathematician)|David Evans]] and the statistician [[Harvey Goldstein]].

The University of Bristol is associated with three [[Ig Nobel Prizes]], an award for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Sir [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]] shared the award (with [[Andre Geim]], a Nobel Laureate) for using [[magnets]] to levitate a frog.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Berry | first1 = M. V. | author-link1 = Michael Berry (physicist)| last2 = Geim | first2 = A. K. | author-link2 = Andre Geim| title = Of flying frogs and levitrons | journal = European Journal of Physics | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 307 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1088/0143-0807/18/4/012| url = http://www.physics.bristol.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/Berry285.pdf|bibcode = 1997EJPh...18..307B | s2cid = 250889203 }}</ref> Gareth Jones also shared an Ig Nobel prize for scientifically documenting [[fellatio]] in [[fruit bat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tan | first1 = M. | last2 = Jones | first2 = G. | last3 = Zhu | first3 = G. | last4 = Ye | first4 = J. | last5 = Hong | first5 = T. | last6 = Zhou | first6 = S. | last7 = Zhang | first7 = S. | last8 = Zhang | first8 = L. | editor1-last = Hosken | editor1-first = David | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0007595 | title = Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 4 | issue = 10 | pages = e7595 | year = 2009 | pmid =  19862320| pmc =2762080 | bibcode = 2009PLoSO...4.7595T | doi-access = free }}</ref> Dr. [[Len Fisher]] was awarded the 1999 prize for physics for calculating the optimal way to dunk a biscuit.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fisher | first1 = L. | title = Physics takes the biscuit | journal = Nature | volume = 397 | issue = 6719 | pages = 469 | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1038/17203 | bibcode = 1999Natur.397..469F | s2cid = 4404966 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

=== Alumni ===

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File:James Blunt Amadeus Awards 2017.jpg|[[James Blunt]], musician 
File:Dirac 4.jpg|[[Paul Dirac]], physicist
File:JonathanEvans.jpg|[[Jonathan Evans (MI5 officer)|Jonathan Evans]], former head of [[MI5]] 
File:훈 마넷 캄보디아 총리 (2024년 5월 17일).jpg|[[Hun Manet]], Prime Minister of Cambodia
File:Simon Pegg 01.jpg|[[Simon Pegg]], actor and writer
File:Susanna Reid at Soccer Aid for UNICEF.jpg |[[Susanna Reid]], TV journalist 
File:David Walliams.JPG|[[David Walliams]], comedian
</gallery>

Bristol alumnus [[Paul Dirac]] went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 for his contribution to the formulation of quantum mechanics and is considered one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984) |url=https://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/scientists_dirac.html |publisher=The Physics of the Universe |access-date=27 August 2018}}</ref> Other notable scientists include [[Dani Rabaiotti]], an environmental scientist and science communicator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zsl.org/science/users/daniella-rabaiotti|title=Daniella Rabaiotti|website=Zoological Society of London (ZSL)|language=en|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Eliahu Nissim]], a professor of aeronautical engineering, and the president of the [[Open University of Israel]].

Writers to have studied at Bristol include [[Dick King-Smith]]; [[Sarah Kane]]; [[Angela Carter]]; [[Dorothy Simpson]]; [[David Gibbins]]; [[Julia Donaldson]]; Olivier award-winning playwright [[Laura Wade]]; [[Maddie Mortimer]]; [[Holly Smale]]; and [[David Nicholls (writer)|David Nicholls]], author of the novel ''[[Starter for Ten (novel)|Starter for Ten]]'', turned into a screenplay set in the University of Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|title =Starter for Ten|publisher=BBC Bristol|access-date=21 December 2007|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2006/06/26/starter_feature.shtml}}</ref>

In government and politics, notable alumni include [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]; Prime Minister [[Hun Manet]] of Cambodia; former Liberal Democrat MP [[Lembit Öpik]], who was president of Bristol University Students' Union; [[Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale|Sir Jonathan Evans]],  former head of MI5; [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]], [[Chairperson of the African Union Commission]] from October 2012 to January 2017; [[Karen Ramagge Prescott]], the first female [[Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament]] and [[Paul Boateng]], the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister.

In current affairs, former students include journalist and ''McMafia'' author [[Misha Glenny]]; BBC News Chief Political Correspondent [[James Landale]] (who founded the university independent newspaper ''[[Epigram (newspaper)|Epigram]]''); author and journalist [[Julie Myerson]]; editor-in-chief of the Telegraph Media Group [[William Lewis (journalist)|William Lewis]]; editor-in-chief of [[The Observer]] [[Will Hutton]]; Radio 4 presenter [[Sue Lawley]]; newsreader [[Alastair Stewart]]; and [[Sky News]] US Correspondent [[Dominic Waghorn]]. ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'' and ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'' anchor [[Susanna Reid]] was an editor of ''Epigram''.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26351802 | title= Profile: Breakfast TV's Susanna Reid | work=BBC News| date=3 March 2014 | access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>

In entertainment, former students include rapper [[Shygirl]]; singer [[James Blunt]]; illusionist [[Derren Brown]]; comedians [[Jon Richardson]], [[Marcus Brigstocke]] (who did not graduate), [[Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]];<ref>{{cite web| title =Notable alumni| publisher =Bristol University| access-date =21 December 2007| url =http://www.alumni.bristol.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=190&srcid=238}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> actors [[Simon Pegg]],  [[Chris Langham]] and [[Pearl Mackie]]; [[anime]] [[YouTuber]] [[Gigguk]]; ''[[Brass Eye]]'' creator [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]; and ''[[Stath Lets Flats]]'' creator [[Jamie Demetriou]].

Notable alumni from the Film and Television Production department include film directors [[Mick Jackson (director)|Mick Jackson]]; [[Michael Winterbottom]]; [[Marc Evans]]; [[Christopher Smith (director)|Christopher Smith]]; [[Alex Cox]]; [[Peter Webber]]; and [[Maddie Moate]].

Other alumni include [[Anne McClain]], member of the 2013 NASA Astronaut Class;<ref>{{YouTube|Aj6HTM33pBY}}</ref> mathematician [[Iain Gordon]]; long jumper [[Jazmin Sawyers]]; [[Luke Bond]], an organist at [[Windsor Castle]]; and baker [[Kim-Joy Hewlett]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-12 |title=Bake Off's Kim-Joy discusses experiencing severe social anxiety as a child |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/great-british-bake-off-kim-joy-social-anxiety-mental-health-child-interview-a8630231.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>