This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Sussex.
Politicians
Scientists
Academics
Writers and broadcasters
Musicians and entertainers
Diplomats
Sports Rosalie Birch, England Test cricketer, part of Ashes winning team 2005 Brendan Foster, former distance runner, founder of the Great North Run, and currently a BBC athletics commentator Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, mountaineer and first Sri Lankan and fourth women in the world to reach the peak of Mount Everest Ibrahim “Ibz” Khan, bodybuilder and silver medalist in weightlifting at Junior Olympics Ralf Rangnick, Former Interim Manager of Manchester United F.C., Head Coach of the Austria national football team Virginia Wade, Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Champion, 1977
Business
Others Michael Attenborough, director Linda Bellos, adviser Christina Beardsley, priest and advocate for transgender inclusion in the Church of England Helen Cammock, artist Jeremy Deller, artist Michael Fuller, Chief Constable of Kent Police Bruno Heller, screenwriter and actor Fatou Jeng, Gambian climate activist Naomie Kremer, artist Claire Oboussier, artist Micheál OʼConnell / Mocksim, artist David Pecaut, American-born Canadian civic activist and consultant Muhammad Abdur Rahman, Pakistani Judge Abhay Xaxa (1983–2020), Indian scholar and human rights activist
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