Fellows of the College
About COLLEGE Fellowships
College Fellowships are awarded to individuals who:
- have attained distinction in the arts, literature, science or public life
- have rendered exceptional service, which may include philanthropic support, to Birkbeck
- have or have had a close association with Birkbeck.
Fellowships are awarded at our annual graduation ceremonies, where the College Orator presents them to the Birkbeck community with a formal oration.
Birkbeck Fellows
- Mr Richard Agutter (elected 2010)
- Robert Allison (elected 2024)
- Professor Francis Ames-Lewis, BSc, MA, PhD (elected 2005)
- John Annette (elected 2017)
- Professor Isobel Armstrong, BA, PhD, FRSA (elected 2002)
- Kemi Badenoch (elected 2018)
- Professor Paul Barnes (elected 2007)
- John Bercow (elected 2019)
- Sue Betts (elected 2022)
- John Biggs
- The Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone, BSc (Soc), PhD, HonDLitt, HonDUniv, HonLLD (elected 1997)
- Professor Sir Tom Blundell, BA, DPhil, FRS (elected 1997)
- Professor Avtar Brah (elected 2009)
- Professor Laurel Brake (elected 2014)
- Dr Paul Brickell (elected 2013)
- Baroness Brinton (elected 2012)
- Professor Judith Butler (elected 2021)
- Sir Ian Byatt (elected 2005)
- Dr Michael Byrne (elected 2008)
- Clare Callender (elected 2023)
- Sir Neil Chalmers, BA, PhD (elected 2002)
- Alison Chitty OBE (elected 2010)
- Sir Anthony Cleaver, MA, HonLLD, HonDSc (elected 1998)
- Julia Collins (elected 2021)
- Professor Steven Connor (elected 2012)
- Professor Annie Coombes (elected 2022)
- Professor Peter R Crane, BSc, PhD, FRS (elected 2002)
- Mary Curnock Cook, OBE (elected 2014)
- Juliet Davenport (elected 2018)
- The Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey, BA, MSc (elected 2006)
- Kit de Waal (elected 2019)
- Dame Melanie Dawes, BA, MSc (elected 2022)
- His Honour Judge Thomas Dewar, BPharm, BSc, PhD (elected 1981)
- Professor Philip Dewe (elected 2014)
- Professor Costas Douzinas, LLM, PhD (elected 2020)
- Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE, MA, HonDLitt, HonDPhil, HonRCM (elected 1998)
- Professor Dorothy Edgington (2022)
- Professor Marianne Elliott, OBE, PhD (elected 2018)
- Lord Terence Etherton (elected 2019)
- Dr Jan Etienne (elected 2019)
- Professor Sir Richard J Evans, MA, DPhil, Litp, FRHistS, FBA (elected 1999)
- Trevor Fenner (elected 2023)
- Hugh Ferrand (elected 2020)
- Professor Sir Roderick Floud, MA, DPhil, FRHistS (elected 1994)
- Professor Roy Foster, PhD, FRSL, FRHistS, FBA (elected 2004)
- Professor Hilary Fraser (elected 2022)
- Baroness Garden (elected 2019)
- Dame Julia Goodfellow, CBE, PhD, FMedSci, FIBiol (elected 2004)
- Peter Goodrich (elected 2018)
- Professor Samuel Guttenplan (elected 2011)
- Professor Vanessa Harding (elected 2022)
- Sarah Hart (elected 2023)
- Dr Brian Harwood (elected 2008)
- Sir Terence Heiser, KCB (elected 1988)
- Derek Hicks (elected 2017)
- Tom Hoffman (elected 2011)
- Lord Johnson of Marylebone
- Professor Michael Hunter (elected 2012)
- Professor Barry Ife, CBE, PhD (elected 2006)
- Professor Sue Jackson (elected 2016)
- Susan James (elected 2024)
- Dr Harren Jhoti (elected 2019)
- Dr Roger Johnson (elected 2009)
- Professor Nicholas Keep (elected 2022)
- John Kelly (elected 2020)
- Jude Kelly (elected 2021)
- Baroness Helena Kennedy (elected 2021)
- Tricia King (elected 2017)
- David Lammy MP (elected 2018)
- Sir Peter Lampl, OBE, MA (elected 2006)
- Sir Alan Langlands, FRSE Hon FMedSci (elected 2014)
- Marai Larasi (elected 2020)
- David Latchman (elected 2023)
- Drummond Leslie (elected 2011)
- Sir Mark Lowcock, BA, MSc (elected 2020)
- Dame Mavis Macdonald (elected 2008)
- Neil MacGregor, DUniv, HonDLitt, HonFBA (elected 2002)
- Professor Alan MacKay, BSc, MA, PhD, DSc, FRS (elected 2001)
- Dr Kate MacKenzie-Davey (elected 2022)
- Denis MacShane, PhD, MP (elected 2004)
- Joy Manners (elected 2015)
- Professor William Marslen-Wilson, BA, PhD, FBA (elected 1998)
- Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, DBE, LLM (elected 2003)
- John McDonnell MP (elected 2014)
- Dr Kate Mackenzie Davey (elected 2024)
- Sir Harvey McGrath (elected 2019)
- Sir Kit McMahon, Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur (elected 2003)
- Liz Meek (elected 2021)
- James Middleton (elected 2018)
- Mr John Middleton (elected 2013)
- Professor Peter Mortimore, OBE, BSc, MSc, PhD (elected 2000)
- Professor David Moss, BSc, PhD (elected 2006)
- Lisa Nandy, MP (elected 2022)
- Professor Glaucius Oliva, President, Brazil National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (elected 2013)
- Mike Oaksford (elected 2023)
- Michael O'Neill (elected 2022)
- Sir Timothy M M O’Shea, BSc, PhD (elected 2002)
- Mr Trevor Pears CMG (elected 2010)
- Daniel Peltz OBE (elected 2015)
- Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (elected 1996)
- Garth Pollard (elected 2012)
- Stuart Popham (elected 2016)
- Professor Dorothy Porter (elected 2015)
- Professor Alex Poulovassilis (elected 2021)
- Professor Philip Powell (elected 2019)
- Professor David Rhind, CBE, FRS, FBA (elected 1999)
- The Reverend Brian Roberts, BA, BTh, FRSA (elected 2005)
- Hetan Shah (elected 2022)
- Baroness Sharp of Guilford, MA (elected 2005).
- Dame Stephanie Shirley, DBE, BSc, FBCS, CBIM, CEng (elected 2001)
- David Simmonds, MP CBE (elected 2021)
- Judy Singer (elected 2022)
- Chris Skidmore (elected 2021)
- Professor Michael Slater, MA, DPhil (elected (2001)
- Ron Smith (elected 2023)
- Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, MA (elected 2002)
- Geraldine Sundstrom (elected 2017)
- Professor Laurie Taylor, BA (elected 1995)
- Dame Janet Thornton, CBE, PhD, FRS (elected 2006)
- Baroness Valentine of Putney (elected 2013).
- Emeritus Professor William Vaughan (elected 2010)
- Sir Robin Wales (elected 2010)
- Katherine Webb, MA, MPhil (elected 2006)
- Peter Westley (elected 2014)
- Elizabeth Whitehead (elected 2019)
- Hazel Willis (elected 2024)
- Sir Michael Wilshaw (elected 2018)
- Professor the Baroness Wolf of Dulwich CBE (elected 2018)
- The Hon Mrs Laura Wolfson-Townsley (elected 2015)
- Emeritus Professor Mary Wood (elected 2012)
- Peter Zinkin
- Emeritus Professor Sami Zubaida (elected 2010)
- Professor Miriam Zukas (elected 2016)