| Harini Amarasuriya | '' Sri Lanka
United Kingdom- Douglas Alexander, MP for Lothian East
- Catherine Atkinson, MP for Derby North
- Julia Buckley, MP for Shrewsbury
- Wendy Chamberlain, MP for North East Fife
- Charlie Dewhirst, MP for Bridlington and The Wolds
- Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East
- John Grady, MP for Glasgow East
- Chris Hinchliff, MP for North East Hertfordshire
- Neil Hudson, MP for Epping Forest
- Danny Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire
- Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven and Workington
- Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland
- Stuart McDonald, MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
- Pat McFadden, MP for Wolverhampton South East
- Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
- David Mundell, MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South
- Louise Sandher-Jones, MP for North East Derbyshire
- Pete Wishart, MP for Perth and Kinross-shire
- Imogen Walker, MP for Hamilton and Clyde Valley
- James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell, Conservative Peer
- Christine Blower, Baroness Blower, Labour Peer
- Kathryn Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning, Labour Peer
- Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton, Labour Peer
- William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, Crossbench
- James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Conservative Peer
- Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop, Conservative Peer
- Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, Labour Peer
- Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, Conservative Peer
- Murray Elder, Baron Elder, Labour Peer
- Peter Forster, Lord Spiritual
- George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, Labour Peer
- Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie, Crossbench
- David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Crossbench
- Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie, Conservative peer
- Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Conservative Peer
- Eleanor Laing, Baroness Laing of Elderslie, Conservative Peer
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Conservative Peer
- Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, Conservative peer
- James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Conservative Peer
- Mark McInnes, Baron McInnes of Kilwinning, Conservative Peer
- Anne McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, Conservative Peer
- Patrick McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, Conservative Peer
- Malcolm Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel, Conservative peer
- Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, Crossbench
- Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir, Crossbench
- Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Liberal Democrat Peer
- Keith Stewart, Baron Stewart of Dirleton, Conservative Peer
- Alexander Trees, Baron Trees, Crossbench
- Fiona Twycross, Baroness Twycross, Labour Peer
- Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Liberal Democrat Peer
- John Woodcock, Baron Walney, Crossbench
- Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley, Conservative Peer
- Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
- Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian
- Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland
- Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian
- Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland
- Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
- Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland
- Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston
- Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith
- Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney
- Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire
- Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
- Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
- Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin
- John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North
- Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian
- Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland
Africa- Joseph Ukel Abango, South Sudan Minister of General Education
- Eustace Akwei, Ghanaian Minister for Health
- Prince Hamid Armah, Ghanaian MP
- Ahmed Mohamed Adan, Somali Foreign Minister
- Herbert Bankole-Bright, political activist in Sierra Leone
- Jaya Krishna Cuttaree, Mauritian Minister of Labour, Lands and Housing, Minister of Industry and Trade
- Moses Da Rocha, Nigerian doctor, journalist and politician
- Yusuf Dadoo, former chair of the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party
- Unity Dow, Botswana Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, member of the National Assembly
- Patrick Duncan, 6th governor-general of the Union of South Africa, South African Minister for the Interior, Education and Public Health
- Kesaveloo Goonam, South African doctor, Indian nationalist and anti-apartheid activist
- Alex Ibru, Nigerian Minister of Internal Affairs
- Omar Ali Juma, former vice-president of Tanzania
- Danielle de St. Jorre, Seychelles Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Vedastus Kyalakishaija Kyaruzi, former Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations
- Nazir Karamagi, Tanzanian Minister of Energy and Minerals
- Nelson P. W. Khonje, Speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi
- Peter Msolla, Tanzanian MP
- Shettima Ali Monguno, Nigerian Federal Minister for Airforce and Internal Affairs, Minister for Mines, Power, Petroleum and Energy, President of OPEC
- James Moroka, President of the African National Congress
- Agnes Nyalonje, Malawi Minister of Education
- Monty Naicker, anti-apartheid activist and leader of the South African Indian Congress
- Frederick Nanka-Bruce, Ghanaian doctor, journalist and former member of the Ghanaian Parliament
- Bandele Omoniyi, Nigerian law student and political activist
- Betty Ogwaro, South Sudanese Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
- Sam Ongeri, Kenyan Minister for Education, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Imrana Alhaji Buba, Nigerian social entrepreneur and political activist
- Hae Phoofolo, interim prime minister of Lesotho
- Benjamin Quartey-Papafio, first Ghanaian doctor and member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council
- John K Randle, West African doctor and politician
- Richard Sezibera, Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, 4th Secretary-General of the East African Community
- Richard Akinwande Savage, Nigerian doctor, pan-African politician and newspaper editor
- Noah Wekesa, Kenyan Minister for Forestry and Wildlife, Minister for Education, and Minister for Science
Asia- Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lankan MP
- Chu Anping, Chinese journalist and political activist
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, Indian nationalist, President of the Indian National Congress
- Kōichirō Asakai, Japanese ambassador to the United States and ambassador to the Philippines who oversaw the signing of U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
- Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan Minister of Trade and Shipping
- Fu Ssu-nien, linguist and historian, one of the leaders of the Chinese May Fourth Movement in 1919
- Hsu Hsin-liang, Chairman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party and Magistrate of Taoyuan
- Sir Reginald Johnston, Puyi's tutor and advisor, last Commissioner of British Weihaiwei
- Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- M. C. M. Kaleel, Sri Lankan Minister of Home Affairs
- Arbab Alamgir Khan, Pakistan Federal Minister for Communications
- Lim Chong Eu, 2nd Chief Minister of Penang and founder of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
- Zhang Shizhao, Chinese journalist, educator and Minister of Justice and Minister of Education
- Wu Zhihui, Chinese linguist and major political figure during the Republic of China (1912–1949)
- Hsiao Chia-chi, former Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, former Deputy Mayor of Taichung
Canada- William Johnston Almon, former Canadian senator for Halifax
- Peter Boehm, Canadian senator for Ontario
- Edward Borron, former MP for Algoma
- Christy Clark, 35th Premier of British Columbia
- George Ralph Richardson Cockburn, former MP for Toronto Centre
- George Alexander Drummond, former Canadian senator for Quebec, 12th president of the Bank of Montreal
- Kirsty Duncan, MP for Etobicoke North, Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister for Science
- Adelbert Edward Hanna, former MP for Lanark South
- Robert James Manion, Canadian cabinet minister, Conservative Leader of the Opposition 1938–1940
- Joseph Morrin, 7th and 9th mayor of Quebec
- Sir William MacGregor, 60th governor of Newfoundland
- Frederick Montizambert, first Director General of Public Health in Canada
- Andrew Ross McMaster, former MP for Brome and Provincial Treasurer of Quebec
- Clarence Primrose, former Canadian senator for Nova Scotia
- James Palmer Rankin, former Canadian senator for Ontario
- Alexander David Stewart, former mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
- Alexander Warburton, 7th Premier of Prince Edward Island
- Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams, former MP and Chief Government Whip
CaribbeanEurope- Mina Andreeva, Chief Spokesperson for the European Commission
- Gisela Babel, former member of the German Bundestag
- Elmar Brok, former MEP for Germany, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and President of the Union of European Federalists
- Rebecca Buttigieg, Maltese MP
- Benjamin Constant, French politician and eminent political theorist, Member of the Tribunat, Member of the Council of State, Member of the Chamber of Députés
- Muriel Casals i Couturier, member of the Parliament of Catalonia
- Katja Dörner, Mayoress of Bonn, Germany
- Tedi Dobi, Albanian Minister of Justice
- Biljana Đorđević, member of the Serbian National Assembly
- Aina Calvo, former Mayoress of Palma, Spain
- Furio Honsell, former mayor of Udine, Italy
- Giorgos Gerapetritis, Greek Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Icelandic Minister of Finance, Foreign Minister
- Harri Jaskari, former member of the Parliament of Finland
- Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Icelandic Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
- Ögmundur Jónasson, Icelandic Minister of Health and Minister of the Interior
- Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, 19th Mayor of Reykjavík, Icelandic Minister of the Interior
- Árni Mathiesen, Icelandic Minister of Finance
- Radu Marian, Moldovian MP
- Angelika Niebler, MEP for Germany, Deputy Chairwoman of European People's Party
- Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek Minister of State, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Gerhard Schröder (CDU), West German Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Federal Minister of Defence, 1969 presidential candidate
- Gustaf Algernon Stierneld, Swedish Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Péter Ungár, Member of the National Assembly of Hungary, Leader of LMP – Hungary's Green Party
- Jerzy Żyżyński, economist and member of the Polish Sejm
Middle EastOceania- Richard Arthur, New South Wales Minister for Public Health
- Sir John Bowser, 26th Premier of Victoria
- Sir Thomas Brisbane, former governor of New South Wales whose name gave rise to the Australian city, Brisbane
- Francis Bugotu, Permanent Representative of the Solomon Islands to the United Nations, Secretary-General of the Pacific Community
- Cyril Cameron, former Australian senator for Tasmania
- Sir John Logan Campbell, 17th Mayor of Auckland
- Sir Michael Cullen, former deputy prime minister of New Zealand
- John Dedman, Australian Minister for War Organisation, Minister for Defence
- John Garland, New South Wales Minister for Justice
- Sir James Graham, 41st Mayor of Sydney
- Sir William MacGregor, 11th governor of Queensland
- Malcolm Mackay, Australian Minister for the Navy
- John Alexander MacPherson, 7th Premier of Victoria
- Andrew McLachlan, Australian senator for South Australia, Deputy President of the Australian Senate
- F. Russell Miller, 40th Mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
- Sir David Monro, 2nd Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Sir Hugh Nelson, 11th Premier of Queensland
- Carty Salmon, 2nd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
- David Seath, New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs
- Sir Alexander Stuart, 9th Premier of New South Wales
- Henry Thacker, 32nd Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
Royalty- Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince Father, founder of the House of Mahidol, father to Thai King Rama VIII and King Rama IX
- Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
- Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, member of the Tolstoy family
- Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
- David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife
- Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk, heir apparent to the Dukedom of Fife
- Samuel Chatto and Arthur Chatto, sons of Elizabeth II's niece Lady Sarah Chatto
- Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India
- George Percy, Earl Percy, heir apparent to the Dukedom of Northumberland
- Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton, direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England
- Lady Amelia Windsor, a relative of the British royal family
- Margareta of Romania, Custodian of the Crown of Romania
- Lady Marina Windsor, a relative of the British royal family
- Mako Komuro, former member of the Imperial House of Japan
- Princess Nora zu Oettingen–Spielberg, member of the House of Oettingen-Spielberg
- Princess Raiyah bint Hussein, member of the House of Hashim
- Princess Salha bint Asem, member of the House of Hashim
- Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, member of the Imperial House of Japan
- Prince Pavel Mikhailovich Dashkov, Russian aristocrat
- Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, heir apparent to the Spencer earldom and first cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry
- Bhagvat Singh, former maharaja of the princely state of Gondal
MilitaryOfficers- Ralph Abercromby, MP, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet, general
- Sir James Baird, lieutenant general, Director General Army Medical Services
- Sir Hugh Beach, general, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Field Army
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Naval flag officer during the Napoleonic Wars and later Admiral of the Red, dubbed by Napoleon as le Loup des Mers, 'the Sea Wolf'
- David Coulter, major-general, Chaplain General of the British Army
- Robert Craigie, admiral
- Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, general, Governor of Gibraltar
- John Forbes, brigadier-general, commanded the Forbes Expedition during the French-Indian war
- Sir Alexander Hood, lieutenant-general, Director General Army Medical Services, Governor of Bermuda
- John Hunter, vice-admiral of the red, governor of New South Wales
- James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish Jacobite, served during the Seven Years' War under Frederick the Great as Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army
- Daniel Knobel, lieutenant general, Surgeon General of the South African Defence Force
- William Thompson Lusk, Assistant adjutant-general for the Union, American Civil War
- Gregor MacGregor, Army general, adventurer, and confidence trickster, known for his "Poyois scheme"
- Sir George Malcolm, general
- Sir Harold Martin, air marshal, Commander-in-Chief RAF Germany
- Sir Ian McGeoch, vice-admiral
- Sir James McGrigor, responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps
- Iain McNicoll, air marshal, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations, RAF Air Command
- Sir Charles Napier, admiral, served in War of 1812, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Crimean War
- Dame Sharon Nesmith, first woman to command a British Army brigade, general and vice-chief of the General Staff
- Arthur Edward Potts, major general, Commander of 6th Canadian Infantry Division
- Philip Raffaelli, Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces
- George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, governor of Canada, Commander-in-Chief, India
- Alan Reay, lieutenant general, Director General Army Medical Services
- Thomas Rimmer, air vice-marshal, commander, British Forces Cyprus
- Sir James Simpson, general, Commander-in-Chief British troops in the Crimea
- Andrew Rutherford, 1st Earl of Teviot, lieutenant-general under Louis XIV when England was in Interregnum, governor of Tangier
- Sir Charles Shaw, brigadier-general during the Portuguese Liberal Wars
- Adam Stephen, Scottish-American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- James Stuart, general, 1st General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
- Mona Chalmers Watson, head of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
- Bennett H. Young, lieutenant, Confederate officer who led the St. Albans Raid during the American Civil War
Soldiers- Eric Brown, Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history
- William Brydon, the only person to reach safety in the 1842 retreat from Kabul
- James Marr Brydone, Ship's surgeon of HMS Thunderer at Battle of Trafalgar
- Charles Gray Catto, World War I flying ace, later Mayor of Waco, Texas
- Gordon Duncan, Scottish flying ace
- James Oliver Ewart, intelligence officer, translator, and staff member of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
- John Todd, Scottish First World War flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories
Recipients of the Victoria Cross:
- Crimean War
- * William Henry Thomas Sylvester, major
- Indian Mutiny
- * James John McLeod Innes, lieutenant general
- * Valentine McMaster, Army surgeon
- Andaman Islands expedition
- * Campbell Mellis Douglas, lieutenant Colonel
- Second Boer War
- * Sir William Babtie, Lieutenant-general
- * Henry Edward Manning Douglas, major-general
- First World War
- * Allan Ker, major
- * Arthur Moore Lascelles, captain
- * David Lowe MacIntyre, captain
- * Harcus Strachan, lieutenant colonel
Recipients of the George Cross:
Social sciences, arts and businessPulitzer PrizeMembers of the Science Studies Unit (Edinburgh School)University officials and faculty- Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, former rector of the university
- Anne, Princess Royal, chancellor of the university
- Sir Edward Victor Appleton, former principal and vice-chancellor of the university
- Stanley Baldwin, former rector of the university
- Arthur Balfour, former chancellor of the university
- Earl Beatty, former rector of the university
- Gordon Brown, former rector of the university
- Sir Winston Churchill, former rector of the university
- Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, rector of the university
- Sir Alexander Fleming, former rector of the university
- David Lloyd George, former rector of the university
- William Gladstone, former rector of the university
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, former chancellor of the university
- The Earl of Rosebery, former rector of the university
FacultyColin Kingsley, lecturer on music
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