This is a list of notable people related to the University of Keele and its predecessor, the University College of North Staffordshire.

Presidents and Chancellors

• John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (1949–55)
• HRH Princess Margaret (1956–86)
• Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1986–2002)
• Sir David Weatherall (2002–2012)
• Sir Jonathon Porritt (2012–2022)
• James Timpson (2022-...)

Principals and Vice-Chancellors

• Lord Lindsay of Birker (1949–52)

  

• Sir John Lennard-Jones (1953–54)
• Sir George Barnes (1956–60)
• Harold McCarter Taylor (1961–67)
• W. A. Campbell Stewart (1967–79)
• Sir David Harrison (1979–84)
• Sir Brian Fender (1985–95)
• Dame Janet Finch (1995–2010)
• Nick Foskett (2010–2015)
• Trevor McMillan (2015– )

Academics

• Tony Barrand – Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Boston University
• Jonathan Dollimore – English sociologist
• Richard English – historian
• Roy Fisher – American Studies lecturer and poet
• Jill Gibbon – graphic artist^[1]
• Oliver Harris – professor of American literature and expert in the works of William Burroughs
• Sir Nick Partridge – British health care specialist
• Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer – British political scientist

Alumni