Poet, literary critic; staff, Professor of English Literature, 1923-29

Expert on mechanics of human and animal movement; staff, Professor of Zoology, 1969-1999; Emeritus Professor, 1999-2016

Pioneer of molecular biology; founder of X-ray diffraction of biological macromolecules; staff, Lecturer in Textile Physics 1928-37; Reader in Textile Physics 1937-1946; Professor of Biomolecular Physics 1946-1961

Development Studies pioneer; activist in fields of health and sociology in developing countries; staff 1980-1999

Artist; art critic; author; chronicler, Bloomsbury Group; sculptor, 'The Dreamer', commissioned by University of Leeds; staff, Professor of Fine Art 1962-67

Pioneer in haemoglobin research

Pioneer of aviation; founder, Blackburn Aircraft

Minister for Education under Prime Minister Macmillan; Vice-Chancellor 1969-1980

Physicist; mathematician; chemist; inventor, X-ray spectrometer; discovered X-ray crystallography and shared Nobel Prize in Physics; namesake of Braggite mineral, Cavendish Professor of Physics 1909-15

Pioneer of modern applied economics; staff, Professor of Economics 1947-79

Co-Director, Overseas Partnering and Training Initiative; former President British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, UK Society for Research in Rehabilitation, and European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine; Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine 1998-2007

Designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine, Professor of Economics 1947-79

Astrophysicist; winner, Hughes Medal 1990; staff, Applied Mathematics 1948-70

Applied mathematician; staff, Mathematics 1974-85

Distinguished chemist; staff, Professor of Physical Chemistry, 1950-65; Vice-Chancellor, Nottingham University; Chancellor, Sheffield University

Chinese women's studies expert; President, British Association for Chinese Studies 1993–1994; Member, China Panel of the British Academy; staff, Head of Department of East Asian Studies 1997-2001

Critic; biographer; general editor, 'The Oxford History of English Literature'; staff, English 1936-55

Ibsen scholar; author; translator; Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Chair, Department of English 1988-1991

Innventor of the children's game Spirograph. Electrical Engineering, 1936-1939

Philosopher; winner, Papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice 1999; staff, Philosophy, 1966-81

Established Leeds liver transplant programme, Professor of Surgery 1965-92

Artist; curator; historian; staff, Professor of Fine Art 1967-75

Eminent barrister; oversaw high-profile trials, including defense of 'Black Panther' Donald Nielsen

Rabbi; Army chaplain in liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 1945

Structural and civil engineer; Senior Partner, Buro Happold

Poet; Gregory Fellow of Poetry 1952-1955

Sociologist; academic; author of 'The Uses of Literacy'

Novelist; poet; essayist; biographer

Textile manufacturer; namesake of Keyworth Institute and Maurice Keyworth building

Teacher, researcher, government advisor

Textile designer and painter; founder of Bernat Klein Ltd

Pioneer of Mongolian and Chinese studies; staff, Professor of Chinese Studies, 1963-70

Crystallographer; first woman elected to the Royal Society; staff, Biology 1927-30

Founder editor of former national newspaper Today and the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education to the Yorkshire Deanery, 1993-1999; Lead Dean for Psychiatry 1999-2001

Golf course designer, work includes Augusta National Golf Club

Cutting-edge botanist; President, Linnean Society; staff, Professor of Biology 1946-69

Noted academic and political theorist, staff, Professor and Head of Politics department 1972-78

Pioneer of Leeds Medical school, President, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Electron microscopist with metals and alloys; winner, Beilby, Hadfield and Wilkinson medals; staff, Professor of Metallurgy 1960-89

Chairman, Crompton Parkinson Company; University benefactor

Chemist; shared the 1967 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on high-speed, light-driven chemical reactions; President, Royal Society

Astbury Professor of Biophysics

Author, 'Swallows and Amazons', 'Coot Club' and other children's books

Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, 1958–72

Poet; critic; arts writer; essayist; co-founder, Institute for Contemporary Arts

Author; poet; broadcaster

Poet; critic; editor; founder of 'Stand' magazine; Gregory Fellow in Poetry 1958-60

Assistant Secretary, Academic Assistance Council (now the Council for At-Risk Academics), helped academic refugees find safety

British Ambassador to Sweden and Iran; civil servant; academic, Vice-Chancellor 1963-70

Emeritus Professor, Chair and Dean in the School of Education 1975-1986, pioneering linguist

World-leading physicist; staff, Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1939-51; Cavendish Professor of Physics 1951-63

Physicist and endocrinologist; discovered and identified the hormone aldosterone alongside his wife Sylvia.

English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; founder of the University's rugby league team

Social historian; political activist; staff, Extra-mural Studies, 1948-65

Mathematician and cryptoanalyst; worked alongside Alan Turing at Bletchley Park breaking the Enigma code

Author, 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy; staff, Reader in and Professor of English Language 1920-25

Children's author

Director, John Innes Institute; Director, Waite Institute; staff, Professor of Botany 1969-80

Prominent paediatrician; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health