This is a list of Queen's University Belfast people including notable alumni and staff of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. As one of only two universities in Northern Ireland, the university has been attended by a large proportion of the nation's professionals. This list does not include people whose only connection with the university consists in the award of an honorary degree. Staff Mike Baillie – Professor Emeritus of Palaeoecology Sir George Bain – former President and Vice-Chancellor; Chair of the Independent Review of the Fire Service Paul Bew, Baron Bew – Professor of Irish Politics Ciarán Carson – poet, novelist; Professor of English and Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Colin Cooper – Senior Lecturer in psychology; devises IQ tests for the BBC's Test the Nation programme Sir Bernard Crossland – former President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Edith Newman Devlin (1926–2012) former English lecturer, academic and writer Richard English – Professor of Politics Mick Fealty – Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Governance Sir Peter Gregson – former President and Vice-Chancellor Adrian Guelke – Professor of Comparative Politics Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare - former Professor of Computing Science John Hewitt – the university's first writer-in-residence Thomas Jones – former Professor of Economics James Mallory – Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology Michael Mann – Visiting Research Professor in Sociology Sir John McCanny – Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering and Director of ECIT Sir William McCrea – former Professor of Mathematics George Mitchell – former Chancellor, former United States Senator Cornelius O'Leary – former Professor of Political Science Kamalesh Sharma – former Chancellor, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Raymond Warren – former Professor of Composition and Professor of Music John H. Whyte – former Professor of Political Science Alumni Academia Hutton Ayikwei Addy – Professor of Public Health, first dean of the University for Development Studies Medical School Tan Sri Anuwar Ali – 2nd Vice-Chancellor of Open University Malaysia Sir George Vance Allen – 1st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya Sir David Bates – physicist Sir Colin Campbell – former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham Tan Sri Chin Fung Kee – former Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya and Professor of Civil Engineering Art Cosgrove – former President of University College Dublin Roy Crawford – Vice-Chancellor of University of Waikato, New Zealand María Ester Grebe — ethnomusicologist Robert John Gregg (1912-1998) - Head of Department