This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Port Harcourt.
Alumni
Arts and entertainment
- Andre Blaze - rapper, reality talent show host
- Monalisa Chinda – actress
- Diminas Dagogo – film director
- Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001, model
- Nwajagu Samuel – Mister International 2024, model
- Rita Dominic – actress
- Linda Ejiofor – actress, model
- Tamara Eteimo - actress, singer
- Muma Gee – singer, actress
- Bimbo Manuel – actor
- Clem Ohameze - actor
- M Trill – rapper
Authors and journalists
- Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike – author
Business and industry
- Emmanuel Agwoje – banker, Chief Executive Officer of Equator Capital Ltd.
- Alex Otti – former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank
- Tonye Princewill – Chairman of Riverdrill Group of Companies (Nigeria)
Diplomacy, government, law and politics
- Rotimi Amaechi – Governor of Rivers State
- Innocent Barikor – Member of the Rivers State House of Assembly
- Osinakachukwu Ideozu – Estate Surveyor; Senator
- Godknows Igali - Diplomat, Federal Permanent Secretary and Technocrat
- Goodluck Jonathan – President of Nigeria
- Patience Jonathan – First Lady of Nigeria
- Olaka Nwogu – Member of the House of Representatives
- Silva Opuala-Charles – Commissioner of Finance and Budget
- Emmanuel Paulker – Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Dakuku Peterside, politician
- Timipre Sylva – Governor of Bayelsa State
Science
- Franklin Erepamo Osaisai – nuclear engineer, energy scientist
- Henry A. A. Ugboma – Professor of Maternal-fetal medicine and Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State.
Faculty
Current and former
- Claude Ake, political science & administration
- I. N. C. Aniebo – novelist and short story writer
- Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo – Emeritus professor of English language
- Innocent Barikor – senior lecturer in political science
- George C. Clerk, botany
- Silvia Federici, philosopher
- Robin W.G. Horton – English social anthropologist and philosopher
- Gerald Moore – scholar of contemporary African anglophone and francophone poetry
- Ogbonnaya Onu, chemical engineering
- Ola Rotimi, theatre arts
- Kay Williamson – linguist who specialised in the study of African languages
Vice Chancellors of the University of Port Harcourt
See also
References
- "University of Port Harcourt Alumni". Uniportalumni.org. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- "Buhari appoints Rivers APC candidate, Dakuku Peterside, DG of NIMASA | Premium Times Nigeria". 10 March 2016.
- "Board of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital inaugurated on 28th March 2018". UPTH Official Website. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- "FG appoints CMDs, MDs of tertiary health institutions". The Guardian. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2022.