The department has produced a large range of notable alumni, including David Harvey, the world's most cited academic geographer, and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud.

Other notable alumni and staff include:
Dawn Airey
Ash Amin
Clint Ballinger
John Barrett
Anthony Bebbington
Piers Blaikie
William Maurice Brown
Paul Brummell
Sylvia Chant
Richard Chorley
Miles Clark
Roger Clarke
Mark Cleary
John Terence Coppock
Bernie Cotton
Philip Cox
Mike Crang
Gabriel Crouch
Frank Debenham
Hugh Dennis
Robin Donkin
Julian A. Dowdeswell
George Freeman
Phil Gibbard
Andrew Goudie
Derek Gregory
Peter Haggett
Peter Hall
John Heap
Michael Heffernan
Bronwyn Hill
Mike Kirkby
Hal Lister
Sylvia Law
Huw Lewis-Jones
Paul Madden
Gordon Manley
Ron Martin
Ann Mather
Michael Mortimore
John Noble
James Oldfield
Joe Painter
Chris Philo
Luke Piper
Matthew Price
Sarah A. Radcliffe
Phil Rees
Chris Robinson
John Rymill
Susan J. Smith
Oskar Spate
Ken Sykora
Sam Toy
Piers Vitebsky
Andrew Warren
George T. Whitesides
David Wilshire
Charles W. J. Withers
James Wordie
Tony Wrigley
The department has produced a large range of notable alumni, including David Harvey, the world's most cited academic geographer, and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud.
Other notable alumni and staff include:
Dawn Airey
Ash Amin
Clint Ballinger
John Barrett
Anthony Bebbington
Piers Blaikie
William Maurice Brown
Paul Brummell
Sylvia Chant
Richard Chorley
Miles Clark
Roger Clarke
Mark Cleary
John Terence Coppock
Bernie Cotton
Philip Cox
Mike Crang
Gabriel Crouch
Frank Debenham
Hugh Dennis
Robin Donkin
Julian A. Dowdeswell
George Freeman
Phil Gibbard
Andrew Goudie
Derek Gregory
Peter Haggett
Peter Hall
John Heap
Michael Heffernan
Bronwyn Hill
Mike Kirkby
Hal Lister
Sylvia Law
Huw Lewis-Jones
Paul Madden
Gordon Manley
Ron Martin
Ann Mather
Michael Mortimore
John Noble
James Oldfield
Joe Painter
Chris Philo
Luke Piper
Matthew Price
Sarah A. Radcliffe
Phil Rees
Chris Robinson
John Rymill
Susan J. Smith
Oskar Spate
Ken Sykora
Sam Toy
Piers Vitebsky
Andrew Warren
George T. Whitesides
David Wilshire
Charles W. J. Withers
James Wordie
Tony Wrigley
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge