Graduates have gone on to make waves in the media, cinema, politics, sport and more besides – here are 9 prominent individuals who went to the institution.
![David Mellor CBE was born in Sheffield and was highly regarded for his cutlery and metalwork designs. He also redesigned the national traffic light system in the 1960s. He was taught Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1951 - he is pictured with his wife Fiona MacCarthy in the library/workroom of their home in Hathersage in the 1990s.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmViZDQ4NmZhLWQ1YmItNGE2Yy1iODNlLTdlMDgxZDdjNTI2ODoxNGMxMzBlNi1hNjBiLTRlMDQtYTdjOC1jMDY2NzFkYmVmODQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. David Mellor
David Mellor CBE was born in Sheffield and was highly regarded for his cutlery and metalwork designs. He also redesigned the national traffic light system in the 1960s. He was taught Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1951 - he is pictured with his wife Fiona MacCarthy in the library/workroom of their home in Hathersage in the 1990s. Photo: Chris Lawton