24 Notable alumni of
Anglia Ruskin University
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Anglia Ruskin University is 1473rd in the world, 508th in Europe, and 92nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Anglia Ruskin University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Syd Barrett
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterpoetguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.
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David Gilmour
- Occupations
- record producerexecutive producerguitaristsongwritersinger
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David Jon Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released the studio albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994) and The Endless River (2014).
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Angela Hartnett
- Occupations
- chef
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Angela Maria Hartnett OBE is an English chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay, she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at the Connaught in London. Currently, she is Chef-Patron for Murano in Mayfair; Café Murano in Bermondsey, Covent Garden, Marylebone and St James's; and Cucina Angelina in Courchevel (France). In 2004, she gained her first Michelin star.
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Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
- Occupations
- diplomatbarristerpolitician
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Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, KC, is a Dominican-British barrister and politician who served as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2016 to 2025. She was the first woman to hold that post.
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Michael Ashcroft
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
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Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, PC is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and was the 132nd richest person in the UK, as ranked by the Sunday Times Rich List 2021, with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion.
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Philip Reeve
- Occupations
- authorwriterchildren's writerillustratoractor
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Philip Reeve is an English author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book Mortal Engines and its sequels (the 2001 to 2006 Mortal Engines Quartet). His 2007 novel, Here Lies Arthur, based on the legendary King Arthur, won the Carnegie Medal.
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John Burnside
- Occupations
- university teacherpoetwriter
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John Burnside FRSL FRSE was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets (with Ted Hughes, Sean O'Brien and Jason Allen-Paisant) to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single book – in this case, for Black Cat Bone in 2011. In 2023, he won the David Cohen Prize in recognition of his full body of work.
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Manish Bhasin
- Enrolled in Anglia Ruskin University
- In 1997 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Manish Dev Bhasin is a sports journalist and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League's global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the BBC in the UK. He was the presenter of the former sports programme providing coverage of the Championship, League 1 and League 2 match highlights; The Football League Show, which ran from August 2009 to May 2015.
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Jakob Engel-Schmidt
- Occupations
- public relations consultantdirectorbusiness undergraduatepolitician
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Jakob Engel-Schmidt is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates. Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.
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Patrick Le Quément
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Patrick Gilles Marie Le Quément is a retired French car designer, formerly chief designer of Renault. Born in France but brought up in the United Kingdom, Le Quément holds a BA Hons. degree in Product Design from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, and an MBA from Danbury Park Management Centre.
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Sue Hayman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017, then as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.
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Edward Bawden
- Occupations
- designerdraftspersonpainterillustratorwar artist
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Edward Bawden, CBE RA was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had been a student, worked as a commercial artist and served as a war artist in World War II. He was a fine watercolour painter but worked in many different media. He illustrated several books and painted murals in both the 1930s and 1960s. He was admired by Edward Gorey, David Gentleman and other graphic artists, and his work and career is often associated with that of his contemporary Eric Ravilious.
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Roger Law
- Occupations
- caricaturist
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Roger Law is a British caricaturist, ceramicist and one half of Luck and Flaw (with Peter Fluck), creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
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Kim Howells
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
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Kim Scott Howells is a Welsh Labour Party former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.
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Jon Thompson
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- 1964-.. (age 62)
- Biography
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Sir Jonathan Michael Thompson, KCB is a British civil servant who served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) from September 2012 until April 2016, when he succeeded Dame Lin Homer as Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs. He became Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council after leaving HMRC in Autumn 2019.
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Jonathan Albon
- Occupations
- athleteorienteer
- Biography
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Jonathan Albon is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series.
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Kaakie
- Enrolled in Anglia Ruskin University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- midwifemusician
- Biography
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Grace Kaki Awo Ocansey, popularly known as Kaakie, is a Ghanaian dancehall artist. She signed her first record deal with Xtra Large Music. Kaakie grew up as a music lover who listened to various genres of music and did karaoke versions for many of the ones she cherished. At the university, an opportunity came for her to feature in one of the reality shows on TV called Stars Of The Future. She was part of the singing competition that run on Ghanaian TV for weeks; but got evicted along the way (she was rated 5th). From there, she met up with renowned Ghanaian Sound Engineer/Executive Producer, JMJ Baby (Joshua Raphaelson) – Courtesy Charter House – and she got signed to his record label – XTRA LARGE MUSIC.
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Ian Miller
- Occupations
- association football player
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Ian Jonathan Miller is an English professional footballer who plays for Walsham-le-Willows.
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Ama Pomaa Boateng
- Enrolled in Anglia Ruskin University
- Studied information technology
- Occupations
- politicianIT specialist
- Biography
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Ama Pomaa Boateng is a Ghanaian politician and. She was the member of parliament for the Juaben Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and represented the New Patriotic Party.
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Devant Maharaj
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- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Biography
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Devant Maharaj is a Trinidad and Tobago politician, and social activist. He is a inactive member of the United National Congress. On 27 June 2011, he became a member of the Senate of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Minister of Transport following his appointment as Chairman of the Public Services Transport Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Geraldine Finlayson
- Occupations
- historianpaleontologistanthropologist
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Geraldine Finlayson is a Gibraltarian scientist and CEO of the Gibraltar National Museum. She was director of the John Mackintosh Hall until October 2011. She has played a major role in developing the "Gibraltar method" of archaeological research, especially that carried out underwater, and is one of a team of scientists who have made major discoveries about the nature of Neanderthal culture.
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Alessandro Ludovico
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- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- writercriticnon-fiction writerartisteditor
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Alessandro Ludovico is a researcher, artist and chief editor of Neural magazine since 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in English and Media from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK). He is Associate Professor at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton and Lecturer at Parsons Paris – The New School. He has published and edited several books, and has lectured worldwide. He also served as an advisor for the Documenta 12 Magazine Project. He is one of the authors of the award-winning Hacking Monopolism trilogy of artworks ("Google Will Eat Itself", "Amazon Noir", "Face to Facebook").
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Ian Mobsby
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Ian Mobsby is a writer, speaker and missioner. He is currently the Diocesan Community Missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Niagara in the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Canon for Mission Theology also for the Diocese of Niagara. He is the lead for formation with the Society of the Holy Trinity. He was formally the Assistant Dean for Fresh Expressions and Pioneer Ministry in the Diocese of Southwark and the former Rector of Christchurch Blackfriars in London. Mobsby is the former Priest in Charge of the Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary in the City of London and the former missioner to the Moot Community. Mobsby has a background in the Emerging Church and in particular New Monasticism and as an associate missioner of the Fresh expression Initiative. He has completed a PhD, an ethnographic and theological research exploring the spiritual but not religious as a social grouping through the Archbishop's Examination in Theology.
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Steve Antony
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- illustratorwriter
- Biography
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Steve Antony is a British children's author and illustrator, who has written and illustrated seventeen picture books and two board books.
