34 Notable alumni of
Aston University
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Aston University is 1407th in the world, 482nd in Europe, and 92nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Aston 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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Frankie Boyle
- Occupations
- comedianautobiographertelevision presenterwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Francis Martin Patrick Boyle is a Scottish comedian and writer. He is known for his cynical, surreal, graphic and dark, often controversial sense of humour.
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Richard Stanton
- Occupations
- cave diverfirefighter
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Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM is a British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the British Cave Rescue Council. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe". Stanton has lived in Coventry for many years, and was formerly a firefighter with the West Midlands Fire Service for 25 years prior to his retirement. In 2018 he played a leading role in the Tham Luang cave rescue and was awarded the George Medal in the Civilian Gallantry List.
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John Lodge
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterbassistguitaristrecord producersinger
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John Charles Lodge is an English musician, best known as bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the longstanding rock band the Moody Blues. He has also worked as a record producer and has collaborated with other musicians outside the band. In 2018, Lodge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues.
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Kevin Warwick
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterartificial intelligence researcherroboticistcomputer scientist
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Kevin Warwick is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research concerning robotics.
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Ben Francis
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 32)
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Benjamin David Francis is a British businessman. He is the co-founder, CEO and majority owner of Gymshark, a fitness apparel and accessories company founded in 2012.
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Tony Hayward
- Enrolled in Aston University
- Studied geology
- Occupations
- geologistentrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Anthony Bryan Hayward is a British businessman and former CEO of the oil and energy company BP. He replaced John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, on 1 May 2007. His tenure ended on 1 October 2010 when he was replaced by Bob Dudley following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He was chairman of Glencore Xstrata from 2014 to 2021.
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Abdollah Jassbi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdollah Jafarali Jassbi is an Iranian academic and politician who was president of Azad University from the establishment of the university in 1982 until his resignation in 2012. He was also a presidential candidate in 1993 and 2001.
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Rachel Maclean
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rachel Helen Maclean is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Redditch in Worcestershire since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she currently serves as its Deputy Chairman. She has previously served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning and has held ministerial roles in the Department for Transport and Home Office.
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Salma Yaqoob
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Salma Yaqoob is a British political activist and psychotherapist who served as the Leader of the Respect Party from 2005 until 2012, representing the party on Birmingham City Council.
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Anthony Cheung
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
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Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He was the Secretary for Transport and Housing from 2012 to 2017 and 5th President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). He was one of the few government officials coming from a pro-democracy background.
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Nic Robertson
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- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Nic Robertson is the international diplomatic editor of CNN.
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Idris Jusoh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Idris bin Jusoh is a Malaysian politician who served as Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) from May 2020 to June 2023, the Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Education II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He also served as the 12th Menteri Besar of Terengganu from March 2004 to March 2008, Member of Parliament (MP) for Besut from May 2013 to November 2022, Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jertih from March 2004 to May 2013 and Chairman of the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) from July 2008 to March 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.
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Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Dato' Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Menteris Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Saarani Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and again since November 2022 as well as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Rapat since May 2018. He served as the 10th Menteri Besar of Perak from March 2008 to the collapse of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration in February 2009, MLA for Changkat Jering from May 2013 to May 2018, for Pasir Panjang from March 2008 to May 2013 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bukit Gantang from April 2009 to May 2013. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a former component party of the PR coalition. He is also presently the sole Perak AMANAH MLA.
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Ernest Henry Wilson
- Years
- 1876-1930 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- explorerphotographerbotanist
- Biography
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Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson, better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable British plant collector and explorer who introduced a large range of about 2000 Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.
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Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson
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- racing automobile driverbusinesspersonpolitician
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Paul Rudd Drayson, Baron Drayson FREng, PC, is a British businessman, amateur racing driver and Labour politician. He was Minister of Science in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills until May 2010, where he replaced Ian Pearson. In June 2009 he was additionally appointed as Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform at the Ministry of Defence. After losing his ministerial positions in the General Election 2010 he decided to devote himself totally towards his motorsports company Drayson Racing Technology. He is chairman and CEO of Drayson Technologies Ltd.
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Peter Casey
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Peter Joseph Casey is an Irish entrepreneur and unsuccessful political candidate. He is the founder and former Executive Chairman of Claddagh Resources, a global recruitment and executive search business. From 2012 to 2014 he was a panellist on the RTÉ television programme Dragons' Den, in which he was one of the investors adjudicating business plan pitches.
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Mohammad Parvaiz Malik
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Muhammad Pervaiz Malik was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 13 August 2018 until his death in 2021. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1997 and May 2018. He served as Minister for Commerce and Textile, in Abbasi Cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018.
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Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker
- Years
- 1941-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey William Rooker, Baron Rooker is a British politician and life peer who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr from 1974 to 2001.
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Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
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- politician
- Biography
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Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005.
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Lucas Chow
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Lucas Chow Wing Keung is the former chief executive officer of MediaCorp, SingTel Mobile. and group chief executive officer and managing director of Far East Orchard.
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Mark James Mwandosya
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark James Mwandosya is a Tanzanian CCM retired politician and a former Member of Parliament for Rungwe East constituency, who is currently serving as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Ewura Tanzania and the chairperson of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa Annual General Assembly.
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Robert Walter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert "Bob" John Walter is a British-Turkish Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dorset from 1997 until he stood down at the 2015 general election.
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Phil Popham
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Biography
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Phil Popham is a British Business man who has mainly been employed in the automotive industry. He had a long career at Jaguar Land Rover, and latterly was the chief executive officer of Lotus Cars. He has also been CEO of Sunseeker during his career.
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Ismail El Gizouli
- Occupations
- environmental scientist
- Biography
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Ismail Abdel Rahim El Gizouli is a Sudanese civil servant specializing in energy and environment and a member of the bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has acted as interim chairman of the IPCC since 24 February 2015, following the resignation of Rajendra Kumar Pachauri. This appointment will last until the next election for a chairman, which is due to take place at the 42nd session in October 2015.
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs. Born in Wales, he represents England at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
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David Willey
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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David G. Willey, known as the Mad Scientist, is a former physics instructor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Physics has been a major interest in his life since he attended The Coleshill School and the John Port School in Etwall, Derbyshire. He has been presenting physics shows since the early 1980s. Willey is a scientific consultant for the skeptics group, C.S.I. (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry). He also designs physics apparatus/equipment for the Science Kit Boreal Labs. In his spare time he enjoys hunting, woodworking, working with stained glass, and playing golf.
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Pamela Liversidge
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- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Pamela Edwards Liversidge was the first female president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Malcolm Harbour
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
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Malcolm John Charles Harbour, CBE, is a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands between 1999 and July 2014. He is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group and the chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
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Rahul Potluri
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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Rahul Potluri is a British physician, researcher and founder of ACALM (Algorithm for Comorbidites, Associations, Length of stay and Mortality) Study Unit, United Kingdom (UK). His clinical epidemiology research unit is one of the first to use big data in healthcare and medical research. His work has shown for the first time a link between high cholesterol and breast cancer. Further research has suggested the role of cholesterol and possibly statins improving the mortality in patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer. Other prominent studies include health services research evaluating differences in death rates from weekend admission and discharge from UK hospitals, ethnic variations and the interplay between cardiovascular disease and mental health.
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Hilmi İbar
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- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Hilmi İbar is professor of chemistry, former dean of the pedagogic faculty and former head of the International Office at the Trakya University in Edirne. He is also vice president of the Balkan Universities Network.
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Andi Spicer
- Years
- 1959-2020 (aged 61)
- Occupations
- composerjournalist
- Biography
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Andrew John Preston "Andi" Spicer was an English electroacoustic classical music composer who used electronics (see Electronic Music) in his compositions.
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Kelly Murphy
- Enrolled in Aston University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- neuroscientistsport cyclist
- Biography
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Kelly Murphy is an Irish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team IBCT. She was elite women's national champion in the time trial event in 2018 & 2019 and represented Ireland in this event at the European and World Championships in these same years. At the 2019 European Road Championships, Murphy finished 10th in the TT and in doing so became the first Irish woman to place within the top 10 at any international road event.
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Lucilla Wright
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Lucilla Mary Wright is a female former English field hockey international.
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Kauser Abdulla Malik
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- biotechnologist
- Biography
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Kausar Abdullah Malik, is a noted agriculture scientist and educationist from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
