100 Notable alumni of
Cardiff University
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Cardiff University is 367th in the world, 129th in Europe, and 29th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Cardiff University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with Cardiff University won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Gwilym Lee
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Gwilym Lee is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Midsomer Murders (2013–2016), A Song for Jenny (2015), Jamestown (2017), Top End Wedding (2019), The Great (2020–2023), and for playing guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Susanna Reid
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Susanna Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since 2014, Reid has been the lead presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain alongside Kate Garraway, Richard Madeley, Ed Balls and formerly Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011.
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Alice Roberts
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- physiciantelevision presenteranatomistpaleontologistbiologist
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Alice May Roberts FRSB is an English academic, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was president of the charity Humanists UK between January 2019 and May 2022. She is now a vice-president of the organisation.
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Barham Salih
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- politician
- Biography
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Barham Salih is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.
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Neil Kinnock
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- politician
- Biography
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Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC is a Welsh politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Kinnock was considered to be on the soft left of the Labour Party.
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Vedhika Kumar
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- actor
- Biography
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Vedhika Kumar, known professionally as Vedhika, is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Vedhika is a recipient of an Asiavision Award and two Edison Awards, along with nominations for two Filmfare Awards South.
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Adrian Chiles
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- presenterwriterjournalisttelevision presenter
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Adrian Chiles is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for football coverage on ITV Sport from 2010 until 2015. His journalistic training and love of football resulted in his presenting business programmes such as Working Lunch and The Money Programme as well as sports programmes like Match of the Day 2. He currently works for BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Martin Lewis
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- journalisttelevision presenteractor
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Martin Steven Lewis CBE is an English financial journalist and broadcaster. Lewis founded the website MoneySavingExpert.com. He sold the website in 2012 to the Moneysupermarket.com group for up to £87 million. Lewis is currently a presenter for ITV, on the morning shows Good Morning Britain and This Morning since 2007. He also presents The Martin Lewis Money Show.
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Karl Jenkins
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- composerkeyboardistjazz musicianoboistsaxophonist
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Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE, FRAM, HonFLSW is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008).
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John Lennox
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- philosopher of scienceapologistuniversity teacherwritermathematician
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John Carson Lennox is a Northern Irish mathematician, bioethicist, and Christian apologist originally from Northern Ireland. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and God (like his books, Has Science Buried God and Can Science Explain Everything), and has had public debates with atheists including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
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Victoria Starmer
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- jurist
- Biography
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Victoria, Lady Starmer, is a British occupational health practitioner and former solicitor. She is the wife of Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024.
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Roy Jenkins
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- politicianwriterhistorianbiographer
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Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC was a British politician and writer who served as the sixth President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and a peer for the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan Governments.
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Rory Burns
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- cricketer
- Biography
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Rory Joseph Burns is an English cricketer who has played internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he captains Surrey in first-class and List A cricket.
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Jason Mohammad
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- television presentertelevision journalist
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Jason Mohammad is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the host of Final Score on BBC One on Saturday afternoons.
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Nick Broomfield
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- directorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Nicholas Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema". His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of apartheid and the rise of the black-majority government of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress party.
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Jamie Roberts
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- physicianrugby union player
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Dr Jamie Huw Roberts is a Welsh former professional rugby union player, who played as a centre.
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Miguel Alcubierre
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- nuclear physicisttheoretical physicist
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Miguel Alcubierre Moya is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel.
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Siân Lloyd
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Siân Mary Lloyd is a Welsh television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg. She was the United Kingdom's longest-serving female weather forecaster, having appeared on ITV Weather for 24 years, from 1990 until 2014.
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Sara Ahmed
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- writerphilosopher
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Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, lesbian feminism, queer theory, affect theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism. Her foundational work, The Cultural Politics of Emotion, in which she explores the social dimension and circulation of emotions, is recognized as a foundational text in the nascent field of affect theory.
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Claire Keegan
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- writer
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Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.
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Marie Lebec
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- politiciancadres de la fonction publiquecorporate administrative and commercial executive
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Marie Lebec is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since 2024. She was previously a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Yvelines. She is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
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Leanne Wood
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- politician
- Biography
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Leanne Wood is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021.
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Guto Harri
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- journalist
- Biography
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Guto Harri CBE is a Welsh broadcaster, writer and strategic communications consultant. He most recently served as Downing Street Director of Communications, having been appointed by Boris Johnson in February 2022.
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Adam Price
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- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from September 2018 to May 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the same Westminster constituency from 2001 to 2010.
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Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- inventorcolumnistpoliticianwriterjournalist
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Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley is a British public speaker and hereditary peer. He is known for his work as a journalist, Conservative political advisor, UKIP political candidate, and for his invention of the mathematical puzzle Eternity.
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Iraj Rad
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Iradj Raad is an Iranian actor.
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Jamie Wallis
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- In 2014 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in astrobiology
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamie Hamilton Wallis is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend in Wales from the 2019 general election until 2024, for only one parliamentary term. Wallis defeated the incumbent Labour MP Madeleine Moon, who had represented the constituency since 2005.
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Yehuda Bauer
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Yehuda Bauer was a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. He was a professor of Holocaust studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, FRSA, was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales, formerly South Wales East, from 1994 to 2009.
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Martin Evans
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- biologistuniversity teachergeneticist
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Sir Martin John Evans FRS FMedSci FLSW is an English biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981. He is also known, along with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, for his work in the development of the knockout mouse and the related technology of gene targeting, a method of using embryonic stem cells to create specific gene modifications in mice. In 2007, the three shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition of their discovery and contribution to the efforts to develop new treatments for illnesses in humans.
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David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup in this role on 29 October 2010.
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Dafydd Iwan
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- politiciansingersongwriter
- Biography
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Dafydd Iwan Jones is a Welsh singer and nationalist politician who rose to fame writing and performing folk music in the Welsh language. From 2003 to 2010, Iwan was the president of Plaid Cymru, a political party which advocates for Welsh independence from the UK.
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Alexandra Phillips
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- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Alexandra Lesley Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician.
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Daniele Bolelli
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- philosopheruniversity teacherpodcaster
- Biography
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Daniele Bolelli is an Italian writer, university lecturer, martial artist, and podcaster based in Southern California. He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning with his appearances on popular podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience. He went on to create his own podcasts, and has hosted The Drunken Taoist since 2012 and History on Fire since 2015.
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Ambika Anand
- Occupations
- writernovelistblogger
- Biography
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Ambika Anand is an Indian TV anchor and fashion consultant. She has previously anchored shows like Eyes on Style, Band Baajaa Bride Season 7, Big Fat Indian Wedding, I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes, and I'm Too Sexy – All Access. and hosted The Ambika Anand Show on her YouTube channel.
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Ron Davies
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- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Davies is a retired Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was a member of the Labour Party (until 2004), and then of Forward Wales (2004–2009); he was subsequently an independent candidate and eventually joined Plaid Cymru in 2010.
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Jane Dodds
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- social workerpolitician
- Biography
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Jane Winifred Dodds is a Welsh politician who has served as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats since 2017. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire at the seat's 2019 by-election, but was an MP for only three months before being defeated in the general election later the same year. In May 2021, Dodds was elected to the Senedd on the Mid and West Wales list. She is the only Liberal Democrat MS in the Senedd.
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Hywel Williams
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- politician
- Biography
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Hywel Williams is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, from 2001 to 2024.
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Matt Barbet
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- journalisttelevision presenternews presenter
- Biography
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Matthew Barbet is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV.
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Terry Smith
- Occupations
- fund managerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Terence Smith MNZM is an English fund manager who is the founder and chief executive of Fundsmith. He was formerly the chief executive of Tullett Prebon and Collins Stewart. He is an author and a media commentator on investment issues.
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Elin Jones
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elin Jones is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru, Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999.
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Manish Bhasin
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- 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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Leszek Borysiewicz
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- immunologist
- Biography
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Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz is a British professor, immunologist and scientific administrator. He served as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, his term of office (a maximum of seven years) started on 1 October 2010 and ended on 1 October 2017. Borysiewicz also served as chief executive of the Medical Research Council of the UK from 2007-2010 and was the chairman of Cancer Research UK from 2016 to 2023.
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Tonia Antoniazzi
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- politicianrugby union player
- Biography
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Antonia Louise Antoniazzi is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower since 2017.
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Rhodes Boyson
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- politician
- Biography
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Sir Rhodes Boyson was an English educator, author and Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Brent North. He was knighted and made a member of the Privy Council in 1987.
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John Witherow
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- journalist
- Biography
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John Witherow is a former editor of British newspaper The Times. A former journalist with Reuters, he joined News International (now News UK) in 1980 and was appointed editor of The Sunday Times in 1994 and editor of The Times in 2013.
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Deborah Haynes
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- editorjournalistcorrespondent
- Biography
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Deborah Haynes is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News. She was previously known for her work as defence editor for The Times as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq.
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Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- firefighterfire chief
- Biography
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Sabrina Rachel Cohen-Hatton KFSM is a British firefighter, psychologist and writer. She is the Chief Fire Officer of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In 2019 she was selected as one of Marie Claire's Future Shapers and featured on Desert Island Discs.
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Shane Reti
- Occupations
- physicianbadminton playerpoliticianbadminton executive and administratorpolitical candidate
- Biography
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Shane Raymond Reti QSM MP is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, and a Cabinet Minister with the roles of Minister of Health and Minister for Pacific Peoples, since 27 November 2023. He was first elected at the 2014 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Whangārei electorate. He is a member of the New Zealand National Party and served as its deputy leader from 10 November 2020 to 30 November 2021 including a period of five days as interim leader following the ousting of Judith Collins.
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Alex Davies-Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims since July 2024. She previously served as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding from November 2023 to July 2024.
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Anna McMorrin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Rhiannon McMorrin is a Welsh politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North since 2017. A member of Welsh Labour, she has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024.
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Jonathan Cook
- Occupations
- journalistopinion journalist
- Biography
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Jonathan Cook, born circa 1965, is a British writer and a freelance journalist formerly based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He writes a regular column for The National of Abu Dhabi and Middle East Eye.
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Ayanda Dlodlo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ayanda Dlodlo is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in 2009. Thereafter, she was appointed Minister of Communications (2017), Minister of Home Affairs (2017–2018), Minister of Public Service and Administration (2018–2019, 2021–2022), and Minister of State Security (2019–2021).
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Parvez Sharma
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- writerfilm directorcinematographerjournalist
- Biography
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Parvez Sharma is a New York-based Indian filmmaker, author, and journalist. He is a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the film/video category. He was amongst the 173 fellows selected from 3000 applicants in the 94th year of the fellowship, which originally started in 1925. In an official press release by the foundation, president Edward Hirsch said, "The winners of the 94th annual competition as "the best of the best...This diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists are appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise." Sharma is best known for his two films A Jihad for Love, A Sinner in Mecca, and his 2017 book A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance. A Jihad for Love was the world's first film documenting the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims. He received the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary amongst several other international awards for A Jihad for Love. In 2016, Sharma was named "a human rights defender" by Amnesty International. This was an award given at the Hague in the Netherlands to "worldwide human rights activists" which he shared with the Saudi human rights activist Ensaf Haidar.
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Madeleine Moon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Madeleine Moon is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend from 2005 to 2019, when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Jamie Wallis.
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Edward Bennett
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Edward Mark W Bennett is an English actor.
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Kate Muir
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- film criticnovelist
- Biography
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Kate Muir is a Scottish writer and documentary maker. Her book, Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause was published in 2022, and she is the creator and producer of two documentaries on the menopause including Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause for Channel 4 current affairs. Her latest book is Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (But Were Too Afraid to Ask) and will be published in 2024, following the Pill Revolution documentary, also for Channel 4. She was chief film critic of The Times for seven years, and is the author of three novels. She is an activist for The Menopause Charity.
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Jeroen van Wijngaarden
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- 2002-2003 graduated with Master of Arts in journalism
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2014-2017 and 2019-2023. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
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Thomas Lewis
- Occupations
- physiologistphysiciancardiologist
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Lewis CBE FRS FRCP was a Welsh cardiologist. He coined the term "clinical science" and is also known for the Lewis P Factor.
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Wayne David
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Wayne David is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly from 2001 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998. As a Member of the European Parliament, he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994 to 1999.
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Meirion Jones
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Meirion Jones is a Welsh journalist. He worked for the BBC from 1988 until 2015 and is now the editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Former Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman described Jones as "a dogged journalist with that obsessional, slightly nutty commitment that marks out all successful investigative reporters".
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John Davies
- Occupations
- historianwriter
- Biography
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John Davies, FLSW was a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster. He attended university at Cardiff and Cambridge and taught Welsh at Aberystwyth. He wrote a number of books on Welsh history, including A History of Wales (Hanes Cymru in Welsh).
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David Bahati
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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David Bahati is a Ugandan accountant and politician. He is the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 June 2021. He was previously the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) replacing Matia Kasaija. He is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling party and is the Chairperson NRM Kabale District. He is a Member of Parliament for Ndorwa County West Constituency, Kabale District, in the Parliament of Uganda. He is chief of the Scout Board of Uganda. He is the Chairperson of the Uganda National Prayer Breakfast Fellowship.
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Brian J. Ford
- Occupations
- biologistjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Brian J. Ford HonFLS HonFRMS is an independent research biologist, author, and lecturer, who publishes on scientific issues for the general public. He has also been a television personality for more than 40 years. Ford is an international authority on the microscope. Throughout his career, Ford has been associated with many academic bodies. He was elected a Fellow of Cardiff University in 1986, was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, and has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Microscopical Society and of the Linnean Society of London. In America, he was awarded the inaugural Köhler Medal and was recently recipient of the Ernst Abbe medal awarded by the New York Microscopical Society. In 2004 he was awarded a personal fellowship from NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. During those three years he delivered 150 lectures in scores of countries, meeting 10,000 people in over 350 universities around the world.
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Bill Rammell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Ernest Rammell is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 until 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002. From August 2012 to December 2019 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire. He was chair of the university consortium MillionPlus from June to December 2019. In August 2021 he became president of the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Julie Morgan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.
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Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi is the former governor of East Azerbaijan province, from 2018 to 2021. He was the President of Tabriz University from January 2014 to September 2018 and also from 2002 to 2005 at Reform Government.
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Charlotte Holmes
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Charlotte Louise Holmes is an English TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss England 2012 and represented her country at Miss World 2012. She placed fourth on Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model in 2010.
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Sarah Höfflin
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Sarah Höfflin is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII, and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Richard Barnes
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Michael Barnes is a British politician, who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012. A former member of the Conservative Party, Barnes served as the Leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2007 to 2008, and was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Ealing and Hillingdon from 2000 to 2012, when he lost his seat to Labour. On 30 September 2014, Barnes defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
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Mariella Mularoni
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Mariella Mularoni is a Sammarinese politician who currently serves as Secretary of Health. She previously held the position of Captain Regent of San Marino alongside Luca Boschi from 1 October 2019 to 1 April 2020.
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Tina May
- Occupations
- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Daphne Christina May, known professionally as Tina May, was an English jazz vocalist.
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Khairul Azwan Harun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khairul Azwan bin Harun or more commonly known as Azwanbro is a Malaysian politician. He is a former Malaysian Senator who is part of the Dewan Negara. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
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Thomas Kielinger
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Thomas Kielinger OBE is a German journalist, political commentator and author, who for a long time used to be London correspondent for Die Welt.
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Glyn Daniel
- Occupations
- prehistorianuniversity teacherwriterarchaeologistanthropologist
- Biography
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Glyn Edmund Daniel FBA FRAI was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974 and edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited several popular studies of the fields. He also published mysteries under the pseudonym Dilwyn Rees.
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Riad Ismat
- Occupations
- criticdiplomatliterary criticprofessorwriter
- Biography
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Mohammad Riad Hussain Ismat was a Syrian writer, critic and theatre director. He served as Minister of Culture of Syria from 3 October 2010 to 23 June 2012.
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Siân Gwenllian
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Siân Gwenllian is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has represented the constituency of Arfon in the Senedd since 2016. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 8,642 votes.
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Jean Lambert
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Jean Denise Lambert is an English politician, and who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.
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Claire Summers
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Claire Summers is a Welsh news television presenter for BBC Wales.
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Emyr Jones Parry
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstP FLSW is a British retired diplomat. He is a former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council.
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Robert Evans
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Robert Neil Evans is a Welsh scriptwriter and actor.
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Frances Donovan
- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
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Frances Donovan is a journalist and presenter on television and radio, including anchoring the Rugby World Cup, the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and the BAFTAS.
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Liz Fuller
- Occupations
- television producermodelfilm directorbeauty pageant contestant
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Elizabeth Angela Fuller is a Welsh actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder known for being Miss Great Britain 1996–1997. Fuller is the former owner of the Miss Great Britain pageant from September 2009 to January 2011. She launched her own competition of the Miss British Empire beauty pageant in 2011. She married ex ENTO Aberaman AFC superstar Phil Clarke in May 2024 at a lavish reception on Aberaman Park, home of Aberdare Town FC.
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Nick Ramsay
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nick Ramsay is a British politician who served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Monmouth from 2007 to 2021. Originally a member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Shadow Minister of Finance under Conservative Leader in the Senedd, Paul Davies, but lost the position in January 2021 under the new leadership of Andrew RT Davies. Ramsay sat as an Independent member before unsuccessfully seeking reelection as an Independent in the 2021 Senedd election.
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Susan Elan Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Susan Elan Jones is a British former Labour Party politician. She was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South, replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones after his retirement. She returned to the voluntary sector after leaving Parliament.
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Anthony Llewellyn
- Occupations
- astronautexplorer
- Biography
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John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh-born American chemist, a former NASA astronaut candidate, and a NOAA aquanaut.
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Hilary Marquand
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
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Hilary Adair Marquand, PC was a British economist and Labour Party politician.
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Andrew John
- Occupations
- priest
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Andrew Thomas Griffith John is the current Archbishop of Wales, of the Church in Wales. He became the Bishop of Bangor in 2008 and was appointed archbishop in 2021.
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Hannatu Musawa
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianlawyer
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Hannatu Musa Musawa is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, and author who has served as the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy since 2023. She is from Katsina State in northern Nigeria and belongs to the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group.
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Teddy Williams
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Teddy Williams is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Cardiff and the Wales national team.
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Ben Carter
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Ben Carter is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship side Dragons and the Wales national team.
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Sandister Tei
- Born in
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Ghana - Occupations
- journalistWikimedian
- Biography
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Sandister Tei is a Ghanaian media professional who was named the Wikimedian of the Year in October 2020 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales during Wikimania 2020. She is the co-founder and an active volunteer of Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
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Matt Hopper
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Matt Hopper is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He primarily plays as a Centre but can also cover Fullback.
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John Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John William Patrick Smith is a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from the 1989 by-election to 1992 and from 1997 to the 2010 general elections.
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Paul Atherton
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
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Paul Atherton is a London-based filmmaker. He produced and directed The Ballet of Change, a series of four short films that were projected onto London landmarks. His video-diary Our London Lives is in the permanent collection of the Museum of London.
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Guy Masterson
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- stage actor
- Biography
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Guy Alexander Masterson is a British actor, writer, theatre director, producer and, playwright known for his solo theatre performances of Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, and Shylock by Gareth Armstrong. He has been a producer at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is responsible for several of its productions including Twelve Angry Men in 2003, The Odd Couple in 2005 and Morecambe in 2009, and The Shark Is Broken in 2019. Morecambe was transferred to London's West End and won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. The Shark is Broken also transferred to London's West End and won a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best New Comedy which opened on Broadway on August 10, 2023 for an 18 week run.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
- Occupations
- journalistbloggerconsultant
- Biography
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Suw Charman-Anderson is the former Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, a campaign group based in London. She is also a journalist, social software consultant, blogger and public speaker. Named one of the "50 most influential Britons in technology" by The Daily Telegraph, she has also worked to gain recognition for other women in technological fields, including by founding Ada Lovelace Day.
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C.J. Stone
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Christopher James Stone, pen name C.J. Stone, is an English author, journalist and freelance writer. He is best known for his columns in The Guardian Weekend and The Big Issue.
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Andrew Gould
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Andrew Frederick James Gould is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger.
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Steve Andrews
- Occupations
- writersinger
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Steve Andrews, is a singer-songwriter, writer and journalist with a strong interest in botany and conservation. Andrews is known for having a brightly coloured beard and being a Welsh icon.
