100 Notable alumni of
Cardiff University
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Cardiff University is 372nd in the world, 131st in Europe, and 30th 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
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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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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Alice Roberts
- Occupations
- biologistarchaeologistwriteranthropologistpaleoanthropologist
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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 from January 2019 to May 2022, and is now a vice-president of the organisation.
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Siân Phillips
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Studied in 1955
- Occupations
- film actoractorstage actor
- Biography
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Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, South Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. In the 1960s, she started taking on more roles in television and film. She is particularly known for her performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius, for which she was awarded a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award. She was nominated for a Tony Award and Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Marlene Dietrich in Marlene.
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Susanna Reid
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Susanna Victoria 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. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th 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.
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Barham Salih
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- politician
- Biography
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Barham Salih is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who has been serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since 1 January 2026. He previously served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.
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Vedhika Kumar
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- actor
- Biography
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Vedhika Kumar, known mononymously 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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Neil Kinnock
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- politician
- Biography
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Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock 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 positioned on the soft left of the Labour Party.
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Martin Lewis
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- television presenteractorjournalist
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Martin Steven Lewis CBE is an English campaigning journalist, broadcaster, author and charity founder. 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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Victoria Starmer
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- jurist
- Biography
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Victoria, Lady Starmer, is a British occupational health administrator and former solicitor. She is the wife of Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.
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Adrian Chiles
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- writerjournalisttelevision presenterpresenter
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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 him 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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Karl Jenkins
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- jazz musicianoboistsaxophonistcomposerkeyboardist
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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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- apologistuniversity teacherwritermathematicianphilosopher of science
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John Carson Lennox is a Northern Irish mathematician, bioethicist, and lay theologian. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and God (such as Has Science Buried God and Can Science Explain Everything); he has also participated in public debates with atheists including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
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Roy Jenkins
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- historianbiographerpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead was a British politician and writer who served as 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
- Occupations
- 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
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision journalist
- Biography
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Jason Mohammad is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the host of a range of programmes for the corporation.
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Claire Keegan
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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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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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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Nick Broomfield
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm director
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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
- Occupations
- physicianrugby union player
- Biography
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Jamie Huw Roberts is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a centre.
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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
- Occupations
- writerphilosopher
- Biography
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Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, 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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Marie Lebec
- Occupations
- corporate administrative and commercial executivepoliticiancadres de la fonction publique
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Marie Lebec is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal from January to September 2024. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), she has represented the 4th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2024, previously holding the seat from 2017 until her appointment to the government earlier in 2024.
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Leanne Wood
- Occupations
- 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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Iraj Rad
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Iradj Raad is an Iranian actor.
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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 74)
- Occupations
- columnistpoliticianwriterjournalistinventor
- Biography
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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 climate denier and for his invention of the mathematical puzzle Eternity.
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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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Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock 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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Yehuda Bauer
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- historianwriteruniversity teacher
- 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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David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
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- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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Field Marshal 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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Martin Evans
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- university teachergeneticistbiologist
- Biography
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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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Dafydd Iwan
- Occupations
- singersongwriterpolitician
- 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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Ron Davies
- Occupations
- 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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Daniele Bolelli
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- university teacherpodcasterphilosopher
- 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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Faisal al-Fayez
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Faisal Akef Al-Fayez is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005. Additionally, Al-Fayez is the only person in Jordanian history who was a Prime Minister, President of the Senate, President of the House of Representatives, and Head of the Royal Hashemite Court. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. He previously served as Minister of Defense and is very close to King Abdullah II.
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Jane Dodds
- Occupations
- 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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Ambika Anand
- Occupations
- novelistbloggerwriter
- 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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Hywel Williams
- Occupations
- 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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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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Matt Barbet
- Occupations
- television presenternews presenterjournalist
- 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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Elin Jones
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elin Jones, PC MS 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
- 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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Deborah Haynes
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- correspondenteditorjournalist
- 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
- Occupations
- firefighterfire chief
- Biography
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Sabrina Rachel Cohen-Hatton KFSM is a British firefighter, psychologist and writer. She is chief fire officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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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Leszek Borysiewicz
- Occupations
- 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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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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Shane Reti
- Occupations
- badminton playerpoliticianbadminton executive and administratorpolitical candidatephysician
- 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 for Pacific Peoples, Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, Minister of Universities and Minister of Statistics. 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. He previously held the role of Minister of Health from 2023 to 2025.
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Rhodes Boyson
- Occupations
- 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
- Occupations
- 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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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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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 serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales since 2025.
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Mohamed Tahir Ayala
- Enrolled in Cardiff University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mohamed Tahir Ayala was a Sudanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Sudan from February to April 2019, making him the final Prime Minister to serve under President Omar al-Bashir. On 11 April 2019, he was deposed along with the other members of the government in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. He had previously served as Minister of Roads and Bridges and later as the governor of Red Sea State (2005–2015) and Gezira State (2015–2019).
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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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Ayanda Dlodlo
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- 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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Kate Muir
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- film criticnovelist
- Biography
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Kate Muir is a Scottish writer, women's health campaigner and documentary maker. Her book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis was published in 2025, following Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause in 2022, and Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (But Were Too Afraid to Ask) in 2024. 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, as well the Pill Revolution documentary. She was chief film critic of The Times for seven years, and is the author of three novels.
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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 Katie Wallis.
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Parvez Sharma
- Occupations
- 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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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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Thomas Lewis
- Occupations
- physiciancardiologistphysiologist
- 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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Bill Rammell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Ernest Rammell is a former 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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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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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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Mohamed Abdel Latif
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Latif is an Egyptian educational administrator who has served as the Minister of Education of Egypt in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's second ministry since 3 July 2024.
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Mike Wood
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire since July 2024. Prior to this he served as MP for Dudley South from May 2015 until the constituency's dissolution. He has been Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since November 2024.
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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
- television presenterbiologistjournalist
- 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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Hannatu Musawa
- Occupations
- lawyerwriterpolitician
- Biography
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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 a mix of Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.
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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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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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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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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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Richard Barnes
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- 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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Khairul Azwan Harun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khairul Azwan bin Harun, 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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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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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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Andrew John
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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The Rt. Rev. Andrew Thomas Griffith John is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop. He has served as Bishop of Bangor from 2008 to 2025, and was additionally Archbishop of Wales, the head of the Church in Wales, from 2021 until he announced his immediate retirement from the post on 27 June 2025.
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Riad Ismat
- Occupations
- literary criticprofessorwritertheatre criticcritic
- 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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Glyn Daniel
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterarchaeologistanthropologistprehistorian
- 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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Jean Lambert
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Jean Denise Lambert is an English politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.
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Robert Evans
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Robert Neil Evans is a Welsh scriptwriter and actor.
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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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Claire Summers
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Claire Summers is a Welsh television and radio news presenter employed by BBC Cymru Wales.
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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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Liz Fuller
- Occupations
- television producermodelfilm directorbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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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 snowboarding superstar Phil Clarke in May 2024 at a reception at Hensol castle, South Wales.
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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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Vikki Howells
- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vikki Howells is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Minister for Further and Higher Education since September 2024. Since May 2016, she has also been the Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley. Before her election to the Senedd, Howells was a teacher, with a background in History.
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Frances Donovan
- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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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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Anthony Llewellyn
- Occupations
- astronautexplorer
- Biography
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John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Astronaut Group 6.
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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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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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Hilary Marquand
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Hilary Adair Marquand, PC was a British economist and Labour Party politician.
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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 a co-founder and dedicated volunteer of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
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Guy Masterson
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- stage actor
- Biography
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Guy Alexander Masterson is a British actor, writer, theatre director, producer, and playwright. He is best known for his solo stage performances and for his work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including productions such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Morecambe, and The Shark Is Broken.
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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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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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Paul Atherton
- Occupations
- film producerfilm director
- Biography
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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.
