100 Notable alumni of
Cardiff University

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Cardiff University is 359th in the world, 124th 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.

  1. Gwilym Lee

    Gwilym Lee
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Gwilym Lee is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Jamestown, Midsomer Murders, Top End Wedding, The Great, and for playing guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

  2. Huw Edwards

    Huw Edwards
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader. Until his suspension in July 2023, he was the lead presenter of BBC News at Ten, the evening news programme of the BBC.

  3. Susanna Reid

    Susanna Reid
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    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 Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway and formerly Piers Morgan and now Ed Balls. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011.

  4. Alice Roberts

    Alice Roberts
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    anthropologistwriterarchaeologistbiologistpaleontologist
    Biography

    Alice May Roberts 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.

  5. Barham Salih

    Barham Salih
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Barham Salih is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.

  6. Vedhika Kumar

    Vedhika Kumar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Vedhika Kumar is an Indian actress and model who has established a career in the Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films.

  7. Neil Kinnock

    Neil Kinnock
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. He served as 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.

  8. Adrian Chiles

    Adrian Chiles
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpresentertelevision presenter
    Biography

    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.

  9. Martin Lewis

    Martin Lewis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    actortelevision presenterjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  10. Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    oboistjazz musiciankeyboardistcomposersaxophonist
    Biography

    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).

  11. John Lennox

    John Lennox
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacherapologistphilosopher of sciencemathematician
    Biography

    John Carson Lennox is a 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.

  12. Roy Jenkins

    Roy Jenkins
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1920-2003 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    historianwriterpoliticianbiographer
    Biography

    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, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan Governments.

  13. Rory Burns

    Rory Burns
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    cricketer
    Biography

    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.

  14. Jamie Roberts

    Jamie Roberts
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    rugby union playerphysician
    Biography

    Jamie Huw Roberts is a Welsh former professional rugby union player, who played as a centre.

  15. Jason Mohammad

    Jason Mohammad
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    television journalisttelevision presenter
    Biography

    Jason Mohammad is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the current host of Final Score on BBC One on Saturday afternoons.

  16. Nick Broomfield

    Nick Broomfield
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    film directordirectorscreenwriter
    Biography

    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.

  17. Miguel Alcubierre

    Miguel Alcubierre
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    theoretical physicistnuclear physicist
    Biography

    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.

  18. Siân Lloyd

    Siân Lloyd
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    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.

  19. Leanne Wood

    Leanne Wood
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  20. Adam Price

    Adam Price
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politicianblogger
    Biography

    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.

  21. Guto Harri

    Guto Harri
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Guto Harri 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.

  22. Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

    Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticiancolumnistinventorjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  23. Jamie Wallis

    Jamie Wallis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Enrolled in Cardiff University
    In 2014 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in astrobiology
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jamie Hamilton Wallis is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend in Wales since the 2019 general election. Wallis defeated incumbent Labour MP Madeleine Moon, who had represented the constituency since 2005.

  24. Marie Lebec

    Marie Lebec
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  25. Iraj Rad

    Iraj Rad
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Iradj Raad is an Iranian actor.

  26. Claire Keegan

    Claire Keegan
    Born in
    Ireland Flag Ireland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    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.

  27. Martin Evans

    Martin Evans
    Awards
    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    university teacherbiologistgeneticist
    Biography

    Sir Martin John Evans 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.

  28. David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux

    David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    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.

  29. Yehuda Bauer

    Yehuda Bauer
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1926-.. (age 98)
    Occupations
    historianuniversity teacherwriter
    Biography

    Yehuda Bauer is a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. He is a professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

  30. Dafydd Iwan

    Dafydd Iwan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    singerpoliticiansongwriter
    Biography

    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.

  31. Ambika Anand

    Ambika Anand
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    novelistwriterblogger
    Biography

    Ambika Anand is an Indian TV anchor and fashion consultant at NDTV. 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.

  32. Daniele Bolelli

    Daniele Bolelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    university teacherphilosopherpodcaster
    Biography

    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.

  33. Hywel Williams

    Hywel Williams
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hywel Williams is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, since 2001.

  34. Ron Davies

    Ron Davies
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  35. Jane Dodds

    Jane Dodds
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politiciansocial worker
    Biography

    Jane Dodds MS 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.

  36. Faisal al-Fayez

    Faisal al-Fayez
    Born in
    Jordan Flag Jordan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    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. He was educated at the College De La Salle, Amman, Jordan (1970) and then went on to Cardiff University, United Kingdom, where he received a degree in political science in 1978. In 1981, he attained his master's degree in international relations from Boston University.

  37. Elin Jones

    Elin Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Enrolled in Cardiff University
    Studied economics
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  38. Matt Barbet

    Matt Barbet
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalistnews presenter
    Biography

    Matthew Barbet is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV.

  39. Leszek Borysiewicz

    Leszek Borysiewicz
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    immunologistinternational forum participant
    Biography

    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 has held the role of chairman at Cancer Research UK since 2016.

  40. Manish Bhasin

    Manish Bhasin
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    sports commentator
    Biography

    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.

  41. Rizwan Khan

    Rizwan Khan
    Born in
    Yemen Flag Yemen
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Riz Khan is a British broadcaster Currently working as a presenter fo Al Arabya English.

  42. Terry Smith

    Terry Smith
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Terence Smith is the founder and chief executive of Fundsmith and a notable British fund manager. He was formerly the chief executive of Tullett Prebon and Collins Stewart. He is a bestselling author and a regular media commentator on investment issues.

  43. John Witherow

    John Witherow
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    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.

  44. Rhodes Boyson

    Rhodes Boyson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1925-2012 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  45. Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

    Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-2023 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead,, 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.

  46. Tonia Antoniazzi

    Tonia Antoniazzi
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    rugby union playerpolitician
    Biography

    Antonia Louise Antoniazzi is a British Labour Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower at the 2017 general election.

  47. Deborah Haynes

    Deborah Haynes
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    journalisteditorcorrespondent
    Biography

    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.

  48. Shane Reti

    Shane Reti
    Born in
    New Zealand Flag New Zealand
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    badminton executive and administratorpoliticianbadminton playerphysicianpolitical candidate
    Biography

    Shane Raymond Reti 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.

  49. Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

    Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    firefighter
    Biography

    Sabrina Rachel Cohen-Hatton 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.

  50. Kevin Brennan

    Kevin Brennan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kevin Denis Brennan is a Welsh Labour politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West since 2001. He served as a Minister of State at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families from 2009 to 2010. Brennan held several junior ministerial offices from 2006 to 2009 at the Treasury, Cabinet Office and Department for Children, Schools and Families. In opposition, he served in various shadow ministerial positions from 2010 to 2020 as a Shadow Minister for BIS, Education, and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). He has been Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing since September 2023.

  51. Ayanda Dlodlo

    Ayanda Dlodlo
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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).

  52. Anna McMorrin

    Anna McMorrin
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 Shadow Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean since September 2023. She was previously Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice from 2021 to 2023 and Shadow Minister for International Development from 2020 to 2021.

  53. Jonathan Cook

    Jonathan Cook
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    opinion journalistjournalist
    Biography

    Jonathan Cook 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.

  54. Parvez Sharma

    Parvez Sharma
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    journalistcinematographerfilm directorwriter
    Biography

    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.

  55. Madeleine Moon

    Madeleine Moon
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  56. Alex Davies-Jones

    Alex Davies-Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour, she is Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding.

  57. Jeroen van Wijngaarden

    Jeroen van Wijngaarden
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Enrolled in Cardiff University
    2002-2003 graduated with Master of Arts in journalism
    Occupations
    politicianjurist
    Biography

    Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2019, previously holding a seat from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

  58. Thomas Lewis

    Thomas Lewis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1881-1945 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    cardiologistphysicianphysiologist
    Biography

    Sir Thomas Lewis, CBE, FRS, FRCP was a Welsh cardiologist. He coined the term "clinical science".

  59. Edward Bennett

    Edward Bennett
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Edward Mark W Bennett is an English actor.

  60. John Davies

    John Davies
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1938-2015 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    writerhistorian
    Biography

    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).

  61. Meirion Jones

    Meirion Jones
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    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".

  62. Kate Muir

    Kate Muir
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    novelistfilm critic
    Biography

    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.

  63. Wayne David

    Wayne David
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Wayne David MP is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. 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.

  64. Brian J. Ford

    Brian J. Ford
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalistbiologist
    Biography

    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.

  65. Julie Morgan

    Julie Morgan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  66. Bill Rammell

    Bill Rammell
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  67. Sarah Höfflin

    Sarah Höfflin
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    freestyle skier
    Biography

    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.

  68. Mariella Mularoni

    Mariella Mularoni
    Born in
    San Marino Flag San Marino
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Mariella Mularoni is a Sammarinese politician and one of the Captains Regents of San Marino with Luca Boschi from 1 October 2019 to 1 April 2020.

  69. Charlotte Holmes

    Charlotte Holmes
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestantmodel
    Biography

    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.

  70. Richard Barnes

    Richard Barnes
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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).

  71. Tina May

    Tina May
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-2022 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    jazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Daphne Christina May, known professionally as Tina May, was an English jazz vocalist.

  72. Thomas Kielinger

    Thomas Kielinger
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Thomas Kielinger is a German journalist, political commentator and author, who for a long time used to be London correspondent for Die Welt.

  73. Khairul Azwan Harun

    Khairul Azwan Harun
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Khairul Azwan bin Harun or more commonly known as Azwanbro is a Malaysian politician. He is a former Malaysian Senator which 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.

  74. Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi

    Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    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.

  75. Riad Ismat

    Riad Ismat
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1947-2020 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    theatre criticwriterprofessorliterary criticdiplomat
    Biography

    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.

  76. Jean Lambert

    Jean Lambert
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    human rights activistpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  77. Glyn Daniel

    Glyn Daniel
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1914-1986 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    archaeologistwriteruniversity teacherprehistoriananthropologist
    Biography

    Glyn Edmund Daniel 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.

  78. Emyr Jones Parry

    Emyr Jones Parry
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Sir Emyr Jones Parry 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.

  79. Siân Gwenllian

    Siân Gwenllian
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  80. Claire Summers

    Claire Summers
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Claire Summers is a Welsh news television presenter for BBC Wales.

  81. Frances Donovan

    Frances Donovan
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  82. Robert Evans

    Robert Evans
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Robert Neil Evans is a Welsh scriptwriter and actor.

  83. Liz Fuller

    Liz Fuller
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    modelbeauty pageant contestanttelevision producer
    Biography

    Elizabeth Angela Fuller is a Welsh actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who known for being Miss Great Britain 1996 – 97. 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.

  84. Nick Ramsay

    Nick Ramsay
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  85. Anthony Llewellyn

    Anthony Llewellyn
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1933-2013 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    explorerastronaut
    Biography

    John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh-born American chemist, a former NASA astronaut candidate, and a NOAA aquanaut.

  86. Susan Elan Jones

    Susan Elan Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  87. Hilary Marquand

    Hilary Marquand
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1901-1972 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianeconomist
    Biography

    Hilary Adair Marquand, was a British economist and Labour Party politician.

  88. Matt Hopper

    Matt Hopper
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    rugby union player
    Biography

    Matt Hopper is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He primarily plays as a Centre but can also cover Fullback.

  89. Sandister Tei

    Sandister Tei
    Occupations
    Wikimedianjournalist
    Biography

    Sandister Tei is a Ghanaian media professional who was named the Wikimedian of the Year in October 2020 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. She is the co-founder and an active volunteer of Wikimedia Ghana User Group.

  90. Paul Atherton

    Paul Atherton
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm producer
    Biography

    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.

  91. John Smith

    John Smith
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  92. Andrew John

    Andrew John
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    priest
    Biography

    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.

  93. Suw Charman-Anderson

    Suw Charman-Anderson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    bloggerjournalistconsultant
    Biography

    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.

  94. Ben Carter

    Ben Carter
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    2001-.. (age 23)
    Occupations
    rugby union player
    Biography

    Ben Carter is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship side Dragons and the Wales national team.

  95. C.J. Stone

    C.J. Stone
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  96. Guy Masterson

    Guy Masterson
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    stage actor
    Biography

    Guy Alexander Masterson is a British actor, writer, theatre director, producer and playwright widely known for his solo theatre performances of Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, and Shylock by Gareth Armstrong. He is a regular producer at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival and responsible for several of its most notable productions including Twelve Angry Men in 2003, The Odd Couple in 2005 and Morecambe in 2009 – which transferred to London's West End and won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, and The Shark Is Broken in 2019 – which transferred to London's West End and won a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best New Comedy. It opened on Broadway on August 10 2023 for a 16 week run.

  97. Steve Andrews

    Steve Andrews
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    singerwriter
    Biography

    Steve Andrews, was born in Canton, Cardiff in 1953 and lived in Ely for 25 years, a suburb on the outskirts of Cardiff in South Wales. He 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.

  98. David Melding

    David Melding
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    David Robert Michael Melding is a former Welsh Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales Central between 1999 and 2021. He was the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd between 2011 and 2016.

  99. Bryony Shaw

    Bryony Shaw
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    windsurfer
    Biography

    Bryony Elisabeth Shaw is a British Olympic windsurfer.

  100. Andrew Gould

    Andrew Gould
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Andrew Frederick James Gould is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger.