100 Notable alumni of
Durham University
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Durham University is 176th in the world, 59th in Europe, and 12th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Durham University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Charlotte Riley
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- actorfilm actorstage actorwriterplaywright
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Charlotte Frances Riley is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue (2008) and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2009).
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Timothy Laurence
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- military officer
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Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence is a retired Royal Navy officer and husband of Anne, Princess Royal, the only sister of King Charles III. Laurence was equerry to Queen Elizabeth II from 1986 to 1989. He married her daughter, Princess Anne, in 1992.
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Graham Hancock
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- writerjournalistdocumentary participant
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Graham Bruce Hancock is a British writer who promotes pseudoscientific ideas about ancient civilizations and hypothetical lost lands. Hancock proposes that an advanced civilization with spiritual technology existed during the last Ice Age until it was destroyed following comet impacts around 12,900 years ago, at the onset of the Younger Dryas. He speculates that survivors of this cataclysm passed on their knowledge to primitive hunter-gatherers around the world, giving rise to all the earliest known civilizations (such as ancient Egypt, Sumeria, and Mesoamerica).
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Gabby Logan
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- rhythmic gymnastradio personalitytelevision presentersports commentatorjournalist
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Gabrielle Nicole Logan MBE is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted Sports Personality of the Year for the BBC and she presented the second series of The Edge in 2015.
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Nick Mohammed
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- film actorscreenwriteractorcomedian
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Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer. He has portrayed his character Mr. Swallow across both stage and television for over a decade. He is also the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligence. Mohammed portrayed the character of Nathan Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Justin Welby
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- politicianbusinesspersonChristian ministerarchbishoptheologian
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Justin Portal Welby GCVO is an Anglican bishop who served as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 2013 to 2025.
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Robert Swan
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- explorer
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Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS is the first person to walk to both poles.
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Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
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- military personnelautobiographer
- Biography
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Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi is an Emirati politician, author, historian, and the current and 11th ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates since January 1972. He is best known for his historical publications, support for education, and preservation of cultural landmarks. He restored the Al Hisn Fort in Sharjah in 1970 and served as the United Arab Emirates first Minister of Education in 1971. As an academic, he has authored multiple historical documents as well as memoirs, studies, novels, poetry and plays regarding the Middle East and North Africa.
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Nasser Hussain
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- autobiographercricketer
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Nasser Hussain OBE is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket, including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston, was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total. In Tests he scored 5,764 runs, and he took 67 catches, fielding predominantly in the second slip and gully.
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Jonathan Edwards
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- broadcastertelevision presenterathletics competitor
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Jonathan David Edwards, CBE is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, double World, European, European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Edwards is widely regarded as the greatest triple-jumper in history.
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Crispin Blunt
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- politician
- Biography
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Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate from 1997 to 2024. Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, he was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice from 2010 to 2012 and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until 2017.
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Ed Gamble
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- comedianradio personality
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Edward Stephenson Gamble is an English comedian and television presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster. He studied at Durham University, where he began his comedy career performing with the Durham Revue, and was a finalist in the 2007 Chortle Student Comedy Awards.
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Jeremy Vine
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- journalisttelevision presenterradio personality
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Jeremy Vine is an English television and radio presenter and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests, consumer issues and popular music.
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Justin Chancellor
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- guitaristbassistsongwriter
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Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor is an English musician, best known as the bassist for rock band Tool, a position he has held since 1995. Prior to joining Tool, he played in a band called Peach. After settling in the US, along with his engagement in his musical projects, he and his wife Shelee Dykman Chancellor ran a store called Lobal Orning in Topanga, California, dedicated to music and literature "that shaped and changed" both of them. The store closed in 2008. He started M.T.Void music project with Piotr "Glaca" Mohammed from Sweet Noise.
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Steve Easterbrook
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- businesspersonbusiness executiveaccountant
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Stephen James Easterbrook is a British business executive. From March 2015 to November 2019, he was president and chief executive of McDonald's, the American fast food company.
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Kate Silverton
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- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Kate Silverton is an English child therapist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC. Silverton was a regular presenter of BBC News at One and BBC Weekend News, as well as making occasional appearances on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. In 2018 she participated in series 16 of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, where she was paired with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec and finished in 8th place. She became a qualified child therapist in 2023.
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Andrew Strauss
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- autobiographercricketer
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Sir Andrew John Strauss OBE is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the England national team in all formats of the game. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favoured scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. He was also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers.
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Alice Oseman
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- screenwriterwriterchildren's writerillustrator
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Alice May Oseman is an English author and illustrator of young adult fiction. She secured her first publishing deal at 17 and published her first novel Solitaire in 2014.
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M. A. Wazed Miah
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- writerphysicistnuclear physicist
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M. A. Wazed Miah was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of former prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.
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Mo Mowlam
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- politician
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Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Graham Brady
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- politician
- Biography
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Graham Stuart Brady, Baron Brady of Altrincham, PC, is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2010 to 2024, except for a brief period during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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Shan Masood
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- cricketer
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Shan Masood Khan, also spelled as Shaan Masood, is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is the current captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team. He plays for, and is the captain of, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Karachi Kings. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium-fast bowler.
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Tom Rosenthal
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- composersinger-songwriterpianistsinger
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Thomas Paul Pym Rosenthal is an English singer-songwriter and composer. His music has been described as "short, expertly crafted pop songs".
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Robert Buckland
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- politician
- Biography
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Sir Robert James Buckland KBE KC is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021, and as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon in 2010, holding the seat until the 2024 general election.
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David Pawson
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied agriculture
- Occupations
- pastortheologianwriterchaplainpriest
- Biography
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John David Pawson was an English evangelical minister, writer and prominent Bible teacher.
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Alex MacQueen
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Alexander Tulloch Macqueen is an English actor and writer. He has appeared on television, film, and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Doctor Who, Hut 33, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Keeping Mum, Fate: The Winx Saga, and The Inbetweeners. He also guest-starred in The Durrells in series 4.
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Richard Lintern
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Richard Charles Lintern is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
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Kim Darroch
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, KCMG is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
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James Holland
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- writertelevision presenterhistorian
- Biography
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James Holland FRHistS is an English popular historian, author and broadcaster, who specialises in the history of the Second World War.
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Jonathan Ashworth
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- politician
- Biography
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Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British former Labour and Co-op politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election, he was appointed chief executive of the Labour Together thinktank.
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Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian politician and writer who has served as the governor of Al-Qassim Region since 29 January 2015. He is the eldest son of Prince Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud, a grandson of King Saud and a great-grandson of King Abdulaziz.
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Rachel Schofield
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- journalist
- Biography
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Rachel Katherine Schofield is an English career coach and former journalist and news presenter.
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Tom Harwood
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- journalist
- Biography
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Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood is a British journalist, political commentator and television show host. He became the deputy political editor of GB News in March 2023. Harwood previously worked as a reporter for the right-wing political news website Guido Fawkes between 2018 and 2021, and was a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, writing online columns from 2019 to 2021.
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Pat Barker
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- screenwriterwriterhistoriannovelist
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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL, Hon FBA is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.
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Ramadan Shalah
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed Shalah was a Palestinian military officer and the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a militant anti-Zionist group, between 27 October 1995 and 2018.
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Lily Travers
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- film actor
- Biography
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Lily Annabelle Lindon Travers is an English actress. Her films include Late Shift (2016) and Viceroy's House (2017). She joined the main cast of the ITV historical drama Victoria (2019) for its third series. In 2017, Travers played Polly in the Doctor Who special "Twice Upon a Time".
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Will Greenwood
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- rugby union player
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William John Heaton Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team and the 1997 British & Irish Lions. He played in the centre, mainly as an inside centre.
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Edward Leigh
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- politicianbarrister
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Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative Party politician who has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gainsborough, previously Gainsborough and Horncastle, since 1983. Parliament's longest-serving MP since 2024, Leigh is styled Father of the House and, in July 2024, acted as a Temporary Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with master's degree in theology
- Occupations
- priestChristian minister
- Biography
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων Θεόφιλος Γ'; Arabic: غبطة بطريرك المدينة المقدسة اورشليم وسائر أعمال فلسطين كيريوس كيريوس ثيوفيلوس الثالث, romanized: Ghabṭat baṭrīark al-madīnat al-muqaddasa Urshālim wa sā'ir A'māl Filasṭīn Kiryūs Kiryūs Thiyūfīlūs al-thālith; (born 4 April 1952) is the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem since 2005. He is styled Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion.
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Emmanuel de Mérode
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- anthropologistprimatologist
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Prince Emmanuel de Merode is a conservationist and anthropologist. He has been the director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008.
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Harold Evans
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- journalisthistorian
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Sir Harold Matthew Evans was a British-American journalist and writer. In his career in his native Britain, he was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981, and its sister title The Times for a year from 1981, before being forced out of the latter post by Rupert Murdoch. While at The Sunday Times, he led the newspaper's campaign to seek compensation for mothers who had taken the morning sickness drug thalidomide, which led to their children having severely deformed limbs.
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Maszlee Malik
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- politician
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Maszlee bin Malik, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) since March 2023. He served as the Minister of Education in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to his resignation in January 2020, 7th President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from September 2018 to his resignation in November 2018, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Simpang Renggam from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member and Division Chief of Simpang Renggam of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition, and professor at the psychology and social sciences faculty at the University of Cyberjaya. He was an independent politician, and a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), then a component party of the PH coalition, as well as a lecturer at the IIUM.
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Minette Walters
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- writerjournalistnovelist
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Minette Caroline Mary Walters DL is an English writer.
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Steven Marshall
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Steven Spence Marshall is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024, representing the electorate of Dunstan (known as Norwood before 2014).
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Nick Compton
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- cricketer
- Biography
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Nicholas Richard Denis Compton is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton, he represented England in 16 Test matches.
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Alison Rose
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Dame Alison Marie Rose-Slade DBE is a British banker. She was chief executive of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023 and the first woman to lead a major lender in the UK. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours.
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Heidi Alexander
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- politician
- Biography
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Heidi Alexander is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since November 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South since 2024. In addition, she was also the MP for Lewisham East from 2010 to 2018.
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Matthew Amroliwala
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- journalisttelevision presenternews presenter
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Matthew Amroliwala is a British television newsreader, who is one of the chief presenters on the BBC News Channel. He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the BBC News at One on BBC One. He also presented Crimewatch alongside Kirsty Young from January 2008 until March 2015.
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Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL is a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff (head of the British Army) from 2006 to 2009.
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Nigel Phillips
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpolitician
- Biography
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Air Commodore Nigel James Phillips, CBE is a British diplomat, former Royal Air Force officer and former Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. He has served as Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha since 13 August 2022.
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Nick Gibb
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Nicolas John Gibb is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Schools from 2010 to 2012; 2014 to 2021 and from 2022 to 2023. He has served at the Department for Education under Conservative Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party, Gibb served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton from 1997 to 2024.
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Mary Midgley
- Enrolled in Durham University
- In 1995 graduated with Doctor of Letters
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterethicistphilosopher
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Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast and Man (1978), when she was in her late fifties, and went on to write over 15 more, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992). She was awarded honorary doctorates by Durham and Newcastle universities. Her autobiography, The Owl of Minerva, was published in 2005.
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James MacMillan
- Occupations
- university teachercomposerconductormusicologist
- Biography
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Sir James Loy MacMillan, CBE TOSD is a Scottish classical composer and conductor.
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Tim Willcox
- Occupations
- writernews presenterjournalistessayist
- Biography
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Timothy Melton Willcox is a British journalist who formerly worked as a presenter for BBC News. He presents news programmes on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó mining accident and anchoring the BBC's live daytime coverage during the early days of the Cairo January 2011 Egyptian revolution.
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Michael Knighton
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Michael Knighton is an English businessman, best known for his involvement in Manchester United and Carlisle United football clubs. Knighton first came to prominence in 1989 for his aborted £20 million bid to buy Manchester United, which resulted in him taking a seat on the club's board.
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Alexandra Phillips
- Occupations
- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Alexandra Lesley Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician.
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Edward Timpson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Edward Timpson, CBE KC is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
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Malcolm Sargent
- Occupations
- organistconductormusic educatorchoir director
- Biography
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Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s.
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Aryo Djojohadikusumo
- Occupations
- chief executive officerpolitician
- Biography
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Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian politician of the Gerindra Party who served as a member of the People's Representative Council between 2014 and 2019. He is a nephew of Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto.
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Lucy Allan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lucy Elizabeth Allan is a British politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from the 2015 general election, until standing down at the 2024 general election. Before being elected as an MP for the Conservative Party, she was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012.
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Sadegh Kharazi
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistdiplomat
- Biography
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Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Kharazi is a former Iranian diplomat and advisor to Iran's former President Khatami.
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Helen Grace
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Helen Grace is an English actress. She played the incestuous Georgia Simpson on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.
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Rupert Hoogewerf
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Rupert Hoogewerf, also known by his Chinese name Hu Run (Chinese: 胡润; pinyin: Hú Rùn), is a British businessman, currently the chairman and chief researcher of Hurun Inc, best known for the "Hurun Rich List", a ranking of the wealthiest individuals.
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Elsie Tu
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 1933-1937 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history and arts
- Occupations
- politicianmissionarysocial activistteacher
- Biography
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Elsie Tu GBM CBE, known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was a British-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.
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Tim Smit
- Occupations
- horticulturistarchaeologistprehistorian
- Biography
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Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman who jointly helped create the Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the Eden Project in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
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Guy de la Bédoyère
- Occupations
- writerhistoriannumismatist
- Biography
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Guy Martyn Thorold Huchet de la Bédoyère FSA is a British historian who has published widely on Roman Britain and other subjects and appeared regularly on Time Team, an archaeological television series first broadcast on Channel 4. One of his male-line ancestors was the cousin of Charles de la Bédoyère (1786–1815), Napoleon's aide-de-camp at Waterloo in 1815.
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Mihail Neamțu
- Occupations
- theologianpoliticianessayisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Mihail Neamțu, is a Romanian conservative politician. He received a PhD in theology from King's College London and has written several books on politics, religion, and culture. He was elected in the Chamber of Deputies in 2024 as a member of AUR.
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Sebastian Payne
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Sebastian Early Anthony Payne is a British think tank director and former journalist. He began his career with stints at The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, before joining the Financial Times in 2016, where he eventually rose to become the paper's Whitehall correspondent. In 2022, he left the paper to become director of the think tank Onward.
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Jackie Doyle-Price
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price DBE is a British former Conservative Party politician and former civil servant who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 2010 to 2024. She was first elected as MP in the 2010 general election and was defeated in the 2024 general election.
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Malcolm Guite
- Occupations
- Anglican priestsongwritersinger-songwriterpoet
- Biography
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Ayodeji Malcolm Guite is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born in Nigeria to British expatriate parents, Guite earned degrees from Cambridge and Durham universities. His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the examination of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield, and British poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was a Bye-Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge, and associate chaplain of St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge. On several occasions, he has taught as visiting faculty at several colleges and universities in England and North America.
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Frank Tyson
- Occupations
- journalistauthorcoachcricketersports commentator
- Biography
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Frank Holmes Tyson was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press, he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets at an average of 18.56 in 17 Test matches.
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Michelle Simmons
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry
- Occupations
- computer scientistquantum physicist
- Biography
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Michelle Yvonne Simmons is an Australian quantum physicist, recognised for her foundational contributions to the field of atomic electronics.
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Alan Walker
- Occupations
- biographermusicologistmusic historianprofessor
- Biography
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Alan Walker, FRSC is an English–Canadian musicologist and university professor best known as a biographer and scholar of composer Franz Liszt. Walker has also written on composers Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin, as well as conductor Hans von Bülow. He has held posts at a variety of institutions, including the Guildhall School of Music, the University of London, McMaster University, and City, University of London.
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Mark Clarke
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Clarke is a British former Conservative Party parliamentary candidate who was director of the now-defunct Young Britons' Foundation, as well as a chairman of (also now-defunct) Conservative Future, and ex-director of the Road Trip electioneering organisation (disbanded in 2015) that bussed Conservative party activists to marginal seats during the 2015 general election campaign. Clarke was suspended from the party on 24 September 2015, following the suicide of Conservative activist Elliott Johnson who had claimed that Clarke had bullied him.
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David Steel
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Sir David George Steel, KBE, KStJ, DL is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord between 2012 and 2015. He served as Governor of Gibraltar from 2020 to 2024.
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Matt Warman
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Matthew Robert Warman is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness from 2015 to 2024. He served as Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from July to September 2022. Warman was an Assistant Government Whip from April 2019 to July 2019. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure from July 2019 to September 2021.
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John B
- Occupations
- disc jockeyrecord producer
- Biography
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John Bryn Williams, known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing, wild hair, and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks.
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Emma Lewell-Buck
- Occupations
- social workerpolitician
- Biography
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Emma Louise Lewell-Buck is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since 2013.
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Rebecca Smethurst
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 35)
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 2008-2012 graduated with Master of Physics
- Occupations
- astrophysicistscientistYouTuber
- Biography
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Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development".
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Charlie Hodgson
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Charles Christopher Hodgson is a retired English rugby union player, having previously been a player for Sale Sharks and Saracens. His position was fly-half and he is the leading Premiership points scorer of all time. Hodgson also played for England, until announcing his international retirement in 2012. Hodgson made 18 consecutive starts at fly half for England between 2004 and 2006.
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Alastair Fothergill
- Occupations
- television producerscreenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Alastair David William Fothergill OBE is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the series producer of the series The Blue Planet (2001), Planet Earth (2006) and the co-director of the associated feature films Deep Blue and Earth.
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Phil de Glanville
- Occupations
- physicianrugby union player
- Biography
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Philip Ranulph de Glanville is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.
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Tim Radford
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Sir Timothy Buchan Radford, KCB, DSO, OBE is a retired British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.
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Giles Ji Ungpakorn
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a Thai-British academic, and Marxist political activist. He formerly worked as a teacher at Chulalongkorn University. He worked as an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom in 2009 after facing a lèse majesté charge in Thailand.
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Thomas Woodcock
- Occupations
- politiciangenealogistarchaeologist
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Woodcock KCVO DL FSA FHS FRHSC is a genealogist who served as Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms from 2010 to 2021.
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James Foster
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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James Savin Foster is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. A wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
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Martyn Percy
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- clergyman
- Biography
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Martyn William Percy is a British academic, educator, social scientist and theologian. Ordained as a priest in the Church of England. He had been Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 2014 to 2022 and principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, from 2004 to 2014. Since 2022 he has held academic posts in the USA, China and Switzerland.
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Peter Watson
- Occupations
- art historianwriterhistorianjournalist
- Biography
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Peter Frank Patrick Watson is a British intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquities.
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David Sproxton
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- animatorfilm directorcinematographerfilm producer
- Biography
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David Alan Sproxton CBE is a British entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders, with Peter Lord, of the Aardman Animations studio. Sproxton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.
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Rod Clements
- Occupations
- mandolinistsongwriter
- Biography
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Roderick Parry Clements is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March 1972, which won Clements an Ivor Novello Award. Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, also working with Ralph McTell and Bert Jansch. Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Clements continued to be part of the line-up until 2003. Rod rejoined Lindisfarne in 2015 and is currently touring and performing with the band.
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Chris Terrill
- Occupations
- television producerwritertelevision directoranthropologistfilm producer
- Biography
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Chris Terrill is a British anthropologist, adventurer, broadcaster, author and film-maker.
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Ben Howlett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benjamin John Howlett is an English Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath between the 2015 and 2017 general elections.
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Anwar Choudhury
- Occupations
- diplomatgovernor
- Biography
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Anwar Bakht Choudhury is a British diplomat of Bangladeshi origin. Through his career, he has served as Governor of the Cayman Islands, British Ambassador to Peru, Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Choudhury has spent much of his life working intimately with the British Bangladeshi community, cementing himself as a respected figure through his many public appearances and charitable work.
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Ben Witherington III
- Occupations
- university teachertheologian
- Biography
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Ben Witherington III is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.
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Desra Percaya
- Occupations
- diplomatcivil servant
- Biography
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Dr Desra Percaya is an Indonesian diplomat who, since 2020, serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom, accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.
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John Hall
- Occupations
- parsonAnglican priest
- Biography
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John Robert Hall is an English retired priest of the Church of England. He was the Dean of Westminster and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Roy Ascott
- Occupations
- new media artistartistmusicianediting stafftheorist
- Biography
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Roy Ascott FRSA is a British artist, who works with cybernetics and telematics on an art he calls technoetics by focusing on the impact of digital and telecommunications networks on consciousness. Since the 1960s, Ascott has been a practitioner of interactive computer art, electronic art, cybernetic art and telematic art.
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Tony Johnstone-Burt
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Sir Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt, KCVO, CB, OBE, DL is a retired Royal Navy officer who is currently serving as the Master of the Household. In this role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation.
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Jill Black
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Jill Margaret Black, Lady Black of Derwent, DBE, PC is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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Ulorin Vex
- Occupations
- illustratormodel
- Biography
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Christiane Shillito, known professionally as Ulorin Vex and Malady Charlotina, is an English alternative model and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. Her extensive list of credits include dozens of magazine features and covers, ad campaigns, billboards, and spans all genres from fashion to fetish and art nudes. She's also known for her dynamic and exaggerated posing
