100 Notable alumni of
Durham University
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Durham University is 175th in the world, 58th 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
- Occupations
- writerstage actorfilm actoractorplaywright
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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
- Occupations
- military officer
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Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, KCVO, CB, CSM, ADC 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.
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Graham Hancock
- Occupations
- journalistwriterdocumentary participant
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Graham Bruce Hancock is a British writer who promotes pseudoscientific theories involving ancient civilizations and hypothetical lost lands. Hancock speculates that an advanced ice age civilization was destroyed in a cataclysm, but that its survivors passed on their knowledge to hunter-gatherers, giving rise to the earliest known civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Mesoamerica.
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Gabby Logan
- Occupations
- sports commentatortelevision presenterradio personalityrhythmic gymnastjournalist
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Gabrielle Nicole Logan 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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Justin Welby
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- Anglican priesttheologianbusinesspersonChristian ministerinternational forum participant
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Justin Portal Welby is a British Anglican bishop who, since 2013, has served as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury. Welby was previously the vicar of Southam in Warwickshire, and later served as Dean of Liverpool and Bishop of Durham. As Archbishop of Canterbury he is the Primate of All England and the symbolic head primus inter pares of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Nick Mohammed
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- screenwriterfilm actorcomedianactor
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Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is known for his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade. He is also the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligence. Outside the United Kingdom, Mohammed is best known for portraying 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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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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- autobiographermilitary personnel
- Biography
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Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi is the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates.
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Nasser Hussain
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- cricketerautobiographer
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Nasser Hussain is a British 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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Crispin Blunt
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- politician
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Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate since 1997. 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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Jonathan Edwards
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- television presenterbroadcasterathletics competitor
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Jonathan David Edwards, 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. At his record-breaking peak, Edwards was widely regarded as the greatest male triple-jumper in history.
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Jeremy Vine
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- television presenterjournalistradio personality
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Jeremy Guy 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 and popular music, taking over from long-serving host Jimmy Young in 2003.
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Ed Gamble
- Occupations
- radio personalitycomedian
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Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble is an English comedian, known for co-presenting The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and his regular appearances on Mock the Week. 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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Justin Chancellor
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- bassistguitaristsongwriter
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Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor is an English musician best known as the bass player for rock band Tool since 1995. He was also the bassist of the band 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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Kate Silverton
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
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Kate Silverton is an English journalist. 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.
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Andrew Strauss
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- cricketerautobiographer
- Biography
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Sir Andrew John Strauss 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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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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Sir Graham Stuart Brady is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010, except for a brief period in 2019.
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M. A. Wazed Miah
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- nuclear physicistphysicistwriter
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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 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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David Pawson
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied agriculture
- Occupations
- writertheologianpastorpriestchaplain
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John David Pawson was an evangelical minister, writer and prominent Bible teacher based in the United Kingdom.
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Tom Rosenthal
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- pianistsinger-songwritercomposersinger
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Tom 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
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Robert James Buckland is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021. He later served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010.
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Kim Darroch
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, 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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Shan Masood
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Shan Masood is a Pakistani international cricketer and 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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Richard Lintern
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Richard Charles Lintern is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
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James Holland
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- historiantelevision presenterwriter
- Biography
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James Holland is an English historian, author and broadcaster, who specialises in the history of the Second World War.
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Rachel Schofield
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Rachel Katherine Schofield is an English career coach and former journalist and news presenter.
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Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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- politicianwriter
- 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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Pat Barker
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- novelisthistorianwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL is a British writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".
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Tom Harwood
- Occupations
- 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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Ramadan Shalah
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed Shalah was the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a group that militantly opposes Israel, between 27 October 1995 and 2018.
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Will Greenwood
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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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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Emmanuel de Mérode
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- anthropologistprimatologistinternational forum participant
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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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- historianjournalist
- Biography
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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
- Biography
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Maszlee bin Malik is a Malaysian politician who served as the 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 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 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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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with master's degree in theology
- Occupations
- Christian ministerpriest
- Biography
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem 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 and Israel."
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Jonathan Ashworth
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- politician
- Biography
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Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British politician who has served as Shadow Paymaster General since September 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South since 2011.
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Steven Marshall
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonbusiness executive
- Biography
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Steven Spence Marshall is an 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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Minette Walters
- Occupations
- novelistjournalistwriter
- Biography
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Minette Caroline Mary Walters DL is an English crime writer.
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Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
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- 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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Edward Leigh
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- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983. A member of the Conservative Party, he represents Gainsborough in Lincolnshire in the House of Commons (representing its predecessor constituency, Gainsborough and Horncastle, until 1997).
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Nick Gibb
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- politician
- Biography
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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 has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton since 1997. He announced that he was standing down at the next election in 2023.
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Mary Midgley
- Enrolled in Durham University
- In 1995 graduated with Doctor of Letters
- Occupations
- ethicistwriteruniversity teacherphilosopher
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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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Matthew Amroliwala
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- television presenterjournalistnews 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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Tim Willcox
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- journalistnews presenterwriteressayist
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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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Heidi Alexander
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Heidi Alexander is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 2010 to 2018.
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Nigel Phillips
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Air Commodore Nigel James Phillips, 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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Michael Knighton
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- 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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Malcolm Sargent
- Occupations
- conductororganistchoir directormusic teacher
- 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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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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Sadegh Kharazi
- Occupations
- diplomatjournalistpolitician
- 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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Edward Timpson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Edward Timpson, is a British politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2019 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
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Elsie Tu
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 1933-1937 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in arts and history
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elsie Tu, known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-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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Lucy Allan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lucy Elizabeth Allan is a British politician and family rights campaigner who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, she was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012.
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Tim Smit
- Occupations
- archaeologisthorticulturistprehistorian
- 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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Michelle Simmons
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in chemistry and physics
- Occupations
- quantum physicistcomputer scientist
- 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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Mark Clarke
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- 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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Alan Walker
- Occupations
- music historianmusicologistbiographerprofessor
- 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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Jackie Doyle-Price
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price is a British Conservative Party politician and former civil servant. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock in the 2010 general election.
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Frank Tyson
- Occupations
- cricketercoachauthorjournalistteacher
- 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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Mihail Neamțu
- Occupations
- essayistpoliticiantheologiantelevision presenter
- Biography
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Mihail Neamțu, born 1978, 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.
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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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John B
- Occupations
- record producerdisc jockey
- 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 and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks.
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Emma Lewell-Buck
- Occupations
- politiciansocial worker
- 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 winning a by-election in 2013. She is South Shields’s first female MP.
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David Steel
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- 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 assumed the office of Governor of Gibraltar on 11 June 2020.
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Alastair Fothergill
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwritertelevision producerfilm producer
- Biography
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Alastair David William Fothergill 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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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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Matt Warman
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Matthew Robert Warman is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist who served as Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from July to September 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness since May 2015 and 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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Tim Radford
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Sir Timothy Buchan Radford, KCB, DSO, OBE is a British Army officer who has served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission.
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Giles Ji Ungpakorn
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Associate ProfessorGiles 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
- archaeologistgenealogistpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Woodcock 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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Phil de Glanville
- Occupations
- rugby union playerphysician
- 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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Martyn Percy
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- 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, in 2022 he announced that he was leaving the Church of England, though remains Episcopalian-Anglican. He had been Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 2014 to 2022 and principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, from 2004 to 2014.
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Rebecca Smethurst
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 2008-2012 graduated with Master of Physics
- Occupations
- astrophysicistYouTuberscientist
- Biography
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Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a junior 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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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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Peter Watson
- Occupations
- journalisthistorianwriterart historian
- 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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Chris Terrill
- Occupations
- film produceranthropologisttelevision directorwritertelevision 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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Malcolm Guite
- Occupations
- poetsinger-songwritersongwriterAnglican priest
- 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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Aryo Djojohadikusumo
- Occupations
- politicianchief executive officer
- Biography
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Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian politician of Gerindra party who served as a member of the People's Representative Council between 2014 and 2019.
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David Sproxton
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- cinematographerfilm directoranimatorfilm producer
- Biography
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David Sproxton 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
- songwritermandolinist
- 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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Anwar Choudhury
- Occupations
- governordiplomat
- Biography
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Anwar Bakht Choudhury is a British diplomat of Bangladeshi origin. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands until he was recalled in June 2018 after less than three months in post. Prior to that, he was British Ambassador to Peru, Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
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Ben Witherington III
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- 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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John Hall
- Occupations
- Anglican priestparson
- 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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Desra Percaya
- Occupations
- civil servantdiplomat
- 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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Jill Black
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- 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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Tony Johnstone-Burt
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- 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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Ulorin Vex
- Occupations
- modelillustrator
- Biography
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Ulorin Vex is the stage name of Christiane Shillito, an alternative model and artist from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She lives 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
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Earl Pomeroy
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied in 1975-1976
- Occupations
- politicianlobbyistlawyer
- Biography
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Earl Ralph Pomeroy III is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He currently serves as senior counsel for the Washington, D.C. branch of Alston & Bird.
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Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
- Occupations
- financiereconomistuniversity teacherbanker
- Biography
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Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile was a Ugandan economist and banker. He served as the governor of the Bank of Uganda, the central bank of Uganda from 2001 until his death on 23 January 2022.
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Steven Croft
- Occupations
- Anglican priestcleric
- Biography
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Steven John Lindsey Croft is a Church of England bishop and theologian specialising in mission. He has been Bishop of Oxford since the confirmation of his election on 6 July 2016. He was the Bishop of Sheffield from 2008 until 2016; previously he was Archbishops’ Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions, a joint Church of England and Methodist initiative. He falls within the open evangelical tradition of Anglicanism.
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Francis Jackson
- Occupations
- choir directorcomposerorganist
- Biography
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Francis Alan Jackson was a British organist and composer who served as Director of Music at York Minster for 36 years, from 1946 to 1982.
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Ed Mitchell
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Edward Frederick Mitchell is a British former television presenter, business journalist and newsreader, best known for his work with ITN. Mitchell was educated at Worthing High School for Boys and Durham University. He also worked for Reuters, BBC News, Channel 4 News, European Business Channel, Asia Business News, European Business News and CNBC Europe in the 1990s until he was made redundant from CNBC in 2000.
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George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
- Occupations
- aristocratpainterpoliticianillustrator
- Biography
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George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, known as George Howard until 1889, was an English aristocrat, peer, politician, and painter. He was the last Earl of Carlisle to own Castle Howard.
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Richard Nugee
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee, CB, CVO, CBE is a retired senior British Army officer. He served in several senior roles including Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016) and Chief of Defence People (2016–2020), before ending his career leading a review into climate change policy in the Ministry of Defence between March 2020 and May 2021.
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Thomas Horrocks Openshaw
- Occupations
- military physician
- Biography
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Thomas Horrocks Openshaw was an English Victorian and Edwardian era surgeon perhaps best known for his brief involvement in the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.
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Sara Thornton
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Dame Sara Joanne Thornton, DBE, QPM was the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from May 2019 until April 2022. She was appointed by the Home Secretary at the time, Sajid Javid, in succession to Kevin Hyland who left the post in May 2018.
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Paul Madden
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Paul Damian Madden is a retired British diplomat, who was High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia, and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2021.
