21 Notable alumni of
Edinburgh Napier University
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Edinburgh Napier University is 1683rd in the world, 568th in Europe, and 103rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Edinburgh Napier 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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Carol Kirkwood
- Occupations
- presenter
- Biography
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Carol Kirkwood is a Scottish weather presenter, trained by the Met Office, and employed by the BBC, on BBC Breakfast. In 2015, she participated in the 13th series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, finishing in 10th place.
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Lynne Ramsay
- Occupations
- cinematographerdirectorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Lynne Ramsay is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films Ratcatcher (1999), Morvern Callar (2002), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), and You Were Never Really Here (2017).
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Lynsey Sharp
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Lynsey Sharp is a former Scottish track and field athlete who competed in the 800 metres. She is the 2012 European champion and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best is 1:57.69, the seventh fastest time over 800m by a British woman, set in the final of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Anna Meredith
- Occupations
- musiciancomposer
- Biography
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Anna Howard Meredith is a Scottish composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music. She is a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and former PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA.
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Bruce Mouat
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Bruce Mouat is a Scottish curler. He is the reigning Scottish, European and World men's champion skip. He is also an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Wasfia Nazreen
- Occupations
- international forum participantsocial worker
- Biography
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Wasfia Nazreen is a Bangladeshi mountaineer, activist, environmentalist, social worker and writer.
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Lesley Laird
- Occupations
- council memberpolitician
- Biography
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Lesley Margaret Laird is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2017 to 2019, and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland during the same period. Laird was a Member of Fife Council from 2012 to 2018 and served as the Deputy Leader of the Council.
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Tom Harris
- Occupations
- journalistbloggertrade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Harris is a British journalist and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South, formerly Glasgow Cathcart, from 2001 to 2015. A former member of Scottish Labour, he left the party in August 2018. Since 2021 he has been lead non-executive director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate General for Scotland.
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Tavish Scott
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Tavish Hamilton Scott is a former Scottish politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Shetland from 1999 to 2019, and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2011. He stepped down as Leader after the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, in which the Liberal Democrats were reduced to five seats, down from 16 in the previous parliament.
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Serhii Babak
- Occupations
- politicianjuristeconomist
- Biography
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Serhiy Vitaliyovych Babak, is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, economist, psychologist, is a who is currently a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 29 April 2019 from the Servant of the People party.
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Danielle Rowley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Danielle Rowley is a Scottish Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian from 2017 to 2019.
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Owen Thompson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Owen George Thompson is a Scottish National Party politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian. He was elected in 2015, defeated at the 2017 general election, and regained the seat at the 2019 general election.
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Neil Poulton
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Neil Poulton is a Scottish product designer, based in Paris, France. He specialises in the design of 'deceptively simple-looking mass-produced objects' and has won numerous international design awards. Poulton is best known for his designs in the fields of technology and lighting design and is often associated with manufacturers LaCie and Artemide.
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Bill Buchanan
- Enrolled in Edinburgh Napier University
- 1992-1996 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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William Johnston Buchanan OBE FBCS CEng PFHEA is a Scottish computer scientist. Buchanan is a professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. He currently leads the Blockpass ID Lab and the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical at Edinburgh Napier University. In 2017, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cyber security.
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Scott Ainslie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott John Ainslie is a British politician and actor.
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Graeme Morrice
- Occupations
- council memberpolitician
- Biography
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Graeme Morrice is a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2010 to 2015. Prior to his election to Parliament, he served as the Leader of West Lothian Council from 1995 to 2007.
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Jim Thompson
- Occupations
- rugby union playerrugby sevens player
- Biography
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James Gordon Thompson is a Scottish former professional rugby union player who played as a full-back.
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El Mafrex
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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El Mafrex is a Nigerian-born, urban gospel singer-songwriter, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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John Barrett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Andrew Barrett is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West.
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Jayne Baxter
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jayne Baxter is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2012 to 2016. She succeeded John Park when he resigned his list seat to take up a position with the Community trades union.
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Douglas Dalton
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Douglas Dalton was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Nelson Park Primary School and then Napier Technical College. A prop and hooker, Dalton represented Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1935 to 1938. He played 21 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals. He later served as the Hawke's Bay selector between 1946 and 1948, and was also a North Island selector.
