100 Notable alumni of
Goldsmiths, University of London

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The Goldsmiths, University of London is 360th in the world, 125th in Europe, and 30th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Goldsmiths, University of London sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Damon Albarn

    Damon Albarn
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritercomposerguitaristsingermusician
    Biography

    Damon Albarn is an English musician. He is the frontman and main lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.

  2. Princess Beatrice of York

    Princess Beatrice of York
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    2008-2011 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history and history of ideas
    Occupations
    socialitephilanthropistfilm actorbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
    Biography

    Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Charles III. Born fifth in line of succession to the British throne, she is now ninth.

  3. Sam Taylor-Johnson

    Sam Taylor-Johnson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    television producerdirectorfilm directorfilmmakervisual artist
    Biography

    Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson is a British film director and artist. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles' singer and songwriter John Lennon. She is one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists.

  4. Kalki Koechlin

    Kalki Koechlin
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    writertelevision actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actor
    Biography

    Kalki Koechlin is an Indian actress and writer of French origin who works in Hindi films. Known for her unconventional body of work, she is the recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, and two Screen Awards. Although a French citizen, she has been raised and lived most of her life in India.

  5. James Blake

    James Blake
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    disc jockeyrecord producercomposermusiciansinger-songwriter
    Biography

    James Blake Litherland is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first received recognition for his 2010 series of extended plays (EPs)—including CMYK and Klavierwerke. He signed with A&M Records to release his self-titled debut album (2011) the following year, which was met with critical praise and peaked within the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. He departed the label in favour of Republic Records, through which he released his second album, Overgrown (2013) to further critical and commercial success; it likewise peaked within the chart's top ten and moderately entered the US Billboard 200. His third album The Colour in Anything (2016) was followed by his fourth, Assume Form (2019), which became his highest-charting release on both charts. His fifth and sixth albums, Friends That Break Your Heart (2021) and Playing Robots Into Heaven (2023) followed thereafter.

  6. Steve McQueen

    Steve McQueen
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    artistvideo artistfilmmakerfilm directorphotographer
    Biography

    Sir Steve Rodney McQueen is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. For services to the visual arts, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011. In 2014, he was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the "most influential people in the world". He has received an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and in 2016 the BFI Fellowship.

  7. Damien Hirst

    Damien Hirst
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    restaurateurinstallation artistsculptorillustratorconceptual artist
    Biography

    Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at US$384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.

  8. Malcolm McLaren

    Malcolm McLaren
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-2010 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    record producertalent managerconceptual artistscreenwritersinger
    Biography

    Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English fashion designer and music manager. He was a promoter and a manager for punk rock and new wave bands such as New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Adam and the Ants, and Bow Wow Wow, and was an early commercial architect of the punk subculture.

  9. Brian Molko

    Brian Molko
    Born in
    Belgium Flag Belgium
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    vocalistguitaristsingeractorexecutive producer
    Biography

    Brian Molko is a musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of the band Placebo. He is known in particular for his nasal vocals, feminine/androgynous appearance and aggressive guitar style and tunings.

  10. John Cale

    John Cale
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    Studied in 1960-1963
    Occupations
    record produceractortelevision actorfilm score composerpianist
    Biography

    John Davies Cale is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music.

  11. Benedict Taylor

    Benedict Taylor
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Benedict Taylor is a British avant-garde violist, violinist and composer.

  12. Mary Quant

    Mary Quant
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1930-2023 (aged 93)
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    Studied in 1955
    Occupations
    fashion designer
    Biography

    Dame Barbara Mary Quant was a British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swinging Sixties culture. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants. Ernestine Carter wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. In recent fashion there are three: Chanel, Dior, and Mary Quant."

  13. Tracey Emin

    Tracey Emin
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    photographerconceptual artistinstallation artistdrawervideo artist
    Biography

    Tracey Karima Emin is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork. She produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and sewn appliqué. Once the "enfant terrible" of the Young British Artists in the 1980s, Tracey Emin is now a Royal Academician.

  14. Graham Coxon

    Graham Coxon
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriterpaintersingerguitaristcomposer
    Biography

    Graham Leslie Coxon is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Coxon is featured on all of Blur's studio discography (although 2003's Think Tank only features his playing on one track, due to his temporary departure from the band during recording sessions for the album). He has also led a solo career since 1998, producing and playing all instrumentation on his solo albums. As well as being a musician, Coxon is a visual artist: he designed the cover art for all his solo albums as well as Blur's 13 (1999).

  15. Julian Clary

    Julian Clary
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    writercomedianactorimprovisertelevision presenter
    Biography

    Julian Peter McDonald Clary is an English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter. He began appearing on television in the mid-1980s. Since then, he has also acted in films, on television and in stage productions, including numerous pantomimes. He was the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in 2012.

  16. Alex James

    Alex James
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    cheesemakerguitaristsongwriterbass guitaristcomposer
    Biography

    Steven Alexander James, FRSA is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur. He has also played with temporary bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant.

  17. John Illsley

    John Illsley
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    singerbassistguitarist
    Biography

    John Edward Illsley is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award.

  18. Antony Gormley

    Antony Gormley
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    photographerinstallation artistdrawerscenographersculptor
    Biography

    Sir Antony Mark David Gormley is a British sculptor. His works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool; and Event Horizon, a multipart site installation which premiered in London in 2007, then subsequently in Madison Square in New York City (2010), São Paulo, Brazil (2012), and Hong Kong (2015–16).

  19. Dave Myers

    Dave Myers
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    chef
    Biography

    David James Myers is an English television presenter, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, along with Si King. He is also known for his appearances on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. Together, Myers and King have presented a number of television cookery series for the BBC. They have also launched their own product called The Hairy Bikers Diet Club.

  20. Huang Ching-ying

    Huang Ching-ying
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Huang Ching-yin, nicknamed Hsueh-chieh, is a councilor representing Taipei City Constituency I on the Taipei City Council. A native of Taipei and a member of the Taiwan People's Party, Huang was formerly a reporter for online news outlet ETtoday News Cloud. She was previously responsible for managing social media for former Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je, and served as a deputy spokesperson for the Taipei City Government. In 2020, she ran as a Taiwan People's Party candidate for legislator-at-large in the Legislative Yuan. Huang was elected to the Taipei City Council in November 2022, coming first in a field of 25 candidates for Taipei City Constituency I, which includes the northern Taipei districts of Beitou District and Huang's hometown of Shilin District.

  21. Neil Innes

    Neil Innes
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-2019 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    writersongwritercomedianactorpianist
    Biography

    Neil James Innes was an English writer, comedian and musician. He first came to prominence in the pioneering comedy rock group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the Monty Python troupe on their BBC television series and films, and is often called the "seventh Python" along with performer Carol Cleveland. He co-created the Rutles, a Beatles parody/pastiche project, with Python Eric Idle, and wrote the band's songs. He also wrote and voiced the 1980s ITV children's cartoon adventures of The Raggy Dolls.

  22. Tessa Jowell

    Tessa Jowell
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1947-2018 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, DBE, PC was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from 1992 to 2015.

  23. Liz Fraser

    Liz Fraser
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1930-2018 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Elizabeth Joan Winch, known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.

  24. Katy B

    Katy B
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    recording artistsinger-songwriterdisc jockeyrecord producer
    Biography

    Kathleen Anne Brien, better known as Katy B, is an English singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, On a Mission, in 2011, which spawned two top five hits, "Katy on a Mission" and "Lights On". In 2014 she released her second studio album, Little Red, which produced her third top five hit, "Crying for No Reason". Her third, and most recent, studio album, Honey, was released in 2016.

  25. Bernardine Evaristo

    Bernardine Evaristo
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    Graduated with doctorate
    Occupations
    university teacherwriter
    Biography

    Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo is a British author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker. Evaristo is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London and President of the Royal Society of Literature, the second woman and the first black person to hold the role since it was founded in 1820.

  26. Kae Tempest

    Kae Tempest
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    writersingerpoetrappercomposer
    Biography

    Kae Tempest is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.

  27. A. G. Cook

    A. G. Cook
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    recording artistcomposermusicianrecord producer
    Biography

    Alexander Guy Cook is an English music producer and the head of the UK record label PC Music. Cook released his first solo singles in 2014. He has also collaborated with PC Music artists such as Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, EASYFUN, Danny L Harle and felicita. He formed the one-off project QT with musician Sophie and performance artist Hayden Dunham, producing the 2014 single "Hey QT".

  28. Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Linton Kwesi Johnson
    Born in
    Jamaica Flag Jamaica
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    writersongwritersingerpoetrecording artist
    Biography

    Linton Kwesi Johnson OD, also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.

  29. Chris Corner

    Chris Corner
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    DJ producersinger-songwriterrecord producersinger
    Biography

    Christopher Anthony Corner is an English record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer and video artist. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps alongside Liam Howe, and is now active with his solo project IAMX.

  30. Suzanne Packer

    Suzanne Packer
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Suzanne Packer is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the 30th-anniversary episodes. Since departing from Casualty, she has appeared in various television series including Bang, In My Skin and The Pembrokeshire Murders.

  31. Yinka Shonibare

    Yinka Shonibare
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    painterphotographerartistvideo installation artistsculptor
    Biography

    Yinka Shonibare, is a British-Nigerian artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly coloured Ankara fabric he uses. Because he has a physical disability that paralyses one side of his body, Shonibare uses assistants to make works under his direction.

  32. Tadeusz Kościński

    Tadeusz Kościński
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    bankerpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Tadeusz Kościński is a Polish politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki from November 2019, but resigned in February 2022 after a failed tax reform.

  33. Alex Zane

    Alex Zane
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    comediantelevision presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Alex Zane is an English television presenter and DJ.

  34. Jamie N Commons

    Jamie N Commons
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    guitaristsinger
    Biography

    James Nicholas Commons is a British singer and songwriter, based in New Cross, London.

  35. Keir Simmons

    Keir Simmons
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    international forum participantjournalist
    Biography

    Keir Hardie Brennan-Simmons is an English journalist. He has been the senior international correspondent for the NBC morning show Today since December 2018. He also appears regularly on the evening broadcast NBC Nightly News, and fills in as an anchor on MSNBC.

  36. Laurence Juber

    Laurence Juber
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    session musicianguitarist
    Biography

    Laurence Ivor Juber is an English musician, fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician. He played guitar in the rock band Wings from 1978 to 1981.

  37. Gillian Wearing

    Gillian Wearing
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    conceptual artisttelevision producerartistfilm directorvisual artist
    Biography

    Gillian Wearing CBE, RA is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett, popularly known as "Hanging out the washing", stands in London's Parliament Square.

  38. Dayne Walling

    Dayne Walling
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dayne Walling is an American politician who was the mayor of Flint, Michigan from 2009 to 2015. Although the Flint mayor's office is a nonpartisan position, Walling is a member of the Democratic Party.

  39. Tom Keating

    Tom Keating
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1917-1984 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    charlatanart forgerpainterrestorer
    Biography

    Thomas Patrick Keating was an English artist, art restorer and art forger. Considered the most prolific and versatile art forger of the 20th century, he claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 160 different artists of unprecedented scope—ranging from the Renaissance (Holbein, Titian, Tintoretto) to Modernism, Expressionism and Fauvism (Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse)—with heavy emphasis on English landscape Romanticists and the French Impressionists. Total estimated profits from his forgeries amount in today's value to more than $10 million.

  40. Louise Casey

    Louise Casey
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, DBE, CB, is a British government official working in social welfare.

  41. Hisham Matar

    Hisham Matar
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    novelistpoetwriteressayist
    Biography

    Hisham Matar is an American born British-Libyan writer. His memoir of the search for his father, The Return, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and the 2017 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. Matar's essays have appeared in the Asharq al-Awsat, The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and The New York Times. His second novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance, was published to wide acclaim on 3 March 2011. He lives and writes in London.

  42. Janice Koh

    Janice Koh
    Born in
    Singapore Flag Singapore
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    actorperforming artistpolitician
    Biography

    Janice Koh is a Singaporean actress and a former Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore.

  43. Giselle Laronde

    Giselle Laronde
    Born in
    Trinidad and Tobago Flag Trinidad and Tobago
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestantmodel
    Biography

    Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde-West is a Trinidadian model, Stenographer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1986, representing Trinidad and Tobago. She became the second woman from that nation to win an international beauty pageant, after Janelle Commissiong Miss Universe 1977 and the only one to date, to win Miss World. The pageant was held in London, UK at the Royal Albert Hall. In that year, the US was represented by aspiring actress Halle Berry.

  44. Kerry McCarthy

    Kerry McCarthy
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Kerry Gillian McCarthy is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she is the Shadow Minister for Climate Change. She was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2015 to 2016.

  45. Molly Parkin

    Molly Parkin
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1932-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    painterjournalist
    Biography

    Molly Parkin is a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most well-known for her work on Nova magazine, newspapers and television in the 1960s.

  46. Wade Elliott

    Wade Elliott
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Wade Patrick Elliott is an English former professional footballer who was most recently head coach of EFL League One club Cheltenham Town. He played mainly as a right midfielder but could also play as a central midfielder.

  47. Michael Landy

    Michael Landy
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    sculptorinstallation artistdrawerphotographerconceptual artist
    Biography

    Michael Landy is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project (2010) at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008, Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

  48. Liam Gillick

    Liam Gillick
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    sculptorinstallation artistpainterconceptual artist
    Biography

    Liam Gillick is a British artist who lives and works in New York City. Gillick deploys multiple forms to make visible the aesthetics of the constructed world and examine the ideological control systems that have emerged along with globalization and neoliberalism. He utilizes materials that resemble everyday built environments, transforming them into minimalist abstractions that deliver commentaries on social constructs, while also exploring notions of modernism.

  49. Laure Prouvost

    Laure Prouvost
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    installation artistartistvideographerfilm directorvisual artist
    Biography

    Laure Prouvost is a French artist living and working in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium. She won the 2013 Turner Prize. In 2019, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the multi-media work "The Deep Blue Sea Surrounding You".

  50. John Akomfrah

    John Akomfrah
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    filmmakerinstallation artisttheoristfilm screenwritercurator
    Biography

    Sir John Akomfrah is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".

  51. Mark Wallinger

    Mark Wallinger
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    video artistinstallation artistsculptorphotographer
    Biography

    Mark Wallinger is an English artist. Having previously been nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, he won in 2007 for his installation State Britain. His work Ecce Homo (1999–2000) was the first piece to occupy the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2001. Labyrinth (2013), a permanent commission for Art on the Underground, was created to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground. In 2018, the permanent work Writ in Water was realized for the National Trust to celebrate the Magna Carta at Runnymede.

  52. Merlyn Rees

    Merlyn Rees
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1920-2006 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1976) and Home Secretary (1976–1979).

  53. Jackie Walker

    Jackie Walker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    teacher
    Biography

    Jacqueline Walker is a British political activist and writer. She has been a teacher and anti-racism trainer. She is the author of a family memoir, Pilgrim State, and the co-writer and performer of a one-woman show, The Lynching. She held the roles of Vice-Chair of South Thanet Constituency Labour Party and Vice-Chair of Momentum before being suspended and ultimately expelled from the party for misconduct.

  54. Jon Caramanica

    Jon Caramanica
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    music critic
    Biography

    Jon Caramanica is an American journalist and pop music critic who writes for The New York Times. He is also known for writing about hip hop music.

  55. Rob da Bank

    Rob da Bank
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    disc jockeyjournalist
    Biography

    Robert John Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivals Bestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved to Lulworth, Dorset and Camp Bestival, also in Lulworth. He presented a show on BBC Radio 1 which focused on promoting new left field music. Examples of artists featured on his show include Tipper, Moloko and a host of unsigned acts.

  56. Matthew Strachan

    Matthew Strachan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1970-2021 (aged 51)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritercomposerlyricist
    Biography

    Matthew Strachan was an English composer and singer-songwriter.

  57. Tom MacRae

    Tom MacRae
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    screenwriterscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Tom MacRae is an English television writer, author, playwright, lyricist, television producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the creator of the television series Threesome and the book writer and lyricist of the Olivier nominated stage musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

  58. Monty Oxy Moron

    Monty Oxy Moron
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    1993-1995 studied art
    Occupations
    keyboardist
    Biography

    Monty Oxymoron is a keyboardist for the English punk rock group the Damned.

  59. Denton Welch

    Denton Welch
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1915-1948 (aged 33)
    Occupations
    novelistpainterwriterdiarist
    Biography

    Maurice Denton Welch was a British writer and painter, admired for his vivid prose and precise descriptions.

  60. Fiona Mactaggart

    Fiona Mactaggart
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    philanthropistpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    Fiona Margaret Mactaggart is a British politician and former primary school teacher who has been chair of the Fawcett Society since 2018. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough from 1997 to 2017.

  61. Bob and Roberta Smith

    Bob and Roberta Smith
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    painterphotographer
    Biography

    Patrick Brill, better known by his pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith, is a British contemporary artist, writer, author, musician, art education advocate, and keynote speaker. He is known for his "slogan" art, is an associate professor at the School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University and has curated public art projects such as Art U Need. He was curator for the 2006 Peace Camp and created the 2013 Art Party to promote contemporary art and advocacy. His works have been exhibited and are in collections in Europe and the United States. Brill co-founded The Ken Ardley Playboys and hosts the Make Your Own Damn Music radio show.

  62. Kanya King

    Kanya King
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Kanya King,, is a British entrepreneur who founded of the MOBO Awards.

  63. Simon Toyne

    Simon Toyne
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Simon Toyne is a British writer of thriller fiction, including the Sanctus Trilogy and Solomon Creed series.

  64. Henry Bond

    Henry Bond
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    photographerwriterexhibition curator
    Biography

    Henry Bond, FHEA is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics.

  65. John Craxton

    John Craxton
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1922-2009 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    painterscenographerlithographer
    Biography

    John Leith Craxton RA, was an English painter. He was sometimes called a neo-Romantic artist but he preferred to be known as a "kind of Arcadian".

  66. Owen Hatherley

    Owen Hatherley
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Owen Hatherley is a British writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily on architecture, politics and culture.

  67. Walter Landor

    Walter Landor
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1913-1995 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    designer
    Biography

    Walter Joseph Landor was a brand designer and the founder of Landor & Fitch. He was an acclaimed designer and a pioneer of branding and consumer research techniques widely used to this day. Landor & Fitch, the company he founded as Landor Associates in 1941, has offices around the world.

  68. Anthony Joseph

    Anthony Joseph
    Born in
    Trinidad and Tobago Flag Trinidad and Tobago
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    novelistpoetscience fiction writerjazz musician
    Biography

    Anthony Joseph FRSL is a British/Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician and academic. In 2023, he was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize for his book Sonnets for Albert.

  69. Nouneh Sarkissian

    Nouneh Sarkissian
    Born in
    Armenia Flag Armenia
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    children's writerpoliticianphilologist
    Biography

    Nouneh Sarkissian is an Armenian art historian and author. She is the wife of former Armenian President Armen Sarksyan and is the former First Lady of Armenia.

  70. Iiris

    Iiris
    Born in
    Estonia Flag Estonia
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    singeractorcomposer
    Biography

    Iiris Vesik, better known as simply Iiris, is an Estonian singer, songwriter, and stage actress. Her debut album The Magic Gift Box was released in March 2012 under EMI Music Finland. She's also the singer of the group Night Tapes.

  71. Laura Bettinson

    Laura Bettinson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    songwriter
    Biography

    Laura Bettinson, also known by her stage names FEMME and lau.ra, is an English singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. She started writing music at 16, gigging around the Midlands area before moving to London to study Bmus Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London.

  72. Corrie Corfield

    Corrie Corfield
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    announcer
    Biography

    Coriona Kear Ware Corfield is a radio broadcaster and producer known especially for her newsreading and continuity announcements on BBC Radio 4.

  73. Cathy Jamieson

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

    Catherine Mary Jamieson is a Scottish business director, currently a director at Kilmarnock Football Club and former politician. She served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2008. She previously served in the Scottish Executive as Minister for Justice from 2003 to 2007 and Minister for Education and Young People from 2001 to 2003. Jamieson was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley from 1999 to 2011 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2010 to 2015.

  74. Simon Hale

    Simon Hale
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    musiciancomposerfilm score composer
    Biography

    Simon Hale is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist.

  75. Tiziana Terranova

    Tiziana Terranova
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    sociologist
    Biography

    Tiziana Terranova is an Italian theorist and activist whose work focuses on the effects of information technology on society through concepts such as digital labor and commons. Terranova has published the monograph Network Culture. Politics for the Information Age, as well as a more extensive number of essays and speeches, and appeared as a keynote speaker in several conferences. She lectures on the digital media cultures and politics in the Department of Human and Social Sciences, at the University of Naples, 'L'Orientale'.

  76. Assaf Gavron

    Assaf Gavron
    Born in
    Israel Flag Israel
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    rock musicianmusicianwritertranslatorsinger
    Biography

    Assaf Gavron is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician, formerly a journalist and hi-tech worker. His books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Bernstein Prize for The Hilltop (2013), Prix Courrier International (France) for Croc Attack (2012), "Ein Buch für die Stadt" (Cologne, Germany) for the same novel (2012), and the Israeli Prime Minister Award for authors (2011).

  77. Gerry Judah

    Gerry Judah
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

    Gerald David Judah FRSS is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces.

  78. Stuart Pigott

    Stuart Pigott
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Stuart Pigott is a British wine critic and author who has lived in Berlin since 1993. Pigott mostly writes in German, and focuses on German wine. He writes for the specialist magazines Feinschmecker and Weingourmet as well as the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

  79. Beatie Wolfe

    Beatie Wolfe
    Enrolled in the Goldsmiths, University of London
    2006-2009 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
    Occupations
    guitaristsinger-songwritersingerartist
    Biography

    Beatie Wolfe is an Anglo-American award-winning, conceptual artist and musician described as a "musical weirdo and visionary" known for seeing music differently and creating new formats for music and art in the digital era. These projects include a space broadcast via the Holmdel Horn Antenna, the world's first 360° AR live-stream, and a dynamic visualization of 800,000 years of climate data charting rising CO2 levels. Wolfe's work has been featured internationally at 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Nobel Prize Summit, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The New York Times Climate Summit, the London Design Biennale, Somerset House, the Rauschenberg Gallery, South by Southwest, and the Barbican Centre. Wired selected Wolfe as one of 22 changing the world, she is a winner of Webby Awards inaugural Anthem Awards, and UN Women chose Wolfe as one of nine innovators for a global campaign for International Women's Day. Wolfe is also the co-founder of a "profound" research project looking at the Power of Music for people living with dementia. The artist has collaborated with experimental artists Brian Eno, Mark Mothersbaugh, Allee Willis and producer Linda Perry amongst others.

  80. Michael D. Ford

    Michael D. Ford
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1928-2018 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    art directorproduction designerillustrator
    Biography

    Michael Dickins Ford was an English film art director and set decorator.

  81. Rachel Howard

    Rachel Howard
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Rachel Howard is a British artist.

  82. Simon Patterson

    Simon Patterson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    conceptual artistpainterphotographervisual artistartist
    Biography

    Simon Patterson is an English artist and was born in Leatherhead, Surrey. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1996 for his exhibitions at the Lisson Gallery, the Gandy Gallery, and three shows in Japan. He is the younger brother of the painter Richard Patterson.

  83. Heather Jansch

    Heather Jansch
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1948-2021 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    sculptorvisual artist
    Biography

    Heather Jansch was a British sculptor notable for making life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood. Jansch reported that she struggled in her youth academically, but had a passion for drawing and writing. She attended Walthamstow Technical College for her Foundation year and from there gained a place at Goldsmith's. This proved a great disappointment, as figurative art was greatly derided there at the time. She left after the first year.

  84. Lijia Zhang

    Lijia Zhang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Lijia Zhang is a Chinese writer, journalist and public speaker. She describes herself as a communicator between China and the world and has given talks at conferences about contemporary China. She has given lectures at Stanford University, Harvard University, and the University of Sydney.

  85. Darren Johnson

    Darren Johnson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Darren Paul Johnson is a former English politician who was a prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He represented the Green Party on the London Assembly from 2000 to 2016 and was a Green councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham. He is now a writer and has had several rock music biographies published.

  86. Ajay Chabra

    Ajay Chabra
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Ajay Chhabra is a British television and theatre actor, director, producer and comedian of Indo-Fijian heritage, who is best known for playing Anil in The Basil Brush Show, The Vicar, Suresh Mattai in the BBC Radio series The Archers and the Defense Barrister George Karnad in Holby City. Ajay, and Simmy Gupta are co-Artistic Directors of Nutkhut, and founder of the London Mela (Europe's largest South Asian festival).

  87. Goldierocks

    Goldierocks
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalistdisc jockey
    Biography

    Samantha Louise Hall, better known as Goldierocks, is a British DJ, broadcaster, journalist and voice over artist.

  88. Sarah Gillespie

    Sarah Gillespie
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    singer-songwriterpaintersingersongwriterguitarist
    Biography

    Sarah Gillespie is a British American singer songwriter and writer based in London. She has four albums, known for combining poetic lyrics with folk, blues and elements of jazz. Her debut collection of poetry, Queen Ithaca Blues, was published by Albion Beatnik Press. Gillespie's fourth album, Wishbones, was arranged and co-produced by Mercury nominated pianist and composer Kit Downes. Her band features Kit Downes - organ and piano, James Maddren - drums, Ruth Goller - bass, Chris Montague - guitar and special guest Laura Jurd - trumpet. Wishbones was launched at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room on October 29, 2018. During the lockdown of 2020, Gillespie launched her Create Now Academy delivering mentoring programs and workshops for women songwriters.

  89. Bozhidar Bozhanov

    Bozhidar Bozhanov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    politiciansoftware engineersoftware developer
    Biography

    Bozhidar Plamenov Bozhanov is a Bulgarian programmer, entrepreneur and politician from the Yes Bulgaria! party. He is the Minister of e-Government from 13 December 2021 to 2 August 2022. He is a member of the XLVIII National Assembly and the XLIX National Assembly.

  90. Nick Petford

    Nick Petford
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    geologistacademic
    Biography

    Nick Petford is a British academic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northampton. Previously he was Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) at Bournemouth University and before that Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kingston University. He has also worked for BP and on academic and commercial research projects throughout the world. As an academic he is known for his expertise in magmatic systems and volcanology. His publicly available Google Scholar Nick Petford account records over 200 journal articles, pieces of journalism, published abstracts and book chapters in this and other fields. He is a deputy lieutenant for Northamptonshire and in 2021 was granted Freedom of the City of London.

  91. Suki Chan

    Suki Chan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Suki Chan is an artist and filmmaker whose work uses light, moving image and sound to explore our perception of reality. She is drawn to light as a physical phenomenon, and the role it plays in our constantly shifting daily experience of our environment, be it urban or rural. Her pieces vary from photography, film installation to mixed-media sculptures.

  92. Max Hattler

    Max Hattler
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    television produceranimator
    Biography

    Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation loops "Sync", "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010).

  93. Bill Burns

    Bill Burns
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Bill Burns is a Canadian artist.

  94. Ely Dagher

    Ely Dagher
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    film editorscreenwritercinematographerfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his short film Waves '98 and most recently his first feature film The Sea Ahead which had its premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival

  95. Huw Warren

    Huw Warren
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    pianistjazz musiciancomposer
    Biography

    Huw Warren is a Welsh jazz pianist and composer whose work crosses several genres. He is known as co-leader and founder of the jazz quartet Perfect Houseplants.

  96. Marco Donnarumma

    Marco Donnarumma
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    new media artist
    Biography

    Marco Donnarumma is an Italian performance artist, new media artist and scholar based in Berlin. His work addresses the relationship between body, politics and technology. He is widely known for his performances fusing sound, computation and biotechnology. Ritual, shock and entrainment are key elements to his aesthetics. Donnarumma is often associated with cyborg and posthuman artists and is acknowledged for his contribution to human-machine interfacing through the unconventional use of muscle sound and biofeedback. From 2016 to 2018 he was a Research Fellow at Berlin University of the Arts in collaboration with the Neurorobotics Research Lab at Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin. In 2019, together with bioartist Margherita Pevere and media artist Andrea Familari, he co-founded the artists group for hybrid live art Fronte Vacuo.

  97. Wendelien van Oldenborgh

    Wendelien van Oldenborgh
    Born in
    Netherlands Flag Netherlands
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    video artistinstallation artistvisual artisttelevision producer
    Biography

    Wendelien van Oldenborgh is a Dutch artist. She works as installation artist, painter and video artist.

  98. Patsy Widakuswara

    Patsy Widakuswara
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Patsy Widakuswara is an Indonesian-American radio and broadcast journalist in the United States who covers the White House and U.S. politics. She is the White House Bureau Chief of Voice of America. An incident following VOA news director Robert R. Reilly's interview of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo resulted in her removal from the White House beat and subsequent reinstatement 11 days later.

  99. Sarat Maharaj

    Sarat Maharaj
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    teacher
    Biography

    Sarat Maharaj is a writer, researcher, curator, and professor.

  100. Vaughan Grylls

    Vaughan Grylls
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Vaughan Grylls is a British artist, photographer, and author. Known for his fine art photography and sculptures, Grylls first received recognition for his 1960s pun-sculptures and, later, for his 1980s photography and panoramic photo collages.