60 Notable alumni of
Kingston University
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Kingston University is 777th in the world, 274th in Europe, and 56th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 60 notable alumni from Kingston 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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Eric Clapton
- Occupations
- guitaristcomposerautobiographersinger-songwriterrecording artist
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Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". In 2023, Rolling Stone named Clapton the 35th best guitarist of all time. He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
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Ben Barnes
- Enrolled in Kingston University
- In 2004 graduated with Bachelor of Science in drama and English studies
- Occupations
- film actorwritertelevision actoractormusician
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Benjamin Thomas Barnes is an English film, stage and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia film series (2008–2010), Logan Delos in Westworld (2016–2020), Billy Russo/Jigsaw in the Marvel series The Punisher (2017–2019), and The Darkling in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023).
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Aphex Twin
- Occupations
- DJ producercomposerelectronic musicianmusicianclub DJ
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Richard David James, known professionally as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic styles such as techno, ambient, and jungle. Journalists from publications including Mixmag, The New York Times, NME, Fact, Clash and The Guardian have called James one of the most influential and important artists in contemporary electronic music.
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Charles Ingram
- Enrolled in Kingston University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
- Occupations
- novelistengineermilitary officer
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Charles William Ingram is an English fraudster, novelist and former British Army major who gained notoriety for his appearance on the ITV television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In episodes recorded in September 2001, Ingram correctly answered fifteen questions to win the show's maximum prize of £1 million, becoming the third recorded contestant to ever do so. However, he was denied the winnings due to suspicion of cheating.
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Angela Bowie
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- actorautobiographermodel
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Mary Angela Barnett, also known as Angie Bowie, is a Cypriot-American model, actress, and journalist. Alongside her ex-husband David Bowie, she influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s. She was married to Bowie (whom she assisted in conceptualizing the costumes for the Ziggy Stardust stage show) from 1970 until their divorce in 1980. They had one child, the film director Duncan Jones.
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Eason Chan
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- television actorsongwritersingeractorrecording artist
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Eason Chan Yick Shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer – Gold" award (10 times) and "My Favorite Male Singer" award (9 consecutive years) at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation" in HK, he is also holding the record for being nominated for and winning prestigious Golden Melody Awards "Best Male Mandarin Singer" (9 times and 3 times respectively) in Taiwan. Chan was ranked sixth in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List. Chan was the most-streamed artist in Hong Kong on the Spotify music streaming platform from 2016 to 2021. Since joining UMG, Chan has amassed over 75 billion streams across various platforms by 2023. He is No.3 on the list of Spotify Global Top Mandopop Artists of the Year, 2023.
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Jessie Cave
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- stage actorYouTuberfilm actorcaricaturistwriter
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Jessica Alice Cave Lloyd is an English actress, comedian and cartoonist, known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter film series and for her shows in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has also published a book of cartoon doodles called Love Sick, some of the designs in which have appeared on greeting cards. A comedic play based on her life and relationships, Sunrise, was first performed in 2019. Cave's first novel, Sunset, was published in 2021.
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Trevor Eve
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
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Trevor John Eve is an English actor. In 1979 he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series Shoestring and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC television drama Waking the Dead. He is the father of three children, including actress Alice Eve. He is the winner of two Laurence Olivier Awards from the nineties in theatre.
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Graeme Le Saux
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Graeme Pierre Le Saux is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.
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Keith Relf
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwriter
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William Keith Relf was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex-The Nashville Teens keyboardist John Hawken.
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Laura Woods
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Biography
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Laura Woods is an English presenter working for ITV, Amazon Prime Video, and TNT Sports.
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Lawrence Dallaglio
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio, known as Lawrence Dallaglio, is an English retired rugby union player, former captain of England, and 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
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David Chipperfield
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- designeruniversity teacherarchitect
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Sir David Alan Chipperfield, CH, CBE, RA, RDI, RIBA, HRSA is a British architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985, which grew into a global architectural practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan, and Shanghai.
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Trevor Cooper
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Trevor Cooper is an English actor.
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Hadia Tajik
- Enrolled in Kingston University
- Graduated with honorary doctorate
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hadia Tajik is a Pakistani-Norwegian jurist, journalist and politician from the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government. She is the first Cabinet member that is a Muslim. Tajik has served as a Member of Parliament representing Rogaland since 2017, and Oslo from 2009 to 2017. She was also the party's deputy leader from 2015 until 2022.
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Yelizaveta Osetinskaya
- Enrolled in Kingston University
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- editing staffradio personalityeditor-in-chiefinternational forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Osetinskaya is a Russian journalist and media manager. She is notable as a former editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes (2011–2013) and RBC (2014–2016). Her reforms at RBC helped make it one of the most-cited Russian media holdings. Under her editorship, RBC emphasized investigative journalism, with highlights including the participation of Russian troops in the War in Donbass and the business connections of president Vladimir Putin's family.
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Sam Chan
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Sam Chan Yu-sum is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. He made his acting career debut in TVB's Hearts Of Fencing in 2003. His father, Shek Sau, is an iconic TV and film actor. In the past decade, he has expanded his career as a director and producer, establishing his own production company, A Rocking Production, in 2014. He is currently co-creating a lifestyle brand and YouTube channel with award-winning actress, Teresa Mo, and his wife Camille Adeline, a TV presenter and multimedia artist.
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Francis Yeoh
- Occupations
- international forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Francis Yeoh Sock Ping is a Malaysian businessman, and the eldest son of late Malaysia billionaire Yeoh Tiong Lay. He was appointed a managing director of YTL Corporation in 1988 and grew it into a multi-disciplinary conglomerate comprising six listed entities. YTL Corporation Berhad, YTL Power International Berhad, YTL Land & Development Berhad, YTL Hospitality REIT, Lafarge Malaysia Berhad and Starhill Global REIT have a combined Market Capitalisation of approximately RM70 billion (USD15 billion) and total assets of RM81 billion (US$17 billion). YTL Group owns and manages regulated utilities, real estate and infrastructure assets. In 2022, he was ranked by Forbes as the 17th richest people in Malaysia.
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Aleksandra Gintrowska
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Aleksandra Gintrowska is a Polish singer and actress also appearing under the pseudonym O.L.A. which translates as "the heart of the word POLAND".
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Qubad Talabani
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Qubad Talabani is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who has been the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Region since 2014. Formerly serving as the representative of Kurdistan to the United States, Qubad is the second son of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
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Petr Fradkov
- Occupations
- Russian oligarcheconomistinternational forum participantbanker
- Biography
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Petr Mikhaylovich Fradkov is a Russian economist and banker serving as the chairman and CEO of Promsvyazbank and the general director of the Russian Export Center.
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Gail Emms
- Occupations
- Olympic competitorbadminton player
- Biography
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Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to represent England in 1995 and regularly played for her country until her retirement from professional sport in 2008.
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John Richmond
- Occupations
- fashion designer
- Biography
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John Richmond is an English fashion designer who is based in Italy.
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Jasper Morrison
- Occupations
- designerengineer
- Biography
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Jasper Morrison is an English product and furniture designer. He is known for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying: "Objects should never shout."
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Asha Philip
- Occupations
- sprintertrampoline gymnastathletics competitor
- Biography
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Asha Solette Philip is an English sprinter and former junior gymnast specialising in double mini-trampoline. She was the first British woman to achieve a global 100 metres title at any age-group, winning gold at the 2007 World Youth Championships aged 16. Following a serious knee injury in gymnastics in a championship in Quebec at 17, and a rehabilitation period of several years, she returned to athletics full-time in 2014, winning gold at the European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay for Great Britain, and bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games for England.
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Tom Wright
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Tom Wright is a British architect best known as the designer of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Adel Al Toraifi
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Adel Al Toraifi is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017.
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Karl McCartney
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl Ian McCartney is a British politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport from July to September 2022. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln. He was first elected at the 2010 general election and represented the constituency until he was defeated by Labour's Karen Lee at the 2017 general election. He was re-elected at the 2019 general election.
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Ratheesan Yoganathan
- Occupations
- chief executive officerco-founderentrepreneur
- Biography
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Ratheesan Yoganathan is a British entrepreneur who, with Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, is best known as the co-founder of Lebara Group. On 10 August 2012 he took on the role of ex Chairman of Lebara Group and returned as CEO in March 2014. He owns about one third of the company's stock. He read aeronautical engineering at Kingston University.
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Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad
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- politicianbusinesspersonarchitect
- Biography
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Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar bin Wan Ahmad was a Malaysian politician, architect, and entrepreneur who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kangsar from May 2013 to his death right after three years in May 2016. He also served as the Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was a native of Kuala Kangsar. Wan Khair-il Anuar was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
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Glenda Bailey
- Occupations
- journalisteditor-in-chieffashion editoreditor
- Biography
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Dame Glenda Adrianne Bailey DBE is a former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, a monthly fashion magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. She was in this position from May 2001 to 2020.
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Sarah Rees Brennan
- Occupations
- children's writerwriterlibrarian
- Biography
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Sarah Rees Brennan is an Irish writer best known for young adult fantasy fiction. Her first novel, The Demon's Lexicon, was released June 2009 by Simon & Schuster. Rees Brennan's books are bestsellers in the UK.
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Ruby McGregor-Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith,, is a British business executive and politician. McGregor-Smith was the former CEO of Mitie Group PLC, a UK facilities management business, from 2007 to 2016. She was nominated as a Conservative life peer in August 2015.
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Nigel Dakin
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Nigel John Dakin is a British diplomat who served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 July 2019 and 29 March 2023.
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Robin Rimbaud
- Occupations
- performance artistcomposersound artist
- Biography
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Robin Rimbaud is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance. He is also a member of the band Githead with Wire's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel and Max Franken from Minimal Compact.
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Lavinia Greenlaw
- Occupations
- novelistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw is an English poet, novelist and non-fiction writer. She won the Prix du Premier Roman with her first novel and her poetry has been shortlisted for awards that include the T. S. Eliot Prize, Forward Prize and Whitbread Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Poetry Award for A Double Sorrow: A Version of Troilus and Criseyde. Greenlaw currently holds the post of Professor of Creative Writing (Poetry) at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Joseph Oladele Sanusi
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- bankeracademic
- Biography
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Chief Joseph Oladele Sanusi (born 24 September 1938) is a Nigerian chartered accountant who was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from May 1999 to May 2004.
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Bruno Braakhuis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bruno Adrianus Maria Braakhuis is a former Dutch politician and marketing as well as communication manager. As a member of GreenLeft (GroenLinks) he was an MP from 17 June 2010 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of economic affairs, science, innovation and the European Union. After his membership of the House of Representatives he has become a member of the Party for the Animals (PvdD).
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Patrick O'Connor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick M. O'Connor is an American politician from Weymouth, Massachusetts, who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate on May 10, 2016, in a special election to replace Robert Hedlund. He represents the Plymouth and Norfolk District, which comprises Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, and Weymouth.
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Tony Arbour
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Francis Arbour JP, commonly known as Tony Arbour, is a British Conservative Party politician. From 2000 until his retirement in 2021, he was a member of the London Assembly representing South West London and is a former Richmond councillor.
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Ed McKeever
- Occupations
- canoeist
- Biography
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Edward Daniel McKeever MBE is a British kayak athlete. He is a former European, World and Olympic champion.
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Kirsty Hayes
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018.
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Pablo Helguera
- Occupations
- artistperformance artistpedagoguepainterphotographer
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Pablo Helguera is an artist, performer, author, and educator. From 2007 to 2020 he was director of adult and academic programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He currently is an assistant professor at the college of performing arts at the New School.
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Yoshiko Shimada
- Occupations
- television producerphotographer
- Biography
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Yoshiko Shimada is a Japanese printmaker and performance artist who has been referred to as "Japan’s premier feminist and antiwar artist."
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Michael Young
- Occupations
- industrial designerdesignerproduct designercreative director
- Biography
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Michael Young is a British industrial designer and creative director based in Hong Kong. He works in the areas of product, furniture and interior design with studios in Hong Kong and Brussels. He is known for unconventional use of materials and manufacturing processes, and collaborations with brands such as Brionvega, Cappellini, KEF, La Manufacture, and MOKE International. He is interested in "how disruption in society always has a design response, because it usually creates a need for things that perform."
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Albert Isola
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Joseph Isola is a Gibraltarian barrister and former politician, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. He was a member of the Gibraltar House of Assembly as part of the Opposition between 1996 and 2000. He later became a Government Minister for Financial Services and Gaming after becoming elected to Parliament in the 2013 by-election. Isola is married and has four children. On 15 September 2023, it was announced that he and fellow party MPs and Ministers, Paul Balban and Samantha Sacramento, would not stand for re-election.
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Viktor Kryzhanivskyi
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Viktor Krizhanivskyi was a Ukrainian painter and artist.
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Gregory Venables
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Gregory James Venables is an English Anglican bishop. He served as the Primate of the Southern Cone in South America (now called the Anglican Church of South America) from 2001 until 2010, and again from 2016 until 2020. He was also Bishop of Argentina from 2002 to 2020.
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Mike Slee
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriterfilm producerdirector
- Biography
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Michael John Slee is a British film-maker, producer/director and writer.
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Ayisha Malik
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- writer
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Ayisha Malik is a British author. Her debut novel Sofia Khan is Not Obliged was published in 2015. The sequel, The Other Half of Happiness, was published in 2017. Malik was a consultant for Nadiya Hussain's novel The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters.
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Nick Walshe
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Nicholas Patrick James Walshe, is a rugby union coach and former player. He was capped twice for England, and was Head Coach of the England Under 20 taking them to successive victories in the 2013 and 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.
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Maolíosa McHugh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maolíosa McHugh is a Sinn Féin politician from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland who has served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the West Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 28 May 2019. Previously, he was a local councillor and Mayor of Derry and Strabane.
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Hamish Mackie
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Hamish Mackie is a British wildlife sculptor who works in bronze, silver and any other castable metal using the lost-wax casting method. He is considered to be one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. Largely self-taught, Mackie captures his subjects - ranging from livestock to birds via wild animals - by observation in a natural environment, taking detailed photographs and sometimes modelling in plasticine. From this he creates a highly accurate anatomical core covered with a loose, almost impressionistic skin that captures the essence of the animal's personality. He has won numerous commissions including works for Jilly Cooper, Charles Saatchi, Ronnie Wood (private) and RSPCA, National Trust, Woburn Abbey, Merrill Lynch, Hiscox and most recently the Berkeley Group Holdings (public). He has travelled to places including Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, Australia, across Africa, and the United Arab Emirates in search of subjects.
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Ed Parsons
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- technology evangelistGeospatial analysis
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Ed Parsons is a London-based Geospatial Technologist and tech evangelist at Google. He is working to evangelise geospatial data for commercial application and consequently, to improve the usability and efficiency of location based tools at Google. He is credited as being one of the core proponents of Google Street View.
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Zeinab Elobeid Yousif
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Zeinab Elobeid Yousif, was a Sudanese aircraft engineer. She was the first Sudanese woman to be licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom. From July 1973 until May 1992, she worked with Sudan Airways, after which she relocated to the United Kingdom.
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Francisco González Bree
- Enrolled in Kingston University
- In 2013 graduated with Doctor of Business Administration
- Occupations
- researcherartistteacher
- Biography
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Francisco González Bree, also known as Paco Bree, is a corporate executive, professor, writer, researcher, artist and a professional in the field of creativity and innovation. In addition to his academic contribution, he is business advisor and regular collaborator in different media such as El Español, on matters related to innovation and creativity, and the importance of these issues in companies, people and society.
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Emma Hart
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Emma Hart is an English artist who works in a number of disciplines, including video art, installation art, sculpture, and film. She lives and works in London, where she is a lecturer at Slade School of Art.
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Hazel Reeves
- Born in
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Hazel Reeves, MRSS SWA is a British sculptor based in Sussex, England, who specialises in figure and portrait commissions in bronze. Her work has been shown widely across England and Wales. Public commissions can be found in Carlisle, London, Congleton and Manchester.
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Craig Felston
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Craig Felston is an English-born former Moldovan rugby player. He plays for the Moldovan National rugby team. He is eligible to represent Moldova through his Moldovan born grandfather.
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Michael Azzopardi
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Michael Azzopardi is a Maltese songwriter and designer. He released his first 4-song EP "Pistola" on February 12, 2021, with Ultralow Records.
