19 Notable alumni of
Leeds Arts University

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Leeds Arts University is 1884th in the world, 625th in Europe, and 113th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Leeds Arts University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Tony Scott

    Tony Scott
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-2012 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    directorscreenwriteractorfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English film director and producer. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).

  2. 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.

  3. Leigh Francis

    Leigh Francis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    comedianscreenwritertelevision actor
    Biography

    Leigh Izaak Francis, who is often known by the name of a character he plays, Keith Lemon, is an English television presenter, actor, writer, and comedian. He is best known for creating and starring in Channel 4's sketch comedy show Bo' Selecta! (2002–2009) and presenting the ITV shows Celebrity Juice (2008–2022) and Through the Keyhole (2013–2019). His other comedy shows include Lemon La Vida Loca (2012–2013), The Keith Lemon Sketch Show (2015–2016), and The Keith & Paddy Picture Show (2017–2018).

  4. Henry Moore

    Henry Moore
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1898-1986 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    painterwatercoloristgraphic artistvisual artistillustrator
    Biography

    Henry Spencer Moore was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper.

  5. Barbara Hepworth

    Barbara Hepworth
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1903-1975 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    painterphotographerdrawerartistsculptor
    Biography

    Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.

  6. Frankie Vaughan

    Frankie Vaughan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1928-1999 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    Frankie Vaughan was an English singer and actor who recorded more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after his signature song "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl". Two of Vaughan's singles topped the UK Singles Chart – "The Garden of Eden" (1957) and "Tower of Strength" (1961). He starred in several films, including a role opposite Marilyn Monroe in Let's Make Love (1960).

  7. Anthony Browne

    Anthony Browne
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    children's writerartistwriterdrawergraphic designer
    Biography

    Anthony Edward Tudor Browne is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books. Browne has written or illustrated over fifty books, and received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000. From 2009 to 2011 he was Children's Laureate.

  8. Michael Chapman

    Michael Chapman
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1941-2021 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    guitaristsinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Michael Chapman was a British singer-songwriter and virtuosic guitar player. Chapman originally began playing guitar with jazz bands, mainly in his home town of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He became well known in the folk clubs of the late 1960s, as well as on the 'progressive' music scene, and released over 50 albums.

  9. Diz Disley

    Diz Disley
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1931-2010 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    jazz musicianjazz guitarist
    Biography

    William Charles "Diz" Disley was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and banjoist. He is best known for his acoustic jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, for his contributions to the UK trad jazz, skiffle and folk scenes as a performer and humorist, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

  10. Ria Sharma

    Ria Sharma
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    activist
    Biography

    Ria Sharma is a social activist and the first Indian to receive the UNICEF Global Goals Awards for 2017.

  11. Glen Baxter

    Glen Baxter
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    caricaturistprintmakerartistwriterillustrator
    Biography

    Glen Baxter, nicknamed Colonel Baxter, is an English draughtsman and artist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense.

  12. Victor Sloan

    Victor Sloan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    photographer
    Biography

    Victor Sloan MBE is a Northern Irish photographer and artist.

  13. Paul Clark

    Paul Clark
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Paul Clark is an English musician best known as the keyboard player of post-punk band the Bolshoi. As a solo electronic artist, he released a digitally remixed collection of analog four-track recordings originally recorded between 1989 and 1991 titled Starship Oak, and is currently working on a new album with producer Mick Glossop titled Merciana.

  14. Peter Murphy

    Peter Murphy
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Peter Murphy is a British artist working in traditional egg tempera and gold leaf techniques, and a member of the Stuckist art movement.

  15. Henry Carr

    Henry Carr
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1894-1970 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Henry Marvell Carr,, was a successful British landscape and portrait painter who served as a war artist during World War II.

  16. Bernard Schottlander

    Bernard Schottlander
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1924-1999 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    sculptordesigner
    Biography

    Bernard Schottlander was a British, German-born designer and sculptor. His archive is located at the University of Brighton Design Archives.

  17. Vera Scarth-Johnson

    Vera Scarth-Johnson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1912-1999 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    conservationistbotanical illustratorbotanist
    Biography

    Vera Scarth-Johnson was a noted botanist and botanical illustrator who is also remembered for her continual efforts to teach others to treasure the flora and environment of Australia and, in particular, the botanically rich region of Cooktown and the Endeavour River Valley, on Cape York Peninsula, in far northern Queensland.

  18. John Philip Busby

    John Philip Busby
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1928-2015 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    writerpainterteachervisual artistillustrator
    Biography

    John Philip Busby was an influential artist whose close observation of nature and dedication to drawing from life inspired several generations of leading wildlife artists.

  19. Joseph Hermon Cawthra

    Joseph Hermon Cawthra
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1886-1971 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

    Joseph Hermon Cawthra, was an English monumental sculptor. During his lifetime he was considered among the leading classical sculptors working in Britain and received several commissions for public monuments, war memorials and architectural sculptures.