40 Notable alumni of
Leeds Beckett University
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Leeds Beckett University is 1033rd in the world, 361st in Europe, and 73rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 40 notable alumni from Leeds Beckett 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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Alexander Skarsgård
- Enrolled in Leeds Beckett University
- In 1996 studied English studies
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorscreenwriterfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at age seven but quit at 13. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the US comedy film Zoolander (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008), and had his breakthrough portraying vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014).
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Graham Potter
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Graham Stephen Potter is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of Premier League club West Ham United.
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Marc Almond
- Occupations
- vocalistrecord producersingersongwritersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Peter Mark Almond is an English singer best known from the synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell and for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond's career spanning over four decades has enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim, and he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He spent a month in a coma after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2004 and later became a patron of the brain trauma charity Headway.
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Lucy Bronze
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Lyon, Manchester City and Barcelona, as well as North Carolina at college level in the United States and Great Britain at the Olympics. Bronze has won a total of five Champions League titles, three with Lyon and two with Barcelona; three Women's Super League titles, with Liverpool and Manchester City, and the Euro 2022 with England.
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Sam Quek
- Occupations
- field hockey playertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Samantha Ann Quek is an English former field hockey player and television presenter. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Ricky Wilson
- Occupations
- musiciansingersongwriter
- Biography
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Charles Richard Wilson is an English musician and the frontman of five-piece rock band Kaiser Chiefs. Before the formation of the band, in 2003, Wilson was a member of the band Runston Parva (later known as Parva), which consisted of members of Kaiser Chiefs. In September 2013, Wilson was confirmed as a coach on The Voice UK. He was the winning coach for both the fourth and fifth series of the show, being the first coach to win two years consecutively. Wilson left the show after three series, following the show's move to ITV.
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Alistair Brownlee
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Alistair Edward Brownlee is an English former triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triathlon being Triathlon World Champion twice (2009, 2011) and World Team Champion (2011, 2014) twice, a four-time European Champion (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019), and the 2014 Commonwealth champion. Brownlee is the only male athlete, (and one of the two athletes with Cassandre Beaugrand), to have completed a grand slam of Olympic, World, and continental championships. Brownlee is also a one-time world champion in aquathlon. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest male Triathletes ever.
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Hassan Diab
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticiancivil servant
- Biography
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Hassan Diab is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He was appointed by President Michel Aoun in 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri as prime minister. He submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and served as caretaker prime minister until Najib Mikati formed a new government on 10 September 2021. Prior to his premiership, he served as the minister of education from June 2011 to February 2014 under President Michel Suleiman.
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Eric Pickles
- Occupations
- radio personalitypolitician
- Biography
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Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles, PC is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar from 1992 to 2017. He served in David Cameron's Cabinet as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2015. He previously served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2009 to 2010 and was later the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion from 2015 to 2017.
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Jon McLaughlin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jonathan Peter McLaughlin is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Swansea City.
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Stuart Lancaster
- Occupations
- coachrugby union player
- Biography
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William Stuart Lancaster is an English rugby union coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of French Top 14 club Racing 92.
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Fad Gadget
- Occupations
- singermusician
- Biography
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Francis John Tovey, known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured songs with mechanised experimentation.
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Kim Leadbeater
- Occupations
- politicianpersonal trainer
- Biography
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Kim Michele Leadbeater MBE is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spen Valley, formerly Batley and Spen, since 2021.
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Emily Scarratt
- Occupations
- rugby union playerteacherrugby sevens player
- Biography
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Emily Beth Scarratt MBE is an English rugby union player. She currently plays centre and fullback for Loughborough Lightning and for England. She is also co-presenter on popular women's rugby podcast The Good, The Scaz, The Rugby hosted by Elma Smit and starring Natasha 'Mo' Hunt.
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Green Gartside
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Green Gartside is a Welsh singer, songwriter and musician. He is the frontman of the band Scritti Politti.
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Dave Ball
- Occupations
- record producermusiciandisc jockeysongwriter
- Biography
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David James Ball is an English producer and electronic musician, who has played in bands such as Soft Cell and the Grid, and collaborated with other producers including Ingo Vauk and Chris Braide. He is usually called Dave Ball on record sleeves.
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Ian McGeechan
- Occupations
- rugby union playerrugby union coachteacher
- Biography
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Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE is a Scottish rugby union player, coach and teacher. Born in Leeds, McGeechan represented Headingley as his only club during a 15-year club career, qualifying for Scotland through his father he played 32 times internationally for Scotland over 7 years and won 8 caps on two tours for the British & Irish Lions. During his playing career he worked as a teacher. Upon retiring from playing McGeechan began coaching, in a career spanning 26 years he coached the most recent Scottish side to win a Grand Slam in the 1990 Five Nations Championship, and won Premiership Rugby & the European Cup with London Wasps in 2008 and 2007. He was head coach on four tours for the British & Irish Lions spanning 1989 to 2009 and was an assistant to the 2005 tour as well.
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Andy McDonald
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew Joseph McDonald is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (formerly Middlesbrough) since 2012.
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Georgia Taylor-Brown
- Occupations
- triathleteathletics competitor
- Biography
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Georgia Taylor-Brown is an English professional triathlete. Having won bronze in the 2018 and 2019 World Triathlon Series, Taylor Brown won the one-off sprint triathlon race in Hamburg that constituted the 2020 World Triathlon Championship, becoming the fifth British woman to become world champion.
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Mai Mala Buni
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mai Mala Buni CON is a Nigerian politician who has been serving as the governor of Yobe State since 2019. He was elected as governor during the 2019 Nigeria general elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Prior to his election as governor, he held the position of national secretary of the All Progressives Congress.
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Andrew White
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Andrew Robert White, also known as Whitey, is the guitarist of the English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs.
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Oba Otudeko
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Oba Otudeko CFR is a Nigerian businessman who serves as the founder and chairman of the Honeywell Group. He was a former chairman of FBN Holdings and founder of the Oba Otudeko Foundation.
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Laura Weightman
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Laura Weightman is a former British middle-distance runner. She reached the 1500 metres final at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 European Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Stereo Mike
- Occupations
- record producersongwriterrappersinger
- Biography
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Mihalis Exarchos, known professionally by his stage name Stereo Mike, is a Greek hip hop artist. He is the first MTV EMA Award winner in the "Best Greek Act" category. Stereo Mike represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 alongside singer Loucas Yiorkas with the song "Watch My Dance", placing seventh with 120 points.
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Martyn Woolford
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Martyn Paul Woolford is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Bristol City, Millwall, Sheffield United, Fleetwood Town and Grimsby Town.
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Dee Caffari
- Occupations
- teachersailor
- Biography
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Denise "Dee" Caffari MBE is a British sailor, and in 2006 became the first woman to sail single-handedly and non-stop around the world "the wrong way"; westward against the prevailing winds and currents. In February 2009, Caffari completed the Vendée Globe race and set a new record to become the first woman to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in both directions.
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Nazrin Choudhury
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- film directorplaywrightscreenwriterwriternovelist
- Biography
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Nazrin Choudhury is an Academy Award-nominated British-American screenwriter, director and actress of Bangladeshi descent.
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Gill Furniss
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Gillian Furniss is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough since 2016. She was a Member of Sheffield City Council from 1999 to 2016.
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Mike Wood
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Roy Wood is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from 1997 to 2015. He was a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group.
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Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 1997 until retiring at the 2010 general election. Up to that date he was the chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.
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Luke Whitehouse
- Years
- 2002-.. (age 23)
- Occupations
- gymnast
- Biography
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Luke Whitehouse is a British Olympic gymnast. He is an English, British and double European Floor Champion. He won gold for the floor exercise and was part of the Great Britain team who won Team bronze at the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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Sarah Barrow
- Occupations
- swimmercompetitive diver
- Biography
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Sarah Barrow is a British retired diver who competed in several LEN European Aquatics Championships and Commonwealth Games, where she won multiple medals.
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Richard Buck
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Richard Thomas Buck is a former British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. He is from York, and trains in Loughborough. Buck's current club is City of York A.C. (formerly Nestlé York A.C). Previously, he had an 18-month spell at Scarborough A.C. He has been trained by his grandfather, Geoff Barraclough, and is now coached by Nick Dakin.
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David Hinchliffe
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Martin Hinchliffe is a British former Labour politician who was Member of Parliament for Wakefield from 1987 to 2005 when he stood down and was replaced by Mary Creagh.
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Alison Hume
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- television producerpoliticianscreenwriterscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Alison Louise Hume is a British Labour Party politician and television writer who has been Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby since 2024. In television she is known for her work as creator and executive producer of the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery and the BBC drama Rocket Man.
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Vid Hidvégi
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Vid Hidvégi is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and pommel horse specialist. A student of the Eszterházy Károly College, he finished runner-up at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
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Emma Lipman
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Emma Louise Lipman is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Genoa in the Italian Serie B. Lipman was born and brought up in England but chose to play for Malta at international level.
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Emma Higgins
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Emma Mary Higgins is an association football goalkeeper from Northern Ireland, currently playing for Glentoran. She previously played for Icelandic clubs Grindavík, KR and Selfoss. In 2013 she was with Doncaster Rovers Belles of the FA WSL. Since her first appearance in 2004, Higgins has accrued over 85 caps for Northern Ireland.
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Chris Feather
- Occupations
- rugby league player
- Biography
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Chris Feather is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He plays for Wyong Roos in the Tooheys Cup in Newcastle. He previously played for Villeneuve Leopards in the Elite One Championship, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Leeds Rhinos, Castleford Tigers and Bradford Bulls in the Super League. His position is prop.
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Shahnaz Ali
- Biography
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Shahnaz Ali OBE is a British woman best known for her leadership role in equality, inclusion and human rights in the National Health Service and local government in England. She is also known for her activism, as a young woman, in the anti-racist struggles in Bradford in the 1980s. She was appointed an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list, December 2012 in recognition of her contributions to Equality and Diversity.
