42 Notable alumni of
Leeds Beckett University
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Leeds Beckett University is 1058th in the world, 373rd in Europe, and 73rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 42 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
- screenwriterfilm directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at the age of seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the American comedy film Zoolander (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008) and had his international breakthrough portraying vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014).
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Graham Potter
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Graham Stephen Potter is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Sweden national team.
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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; four Women's Super League titles, with Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea; and both the Euro 2022 and the Euro 2025 with England.
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Marc Almond
- Occupations
- singersongwritersinger-songwritervocalistrecord producer
- Biography
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Peter Mark Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell. He is known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image, and has had a diverse career as a solo artist.
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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
- singersongwritermusician
- Biography
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Charles Richard Wilson is an English musician and the frontman of five-piece rock band 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
- triathleteathletics competitor
- 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
- civil servantengineerpolitician
- 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 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. During his time at the Communities and Local Government department, Grenfell tower was renovated using highly combustable cladding, something Pickles was later heavily criticised for allowing during the subsequent inquiry following a fire at the tower in June 2017. There were calls for Pickles to resign as a Conservative party peer from the House of Lords, but he refused to do so. 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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Dave Ball
- Occupations
- disc jockeysongwriterrecord producermusician
- Biography
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David James Ball was an English producer and electronic musician best known as one half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, alongside vocalist Marc Almond. He also co-founded the Grid, and collaborated with artists and producers including Ingo Vauk and Chris Braide. Active from the late 1970s, Ball worked across a range of projects in electronic and experimental music. He is usually credited as Dave Ball on record sleeves.
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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 Middlesbrough.
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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 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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Kim-Joy
- Enrolled in Leeds Beckett University
- Graduated with master's degree in psychology
- Occupations
- bakermental health professionalcolumnistwriter
- Biography
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Kim-Joy is a British baker and cookbook writer. She became one of two runners-up in the ninth series (2018) of The Great British Bake Off and won Bake Off's New Year 2022 special. She has written three cookbooks and is known for creating decorative baked goods often featuring whimsical themes and cute renderings of animals.
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Emily Scarratt
- Occupations
- rugby union playerteacherrugby sevens player
- Biography
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Emily Beth Scarratt MBE is a retired English rugby union player. She played centre and fullback for Loughborough Lightning and for England for whom she is the third highest capped player in their history. She is also co-presenter on the popular women's rugby podcast The Good, The Scaz, The Rugby, hosted by Elma Smit and starring Natasha 'Mo' Hunt.
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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 is now currently the head coach of Irish club Connacht.
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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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Ian McGeechan
- Occupations
- rugby union playerrugby union coachteacher
- Biography
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Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player.
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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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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
- songwriterrappersingerrecord producer
- Biography
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Michail 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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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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Martyn Woolford
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Martyn Paul Woolford is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frickley Athletic, where he is also the manager. He has played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Bristol City, Millwall, Sheffield United, Fleetwood Town and Grimsby Town.
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Nazrin Choudhury
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- playwrightscreenwriterwriternovelisttelevision producer
- Biography
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Nazrin Choudhury is a British-American screenwriter, director and actress of Bangladeshi descent. She is best known for her extensive work in American television, and her Academy Award-nominated short film Red, White and Blue.
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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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Luke Whitehouse
- Years
- 2002-.. (age 24)
- Occupations
- gymnast
- Biography
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Luke Benjamin Whitehouse is a British artistic gymnast. He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics and is a silver medallist on floor exercise at the 2025 World Championships. Whitehouse is a four time European Champion, winning three titles on floor exercise, in 2023, 2024, and 2025. He is one of only two men to achieve three consecutive titles in the event (the other being Italian Franco Minicelli 1964) and is the first male British gymnast to win three consecutive European apparatus titles. He also won gold as part of the Great Britain team at the 2025 European Championships and bronze at the 2023 European Championships. Whitehouse won gold on floor exercise. at the 2025 FISU World University Games becoming the first male British gymnast to win a medal since its inception in 1959.
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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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Alison Hume
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- screenwriterscience fiction writertelevision producerpolitician
- 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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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,.
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David Hinchliffe
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- 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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Anthea Hamilton
- Occupations
- installation artistpaintervisual artist
- Biography
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Anthea Hamilton is a British artist who graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Beckett University) and the Royal College of Art and was one of four shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Hamilton was responsible for the show's most popular exhibit Project for a Door (After Gaetano Pesce) depicting a doorway consisting of large naked buttocks which reworks a proposal by Italian architect Gaetano Pesce, dating from the early 1970s. She is known for creating strange and surreal artworks and large-scale installations.
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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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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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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.
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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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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.
