100 Notable alumni of
Manchester Metropolitan University
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Manchester Metropolitan University is 520th in the world, 195th in Europe, and 43rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Manchester Metropolitan 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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Michelle Yeoh
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- modelbeauty pageant contestantfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng Todt, known professionally as Michelle Yeoh, is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, she has acted in film and television productions covering a wide range of genres and received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action and martial arts films where she performed her own stunts. These roles included Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), The Heroic Trio and Tai Chi Master (both 1993), and Wing Chun (1994).
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Julie Walters
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- stage actorwritercomedianactorfilm actor
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Dame Julia Mary Walters, known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. Walters has been nominated for two Academy Awards across acting categories—once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2014. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 for services to drama.
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Steve Coogan
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- stage actorcomposeractorcomediantelevision actor
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Stephen John Coogan is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. His accolades include six BAFTA Awards and three British Comedy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He is best known for his character Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which he developed while working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on On the Hour (1991–1992) and The Day Today (1994). Partridge has featured in several television series, such as I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002), and the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013).
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Zawe Ashton
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- playwrightfilm actorstage actorfilm directoractor
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Zawedde Emma Muwanga-Ashton FRSL is a British actress and playwright. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy dramas Fresh Meat and Not Safe for Work, the Netflix horror thriller film Velvet Buzzsaw, and for her portrayal of Joyce Carol Vincent in Dreams of a Life (2011). She also portrayed Dar-Benn in The Marvels (2023).
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Richard Griffiths
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- television actorvoice actorstage actorfilm actor
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Richard Thomas Griffiths was an English actor. He was known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Over his career he received numerous accolades including a Tony Award and Olivier Award as well as a nomination for a BAFTA Award. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008.
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Bernard Hill
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Bernard Hill was an English actor. He was known for his versatile performances in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years.
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Burn Gorman
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- musicianstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Burn Hugh Gorman is an English actor. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017), 'The Marshal' in the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle (2015), and Adolphus Murtry in Prime Video series The Expanse (2019). His film roles include Phillip Stryver in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Commander Hoff in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Father Damien in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
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Mick Hucknall
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- composerbusinesspersonsingermusician
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Michael James Hucknall is an English singer and songwriter. Hucknall achieved international fame in the 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter of the soul-influenced pop band Simply Red, with whom he had a 25-year career and sold over 50 million albums. Hucknall was described by the Australian Rhythms Magazine as "one of the truly great blue-eyed soul singers", while Q credited him with "the most prodigious voice this side of Motown".
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Marsha Thomason
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Marsha Lisa Thomason Sykes is a British actress who is best known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's The Haunted Mansion, Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series Lost, FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series White Collar, and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV crime series The Bay.
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John Bradley
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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John Bradley West is an English actor, best known for his role as Samwell Tarly in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.
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John Mayall
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- pianistcomposerautobiographerrecording artistguitarist
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John Brumwell Mayall OBE was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians of all-time. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.
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Vernon Kay
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- disc jockeytelevision presenter
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Vernon Charles Kay is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's T4 (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV and BBC, including All Star Family Fortunes (2006–2015), Just the Two of Us (2006–2007), Beat the Star (2008–2009), The Whole 19 Yards (2010), Splash! (2013–2014), and 1000 Heartbeats (2015–2016).
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David Threlfall
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- actortelevision actortelevision directorfilm actorstage actor
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David John Threlfall is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show. In April 2014, he portrayed comedian Tommy Cooper in a television film entitled Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This. In 2014, he starred alongside Jude Law in the thriller Black Sea. In 2024 he played Paul Peveril in the six-part BBC drama Nightsleeper.
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Amanda Burton
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- actorfilm actor
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Amanda Burton is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness (1996–2004, 2022), Clare Blake in the ITV crime drama series The Commander (2003–2008), Karen Fisher in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2010–2011) and Katherine Maguire in the ITV detective series Marcella (2020).
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John Bishop
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- comediantelevision actorsalespersonassociation football playerentertainer
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John Bishop is an English comedian, presenter, actor, and former semiprofessional footballer. His first television appearance was in 2007 on the RTÉ topical-comedy show The Panel, where he was a regular panelist until 2008. He subsequently appeared in series three and four of the E4 teen drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish. He has also hosted his own shows, such as John Bishop's Britain (2010–2011), John Bishop's Only Joking (2013), and two versions of The John Bishop Show (2015, 2022). He also has played the companion Dan Lewis in Doctor Who from 2021 to 2022. He had a regular Sunday slot on Liverpool radio station Radio City called Bishop's Sunday Service. He is also known for his charity work, most notably raising £4.2 million for Sport Relief 2012.
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Rebecca Long-Bailey
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- lawyerpolitician
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Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford, previously Salford and Eccles, since 2015. She served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn, first as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017 and then as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. Under Keir Starmer, she served as Shadow Education Secretary from April to June 2020.
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Grant Shapps
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- writerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Sir Grant Shapps is a British politician who served as secretary of state for defence from August 2023 to July 2024. Shapps previously served in various cabinet posts, including Conservative Party co-chairman, transport secretary, home secretary, business secretary, and energy secretary under prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the member of parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 to 2024. He was defeated and lost his seat in the 2024 general election.
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Gethin Jones
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- television presenterrugby union playerpresenter
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Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on Welsh language channel S4C as a presenter of children's programmes such as Popty, Mas Draw and the flagship children's entertainment show Uned 5 (Unit 5, 2002–2005).
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L. S. Lowry
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- printmakerpainterartistgraphic artistvisual artist
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Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Lancashire (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its vicinity.
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Anthony Taylor
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- association football referee
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Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester. In 2010, he was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees who officiate primarily in the Premier League, and in 2013 became a listed referee for FIFA allowing him to referee European and international matches. In 2015, he officiated the Football League Cup final at Wembley Stadium when Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0. Taylor returned to Wembley later that year to officiate the Community Shield as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1–0. He refereed the 2017 and 2020 FA Cup finals, both between Chelsea and Arsenal; Arsenal won on both occasions 2–1. Upon the selection, he became the first man to referee a second FA Cup final since Arthur Kingscott in 1901.
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Kadeena Cox
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- sport cyclistathletics competitor
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Kadeena Cox is a parasport athlete competing in T38 para-athletics sprint events and C4 para-cycling and British television presenter. She was part of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, in which she won world titles in the T37 100m and C4 500m time trial respectively.
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John Thomson
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- comediantelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorstage actor
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John Patrick Thomson is an English comedian, narrator and actor best known for his roles in The Fast Show, Men Behaving Badly, Cold Feet, 24 Hour Party People, Grimsby and Coronation Street.
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Heather Peace
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- composersingeractorfilm actor
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Heather Mary Peace is an English actress, singer and LGBT rights activist. She is known for her roles as Eve Unwin in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Nikki Boston in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road. Her other credits include Sally 'Gracie' Fields in ITV's long-running series London's Burning, Fiona Murray in Kay Mellor's drama series The Chase and Sam Murray in the BBC Scotland drama series Lip Service
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Norman Whiteside
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- association football playerautobiographer
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Norman Whiteside is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker.
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Sylvia Pankhurst
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- women's rights activistfeministeditoroil painterjournalist
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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise working-class women in London's East End. This, together with her refusal in 1914 to enter into a wartime political truce with the government, caused her to break with the suffragette leadership of her mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst. Pankhurst welcomed the Russian Revolution and conferred in Moscow with Lenin. But as an advocate of workers' control, she rejected the Leninist party line and criticised the Bolshevik regime.
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Paul Abbott
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- screenwritertelevision producer
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Paul Abbott is an English screenwriter and producer.
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Jeff Hordley
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- actortelevision actor
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Jeff Hordley is an English actor, best known for portraying the role of Cain Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. For his portrayal of Cain, he was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor at three ceremonies.
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Jenny Eclair
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- writernovelistactorcomedian
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Jenny Eclair is an English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.
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John Amaechi
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- bloggerbasketball playerpolitician
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John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi //, OBE is an English psychologist, consultant and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and Penn State Nittany Lions, and professional basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Amaechi played in France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Since retiring from basketball, Amaechi has worked as a psychologist and consultant, establishing his company Amaechi Performance Systems.
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Debra Stephenson
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- actorcomediantelevision actor
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Deborah Lee Duffield, known professionally as Debra Stephenson, is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer, best known for her roles as Diane Powell in Playing the Field (1999–2000), Shell Dockley in Bad Girls (1999–2001, 2003) and as Frankie Baldwin in Coronation Street (2004–2006).
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Graham Fellows
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- comedianscreenwritersinger-songwritervoice actorfilm director
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Graham David Fellows is an English actor and musician. He first came to public attention when he released the 1978 single "Jilted John" – a track which mocked the punk-rock vocal stylings of the time. The single reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. Fellows subsequently created the comedic character John Shuttleworth in 1986 and enjoyed success again with his BBC Radio Four radio series, "The Shuttleworths".
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Thomas Heatherwick
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- sculptordesignerarchitect
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Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, CBE RA RDI HonFREng is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. He works with a team of about 250 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in King's Cross, London.
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Martin Parr
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- actorcinematographerdirectorphotojournalistdeltiologist
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Martin Parr CBE was an English documentary photographer and photojournalist. He was known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.
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Peter Purves
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- television actorstage actortelevision presenterfilm actor
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Peter John Purves is an English television presenter and actor. Beginning his career as an actor, he joined Doctor Who to play Steven Taylor, a companion of the First Doctor, which he played from 1965 until 1966. In 1967, he became a presenter on the children's programme Blue Peter, where he remained for eleven years. He has continued to make regular television appearances, including coverage of the Crufts dog show.
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Peter Saville
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- art directorgraphic designercover artistdesigner
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Peter Andrew Saville CBE RDI is an English art director and graphic designer. He designed many record sleeves for Factory Records, which he co-founded in 1978 alongside Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
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Gisela Stuart
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- politician
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Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party, she now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.
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Laura Pidcock
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- politician
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Laura Pidcock is a British former Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham from 2017 until 2019. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. In the 2019 parliamentary election, she lost her seat to the Conservative Richard Holden, who won the constituency with a majority of 1,144.
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Annie Wallace
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- actor
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Annie Wallace is a Scottish actress, best known for portraying the role of Sally St. Claire in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks for nine years from 2015 - 2024. She was the first transgender person to portray a regular transgender character in British soap opera history.
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Karen Bardsley
- Occupations
- association football player
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Karen Louise Bardsley is an American-born English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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David Peace
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- writernovelist
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David Peace is an English writer. Best known for his UK-set novels Red Riding Quartet (1999–2002), GB84 (2004), The Damned Utd (2006), and Red or Dead (2013), Peace was named one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta in their 2003 list. His books often deal with themes of mental breakdown or derangement in the face of extreme circumstances. In an interview with David Mitchell, he stated: "I was drawn to writing about individuals and societies in moments that are often extreme, and often at times of defeat, be they personal or broader, or both. I believe that in such moments, during such times, in how we react and how we live, we learn who we truly are, for better or worse."
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Patrick Harvie
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- politician
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Patrick Harvie is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights from 2021 to 2024. He served as one of two co-leaders of the Scottish Greens from 2008 to 2025, and is one of the first Green politicians in the UK to serve as a government minister. Harvie has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2003.
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Lauren Child
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- writerauthorillustratorporcelain painter
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Lauren Margot Peachy Child CBE is an English children's author and illustrator. She is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series. Her influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig Bemelmans.
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Jo Stevens
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- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Joanna Meriel Stevens is a Welsh politician serving as Secretary of State for Wales since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Cardiff East since 2024, having previously represented Cardiff Central.
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Linder Sterling
- Occupations
- performance artistartistdesignercollagistphotographer
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Linder Sterling, commonly known as Linder, is a British artist known for her photography, radical feminist photomontage and confrontational performance art. She was also the former frontwoman of Manchester-based post-punk group Ludus. In 2017, Sterling was honoured with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award.
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Paul S. Walsh
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- chief operating officer
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Paul Steven Walsh is an English business executive who is the executive chairman of the McLaren Group. He was the chief executive officer of Diageo, the world's largest whisky company, between 2000 and 2013.
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Philip Craven
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- athletics competitorbasketball playerswimmer
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Sir Philip Lee Craven MBE is an English sports administrator, former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, swimmer and track and field athlete. Between 2001 and 2017 he was the second president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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Bethany Black
- Occupations
- stand-up comedian
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Bethany Black is an English stand up comedian, actress and writer. As a comedian, Black is described as "managing to balance dark-tinged comedy with being warm and chatty". As an actress, she is the first trans person to play a trans character in a British TV series and also the first openly trans actress in Doctor Who.
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Nick Read
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- soldierdirector
- Biography
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Nicholas Jonathan Read is a British businessman who was the CEO of Vodafone Group plc from October 2018 to December 2022. Read currently works as a senior advisor for Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and is chairman of EXA Infrastructure. He is also a non-executive director for Booking.com.
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Tom Hingley
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Thomas William Hingley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.
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Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
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Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC, is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.
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Mark Cueto
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- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
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Mark John Cueto MBE is a former English international rugby union player. He played on the wing for Sale Sharks and England. He is currently the third leading try scorer in the Aviva Premiership.
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Danny Schofield
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
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Daniel James Schofield is an English former footballer and manager who is currently a first team coach at Reading.
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Paul Hudson
- Enrolled in Manchester Metropolitan University
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Paul Hudson is a British businessman, and the former chief executive (CEO) of Sanofi, the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company by prescription drug sales.
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Ross Lovegrove
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Ross Lovegrove is a Welsh artist and industrial designer.
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Mike Kane
- Occupations
- council memberteacherpolitician
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Michael Joseph Patrick Kane is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, Kane has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East since 2014.
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Thelma Walker
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thelma Doris Walker is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley from 2017 to 2019. Before her political career, she worked as a teacher for 34 years and later as an independent consultant.
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Gwyneth Dunwoody
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February 1974 until her death in 2008. She was a moderate socialist and had a reputation as an independent parliamentarian, described as ‘intelligent, obstinate, opinionated and hard-working’.
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Larry Gott
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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James Lawrence "Larry" Gott is an English musician, formerly of the band James, originating from Manchester. He is also a designer.
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James Frith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Richard Frith is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury North since 2024. He was previously the MP from 2017 to 2019.
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Huw Edwards
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huw William Edmund Edwards MBE is a British Labour Party politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Monmouth over two separate terms.
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Rachel Mann
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- poetAnglican priest
- Biography
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Rachel Mann is a British Anglican priest, poet and feminist theologian. She is a trans woman who writes, speaks and broadcasts on a wide range of topics including gender, sexuality and religion. She has served as Archdeacon of Bolton and of Salford (in the Diocese of Manchester) since 2023.
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Jamison Green
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activistresearcherwriter
- Biography
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Jamison "James" Green is a prominent transgender rights activist, author, and educator focused on policy work.
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Marc Scott
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Marc Scott is a British long-distance runner. He took his first global medal with bronze in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. He is the European indoor record holder for the 5000 metres.
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Daran Little
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- screenwriter
- Biography
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Daran Arthur Peter Little is a British television writer who has won a BAFTA award and been nominated for an Emmy Award. He is the only writer to pen more than 100 episodes of both Coronation Street (2000–2010) and EastEnders (2010–).
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Chris Priestley
- Occupations
- writerpainterchildren's writerillustrator
- Biography
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Chris Priestley is a British children's book author and illustrator. He lives in Cambridge, England.
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Magnus Lund
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Magnus Lund is an English rugby union retired player.
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Kei Miller
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Kei Miller FRSL is a Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger. He is also a professor of creative writing.
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Lonelady
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Julie Campbell, known as LoneLady, is a music artist from Manchester, England, influenced by the post-punk era, but later integrating dance and funk influences. She first started making music on a 4-track cassette recorder in her towerblock flat in Manchester while completing a Fine Art degree. Her stark, early first gigs featured Campbell alone playing electric guitar along to a drum machine. She would later have a 4-piece live band, however.
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Tarique Ghaffur
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Tarique Ghaffur CBE QPM is a former Ugandan-born British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. His last post was as Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations.
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John McCombe
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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John Paul McCombe is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made 473 league and cup appearances in a 19-year professional and semi-professional career, scoring 29 goals. His brother, Jamie, played professional football.
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Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, PC is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005.
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Michael Raynes
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Michael Bernard Raynes is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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Mike Thornton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Douglas Thornton is a British politician and former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh in Hampshire. He was elected at the Eastleigh by-election held on 28 February 2013, a seat which he lost at the 2015 general election.
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Gareth Owen
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Gareth David Owen is an English-born Welsh former footballer.
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Julie Hilling
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julie Ann Hilling is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 2010 until 2015.
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Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Joan Margaret Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley, Baroness Thomas of Gresford is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was co-deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords between 2017 and 2024.
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Simon Reevell
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Simon Justin Reevell is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in West Yorkshire during one parliament, losing his seat at the 2015 election.
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Ciaran Parker
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Ciaran Parker is an English rugby union player. He plays as a prop for Cardiff Rugby.
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Laura Smith
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Laura Smith is a British politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich from 2017 to 2019. In 2017, she defeated the incumbent Conservative Edward Timpson by 48 votes, before losing her seat at the 2019 general election.
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Lee Chambers
- Enrolled in Manchester Metropolitan University
- In 2007 graduated with Bachelor of Science in business psychology
- Occupations
- life coachacademicentrepreneurpsychologist
- Biography
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Lee Chambers is a British businessman and radio host. Chambers has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian, and Newsweek, and is known for analyzing inclusion and allyship in the workplace. He was born in Bolton, United Kingdom, and is the founder of Male Allies UK and Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing.
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Kelvin Holdsworth
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kelvin Holdsworth is a British priest of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Since 2006, he has served as Rector and Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.
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Simcha Weinstein
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- authorrabbi
- Biography
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Simon Weinstein, known by his Hebrew name Simcha Weinstein, is an English author and a rabbi. In 2006, his first book, Up Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero, was published. In 2008, his second book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the 21st Century, was published.
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John Copley
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- visual artistpainter
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John Copley RBA was a British artist. He was a founder member of the Senefelder Club and served as its honorary secretary from 1910 to 1916. While there he met his future wife, Ethel Léontine Gabain, with whom he had two sons.
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Clara Barker
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- activistscientistengineer
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Clara Michelle Barker is a British engineer and material scientist. In 2017 she received the Points of Light award from the UK Prime Minister's Office for her volunteer work raising awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. The outcome of this was her rise as a significant role model to the LGBT+ community.
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Ben Bowling
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Benjamin Bowling FBA FAcSS is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at King's College London, an author and an honorary psychotherapist. He is a recipient of the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize awarded for the best article in the British Journal of Criminology in 1999. Bowling was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2022.
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Charles Cundall
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- painter
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Charles Ernest Cundall, RA RWS RP,, was an English painter of topographical subjects and townscapes, best known for his large panoramic canvases.
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Graham Evans
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Graham Thomas Evans, Baron Evans of Rainow is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale in Cheshire from 2010 until 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he was appointed to the House of Lords in 2022.
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Daniel Parslow
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- association football player
- Biography
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Daniel James Parslow is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a centre-back in the English Football League for York City and Cheltenham Town.
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Kate MccGwire
- Occupations
- sculptor
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Kate MccGwire is a British sculptor who specializes in the medium of feathers. She was born in Wroxham, Norfolk, and grew up at a boatyard. Her mother was a teacher, and her father was the managing director of a boat holiday company. She was educated at Manchester Polytechnic, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College and the Royal College of Art. MccGwire uses a Dutch barge moored on the Thames at Platt's Eyot, Hampton, as her studio.
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Emily Hollinshead
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Emily Hollinshead is a Welsh footballer who plays as a winger and striker for Fylde and the Wales national team.
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Nahem Shoa
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Nahem Shoa is a contemporary English painter best known for his series of portraits, collectively called Giant Heads, which were painted at up to 15 times life size. He is also notable for having increased the number of portraits of Black and mixed-race British people on display in British museums. Shoa has won a number of awards and prizes for his work, and serves on The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery's Contemporary Arts Panel. His work has been exhibited in London's National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy as well as at galleries and museums in other parts of the UK.
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Michael Pinsky
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- installation artistartist
- Biography
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Michael Pinsky is a British artist known for his environmental and socially engaged public art. His work often explores urban spaces, human impact on the environment, and the intersections of art, architecture, and activism. Pinsky's installations encourage public interaction and dialogue around contemporary issues, such as pollution, climate change, and sustainability.
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Alan Clive Roberts
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- engineerbiologist
- Biography
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Alan Clive Roberts OBE KStJ TD was a British materials scientist, consultant and engineer who specialised in biomaterials, clinical prosthetics and implants in reconstructive surgery. He specialised in the research, development and the use of tissue adhesives in wound management. He is known by some as the "father of tissue adhesive".
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Simon Corble
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- actor
- Biography
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Simon Corble is an English playwright, poet and theatre director. He is the great-nephew of Archibald Corble, the British fencer. He grew up in rural Oxfordshire, the son of a country vicar. The family moved north in 1974, and at the age of sixteen he played Hamlet at Lymm Grammar School, Cheshire and "never looked back". After training as an actor at Manchester Polytechnic he went on to create his own dramatic works. He has explored the potential of site-specific theatre in both his own works and those of others. On his website he writes that his strengths lie in "comedy, site-specific and promenade theatre, audio work, directing Shakespeare, and in creating unique theatrical experiences". His first full collection of poetry, White Light White Peak, was published by Fly on the Wall Press in 2019.
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Nick Jordan
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- filmmakerpainterfilm directortelevision producer
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Nick Jordan is a British visual artist and experimental filmmaker based in Manchester, UK. The artist's work explores connections between social, cultural, and natural ecologies.
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Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud, also known as Dr. Mohamed Hagi is a Somali diplomat, politician and academic currently serving as the Advisor to the President for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Mohamed also served as the Somaliland Ambassador to Taiwan at the Republic of Somaliland Representative Office in Taiwan.
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Leo Fitzmaurice
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Leo Fitzmaurice is a British artist.
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Bartosz Beda
- Occupations
- contemporary artist
- Biography
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Bartosz Beda is a Polish contemporary artist living and working in the United States.
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Julia Lockheart
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Julia Lockheart is a British artist, academic and researcher.
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Doris Kathleen Flinn
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Doris Kathleen Flinn was an English sculptor.
