95 Notable alumni of
Middlesex University

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Middlesex University is 501st in the world, 182nd in Europe, and 42nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 95 notable alumni from Middlesex University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Helen Mirren

    Helen Mirren
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actorfilm producervoice actoractor
    Biography

    Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor. With a career spanning 60 years, she is the recipient of numerous accolades and is the only performer to have achieved both the American and the British Triple Crowns of Acting. Mirren has received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for portraying the same character in The Audience, as well as three British Academy Television Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.

  2. Vivienne Westwood

    Vivienne Westwood
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1941-2022 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    university teacherfashion designerbusinesspersonjewelry designeractivist
    Biography

    Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022, Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the last 50 years.

  3. Freema Agyeman

    Freema Agyeman
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Freema Agyeman is an English actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007–2010) and its spin-off Torchwood (2008), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV crime procedural Law & Order: UK (2009–2012), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015–2018) and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam (2018–2023).

  4. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    visual artistjewelry designerscenographersculptordrawer
    Biography

    Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor, CBE, RA is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea School of Art and Design.

  5. Alan Carr

    Alan Carr
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    actortelevision presentertelevision actorscreenwriterradio personality
    Biography

    Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster and writer. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to star in the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2016) which aired on Channel 4. Since 2017, Carr often stands in as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. In 2019, he became a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In 2021, he began hosting BBC One’s Interior Design Masters.

  6. Ray Davies

    Ray Davies
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    composerguitaristrecord producersingermusician
    Biography

    Sir Raymond Douglas Davies is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing vocals. He has also acted in, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. Known for focusing his lyrics on rock bands, English culture, nostalgia and social satire, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Britpop", though he disputes this title. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Kinks in 1990. After the dissolution of the Kinks in 1996, he embarked on a solo career.

  7. Johnny Vegas

    Johnny Vegas
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    comedianfilm actorrugby league playerfilm producerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Michael Joseph Pennington, better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, chunky appearance, angry comedic rants, and use of surreal humour.

  8. Marina Diamandis

    Marina Diamandis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    singersinger-songwriterrecording artist
    Biography

    Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps) and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter.

  9. Roger Glover

    Roger Glover
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    bassistsongwriterrecord producer
    Biography

    Roger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.

  10. Venkat Prabhu

    Venkat Prabhu
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterplayback singeractor
    Biography

    Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren, better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian director, actor and playback singer in Tamil films. After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with his first three ventures featuring him in a starring role, failing to release, following which he began appearing in character roles. He entered the spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit Chennai 600028 (2007). He achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011), Biriyani (2013), Masss (2015) and Maanaadu (2021). His father Gangai Amaren is a film director and music director. He is currently working on his film with actor Vijay titled The Greatest of All Time.

  11. Dermot O'Leary

    Dermot O'Leary
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    television presenterwriterradio personality
    Biography

    Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary is an English broadcaster. He presented the television talent show The X Factor on ITV from 2007 until its final series in 2018, with the exception of 2015. Since 2021, O'Leary has presented ITV's This Morning on Fridays, school holidays and bank holidays alongside Alison Hammond, a role expanded to the remainder of the week on a rotation with the departures of Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby in the summer and autumn of 2023.

  12. Iain Lee

    Iain Lee
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    television presentercomedian
    Biography

    Iain Lee is an English former broadcaster, writer, and television presenter and stand-up comedian who hosts the phone-in talk show The Late Night Alternative on "pay to view" Patreon.

  13. Russell Kane

    Russell Kane
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    comedianactorwriter
    Biography

    Russell Kane is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He has four times been nominated at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, winning the Best Comedy Show award in 2010. Although known mainly for stand-up comedy, for television, he has presented Big Brother's Big Mouth (2007), I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here - Now (2009-2011), Freak Like Me (2010), Geordie Shore: The Reunion and Britain Unzipped (2012), Live at the Electric (2013), Stupid Man, Smart Phone (2016), and hosted the BBC Radio 4 series Evil Genius in 2018.

  14. Alison Goldfrapp

    Alison Goldfrapp
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritermusicianrecord producersinger
    Biography

    Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp is an English musician and record producer, known as the vocalist of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp.

  15. Christine Adams

    Christine Adams
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Christine Adams is a British actress. She is best known for playing Jessica in Batman Begins (2005), Lena Boudreaux in The Whole Truth (2010–2011), and as Lynn Pierce in Black Lightning (2018–2021).

  16. Mike Figgis

    Mike Figgis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    directorscreenwriteractorcomposerfilm producer
    Biography

    Michael Figgis is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' online community Shooting People.

  17. James Herbert

    James Herbert
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1943-2013 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    novelistscience fiction writerwriterfilm editor
    Biography

    James John Herbert, OBE was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian.

  18. Milton Jones

    Milton Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    comedianstand-up comedianwriter
    Biography

    Milton Hywel Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and was a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week. He won the Perrier comedy award for best newcomer in 1996, and in 2012, Another Case of Milton Jones was awarded silver in the 'Best Comedy' category at the 30th Sony Radio Academy awards. Jones tours the UK periodically and is a regular performer at The Comedy Store in London and Manchester.

  19. Brittany Kaiser

    Brittany Kaiser
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980s
    Enrolled in Middlesex University
    2012-2015 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in international law
    Occupations
    executive
    Biography

    Brittany Nicole Kaiser is the former business development director for Cambridge Analytica, which collapsed after details of its misuse of Facebook data became public. Cambridge Analytica potentially impacted voting in the UK Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Kaiser testified about her involvement in the work of Cambridge Analytica before a select committee of the UK Parliament and to the Mueller investigation.

  20. Adam Brown

    Adam Brown
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    film actorstage actormime artist
    Biography

    Adam Brown is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the dwarf Ori in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy and Cremble in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

  21. Rabiu Kwankwaso

    Rabiu Kwankwaso
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mohammed Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE FNIQS is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kano state from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003, he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background from 2003 to 2007, under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015, serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kano Central Senatorial District.

  22. Tim Campbell

    Tim Campbell
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Timothy Campbell is an English businessman best known as the winner of the first series of the British version of The Apprentice, a BBC TV reality show in which contestants competed to win a £100,000-a-year job working for businessman Alan Sugar.

  23. Monica Ali

    Monica Ali
    Born in
    Bangladesh Flag Bangladesh
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    novelistwriter
    Biography

    Monica Ali FRSL is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published four other novels. Her fifth novel, Love Marriage, was published by Virago Press in February 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

  24. Brendan Kavanagh

    Brendan Kavanagh
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Enrolled in Middlesex University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    pianistmusicianpiano teachertelevision producerYouTuber
    Biography

    Brendan Kavanagh, also known as "Dr K" due to his PhD in English, is a British pianist and piano teacher of Irish descent. He specializes in playing and promoting the boogie-woogie genre, almost exclusively improvised, often combined with classical, jazz, blues, rock & roll, and traditional Irish music themes. He regularly performs in open venues on public pianos, sometimes in duet formats with musically inclined passers-by, friends or family. He also plays the piano accordion, with emphasis on traditional Irish tunes.

  25. Tony Okungbowa

    Tony Okungbowa
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actordisc jockey
    Biography

    Anthony Victor Okungbowa is an English-American actor, film producer, and DJ. He was the resident DJ for The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2013 when he was replaced by Stephen "tWitch" Boss. He returned as a guest on April 28, 2014. Since 2019, Okungbowa plays Kofo in the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.

  26. Neville Brode

    Neville Brode
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    designertype designergraphic designerart directorgraphic artist
    Biography

    Neville Brody, is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on The Face magazine (1981–1986), Arena magazine (1987–1990), and designing record covers for artists such as Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, The Bongos, 23 Skidoo and Depeche Mode. He created the company Research Studios in 1994 and is a founding member of Fontworks. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He was the Dean of the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art, London until September 2018. He is now Professor of Communication.

  27. Liz Pichon

    Liz Pichon
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    children's writerwriterillustrator
    Biography

    Liz Pichon is a British author and illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her Tom Gates series of "satirical realist comedy fiction", which has sold 16.5 million copies and has been translated into 44 languages across 47 international markets.

  28. Suzanne Moore

    Suzanne Moore
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    editorial columnistjournalist
    Biography

    Suzanne Lynn Moore is an English journalist.

  29. Charlotte Bellamy

    Charlotte Bellamy
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Charlotte Bellamy is an English actress. She is best known for her long-running role as Laurel Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Her other television roles include Sue Taylor in EastEnders (1997) and Harriet Potter in The Broker's Man (1998), before joining Emmerdale in 2002. She won the British Soap Award for Best Actress in 2017.

  30. Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

    Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1810-1895 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    anthropologistarmy officerwriterassyriologistdiplomat
    Biography

    Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, KLS was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. His son, also Henry, was to become a senior commander in the British Army during the First World War.

  31. Mike Gapes

    Mike Gapes
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Michael John Gapes is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South from 1992 to 2019.

  32. Melanie Onn

    Melanie Onn
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Melanie Onn is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from September 2015 to June 2016 and Shadow Minister for Housing from July 2017 to March 2019. At the 2019 general election, she lost the seat to the Conservative candidate Lia Nici-Townend.

  33. Lutalo Muhammad

    Lutalo Muhammad
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    taekwondo athlete
    Biography

    Lutalo Muhammad is a British taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. He won the gold medal in the −87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. He is the most successful male in British taekwondo history.

  34. Natalie Stewart

    Natalie Stewart
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriter
    Biography

    Natalie "the Floacist" Stewart is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, spoken word artist, poet, and actress. Born in Germany and raised in London, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of the R&B girl-duo Floetry. During a break, Stewart's first album, Floetic Soul (2010), was released which established her as a solo artist, with the singles "Forever" and "Let Me".

  35. Anne Boden

    Anne Boden
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    banker
    Biography

    Anne Elizabeth Boden is a Welsh tech entrepreneur. She is the founder and former CEO of Starling Bank, a UK mobile-only bank, Boden is the first woman to found a British bank. In 2018, she received an MBE for services to financial technology.

  36. Mandy Tam

    Mandy Tam
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mandy Tam Heung-man is a Hong Kong politician, tax advisor and newspaper columnist who is currently a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, representing Lung Sing. She is also a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, having represented the Accountancy functional constituency. Tam's columns have appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal and other publications.

  37. Simon Woolley

    Simon Woolley
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    political activist
    Biography

    Simon Andrew Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford, is a British politician and activist. He is the founder and director of Operation Black Vote (OBV) and Trustee of the charity Police Now.

  38. Florence Eshalomi

    Florence Eshalomi
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    council memberpolitician
    Biography

    Florence Dauta Eshalomi is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall since 2019. A Member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Lambeth and Southwark from 2016 to 2021.

  39. Dave Snowden

    Dave Snowden
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    consultant
    Biography

    David John Snowden is a Welsh management consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management and the application of complexity science. Known for the development of the Cynefin framework, Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of The Cynefin Company, a Singapore-based management-consulting firm specializing in complexity and sensemaking.

  40. Coco Fusco

    Coco Fusco
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    performance artistwritervisual artist
    Biography

    Coco Fusco is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator whose work has been exhibited and published internationally. Fusco's work explores gender, identity, race, and power through performance, video, interactive installations, and critical writing.

  41. J.John

    J.John
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    televangelist
    Biography

    John Ioannou John, best known as J.John (written without a space in the middle), is an Anglican minister, evangelist and author based in the United Kingdom.

  42. Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey

    Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    actoruniversity teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Margaret Omolola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey is a British actress, author, crossbench peer, and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

  43. Andrew Miller

    Andrew Miller
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    novelistwriter
    Biography

    Andrew Brooke Miller FRSL is an English novelist.

  44. Vic Reeves

    Vic Reeves
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    screenwritertelevision actorcomediansingertelevision presenter
    Biography

    James Roderick Moir, also known by his stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian and artist. He has a double act with Bob Mortimer as Reeves & Mortimer. He is known for his surreal sense of humour.

  45. Mina Smallman

    Mina Smallman
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    priestschool teacher
    Biography

    Wilhelmina Tokcumboh "Mina" Smallman is a British retired Anglican priest and former school teacher. She served as the Archdeacon of Southend in the Diocese of Chelmsford from September 2013 until her retirement in December 2016. She was the Church of England's first female archdeacon from a black and minority ethnic background.

  46. Yannis Behrakis

    Yannis Behrakis
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1960-2019 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    journalistphotojournalistwar photographerphotographer
    Biography

    Yannis Behrakis was a Greek photojournalist and a Senior editor with Reuters.

  47. David Hepworth

    David Hepworth
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    editormusic criticmusic publicistediting staffjournalist
    Biography

    David Hepworth is a British music journalist, writer, television presenter, and publishing industry analyst. He was instrumental in the foundation of a number of popular magazines in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Along with the journalist, editor and broadcaster Mark Ellen, he turned the pop magazine Smash Hits into one of the most popular UK music magazines of the 1980s. A presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1980s, he co-presented the BBC broadcast of Live Aid in 1985.

  48. Kim Howells

    Kim Howells
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politiciantrade unionist
    Biography

    Kim Scott Howells is a Welsh Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.

  49. Abdi Warsame

    Abdi Warsame
    Born in
    Somalia Flag Somalia
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdi Warsame is a Somali-American politician in Minnesota's Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. After moving to London as an asylum-seeker, he immigrated to Minnesota in 2006. In November 2013, he was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, becoming the first Somali official to be elected to the position. Warsame was reelected for a second term in 2017. He resigned from the position in 2020 to become the head of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority.

  50. Henry Bond

    Henry Bond
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    photographerwriterexhibition curator
    Biography

    Henry Bond, FHEA is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics.

  51. Stephen Sizer

    Stephen Sizer
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    Anglican priestwriter
    Biography

    Stephen Robert Sizer is a priest in the Church of England. He is banned from serving as a priest until 2030. From 1997 to 2017, he was vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water, in Surrey.

  52. Kwame Addo-Kufuor

    Kwame Addo-Kufuor
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianuniversity teacherphysician
    Biography

    Kwame Addo-Kufuor is a Ghanaian politician and physician. Addo-Kufuor was a member of parliament for Manhyia, and from 2001 to 2007, he was the Minister for Defence under President John Kufuor, his brother. Between June 2008 and 2009, he was the Minister for Interior.

  53. Nick Harvey

    Nick Harvey
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sir Nicholas Barton Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the member of parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1992 to 2015 and the Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 2010 to 2012.

  54. Taiwo Ajai Lycett

    Taiwo Ajai Lycett
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    journalistcosmetologistactortelevision presenter
    Biography

    Taiwo Ajai-Lycett Listen, OON is a Nigerian actress,journalist, television presenter, and cosmetologist. Lycett is a feminist and was the first editor of Africa Woman magazine in the 1970s.

  55. Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

    Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    politicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone, is an English politician and university administrator.

  56. James Heartfield

    James Heartfield
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    James Heartfield is a British historian and a lecturer.

  57. Yusuf Hassan Abdi

    Yusuf Hassan Abdi
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yusuf Hassan Abdi is a Kenyan politician, diplomat, social activist and former journalist. After working many years with the United Nations, he joined the Kenya parliament as a legislator in 2011.

  58. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

    Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    advocatewriterinternational forum participantactivist
    Biography

    Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is a Nigerian-British feminist activist, writer and policy advocate. She was first lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria as wife of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as first lady from 2010 to 2014 during her husband's first term in office. In 2001, she co-founded the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF), the first Pan-African grant-making organisation. She serves as a UN Women Nigeria Senior Advisor, and was appointed as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London in 2017. She is CEO of Above Whispers Limited, and runs an online community called Abovewhispers.com.

  59. Joe Beevers

    Joe Beevers
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    poker player
    Biography

    Joseph Charles Beevers is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob.

  60. Jacqueline de Rojas

    Jacqueline de Rojas
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Jacqueline de Rojas is President Emeritus of techUK and chair of the board of Digital Leaders. She serves as Non-Executive Director on the boards of Rightmove, Costain Group and FDM Group, and was formally on the board of AO World. She also works for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She serves as co-Chair for the Institute of Coding and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.

  61. Adam Ficek

    Adam Ficek
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    songwriterguitaristsingerdisc jockeydrummer
    Biography

    Adam Steven Ficek is an English musician and psychotherapist who performs under the Roses Kings Castles name. He is a songwriter and member of Babyshambles alongside being a Doctor of Psychotherapy.

  62. Gareth Bennett

    Gareth Bennett
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Gareth John Bennett MS is a Welsh politician who served as the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the Senedd from 2018 to 2019, and was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales Central from 2016 to 2021.

  63. Kuljit Bhamra

    Kuljit Bhamra
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    musiciancomposerrecord producer
    Biography

    Kuljit Bhamra MBE Hon DMus is a British composer, record producer and musician whose main instrument is the tabla. He is best known as one of the record producers who pioneered the British Bhangra sound and for his many collaborations with musicians from different genres and continents. His MBE was awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honour's List 2009 with the citation For services to Bhangra and British Asian Music. In July 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Exeter.

  64. Jon Nurse

    Jon Nurse
    Born in
    Barbados Flag Barbados
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Jonathan David Nurse is a Barbadian football coach and former professional footballer who is a first-team coach at Southern Football League club Metropolitan Police.

  65. John Lundberg

    John Lundberg
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film producerartistfilm director
    Biography

    John Lundberg is an English artist and documentary filmmaker. His work is concerned with ostension. Underpinning all of his work is an interest in how myth and artifice can shape and alter reality, especially regarding crop circles, UFOlogy, and other examples of urban legends and the paranormal.

  66. Peter Mullen

    Peter Mullen
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    chaplainvicarAnglican priest
    Biography

    Peter Mullen is a British Church of England priest. He is the former Rector of St Michael, Cornhill and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London. Mullen is Chaplain to the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London and the Anglican Chaplain to the London Stock Exchange, a largely honorific and historical post.

  67. Dave Sturt

    Dave Sturt
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    record producer
    Biography

    Dave Sturt is an English bassist and record producer.

  68. Bello Bala Shagari

    Bello Bala Shagari
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Biography

    Bello Shagari Hausa pronunciation is a youth activist and a documentary filmmaker. He is the representative of Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization in Nigeria (NAMYO). Prior to that, he led the National Youth Council of Nigeria and The Royal African Young Leadership Forum,.

  69. Simeon Williamson

    Simeon Williamson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorbobsledder
    Biography

    Simeon Oscar Williamson is an English bobsledder and former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. Williamson, a London native, is the second cousin to 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalist British high jumper Germaine Mason. He is coached by Lloyd Cowan, and his athletics club is Highgate Harriers. He is a former British 100 metres champion.

  70. Ranald Munro

    Ranald Munro
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    military officerair force officer
    Biography

    Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CB, CBE, TD, VR, DL is the General Counsel for Lombard International Assurance, a life insurance company; he was a senior officer in the Army Reserve before transferring to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

  71. John McKenna

    John McKenna
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

    John McKenna is a Scottish sculptor born in Manchester. He is based in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

  72. Mike Summers

    Mike Summers
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    member of a legislative assembly
    Biography

    Michael Victor Summers is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2011 to 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996–2009.

  73. Sue Sanders

    Sue Sanders
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    LGBTQI+ rights activist
    Biography

    Sue Louise Sanders is Emeritus Professor Harvey Milk Institute 2015. She is, an "out and proud" lesbian, a British LGBT rights activist who has specialized in challenging oppression in the public and voluntary sectors for over forty years.

  74. Naser Mestarihi

    Naser Mestarihi
    Born in
    Qatar Flag Qatar
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Naser Mestarihi is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitars, bass and vocals) based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mestarihi is the first rock musician to ever officially release a rock album out of his birthplace Qatar, the Naser Mestarihi EP. He released his second album 1987 on 17 June 2013.

  75. James Currie

    James Currie
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    James Currie is a birding expert, conservation advocate, and host of Nikon’s Birding Adventures TV and Nat Geo Wild’s Aerial Assassins.

  76. Ruth Ojadi

    Ruth Ojadi
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Ruth O. Ojadi is a British singer-songwriter who appeared in BBC's documentary, Tourettes: I Swear I Can Sing. She attended Middlesex University in 2006 but dropped out after two years due to her Tourette syndrome. She also appeared in the Channel 4 show The Undateables and is bisexual.

  77. Conrad Leach

    Conrad Leach
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Conrad Leach is a British artist and custom motorcycle designer.

  78. Natalie Payida Jabangwe

    Natalie Payida Jabangwe
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    Natalie Payida Jabangwe, is a Zimbabwean computer engineer and businesswoman, who serves as the Group Digital Executive Officer at Sanlam, based in Cape Town, South Africa. In this role, she oversees digital functions in over 34 African markets, India and Malaysia.

  79. Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

    Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    international forum participanttrade unionist
    Biography

    Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway, is a British former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2013 to 2022, being the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resignation in 2022, Paul Nowak was selected to succeed her; he took up the post on 29 December 2022. O'Grady sits as a life peer in the House of Lords.

  80. Juliet Sargeant

    Juliet Sargeant
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    garden designer
    Biography

    Juliet Rose Sargeant is a British garden designer. In 2016, her anti-slavery The Modern Slavery Garden was the first show garden by a female black gardener to be exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show where it won an RHS gold medal and was voted the winner in the BBC’s People’s Choice Award.

  81. Joanne Yeoh

    Joanne Yeoh
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    lecturer
    Biography

    Joanne Yeoh Pei Sze is a Malaysian violinist who has performed both locally and on the international stage. She has won numerous awards including The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award, the National Academic Award and the British Council's Professional Achievement Award. She currently lectures as an Associate Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia and is on the panel of music examiners for Trinity College of Music London. Although classically trained, she also plays in contemporary settings. She has released three solo instrumental albums Pulse of the Metropolis in August 2005, After A Dream in 2013, and Life, Interrupted in 2021.

  82. Michael Petry

    Michael Petry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    visual artistexhibition curatorinstallation artistcriticwriter
    Biography

    Michael Petry is an American multi-media artist and author who lives and works in London. He is director of MOCA, London (Museum of Contemporary Art London), and co-founder of the Museum of Installation, also in London. He was formerly the Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Guest Curator at the KunstAkademi, Oslo, and Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton.

  83. Bill Durodié

    Bill Durodié
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Professor Bill Durodié is a Professor of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, UK, as well as a former head of department there.

  84. Mario Petrucci

    Mario Petrucci
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    essayistcomposerpoet
    Biography

    Mario Petrucci is a British-Italian poet, literary translator, educator and broadcaster. He was born in Lambeth, London and trained as a physicist at Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge, later completing a PhD in vacuum crystal growth at University College London. He is also an ecologist, having a BA in Environmental Science from Middlesex University. Petrucci was the first poet to be resident at the Imperial War Museum and with BBC Radio 3. He has broadcast extensively on radio, including the BBC’s Kaleidoscope, London Nights, Sunday Feature, Night Waves, The Verb and BBC World Service, as well as on BBC TV.

  85. Serita Solomon

    Serita Solomon
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    athletics competitor
    Biography

    Serita Solomon is a British track and field athlete competing in the hurdles. She was the bronze medallist in the 60 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. Solomon holds a personal best of 12.87 seconds for the outdoor 100 metres hurdles and represented England in that event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

  86. Jalal Jamal Majid Bin Thaneya Al Marri

    Jalal Jamal Majid Bin Thaneya Al Marri
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    activist
    Biography

    Jalal Jamal Majid Bin Thaneya Al Marri is an Emirati activist from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is known for his movements and campaigns towards children and adults with special needs. Since 2006, he has been publicly fund-raising and campaigning to increase the awareness for people with special needs.

  87. Julie Freeman

    Julie Freeman
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    new media artist
    Biography

    Julie Freeman is an artist whose work spans visual, audio and digital art forms and explores the relationship between science, nature and how humans interact with it.

  88. Slash Coleman

    Slash Coleman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    spoken word artist
    Biography

    Slash Coleman is an American storyteller, producer, and writer who lives in Richmond, Virginia. The author of The Bohemian Love Diaries, a personal perspectives blogger for Psychology Today, and a laughter yoga teacher, he is best known for his one-man performance-based storytelling shows which combine clever wordplay, music, and poetic observations about family, spirituality, romantic relationships, and struggles to find a sense of home common with Generation X artists. His work is often compared to that of author David Sedaris.

  89. Laura Hird

    Laura Hird
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    novelistwriter
    Biography

    Laura Hird is a Scottish novelist and short story writer.

  90. Cristina Durán Costell

    Cristina Durán Costell
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in Middlesex University
    Studied Erasmus Programme
    Occupations
    comics artistillustrator
    Biography

    Cristina Durán Costell is an illustrator and cartoonist. She graduated in the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia with speciality in Drawing. While she studied she created the fanzine No Aparcar Llamo GRUA with Miguel Ángel Giner, Robin and Alberto Botella. Later, in 1993 these four people created the company LaGRUAestudio, focused on the illustration of books and advertisements, comic and animation. She worked to reactivate the Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia (APIV) in 1997, and she was its president between the years 2006 and 2009. She also has been a member of the Board of directors of the Federación de Asociaciones de Ilustradores Profesionales (FADIP) and of the founding board of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF).

  91. KK

    KK
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    KK is a British composer, record producer and sound designer, best known for his work as a composer and music producer in the field of contemporary/pop music. His past work includes collaborations with Brian Eno, Björk, James, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia and Mediaeval Baebes.

  92. Zooey Perry

    Zooey Perry
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    handball player
    Biography

    Zooey Elizabeth Regina Perry is a British handball player who plays for Skedsmo HK, a team based in Skedsmokorset, Norway, and compete in the Norwegian 3rd division (4th tier).

  93. Gillian Condy

    Gillian Condy
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    painterbotanical collectorbotanistbotanical illustratorscientific illustrator
    Biography

    Gillian Condy, born 5 December 1952 Nairobi, is a South African botanical artist. She has illustrated more than 200 plates for Flowering Plants of Africa, contributed to various other South African National Botanical Institute publications and eight plates for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. She has illustrated two books by Charles Craib, Geophytic Pelargoniums and Grass Aloes in the South African Veld (2005). She also contributed to the biographic section in the book South African Botanical Art: Peeling back the Petals (2001).

  94. Debra Bourne

    Debra Bourne
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Debra Lysette Bourne is a communications expert, brand consultant and advocate for diversity in fashion. She co-founded All Walks Beyond The Catwalk, is a brand consultant, a former board director at Lynne Franks PR and Executive Fashion Editor at Arena Magazine and Arena Homme Plus.

  95. Myfanwy Kitchin

    Myfanwy Kitchin
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1917-2002 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Myfanwy Kitchin was a British artist known for her paintings and, later in her career, ceramic sculptures.