41 Notable alumni of
Northumbria University
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Northumbria University is 1021st in the world, 358th in Europe, and 70th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Northumbria 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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Sting
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- composersinger-songwriteractorguitaristfilm actor
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for the rock band the Police from 1977 until their break-up in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.
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Jony Ive
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- graphic designerindustrial designercreative directordesignerinventor
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Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice president of industrial design and chief design officer. Ive is the founder of LoveFrom, a creative collective that works with Ferrari, Airbnb, OpenAI and other global brands. He has been chancellor of the Royal College of Art in London since 2017 and a trustee of the British Museum since June 2025.
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Kevin Whately
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- actortelevision actorstage actor
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Kevin Whately OBE is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Neville "Nev" Hope in the comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the British crime dramas Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and Lewis (2006–2015); and Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995). He has appeared in numerous other roles.
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Alexei Mordashov
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- metallurgistmanagerbusinesspersonentrepreneur
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Alexey Alexandrovich Mordashov is a Russian businessman. He is the main shareholder and chairman of Severstal, Russia's largest steel and mining company.
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Sophie Gradon
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- model
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Sophie Hannah Gradon was an English model. In 2008, she won Miss Newcastle. In 2009, Gradon won the title Miss Great Britain. In 2016, she was a contestant on the second series of ITV2's Love Island.
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Chris Whitty
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- epidemiologistphysician
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Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty KCB FRS is a British epidemiologist, serving as Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019.
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Neil Marshall
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- screenwritertelevision directorfilm directorfilm editorexecutive producer
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Neil Marshall is an English film and television director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. He directed the horror films Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2005), the science fiction action film Doomsday (2008), the historical war film Centurion (2010), the superhero horror film Hellboy (2019), and the adventure horror film The Reckoning (2020).
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Victoria Pendleton
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- track cyclistautobiographerjockeysport cyclist
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Victoria Louise Pendleton is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. She won a total of three Olympic medals (two golds and one silver) during her career. In 2005, she became the first British woman to become world sprint champion.
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Steve Cram
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- middle-distance runnerathletics competitormarathon runnerannouncertrack and field coach
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Stephen Cram, CBE is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1,500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1,500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1,500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.
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Paul Copley
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm actordub actorvoice actor
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Paul Mackriell Copley is an English actor. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of Downton Abbey, and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Arthur Medwin.
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Laura Pidcock
- Occupations
- 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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Tunde Baiyewu
- Occupations
- singer
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Emmanuel Babatunde Baiyewulisten, better known as Tunde Baiyewu, is a British singer and songwriter of Nigerian descent, best known as the vocalist of Lighthouse Family. When the group went on hiatus in 2003, Baiyewu embarked on a solo career, releasing the albums Tunde (2004) and Diamond in a Rock (2013).
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Toby Flood
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood is an English rugby union coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. During his playing career his position was fly half or inside centre. He played over 300 games in his club career across his three professional clubs, Newcastle Falcons, Toulouse and Leicester Tigers. He played 60 international matches for England between 2006 and 2014.
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Anke Domscheit-Berg
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- opinion journalistbusiness consultantpolitician
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Anke Domscheit-Berg is a German politician and activist. She was a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025. In 2017, she was elected on the party list of The Left, without being a party member. She joined the party in 2021 following her nomination to the top female position on the party election list in the state of Brandenburg. Her mandate ended in 2025 because she did not run for re-election. Previously, she was a member of the Pirate Party Germany and the Greens. She is married to Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
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Bibiana Aído
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- civil servanteconomistUnited Nations officialpolitician
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Bibiana Aído Almagro is a Spanish politician who served as minister of equality. She became the first person to hold the post on 14 April 2008, at the beginning of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's second term as Prime Minister of Spain.
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Alan Campbell
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- politician
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Sir Alan Campbell is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2025. He previously served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth since 1997.
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Ben Houchen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ben Houchen, Baron Houchen of High Leven is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority. Houchen was re-elected in 2021 and won a third term in 2024.
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Vera Baird
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
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Dame Vera Baird DBE KC is a British barrister and politician who has held roles as a government minister, police and crime commissioner, and Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
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Martin Corry
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Martin Edward Corry MBE is a retired English rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester Tigers in a career spanning 14 seasons. Corry played 64 times for England between 1997 and 2007, played 7 tests for the British & Irish Lions on tours in 2001 & 2005, and played 290 times for Leicester between 1997 and 2009. Earlier in his career he played top division rugby for Newcastle Gosforth and Bristol. A versatile player his principal positions were number eight and blindside flanker, he also played lock more as his career progressed.
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Kevan Jones
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- trade unionistpolitician
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Kevan David Jones, Baron Beamish, PC, is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 2001 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been a member of the House of Lords and chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) since 2024.
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Robbie Elliott
- Occupations
- association football player
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Robert James Elliott is an English football coach and former professional player, who is the strength coach for the United States U20 men's football team.
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Kathryn Williams
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- guitaristmusiciansinger-songwriter
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Kathryn Williams is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.
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Julie Elliott
- Occupations
- politician
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Julie Elliott, Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay, is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland Central from 2010 to 2024. Elliott served as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change from 2013 to 2015, with specific responsibility for renewable energy, the Green Investment Bank, and skills and supply chain issues. She was a member of the European Scrutiny; Business, Innovation and Skills; Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; and Regulatory Reform Committees. Elliott stood down as an MP at the 2024 general election and was subsequently appointed to the House of Lords in 2025.
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Nigel Cabourn
- Occupations
- fashion designer
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Nigel Cabourn is a British fashion designer known for his outerwear and vintage inspired clothing. He studied fashion design at Northumbria University between 1967 and 1971 and his studio and business is still based in North East England.
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Monirul Islam
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- police officer
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Md. Monirul Islam is former additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police who served as head of the Special Branch.
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Mary Glindon
- Occupations
- politician
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Mary Theresa Glindon is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend since 2024, and previously for North Tyneside from 2010 until the abolition of the constituency in 2024.
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Jamie Noon
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jamie Darren Noon is a retired rugby union footballer who played at centre.
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Martin Callanan
- Occupations
- politician
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Martin John Callanan, Baron Callanan is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011 to 2014. Callanan failed his bid to win re-election in the 2014 European Parliament elections, becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat. On 8 August 2014, it was announced that he would be made a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
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Duncan Lloyd
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterguitarist
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Duncan Lloyd is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Steven Appleby
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- comics artistcartoonist
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Steven Appleby RDI is an absurdist cartoonist, illustrator and artist living in Britain. She is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. Her publisher describes her humour as "observational or absurd, with a keen sense of the turmoil of fear and obsession that teems beneath the respectable exterior of most of us."
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Susan Gray
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Air Marshal Dame Susan Catherine Gray, DBE, CB, FREng, FIET is a former senior Royal Air Force officer. She served as Director of Combat Air at Defence Equipment and Support in the Ministry of Defence (2014–16), as Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group (2016–18), and as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority (2019–22). She is one of the most senior female officers ever to serve in the Royal Air Force.
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Micky Young
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- rugby union player
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Michael Young is an English Scrum half Rugby Union player for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.
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Guy Mankowski
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- psychologist
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Guy Mankowski FHEA is an English writer.
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Rob Miller
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Robert Miller is an English former rugby union player who most recently played for Wasps. He plays at fullback. Miller was brought up in Bothel, Cumbria.
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Bridget Galloway
- Occupations
- association football player
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Bridget Galloway is an English football player, playing as a forward for Aberdeen in the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has represented England at under-19 level.
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Gerry Steinberg
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerald Neil Steinberg was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for the City of Durham from 1987 until his retirement at the 2005 general election.
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Emma Lewell-Buck
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- social workerpolitician
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Emma Louise Lewell is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since 2013.
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Fiona François
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- diplomat
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Fiona Jane François is a British diplomat who is the Chairman and former President of the British American Business Council, Los Angeles Chapter. She was formerly HM Consul and Director for the Western Region of UK Trade & Investment's US Network.
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Jason Michael Holland
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- designer
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Jason Michael Holland is an English designer, university lecturer, writer and awards judge who created the 1997 website Head-Space, which is included in Management Today's Ten Websites That Changed the World, and is an acknowledged blueprint for intranets and a precursor to YouTube. Holland is also credited with a number of other interactive firsts.
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Eni Gesinde
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a rugby union footballer and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member.
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Amanda Sonia Berry
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- businessperson
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Amanda Sonia Berry is the chief executive officer of the Royal Foundation. She was CEO of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) from December 2000 to October 2022.
