100 Notable alumni of
University of Hull
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The University of Hull is 500th in the world, 183rd in Europe, and 42nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Hull sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ana Brnabić
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Ana Brnabić is a Serbian politician serving as president of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party, she previously served as prime minister of Serbia from 2017 to 2024. She was the first woman, first openly gay, and longest-serving person to hold the office of Prime Minister.
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Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens
- Occupations
- advisersociologistuniversity teacherpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens MAE is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year. In 2007, Giddens was listed as the fifth most cited author of books in the humanities. He has academic appointments in approximately twenty different universities throughout the world and has received numerous honorary degrees.
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Genesis P-Orridge
- Occupations
- actorsingerpoetwriterperformance artist
- Biography
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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle. They were also a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth occult group, and fronted the experimental pop rock band Psychic TV.
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John Prescott
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Science in economic history and economics
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007.
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Mark Fisher
- Occupations
- music criticwriterbloggertheoristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mark Fisher, also known under his blogging alias k-punk, was an English writer, music critic, political and cultural theorist, philosopher, and teacher based in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. He initially achieved acclaim for his blogging as k-punk in the early 2000s, and was known for his writing on radical politics, music, and popular culture.
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Tracey Thorn
- Occupations
- columnistsinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Tracey Thorn is an English singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 2000, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to 1983. Since 2007 she has been active as a solo artist, and as a writer of books and essays.
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Muhtar Kent
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Ahmet Muhtar Kent is a Turkish-American business executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Coca-Cola Company. He became CEO in 2008, and chairman in 2009, leaving those positions in 2016 and 2019 respectively.
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Matt Haig
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistscience fiction writerwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Matt Haig is an English author and journalist. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, often in the speculative fiction genre.
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Tom Brooke
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Thomas Brooke is an English actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Thick Kevin in The Boat That Rocked (2009), Bill Wiggins and Andy Apsted in the BBC One television series Sherlock and Bodyguard respectively, and Fiore in the AMC television series Preacher.
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Ben Watt
- Occupations
- record producerdisc jockeycomposersinger
- Biography
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Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, singer, songwriter, author, DJ, and radio presenter, best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl.
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Dehenna Davison
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dehenna Sheridan Davison is a British former Conservative Party politician and broadcaster. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland from 2019 to 2024. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up between September 2022 and September 2023.
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Neelie Kroes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Neelie Kroes is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 November 2014.
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Sarah Gilbert
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- In 1986 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry
- Occupations
- professorimmunologistresearcher
- Biography
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Dame Sarah Catherine Gilbert DBE FRS is an English vaccinologist who is a Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Vaccitech. She specialises in the development of vaccines against influenza and emerging viral pathogens. She led the development and testing of the universal flu vaccine, which underwent clinical trials in 2011.
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Roger McGough
- Occupations
- writermusicianpoet
- Biography
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.
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Roy Hattersley
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC FRSL is a British politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. A member of the Labour Party, he was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997, and served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992.
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James Graham
- Occupations
- playwrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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James Graham is a British playwright and screenwriter. His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally, at theatres including the Bush, Soho Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool and the National Theatre.
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Assem Allam
- Years
- 1939-2022 (aged 83)
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Assem Allam was an Egyptian-British businessman, based in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1968. He was the owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and of EFL Championship club Hull City.
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Tracey Crouch
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dame Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch DBE is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford from 2010 to 2024. Crouch was appointed as Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in 2017, but resigned in 2018 due to a delay over the introduction of reduced limits on the stakes of fixed odds betting terminals.
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Magid Magid
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- politicianartistenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Magid Magid, also known as Magid Mah and Magic Magid, is a Somali-British activist and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sheffield from May 2018 to May 2019. His appointment attracted significant media attention, as he is the first ethnic-Somali, the youngest-ever, and the first Green Party councillor to hold the role. In May 2019, he was elected to the European Parliament as Green Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Jenni Murray
- Occupations
- journalistradio personalitytelevision announcer
- Biography
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Dame Jennifer Susan Murray, DBE is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour from 1987 to 2020.
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Neil Coyle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Neil Alan John Coyle is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015.
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Rosie Winterton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosalie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, DBE, PC, is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central from 1997 to 2024. She served as a Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2024. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
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Tony Attwood
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Anthony John Attwood is a British psychologist notable for his work on Asperger syndrome. He resides in Queensland, Australia, where he is an associate professor at Griffith University.
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Nancy Shukri
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy binti Shukri is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Santubong since November 2022. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 and the MP for Batang Sadong from March 2008 to November 2022. She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018. She is a member the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.
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Malcolm Sinclair
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Malcolm Sinclair is a British stage and television actor and former President of Trade Union, Equity 2010–18 when he stood down after 4 terms and was replaced by Maureen Beattie. He played Assistant Chief Constable Freddy Fisher in the television series Pie in the Sky from 1994 to 1997.
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Helen Grant
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helen Grant OBE is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald from 2010 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished, and subsequently Maidstone and Malling since July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she succeeded Ann Widdecombe, who was first elected in 1987. She has served as Shadow Solicitor General since November 2024.
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Gabriel Salazar
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- 1977-1979 graduated with English
- 1977-1984 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economic history
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianphilosophersociologist
- Biography
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Gabriel Salazar Vergara is a far-left Chilean historian. He is known in his country for his study of social history and interpretations of social movements, particularly the recent student protests of 2006 and 2011–12.
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Jon Trickett
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and Hemsworth, previously Hemsworth, since 1996. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to 2020 and served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2017.
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Frank Field
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Ernest Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, CH, PC, DL was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead for 40 years, from 1979 to 2019, serving as a Labour MP until 2018 and thereafter sitting as an independent. In 2019, he formed the Birkenhead Social Justice Party and stood unsuccessfully as its sole candidate in the 2019 election. After leaving the House of Commons, he was awarded a life peerage in 2020 and sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
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Chris Mullin
- Occupations
- opinion journalistuniversity teacherpoliticianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Christopher John Mullin is a British journalist, author and Labour politician.
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Julian Knight
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Julian Knight is a British politician, author and former journalist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Solihull from 2015 to 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party, but sat as an independent from December 2022 until the end of his term.
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Louise Ellman
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Dame Louise Joyce Ellman DBE is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside from 1997 to 2019. She is a member of the Labour Party.
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Christine Loh
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Christine Loh Kung-wai, SBS, OBE, JP, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, is a former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, founder and CEO of Civic Exchange, founder of the Citizens Party, and founder of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. From 2012 to 2017, she was Under Secretary for the Environment in the government of CY Leung. From April 2019 to March 2020, she was Special Consultant to the HKSAR Chief Executive of Ecological Civilization and the Greater Bay Area, attached to the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office.
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Neil Codling
- Occupations
- musiciankeyboardistsongwriter
- Biography
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Neil John Codling is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboardist, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the alternative rock band Suede.
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Lim Kay Tong
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actorjournalistvoice actor
- Biography
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Lim Kay Tong is a Singaporean film, television and stage actor. Notably, he starred opposite Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise (1986), Pierce Brosnan in Noble House (1988), and Claire Danes in Brokedown Palace (1999), and was the lead actor in Growing Up (1996–2001) and Perth (2004). Lim has been called "Singapore's finest actor", "Singapore's best-known actor", and Singapore's answer to thespians Ian McKellen and Alec Guinness.
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Tom Watson
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Anthony Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest is a British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019. A member of the House of Lords since 2022, he was the member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019.
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Andy Harries
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producertelevision producer
- Biography
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Andrew Harries OBE is chief executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, a UK based production company formed in 2007. In a career spanning four decades he has produced television dramas including The Royle Family, Cold Feet, the revivals of Prime Suspect and Cracker, as well as the BAFTA-winning television play The Deal.
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Jeremy Darroch
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchief executive officer
- Biography
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Sir David Jeremy Darroch is an English businessman who was the CEO of Sky from December 2007 until becoming executive chairman in January 2021.
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Flick Drummond
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meon Valley from 2019 until 2024, having previously represented Portsmouth South from 2015 to 2017.
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Mbarka Bouaida
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mbarka Bouaida is a Moroccan politician who served as Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the Benkirane government. In July 2019, she was elected president of the southeast region Guelmim-Oued Noun, the first woman elected as a Moroccan regional leader.
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Wale Ojo
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- Studied drama
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Wale Ojo is a British Nigerian actor. He started as a child actor in television. He subsequently continued acting roles in the UK and Nigeria. He came into prominence in 1995 for his role in The Hard Case. He won the award for Best Actor at the 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for this leading role in Phone Swap, and has been featured in several movies ever since.
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Andrew Jennings
- Occupations
- writerjournalistinvestigative journalist
- Biography
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Andrew Jennings was a British investigative reporter. He was best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA.
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Phillip Blond
- Occupations
- philosopherpoliticianuniversity teacherChristian theologiantheologian
- Biography
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Phillip Blond is an English political philosopher, Anglican theologian, and director of the ResPublica think tank.
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Jonathan Raban
- Occupations
- writertravel writernovelistessayist
- Biography
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Jonathan Mark Hamilton Priaulx Raban was a British award-winning travel writer, playwright, critic, and novelist.
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Zhang Jun
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Zhang Jun is a Chinese diplomat who has served as the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from July 2019 to March 2024. In March 2020, May 2021, August 2022 and November 2023, he became President of the United Nations Security Council by assuming the monthly rotating role among Council members according to alphabetical order in the English language.
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Michael Aldrich
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Michael John Aldrich was an English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur. In 1979 he invented online shopping to enable online transaction processing between consumers and businesses, or between one business and another, a technique known later as e-commerce. In 1980 he invented the Teleputer, a multi-purpose home infotainment centre that was a fusion of PC, TV and Telecom networking technologies. In 1981 he developed the concept of interactive broadband local loop cable TV for mass market consumer telecommunications.
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Karl Turner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl William Turner is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010.
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Dom Phillips
- Occupations
- reportercorrespondenteditorwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Dominic Mark Phillips was a British freelance journalist. He wrote for The Guardian and The Washington Post, and contributed to The Times, the Financial Times and Bloomberg News, among others.
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Nitasha Kaul
- Occupations
- writereconomistpoetsociologist
- Biography
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Nitasha Kaul is a British-Indian academic, writer and poet based in London. In addition to fiction, she writes and speaks about topics that cover the political economy, Bhutan, Kashmir, nationalism in India, gender and identity.
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Samir Shah
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Samir Shah, CBE, is a British television and radio executive. He has worked for London Weekend Television, the BBC, and is the chief executive of Juniper TV (his own one man band company) a British company. In 2021, he co-authored the UK government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.
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Eamon Duffy
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterhistorianchurch historian
- Biography
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Eamon Duffy FSA FBA KSG is an Irish historian. He is the emeritus professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow and former president of Magdalene College.
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Tiemo Wölken
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Tiemo Wölken is a German lawyer and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 14 November 2016. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
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Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, DL, FSA, FRHistS was a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack was a member of the Conservative Party and was seen as a one-nation conservative.
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Angellah Kairuki
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Angellah Jasmine Mbelwa Kairuki is a Tanzanian CCM politician and cabinet Minister. On 1 September 2023, she began her post as the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism of Tanzania.
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Richard Corbett
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Graham Corbett CBE is a former British politician who served as the final Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP), from 2017 to 2020.
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Richard Simcott
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- 1995-1999 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- lecturerlinguist
- Biography
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Richard Simcott is a British polyglot who lives in Skopje, North Macedonia. Described by HarperCollins as "One of the most multilingual people from the United Kingdom", he speaks at least 30 languages.
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Hilary Beckles
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
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Martyn Roper
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Martyn Keith Roper OBE is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as Governor of the Cayman Islands between 29 October 2018 and 29 March 2023. Roper was the second longest-serving governor of the Cayman Islands behind Thomas Russell who served a total of 7 years. He was succeeded by Jane Owen as Governor of the Cayman Islands.
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Lynxxx
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Chukie Edozien, better known by his stage name Lynxxx, is a Nigerian hip-hop recording artist and entrepreneur. In 2010 he released his debut studio album This is Lynxxx and went on to become the first Nigerian artist to be endorsed by the global brand Pepsi. He is the originator of Jollof Musik – a genre he describes as "an artful blend of music to create great music".
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Nic Dakin
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Nicholas Dakin is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour party, he has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing and as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since July 2024. He was the Shadow Minister for Schools from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in 2015, and an opposition whip from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to 2019.
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Elliot Morley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elliot Anthony Morley is a British former Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid. Morley was prosecuted and on 7 April 2011 pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to two counts of false accounting, involving over £30,000. On 20 May 2011, he was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. He was released from prison on 20 September 2011 having served a quarter of his sentence.
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Mohammed Illias Sahadulla
- Biography
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Mohammed Illias Sahadulla is an Indian physician and a developer of healthcare facilities in Kerala. He is the founder chairman and managing director of KIMS Healthcare Management Limited (also known as KIMS Group).
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Peter Fahy
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Sir Peter Martin Fahy QPM is a retired senior British police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years.
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Ayesha Hazarika
- Occupations
- comedianwriter
- Biography
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Ayesha Yousef Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika, MBE is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist and political commentator, and former political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.
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Nicholas Liverpool
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
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Keith Simpson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Keith Robert Simpson, PC is a British Conservative Party politician and military historian who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland from 2010 to 2019, having previously served as the MP for Mid Norfolk from 1997 to 2010.
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Peter Skov-Jakobsen
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- In 1992 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Peter Henrik Skov-Jakobsen is a Danish bishop and theologian. Since 2009 he has been the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen and consequently the primus inter pares of the Church of Denmark.
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Robert Elstone
- Occupations
- businesspersonaccountant
- Biography
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Robert Colin Elstone MBE is a British businessman.
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Wouter Van Besien
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wouter Van Besien is a Belgian politician. From 25 October 2009 until 15 November 2014, he was the chairman of the ecologist party Groen.
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Marianne Elliott
- Occupations
- theatrical directorfilm directorcasting directordirector
- Biography
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Marianne Phoebe Elliott OBE is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards.
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Antony Szeto
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Antony Szeto, (born 9 December 1964) is a film director and martial artist.
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Indhu Rubasingham
- Occupations
- theatrical director
- Biography
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Indhu Rubasingham, MBE, is a British theatre director and the current artistic director of the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) in Kilburn, London. In December 2023, it was announced she would take over as Artistic Director of the National Theatre in 2025 from Rufus Norris.
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Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, PC, is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. Morgan is the first woman to hold the office of First Minister of Wales. As well as the first member of the House of Lords to serve as First Minister of Wales. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.
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Yam Kai Bong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yam Kai-bong is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former member of the Tai Po District Council for Yee Fu and the convenor of the Neo Democrats.
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Douglas Dunn
- Occupations
- literary criticpoetwritertranslatoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE is a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew's Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew's University.
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Bernd Wallet
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Bernd Wallet is a Dutch bishop who is currently the 84th Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands. Elected on 15 February 2020, he was consecrated on 18 September 2021, after two delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Peter Shergold
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Peter Roger Shergold is an Australian academic, company director, and former public servant. Shergold was the Chancellor of Western Sydney University from 2011 through 2022.
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Judith McKenna
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Judith McKenna is an English businesswoman. She has been CEO of Walmart's international division since 2018. Previously, she held leadership roles within Walmart's US division and Asda, a subsidiary of Walmart International.
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Joseph Garcia
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Dr Joseph John Andrew Garcia is a Gibraltarian historian and politician, and the current leader of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar and Deputy Chief Minister of the Government of Gibraltar. The LPG holds two of the 17 seats in the Gibraltar Parliament after the 2023 general election and is in government with its political allies, the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP).
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Ola Brown
- Occupations
- helicopter pilotphysicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Olamide Brown, née Orekunrin, is a British-Nigerian medical doctor, healthcare entrepreneur, and founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group and a director of Greentree Investment Company.
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Andrew Pakes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Elliot Pakes is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Peterborough since 2024. He previously served as the President of the National Union of Students (NUS).
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Tim Poston
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Timothy Poston was an English mathematician and polymath best known for his work on catastrophe theory.
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Ada Osakwe
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- 2000-2003 graduated with Bachelor of Science in economics
- Occupations
- business executiveeconomistinvestorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Ada Osakwe is a Nigerian economist, an entrepreneur and corporate executive, who is the founder and chief executive officer of Agrolay Ventures, an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, which invests in African agricultural food-related companies. She is also the founder of Nuli Foods and Nuli Juice company. From November 2012 until May 2015, Ada Osakwe was the Senior Investment Adviser to Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina.
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Eleanor King
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- judgebarrister
- Biography
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Dame Eleanor Warwick King DBE is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
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Nick Hardwick
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Nicholas Lionel Hardwick CBE is a British executive who has led UK-based charities and criminal justice organisations. Most recently he was chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales from March 2016 until his resignation on 28 March 2018 following a legal challenge to a Parole Board decision to release convicted serial rapist John Worboys.
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Artur Silva
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Augusto António Artur da Silva is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, appointed by President José Mário Vaz January 30, 2018 to April 16, 2018, to succeed Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who had resigned two weeks earlier.
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Sam Battle
- Occupations
- composersingerelectronic musicianDJ producerYouTuber
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Sam James Battle, known online as Look Mum No Computer, is a British YouTuber, electronics enthusiast, musician and composer who posts videos about making pro audio gear and synthesizers, as well as original music tracks. He is known for making and playing unusual, esoteric, and eccentric electronic musical devices made from vintage technology; notably such devices as a Furby organ, a synthesizer fused with a classic Raleigh Chopper bicycle, and a Gameboy Triple Oscillator synthesizer. Battle directs This Museum is Not Obsolete—a museum in Ramsgate, Kent which showcases vintage analogue devices which are often repurposed for humorous uses.
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Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Ernest Dearing, Baron Dearing, CB HonFREng was a senior civil servant before becoming chairman and chief executive of the Post Office Ltd.
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Damos Dumoli Agusman
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Damos Dumoli Agusman is an Indonesian diplomat. He currently serves as Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and International Organizations in Vienna.
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Alan Williams
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Alan Stephen Williams, SM is an English Roman Catholic prelate and 7th Bishop of Brentwood. He is a member of the Marist Order.
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Erich Erber
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Erich Erber is an Austrian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Erber KG, later known as Biomin GmbH; the animal health and nutrition company specializes in feed additives and premixes. In 2020 Erich Erber sold Erber Group and founded SAN Group. It continues to be family-owned and operated.
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Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- political adviser
- Biography
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Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne is a British political adviser and life peer. He served as Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2020 and the deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2021 to 2022. Gascoigne had also been his private secretary when Johnson was Mayor of London, and also served as an adviser when Johnson was Foreign Secretary.
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Anthony Forster
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Anthony William Forster, FRSA FAcSS FHEA is a British political scientist and former British Army officer. He is a former vice-chancellor of the University of Essex and was previously deputy vice-chancellor of Durham University.
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Konstantinos Kompos
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- politicianacademicianjurist
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Constantinos Kombos is a Cypriot jurist, academic and politician who has served as minister of foreign affairs since 1 March 2023. He was born in Limassol.
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Frank Barrie
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Frank Barrie is a British actor, director and writer. He made his acting debut in 1959 in a production of Henry IV, Part 2 at the York Theatre Royal. He proved to be a successful Shakespearean actor throughout his career. More recently, he starred in Lunch with Marlene, a 2008 tribute to Noël Coward and Marlene Dietrich and in 2010 was cast as Edward Bishop, a gentleman friend of Dot Cotton in Eastenders.
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Mama Fatima Singhateh
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Mama Fatima Singhateh is a Gambian lawyer, judge, and politician. Between 2009 and 2013, she was a judge in the High Court, then at the Court of Appeal of The Gambia. She subsequently served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Gambia from 2013 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2017. She currently serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children.
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Bryn Davies
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- trade unionistactuary
- Biography
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Brinley Howard Davies, Baron Davies of Brixton, known as Bryn Davies, is a British trade unionist, actuary and politician who was Leader of the Inner London Education Authority in the early 1980s.
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Sarah Flood-Beaubrun
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Sarah Flood-Beaubrun is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. Beaubrun is the former representative for the constituency of Castries Central in the House of Assembly. Beaubrun lost her seat in the 2021 Saint Lucian General Election dubbed a landslide victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party.
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David Hanson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David George Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint, PC, is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Minister of State for the Home Office since July 2024. He previously served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments, serving in the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Wales Office, the Northern Ireland Office and the Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a shadow treasury minister, and later the shadow immigration minister.
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Anthony Kelly
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Anthony Elliott-Kelly FAcSS or Anthony Kelly, better known as Tony Kelly, is an Irish academic who is currently Professor of Education at the University of Southampton, England.
