100 Notable alumni of
University of Hull
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The University of Hull is 510th in the world, 191st 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 lesbian, and longest-serving person to hold the office of prime minister.
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Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianwriteradvisersociologist
- 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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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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Genesis P-Orridge
- Occupations
- singerpoetwriterperformance artistvideo 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 TOPY - Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth - occult group, and fronted the experimental pop rock band Psychic TV.
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Mark Fisher
- Occupations
- theoristuniversity teacherphilosophercultural studies scholarmusic critic
- 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
- singer-songwriterguitaristsingercolumnist
- 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. She has, at several junctions of her career, recorded and released albums as a solo artist, and has also written books, essays and columns.
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Matt Haig
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writerwriterjournalistchildren's writer
- 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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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. Kent is a member of Galatasaray Sports Club, number 14277.
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Tom Brooke
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- 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, Fiore in the AMC television series Preacher and as MI5 agent J.K. Coe in Slow Horses.
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Ben Watt
- Occupations
- composersingerrecord producerdisc jockey
- 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
- immunologistresearcherprofessor
- 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
- poetwritermusician
- 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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James Graham
- Occupations
- playwrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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James Graham OBE FRSL 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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Roy Hattersley
- Occupations
- politicianwriterjournalist
- 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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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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Magid Magid
- Occupations
- environmentalistpoliticianartist
- 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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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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Samir Shah
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Samir Shah, CBE, is a British television and radio executive, who has been the Chair of the BBC since March 2024. He has worked in the past for the BBC and London Weekend Television, and was chief executive of Juniper TV. In 2021, he co-authored the UK government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.
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Jenni Murray
- Occupations
- journalistcontinuityradio 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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Malcolm Sinclair
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage 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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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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Nancy Shukri
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy binti Shukri is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development since 2022. A member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, she previously served in 2016 as the acting Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from 2016 to 2018, as well as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture from 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022. Her 2022 appointment made her the longest-serving female federal minister from Sarawak.
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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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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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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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Gabriel Salazar
- Enrolled in the University of Hull
- 1977-1979 graduated with English
- 1977-1984 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economic history
- Occupations
- historianphilosophersociologistuniversity teacher
- 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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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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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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Neil Codling
- Occupations
- keyboardistsongwritermusician
- 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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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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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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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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Andy Harries
- Occupations
- film producertelevision producerfilm director
- Biography
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Andrew Harries OBE is chairman 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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Eluned Morgan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, PC is a Welsh politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. Morgan is the first woman and the first member of the House of Lords to serve as First Minister. Before becoming First Minister, she served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care from 2021 to 2024.
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Lim Kay Tong
- Occupations
- television actorjournalistvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lim Kay Tong is a Singaporean film, television and stage actor. Notably, he played supporting roles in films including Shanghai Surprise (1986) and Brokedown Palace (1999), and series like Noble House (1988), and was the lead actor in Growing Up (1996–2001), Perth (2004), and The Old Man And His Car (2025). 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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Jeremy Darroch
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchief executive officer
- Biography
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Sir David Jeremy Darroch is a British business executive who was the chief executive of Sky from December 2007 until becoming executive chairman in January 2021.
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Wale Ojo
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 58)
- 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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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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Dom Phillips
- Occupations
- correspondenteditorwriterjournalistreporter
- 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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Zhang Jun
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Zhang Jun is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 4th Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia since April 2024. He served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from July 2019 to March 2024 and as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 2018 to 2019.
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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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Phillip Blond
- Occupations
- academicuniversity teacherpoliticianphilosopherChristian theologian
- 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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Nitasha Kaul
- Occupations
- writereconomistpoetsociologist
- Biography
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Nitasha Kaul is a British 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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Andrew Jennings
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- 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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Ayesha Hazarika
- Occupations
- comedianwriter
- Biography
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Ayesha Yousef Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika, MBE is a Scottish politician, political commentator and former political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.
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Karl Turner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl William Turner is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010.
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Jonathan Raban
- Occupations
- travel writernovelistessayistwriter
- 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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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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Eamon Duffy
- Occupations
- historianchurch historianuniversity teacherwriter
- 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 50)
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- 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 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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Nic Dakin
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- 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 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household since September 2025. He was the Shadow Minister for Schools from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in 2015, an opposition whip from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to 2019, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing from 2024 to 2025.
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Hilary Beckles
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA is a Bajan historian and is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
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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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Lynxxx
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 43)
- 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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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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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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Marianne Elliott
- Occupations
- theatrical directorfilm directorcasting directordirector
- Biography
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Marianne Phoebe Elliott OBE is a British theatre director and producer. Known for her works in the West End and on Broadway, she has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards.
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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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Peter Fahy
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Sir Peter Martin Fahy 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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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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Robert Elstone
- Occupations
- businesspersonaccountant
- Biography
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Robert Colin Elstone MBE is a British businessman.
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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 National Theatre.
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Bernd Wallet
- Occupations
- presbyter
- 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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Mary Bousted
- Occupations
- trade unionistresearcher
- Biography
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Mary Winefride Bousted, Baroness Bousted, is a British trade unionist, educator and life peer. She was the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) from 2017 to 2023 and previously the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) from 2003 to 2017.
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Antony Szeto
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Antony Szeto, (born 9 December 1964) is a film director and martial artist.
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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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Frank Barrie
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Frank Smith, known professionally as Frank Barrie, was an English 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 was a successful Shakespearean actor throughout his career. In 2008 he starred in Lunch with Marlene, a tribute to Noël Coward and Marlene Dietrich, and in 2010 was cast as Edward Bishop in EastEnders.
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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 Andrews Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrews University.
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Andrew Pakes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Elliot Pakes is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he previously served as the 48th President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 1998 to 2000.
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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 was CEO of Walmart's international division until 2023. Previously, she held leadership roles within Walmart's US division and Asda, a subsidiary of Walmart International.
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Ola Brown
- Occupations
- physicianhelicopter pilotbusinesspersonentrepreneur
- 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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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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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, 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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Sam Battle
- Occupations
- singerYouTubermuseum professionalcomposerDJ producer
- Biography
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Sam James Bartle, better known online as Look Mum No Computer, is an English musician, YouTuber, electronics enthusiast, and composer who posts videos about making pro audio gear and synthesizers, as well as original music tracks.
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Eleanor King
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- 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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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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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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Nick Hardwick
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- officialbusiness 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 70)
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- 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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Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 43)
- 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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David Hanson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David George Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint, PC, is a British 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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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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Konstantinos Kompos
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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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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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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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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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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Bryn Davies
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 82)
- 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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Mama Fatima Singhateh
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- ministerlawyerpolitician
- 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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Sarah Flood-Beaubrun
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- 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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Anthony Kelly
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Anthony Elliott-Kelly FAcSS, or Anthony Kelly and commonly known as Tony Kelly, is an Irish academic who is currently Professor of Education at the University of Southampton, England.
