100 Notable alumni of
University of Warwick
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The University of Warwick is 271st in the world, 93rd in Europe, and 20th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Warwick sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sting
- Occupations
- guitaristmusicianfilm actorbassistcomposer
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.
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Stephen Merchant
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- television producerstand-up comediantelevision actordirectorfilm director
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Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, actor, director, and writer. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005–2007) and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) alongside Ricky Gervais. With Gervais and Karl Pilkington, he hosted The Ricky Gervais Show in its radio, podcast, audiobook, and television formats; the radio version won a bronze Sony Award. He also provided the voice of the robotic "Intelligence Dampening Sphere" Wheatley in the 2011 video game Portal 2. He co-developed the Sky One travel documentary series An Idiot Abroad (2010–2012) and co-created Lip Sync Battle (2015–present).
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Paul W. S. Anderson
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- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Paul William Scott Anderson is an English filmmaker who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.
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Anil Ambani
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- entrepreneurchief executive officerpoliticianinternational forum participantchairperson
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Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman chairman and managing director of Reliance Group (a.k.a. Reliance ADA Group). The Reliance Group was created in July 2006 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited. He led several stocks listed corporations including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power and Reliance Communications.
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Brett Goldstein
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- stand-up comedianpodcasterscreenwriteractor
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Brett Goldstein is an English actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster. Known for his role as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for each of the first two seasons. He is also the co-creator of the comedy series Shrinking (2023).
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Germaine Greer
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- broadcasterwomen's rights activistuniversity teacherjournalistscreenwriter
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Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Ruth Jones
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- writerscreenwritertelevision writeractortelevision producer
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Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019). She later co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy-drama Stella (2012-2017), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter.
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Ness Wadia
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- businessperson
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Ness Nusli Wadia is an Indian businessman. Part of the Wadia family, Wadia is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a company which has holdings in most of the Wadia Group subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in Britannia Industries. He was the Joint Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, till March 2011 when he stepped down from the post. Wadia is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings.
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Andrea Leadsom
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Studied political science
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianpolitical scientist
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Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care since November 2023. She previously served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017, Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2019 to 2020. Leadsom has twice run to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019.
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Frank Skinner
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- television actorautobiographercomedianactor
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Christopher Graham Collins, known professionally as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004, The Frank Skinner Show from 1995 to 2005, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned from 2000 to 2005, and Room 101 from 2012 to 2018. Since 2009 he has hosted The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, broadcast live on Saturdays and later released as a podcast.
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Carrie Johnson
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Studied in 2006-2009
- Occupations
- press secretary
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Caroline Louise Beavan Johnson is an English media consultant and is married to former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. She is the daughter of Matthew Symonds, co-founder of The Independent.
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Luis Arce
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Graduated with magister degree in economics
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
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Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, he previously served as minister of finance—later minister of economy and public finance—from 2006 to 2017, and in 2019.
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Tom Goodman-Hill
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Tom Goodman-Hill is an English actor of film, television, theatre and radio.
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Guðni Jóhannesson
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- historiantranslatoruniversity teacherpolitician
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Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson is an Icelandic historian and politician who became the sixth president of Iceland in 2016. He was reelected in 2020 with 92.2% of the vote. On 1 January 2024, Guðni announced in his new year's address to the Icelandic people that he would not stand for election again in 2024.
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David Davis
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- politician
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Sir David Michael Davis is a British politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden, formerly Boothferry, since 1987. Davis was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1997 New Year Honours, having previously been Minister of State for Europe from 1994 to 1997.
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Katy Wix
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- actorcomedian
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Katy Victoria J Wix is a Welsh actress, writer, author and artist. Her television roles include Carole in Stath Lets Flats, Mary in Ghosts, Barbara in Ted Lasso, and Jules in Big Boys. She has also appeared as a series contestant on Taskmaster and as a recurring character in the science fiction mini-series Torchwood: Children of Earth in 2009. She has written two series of her own: a sitcom for BBC Radio 4, Bird Island and a sketch show for Channel 4, Anna & Katy. In 2017 her painting was chosen for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. She has written two books of monologues and in 2021 she published her first memoir, Delicacy.
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Yakubu Gowon
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- military personnelpoliticianhuman rights activist
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Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon is a retired Nigerian army general and military leader. As head of state of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquished" speech at the war's end to promote healing and reconciliation. The Nigerian Civil War is listed as one of the deadliest in modern history, with some accusing Gowon of crimes against humanity and genocide. Gowon maintains that he committed no wrongdoing during the war and that his leadership saved the country.
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Mark Fisher
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- university teachertheoristbloggerwritermusic critic
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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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Adam Buxton
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- television actorradio personalitycomedianactor
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Adam Offord Buxton is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series The Adam and Joe Show (1996–2001) and the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe (2007–2009, 2011).
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Natasha Law
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- paintergraphic designer
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Andrea Natasha Heyworth Law is an English painter and graphic designer.
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Simon Mayo
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- television makerwriterradio personalitytelevision presenterjournalist
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Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022.
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Chip Tsao
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- radio personality
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Chip Tsao, also known by his Chinese language pen name To Kit, is a multilingual Hong Kong-based columnist, broadcaster, and writer. His writings are mostly in Chinese. He is well known for his sarcasm and wry sense of humour.
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Jonathan Coe
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- novelist
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Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name. It is set within the "carve up" of the UK's resources that was carried out by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative governments of the 1980s.
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Camila Batmanghelidjh
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theatre studies and theater arts education
- Occupations
- psychologistwriter
- Biography
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Camila Batmanghelidjh CBE was an Iranian-Belgian author, psychotherapist, and charity executive based in the United Kingdom. She was the founder of the charity Kids Company (closed in 2015) and Place2Be, charities that worked with marginalised children and young people at risk, in inner London, Bristol and Liverpool.
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Timmy Mallett
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- television presenterartist
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Timmy Mallett is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses, colourful shirts, and giant pink foam mallet, known as "Mallett's Mallet", as well as his "utterly brilliant!" and "blaaah!" catchphrases.
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Adi Shamir
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- computer scientistcryptologistmathematician
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Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.
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Claire Fox
- Occupations
- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Claire Regina Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. She is the director and founder of the think tank the Academy of Ideas (formerly Institute of Ideas).
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Martin Lee
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- barristerpoliticianjustice of the peace
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Martin Lee Chu-ming is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2008. Nicknamed the "Father of Democracy" in Hong Kong, he is recognised as one of the most prominent advocates for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong and China.
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Peter Salmon
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- television producertelevision director
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Peter Salmon is a British television producer and executive. He is Chief Creative Officer of global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group, leading the company’s creative direction globally and overseeing the Group’s UK business. Prior to taking his current role in April 2016, Salmon was Director of BBC Studios, the corporation's production arm, and before that held a number of senior BBC roles including Chief Creative Officer of BBC Vision, effectively overseeing all of BBC television's in-house programme production, and Director of BBC North.
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Heather Brooke
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
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Heather Rose Brooke is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner. Resident since the 1990s in the UK, she helped to expose the 2009 expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin, dozens of MPs standing down in the 2010 general election and multiple MPs being jailed.
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Trevor Cooper
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Trevor Cooper is an English actor.
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Jennie Bond
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- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Jennifer Bond is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has also hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu.
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Oliver Hart
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- economistuniversity teacher
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Sir Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart is a British-born American economist, currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. Together with Bengt R. Holmström, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.
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Jeff Leach
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- comediantelevision presenterstage actor
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Jeff Alexander Leach is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. At just four years old, he began his acting journey with a standout cross-dressing lead role as 'Madame Diptheria Iceberg' in a school production, marking the inception of a lifelong passion for performance.
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Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
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- international forum participantpoliticiansociologistdiplomat
- Biography
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Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, LG, CH, PC is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997, serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.
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Steve Heighway
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Stephen Derek Heighway is an Irish former footballer who played as a winger. He was part of the successful Liverpool team of the 1970s. Following his eleven-year spell at the club, he was ranked 23rd in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop poll.
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Suzanne Packer
- Occupations
- actor
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Suzanne Packer is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the 30th-anniversary episodes. Since departing from Casualty, she has appeared in various television series including Bang, In My Skin and The Pembrokeshire Murders.
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Ian Stewart
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- university teacherwriterscience fiction writerscience communicatormathematician
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Ian Nicholas Stewart is a British mathematician and a popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England.
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Dawn Foster
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- authorjournalistwriter
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Dawn Hayley Foster was an Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author writing predominantly on social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine, and contributed to other journals such as The Independent, The New York Times, Tribune, and Dissent. She regularly appeared as a political commentator on television and was known for her coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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J Blakeson
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- film directordirectorscreenwriter
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J Blakeson is an English film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a thriller starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, and Eddie Marsan, which he wrote and directed. His most recent film was I Care a Lot (2020).
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Adrian McKinty
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- children's writerwriter
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Adrian McKinty is a Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller, The Chain, and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Macavity Award, the Ned Kelly Award, the Barry Award, the Audie Award, the Anthony Award and the International Thriller Writers Award. He has been shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
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David Li
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- bankerjustice of the peacepoliticianbusinessperson
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Sir David Li Kwok-po GBM GBS OBE JP is a Hong Kong banker and politician. He is the executive chairman of the Bank of East Asia and pro-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Executive Council of Hong Kong in the 2000s.
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Martin Allen
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- association football managerassociation football player
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Martin James Allen is an English football manager and former player. He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for both Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at non-league Barnet. He has since managed Brentford, Milton Keynes Dons, Leicester City, Cheltenham Town and Notts County. He rejoined Barnet as manager on 16 April 2012 on a short-term, three-match contract succeeding Lawrie Sanchez. In July 2012 he became manager of Gillingham and in the 2012–13 season led the team to the Football League Two title, earning Allen his first promotion as a manager and Gillingham's first divisional title in 49 years. He was sacked as Gillingham manager in October 2013. Allen rejoined Barnet for a fourth spell in 2014, leading the Bees back into League Two before dropping divisions to join Eastleigh in December 2016, a role he held only until the following February.
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Hari Kunzru
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- novelistjournalistwriter
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Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions, Gods Without Men, White Tears and Red Pill. His work has been translated into twenty languages.
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Ralf Speth
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- chief executive officerentrepreneur
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Ralf Dieter Speth is a German automotive executive and a director of Indian company Tata Sons since 2016. From 2010 to 2020, he was the chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover. He has also had roles with BMW, Linde and Ford's Premier Automotive Group. Since 2022, Speth is the chairman of Indian Automaker TVS Motor Company.
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Gobind Singh Deo
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Gobind Singh Deo s/o Karpal Singh is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Digital in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Damansara since November 2022. He served as the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the MP for Puchong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member and National Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. Known as the "Little Lion of Puchong", he is the son of the late DAP leader Karpal Singh, who was known as the "Tiger of Jelutong". His brothers Ramkarpal Singh and Jagdeep Singh Deo are also DAP leaders. He also created history by becoming the first ever Sikh Cabinet minister in the Malaysian history.
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Luciano Floridi
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- computer scientistuniversity teacherphilosopher
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Luciano Floridi is an Italian and British philosopher. He is the director of the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. He is also a Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies, where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics. He is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence"), Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C. He is married to the neuroscientist Anna Christina Nobre.
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Simon Calder
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- journalisttravel journalistopinion journalist
- Biography
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Simon Peter Richie Calder is a freelance UK travel journalist and broadcaster. He works for various news and travel publications as well as being travel correspondent for The Independent.
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Andriy Zahorodniuk
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.
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Tim Barrow
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Timothy Earle Barrow is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser.
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Seema Malhotra
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seema Malhotra is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since 2011. A member of Labour and Co-operative, she has served as Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers since 2021 and previously sat on the opposition front bench as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Shadow Minister for Employment and a shadow Home Office minister.
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Andy Palmer
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneurengineer
- Biography
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Andrew Charles Palmer is an English automotive executive and engineer. He has been described as the 'Godfather of EVs' due to his work launching the Nissan Leaf in 2010 whilst COO at the Japanese company. Palmer is also known for launching Aston Martin's first SUV, the DBX, and first mid-engined sports car, Valkyrie, during his tenure as CEO from 2014 to 2020. Palmer was previously CEO and Executive Vice-chairman of electric bus and van company, Switch. He resigned from this role in 2022. Palmer was appointed Interim CEO of PodPoint in July 2023.
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Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Studied mathematics
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Robert Walter Kerslake, Baron Kerslake, was a British senior civil servant. He was the head of the Home Civil Service from 2011 to 2014, succeeding Sir Gus O'Donnell.
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George Saitoti
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- economistmathematicianpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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George Musengi Saitoti, E.G.H. was a Kenyan politician, businessman and American- and British-trained economist, mathematician and development policy thinker.
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Kode9
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- writerclub DJdisc jockey
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Steve Goodman, known as Kode9 is a Scottish electronic music artist, DJ, and founder of the Hyperdub record label. He was one of the founding members of the early dubstep scene with his late collaborator The Spaceape. He has released four full-length albums: 2006's Memories of the Future and 2011's Black Sun (both with The Spaceape), Nothing (2015), Escapology and Astro-Darien (2022).
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Ray Brassier
- Occupations
- university teachertranslatorphilosopher
- Biography
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Raymond Brassier is a British philosopher. He is member of the philosophy faculty at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, known for his work in philosophical realism. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, London, England.
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Lloyd Langford
- Occupations
- stand-up comediancomedian
- Biography
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Lloyd Langford is a Welsh comedian, comedy writer and voice artist.
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Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell
- Occupations
- diplomatinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell, GCB, FBA, FAcSS is a former British senior civil servant and economist, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary, the highest official in the British Civil Service.
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Tim Loughton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy Paul Loughton, is a British politician and former banker who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010 to 2012 and has twice served as the Acting Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2016 and 2021, following the respective resignations of Keith Vaz and Yvette Cooper.
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Bouthaina Shaaban
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- 1976-1977 graduated with master's degree in English studies
- 1977-1982 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in English studies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bouthaina Shaaban is a Syrian politician and political and media adviser to the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Shaaban served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab Republic, between 2002 and 2008, and has been described as the Syrian government's face to the outside world.
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Tundu Lissu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency from 2010 to 2020.
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Joseph Ngute
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Dion Ngute is a Cameroonian politician currently serving as the 9th Prime Minister of Cameroon, following his appointment in January 2019. He succeeded Philémon Yang, who had held the post since 2009.
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Andy Haldane
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Andrew George Haldane is a British economist who worked at the Bank of England between 1989 and 2021 as the chief economist and executive director of monetary analysis and statistics. He resigned from the Bank of England in June 2021 to become chief executive of the Royal Society for Arts. He sits on the UK's government's Economic Advisory Council.
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Jon Cruddas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jonathan Cruddas is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham since 2010, and formerly for Dagenham between 2001 and 2010.
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Leslie Valiant
- Enrolled in the University of Warwick
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teachercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Leslie Gabriel Valiant is a British American computer scientist and computational theorist. He was born to a chemical engineer father and a translator mother. He is currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Valiant was awarded the Turing Award in 2010, having been described by the A.C.M. as a heroic figure in theoretical computer science and a role model for his courage and creativity in addressing some of the deepest unsolved problems in science; in particular for his "striking combination of depth and breadth".
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Linda Jackson
- Occupations
- business executiveentrepreneur
- Biography
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Linda Jackson is a British businesswoman, currently the chief executive officer (CEO) of Peugeot since 2021. She was the CEO of Citroën from 2014 to 2020.
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James Anderson
- Occupations
- film directorstage actortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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James Anderson is a British actor.
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Idris Jala
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dato' Sri Idris Jala is a Malaysian technocrat. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and as the chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) from 2009 till 2015, the unit tasked with spearheading Malaysia's transition towards high income status by 2020. He was also a Senator in the Dewan Negara from 2009 till 2015. At present, he is the President and CEO of PEMANDU Associates, a global consultancy firm focused on public sector transformation and business turnaround.
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Brian Paddick
- Occupations
- police officerpolitician
- Biography
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Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick, is a British life peer and retired police officer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and of 2012, and until his retirement in May 2007 was a deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service.
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Vernon Coaker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vernon Rodney Coaker, Baron Coaker is a British politician and life peer serving as Shadow Spokesperson for Home Affairs and Defence since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling from 1997 to 2019.
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Roxanne Emery
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Roxanne Emery, known also by her stage name RØRY, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. She is the sister of the DJ and producer Gareth Emery.
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Tom Blenkinsop
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Francis Blenkinsop is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 2010 to 2017.
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Brian Deer
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Brian Deer is a British investigative journalist, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine and social issues for The Sunday Times. Deer's investigative nonfiction book The Doctor Who Fooled the World, an exposé on disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield and the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud was published in September 2020 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Wanuri Kahiu
- Occupations
- film directorinternational forum participantscreenwriter
- Biography
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Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director, producer, and author. She is considered to be “one of Africa's most aspiring directors, being part of a new, vibrant crop of talents representing contemporary African culture”. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009 for her dramatic feature film From a Whisper. She is also the co-founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM, a media collective dedicated to supporting African art for its own sake.
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Vivien Goldman
- Occupations
- songwriterwritermusic journalistsinger
- Biography
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Vivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician.
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Manjula Chellur
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Manjula Chellur is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4 December 2017.
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Eku Edewor
- Occupations
- film producermodelactortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Georgina Chloe Eku Edewor-Thorley, otherwise known as Eku Edewor, is a British Nigerian actress, television presenter, and model. She is best known for her work as host of the entertainment television program 53 Extra on Africa Magic.
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Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley,, is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.
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Kevin Foster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin John Foster is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Torbay since 2015. He served as Minister of State for Transport from September 2022 until October 2022. Foster served under Home Secretary Priti Patel as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2019 until September 2022.
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Tomáš Petříček
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tomáš Petříček is a Czech politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2018 to April 2021. Between August and October 2018 he also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and from May to December 2017 he was Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.
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Siobhan Benita
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Siobhan Benita is a British former civil servant. She was an independent candidate in the 2012 London mayoral election. She was then the Liberal Democrat candidate in the London mayoral election originally planned for 2020, but after the election was delayed to 2021, she withdrew as the candidate.
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Wendy Alexander
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wendy Alexander is a retired Scottish politician and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2007 to 2008. In 2010–2011 she convened the Scotland Bill Committee on financial powers of the Scottish Parliament.
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Andy Lane
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writernovelistscreenwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Andrew Lane, as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist best known for the Young Sherlock Holmes series of Young Adult novels.
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Tony Wheeler
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- businesspersontravel guide writerpublisher
- Biography
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Tony Wheeler is an English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and travel writer, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company with his wife, Maureen Wheeler.
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Wong Chen
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Wong Chen is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Non-executive Chairman of the Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) since May 2023, Chairman of the International Relations and Trade Select Committee from December 2019 to May 2020 and again since May 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Subang since May 2018. He served as the MP for Kelana Jaya from May 2013 to May 2018. He was also a member of the Finance and Economy Select Committee. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.
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Mahmoud Mohieldin
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Mahmoud Mohieldin, is an economist with more than 30 years of experience in international finance and development. He is the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt. He is an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund. He has been the United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda since February 2020. He was the Minister of Investment of Egypt from 2004-2010, and most recently, served as the World Bank Group Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, United Nations Relations and Partnerships. His roles at the World Bank also included Managing Director, responsible for Human Development, Sustainable Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Finance and Private Sector Development, and the World Bank Institute; World Bank President's Special Envoy on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Post-2015 Development Agenda (later, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)), and Financing for Development; and Corporate Secretary and Executive Secretary to the Development Committee of the World Bank Group's Board of Governors. Dr Mohieldin also served on several Boards of Directors in the Central Bank of Egypt and the corporate sector. He was a member of the Commission on Growth and Development and was selected for the Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2005. His professional experience extends into the academic arena as a Professor of Economics and Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University and as a Visiting Professor at several renowned Universities in Egypt, Korea, the UAE, the UK and the USA. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Durham University Business School. He also holds leading positions in national, regional and international research centres and associations. He has authored numerous publications and articles in leading journals in the fields of economics, finance and development.
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DJ Yoda
- Occupations
- disc jockey
- Biography
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Duncan Beiny, better known as DJ Yoda, is a hip hop DJ who uses samples to create an animated musical style. He is known for several awards and media industry achievements.
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Lo Wai-kwok
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peaceengineer
- Biography
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Lo Wai-kwok, is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the chairman of the BPA.
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Gerard Lyons
- Occupations
- economistwriter
- Biography
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Gerard Patrick Lyons is a British economist.
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Pippa Norris
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Pippa Norris is a British American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. She is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and she has served as the Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.
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Chan Yuen-han
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Chan Yuen-han, SBS, JP is a former member of Hong Kong Legislative Council and a noted Hong Kong female trade unionist. She is the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, and was one of the 52 founding members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
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Kim Howells
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Kim Scott Howells is a Welsh Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.
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Christian Wolmar
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianrailway historianhistorian of technologyjournalist
- Biography
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Christian Tage Forter Wolmar is a British journalist, author, railway historian and Labour Party politician. He is known for his commentary on transport, especially as a pundit on Britain's railway industry, and was named Transport Journalist of the Year in the National Transport Awards in 2007. He is an advocate for cycling, and is on the board of the London Cycling Campaign as well as having founded Labour Cycles, which encourages the Labour Party to adopt a pro-cycling agenda.
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Philip Barton
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat, currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India; he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
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Nigel Wilson
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Sir Nigel David Wilson is a British businessman. He was the group chief executive of Legal & General from 2012 to 2023.
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Pierre Pettigrew
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianforeign minister
- Biography
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Pierre Stewart Pettigrew is a Canadian politician and businessman.
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Leona Graham
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Leona Graham is a British radio broadcaster and voiceover artist. She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock.
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Richard Burden
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Haines Burden is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1992 to 2019. He served as a Shadow Transport Minister from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2016 to 2017. After the 2017 general election, he returned to the backbenches and served as a member of the House of Commons International Development Committee.
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Wu Yu-jen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wu Yu-jen is a member of the Kuomintang who was in the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.
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Guy Evans
- Occupations
- percussionistmusiciancomposer
- Biography
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Guy Randolph Evans is an English drummer and percussionist. He is best known as a member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, appearing on each of their studio albums. He is also a member of Echo City and Subterraneans.
