11 Notable alumni of
University of Bolton
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The University of Bolton is 2596th in the world, 826th in Europe, and 127th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the University of Bolton sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Amir Khan
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Amir Iqbal Khan PP is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2022. Born and raised in Bolton, Khan began to box competitively at the age of 11. He rose to fame during the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal in the lightweight division and became at the age of 17, Britain's youngest boxing Olympic medalist. He turned professional in 2005. In 2007, he was named ESPN prospect of the year. He later became one of the youngest ever British professional world champions, winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) title at the age of 22.
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Sam Allardyce
- Occupations
- association football playersports commentatorautobiographerjournalistassociation football manager
- Biography
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Samuel Allardyce is an English football manager and former professional player. Allardyce made 578 league and cup appearances in a 21-year career spent mostly in the Football League, as well as brief spells in the North American Soccer League and League of Ireland. He was signed by Bolton Wanderers from Dudley Town in 1969 and spent nine years at Bolton, helping the club to win the Second Division title in 1977–78. He spent the 1980s as a journeyman player, spending time with Sunderland, Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Coventry City, Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers (for a second spell), Preston North End, and West Bromwich Albion (also working as assistant manager). During this time, he helped Preston win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1986–87.
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Pete Shelley
- Occupations
- record producermusic arrangersingerguitaristsongwriter
- Biography
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Pete Shelley was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song "Homosapien" charted in Australasia and Canada in 1981 and 1982.
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Chris Eagles
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Christopher Mark Eagles is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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Howard Devoto
- Occupations
- songwritersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Howard Devoto is an English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, an early post-punk band. After Magazine, he went solo and later formed indie band Luxuria.
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Stuart Maconie
- Occupations
- journalistmusic critic
- Biography
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Stuart John Maconie is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music where, alongside Mark Radcliffe, he hosts its weekend breakfast show (Saturday–Sunday, 8 am – 10 am) which broadcasts from the BBC's MediaCityUK in Salford. The pair previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2 and the weekday afternoon show for BBC Radio 6 Music.
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Laurence Robertson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Laurence Anthony Robertson is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he chaired the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for seven years, from 2010 to 2017.
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Ben Mandelson
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- composerrecord producerguitarist
- Biography
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Ben Mandelson is an English musician. In addition he is a manager and producer.
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Bilal Zafar
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- comedianstand-up comedian
- Biography
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Bilal Zafar is a British comedian who won the New Act of The Year Award (NATY) in 2016 and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in the same year. He has written for The Independent and The Guardian.
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Georgia Shiels
- Occupations
- rally driver
- Biography
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Georgia Shiels is an English rally driver. She has won the 2013 Novice Forest Rally Championship, the 2015 Jack Wills Young Brit award and in 2016, Georgia accepted an offer from the University of Bolton to study a degree in Automotive Engineering BEng. Georgia also worked with Abarth as their Abarth 500 Group R R1 development driver in the British Rally Championship 2014 and various other events.
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Samantha Lee Howe
- Occupations
- writer
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Samantha Lee Howe is a British novellist and screenwriter. She writes horror and fantasy under the pen name Sam Stone. She is best known for her 2020 psychological thriller novel The Stranger in Our Bed, published by HarperCollins imprint One More Chapter. Howe is the commissioning editor of Telos Publishing imprint Telos Moonrise.
