100 Notable alumni of
University of Bristol
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The University of Bristol is 170th in the world, 56th in Europe, and 11th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Bristol sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Bristol won Nobel Prizes in Physics.
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Jason Isaacs
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- stage actortelevision actorvoice actortelevision producerfilm actor
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Jason Isaacs is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), Jay Perry in Mass (2021), John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021), and Timothy Ratliff in The White Lotus (2025).
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Simon Pegg
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- film producercomediantelevision actoractorscreenwriter
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Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011).
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Studied in 1979
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- bobsledderracing automobile driverfilm actoraristocratenvironmentalist
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Albert II is Prince of Monaco, reigning since 2005.
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Joe Alwyn
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- film actoractorsongwriter
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Joseph Matthew Alwyn is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and has since played roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), and The Brutalist (2024), as well as the BBC and Hulu drama series Conversations with Friends (2022).
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Emily Watson
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Emily Margaret Watson is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998).
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David Walliams
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in spoken drama
- Occupations
- television producercomedianchildren's writerautobiographertelevision presenter
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David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), and for serving as a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022. Walliams is also a successful children's author, with his books selling more than 50 million copies worldwide and being translated into 53 languages. Several have been adapted for television, in which he has also appeared.
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James Blunt
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- vocalistcomposerguitaristpianistsongwriter
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James Blunt is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".
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Matt Lucas
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- television actortelevision presenteractortelevision producersinger
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Matthew Richard Lucas is an English actor, comedian, writer and television host. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011).
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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- economistlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. He attained notoriety due to his involvement in several sex scandals. Strauss-Kahn was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and Sciences Po, and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999, as part of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. He sought the nomination in the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but was defeated by Ségolène Royal.
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Jemima Goldsmith
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- film producerscreenwriterwritertelevision produceractivist
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Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, known professionally as Jemima Khan, is an English TV and film producer and screenwriter. She is the founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. Previously she was an associate editor for the British political and cultural magazine The New Statesman and European editor-at-large for the American magazine Vanity Fair.
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Paul Dirac
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Studied in 1918-1923
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- academicphysicistmathematicianprofessorengineer
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, coining the former term. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1932 to 1969, and a professor of physics at Florida State University from 1970 to 1984. Dirac shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory."
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Natasia Demetriou
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- actorcomediantelevision presenter
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Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as Nadja in the FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows and Sophie in the Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).
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Klaus Fuchs
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Studied in 1933-1937
- Occupations
- theoretical physicistuniversity teachernuclear physicistpoliticianatomic spy
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Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first nuclear weapons and, later, early models of the hydrogen bomb. After his conviction in 1950, he served nine years in prison in the United Kingdom, then migrated to East Germany where he resumed his career as a physicist and scientific leader.
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Jeremy Wade
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- writerbiologisttelevision presenteractor
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Jeremy John Wade is a British television presenter, an author of books on angling, and a biologist. He is known for his television series River Monsters, Mighty Rivers, and Dark Waters. He is one of the most accomplished anglers of all time, having traveled the world and caught a multitude of different species of fresh and saltwater fish.
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Alice Roberts
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- biologistarchaeologistwriteranthropologistpaleoanthropologist
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Alice May Roberts FRSB is an English academic, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was president of the charity Humanists UK from January 2019 to May 2022, and is now a vice-president of the organisation.
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Susanna Reid
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Susanna Victoria Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since 2014, Reid has been the lead presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain alongside Kate Garraway, Richard Madeley, Ed Balls and formerly Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard.
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Caroline Goodall
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- film actorscreenwriterstage actor
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Caroline Goodall Pecorini is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento, a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series A Difficult Woman, and a Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival). Her film appearances include Hook (1991), Cliffhanger (1993), Schindler's List (1993), Disclosure (1994), White Squall (1996), The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Best of Me (2014).
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Jamie Demetriou
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- screenwritertelevision actoractorcomedian
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Jamie Demetriou is an English comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Bus Rodent in Fleabag and for creating, co-writing, and starring in Stath Lets Flats. For the latter, he won Best Male Actor in a Comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2020 BAFTA Awards.
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Derren Brown
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- hypnotistactorwriterfilm producermagician
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Derren Brown is an English mentalist, illusionist, and writer. He is a self-described "psychological illusionist" whose acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who claim to possess supernatural powers, such as faith healers and mediums. His live performances, which incorporate audience participation and comedy, often include statements describing how his effects are achieved through a combination of psychology, showmanship, magic, misdirection, and suggestion.
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Chris Morris
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- comediantelevision producertelevision directorvoice actorradio personality
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Christopher J. Morris is an English comedian, radio presenter, actor and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the British Film Institute for his "uncompromising, moralistic drive".
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
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- children's writernovelistuniversity teacherjournalistessayist
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French, Mauritian, and British nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".
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David Bohm
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- physicistphilosopheruniversity teachernuclear physicist
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David Joseph Bohm FRS was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory known as De Broglie–Bohm theory.
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Arnold Ridley
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- military personneltelevision actorplaywrightactorfilm actor
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William Arnold Ridley was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey. He also appeared in such Dad's Army spin-offs as the feature film version and the stage production.
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Tom Tugendhat
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theology
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
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Thomas Georg John Tugendhat MBE VR is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge, previously Tonbridge and Malling, since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served in the Cabinet as Security Minister from September 2022 to July 2024.
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Pearl Mackie
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- singerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Pearl Mackie is a British actress. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. Mackie is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in BBC One soap opera Doctors.
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David Bamber
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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David James Bamber is an English actor. His credits include Privates on Parade (1983), Juliet Bravo (1983), Crown Court (1984), Call Me Mister (1986), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Chalk (1997), Mile High (2004), Beethoven (2005), Rome (2005–2007), Valkyrie (2008), Psychoville (2009–2011), The Borgias (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), What Remains (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Peterloo (2018), A Very English Scandal (2018), Flesh and Blood (2020) and The Regime (2024).
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Julia Donaldson
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- singer-songwriterwriterplaywrightchildren's writerauthor
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Julia Catherine Donaldson CBE is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of one of her songs, "A Squash and a Squeeze", were made into a children's book in 1993. Of her 184 published works, 64 are widely available in bookshops. The remaining 120 are intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxford University Press's Oxford Reading Tree.
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Angela Carter
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- journalistfilm screenwriternovelistchildren's writerlinguist
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Angela Olive Pearce, who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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Hugh Cornwell
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- singerguitaristsinger-songwriterrecording artistmusician
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Hugh Alan Cornwell is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live.
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Letsie III of Lesotho
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- sovereign
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Letsie III is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, so Letsie succeeded him again for a second reign. As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are ceremonial. In 2000, he declared HIV/AIDS in Lesotho to be a natural disaster, prompting immediate national and international response to the epidemic.
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Mitch Hewer
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- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Mitchell Scott Hewer is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama Skins. He has also starred in Britannia High as the all-round talent Danny Miller.
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Michael Winterbottom
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- film producerscreenwritertelevision directordirectorfilm editor
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Michael Winterbottom is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People—have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for their work on The Road to Guantanamo.
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Joseph Muscat
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- journalistpolitician
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Joseph Muscat KUOM is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020.
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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- physicianentrepreneurministerpolitician
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Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Congress (ANC), she currently serves as a Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
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W. G. Grace
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- physicianathletecricketer
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William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP was an English cricketer who is widely held to have been one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "W. G.", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 44 seasons from 1865 to 1908. Test cricket originated during his career, and he represented England in 22 matches from 1880 to 1899. In domestic cricket, he was mostly associated with Gloucestershire, the Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and the United South of England Eleven (USEE).
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David Nicholls
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- novelistscreenwriterwriter
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David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating from college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating the television series Rescue Me (2002) and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.
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Lembit Öpik
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- professional wrestlerwriterpolitician
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Lembit Öpik is a British former politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the 2010 general election. He was the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2007.
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Mark Francois
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- politician
- Biography
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Mark Gino Francois is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Defence since 2024.
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Penelope Fillon
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- lawyerlegislative assistantpolitician
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Penelope Kathryn Fillon is the Welsh wife of French former politician François Fillon. She was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of France from 17 May 2007 to 10 May 2012. Born and raised in Wales, Fillon is a graduate of the University College London and the University of Bristol Law School. She worked as an English teacher at a secondary school in France in the late 1970s, where she met her future husband. François and Penelope Fillon married in 1980 and have five children. They are Catholic.
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Alvin Yeung
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- politicianbarrister
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Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu is a Hong Kong barrister and politician. He was formerly the leader of the Civic Party and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing New Territories East after winning the 2016 by-election. On 11 November 2020, Yeung was disqualified from the Legislative Council, along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp, by the central government in Beijing on request of the Hong Kong government. A mass resignation of pan-democrats the same day left the Legislative Council without a substantial opposition.
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Anne McClain
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Master of Science in international relations
- Occupations
- test pilotmilitary flight engineerrugby union playerhelicopter pilotastronaut
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Anne Charlotte McClain is a colonel in the United States Army, engineer, and a NASA astronaut. Her call sign, "Annimal", dates back to her rugby career; she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a flight engineer for Expedition 58/59 and Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station.
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Thangam Debbonaire
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, Baroness Debbonaire is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West between 2015 and 2024, and made a life peer in the House of Lords shortly after. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2023 until 2024. She was previously Shadow Secretary of State for Housing from 2020 to 2021 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2021 to 2023.
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Chinami Nishimura
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Studied in 1990-1991
- Occupations
- politicianlecturer
- Biography
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Chinami Nishimura is a Japanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and represents the Niigata 1st district. Her married name is Chinami Honda (本多 智奈美, Honda Chinami).
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Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- 2007-2010 graduated with Bachelor of Science in economics
- Occupations
- businesspersonracing driveraristocrat
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Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel, styled as Lord Maltravers until 2002 and known professionally as Henry Arundel, is a British aristocrat, businessman and former motor racing driver. He is heir apparent to the dukedom of Norfolk, the most senior peerage in the Peerage of England, and the family seat of Arundel Castle.
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Anastasia Griffith
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Anastasia Griffith is a British actress. She is known for her roles in Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Alfie (2004), Damages (2007–2009), Solitary Man (2009), Trauma (2009–2010), Royal Pains (2010–2011), Once Upon a Time (2011–2014), Copper (2012–2013), Zoo (2015), and Deep State (2018–2019).
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Stephen Crabb
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stephen Crabb is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preseli Pembrokeshire from 2005 to 2024 and Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from March to July 2016 under Prime Minister David Cameron. Crabb had previously been appointed a government whip, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (2012–2014) and Secretary of State for Wales (2014–2016) under Cameron. He lost his seat in the 2024 general election.
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Theresa Villiers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dame Theresa Anne Villiers is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024, having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, Villiers was Minister of State for Rail and Aviation from 2010 to 2012, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to 2020.
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Alastair Stewart
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- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Alastair James Stewart OBE is a retired English journalist and newscaster.
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Nicholas Joicey
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Nicholas Beverley Joicey CB is Second Permanent Secretary and Group Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He was briefly Director General of the Cabinet Office's Economic and Domestic Secretariat, having previously been Director General for Finance at the Department for Work and Pensions, and before that, Director General for Strategy, International and Finance at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown, as a journalist at The Observer newspaper and as director of the International Department at HM Treasury.
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Kim Medcalf
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Kim Louise Medcalf is an English actress, singer and model. She is best known for portraying the role of Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2002–2005, 2022–present).
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Nitin Ganatra
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Nitin Chandra Ganatra is a British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2007–2019), for which he won a British Soap Award.
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Nigel Marven
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision directorfilm producerfilm directorjournalist
- Biography
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Nigel Alan Marven is a British wildlife TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, author, and television producer. He is best known as presenter of the BBC miniseries Chased by Dinosaurs, its sequel, Sea Monsters, as well as the ITV miniseries Prehistoric Park. He is also known for his unorthodox, spontaneous, and daring style of presenting wildlife documentaries as well as for including factual knowledge in the proceedings.
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Sarah Brown
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- memoiristactivistbusinessperson
- Biography
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Sarah Jane Brown is an English campaigner for global health and education, founder and president of the children's charity Theirworld, the executive chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education and the co-founder of A World at School.
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Sue Lawley
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Susan Lawley is an English retired television and radio broadcaster. Her main broadcasting background involved television news and current affairs. From 1988 to 2006 she was the presenter of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
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Anna Maria Anders
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Maria Anders was the ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Italy and to San Marino (2019–2024).
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Rachel Whetstone
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Rachel Marjorie Joan Whetstone is a British public relations executive. Whetstone was in charge of communications and public policy at Google for nearly a decade, and served as senior vice president of communications and public policy for Uber until April 2017. She then joined Facebook as vice president of communications of its WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger products. In August 2018, Whetstone became the chief communications officer (CCO) of Netflix. As of March 2025, she oversees communications at the AI startup Sierra.
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Ben Emmerson
- Occupations
- barrister
- Biography
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Michael Benedict Emmerson CBE KC is a British barrister, specialising in public international law, human rights and humanitarian law, and international criminal law. From 2011 to 2017, he was the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. Emmerson is currently an Appeals Chamber Judge of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals sitting on the Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He has previously served as Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and Special Adviser to the Appeals Chamber of the ECCC (the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia).
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Mick Jackson
- Occupations
- producerdirectortelevision directortelevision producerfilm director
- Biography
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Mick Jackson is an English film director and television producer best known for the 1984 BAFTA Award-winning television film Threads. He is also known for directing projects such as the comedy L.A. Story (1991), the romance drama The Bodyguard (1992), the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010), and the drama Denial (2016).
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Misha Glenny
- Occupations
- historianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Michael V. E. "Misha" Glenny is an English journalist and broadcaster, specialising in southeast Europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity. He has been Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna since 2022.
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Gigguk
- Occupations
- podcasterYouTuber
- Biography
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Garnt Maneetapho, better known as Gigguk, is a British YouTuber and podcaster who is known for his comedic rants and reviews on anime and otaku culture. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.
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Maddie Moate
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- presentertelevision producerYouTuber
- Biography
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Madeleine Moate is a British television presenter, podcaster, YouTuber and children's author best known for presenting the CBeebies series Maddie's Do You Know? for which she was awarded the Best Presenter BAFTA at the Children's BAFTAs 2017. Moate is a science communicator; she studied theatre, film and television at Bristol University.
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Mabel Cheung
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm produceractor
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Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Second Wave in Hong Kong. Cheung made her first film in 1985 as a student at New York University. Cheung is known for working with the migration issues of Hongkongers and overseas Chinese, especially before the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.
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Paul Boateng
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- diplomatbarristerpolitician
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Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, CVO, PC, DL is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from March 2005 to May 2009. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1 July 2010.
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Kim-Joy
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in sociology
- Occupations
- bakermental health professionalcolumnistwriter
- Biography
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Kim-Joy is a British baker and cookbook writer. She became one of two runners-up in the ninth series (2018) of The Great British Bake Off and won Bake Off's New Year 2022 special. She has written three cookbooks and is known for creating decorative baked goods often featuring whimsical themes and cute renderings of animals.
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Michelle Rocca
- Occupations
- modeltelevision presenterbeauty pageant contestantsocialite
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Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca is an Irish TV host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ireland 1980. The following year, she married footballer John Devine. Two years after their divorce in 1990 she met and later married, Northern Irish singer Van Morrison.
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Jazmin Sawyers
- Occupations
- bobsleddersports commentatorlong jumpersinger
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Jazmin Sawyers is a British track and field athlete and sports presenter who competes in the long jump, representing Great Britain and England. In 2023, she won her first major senior title at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
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M. J. Arlidge
- Occupations
- writertelevision producertelevision dramaturgescreenwriter
- Biography
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Matthew J. Arlidge is an English author of crime novels starring DI Helen Grace. He has also worked in television.
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Iain Morris
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorwritercomedianfilm producer
- Biography
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Iain Kevan Morris is an English writer. He is best known for creating The Inbetweeners with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr.
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Sarah Montague
- Occupations
- broadcasterjournalisttelevision presenterstockbroker
- Biography
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Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke, is a British journalist and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The World at One. For 18 years, prior to April 2018, she was a regular presenter of another radio programme, Today.
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Mary Spender
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- television producersinger-songwriterfilm directorguitarist
- Biography
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Mary Harriet Edwina Spender is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTube personality.
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Nazir Razak
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Mohamed Nazir bin Abdul Razak is a Malaysian banking executive who served as CEO of CIMB Group from 1999 to 2014 and as chairman from 2014 to 2018. He is the youngest son of Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysia's Prime Minister from 1970 to 1976, and the brother of Najib Razak, who served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018.
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Deborah Moggach
- Occupations
- writernovelistjournalistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Deborah Moggach OBE FRSL is an English playwright, novelist and screenwriter. She has written nineteen novels, including The Ex-Wives (1993), Tulip Fever (1999; made into the 2017 film of the same name), These Foolish Things (2004; made into the 2011 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel (2013). Her film scripts include Pride and Prejudice (2005).
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C. F. Powell
- Occupations
- university teachernuclear physicistphysicist
- Biography
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Cecil Frank Powell was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).
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Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon FRS also known as M. G. K. Menon, was an Indian physicist and policy maker who served as the Chairperson of ISRO in 1972 and also served as the Director general of Defence Research and Development Organisation from 1974 to 1978. Additionally Menon has also served as the minister of state in Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India.
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Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, is a British banker, hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
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Yakir Aharonov
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- In 1960 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Yakir Aharonov ForMemRS is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California since 2008. He was a distinguished professor in the Perimeter Institute between 2009-2012 and is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and at University of South Carolina. He is president of the IYAR, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Research.
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Sam Willis
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 49)
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- military historianpodcaster
- Biography
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Samuel Bruce Adlam Willis is a British historian, television presenter and writer. He is a visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at the University of Plymouth, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He is the editor of Navy Records Online, the online-publishing branch of the Navy Records Society. Willis has published fourteen books and numerous academic articles on maritime and naval history.
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Matthew Warchus
- Occupations
- theatrical directorplaywrightfilm directordirector
- Biography
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Matthew Warchus is an English theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015.
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Josh Lewsey
- Occupations
- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions. Lewsey is a former British Army Officer.
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Kyran Bracken
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE is a world-cup winning former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo.
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Nimco Ali
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Nimko Ali OBE, alternatively spelled Nimco (born c. 1982), is a British social activist of Somali heritage. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Michael Ruse
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- In 1970 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Michael Escott Ruse FRSC was a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specialised in the philosophy of biology and worked on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse began his career teaching at The University of Guelph and spent many years at Florida State University.
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Jonathan Evans
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- civil servantpoliticianintelligence officer
- Biography
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Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, KCB, DL is a British life peer who formerly served as the Director General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service. He took over the role on the retirement of his predecessor Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller on 21 April 2007. Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker on 22 April 2013. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Crown Nominations Commission.
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Iain Stewart
- Occupations
- geologisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Iain Simpson Stewart MBE FGS FRSE is a Scottish geologist who is currently Jordan-UK El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability at the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan. He is a UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society and formerly a member of the Scientific Board of UNESCO's International Geoscience Programme. Described as geology's "rock star", Stewart is best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programmes for the BBC, notably the BAFTA nominated Earth: The Power of the Planet (2007).
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Shanta Gokhale
- Occupations
- writercriticjournalisttranslatorauthor
- Biography
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Shanta Gokhale is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. She is best known for her works Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi.
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Holly Smale
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in William Shakespeare and English-language literature
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Holly Miranda Smale is a British writer. She wrote the Geek Girl series. The first book in the series won the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013. The final book, Forever Geek, was published by HarperCollins in March 2017.
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Ian Shapiro
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Ian Shapiro is an American legal scholar and political scientist who serves as the Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He served as the Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center at Yale University from 2004 to 2019. He is known primarily for interventions in debates on democracy and on methods of conducting social science research.
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Bernard Lovell
- Occupations
- university teacherastronomerphysicist
- Biography
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a British physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
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Dan Poulter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Leonard James Poulter is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist, and served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health between September 2012 and May 2015. Initially elected as a Conservative, he defected to Labour in April 2024.
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Mark Ravenhill
- Occupations
- screenwriterstage actortheatrical directorjournalistplaywright
- Biography
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Mark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist.
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Marc Evans
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
- Biography
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Marc Evans is a Welsh director of film and television, whose credits include the films House of America, Resurrection Man and My Little Eye.
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William Lewis
- Occupations
- newspaper editor
- Biography
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Sir William John Lewis is a British media executive who served as the publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post from 2024 to 2026. He was formerly chief executive of Dow Jones & Company and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in his career, he was known as a journalist and then editor.
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Will Hutton
- Occupations
- economistwriterjournalist
- Biography
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William Nicolas Hutton is an English journalist. As of 2022, he writes a regular column for The Observer, co-chairs the Purposeful Company, and is the president-designate of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is the chair of the advisory board of the UK National Youth Corps. He was principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford from 2011 to 2020, and co-founder of the Big Innovation Centre, an initiative from the Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society), having been chief executive of the Work Foundation from 2000 to 2008. He was formerly editor-in-chief of The Observer.
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Andrew Murrison
- Occupations
- military physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Surgeon Commander Andrew William Murrison is a British doctor, naval officer and Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Wiltshire, previously Westbury, since 2001. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families from October 2022 to July 2024.
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Mia Kang
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Mia Kang is a British-Swiss fashion model, Muay Thai fighter, body confidence advocate, and television host based in New York City. Kang grew up in Hong Kong and was bullied as a young girl for being overweight. She halved her weight at the age of 13 and was soon scouted as a model. Kang modeled across Asia and Europe through her high school and college years. She got a master's degree in finance and financial law in England, and left modeling to work as a commodities trader, before returning to modeling in New York City and winning the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model search and being named a 2017 Rookie.
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Keith Devlin
- Enrolled in the University of Bristol
- 1968-1971 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- mathematicianjournalistuniversity teacherscience communicator
- Biography
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Keith J. Devlin is a British and American mathematician and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is known for his work in mathematical cognition, information theory, and the public communication of mathematics. Devlin has authored more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles. He was a regular commentator on National Public Radio (NPR) as “the Math Guy” and is the co-founder and President of BrainQuake, an educational technology company that develops mathematics learning games.
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Kai Whittaker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kai Whittaker is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and member of the Bundestag since 2013.
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Dawn Primarolo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2015. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political service. She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.
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Miranda Krestovnikoff
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Miranda Krestovnikoff is a British radio and television presenter specialising in natural history and archaeological programmes.
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Liz Greene
- Occupations
- psychologistwriterastrologer
- Biography
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Liz Greene is an American-British astrologer and author. Her father was born in London, and her mother in the United States.
