22 Notable alumni of
University of Central Lancashire
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The University of Central Lancashire is 1527th in the world, 527th in Europe, and 97th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the University of Central Lancashire sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Don Warrington
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Don Warrington MBE is a Trinidadian-born British actor. He is best known for playing Philip Smith in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp (1974–78), and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the BBC detective series Death in Paradise (2011–present).
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Andy Goldsworthy
- Occupations
- photographerenvironmentalistartistland artistsculptor
- Biography
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Andy Goldsworthy OBE is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings.
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Ranvir Singh
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenternews presenter
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Ranvir Singh is a British journalist and television presenter. She is a newsreader and presenter for Good Morning Britain, presenter of Riddiculous and a relief presenter of Lorraine (alongside Christine Lampard).
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Victoria Derbyshire
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has also presented Newsnight and BBC Panorama.
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Mandip Gill
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
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Mandip Kaur Gill is an English actress and narrator. Her first television role came in 2012 when she was cast as Phoebe McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. After departing the series in 2015, Gill went on to have guest roles in Cuckoo, Doctors, The Good Karma Hospital and Casualty. In October 2017, the BBC announced that Gill had been cast as companion Yasmin Khan in the 2018 series of Doctor Who. She appeared in every episode of Series 11, 12 and 13.
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Paul Nuttall
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- politicianresearcher
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Paul Andrew Nuttall is a British politician who served as Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2016 to 2017. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate, and served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England between 2009 and 2019, sitting in the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group. He left UKIP in December 2018, criticising the party's association with far-right activist Tommy Robinson, and joined the Brexit Party in 2019.
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John Foxx
- Occupations
- photographersongwritergraphic designergraphic artistlecturer
- Biography
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John Foxx is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a solo career in 1980 with the album Metamatic.
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Lee Mavers
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- guitaristsinger-songwritersinger
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Lee Anthony Mavers is an English musician. Mavers was the songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist in The La's and is best known for the song "There She Goes" from October 1988.
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Prithvirajsing Roopun
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- politicianstatespersonofficial
- Biography
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Prithvirajsing Roopun GCSK ( Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [pʁitviʁad͡ʒsiŋ ʁupʌn]; born 24 May 1959) is a Mauritian politician who served as the seventh president of Mauritius from 2019 to 2024.
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Lee Ridley
- Occupations
- stand-up comedian
- Biography
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Lee Ridley, better known by his stage name the Lost Voice Guy, is an English stand-up comedian. Disabled since early life, and unable to speak, in June 2018 he won the 12th series of Britain's Got Talent.
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John Stapleton
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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John Martin Stapleton is an English journalist and broadcaster. He is known for his work as a presenter and reporter on ITV breakfast television (TV-am, GMTV and Daybreak) in addition to hosting Nationwide and Watchdog for the BBC.
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Bryan Talbot
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- comics writercomics artist
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Bryan Talbot is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequels Heart of Empire and The Legend of Luther Arkwright, as well as the Grandville series of books. He collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot to produce Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, which won the 2012 Costa biography award.
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Damien Moore
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Damien Moore is a British Conservative Party politician, who was Member of Parliament for Southport from 2017 to 2024. He served as Assistant Government Whip from September to October 2022.
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Graham Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Graham Peter Jones is a former British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 2010 until 2019.
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Adnan Hussain
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adnan Hussain is a British independent politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn since 2024.
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Mark Gill
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm editor
- Biography
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Mark Gill is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from Stretford in Manchester.
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Polly Billington
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
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Polly Billington is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for East Thanet since 2024.
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Isioma Daniel
- Occupations
- journalist
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Isioma Nkemdilim Nkiruka Daniel is a Nigerian journalist whose 2002 newspaper article comment involving the Islamic prophet Muhammad sparked the Miss World riots and caused a fatwa to be issued on her life. She ultimately had to flee the country because of jihadists.
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Aileen McLeod
- Occupations
- politician
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Aileen McLeod is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Scotland constituency, having been elected in the 2019 European Parliament election. She served as MEP until the 31 January 2020 when the Brexit process was completed.
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Carl Lygo
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- barrister
- Biography
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Carl Raymond Lygo is a British barrister and academic who was the founding vice-chancellor of BPP University. Since 2018 he has been the Chairman of University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Germany and since 2019 the Vice-Chancellor of Arden University in the UK. He is the founding chairman of the Association of Cost Lawyers Training, the founding chairman of Turner Schools a multi academy trust charity set up to help disadvantaged children in Folkestone, Kent, a non-executive director of UCFB (an innovative Football Higher Education Institution), an advisory board member of WONKHE for Higher Education.
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Mary M. Talbot
- Occupations
- comics writerwriter
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Mary Talbot is a British academic and author. She has written several well received academic works in critical discourse analysis and since 2009 has turned her hand to freelance writing. Her first graphic novel Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, published by Jonathan Cape in 2012 and illustrated by her husband Bryan Talbot won the 2012 Costa biography prize.
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Maria 'Miza' Tavares
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- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- painter
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Maria "Miza" Tavares is a Portuguese artist and art teacher, born in Santiago do Cacem on 15 May 1965.
