100 Notable alumni of
University of Exeter
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The University of Exeter is 379th in the world, 134th in Europe, and 31st in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Exeter sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Vanessa Kirby
- Occupations
- actor
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Vanessa Nuala Kirby is an English actress. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the film Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Zara Tindall
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Studied physiotherapy
- Occupations
- event ridercelebrityequestrianactor
- Biography
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Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall is a British equestrian, Olympian, and member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips, and eldest niece of King Charles III. At birth she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and as of 2026 is 22nd.
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Peter Phillips
- Biography
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Peter Mark Andrew Phillips is a British businessman and member of the British royal family. He is the son of Anne, Princess Royal, and Mark Phillips, and a nephew of King Charles III. Born during the reign of his maternal grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, Phillips was fifth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2026, he is 19th.
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Thom Yorke
- Occupations
- pianistdancerecologistcomposersinger-songwriter
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Thomas Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the singer and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his falsetto. Rolling Stone described Yorke as one of the greatest and most influential singers of his generation.
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Katie Hopkins
- Occupations
- columnistpolitician
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Katie Olivia Hopkins is an English media personality, far-right political commentator, and former columnist and businesswoman. She was a contestant on the third series of the reality show The Apprentice in 2007; following further appearances in the media, she became a columnist for British national newspapers, including The Sun and MailOnline. In 2015, Hopkins appeared on the fifteenth series of the reality show Celebrity Big Brother, where she finished as runner-up, and hosted her own talk show, If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World. The following year she became a presenter for the talk radio station LBC.
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Stephen Dillane
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
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Stephen John Dillane is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours, Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor", Dillane won a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Thing (2000) and gave critically acclaimed performances in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1990), and a one-man Macbeth (2005). His television work has additionally garnered him BAFTA and International Emmy Awards for best actor.
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Sajid Javid
- Occupations
- bankereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Sajid Javid is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove between 2010 and 2024.
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Mark Labbett
- Occupations
- statisticianteachertelevision personalityquizzer
- Biography
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Mark Andrew Labbett, also known by his professional nickname "The Beast", is an English professional quizzer and television personality. Since 2009 he has been one of the "chasers" on the ITV game show The Chase. He appeared between 2013 and 2015 on GSN's American version as their sole chaser; between 2016 and 2020 as one of six chasers on the Australian version; and as one of four chasers in the second season of ABC's American revival and from late February 2022 rejoined the Australian version of the show.
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Abdullah Gül
- Occupations
- diplomateconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Abdullah Gül is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank.
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Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- 1987-1990 studied sociology and educational sciences
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, is the first child and eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía. As the eldest sister of King Felipe VI, Elena is the third in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, behind her nieces, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía. She has a younger sister, Infanta Cristina.
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Steve Backshall
- Occupations
- naturalisttelevision presenterbiographerwriter
- Biography
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Stephen James Backshall is an English naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC TV's Deadly... franchise.
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Ben Collins
- Occupations
- stunt performerracing drivertelevision presenterracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Benjamin Lievesley Immi Collins is a British racing driver from Bristol. He has competed in motor racing since 1994 in many categories, from Formula Three and Indy Lights to sportscars, GT racing and stock cars.
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Will Young
- Occupations
- singerstage actorrecording artistactorfilm actor
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William Robert Young is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in World Idol performing the single "Light My Fire" written by the band the Doors.
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Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
- Occupations
- military personnelautobiographer
- Biography
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Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi is an Emirati politician, author, historian, and the current and 11th ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates since January 1972. He is best known for his historical publications, support for education, and preservation of cultural landmarks. He restored the Al Hisn Fort in Sharjah in 1970 and served as the United Arab Emirates first Minister of Education in 1971. As an academic, he has authored multiple historical documents as well as memoirs, studies, novels, poetry and plays regarding the Middle East and North Africa.
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Sigrid Kaag
- Occupations
- diplomatministerpolitician
- Biography
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Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag is a Dutch politician, humanitarian and diplomat who is the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process since 2025 and the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza since 2024.
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Rhod Gilbert
- Occupations
- comedianstand-up comedian
- Biography
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Rhodri Paul Gilbert is a Welsh comedian and television and radio presenter who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main comedy award (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded).
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Mehmet Şimşek
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mehmet Şimşek is a Turkish politician and economist, who has been serving as the Minister of Treasury and Finance since 4 June 2023. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 24 November 2015 until the office's abolition on 9 July 2018. He previously served as the minister of finance from 2009 to 2015, in the cabinets of Prime Ministers of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ahmet Davutoğlu. As a member of the Justice and Development Party, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Gaziantep in the 2007 general election and for Batman in the 2011 general election.
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Julian Richings
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Julian Richings is a British-Canadian character actor, having appeared in over 225 films and television series. He is best known for his appearances in a variety of horror films, including Cube, Wrong Turn, The Witch, Beau is Afraid, Ejecta, and Anything for Jackson, as well as for portraying Death in the dark fantasy series Supernatural.
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Kate Fleetwood
- Occupations
- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Kate Fleetwood is an English actress and voice over artist. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021–2025).
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Pieter Omtzigt
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- 1992-1996 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- authorpolitician
- Biography
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Pieter Herman Omtzigt is a Dutch former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2025 apart from a short interruption between June and October 2010. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), but left in 2021 and continued as an independent. In August 2023, he founded a new party called New Social Contract, its name taken from his 2021 manifesto. Three months later, his party won 20 out of 150 seats in the 2023 Dutch general election. On 18 April 2025, he announced that he would leave politics due to his burnout.
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Caroline Lucas
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1989 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Caroline Patricia Lucas is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and 2016–2018. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion from 2010–2024. She was the Green Party's first MP (although Plaid Cymru's Cynog Dafis was elected on a joint ticket in the 1990s) and their only MP until the 2024 general election.
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Santa Montefiore
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Santa Montefiore is a British author.
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Deborah James
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- activistpodcastercolumnistjournalistauthor
- Biography
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Dame Deborah Anne James DBE was an English journalist, educator, podcast host and charity campaigner from London. In 2016, she was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer and went on to host the You, Me and the Big C podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live about her struggles with her illness.
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James Brokenshire
- Occupations
- solicitorlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Peter Brokenshire was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in Theresa May's cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2018 and then as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from 2018 to 2019. He also served as a minister at the Home Office under David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Brokenshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 2005 to 2010, and for Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2010 until his death in 2021.
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Dolly Alderton
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- writernovelisttelevision writerjournalist
- Biography
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Dolly Alderton is a British author and screenwriter. She is also columnist for The Sunday Times. Her memoir Everything I Know About Love won a 2018 National Book Award for autobiography and was shortlisted for the 2019 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year in the British Book Awards, and adapted into a BBC/Peacock eponymous television drama series.
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Isabel Hardman
- Occupations
- journalistradio personality
- Biography
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Isabel Hardman, Lady Walney, is a British political journalist and the assistant editor of The Spectator. In 2015, she was named Journalist of the Year at the Political Studies Association's annual awards.
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Adam Back
- Occupations
- cryptographercypherpunkbusinessperson
- Biography
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Adam Back is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream, which he co-founded in 2014. He invented Hashcash, which is used in the bitcoin mining process.
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Tim Montgomerie
- Occupations
- television presenterbloggerbanker
- Biography
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Timothy Montgomerie is a British political activist, blogger, and columnist. He is best known as the co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice and as creator of the ConservativeHome website, which he edited from 2005 until 2013, when he left to become the comment editor at The Times.
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Pyo Chang-won
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- psychologistpolitician
- Biography
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Pyo Chang-won is a South Korean politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2020.
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Drew Pearce
- Occupations
- singerscreenwriterguitaristfilm directormusician
- Biography
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Drew Pearce is a British screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on The Fall Guy (2024), Hotel Artemis (2018), Iron Man 3 (2013), Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015).
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Patrick Sanders
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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General Sir Patrick Nicholas Yardley Monrad Sanders, KCB, CBE, DSO is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 13 June 2022 until 15 June 2024.
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Stanley Donwood
- Occupations
- graphic designerwriter
- Biography
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Dan Rickwood, known professionally as Stanley Donwood, is an English artist and writer. Since 1994, he has created all the artwork for the rock band Radiohead with their singer, Thom Yorke, plus many of Yorke's other projects, including Atoms for Peace and the Smile. In 2002, the pair won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the Radiohead album Amnesiac. Donwood also creates artwork for Glastonbury Festival, and has published books of short stories and a memoir.
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Jon Kay
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jonathan Francis Kay is an English TV presenter, newsreader and journalist based in the West of England. He is known for his work on BBC News. He has also won Celebrity Mastermind.
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Samantha Smith
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Samantha Smith is an English former professional tennis player, who was the British ladies' No. 1 from 1996 to 1999. She now commentates on the game, predominantly for the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports, BT Sport, Eurosport & Amazon Prime and for 17 consecutive years since 2009 in Australia on the Australian Open for the Seven Network and since 2019 the Nine Network.
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Fiona Shackleton
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Fiona Sara Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, LVO is an English solicitor and Conservative politician, who has represented members of the British royal family and celebrities, including Paul McCartney, Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Princess Haya bint Hussein, and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. Her charm and resoluteness earned her the nickname "Steel Magnolia".
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Robert Halfon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Henry Halfon is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 2010 to 2024.
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- In 1987 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianchemist
- Biography
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Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim GCSK (born 17 October 1959) is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist who served as the sixth president of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. In December 2014, she was selected to be the presidential candidate of the Alliance Lepep. After Kailash Purryag resigned on 29 May 2015, both Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth and Leader of the Opposition Paul Berenger positively welcomed her nomination, which was unanimously approved in a vote in the National Assembly.
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Jeremy Wright
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Jeremy Paul Wright KC is a British lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kenilworth and Southam, previously Rugby and Kenilworth, since the 2005 general election and served as Shadow Attorney General from July to November 2024.
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Matthew Herbert
- Occupations
- record producerdisc jockeycomposer
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Matthew Herbert, also known as Herbert, Doctor Rockit, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, Wishmountain, and DJ Empty, is a British electronic musician. He often takes sounds from everyday items to produce electronic music.
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Shahd Alshammari
- Occupations
- university teacherscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Shahd Alshammari is a Kuwaiti writer, academic scholar and assistant professor of the English language. She is well known for her researches that focus on human and women's rights, disability issues and, recently, illness narrative. She published six books, in total, three of which she was the author, and the other three co-author. Additionally, she participated in over 15 conference, both as attendee and Keynote speaker, and discussed different topics in the fields of literature and culture. In 2019, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards – Social Impact. In 2021 she won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from the National Communication Association's (NAC).
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Luke Pollard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Luke Pollard is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport since 2017. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has served as Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry since 2025. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces from 2024 to 2025.
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Andrew Lansley
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Studied politics
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew David Lansley, Baron Lansley is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2015.
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Henry Slade
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Henry James Harvey Slade is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs and the England national team.
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Prem Rugby club Exeter Chiefs and England.
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Sam Willis
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 49)
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Studied in 2000
- In 2004 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- 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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Óscar Iván Zuluaga
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Óscar Iván Zuluaga Escobar is a Colombian politician and economist who was the Democratic Center's nominee for President of Colombia in the 2014 election. He won the most votes in the first round of the election and but went on to lose to the incumbent Juan Manuel Santos Calderon in the second round.
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Lau Kong-wah
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- 1981-1983 graduated with Bachelor of Philosophy in sociology of education
- Occupations
- justice of the peacepolitician
- Biography
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Ray Lau Kong-wah, JP is a former Hong Kong Government official and former member of both the Legislative Council and the Executive Council. Until 2020, he was Secretary for Home Affairs.
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Lindsey Hilsum
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Lindsey Hilsum is an English television journalist and writer. She is the International Editor for Channel 4 News, and has reported from six continents, including coverage of the major conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Kosovo, Rwanda and Ukraine in the past two decades. She is also a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, New Statesman, and Granta.
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Andrew D. Hamilton
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Andrew David Hamilton FRS is a British-American chemist and academic administrator who served as the 16th president of New York University from 2016 to 2023. He previously served as vice chancellor of the University of Oxford from 2009 to 2015 and provost of Yale University from 2004 to 2008.
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Nickie Aiken
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicola Jane Aiken is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cities of London and Westminster from 2019 to 2024. She was the leader of Westminster City Council from 2017 to 2020.
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Moussa Ibrahim
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Moussa Ibrahim Gaddafi is a Libyan political figure who rose to international attention in 2011 as Muammar Gaddafi's Information Minister and official spokesman, serving in this role until the government was toppled the same year in the Libyan Civil War. Ibrahim held frequent press conferences in the course of the war, denouncing rebel forces and the NATO-led military intervention, often in defiant and impassioned tones. His status and whereabouts remained unknown following the Battle of Tripoli in which the Gaddafi government was overthrown, although there were several claims and subsequent refutations of his capture. Eventually, in late 2014, it was discovered he was in Egypt before he was deported and fled to Serbia. On 12 January 2015 Moussa Ibrahim spoke publicly by video link at a political event hosted at the Committee Rooms Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London from an undisclosed location, also the Director of Private Security Company.
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Steve Bell
- Occupations
- caricaturist
- Biography
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Steven William Maclean Bell is an English political cartoonist, whose work has appeared in a number of publications, notably The Guardian from 1981 to 2023. He is known for his left-wing views.
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Tim Dunn
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- historiangeographertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Tim Dunn is a British railway historian, model railway enthusiast, TV presenter, geographer and travel editor. Dunn is known for his presenting and writing work, primarily on rail transport and architecture. He has previously worked as a travel editor and customer relations campaign manager for the transportation website Trainline.
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Lynne Owens
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Dame Lynne Gillian Owens, DCB, CBE, QPM, DL is a retired senior police officer in the United Kingdom. She was made interim Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in September 2022 before being confirmed as that role's permanent holder in February 2023, the first-ever such female holder (Helen Ball previously held it on an acting basis in 2021–2022). She retired from the role in May 2025.
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Andy Slaughter
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Andrew Francis Slaughter is a British Labour Party politician who is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith and Chiswick, and before that, Hammersmith and Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, since 2005. Prior to his election to Parliament, he had served as Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
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Jacques Monasch
- Occupations
- economistart collectorpolitician
- Biography
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Jacques Simon Monasch is a Dutch politician, art collector and former management as well as political consultant and civil servant. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017, where he focused on matters of housing and spatial planning. He was a member of the Labour Party from 1986 to 2016. Due to Monasch leaving the Labour Party, the Second Rutte cabinet lost its majority in the House of Representatives. Several weeks after leaving the Labour Party Monasch announced he would enter the 2017 general election with his new party, Nieuwe Wegen. His party did not obtain any seats in the election.
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Richard Peck
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Richard Wayne Peck was an American novelist known for his contributions to modern young adult literature. He was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder (the sequel to A Long Way From Chicago). He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1990.
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Dafydd Jenkins
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Dafydd Jenkins is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs and has captained the Wales national team.
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Ambiga Sreenevasan
- Occupations
- lawyerhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Ambiga Sreenevasan is a Malaysian lawyer and human rights advocate, and one of eight recipients of the US International Women of Courage Award in 2009. She was the president of the Malaysian Bar Council from 2007 to 2009, and co-chairperson of Bersih, an NGO coalition advocating for free and fair elections.
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Mark Lancaster
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Major General John Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton, TD, VR, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, a Member of the House of Lords and a British Army reserve officer, who has served as Director Reserves since October 2023.
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Christ Tshiunza
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Christ Tshiunza is a Welsh with dual French-Congolese nationalities rugby union player who plays as a lock or flanker for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership. Tshiunza has represented Wales and Wales U20. Tshiunza competed in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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Feryal Clark
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Feryal Demirci Clark is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North since 2019. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government from July 2024 to September 2025.
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Dennis Gillings
- Occupations
- biostatistician
- Biography
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Sir Dennis Barry Gillings CBE is an American-based British billionaire statistician and entrepreneur, the founder and former chairman of Quintiles Transnational, a clinical research company, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
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Anthony Mangnall
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony James Holland Mangnall, is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2019 to 2024. After minor boundary changes, Mangnall stood again for the seat, now named South Devon, in 2024, and become the first Conservative to lose the seat since 1923.
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David Burrowes
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David John Barrington Burrowes is a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 2005 to 2017, and is the co-founder of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. He has been the Chairman of the Equity Release Council since 2017.
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Iain Stewart
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Iain Aitken Stewart CBE is a British Conservative Party politician and former accountant. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South from 2010 until the seat's abolition in 2024.
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Alojzy Nowak
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Alojzy Zbigniew Nowak is a Polish economist. In 2020, he was elected Rector of the University of Warsaw.
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John A. Agnew
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in geography and politics
- Occupations
- geographeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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John A. Agnew, FBA is a prominent British-American political geographer. Agnew was educated at the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool in England and Ohio State in the United States.
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Robert Shearman
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writertelevision writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Robert Charles Shearman, sometimes credited as Rob Shearman, is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for Doctor Who, and his association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4, broadcast in the station's regular weekday Afternoon Play slot, and one classic serial.
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Steve Blame
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Steve Blame is a British television presenter and screenwriter. He was the news editor and presenter between 1987 and 1994 for the television channel MTV.
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Tuppy Owens
- Occupations
- sex educator
- Biography
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Rosalind Mary "Tuppy" Owens was an English human rights and sexual health activist, therapist, consultant, campaigner, writer and adult model.
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Carne Ross
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- diplomatopinion journalistfilm screenwriter
- Biography
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Carne Ross is a former senior British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq War after giving secret testimony to the first official inquiry into the war. He is also the founder and former executive director of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group. He is a writer, with books about the failures of diplomacy and the necessity of mass, popular political change, and anarchism.
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Rosianna Halse Rojas
- Occupations
- television producerpersonal assistantliterary criticYouTuber
- Biography
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Rosianna Halse Rojas is a British writer, video blogger, social media manager, and online personality. She is best known for working with vlogger and novelist John Green, initially as his personal assistant, later producing partner.
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Kate Kniveton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kate Elizabeth Kniveton is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton in Staffordshire between 2019 and 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She was elected to Parliament under her married name of Griffiths but reverted to using her maiden name in 2022.
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Melinda Simmons
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Dame Melinda Veronica Simmons DCMG is a British diplomat who has served as the British Ambassador to Poland since August 2025, and previously served as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine from 2019 to 2023.
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Nina Allan
- Occupations
- science fiction writercolumnistwriter
- Biography
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Nina Allan is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published five collections of short stories, multiple novella-sized works, and five novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines Interzone, Black Static and Crimewave and have been nominated for or won a number of awards, including the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire and the BSFA Award.
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Richard Hill
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Richard Hill is a rugby union coach and former player. He won 29 international caps for England.
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Max du Preez
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Max du Preez is a South African author, columnist and documentary filmmaker and was the founding editor of Vrye Weekblad. Vrye Weekblad Online or Vrye Weekblad II was launched on 5 April 2019 again with Max du Preez as editor.
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Jonathon Band
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL is a retired Royal Navy officer who was the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 2006 to 2009. Before serving as First Sea Lord he was Commander-in-Chief Fleet. Since becoming First Sea Lord, Band had been a firm advocate of the creation of new ships to meet new threats and maintain the status of the Royal Navy as one of the world's leading naval forces.
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Adrian Bailey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adrian Edward Bailey is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West from 2000, when he won the seat at a by-election in November 2000 until he stood down at the general election in 2019. He was the Chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 2010–2015.
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Sami Moubayed
- Occupations
- historianpolitical analystjournalistwriter
- Biography
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Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and writer whose works cover the modern history of Damascus from the late Ottoman period until the creation of the United Arab Republic in 1958.
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Martin Cohen
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Martin Cohen is a British philosopher, an editor and reviewer who writes on philosophy, philosophy of science and political philosophy.
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Martin Cauchon
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Martin Cauchon PC is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Quebec Canada. He served as a Liberal Cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. He unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013, losing to Justin Trudeau.
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Clemmie Moodie
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Clementine Moodie is an English journalist, columnist and assistant editor at The Sun.
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Barnaby Edwards
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actortelevision director
- Biography
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Barnaby Edwards is a British actor, writer, director and artist. He is known as a performer for the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, in the role of a Dalek operator. He has also written, directed, produced or performed in over 80 Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories. Alongside frequent radio and voice over work, Edwards has narrated over 40 unabridged audiobooks for Audible.com and others.
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Franklin Cleckley
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Franklin Dorrah Cleckley was an American law professor and judge. He was Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.
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Jackie Oates
- Occupations
- fiddler
- Biography
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Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player.
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Nick Jennings
- Occupations
- computer scientistartificial intelligence researcher
- Biography
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Nicholas Robert Jennings is a British computer scientist who was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University in 2021. He was previously the Vice-Provost for Research and Enterprise at Imperial College London, the UK's first Regius Professor of Computer Science, and the inaugural Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government on National Security. His research covers the areas of AI, autonomous systems, agent-based computing and cybersecurity.
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Innes McCartney
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- 2008-2009 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- explorerhistorianarchaeologistanthropologistauthor
- Biography
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Innes McCartney is a British nautical archaeologist and historian. He is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University in the UK.
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Abba Seraphim
- Occupations
- Oriental Orthodox bishop
- Biography
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William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton was a British independent Oriental Orthodox bishop. He was the Patriarch of Glastonbury and head of the British Orthodox Church (BOC) with the title of British Patriarch and was known as Abba Seraphim.
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Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamie Halcro Johnston is a British politician who is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since 2017. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party, he also serves as their Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise.
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Richard Dawson
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English cricket coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of Glamorgan County Cricket Club. As a player, he was primarily a bowler who bowled off-spin. He earned seven caps for England between 2001 and 2003, taking a total of 11 wickets.
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Linah Mohohlo
- Occupations
- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo was a Botswana banker and university chancellor. She was the first female Governor of the Bank of Botswana from 1999 to 2016. She was also the first female Chancellor of the University of Botswana, serving from 2017 to 2021.
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Yana Mintoff
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Yana Bland or Yana Bland Mintoff is a Maltese Labour politician, economist and educator. Mintoff was born on 21 August 1951, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Malta, Dom Mintoff and Moyra De Vere Bentinck, by whom she is descended from both Dutch and British nobility.
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Phil Hope
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Philip Ian Hope is a former British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Corby from 1997 until 2010, when he lost his seat to the Conservatives. He held several ministerial roles during his time as an MP. Since January 2011 he has been co-director of ImprovingCare.
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Catherine Nettleton
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru, ambassador to Venezuela, and UK Representative in Taiwan.
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Derek Wyatt
- Occupations
- politicianrugby union player
- Biography
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Derek Murray Wyatt is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sittingbourne and Sheppey from 1997 to 2010.
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David Bates
- Occupations
- historianmedievalistuniversity teachermedieval historian
- Biography
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David Bates is a historian of Britain and France during the period from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries. He has written many books and articles during his career, including Normandy before 1066, Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum: The Acta of William I, 1066–1087 (1998), The Normans and Empire (2013), William the Conqueror (2016) in the Yale English Monarchs series (translated into French as Guillaume le Conquérant (2019)) and La Tapisserie de Bayeux (co-authored with Xavier Barral i Altet) (2019) (English translation 2024).
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Paul Newham
- Enrolled in the University of Exeter
- Studied in 1985-1987
- Occupations
- psychotherapist
- Biography
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Paul Newham is a retired British psychotherapist known for developing techniques used in psychology and psychotherapy that make extensive use of the arts to facilitate and examine two forms of human communication: the interpersonal communication through which people speak aloud and listen to others, and the intrapersonal communication that enables individuals to converse silently with themselves. His methods emphasise the examination of traumatic experiences through literary and vocal mediums of expression, including creative writing, storytelling, and song. He is cited by peers as a pioneer in recognition of his original contribution to the expressive therapies.
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Laurie Brokenshire
- Occupations
- magician
- Biography
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Commodore Laurence Phillip Brokenshire CBE was a Royal Naval officer, magician, and world-class puzzle solver. He is also known to have successfully fostered over 70 children in 22 years.
