25 Notable alumni of
University of Hertfordshire
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The University of Hertfordshire is 1487th in the world, 515th in Europe, and 93rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from the University of Hertfordshire sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Upen Patel
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Upen Patel is a British actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films. In addition to working in Hindi films, he has participated in several television reality shows including Bigg Boss 8 and Nach Baliye 7. He also hosted MTV Love School with Karishma Tanna.
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Helen Lederer
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- actorcomedianfilm actor
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Helen Margaret Lederer is a British comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC2 sketch series Naked Video and BBC One's Absolutely Fabulous, in which she played the role of Catriona.
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Steve Borthwick
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Stephen William Borthwick is an English rugby union coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the England national team. As a player, he played as a lock for Bath and Saracens. At international level, he played for England 57 times from his debut in 2001; he served as captain from 2008, until he was dropped from the side in 2010.
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Kim Little
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kim Alison Little MBE is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Arsenal of the English Women's Super League. Before her retirement from international duty in 2021, Little was vice-captain of the Scotland national team. She began her senior career at Hibernian, winning the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Women's Cup and Scottish Premier League Cup with the club in the 2006–2007 season. With Arsenal, she is a two time Premier League National Division winner, five time League Cup winner, three time Women's Super League and FA Cup winner, and a Champions League winner. During her time at Seattle Reign, Little won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards.
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Abdulaziz bin Abdullah
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud is a Saudi royal, the fourth son of King Abdullah and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz, and a businessman who served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs from 2011 to 2015.
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John Cryer
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- underwriterpoliticianjournalist
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John Robert Cryer, Baron Cryer, is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005 and the MP for Leyton and Wanstead from 2010 to 2024. Cryer was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2015 to 2024, and was a lord-in-waiting in the House of Lords from 2024 until 2025.
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Fiona Onasanya
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- politician
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Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya is a former British politician and solicitor. She was elected as a Labour Party MP in the 2017 United Kingdom general election for the constituency of Peterborough and was removed from that office in 2019 following a successfully recall petition triggered by her conviction of perverting the course of justice.
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Akif Çağatay Kılıç
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- politician
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Akif Çağatay Kılıç is a Turkish educator, politician, a former MP for Samsun Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and the former Minister of Youth and Sports of Turkey. He is the President's Foreign Policy and Security Chief Advisor.
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George Kruis
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- rugby union player
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George Edward John Kruis is an English former professional rugby union player. He played lock for Saracens and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. He was almost always used as a jumper in the line-out due to his height and athleticism.
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Eva Rueber-Staier
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- sculptorfilm actormodelvisual artistfashion model
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Eva Rueber-Staier is an Austrian actress, television host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1969.
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Alex Goode
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Alexander David Goode is a retired English professional rugby union player who played for Saracens in Premiership Rugby.
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Laura Coombs
- Occupations
- association football player
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Laura Coombs is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England national team. She was awarded the Legacy number 193 by The Football Association in 2022.
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Ignatius Dorell Leiking
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- politician
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Darell Leiking, also known as Ignatius Dorell Leiking is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Moyog since September 2020. He served as the Minister of International Trade and Industry in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penampang from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the 1st and founding Deputy President of the WARISAN since party foundation in October 2016.
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Claire Ward
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- politician
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Claire Margaret Ward is a British Labour Party politician who was elected Mayor of the East Midlands in May 2024. Previously, she served as Member of Parliament for Watford from 1997 to 2010. Ward was a Government Whip from 2005 to 2009 and a Justice Minister from 2009 to 2010.
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Farida Bedwei
- Enrolled in the University of Hertfordshire
- Studied in 2004-2005
- Occupations
- computer scientistsoftware engineer
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Farida Nana Efua Bedwei is a Ghanaian software engineer and co-founder of Logiciel, a fin-tech company in Ghana. Farida Bedwei has built mobile and enterprise applications, and is also known for her knowledge of software architecture, and deploying mobile services, particularly for banking applications.
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Sarah West
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- sailor
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Sarah West is a retired Royal Navy officer, the first woman to be appointed to command a major warship in the Royal Navy.
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Kimberley Woods
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- canoeist
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Kimberley Woods is a British slalom canoeist who has competed in C1, K1 and KX1 at the international level since 2011. A six time world and eight time European champion, she won the bronze medal in both the K1 event and the first ever women's kayak-cross (KX1) event in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Gaylene Preston
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- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
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Dame Gaylene Mary Preston DNZM is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films.
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Djustice Sears-Duru
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- rugby union player
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Djustice Sears-Duru is a Canada international rugby union prop who plays for Ealing Trailfinders and the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR).
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Noah Cato
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- rugby union player
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Noah Cato is an English rugby union player who plays as a wing and fullback for Wimbledon RFC in the National League 2 South.
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Stevyn Colgan
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- illustratorwriter
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Stevyn Colgan is a British writer, artist and speaker.
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Sean Hedges-Quinn
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- sculptor
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Sean Hedges-Quinn is a British sculptor, animator, and film model and prop-maker.
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Tony Banham
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- historian
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Tony Banham is founder of the Hong Kong War Diary project, which studies and documents the 1941 defence of Hong Kong, the defenders, their families, and the fates of all until liberation. His published books cover topics including the Hong Kong experience during the Second World War. Mr. Banham is also very active in the "human side" of historical research relating to the era and often speaks at various symposia on the subject and carries on an active dialogue with survivors of the conflict and their families. He also maintains a close association with various diplomatic services, government agencies, and other official parties associated with providing care and services to those involved in the conflict. He serves, at the request on the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, on a special government panel which reviews and grants the payment of pensions to veterans who served Hong Kong during the period. He is also Honorary Editor of the Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong, and principal of Reyner Banham Consulting.
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Tom Ryder
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Thomas P. Ryder is a former rugby union player who played at lock, latterly for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship.
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Theresa Lola
- Occupations
- writer
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Theresa Lola is a British Nigerian poet and writer. She was joint winner of the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. In April 2019, she was announced as the 2019 Young People's Laureate for London.
