35 Notable alumni of
University of Portsmouth
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The University of Portsmouth is 1412th in the world, 489th in Europe, and 90th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 35 notable alumni from the University of Portsmouth sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ben Fogle
- Occupations
- television presenterexplorertelevision directorwriterbroadcaster
- Biography
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Benjamin Myer Fogle FRGS is an English broadcaster, writer and adventurer, best known for his presenting roles on programmes shown on British television channels Channel 5, BBC and ITV.
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Grayson Perry
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- documentarianprintmakerembroidererceramicistwriter
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Grayson Perry is an artist known for drag, ceramic vases and tapestries, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".
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Timothy Peake
- Occupations
- test pilothelicopter pilotastronautflight instructor
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Major Timothy Nigel Peake CMG is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author.
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Mikhail Zygar
- Enrolled in the University of Portsmouth
- In 2024 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- editor-in-chiefwriterdirectorprose writermedia executive
- Biography
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Mikhail Viktorovich Zygar is a Russian-born journalist, writer and filmmaker, and the founding editor-in-chief of Russian news channel TV Rain (2010–2015). Under Zygar's leadership, TV Rain provided an alternative to Kremlin-controlled federal TV channels by focusing on news content and giving a platform to opposition voices. The channel's coverage of politically sensitive issues, like the Moscow street protests in 2011 and 2012 as well as the Russo-Ukrainian war, has been dramatically different from the official coverage by Russia's national television stations. Zygar is also the author of the book All the Kremlin's Men (2017), the history of Putin's Russia, based on interviews with Russian politicians from Putin's inner circle.
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Simon Armitage
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- poetnovelist
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Simon Robert Armitage is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds.
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Lauren Steadman
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- swimmertriathlete
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Lauren Steadman is a British Paralympic athlete who has competed in four Summer Paralympics, in both swimming and the paratriathlon. She competed at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London as a swimmer, before switching to the paratriathlon for the 2016 Games in Rio where she won a silver medal in the Women's PT4. She won the gold medal in the Women's PTS5 at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
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Martin Whitmarsh
- Biography
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Martin Richard Whitmarsh is a British businessman and former Group CEO of the Aston Martin Formula One Team. Whitmarsh is best known to motorsport insiders, media, and fans for his long and successful period at McLaren, for which he worked for 25 years (1989–2014) in various senior positions, including group chief executive officer, as well as Formula One Team Principal for six years (2008–2014).
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Saeid Zibakalam
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- philosopher
- Biography
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Saeid Zibakalam is an Iranian academic and conservative political activist who self-identifies as a justice-seeker."
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Ron Davies
- Occupations
- politician
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Ronald Davies is a retired Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was a member of the Labour Party (until 2004), and then of Forward Wales (2004–2009); he was subsequently an independent candidate and eventually joined Plaid Cymru in 2010.
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Andrea Byrne
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Andrea Byrne is an English journalist and presenter, currently working for ITV Cymru Wales, where she presents Wales at Six and Wales This Week.
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Laycon
- Enrolled in the University of Portsmouth
- Graduated with master's degree in international relations
- Occupations
- reality television participantsongwritermedia personalityrappersinger
- Biography
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Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba, known professionally as Laycon, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and media personality. He was the winner of Big Brother Naija season 5 and is a youth ambassador of Ogun State, since 6 October 2020. In October 2022, he became a member of the Grammys Recording Academy voting committee.
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Rizwan Khan
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Rizwan Ahmad Khan is a British broadcaster, journalist and author, known for being the TV host of the show Q&A with Riz Khan on CNN. From 2006 until April 2011 he hosted his own eponymous television show on Al Jazeera English. He first rose to prominence while working for the BBC and CNN.
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John Akomfrah
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- film screenwritertheoristinstallation artistfilmmakerfilm director
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Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
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Simon Hill
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- television presentersports commentator
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Simon Hill is an English football commentator based in Australia. He is also a musician and vocalist, specialising on the drums. He plays in several bands.
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John Rees
- Occupations
- opinion journalistpoliticiandocumentarianwriterjournalist
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John Rees is a British political activist, academic, journalist and writer who is a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, and founding member of Counterfire. He is currently a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Darren Naish
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- writerpaleontologist
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Darren William Naish is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author and science communicator.
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Nick Kennedy
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Nick Kennedy is a retired English rugby union player and former Director of Rugby at London Irish. He played Lock for England, London Irish, Toulon and Harlequins.
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John Armitt
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- civil engineerengineerbusinessperson
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Sir John Alexander Armitt is an English civil engineer, and the final chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
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Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
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Diana Margaret Pearson Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Baroness Beith was a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in a 1993 by-election but lost the seat at the subsequent 1997 general election to Conservative Christopher Chope. She re-entered Parliament as a life peer as Baroness Maddock, of Christchurch in the County of Dorset, in 1997 where she remained until her death.
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David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey
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- civil engineerengineerpolitician
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David William George Chidgey, Baron Chidgey was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh from 1994 to 2005, and latterly sat in the House of Lords from 2005 until his death.
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Jonathan Bullock
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- politician
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Jonathan Bullock FRSA is an English politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands constituency until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. He was third on the UKIP list for that constituency in the 2014 European election, and became an MEP on 1 August 2017, succeeding Roger Helmer. He was re-elected in 2019 for the Brexit Party.
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Leila Ghandi
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- television presenterphotographerjournalist
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Leila Ghandi, nicknamed "The Moroccan Titouan Lamazou" or "Bent Battouta" (The daughter of Battuta), is a Moroccan photographer and journalist.
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Nira Chamberlain
- Enrolled in the University of Portsmouth
- In 2014 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Nira Cyril Chamberlain OBE CMath is a British mathematician based in Birmingham, UK. He is a Principal Consultant at AtkinsRéalis.
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Bikiya Graham-Douglas
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- actor
- Biography
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Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian actress, producer, cultural advocate, and jazz singer. She is best known for roles in Wrath and Revenge, Battleground, and the Hollywood film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
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Lewis Cocking
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Lewis Christopher Cocking is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Broxbourne since the 2024 general election. He was the leader of the Borough of Broxbourne Council from 2019 to 2024.
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Ehsan Masood
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- university teacherbroadcasterjournalist
- Biography
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Hassan Ehsan Masood is a British science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Between 2009 and 2017 he was the editor of Research Fortnight (part of Research Professional News), is currently bureau chief (editorials, Africa and the Middle East) at Nature, and has been teaching international science policy at Imperial College London. since 2008.
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Siti Aisyah Alias
- Occupations
- docent
- Biography
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Siti Aisyah Binti Haji Alias is a Malaysian marine polar researcher and lecturer. As of August 2016, she is Associate Professor and Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC) in the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP), at the University of Malaya. Her work focuses on the physiology of marine and polar microbes and fungi.
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Malcolm Evans
- Occupations
- video game developer
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Malcolm Evans is a British former computer game programmer and electronics technician, best known for his games 3D Monster Maze for the Sinclair ZX81 and Trashman for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1982 and 1984 respectively.
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George Simon
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- archaeologistpainter
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George Simon was a Guyanese Lokono Arawak artist and archaeologist. He was the founder and mentor of the Lokono Artists Group, a group of Lokono artists from Guyana, based primarily in his hometown of St. Cuthbert's Mission. Simon was widely regarded as one of the leading Guyanese artists of his generation, and his paintings (acrylic on canvas, paper or twill fabric) are notable for their explorations of Amerindian culture and the Guyanese environment. He was also recognized for his achievements as an educator, his efforts to develop opportunities for Amerindian artists in Guyana, and for his work as an archaeologist.
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Julian Pender Hume
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterpaleontologistornithologistvisual artist
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Julian Pender Hume is an English palaeontologist, artist and writer who lives in Wickham, Hampshire. He was born in Ashford, Kent, and grew up in Portsmouth, England.
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Dean Tong
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- consultantwriter
- Biography
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Dean Tong is an American author, public speaker, consultant, and trial expert in the field of false child abuse allegations. He has consulted for the media on cases such as that of Elian Gonzalez. He is the author of three books inspired by his personal experience with being accused of child abuse in 1985. In addition to testifying as an expert witness, he has appeared on radio talk shows and television speaking on the topic of false abuse accusations. He has also been quoted by publications on the topic including by the Chicago Defender, The Virginian-Pilot, The Boston Globe, and The Denver Post.
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Justin Edgar
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Justin Edgar is a British film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Poppy Jaman
- Biography
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Poppy Sultana Jaman OBE is an English civil servant, mental health advocate, and the CEO and founding member of Mental health first aid England (MHFAE).
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Mike Taylor
- Enrolled in the University of Portsmouth
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- paleontologist
- Biography
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Michael Paul Taylor is a British computer programmer with a Ph.D. in palaeontology. To date, he has published 31 paleontological papers and is co-credited with naming three genera of dinosaur (Xenoposeidon in 2007 with Darren Naish, Brontomerus in 2011 with Matt J. Wedel and Richard Cifeli, and Haestasaurus in 2015 with Paul Upchurch and Phil Mannion).
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Julie Ann Amos
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- writer
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Julie Ann Amos is a British management consultant, author and ghost writer. She has authored several non-fiction books on the topics of business management and the development of personal business skills.
