100 Notable alumni of
University of Southampton
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The University of Southampton is 457th in the world, 157th in Europe, and 36th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Southampton sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Brian Eno
- Occupations
- singerwriterconceptual artistcomposerrecord producer
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Brian Peter George Eno, also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambient music and electronica, and for producing, recording, and writing works in rock and pop music. A self-described "non-musician", Eno has helped introduce unconventional concepts and approaches to contemporary music. He has been described as one of popular music's most influential and innovative figures. In 2019, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Roxy Music.
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Ricky Whittle
- Occupations
- modelactortelevision actor
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Richard George Whittle is a British actor. Whittle first came to prominence as a model for Reebok in the early 2000s. He is known in the United Kingdom for his role as Calvin Valentine in the soap opera Hollyoaks. In 2009, he finished second in the BBC reality competition Strictly Come Dancing. In 2012, Whittle crossed over to American television when he booked a recurring role on VH-1's Single Ladies, followed by a recurring role on ABC's Mistresses in 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Whittle appeared in The CW's post-apocalyptic drama The 100 as Lincoln. Whittle starred in the Starz television series American Gods for three seasons.
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John Nettles
- Occupations
- stage actorhistorianactortelevision actorwriter
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John Vivian Drummond Nettles, is an English actor and author. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series Bergerac (1981–1991) in the title role, and Midsomer Murders (1997–2011) as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. He has also narrated several television series.
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Adrian Newey
- Occupations
- engineerdesignerautomotive engineerracing automobile driver
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Adrian Martin Newey is a British engineer, aerodynamicist, automotive designer and motorsport executive. From 2025 onwards, Newey is set to serve as technical director and co-owner of Aston Martin in Formula One; he previously served as technical director of Leyton House and McLaren, chief designer of March and Williams, and CTO of Red Bull Racing. Widely regarded as one of the greatest engineers in Formula One history, Newey's designs have won 12 World Constructors' Championship titles and 223 Grands Prix between 1991 and 2024.
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Rima Horton
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
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Rima Elizabeth Horton is a retired English academic and former Labour Party politician. She was a member of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006, and worked as a senior lecturer at Kingston University.
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Chris Packham
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in zoology
- Occupations
- broadcasterphotographernaturalisttelevision presenterwriter
- Biography
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Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, best known for his television work including the CBBC children's nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995. He has also presented the BBC nature series Springwatch, including Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, since 2009.
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Stella Tennant
- Occupations
- model
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Stella Tennant was a British model and fashion designer, who rose to fame in the early 1990s and had a career that spanned almost 30 years. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace. She worked for haute couture names like Valentino, and Dior by John Galliano and with photographers Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, and Tim Walker. Over the years she appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Hermès and Burberry.
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Justine Greening
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianeconomist
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Justine Greening is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, she served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2011, Secretary of State for Transport from 2011 to 2012 and Secretary of State for International Development from 2012 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 2005 to 2019.
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George Young
- Occupations
- writeractor
- Biography
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George Young is an English actor, writer, and television presenter based in Singapore and Taiwan.
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Steve Baker
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with Bachelor of Engineering
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Steven John Baker is a British former politician who served as Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024 and as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office from February to July 2024, having previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe in Buckinghamshire from 2010 to 2024. Baker was chair of the European Research Group (ERG) from 2016 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2020.
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Stephen Baxter
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterscience fiction writernovelist
- Biography
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Stephen Baxter is an English hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.
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Jeremy Hardy
- Occupations
- actorradio personalityscreenwriterwritercomedian
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Jeremy James Hardy was an English comedian. Born and raised in Hampshire, Hardy studied at the University of Southampton and began his stand-up career in the 1980s, going on to win the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1988. He is best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
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Anna Calvi
- Occupations
- songwritersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
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Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her accolades include three Mercury Prize nominations, one Brit Award nomination, and a European Border Breakers Award. She has been noted by some critics as a virtuoso guitarist, as well as for her powerful, wide-ranging operatic contralto voice and sometimes androgynous stage appearance.
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Kevin Ashman
- Occupations
- quizzer
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Kevin Clifford Ashman is an English quiz player. He is considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, has been a professional quizzer since 2002 and he has appeared on Eggheads since 2003 and is the only Egghead to appear in every series of the show as of April 2023. He has won most of the top-level quiz tournaments in which he has taken part, among them several World and European Championships.
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Tony Radakin
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Admiral Sir Antony David Radakin, KCB, ADC is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces, in November 2021. Radakin was previously the First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Naval Service from June 2019 to November 2021. He was Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Command, from 2016 to 2018, and the Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 2018 to 2019. He was appointed Lord High Constable of England in 2023, and in that role took part in the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.
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Jon Sopel
- Occupations
- presentercorrespondentjournalisttelevision presenter
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Jonathan B. Sopel is a British journalist, television presenter and podcaster. He was formerly BBC News's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a presenter on the Politics Show on BBC One and the BBC News channel; and from 2013 to 2014, the main presenter of Global on BBC World News. Since 2022, he has been presenting the Global daily news podcast The News Agents.
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Conor Burns
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Conor Burns is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Trade Policy from 2019 to 2020 and again in 2022 and Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2021 to 2022.
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John Inverdale
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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John Ballantyne Inverdale is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV.
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Antony C. Sutton
- Occupations
- university teacherhistorianeconomistengineer
- Biography
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Antony Cyril Sutton was a British-American writer, researcher, economist, and professor.
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Jerry Kyd
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Jeremy Paul Kyd, CBE is a former senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey since October 2022. He formerly served as Fleet Commander from March 2019 to September 2021.
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Jason Hu
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- In 1978 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Hu Chih-chiang, also known by his English name Jason Hu, is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the party since April 2014.
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George Zambellas
- Occupations
- helicopter pilotmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL, FRAeS is a British retired Royal Navy officer. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from April 2013 before handing over duties to Admiral Sir Philip Jones in April 2016.
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Wu I-ding
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wu I-ding is a former Taiwanese politician. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020 and stood-down in January 2024.
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Larry Dean
- Occupations
- stand-up comedian
- Biography
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Larry Dean is a Scottish stand-up comedian. His comedy routines have earned him several awards including Scottish Comedian of the Year.
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Laura Bailey
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Laura Emily Bailey is an English model and photographer. She has modelled for brands such as Guess, L'Oreal, Jaguar, Jaeger, and Marks and Spencer, among others.
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Chang Wen-ying
- Occupations
- dentistpolitician
- Biography
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Chang Wen-ying is a Taiwanese politician.
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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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Jasmine Guinness
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Jasmine Leonora Guinness is an Irish designer and a fashion model active since 1994. She is a member of Anglo-Irish brewing Guinness family.
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Frederick W. Lanchester
- Occupations
- entrepreneurnon-fiction writerinventor
- Biography
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Frederick William Lanchester, was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering and to aerodynamics, and co-invented the topic of operations research.
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Majid Ghassemi
- Occupations
- managerbankereconomist
- Biography
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Majid Ghassemi is an Iranian banker, business magnate, and investor. Ghassemi originally established his reputation as the governor of Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from 1986 to 1989.
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Kodwo Eshun
- Occupations
- music criticvideo artistwritermusiciancritic
- Biography
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Kodwo Eshun is a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his 1998 book More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction and his association with the art collective The Otolith Group. He currently teaches on the MA in Contemporary Art Theory in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and at CCC Research Master Program of the Visual Arts Department at HEAD (Geneva University of Art and Design).
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Joe Stilgoe
- Occupations
- jazz musicianpianistsongwriter
- Biography
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Joe Stilgoe is an English singer, pianist and songwriter.
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Robert Magowan
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Sir Robert Andrew Magowan, KCB, CBE is a senior Royal Marines officer who serves as the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability) since May 2022. He previously served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2022.
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Jamilur Reza Choudhury
- Occupations
- engineercivil engineer
- Biography
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Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury was a Bangladeshi civil engineer, professor, researcher, and education advocate. He was an Adviser (Minister) to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh (April–June 1996). He was the first vice chancellor of BRAC University and former vice chancellor of University of Asia Pacific. He was also the president of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee from 2003. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in the category of science and technology in 2017. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.
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Gerald Howarth
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 1997 until 2017, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992.
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Srđa Trifković
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- In 1990 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in history
- Occupations
- writerjournalisthistorian
- Biography
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Srđa Trifković is a Serbian-American publicist, politician and historian. He is currently a foreign affairs editor for the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles, and a politics professor at the University of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Mustapha Bouchachi
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
- Biography
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Mostefa Bouchachi is an Algerian lawyer and politician.
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John Denham
- Occupations
- academicpolitician
- Biography
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John Yorke Denham FRSA is an English politician who served as Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills from 2007 to 2009 and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Itchen from 1992 to 2015.
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Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed
- Occupations
- politicianelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, popularly known as Aisha Binani, is a Nigerian politician and entrepreneur who was the senator for Adamawa Central from 2019 to 2023. On 30 March 2020, she was appointed Gimbiyar Adamawa by the Adamawa Emirate Council.
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Alan Whitehead
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead CBE is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test from 1997 to 2024. He served as Shadow Minister for Energy Security, previously Green New Deal and Energy, from 2015 to 2024. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 to 2002.
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Anna McMorrin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Rhiannon McMorrin is a Welsh politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North since 2017. A member of Welsh Labour, she has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024.
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Jonathan Cook
- Occupations
- journalistopinion journalist
- Biography
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Jonathan Cook, born circa 1965, is a British writer and a freelance journalist formerly based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He writes a regular column for The National of Abu Dhabi and Middle East Eye.
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Pavlos Kontides
- Occupations
- sailor
- Biography
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Pavlos Kontides is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for his country, by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class behind Tom Slingsby, then twelve years later in Paris getting another medal of the same color behind Australia's Matthew Wearn. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2012. On Tuesday 19 of September 2017, Kontides took the 1st place in 2017 ILCA World Championship in Split, Croatia, becoming a World Champion. He won the championship again in 2018, as well as a silver in 2013.
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Wendy Hall
- Occupations
- university teachercomputer scientistmathematician
- Biography
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Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng MAE FIET is a British computer scientist. She is Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton.
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Jane Francis
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- explorerpaleoclimatologistclimatologist
- Biography
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Professor Dame Jane Elizabeth Francis, DCMG FRS is the Director of the British Antarctic Survey. She previously worked as Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds where she also was Dean of the Faculty of Environment. In 2002 she was the fourth woman to receive the Polar Medal for outstanding contribution to British polar research. She is currently the Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
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Grenville Cross
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- justice of the peace
- Biography
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Ian Grenville Cross GBS KC SC is a British barrister who was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Hong Kong on 15 October 1997, and held this post for over 12 years, until 21 October 2009. He was the first DPP to be appointed after the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, and the appointment signalled that suitably qualified expatriates who were committed to Hong Kong still had a role to play in government in the post-colonial era. A career prosecutor, Cross was the seventh holder of the post since its creation in 1979, and the longest serving. On 26 June 2011, he was elected the vice-chairman (Senate) of the International Association of Prosecutors, of which he is a Senator-for-Life.
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Darren Naish
- Occupations
- writerpaleontologist
- Biography
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Darren William Naish is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author and science communicator.
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Lizzy Hawker
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- runnerultramarathon runnermarathon runner
- Biography
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Elizabeth Hawker is a British endurance athlete. Her career highlights include five wins at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), as well as the 2006 IAU 100 km World Championships. She is a former world record-holder at the 24 hour distance. She has also worked as an oceanographer and climate change researcher.
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John Wilson
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- journalistradio personality
- Biography
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John Richard Wilson is a British journalist and broadcaster.
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Daniel Catán
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Daniel Catán Porteny was a Mexican composer, writer and professor known particularly for his operas and his contribution of the Spanish language to the international repertory.
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Matthew Taylor
- Occupations
- managerpolitician
- Biography
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Matthew Taylor CBE FAcSS is a British former political strategist and current Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, having previously led the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2021. In 2005, he was appointed by incumbent Prime Minister Tony Blair as head of the Number 10 Policy Unit. He is a writer, public speaker and broadcaster who has been a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze since 2008. In October 2016, he was appointed Chair of the Review of Modern Employment established by Prime Minister Theresa May; the Taylor Review report Good Work was published in July 2017.
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Rob Davies
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Haydn Davies was minister of trade and industry of South Africa from 2009 to 2019.
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Stephen Payne
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Stephen Michael Payne is a British naval architect. He has worked on the designs of approximately 40 passenger ships for the Carnival Corporation, including the Cunard ocean liner Queen Mary 2. He is an independent maritime consultant and is an educational advocate for engineering careers.
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David J. Francis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David John Francis is a Sierra Leonean politician, academic and author, who served as Chief Minister of Sierra Leone from April 2018 to April 2021. He is the first person to hold the office of Chief Minister since it was abolished in 1978. He is widely seen as the most highly influential government official in Sierra Leone, after the president and the vice president.
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Diva J. Amon
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- marine biologist
- Biography
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Diva Joan Amon is a marine biologist from Trinidad. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a 2022 Pew Marine Fellow. Previously, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum, London.
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Tim Thornton
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Timothy Martin Thornton is a retired British Anglican bishop. His final post was as Bishop at Lambeth, Bishop to the Forces, and Bishop for the Falkland Islands (2017–2021). He was previously the area Bishop of Sherborne from 2001 to 2008, the diocesan Bishop of Truro (2009–2017), and a Member of the House of Lords (2013–2017).
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Geoffrey Richardson
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Peter Geoffrey Richardson, is a British viola player and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Caravan, Murray Head and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
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David Hand
- Occupations
- statisticianuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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David John Hand OBE FBA is a British statistician. His research interests include multivariate statistics, classification methods, pattern recognition, computational statistics and the foundations of statistics. He has written technical books on statistics, data mining, finance, classification methods, and measuring wellbeing, as well as science popularisation books including The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day; Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters; and Statistics: A Very Short Introduction. In 1991 he launched the journal Statistics and Computing.
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Kate Craig-Wood
- Years
- 1977-2020 (aged 43)
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Kate Helen Craig-Wood was a British IT entrepreneur and the co-founder and managing director of Memset Dedicated Hosting. She received a number of awards for her work in business. Craig-Wood was a trans woman, and was known for promoting green IT, women in IT, and acceptance of trans people.
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Philip Mounstephen
- Occupations
- essayist
- Biography
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Philip Ian Mounstephen is a British Anglican bishop and missionary. He has been the Bishop of Winchester since 2023, having been Bishop of Truro from November 2018 until 2023. Mounstephen was previously the executive leader of the Church Mission Society (CMS); worked for the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS); and served in parish ministry in the Diocese of Oxford, the Diocese of Southwark and the Diocese in Europe.
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Ugbana Oyet
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Ugbana Oyet is a Nigerian-born British chartered engineer and the current Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Oyet is the first black Serjeant-at-Arms.
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Lord Leigh of Hurley
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Studied in 1977-1980
- Occupations
- chartered accountantaccountantinvestment bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Howard Darryl Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley is a British businessman, Conservative Party politician, and since September 2013 a member of the House of Lords. He is the Co-founder and Senior Partner of Cavendish Corporate Finance.
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Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Jean Barker, Baroness Barker is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
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Henry Oryem Okello
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Henry Oryem Okello is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current State Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was appointed to that position in 2004. In the cabinet reshuffles of 1 June 2006, that of 16 February 2009, and that of 27 May 2011, he retained his cabinet post. He has previously served as State Minister for Sports, from 2001 until 2005. He also serves as the elected Member of Parliament for "Chua County", Kitgum District, until 2021.
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David Snellgrove
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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David Llewellyn Snellgrove, FBA was a British Tibetologist noted for his pioneering work on Buddhism in Tibet as well as his many travelogues.
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Neil J. Gunther
- Occupations
- university teacherwritercomputer scientistphysicist
- Biography
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Neil Gunther is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the Guerrilla approach to computer capacity planning and performance analysis. He has also been cited for his contributions to the theory of large transients in computer systems and packet networks, and his universal law of computational scalability.
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John Crook
- Occupations
- ornithologistuniversity teacherethologist
- Biography
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John Hurrell Crook was a British ethologist who filled a pivotal role in British primatology.
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Juan Kouyoumdjian
- Occupations
- engineermarine engineerdesigner
- Biography
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Juan Kouyoumdjian, also known as Juan K is regarded to be one of the world’s leading naval architects designing racing sailboats. His designs have obtained 2 Olympic gold medals, 3 VOR Volvo Ocean Race wins, 7 World Championship titles, 9 offshore speed records, 6 America's Cup involvements, amongst other competitions.
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Thomas A. Furness III
- Occupations
- inventoruniversity teacheracademic
- Biography
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Thomas A. Furness III is an American inventor, professor, and virtual reality pioneer based in Seattle, Washington. He is a Professor in the University of Washington Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and the founder of the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington and its sister labs at the University of Canterbury and University of Tasmania. Known for his contributions in developing human interface technology, he has earned the title, "Grandfather of Virtual Reality."
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David Cracknell
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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David Cracknell is a former journalist in the United Kingdom. Formerly political editor of The Sunday Times, he is head of a public relations firm, Big Tent Communications.
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Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry is a Pakistani ICT professional and electronics engineer. He is a professor emeritus and advisor at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro, Sindh. He served as a Dean of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronics, & Computer Engineering from 2011 to 2018.
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Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper, CMG, DSG, FRSA, FRGS is a British lawyer and a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.
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Marios Joannou Elia
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Marios Joannou Elia, is a Cypriot composer and artistic director. He was the youngest director in the history of the European Capital of Culture (2013–15). He is ambassador in tourism of the Republic of Cyprus. Since 2016 he has been the director of the large-scale project "Sound of Vladivostok", on behalf of Zarya Foundation, in Russia; from January 2018, director of "Sound of Kyoto", on behalf of Kyoto City and Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation after an invitation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
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Iolanda Batallé
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Studied English studies
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterjournalistpublisher
- Biography
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Iolanda Batallé is a Catalan writer and editor. She has been the Director of Institut Ramon Llull between 2018 and 2021. She is now director of Ona Llibres since 2022.
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Jorge Pinto Rodríguez
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in history
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerhistorian
- Biography
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Jorge Manuel Pinto Rodríguez, is a Chilean historian. He is known in Chile for his study of the history of Araucanía, social history and demography. In 2012 he gained the Chilean National History Award.
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Simon Bollom
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- military personnelair force officer
- Biography
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Air Marshal Sir Simon John Bollom, KBE, CB, FREng is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who is currently serving as chief executive officer of Defence Equipment and Support.
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Margaret Brimble
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- 1983-1985 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Dame Margaret Anne Brimble DNZM FRS is a New Zealand chemist. Her research has included investigations of shellfish toxins and means to treat brain injuries.
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Michael Perry
- Years
- 1942-1996 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- hymnwriter
- Biography
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Michael Arnold Perry was a Church of England clergyman and one of the leading British hymnodists of the 20th century. He was closely associated with Jubilate Hymns.
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Richard Hodges
- Occupations
- anthropologistuniversity teacherarchaeologist
- Biography
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Richard Hodges, OBE, FSA is a British archaeologist and past president of the American University of Rome. A former professor and director of the Institute of World Archaeology at the University of East Anglia (1996–2007), Hodges is also the former Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia (October 2007- 2012). His published research primarily concerns trade and economics during the early part of the Middle Ages in Europe. His earlier works include Dark Age Economics (1982), Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe (1983) and Light in the Dark Ages: The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo Al Volturno (1997).
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Clive Loader
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- aircraft pilot
- Biography
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader, KCB, OBE, ADC, FRAeS is a British politician and retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He was the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 until 2016. He served in the RAF from 1972 to 2009 and was the first Commander-in-Chief Air Command.
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Gerald Vernon-Jackson
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE is a Liberal Democrat politician in Portsmouth, England. He was the leader of Portsmouth City Council between 2018 and 2023, and 2004–2014, and councillor for Milton Ward since 2003.
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Jonathan Clark
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Jonathan Dunnett Clark SCP is a retired Anglican bishop serving as the Bishop for the Falkland Islands. He was previously area Bishop of Croydon in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, 2012–2022. An Anglo-Catholic, he was rector general of the Society of Catholic Priests from 2005 to 2008 and chair of Affirming Catholicism from 2008 to 2012
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Sergi Miquel Valentí
- Occupations
- industrial designerpolitician
- Biography
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Sergi Miquel i Valentí is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
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Peter Tertzakian
- Occupations
- geophysicistauthoreconomistinvestor
- Biography
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Peter Tertzakian is an economist and author. He is the deputy director of the ARC Energy Research Institute, a managing director of energy-focused private equity firm ARC Financial Corporation, and the creator of Energyphile, a multimedia project on energy. His books examine economic, environmental and geopolitical pressures on the transformation of the global energy sector.
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Hubert Girault
- Occupations
- researcherchemist
- Biography
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Hubert Girault is a Swiss chemist and is Emeritus Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (1992-2022). He was the director of the Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, with expertise in electrochemistry at soft interfaces, Lab-on-a-Chip techniques, bio-analytical chemistry and mass-spectrometry, artificial water splitting, CO2 reduction, and redox flow batteries.
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Stephen Baysted
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Stephen Baysted is a British composer of film, television and video game music. He is Professor of Film, TV and Games Composition at the University of Chichester, and is known for composing music for racing simulator video games such as Need for Speed: Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, and Project CARS 2. Baysted's games work has been nominated for a number of awards including two Golden Reels and two Game Audio Network Guild Awards.
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Kathy Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown
- Enrolled in the University of Southampton
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in geography and environmental science
- Occupations
- biologistecologistpodcaster
- Biography
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Katherine Jane Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown, CBE, FGS is a British biologist, academic and life peer, who studies the relationship between long-term ecosystem dynamics and environmental change. She is Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford, and an adjunct professor in biology at the University of Bergen. In 2018 she was elected Principal of St Edmund Hall, and took up the position from 1 October. She held the Tasso Leventis Chair of Biodiversity at Oxford and was founding Director, now Associate Director, of the Biodiversity Institute Oxford. Willis was Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 2013 to 2018. Her nomination by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as a crossbench life peer was announced on 17 May 2022.
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Steve Smith
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Sir Steven Murray Smith, FAcSS, FRSA, FLSW is an English international relations theorist and long serving university leader. He is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter and Professor of International Studies. He was appointed as the UK Government International Education Champion in June 2020, and reappointed by the new government in August 2024. He was appointed as the UK Prime Minister's Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education in October 2020 and reappointed as the UK Government Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education in December 2024.
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Jon Potter
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is the managing director of the House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Suntory Global Spirits. He is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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Charles Rees
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Charles Wayne Rees was a British organic chemist.
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Clive Soley, Baron Soley
- Years
- 1939-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley PC is a British Labour Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005, and later as a Member of the House of Lords until 2023.
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Monica Felton
- Occupations
- women's rights activist
- Biography
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Monica Felton was a British writer, town planner, feminist and social activist, a member of the Labour Party.
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Philip Holmes
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Philip John Holmes is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. As a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, he formerly served as the interim chair until May 2007.
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Charles Hay
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Charles John Hay, MVO is a former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, having been appointed in April 2019. He is the former British Ambassador to South Korea.
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Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield, FAcSS is a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords.
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Nicholas J. Saunders
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- anthropologistarchaeologist
- Biography
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Nicholas J. Saunders is a British academic archaeologist and anthropologist. He was educated at the universities of Sheffield, Cambridge (MPhil Social Anthropology, 1981), and Southampton (PhD Archaeology, 1991). He has held teaching and research positions at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of the West Indies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., and at University College London, where he was Reader in Material Culture, and undertook a major British Academy sponsored investigation into the material culture anthropology of the First World War (1998–2004). As of 2014 Saunders was Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol, where he was responsible for the MA programmes in historical archaeology and conflict archaeology. As of 2018, he is Emeritus Professor of Material Culture in that department. He is a prominent contributor to the nascent field of conflict archaeology, and has authored and edited numerous academic publications in the field. In addition to his research specialising in the anthropology of 20th-century conflicts and the archaeology of World War I theatres in Belgium, France and the Middle East, Saunders has also conducted extensive fieldwork and research in pre-Columbian and historical archaeology of the Americas. He has been involved with major museum exhibitions in London, Ypres (Belgium), Tübingen (Germany), and at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (France). Saunders has investigated and published on material cultures and landscapes of Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean. His most recent research has been on the aesthetics of brilliance and colour in indigenous Amerindian symbolism, an extensive survey investigation of the Nazca Lines in Peru, the anthropological archaeology of twentieth-century conflict (especially the First World War) and its legacies along the Soca (Isonzo) Front on the Slovenian-Italian border, and the conflict artworks of the Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front during and after the First World War.
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Ashwani Gupta
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- mechanical engineeruniversity teacherscientist
- Biography
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Ashwani K. Gupta is a British-American engineer and educator with research focus on combustion, fuels, fuel reforming, advanced diagnostics, High Temperature Air Combustion (called HiTAC), and high-intensity distributed combustion, green combustion turbine, micro-combustion, and air pollution. He is an Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. Gupta is also Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland and Director of Combustion Laboratory. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Institute of Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.
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Stuart Popham
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Biography
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Stuart Godfrey Popham, CMG, KC is a British lawyer.
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Jamie King
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Jamie King is a British filmmaker, writer, and activist, best known for directing Steal This Film, a documentary that observes intellectual property in favour of P2P filesharing. He is also the founder of VODO, an online crossmedia distribution project for film, games, books, and music. Ted Hope described King as one of the "great free thinkers of Indie film." He is currently host of the podcast STEAL THIS SHOW, produced in conjunction with TorrentFreak.
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William Hunt
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- genealogist
- Biography
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William George Hunt TD FCA served as Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London from 1999 to 2017.
