68 Notable alumni of
University of Surrey
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The University of Surrey is 852nd in the world, 300th in Europe, and 58th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 68 notable alumni from the University of Surrey sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra is a Thai politician and businesswoman who served as the 31st prime minister of Thailand from 2024 until her removal from office in 2025. She led the Pheu Thai Party from 2023 until her resignation in 2025.
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Jeremy Kyle
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Jeremy Neil Kyle is an English broadcaster and writer. He is best known for hosting the tabloid talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV from 2005 to 2019. He also hosted an American version of his eponymous show, which ran for two seasons beginning in 2011. Since 2022, Kyle has been a presenter for Talk.
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John Lennox
- Occupations
- apologistuniversity teacherwritermathematicianphilosopher of science
- Biography
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John Carson Lennox is a Northern Irish mathematician, bioethicist, and lay theologian. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and God (such as Has Science Buried God and Can Science Explain Everything); he has also participated in public debates with atheists including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
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Michael Middleton
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersonflight dispatcher
- Biography
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Michael Francis Middleton is a British businessman. He is the father of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Philippa Matthews and James Middleton.
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Jim Al-Khalili
- Occupations
- television presenternon-fiction writertheoretical physicistphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jameel Sadik Al-Khalili is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.
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Hassan Diab
- Occupations
- civil servantengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Hassan Diab is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He was appointed by President Michel Aoun in 2019 to succeed Saad Hariri as prime minister. He submitted his resignation on 10 August 2020 in wake of the 2020 Beirut explosion and served as caretaker prime minister until Najib Mikati formed a new government on 10 September 2021. Prior to his premiership, he served as the minister of education from June 2011 to February 2014 under President Michel Suleiman.
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Jim O'Neill
- Occupations
- writereconomistbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Terence James O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley is a British economist best known for coining BRIC, the acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China—the four once-rapidly developing countries that he predicted would challenge the global economic power of the developed G7 economies. He is also a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and former Conservative government minister.
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Nick Ayers
- Occupations
- political adviser
- Biography
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James Nicholas Ayers is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's vice-presidential campaign in 2016, as well as executive director of the Republican Governors Association from 2007 to 2010.
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Alec Issigonis
- Occupations
- car designerengineerracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis CBE FRS RDI (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek automotive designer. He designed the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959, and voted the second most influential car of the 20th century in 1999.
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Linda Papadopoulos
- Occupations
- podcasterpsychologist
- Biography
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Linda Papadopoulos is a Canadian psychologist based in England.
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Susan Blackmore
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- In 1974 graduated with Master of Science
- In 1980 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- television presenterfreelancerlectureruniversity teacherresearcher
- Biography
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Susan Jane Blackmore is a British writer, lecturer, sceptic, broadcaster, and a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth. Her fields of research include memetics, parapsychology, consciousness, and she is best known for her book The Meme Machine. She has written or contributed to over 40 books and 60 scholarly articles and is a contributor to The Guardian newspaper.
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Dzulkefly Ahmad
- Occupations
- politiciandocent
- Biography
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Dzulkefly bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Health for the second term in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Selangor from March 2008 to May 2013 and again since May 2018. He served his first term as the Minister of Health in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to his resignation and the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a former component party of the former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions. He has also served as the Vice President of AMANAH since December 2023.
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- In 1983 graduated with bachelor's degree
- 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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Jordi Puigneró i Ferrer
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- In 1997 studied systems engineering
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Jordi Puigneró Ferrer is a Catalan IT engineer and politician. He served as Vice President of Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia and Minister of Digital Policies and Territory since May 2021 until 29 September 2022. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration of the Government of Catalonia. He is a member of Together for Catalonia (JUNTS) political party. He is considered the designer and architecture of the Catalan Digital Republic project.
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou is a Greek Cypriot singer. She came to prominence through her participation in the second season of the Greek version of The X Factor. Shortly after her elimination, Sony Music Greece signed her and submitted her as a candidate to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She was later disqualified from the national final, following the leak of her song onto the internet by an unknown party.
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Deborah Turness
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Deborah Mary Turness is a British journalist who has served as CEO of BBC News since 2022 and of ITN until 2022. Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International. Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV News (2004–2013), which made her the UK's first female editor of television news. On 9 November 2025, she announced she would leave the BBC amid allegations against the corporation of editorial bias.
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Tony Attwood
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Anthony John Attwood is a British psychologist notable for his work on Asperger syndrome. He resides in Queensland, Australia, where he is an associate professor at Griffith University.
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Tanya Byron
- Occupations
- clinical psychologistjournalisttelevision presenterpsychologist
- Biography
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Tanya Byron is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality, best known for her work as a child therapist on television shows Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways. She also co-created the BBC Two sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle with Jennifer Saunders, and still contributes articles to various newspapers.
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Ric Hassani
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Ikechukwu Eric Ahiauzu Listen better known as Ric Hassani, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and musician born in Port Harcourt.
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George Young
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Samuel Knatchbull Young, Baron Young of Cookham, CH, PC, known as Sir George Young, 6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015, having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions: as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997; as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012; and as Conservative Chief Whip from 2012 to 2014.
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Rebecca Romero
- Occupations
- rowertrack cyclistsport cyclist
- Biography
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Rebecca Jayne Romero, is an English sportswoman, a former world champion and Olympic Games silver medallist in rowing, and a former world and Olympic champion in track cycling.
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Michael Price
- Occupations
- composerrecord producerfilm score composermusician
- Biography
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Michael Price is an English composer and pianist. Prior to establishing himself as a composer, he held a number of roles within the TV and film music field such as producer, arranger and music editor, much of which whilst working alongside acclaimed film score composer Michael Kamen.
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Lorraine Bowen
- Occupations
- singer-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Lorraine Bowen is an English singer, songwriter, comedian and musician. Bowen has released eleven studio and compilation albums, and multiple singles as both a solo and contributing artist. She is known for appearing as a contestant on the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent.
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Nicola Fox
- Occupations
- astrophysicist
- Biography
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Nicola Justine Fox is the Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Appointed to the position in February 2023, she is therefore NASA's head of science.
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Aleks Krotoski
- Occupations
- television presenterwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Aleksandra Krystyna Theresa Krotoski is an American broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist who writes and broadcasts about social aspects of technology and interactivity. She currently presents the BBC Radio 4 series The Digital Human.
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Claudia Hammond
- Occupations
- radio personalitywriteropinion journalistpsychologistjournalist
- Biography
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Claudia Anne Hammond is a British author, frequent radio presenter and podcast host for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and occasional TV presenter.
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Nabil Shaban
- Occupations
- writertelevision actoractordocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Nabil Shaban Moher Noghai was a Jordanian-British actor and writer. He co-founded the theatre group Graeae, which promotes disabled performers. On stage, he featured in several National Theatre productions. On television, he was best known for his role as the reptilian villain Sil in Doctor Who, appearing in two 1980s serials opposite Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor and reprising the role in two Big Finish audio dramas and a 2019 direct-to-video film, Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor.
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Jasmine Dotiwala
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Jasmine Dotiwala is a British broadcaster, producer, and columnist. Dotiwala has worked with television and radio news platforms such as MTV, Channel 4 and BBC Radio London. She has written and blogged for publications including Huffington Post UK and The Voice.
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Liz McInnes
- Occupations
- biochemistpolitician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Anne McInnes is a British Labour Party politician and biochemist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019.
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Omid Nooshin
- Occupations
- writerfilm director
- Biography
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Omid Nooshin was an English film director and writer. He was best known for his debut independent feature film Last Passenger.
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Adam Jones
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- 1985-1989 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- human rights defenderpolitical scientistwriter
- Biography
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Adam Jones is a Canadian political scientist, writer, and photojournalist based at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction and other books in genocide studies. He is Executive Director of Gendercide Watch. He was chosen as one of "Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide" for the book of that name, which was published in 2010. He is also a published photographer, both in print and online under a Creative Commons license.
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Najat Kaanache
- Occupations
- actorchef
- Biography
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Najat Kaanache is the host of AMC Networks' cooking series "Cocina Marroquí" which airs on Canal Cocina in Spain and El Gourmet throughout 20 countries in Latin America.
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Neena Prasad
- Born in
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India - Occupations
- dancer
- Biography
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Neena Prasad is an Indian dancer. She is an exponent in the field of Mohiniyattam. She is the founder and principal of Bharthanjali Academy of Indian Dances in Thiruvananthapuram and Sougandika Centre for Mohinyattam in Chennai.
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Ann Keen
- Occupations
- nursepolitician
- Biography
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Ann Lloyd Keen is a British Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth from 1997, until she was defeated by Conservative candidate Mary Macleod in 2010. She served as a health minister in the government of Gordon Brown.
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Shakardokht Jafari
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- Graduated with doctorate in medical physics
- Graduated with master's degree in medical physics
- Occupations
- medical physicist
- Biography
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Shakardokht Jafari (Dari: شکردخت جعفری) is a British-Afghan medical physicist and an award-winning innovator based at the Surrey Technology Centre. She developed an efficient and low-cost method of measuring a medical dose of radiation.
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Lucy Packer
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- Studied biochemistry
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Lucy Francesca A. J. Packer is an Anglo-Welsh rugby union player. She is a member of the England women's national rugby union team and plays for Harlequins at club level, but has previously represented Wales in rugby sevens.
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Miaoux Miaoux
- Occupations
- keyboardist
- Biography
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Julian Victor Corrie, also known by his stage name Miaoux Miaoux, is an English producer, musician and songwriter based in Glasgow, Scotland, and a member of Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. He was previously a member of the Glasgow-based band Maple Leaves.
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Imad Moustapha
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Imad Moustapha is a former Syrian Ambassador to China and the United States.
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Peter Hayes
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Peter Richard Hayes is a British diplomat. He was formerly the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory.
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Jon Benjamin
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Jonathan "Jon" Benjamin is a former British diplomat. He joined the United Kingdom's diplomatic service in 1986.
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Róisín Mullins
- Occupations
- dancertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Róisín Mullins is a TV presenter, TV talent show judge, professional Irish dancer, singer, stage show owner and choreographer.
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John Butcher
- Occupations
- saxophonistjazz musician
- Biography
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John Butcher is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player.
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Lee Chambers
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- In 2018 graduated with Master of Science in psychology
- Occupations
- life coachacademicentrepreneurpsychologist
- Biography
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Lee Chambers is a British businessman and radio host. Chambers has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian, and Newsweek, and is known for analyzing inclusion and allyship in the workplace. He was born in Bolton, United Kingdom, and is the founder of Male Allies UK and Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing.
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Felix Dodds
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Felix Dodds, born Michael Nicholas Dodds, is a British author, futurist, and activist.
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Shukuru Kawambwa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Shukuru Jumanne Kawambwa is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bagamoyo constituency from 2005 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Education and Vocational Training. He has also served as the Minister of Infrastructure Development
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Abbie Hutty
- Years
- 1986-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Abigail Hutty is a British mechanical engineer based in Stevenage. She has worked as the lead structures engineer on the European Space Agency ExoMars rover, now the Rosalind Franklin rover vehicle. In 2016, she was elected as the youngest ever Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. She advocates the science and technology education of young people and promotion of careers in the space industry. Her public appearances have included the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and The Sky at Night.
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Jonathan Potter
- Enrolled in the University of Surrey
- 1977-1978 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- university teacherpsychologist
- Biography
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Jonathan Potter is a British psychologist and Dean of the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. He is one of the pioneers of discursive psychology.
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Abraham Iyambo
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Abraham Iyambo was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and Minister of Education from 2010 until his death. Iyambo was a member of both the central committee and political bureau of the SWAPO Party and the chairperson of its think tank.
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Martin Sweeting
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- academicengineer
- Biography
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Sir Martin Nicholas Sweeting is the founder and executive chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). SSTL is a corporate spin-off from the University of Surrey, where Sweeting is a Distinguished Professor who founded and chairs the Surrey Space Centre.
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Susan Jebb
- Occupations
- nutritionist
- Biography
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Susan Ann Jebb OBE is Chair of the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency and Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. She is also a senior research fellow at Jesus College.
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Kay Swinburne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jacqueline Kay Swinburne, Baroness Swinburne is a British politician and life peer. She was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales between 2009 and 2019, representing the Conservative Party, and became a member of the House of Lords in 2023. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities from 1 March 2024 for Baroness Penn as a Minister on Leave.
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John A. Pickett
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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John Anthony Pickett is a British chemist who is noted for his work on insect pheromones. Pickett is Professor of Biological Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at Cardiff University. He previously served as the Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellow at Rothamsted Research.
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Miranda Wolpert
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Miranda Wolpert, Lady Sales MBE is professor of evidence-based practice and mental health at University College London. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for her work on young people's mental health. She is Director of Mental Health at the Wellcome Trust.
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Christopher Jenks
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Biography
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Christopher Jenks is a British sociologist who was Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University from 2006 to 2012.
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Rolph Payet
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Rolph Antoine Payet FRGS is a Seychellois international policy expert, researcher and speaker on environment, climate and island issues, and was the first President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. He was Minister of Environment and Energy in the Cabinet of Seychelles from 2012 to 2014. He is currently United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention.
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Emma Mulqueeny
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Emma Elizabeth Mulqueeny OBE is a British technologist and educator. She is best known for co-founding Rewired State and Young Rewired State, which provided a community and events for technically gifted young people. She has campaigned for computer programming to be taught from an early age in UK schools to encourage wider uptake and increased diversity in the tech sector.
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Eddie Duggan
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Eddie Duggan is a British photographer, film-maker, screenwriter, author and academic games historian.
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Graham Holderness
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- university teacherliterary scholarscholar of English
- Biography
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Graham Holderness is a writer and critic who has published as author or editor 60 books, mostly on Shakespeare, and hundreds of chapters and articles of criticism, theory and theology. He was one of the founders of British Cultural materialism, a pioneer of critical-creative writing, and a significant contributor to interdisciplinary work in Literature and Theology.
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Pejman Azarmina
- Occupations
- writerphysician
- Biography
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Pejman Azarmina is an Iranian-American physician, author, musician and entrepreneur. Trained as a medical director, he pursued a diverse career in the pharmaceutical industry leading to multiple leadership roles in the US and Global Medical Affairs. As a scholar with teaching and research responsibilities, Azarmina had been a faculty member at University College London (UCL), Baruch College in New York and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. As an entrepreneur, he founded a leadership development company named Thinkocrats Inc in 2012 and co-founded a relationship assessment company called Relationship Panoramic Inc in 2019. As a composer and accomplished hammered dulcimer player, Azarmina has released 5 albums and performed at numerous venues across the UK, US and Iran. He has authored and published over 10 books, co-created 4 educational card games, and published multiple scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.
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Robin Ord-Smith
- Years
- 1965-2022 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Robin Jeremy Ord-Smith MVO was a British diplomat.
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Samer Hassan
- Occupations
- computer scientistresearchersocial scientistactivist
- Biography
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Samer Hassan is a computer scientist, social scientist, activist and researcher, focused on the study of the collaborative economy, online communities and decentralized technologies. He is Associate Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He is the recipient of an ERC Grant of 1.5M€ with the P2P Models project, to research blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations for the collaborative economy.
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Mansur Hoda
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Mansur Hoda was born in a middle-class Muslim family in the Indian city of Chhapra, Bihar. Mansur Hoda as a student, had worked as a research volunteer for the Intermediate Technology Group. After working for Indian Railways for ten years, he joined Bihar government as Inspector of Factories.
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Judith Baxter
- Years
- 1955-2018 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- linguist
- Biography
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Judith Baxter was a British sociolinguist and Professor of Applied linguistics at Aston University where she specialised in Gender and Language, and Leadership Language. She served in editorial positions with several academic journals.
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Angela Little
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- educational specialist
- Biography
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Angela W. Little is Professor Emerita at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is known for her work in primary education policy and practice in developing countries as well as education planning, program evaluation and assessment. In particular she has focussed in seven main areas:
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Geoff Southern
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician, and former teacher. He has been a deputy in the States of Jersey since winning a by-election, on 15 February 2002, and has chaired two scrutiny panels.
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Sheron Wray
- Occupations
- dancer
- Biography
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S. Ama Wray, known formally as Sheron Wray, is a professor of dance at the University of California, Irvine, USA. She is a British dancer, teacher, choreographer and theatre director. She studied under Jane Dudley at the London Contemporary Dance School. She later performed with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and the Rambert Dance Company before forming her own company called JazzXchange in 1992. She is presently an associate professor of dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine.
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Phebe Mann
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Phebe Mann is Deputy Chair of Council, Institution of Civil Engineers, Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers London. She is a Visiting Professor of Construction Law, Management, and Engineering at Loughborough University and was an associate professor in highway and transportation at the University of East London. As a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Surveyor, European Engineer, Chartered Construction Manager, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Mann is the first woman engineer of minority ethnic origin appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Upper Tribunal, General Regulatory Chamber (Transport, Information Rights & Estate Agents Jurisdictions), Tax Chamber and Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales. Phebe was the winner of the Woman of Outstanding Achievement Tomorrow's Leader Award. Phebe is also the first and only woman to hold eight professional qualifications concurrently in the UK. She has been recognized with a Top 50 Women in Engineering Award (WE50) for her outstanding achievements in engineering.
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Alan C. Evans
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- university teacherneuroscientistneurologist
- Biography
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Alan Charles Evans OC FRS FRSC FCAHS FCAS is a Welsh-born Canadian neuroscientist who is a Distinguished James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, and holds the Victor Dahdaleh Chair in Neurosciences at McGill University. He is also a researcher at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute, Co-Director of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Director of the McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Scientific Director of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, Scientific Director of McGill's Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives program and Principal Investigator of CBRAIN, an initiative aiming to integrate Canadian neuroscience data with the Compute Canada computing network. He is recognized for his research on brain mapping, and was a co-founder of both the International Consortium for Brain Mapping and the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. He was OHBM Chair in 2017-18.
