91 Notable alumni of
University of Wales

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The University of Wales is 700th in the world, 247th in Europe, and 52nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 91 notable alumni from the University of Wales sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Roger Whittaker

    Roger Whittaker
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1936-2023 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    writerguitaristsinger-songwriterwhistle artistcomposer
    Biography

    Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was a British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills.

  2. John Sessions

    John Sessions
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1953-2020 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    film actorscreenwritertelevision actorcomedianactor
    Biography

    John Sessions, born John Marshall, was a British actor and comedian. He was known as a regular performer on comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as co-creator, co-writer and co-star of the sitcom Stella Street, as a panellist on QI, and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and Hollywood.

  3. Rachel Roberts

    Rachel Roberts
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1927-1980 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    film actorstage actor
    Biography

    Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This Sporting Life. Her other notable film appearances included Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Yanks (1979).

  4. Mona Yamamoto

    Mona Yamamoto
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    journalistnews presentertarentoannouncer
    Biography

    Mona Yamamoto is a Japanese TV announcer and presenter. Her father is Norwegian and she became a naturalized Japanese citizen at the age of 6.

  5. Mark Drakeford

    Mark Drakeford
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mark Drakeford is a Welsh politician serving as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. He previously served in the Welsh Government as Cabinet Secretary for Finance from 2016 to 2018 and Minister for Health and Social Services from 2013 to 2016. Drakeford was first elected as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff West in 2011 and is considered to be on the Soft left of Labour.

  6. Mmusi Maimane

    Mmusi Maimane
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Graduated with Master of Theology
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mmusi Aloysias Maimane is a South African politician, businessman, and leader of Build One South Africa, a political party. Maimane is also the former Leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) political party from 10 May 2015 to 23 October 2019, and the former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa from 29 May 2014 to 24 October 2019. He is the former leader of the DA in the Johannesburg City Council and the DA National Spokesperson. In 2011, he was elected to be the DA's Johannesburg mayoral candidate in the 2011 municipal elections. In that election, Maimane helped to grow the party's voter base, but was not elected mayor. Thereafter he served as Leader of the Official Opposition on the Johannesburg City Council until May 2014. In addition to his political career, he is also a pastor and elder at Liberty Church. He formed the One South Africa Movement in 2020. Mmusi Maimane launched this new political party, Build One South Africa on 24 September 2022.

  7. Bilal Philips

    Bilal Philips
    Born in
    Jamaica Flag Jamaica
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    writerteacher
    Biography

    Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaica-born Canadian Islamic teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar.

  8. Strive Masiyiwa

    Strive Masiyiwa
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    philanthropistinternational forum participanthumanitarianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Strive Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of international technology groups Econet Global and Cassava Technologies.

  9. Zaghloul El-Naggar

    Zaghloul El-Naggar
    Born in
    Egypt Flag Egypt
    Years
    1933-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    geologistuniversity teacherwriter
    Biography

    Zaghloul Ragheb Mohammed Al Naggar, also known as Zaghloul El-Naggar, is an Egyptian geologist, Muslim scholar, and author. The main theme of El-Naggar's books has been science in Quran; his philosophy of science is blended with religion. He left his academic career to become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur'an, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.

  10. Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

    Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is an Emirati businessman and managing director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He is a member of the Al Nahyan, ruling family of Abu Dhabi.

  11. Leanne Wood

    Leanne Wood
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Studied social work
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Leanne Wood is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021.

  12. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

    Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
    Born in
    Morocco Flag Morocco
    Years
    1893-1987 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    translatorscholarpoet
    Biography

    Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din bin Abdil-Qadir Al-Hilali was a 20th-century Moroccan Salafi, most notable for his English translations of Sahih Bukhari and, along with Muhammad Muhsin Khan, the Qur'an, entitled The Noble Qur'an.

  13. Babita Sharma

    Babita Sharma
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader who presented on the domestic BBC News Channel and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday to Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore. Babita stopped presenting on BBC News during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

  14. Claire Keegan

    Claire Keegan
    Born in
    Ireland Flag Ireland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review.

  15. Chung Dong-young

    Chung Dong-young
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    diplomatjournalistpolitician
    Biography

    Chung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party nominee for President of South Korea in 2007.

  16. Alun Cairns

    Alun Cairns
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politicianblogger
    Biography

    Alun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative Party politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Vale of Glamorgan since 2010. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 2016 to 2019.

  17. Aneirin Hughes

    Aneirin Hughes
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    actorsingertelevision actor
    Biography

    Aneirin Hughes is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a Welsh language film.

  18. Syed Mustafa Kamal

    Syed Mustafa Kamal
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Syed Mustafa Kamal is a Pakistani politician who was the founder and chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party. He was previously a senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the mayor of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.

  19. Vaughan Gething

    Vaughan Gething
    Born in
    Zambia Flag Zambia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Vaughan Gething is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Minister for the Economy since 2021. He previously served as the Minister for Health and Social Services from 2016 to 2021. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2011. In December 2023 he became one of two candidates in the Welsh Labour leadership election to replace Mark Drakeford.

  20. Ewuare II

    Ewuare II
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Ewuare II was crowned the Oba of Benin on 20 October 2016. He is the 40th Oba, a title created for the Head of State (Emperor) of the Benin Empire at some time between 1180 and 1300.

  21. Nick Fry

    Nick Fry
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Nicholas Richard Fry is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, having previously served in similar roles at previous incarnations of the company.

  22. Joseph Y. Yun

    Joseph Y. Yun
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Joseph Yuosang Yun is the former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations, appointed in March 2022 by President Joe Biden to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association (COFA), the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States (FAS) of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

  23. Fuziah Salleh

    Fuziah Salleh
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Fuziah binti Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Ministers Salahuddin Ayub and Armizan Mohd Ali as well as Senator since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of religious affairs in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuantan from March 2008 to November 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She also served as the Women Chief of PKR from July 2020 to July 2022 and Vice President of PKR from November 2010 to August 2014 as well as the State Chairperson of PH of Pahang from March 2019 to September 2022.

  24. Neil Brand

    Neil Brand
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    pianisttelevision actorcomposeractor
    Biography

    Neil Brand is an English dramatist, composer and author. In addition to being a regular silent film accompanist at London's National Film Theatre, Brand has composed new scores for two restored films from the 1920s, The Wrecker and Anthony Asquith's Underground.

  25. Keith Ward

    Keith Ward
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacherAnglican priestpriestphilosopher
    Biography

    Keith Ward is an English philosopher and theologian. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest.

  26. Ghazali Shafie

    Ghazali Shafie
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1922-2010 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianentrepreneur
    Biography

    Tun Muhammad Ghazali bin Shafie was a Malaysian politician and diplomat. He served under the administrations of four Prime Ministers, most notably as Minister of Home and Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1984.

  27. S. O. Davies

    S. O. Davies
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1886-1972 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    minertrade unionistpolitician
    Biography

    Stephen Owen Davies was a Welsh miner, trade union official and Labour Party politician, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil, previously Merthyr for nearly 38 years, from 1934 to 1972. In 1970, well past 80, he was deselected as parliamentary candidate by his local party association because of his age. He fought the election in the 1970 general election as an independent candidate and won comfortably, a rare example in British politics of an independent candidate defeating a major party's organisation. In a BBC TV interview the day after that election, he claimed to be 83 years old.

  28. Dannie Abse

    Dannie Abse
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1923-2014 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    physician writerwriterpoet
    Biography

    Daniel Abse CBE FRSL was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years.

  29. Derek Thomas

    Derek Thomas
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    Derek W. H. Thomas is a Reformed pastor and theologian known for his teaching, writing and editorial work. He retired in January, 2024 as the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina. He continues as distinguished visiting professor of systematic and historical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.

  30. Christina Rees

    Christina Rees
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    Member of Parliamentbarristerpolitician
    Biography

    Christina Rees is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament for Neath since 2015. She is a member of the Labour and Co-operative parties.

  31. John Githongo

    John Githongo
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    John Githongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country (Kenya) and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, took on an official governmental position to fight corruption. In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud. In the Anglo-leasing corruption which he blew the lid over, fraudulent deliveries of government military and forensic laboratory equipment were allegedly ordered, "delivered" and the payment completed in the current president- Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure. The story of his fight against corruption is told in Michela Wrong's book It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower.

  32. Richard Barnes

    Richard Barnes
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Richard Michael Barnes is a British politician, who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012. A former member of the Conservative Party, Barnes served as the Leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2007 to 2008, and was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Ealing and Hillingdon from 2000 to 2012, when he lost his seat to Labour. On 30 September 2014, Barnes defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

  33. Ioannis Plakiotakis

    Ioannis Plakiotakis
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Giannis Plakiotakis is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy following the resignation of Vangelis Meimarakis. He has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (MP) for Lasithi since 2004.

  34. Lin Bih-jaw

    Lin Bih-jaw
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    international relations scholarpolitician
    Biography

    Lin Bih-jaw is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Secretary-General to the President from May to October 2016.

  35. Tan Yee Kew

    Tan Yee Kew
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Graduated with Master of Economics in development studies and area studies
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Datin Paduka Dr. Tan Yee Kew is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of International Trade and Industry from March 2004 to March 2008. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. She was also the Treasurer of PKR before 2018, Deputy Women Chief of MCA from 1996 to 2005, State Women Chief of MCA of Selangor and Member of the Central Committee of MCA.

  36. Steph Swainston

    Steph Swainston
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    science fiction writernovelistwriter
    Biography

    Stephanie Jane Swainston is a British literary fantasy/science fiction author, known for the Castle series. Her debut novel, The Year of Our War (2004), won the 2005 Crawford Award and a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

  37. Maimunah Mohd Sharif

    Maimunah Mohd Sharif
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    women's rights activistgestorpolitician
    Biography

    Dato' Seri Paduka Maimunah binti Mohd Sharif is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). She assumed office in January 2018, becoming the first Asian woman to serve as Executive Director of UN-Habitat. On 20 January 2022, she was re-elected by the UN General Assembly for a two-year term that ends on 19 January 2024.

  38. Michael Batty

    Michael Batty
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    In 1984 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    university teachergeographer
    Biography

    Michael Batty is a British academic currently appointed as Bartlett Professor of Planning in The Bartlett at University College London. His work spans the fields of urban planning, geography and spatial data science. He has been Director—now Chairman—of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, set up when he was appointed to UCL in 1995. His research and the work of CASA is focused on computer models of city systems. He was awarded the William Alonso Prize of the Regional Science Association in 2011 for his book Cities and Complexity, the same prize a second time for his book The New Science of Cities in 2017–2018, the University Consortium GIS Research Award in 2012, and the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the so-called 'Nobel for geography', in 2013. In 2015, he was awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2016, the Gold Medal of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). He also received the Senior Scholar Award of the Complex Systems Society in September 2016.

  39. Grace Ibingira

    Grace Ibingira
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1932-1995 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Grace Stuart Katebariirwe Ibingira was a Ugandan lawyer and politician.

  40. Karen Lord

    Karen Lord
    Born in
    Barbados Flag Barbados
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    novelist
    Biography

    Karen Lord is a Barbadian writer of speculative fiction. Her first novel, Redemption in Indigo (2010), retells the story "Ansige Karamba the Glutton" from Senegalese folklore and her second novel, The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013), is an example of social science fiction. Lord also writes on the sociology of religion.

  41. Mick Antoniw

    Mick Antoniw
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politicianjuristsolicitor
    Biography

    Mick Antoniw is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician, serving as Counsel General for Wales since 2021, and previously from 2016 to 2017, and Minister for the Constitution since 2021. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Pontypridd since 2011.

  42. John Smith

    John Smith
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John William Patrick Smith is a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from the 1989 by-election to 1992 and from 1997 to the 2010 general elections.

  43. James Maloney

    James Maloney
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    James V. Maloney is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.

  44. Folasade Ogunsola

    Folasade Ogunsola
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    1992-1997 studied medical microbiology
    Occupations
    researcher
    Biography

    Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola OON is a Nigerian professor of medical microbiology, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. She specializes in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ogunsola was provost of College of Medicine, University of Lagos and is reputed as being the first woman to occupy the position. She was also the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development Services) of the institution between 2017 and 2021. She was acting vice chancellor of the University of Lagos for a short period in 2020 when the university was plunged into crisis as a result of the removal of the Vice Chancellor by the University Council.

  45. Jane Davidson

    Jane Davidson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jane Davidson is a Welsh former Labour politician, the former Assembly Member for Pontypridd, and served as minister for environment, sustainability and housing in the Welsh Government. She also previously served as the Welsh vice-president of the Ramblers' Association, stepping down when appointed minister for environment, sustainability and housing in 2007. She announced in 2008 that she would not be seeking re-election to the assembly in 2011.

  46. David Beerling

    David Beerling
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    biologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    David John Beerling FLSW is the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate change mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (APS) at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

  47. Jane den Hollander

    Jane den Hollander
    Born in
    Zambia Flag Zambia
    Occupations
    cell biologistacademic administrator
    Biography

    Jane Elizabeth den Hollander is an Australian University Administrator and was the sixth Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University. Den Hollander is currently serving as the Interim Vice Chancellor of Murdoch University.

  48. Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts

    Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1913-1981 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Goronwy Owen Goronwy-Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts, PC, FRSA, was a Welsh Labour member of Parliament.

  49. John Griffiths

    John Griffiths
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    John Griffiths is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who previously served as Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development from 2011 to 2013. Griffiths has represented the constituency of Newport East in the Senedd since 1999.

  50. S M Khan

    S M Khan
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    S.M. Khan was a 1982-batch IIS officer of Government of India and retired on 30 January 2017.

  51. Gareth Davies

    Gareth Davies
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    rugby union playercricketer
    Biography

    William Gareth Davies is a former Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player and former chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union.

  52. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal

    Ibrahim Mohammed Awal
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    journalistbusinesspersoncivil servant
    Biography

    Ibrahim Mohammed Awal is a Ghanaian journalist, marketer, entrepreneur and politician. He was CEO of Graphic Communications Group and Chase Petroleum. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and has served as Minister of Business Development of Ghana since 2017. He was the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture.

  53. Bhawana Ghimire

    Bhawana Ghimire
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    sports executive
    Biography

    Bhawana Ghimire was the CEO of Cricket Association of Nepal from 2014 to 2016.

  54. David Caron

    David Caron
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-2018 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    university teacherjurist
    Biography

    David D. Caron was an American attorney who was the dean of the King's College London School of Law, and an emeritus professor of UC Berkeley School of Law. Caron was a Member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and a Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice. After his death it was said that "at (his) prime, (he) was arguably one of the top two or three arbitrators in the United States and in the world."

  55. Jagadish Ghimire

    Jagadish Ghimire
    Born in
    Nepal Flag Nepal
    Years
    1946-2013 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Jagdish Ghimire was a Nepalese writer, political analyst and development worker.

  56. Andrew Gould

    Andrew Gould
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Andrew Frederick James Gould is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger.

  57. David Lloyd

    David Lloyd
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politiciangeneral practitioner
    Biography

    David Rees "Dai" Lloyd is a retired Welsh politician and GP. He was the Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011 and again between 2016 and 2021.

  58. Barry Morgan

    Barry Morgan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    Anglican priest
    Biography

    Barry Cennydd Morgan is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop from Neath, Wales who, from 2003 to Jan 2017, was Archbishop of Wales. He was both Primate and Metropolitan of the Church in Wales; Morgan was the Bishop of Bangor from 1992 to 1999, and was the Bishop of Llandaff from 1999 until his retirement in January 2017. He was the longest serving archbishop in the entire Anglican Communion.

  59. Howard Riley

    Howard Riley
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    pianistjazz musiciancomposer
    Biography

    John Howard Riley is an English pianist and composer, who worked in jazz and experimental music idioms.

  60. Yemisi Aribisala

    Yemisi Aribisala
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Yemisi Aribisala is a Nigerian essayist, writer, painter, and food memoirist. She has been described as having a "fearless, witty, and unapologetic voice" Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue magazine, Chimurenga, Popula, Google Arts & Culture, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Critical Muslim 26: Gastronomy, Sandwich Magazine (The African Scramble), The Guardian (UK), Aké Review, and Olongo Africa.

  61. David S. Baxter

    David S. Baxter
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    priest
    Biography

    David Steward Baxter has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2006. A native of Scotland, and a resident of England at the time of his call, he is only the third general authority who was native to the United Kingdom and also living there at the time of his call.

  62. Neil Costa

    Neil Costa
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    barristerpolitician
    Biography

    Neil Francis Costa is a Gibraltarian barrister and politician affiliated to the Liberal Party of Gibraltar. In December 2011 he was elected an MP to the Gibraltar Parliament and was elected Minister for Tourism, Public Transport, Commercial Affairs and the Port. After the Ministerial reshuffle of December 2014, he became Minister for Business and Employment. In October 2016, he was appointed Minister for Health, Care and Justice. In October 2019, Costa confirmed his decision that he would not seek re-election and returned to work as a barrister.

  63. David Russell Hulme

    David Russell Hulme
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    David Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist. He is an emeritus reader and the former director of music at Aberystwyth University and is known for his research and publications on the music of Arthur Sullivan, the composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. He is also an authority on the music of Edward German.

  64. Adefemi Kila

    Adefemi Kila
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Adefemi KilaListen is a Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate, representing Ekiti Central in April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 years as a civil engineer and as a technical manager (administration) for 18 years. He is currently a council member of Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON. He is a devoted Christian of the Anglican church of Nigeria.

  65. Rajshekhar Mansur

    Rajshekhar Mansur
    Years
    1942-2022 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    linguistauthor
    Biography

    Rajshekhar Mansur was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. He was the son and disciple of vocalist Mallikarjun Mansur.

  66. Victoria Vesna

    Victoria Vesna
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    university teacheracademicnew media artist
    Biography

    Victoria Vesna is a professor and digital media artist. She is known for her feminist video, computer and internet art and has been active since the early 1980s. Along with collaborator Jim Gimzewski she is thought to have created one of the first interactive artworks related to nanotechnology (sometimes called nanoart) and defines her art practice as experimental research.

  67. Leonard Brockington

    Leonard Brockington
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1888-1966 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Leonard Walter Brockington was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, public figure, and the first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

  68. Robert Jones

    Robert Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    musiciancomposerorganist
    Biography

    Robert Jones is a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster.

  69. Ado J. G. Muhammad

    Ado J. G. Muhammad
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Dr. Ado Jimada Gana Muhammad is the Global Programme Director at the D-8 Health and Social Protection Programme and was once the Executive Director/CEO of the Nigeria' s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the government organ responsible for developing national primary health care (PHC) policy and supporting states and Local Government Areas (LGAs) to implement them. Dr. Muhammad was appointed to that position on November 1, 2011, by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Prior to his appointment, Dr Ado served as a Special Assistant to the permanent secretary, Dr Daudu, in the State House, Abuja. Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, where Dr. Muhammad hails from, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for appointing the medical doctor, describing the action as putting "a square peg in a square hole". Dr Ado succeeded Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate who was in 2011 appointed as the Minister of State for Health, thereby creating a vacuum at the NPHCDA.

  70. Nidal Hilal

    Nidal Hilal
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    researcherchemical engineereditor
    Biography

    Nidal Hilal DSc PhD EurIng CEng FIChemE FLSW FRSC is an academic, engineering scientist and scientific adviser. He is a Global Network Professor at New York University and the Founding Director and Principal Investigator of NYUAD Water Research Center. He held professorships at the University of Nottingham and Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Swansea University and the Founding Director of the Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research.

  71. Tunde Adegbola

    Tunde Adegbola
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    linguistengineer
    Biography

    Tunde Adegbola, born 1 August 1955, also known as T. A. or Uncle T, is a scientist, musician, engineer, linguist and culture activist. He is best known for his work in setting up most of the pioneering private Television and Radio stations in Nigeria. He is the founder of TIWA systems, and the executive director of Alt-i (African Languages Technology Initiative).

  72. Mary Gillham

    Mary Gillham
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1921-2013 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teachernaturalistbotanistlecturer
    Biography

    Mary Eleanor Gillham MBE was a British naturalist, university lecturer, and writer, who was resident for many years in Gwaelod y Garth and then Radyr, in Cardiff, Wales until her death.

  73. Russell Trood

    Russell Trood
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1948-2017 (aged 69)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Graduated with Master of Science in economics
    Occupations
    politicianacademic
    Biography

    Russell Brunell Trood was a Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland, Australia. His surprise election as the third Liberal from Queensland in the 2004 Federal Election, along with 38 other Coalition Senators gave the federal government of John Howard a majority in the Senate and thus control of both houses of Parliament. He did not retain his seat in the 2010 Australian federal election. His term in the senate ended on 30 June 2011.

  74. Susan Deacy

    Susan Deacy
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in classics
    Occupations
    university teacherclassical scholar
    Biography

    Susan Jane Deacy is a classical scholar who has been Professor of Classics at the University of Roehampton since January 2018. She researches the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, ancient Greek mythology and religion, and disability studies. She is also an expert on the teaching of subjects which are potentially sensitive, including sexual violence, domestic violence, and infanticide; she was project leader on the initiative 'Teaching Sensitive Subjects in the Classics Classroom'. She is also series editor of Routledge's Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World, and has been editor of the Bulletin of the Council of University Classical Departments since 2011.

  75. Alan Wayne Jones

    Alan Wayne Jones
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    Alan Wayne Jones is a researcher and scholarly writer on the subject of forensic toxicology and human physiology relating to alcohol consumption. Jones was born in Pontypridd, Wales, UK, but worked for most of his career in Sweden.

  76. Emrys G. Bowen

    Emrys G. Bowen
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1900-1983 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    geographer
    Biography

    Emrys George Bowen FRGS, FSA, also known as E. G. Bowen, was an internationally renowned geographer with a particular interest in the physical geography and social geography of his native Wales. A diminutive figure, Bowen was on the academic staff of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from the 1920s and continued to write and lecture there until his death in 1983.

  77. Kenneth Bowen

    Kenneth Bowen
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1932-2018 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    singerconductorteacher
    Biography

    Kenneth Bowen was a Welsh tenor who was Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

  78. Daloni Metcalfe

    Daloni Metcalfe
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    radio personality
    Biography

    Daloni Metcalfe is a Welsh television and radio presenter, currently presenting the Ffermio and Fferm Ffactor series on S4C.

  79. Andrew Lees

    Andrew Lees
    Years
    1949-1994 (aged 45)
    Occupations
    environmentalistscientist
    Biography

    Andrew John Lees was a scientist, and environmentalist. He was born at Sandown Nursing Home, Great Yarmouth, the eldest of the four sons of Edward Andrew Lees, who was a Great Yarmouth Borough Councillor and Hotelier and his wife Beryl Lees (née Whiteley). He studied zoology, botany and philosophy at the University of Wales in Cardiff receiving an honours degree in 1977. He then spent a period working for the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC).

  80. Frank Coles

    Frank Coles
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Frank Coles is a British-American entrepreneur and a maritime lawyer.

  81. Mohamed El Maadid

    Mohamed El Maadid
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Mohammed G A Al Maadheed is a Qatari physician, retired general and writer. He is widely regarded as a pioneering figure in the development of the sports medicine field in Qatar. He has been involved in sports medicine projects in the country since 1991.

  82. Jaime Peraire

    Jaime Peraire
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Jaime Peraire, a native of Barcelona, is the H. N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and former head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He specializes in computational aspects of aeronautics and astronautics, and is interested in improved teaching methods in various fields of engineering.

  83. Juan Carlos Castilla Zenobi

    Juan Carlos Castilla Zenobi
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Enrolled in the University of Wales
    Graduated with doctorate
    Occupations
    biologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Juan Carlos Castilla Zenobi is a marine biologist. He received his PhD from the University of Wales. Since 1965, he has been a faculty member at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 1985, he published a paper on a study which focused on a part of the Chilean coastline from which humans had been excluded. He is a recipient of the 1996 TWAS Prize and the 2011 Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology.

  84. John Tudno Williams

    John Tudno Williams
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    Bible translatortranslator
    Biography

    John Tudno Williams was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales from 2006 to 2007 and the Principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth, from 1998 to 2003.

  85. Don McKay

    Don McKay
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Don McKay is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator.

  86. Euan Edworthy

    Euan Edworthy
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    political scientistentrepreneurconsultant
    Biography

    Euan Edworthy MBE is a British public relations (PR) consultant and philanthropist based in Prague, Czech Republic.

  87. Samuel Ifor Enoch

    Samuel Ifor Enoch
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1914-2001 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    Christian ministeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Samuel Ifor Enoch was Professor of New Testament Studies and Principal of the Presbyterian United Theological College, Aberystwyth in Wales.

  88. Alfred Weeks Szlumper

    Alfred Weeks Szlumper
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1858-1934 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    civil engineer
    Biography

    Alfred Weeks Szlumper CBE, was a British railway engineer. He was the President of the Permanent Way Institution and the Chief Engineer of the London and South Western Railway and later the Southern Railway company.

  89. Sharon Tregenza

    Sharon Tregenza
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    children's writerwriter
    Biography

    Sharon Tregenza is a British author of children's books, stories and verse.

  90. Christopher J. Yorath

    Christopher J. Yorath
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1879-1932 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    Christopher James Yorath was a Welsh-Canadian engineer and urban planner.

  91. Edgar Rees Jones

    Edgar Rees Jones
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1878-1962 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    barristerpoliticianjurist
    Biography

    Sir Edgar Rees Jones was a Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1910 to 1918, and then for Merthyr from 1918 to 1922. During World War I he served as head of the Priorities Division of the Ministry of Munitions.