24 Notable alumni of Anglia Ruskin University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Anglia Ruskin University is ranked #1,016 in the world and #79 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Anglia Ruskin University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Anglia Ruskin University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Steve Antony
1975-. (aged 51)
illustrator
writer
Steve Antony is a British children's author and illustrator, who has written and illustrated seventeen picture books and two board books.
2. Jon Thompson
1964-. (aged 62)
Sir Jonathan Michael Thompson, KCB is a British civil servant who served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) from September 2012 until April 2016, when he succeeded Dame Lin Homer as Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs. He became Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council after leaving HMRC in Autumn 2019.
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3. Jonathan Albon
1989-. (aged 37)
athlete
orienteer
Jonathan Albon is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series.
4. Ian Miller
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Ian Jonathan Miller is an English professional footballer who plays for Walsham-le-Willows.
5. Ama Pomaa Boateng
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
IT specialist
Ama Pomaa Boateng is a Ghanaian politician and. She was the member of parliament for the Juaben Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and represented the New Patriotic Party.
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6. Devant Maharaj
1967-. (aged 59)
Devant Maharaj is a Trinidad and Tobago politician, and social activist. He is a inactive member of the United National Congress. On 27 June 2011, he became a member of the Senate of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Minister of Transport following his appointment as Chairman of the Public Services Transport Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago.
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7. Geraldine Finlayson
historian
paleontologist
anthropologist
Geraldine Finlayson is a Gibraltarian scientist and CEO of the Gibraltar National Museum. She was director of the John Mackintosh Hall until October 2011. She has played a major role in developing the "Gibraltar method" of archaeological research, especially that carried out underwater, and is one of a team of scientists who have made major discoveries about the nature of...
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8. Alessandro Ludovico
1969-. (aged 57)
writer
critic
non-fiction writer
artist
editor
Alessandro Ludovico is a researcher, artist and chief editor of Neural magazine since 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in English and Media from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK). He is Associate Professor at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton and Lecturer at Parsons Paris – The New School. He has published and edited several books, and...
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9. Ian Mobsby
writer
Ian Mobsby is a writer, speaker and missioner. He is currently the Diocesan Community Missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Niagara in the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Canon for Mission Theology also for the Diocese of Niagara. He is the lead for formation with the Society of the Holy Trinity. He was formally the Assistant Dean for Fresh...
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10. John Burnside
1955-2024 (aged 69)
university teacher
poet
writer
John Burnside FRSL FRSE was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets (with Ted Hughes, Sean O'Brien and Jason Allen-Paisant) to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single book – in this case, for Black Cat Bone in 2011. In 2023, he won the David Cohen Prize in recognition of...
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11. Sue Hayman
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and...
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12. Roger Law
1941-. (aged 85)
caricaturist
Roger Law is a British caricaturist, ceramicist and one half of Luck and Flaw (with Peter Fluck), creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
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13. Kim Howells
1946-. (aged 80)
trade unionist
politician
Kim Scott Howells is a Welsh Labour Party former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.
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14. Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
barrister
politician
Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, KC, is a Dominican-British barrister and politician who served as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2016 to 2025. She was the first woman to hold that post.
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15. Michael Ashcroft
1946-. (aged 80)
businessperson
politician
Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, PC is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and was the 132nd richest person in the UK, as ranked by the Sunday Times Rich List 2021, with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion.
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16. Philip Reeve
1966-. (aged 60)
author
writer
children's writer
illustrator
actor
Philip Reeve is an English author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book Mortal Engines and its sequels (the 2001 to 2006 Mortal Engines Quartet). His 2007 novel, Here Lies Arthur, based on the legendary King Arthur, won the Carnegie Medal.
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17. Syd Barrett
1946-2006 (aged 60)
singer-songwriter
poet
guitarist
singer
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance,...
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18. David Gilmour
1946-. (aged 80)
record producer
executive producer
guitarist
songwriter
singer
David Jon Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history. Following the departure of Roger Waters in...
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19. Angela Hartnett
1968-. (aged 58)
chef
Angela Maria Hartnett OBE is an English chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay, she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at the Connaught in London. Currently, she is Chef-Patron for Murano in Mayfair; Café Murano in Bermondsey, Covent Garden, Marylebone and St James's; and Cucina Angelina in Courchevel (France). In 2004, she gained her first Michelin star.
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20. Patrick Le Quément
1945-. (aged 81)
designer
Patrick Gilles Marie Le Quément is a retired French car designer, formerly chief designer of Renault. Born in France but brought up in the United Kingdom, Le Quément holds a BA Hons. degree in Product Design from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, and an MBA from Danbury Park Management Centre.
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21. Edward Bawden
1903-1989 (aged 86)
designer
draftsperson
painter
illustrator
war artist
Edward Bawden, CBE RA was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had been a student, worked as a commercial artist and served as a war artist in World War II. He was a fine watercolour painter but worked...
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22. Manish Bhasin
1976-. (aged 50)
sports commentator
Manish Dev Bhasin is a sports journalist and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League's global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the BBC in the UK. He was the presenter of the former sports programme providing coverage of the Championship, League 1 and League 2 match highlights; The Football League...
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23. Jakob Engel-Schmidt
1983-. (aged 43)
public relations consultant
director
business undergraduate
politician
Jakob Engel-Schmidt is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates. Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.
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24. Kaakie
1991-. (aged 35)
midwife
musician
Grace Kaki Awo Ocansey, popularly known as Kaakie, is a Ghanaian dancehall artist. She signed her first record deal with Xtra Large Music. Kaakie grew up as a music lover who listened to various genres of music and did karaoke versions for many of the ones she cherished. At the university, an opportunity came for her to feature in one...
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