60 Notable alumni of Brunel University London
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Brunel University London is 494st in the world, 1st in North America, and 40st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 60 notable alumni from Brunel University London sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Brunel University London won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gavriel Salvendy
1938-. (aged 88)
engineer
Gavriel Salvendy is a pioneer in the field of human factors and ergonomics. In 1990, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for fundamental contributions to and professional leadership in human, physical and cognitive aspects of engineering systems.
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2. Beth Rodford
1982-. (aged 44)
rower
Beth Rodford is a British rower. Rodford participated in two Olympic games, 2008 Summer in Beijing and 2012 Summer in London. At Beijing, she finished in fifth place in the Women's Eight. In 2012 at London, she finished in sixth position in the quadruple sculls. She announced her retirement from international rowing on 16 December 2015.
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3. Ommo Clark
software design
Ommo Clark is a Nigerian software designer, techpreneur, public speaker, CEO and founding director of iBez Nigeria. iBez Nigeria is an indigenous technology company that caters for the needs of businesses in emerging and underserved markets by developing software applications and online platforms and also trains software developers on software development processes. IBez is the producer of Handy-jack, the platform...
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4. Hannah Critchlow
1980-. (aged 46)
biologist
neuroscientist
science communicator
Hannah Marion Critchlow is a British scientist, writer and broadcaster. Her academic research has focused on cellular and molecular neuroscience. In 2014 the Science Council named her as one of the ten leading "communicator scientists" in the UK. In 2019 Nature listed her as one of Cambridge Universities "Rising Stars in Biological Sciences". In 2022 she was awarded an Honorary...
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5. Melissa Courtney-Bryant
1993-. (aged 33)
athletics competitor
Melissa Courtney-Bryant is a British middle- and long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and three European indoor medals for the 3000 metres; silver at the 2025 Championships, and bronze at both at the 2019 and 2023 European Indoor Championships.
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6. Chad Gould
1982-. (aged 44)
beach soccer player
association football player
musician
Chad Edward Alesna Gould is a Filipino former footballer who played as a central defender or striker for the Loyola Meralco Sparks and the Philippines national team. He is currently a FIFA Licensed Football agent. He previously was also a music artist signed by Warner Music Philippines. In December 2021, his song "Daisy" was played on BBC Music Introducing Show.
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7. Marina Yannakoudakis
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Marina Yannakoudakis is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee and a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament for London. She was elected at the 2009 European Parliament election. She lost her seat at the 2014 election.
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8. Emma Ania
1980-. (aged 46)
athletics competitor
Emma Iwebunor Ania is a former track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain.
9. Brian Reffin Smith
1946-. (aged 80)
academic
painter
Brian Reffin Smith is an artist, writer, teacher and musician born in Sudbury, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom, who won the first-ever Prix Ars Electronica, the Golden Nica, in Linz, Austria, 1987. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
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10. Stuart Etherington
1955-. (aged 71)
social worker
business executive
Sir Stuart James Etherington FRSA is a British charity executive and former social worker. From 1994 to 2020, he was chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, with the membership base increasing from 400 to over 14,000. He was previously the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People. He received a knighthood in 2010 in...
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11. Abiodun Oyepitan
1979-. (aged 47)
athletics competitor
Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m team. She became the first British female to reach an Olympic final in a sprint event...
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12. Ben Gollings
1980-. (aged 46)
rugby union player
Ben Gollings is an English former rugby union player who most recently worked as a rugby coach for Fiji sevens team. Gollings is best known for his time with the England national rugby sevens team. He is the career leader in points scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 2,652 points.
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13. Aliyah Saleem
1989-. (aged 37)
writer
human rights defender
women's rights activist
activist
Aaliyah Saleem, is a British secular education campaigner, writer and market researcher. She is an ex-Muslim atheist, feminist and humanist activist, and co-founder of advocacy group Faith to Faithless. She has also written under the pseudonym of Laylah Hussain.
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14. Robin Lester Carhart-Harris
researcher
Robin Lester Carhart-Harris is a British psychopharmacologist who is Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Previously, he founded and was Head of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London.
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15. John Leech
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
John Sampson Macfarlane Leech is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 2005 to 2015. Since 2016, he has represented Didsbury West on Manchester City Council.
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16. Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, DBE PC FRSA, is a British Conservative Party politician, previously serving as Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2014 to June 2017. Anelay was appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union in the Second May ministry, after the 2017 reshuffle.
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17. Afrikan Boy
1989-. (aged 37)
rapper
Olushola Oluwaseun Ajose, better known by his stage name Afrikan Boy, is a Nigerian-born grime artist from the Woolwich district of London. He went viral with a track entitled "One day I went to Lidl", recorded at That SP Studios.
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18. Stephanie Coker
1989-. (aged 37)
television presenter
actor
presenter
Stephanie CokerListen, is a Nigerian on-air personality and a television presenter for MTV Base Africa and EbonyLife TV She also featured as 'Feke' in the popular Nigerian TV series Tinsel. and a popular sitcom program Hustle as "Cindy".
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19. Roger Hammond
1974-. (aged 52)
cyclo-cross cyclist
sport cyclist
Roger Hammond is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.
20. Hamdullah Mohib
1983-. (aged 43)
diplomat
Hamdullah Mohib is a Pashtun Afghan politician and former diplomat.
21. Eniola Aluko
1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Eniola Aluko listen MBE is a British football executive, former football broadcaster and former professional player, who played as a winger and striker. Aluko has been a broadcaster for live football on ITV, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and Fox Sports in the USA, including men's Premier League and Women's Super League matches since 2014. She was the first sporting director...
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22. Phillips Idowu
1978-. (aged 48)
athletics competitor
Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu, MBE is a British athlete who specialised in the triple jump and was active at elite level between 2000 and 2014, with his greatest success coming between 2006 and 2011. He is a former World Outdoor (2009) and Indoor (2008), European Outdoor (2010) and Indoor (2007), Diamond League (2011) and Commonwealth Games (2006) triple jump champion. He...
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23. Alec Shelbrooke
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Sir Alec Edward Shelbrooke KBE is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Wetherby and Easingwold since 2024 and for Elmet and Rothwell between 2010 and 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Truss ministry from September to October 2022.
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24. Abo Eisa
1996-. (aged 30)
association football player
Abobaker Mamoun Eisa is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 club Nongbua Pitchaya. He represents Sudan national team at international level.
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25. Pekka Sauri
1954-. (aged 72)
civil servant
journalist
psychologist
politician
Pekka Markus Sauri is a Finnish psychologist and a Green League politician. He is formerly the deputy mayor of Finland's capital city, Helsinki and chair of the Procura Campaign for sustainable procurement. Sauri became well known in Finland during the late 1990s for hosting a popular radio show Yölinja ("Nightline") in which he tried to help callers with their various...
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26. Reza Moridi
1945-. (aged 81)
physicist
politician
Reza Moridi is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of Richmond Hill. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. He was the first Iranian-Canadian elected to legislature and appointed as a Cabinet minister in Canada.
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27. Sarah Dines
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
barrister
Sarah Elizabeth Dines is a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Derbyshire Dales from 2019 to 2024. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding from October 2022 to November 2023. She served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022.
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28. Shailesh Vara
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He was the UK's first Hindu MP. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022.
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29. Shini Somara
journalist
Shini Somara is a British mechanical engineer, media broadcaster, producer and author. She has presented TechKnow on Al Jazeera America and reporting for various BBC shows including The Health Show. Somara has also hosted two educational series of physics and engineering videos on the Crash Course YouTube channel for PBS Digital Studios. She has been a presenter on BBC America,...
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30. Anita Asante
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Anita Amma Ankyewah Asante is an English football coach and former player who is the first-team coach at Bristol City. A defender or midfielder, she won 71 caps for the English national team and was selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. At club level, Asante has played for English clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa,...
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31. Jenny Chapman
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Jennifer Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington is a British politician and life peer who has served as Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean since 2025. She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for...
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32. Hope Powell
1966-. (aged 60)
autobiographer
association football coach
association football player
Hope Patricia Powell CBE is an English football coach and former player who is the Women's Technical Director at Birmingham City.
33. Kelly Sotherton
1976-. (aged 50)
athletics competitor
Kelly Jade Sotherton MBE is a British former heptathlete, long jumper and relay runner. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes, also at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as being part of the bronze medal-winning team in the Women's 4 × 400 m relay at...
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34. Abang Johari
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Abang Openg, commonly known as Abang Johari or Abang Jo, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the sixth premier of Sarawak since 2017. A president of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu and the youngest son of the first Sarawak governor, Abang Openg, he represented Gedong in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2021.
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35. Mark Bagley
1957-. (aged 69)
comics artist
Mark Bagley is an American comics artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as The Amazing Spider-Man, Thunderbolts, The New Warriors, Venom and Ultimate Spider-Man and for DC Comics on Justice League of America, Batman, and Trinity. Bagley co-created Marvel Comics characters Carnage and the Thunderbolts.
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36. Adwoa Aboah
1992-. (aged 34)
model
actor
Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah is a British fashion model and actress. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British Vogue. She has also been on the cover of American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Poland, and i-D. In 2017, the fashion industry voted her as Model of the Year for models.com. She is the founder of Gurls Talk, a...
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37. Rosena Allin-Khan
1978-. (aged 48)
politician
physician
Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan is a British politician and medical doctor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she attended shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Health from 2020 to 2023.
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38. Laurence Rickard
1975-. (aged 51)
television actor
screenwriter
stage actor
Laurence Rickard is an English actor, writer, and comedian best known as a member of the Them There collective, with whom he both wrote and starred in productions including Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and Ghosts. In 2022, along with fellow Them There member Ben Willbond, he co-wrote the feature length television comedy We Are Not Alone.
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39. Tony James
1964-. (aged 62)
chemist
Anthony Eric James is an English musician who was the bassist for the 1970s–1980s bands Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the Sisters of Mercy.
40. Kate Richardson-Walsh
1980-. (aged 46)
field hockey player
Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal winning English field hockey player. She was capped a record 375 times for her country and was the England and Great Britain Captain for 13 years.
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41. Charlie Winston
1978-. (aged 48)
singer-songwriter
recording artist
Charlie Winston Gleave, better known as Charlie Winston, is a British singer-songwriter based in the South of France. Winston has so far had his most significant commercial success in France.
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42. Perri Shakes-Drayton
1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor
Peirresha Alexandra Shakes-Drayton is a British retired track and field athlete. After specialising in the 400 metres hurdles in the early part of her career, a knee injury at the 2013 World Championships forced Shakes-Drayton to concentrate on the 400 metres on her return to athletics. She is the 2013 European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres and won a...
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43. Carl Barât
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
guitarist
songwriter
disc jockey
poet
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician best known for being the co-frontman with Pete Doherty of the indie rock band the Libertines. He was the frontman and guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and in 2010 debuted a solo studio album. In 2014 he announced the creation of his new band, the Jackals.
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44. Audley Harrison
1971-. (aged 55)
boxer
Audley Hugh Harrison, MBE is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and becoming the first ever British boxer to win Olympic gold in that division. Harrison turned professional the following year after signing a contract with...
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45. Layla Moran
1982-. (aged 44)
teacher
politician
Layla Michelle Moran is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has served as the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since September 2024, and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017.
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46. Tina Daheley
1979-. (aged 47)
television presenter
news presenter
journalist
Tina Daheley is an English journalist, newsreader and presenter who works for the BBC, both on television and radio. She currently reads the news on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Scott Mills, often contributing to discussions during the show. In addition, she is the regular relief presenter of the Jeremy Vine programme on BBC Radio 2. She is also...
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47. Lee Mack
1968-. (aged 58)
television presenter
stand-up comedian
television actor
autobiographer
film actor
Lee Gordon McKillop, known by his stage name Lee Mack, is an English comedian and actor. Mack created, co-writes and stars in the sitcom Not Going Out, and is a regular team captain on the panel show Would I Lie to You?. In 2022 he began hosting the game show The 1% Club.
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48. Tony Adams
1950-. (aged 76)
Canadian football player
American football player
Tony Alexander Adams is an English former football player and manager. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both. Known as "Mr. Arsenal", he spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre-back there, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered one of Arsenal's greatest-ever players and is also included in the...
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49. Sophie McShera
1985-. (aged 41)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Sophie McShera is an English actress known for her roles as Ros McCain in the fifth series of the BBC television series Waterloo Road, as Daisy Mason in the ITV television series Downton Abbey, and as Drizella Tremaine in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella.
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50. John McDonnell
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
John Martin McDonnell is a British Labour Party politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997.
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51. James Cracknell
1972-. (aged 54)
ocean rower
rower
James Edward Cracknell, OBE is a British rowing and endurance athlete, double Olympic gold medalist and winner of six world championship titles. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the 2005 New Year Honours List.
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52. Greg Davies
1968-. (aged 58)
actor
television actor
screenwriter
school teacher
stand-up comedian
Gregory Daniel Davies is a British comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), Greg in We Are Klang (2009), Ken Thompson in Cuckoo (2012–2019), Dan Davies in Man Down (2013–2017), and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner (2021–2024). He also created Man Down and The Cleaner.
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53. Archie Panjabi
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
film actor
Archana Panjabi is a British actress. She has had various roles in both British and American television including as Maya Roy in Life on Mars (2006–2007), Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife (2009–2015), Nas Kamal in Blindspot (2016–2017, 2020), Kendra Malley in Departure (2019–2023), and The Rani in Doctor Who (2025). Her work in The Good Wife earned her a...
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54. Damson Idris
1991-. (aged 35)
actor
television actor
Adamson Alade-Bo "Damson" Idris is a British actor, entrepreneur and film producer. He is best known for starring in John Singleton's crime drama Snowfall, which debuted in 2017 on FX and ended in 2023 after six seasons. He played the co-lead in Netflix's 2021 sci-fi action film Outside the Wire and Formula One driver Joshua Pearce in the 2025 sports...
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55. Ville Skinnari
1974-. (aged 52)
ice hockey player
advocate
politician
Ville Skinnari is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne and then in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sanna Marin from 2019 to 2023.
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56. Beverly Naya
film producer
actor
screenwriter
Beverly Naya is a British-born Nigerian actress. She won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 Best of Nollywood Awards. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.
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57. Tiziana Terranova
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
researcher
sociologist
lecturer
Tiziana Terranova is an Italian theorist and activist whose work focuses on the effects of information technology on society through concepts such as digital labor and commons. Terranova has published the monograph Network Culture. Politics for the Information Age, as well as a more extensive number of essays and speeches, and appeared as a keynote speaker in several conferences. She...
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58. Iyiola Omisore
1957-. (aged 69)
engineer
businessperson
politician
Iyiola Ajani Omisorelisten is a Nigerian businessman, engineer, and politician who served as deputy governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003. Subsequently, he served as a member of the Nigerian Senate for Osun East from 2003 to 2011. He is a former national secretary of the All Progressives Congress.
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59. Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1981-. (aged 45)
Guillaume V is Grand Duke of Luxembourg, reigning since 3 October 2025. The eldest son of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, he acceded to the throne upon the abdication of his father.
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60. Abba Gumel
1966-. (aged 60)
mathematician
Abba GumelListen is a Distinguished University Professor and The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. His research, which spans three main areas of applied mathematics, is focused on the use of mathematical modeling and rigorous approaches, together with statistical analysis, to gain insight into the dynamics of...
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