Notable Alumni of Cardiff University [Sorted List]

1. Hilary Marquand

1901-1972 (aged 71)

university teacher economist politician

Hilary Adair Marquand, PC was a British economist and Labour Party politician.

2. Guy Masterson

1961-. (aged 65)

stage actor

Guy Alexander Masterson is a British actor, writer, theatre director, producer, and playwright. He is best known for his solo stage performances and for his work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including productions such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Morecambe, and The Shark Is Broken.

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3. Paul Atherton

1968-. (aged 58)

film producer film director

Paul Atherton is a London-based filmmaker. He produced and directed The Ballet of Change, a series of four short films that were projected onto London landmarks. His video-diary Our London Lives is in the permanent collection of the Museum of London.

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4. Frances Donovan

journalist television presenter

Frances Donovan is a journalist and presenter on television and radio, including anchoring the Rugby World Cup, the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and the BAFTAS.

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5. Anthony Llewellyn

1933-2013 (aged 80)

astronaut explorer

John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Astronaut Group 6.

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6. Susan Elan Jones

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Susan Elan Jones is a British former Labour Party politician. She was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South, replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones after his retirement. She returned to the voluntary sector after leaving Parliament.

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7. Ben Carter

2001-. (aged 25)

rugby union player

Ben Carter is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship side Dragons and the Wales national team.

8. Teddy Williams

2000-. (aged 26)

rugby union player

Teddy Williams is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Cardiff and the Wales national team.

9. Liz Fuller

1975-. (aged 51)

television producer model film director beauty pageant contestant

Elizabeth Angela Fuller is a Welsh actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder known for being Miss Great Britain 1996–1997. Fuller is the former owner of the Miss Great Britain pageant from September 2009 to January 2011. She launched her own competition of the Miss British Empire beauty pageant in 2011. She married ex snowboarding superstar Phil Clarke in May 2024...

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10. Nick Ramsay

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Nick Ramsay is a British politician who served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Monmouth from 2007 to 2021. Originally a member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Shadow Minister of Finance under Conservative Leader in the Senedd, Paul Davies, but lost the position in January 2021 under the new leadership of Andrew RT Davies. Ramsay sat...

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11. Vikki Howells

politician

Vikki Howells is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Minister for Further and Higher Education since September 2024. Since May 2016, she has also been the Member of the Senedd for Cynon Valley. Before her election to the Senedd, Howells was a teacher, with a background in History.

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12. Thomas Kielinger

1940-. (aged 86)

journalist

Thomas Kielinger OBE is a German journalist, political commentator and author, who for a long time used to be London correspondent for Die Welt.

13. Andrew John

1964-. (aged 62)

Anglican priest

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Thomas Griffith John is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop. He has served as Bishop of Bangor from 2008 to 2025, and was additionally Archbishop of Wales, the head of the Church in Wales, from 2021 until he announced his immediate retirement from the post on 27 June 2025.

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14. Riad Ismat

1947-2020 (aged 73)

literary critic professor writer theatre critic critic

Mohammad Riad Hussain Ismat was a Syrian writer, critic and theatre director. He served as Minister of Culture of Syria from 3 October 2010 to 23 June 2012.

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15. Glyn Daniel

1914-1986 (aged 72)

university teacher writer archaeologist anthropologist prehistorian

Glyn Edmund Daniel FBA FRAI was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974 and edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited...

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16. Jean Lambert

1950-. (aged 76)

politician human rights defender

Jean Denise Lambert is an English politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.

17. Robert Evans

1977-. (aged 49)

actor television actor

Robert Neil Evans is a Welsh scriptwriter and actor.

18. Emyr Jones Parry

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat

Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstP FLSW is a British retired diplomat. He is a former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council.

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19. Sarah Höfflin

1991-. (aged 35)

freestyle skier

Sarah Höfflin is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII, and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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20. Charlotte Holmes

1988-. (aged 38)

model beauty pageant contestant

Charlotte Louise Holmes is an English TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss England 2012 and represented her country at Miss World 2012. She placed fourth on Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model in 2010.

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21. Mariella Mularoni

1962-. (aged 64)

teacher politician

Mariella Mularoni is a Sammarinese politician who currently serves as Secretary of Health. She previously held the position of Captain Regent of San Marino alongside Luca Boschi from 1 October 2019 to 1 April 2020.

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22. Tina May

1961-2022 (aged 61)

singer jazz musician

Daphne Christina May, known professionally as Tina May, was an English jazz vocalist.

23. Khairul Azwan Harun

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Khairul Azwan bin Harun, more commonly known as Azwanbro, is a Malaysian politician. He is a former Malaysian Senator who is part of the Dewan Negara. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

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24. Hannatu Musawa

1974-. (aged 52)

lawyer writer politician

Hannatu Musa Musawa is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, and author who has served as the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy since 2023. She is from Katsina State in northern Nigeria and belongs to a mix of Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.

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25. Julie Morgan

1944-. (aged 82)

politician

Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.

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26. Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi

1958-. (aged 68)

academic

Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi is the former governor of East Azerbaijan province, from 2018 to 2021. He was the President of Tabriz University from January 2014 to September 2018 and also from 2002 to 2005 at Reform Government.

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27. Madeleine Moon

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Madeleine Moon is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend from 2005 to 2019, when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Katie Wallis.

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28. Parvez Sharma

writer film director cinematographer journalist

Parvez Sharma is a New York-based Indian filmmaker, author, and journalist. He is a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the film/video category. He was amongst the 173 fellows selected from 3000 applicants in the 94th year of the fellowship, which originally started in 1925. In an official press release by the foundation, president Edward Hirsch said, "The winners...

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29. Thomas Lewis

1881-1945 (aged 64)

physician cardiologist physiologist

Sir Thomas Lewis CBE FRS FRCP was a Welsh cardiologist. He coined the term "clinical science" and is also known for the Lewis P Factor.

30. Bill Rammell

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

William Ernest Rammell is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 until 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002. From August 2012 to December 2019 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire. He was chair of the university consortium MillionPlus from June to...

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31. Meirion Jones

journalist

Meirion Jones is a Welsh journalist. He worked for the BBC from 1988 until 2015 and is now the editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Former Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman described Jones as "a dogged journalist with that obsessional, slightly nutty commitment that marks out all successful investigative reporters".

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32. John Davies

1938-2015 (aged 77)

historian writer

John Davies FLSW was a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster. He attended university at Cardiff and Cambridge and taught Welsh at Aberystwyth. He wrote a number of books on Welsh history, including A History of Wales (Hanes Cymru in Welsh).

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33. Brian J. Ford

1939-. (aged 87)

television presenter biologist journalist

Brian J. Ford HonFLS HonFRMS is an independent research biologist, author, and lecturer, who publishes on scientific issues for the general public. He has also been a television personality for more than 40 years. Ford is an international authority on the microscope. Throughout his career, Ford has been associated with many academic bodies. He was elected a Fellow of Cardiff...

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34. John Witherow

1952-. (aged 74)

journalist

John Witherow is a former editor of British newspaper The Times. A former journalist with Reuters, he joined News International (now News UK) in 1980 and was appointed editor of The Sunday Times in 1994 and editor of The Times in 2013.

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35. Jonathan Cook

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist opinion journalist

Jonathan Cook, born circa 1965, is a British writer and a freelance journalist formerly based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He writes a regular column for The National of Abu Dhabi and Middle East Eye.

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36. Anna McMorrin

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Anna Rhiannon McMorrin is a Welsh politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North since 2017. A member of Welsh Labour, she serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales since 2025.

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37. Edward Bennett

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Edward Mark W Bennett is an English actor.

38. Ayanda Dlodlo

1963-. (aged 63)

politician minister

Ayanda Dlodlo is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in 2009. Thereafter, she was appointed Minister of Communications (2017), Minister of Home Affairs (2017–2018), Minister of Public Service and Administration (2018–2019, 2021–2022), and Minister of State Security (2019–2021).

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39. Kate Muir

1964-. (aged 62)

film critic novelist

Kate Muir is a Scottish writer, women's health campaigner and documentary maker. Her book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis was published in 2025, following Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause in 2022, and Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (But Were Too Afraid to Ask) in 2024. She is the creator and producer of...

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40. Alex Davies-Jones

1989-. (aged 37)

politician

Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims since July 2024. She previously served as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding from November 2023 to July 2024.

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41. Rhodes Boyson

1925-2012 (aged 87)

politician

Sir Rhodes Boyson was an English educator, author and Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Brent North. He was knighted and made a member of the Privy Council in 1987.

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42. Jane Dodds

1963-. (aged 63)

social worker politician

Jane Winifred Dodds is a Welsh politician who has served as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats since 2017. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire at the seat's 2019 by-election, but was an MP for only three months before being defeated in the general election later the same year. In May 2021, Dodds...

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43. Ambika Anand

1980-. (aged 46)

novelist blogger writer

Ambika Anand is an Indian TV anchor and fashion consultant. She has previously anchored shows like Eyes on Style, Band Baajaa Bride Season 7, Big Fat Indian Wedding, I'm Too Sexy For My Shoes, and I'm Too Sexy – All Access. and hosted The Ambika Anand Show on her YouTube channel.

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44. Terry Smith

1986-. (aged 40)

basketball player

Terence Smith MNZM is an English fund manager who is the founder and chief executive of Fundsmith. He was formerly the chief executive of Tullett Prebon and Collins Stewart. He is an author and a media commentator on investment issues.

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45. Matt Barbet

1976-. (aged 50)

television presenter news presenter journalist

Matthew Barbet is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV.

46. 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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47. Deborah Haynes

1976-. (aged 50)

correspondent editor journalist

Deborah Haynes is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News. She was previously known for her work as defence editor for The Times as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq.

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48. Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

1983-. (aged 43)

firefighter fire chief

Sabrina Rachel Cohen-Hatton KFSM is a British firefighter, psychologist and writer. She is chief fire officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In 2019, she was selected as one of Marie Claire's Future-Shapers and featured on Desert Island Discs.

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49. Leszek Borysiewicz

1951-. (aged 75)

immunologist

Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz is a British professor, immunologist and scientific administrator. He served as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, his term of office (a maximum of seven years) started on 1 October 2010 and ended on 1 October 2017. Borysiewicz also served as chief executive of the Medical Research Council of the UK from 2007-2010 and...

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50. Yehuda Bauer

1926-2024 (aged 98)

historian writer university teacher

Yehuda Bauer was a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust. He was a professor of Holocaust studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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51. David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux

1952-. (aged 74)

army officer

Field Marshal David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup in this role on 29 October 2010.

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52. Martin Evans

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher geneticist biologist

Sir Martin John Evans FRS FMedSci FLSW is an English biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981. He is also known, along with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, for his work in the development of the knockout mouse and the related technology of gene targeting,...

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53. Dafydd Iwan

1943-. (aged 83)

singer songwriter politician

Dafydd Iwan Jones is a Welsh singer and nationalist politician who rose to fame writing and performing folk music in the Welsh language. From 2003 to 2010, Iwan was the president of Plaid Cymru, a political party which advocates for Welsh independence from the UK.

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54. Daniele Bolelli

1974-. (aged 52)

university teacher podcaster philosopher

Daniele Bolelli is an Italian writer, university lecturer, martial artist, and podcaster based in Southern California. He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning...

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55. Faisal al-Fayez

1952-. (aged 74)

diplomat politician

Faisal Akef Al-Fayez is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005. Additionally, Al-Fayez is the only person in Jordanian history who was a Prime Minister, President of the Senate, President of the House of Representatives, and Head of the Royal Hashemite Court. He took office following the resignation...

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56. Alexandra Phillips

1983-. (aged 43)

politician banker

Alexandra Lesley Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician.

57. Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

1944-2023 (aged 79)

teacher politician

Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock FRSA, was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for...

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58. Nick Broomfield

1948-. (aged 78)

screenwriter director film director

Nicholas Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema". His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of...

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59. Jamie Roberts

1986-. (aged 40)

physician rugby union player

Jamie Huw Roberts is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a centre.

60. Siân Lloyd

1972-. (aged 54)

television presenter solicitor journalist

Siân Mary Lloyd is a Welsh television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg. She was the United Kingdom's longest-serving female weather forecaster, having appeared on ITV Weather for 24 years, from 1990 until 2014.

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61. Marie Lebec

1990-. (aged 36)

corporate administrative and commercial executive politician cadres de la fonction publique

Marie Lebec is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal from January to September 2024. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), she has represented the 4th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2024, previously holding the seat from 2017...

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62. Guto Harri

1966-. (aged 60)

journalist

Guto Harri CBE is a Welsh broadcaster, writer and strategic communications consultant. He most recently served as Downing Street Director of Communications, having been appointed by Boris Johnson in February 2022.

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63. Iraj Rad

1945-. (aged 81)

film actor actor television actor

Iradj Raad is an Iranian actor.

64. Adam Price

1968-. (aged 58)

blogger politician

Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from September 2018 to May 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the same Westminster constituency from 2001 to 2010.

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65. Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

1952-. (aged 74)

columnist politician writer journalist inventor

Christopher Walter Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley is a British public speaker and hereditary peer. He is known for his work as a journalist, Conservative political advisor, UKIP political candidate, and climate denier and for his invention of the mathematical puzzle Eternity.

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66. Martin Lewis

1972-. (aged 54)

television presenter actor journalist

Martin Steven Lewis CBE is an English campaigning journalist, broadcaster, author and charity founder. Lewis founded the website MoneySavingExpert.com. He sold the website in 2012 to the Moneysupermarket.com group for up to £87 million. Lewis is currently a presenter for ITV, on the morning shows Good Morning Britain and This Morning since 2007. He also presents The Martin Lewis Money...

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67. Victoria Starmer

1973-. (aged 53)

jurist

Victoria, Lady Starmer, is a British occupational health administrator and former solicitor. She is the wife of Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.

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68. Adrian Chiles

1967-. (aged 59)

writer journalist television presenter presenter

Adrian Chiles is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for football coverage on ITV Sport from 2010 until 2015. His journalistic training and love of football resulted in him presenting business programmes such as Working Lunch and The...

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69. Karl Jenkins

1944-. (aged 82)

jazz musician oboist saxophonist composer keyboardist

Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE, FRAM, HonFLSW is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008).

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70. John Lennox

1943-. (aged 83)

apologist university teacher writer mathematician philosopher of science

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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71. Roy Jenkins

1920-2003 (aged 83)

historian biographer politician writer

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead was a British politician and writer who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and a peer for the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under...

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72. Neil Kinnock

1942-. (aged 84)

politician

Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock is a Welsh politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Kinnock was positioned on the soft...

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73. Gwilym Lee

1983-. (aged 43)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Gwilym Lee is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Midsomer Murders (2013–2016), A Song for Jenny (2015), Jamestown (2017), Top End Wedding (2019), The Great (2020–2023), and for playing guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

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74. Alice Roberts

1973-. (aged 53)

biologist archaeologist writer anthropologist paleoanthropologist

Alice May Roberts FRSB is an English academic, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was president of the charity Humanists UK from January 2019 to May 2022, and is now a vice-president of the organisation.

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75. Siân Phillips

1933-. (aged 93)

film actor actor stage actor

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, South Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. In the 1960s, she started taking on more roles in television and film. She is particularly known for her performance...

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76. Susanna Reid

1970-. (aged 56)

journalist television presenter

Susanna Victoria Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since...

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77. Barham Salih

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Barham Salih is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who has been serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since 1 January 2026. He previously served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.

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78. Vedhika Kumar

1988-. (aged 38)

actor

Vedhika Kumar, known mononymously as Vedhika, is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Vedhika is a recipient of an Asiavision Award and two Edison Awards, along with nominations for two Filmfare Awards South.

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79. Wayne David

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Sir Wayne David is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly from 2001 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998. As a Member of the European Parliament, he represented South Wales from 1989 to 1994 and South Wales Central from 1994...

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80. Jason Mohammad

1975-. (aged 51)

television presenter television journalist

Jason Mohammad is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the host of a range of programmes for the corporation.

81. Hywel Williams

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Hywel Williams is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, from 2001 to 2024.

82. Claire Summers

1974-. (aged 52)

television presenter

Claire Summers is a Welsh television and radio news presenter employed by BBC Cymru Wales.

83. Siân Gwenllian

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Siân Gwenllian is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has represented the constituency of Arfon in the Senedd since 2016. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 8,642 votes.

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84. Mike Wood

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire since July 2024. Prior to this he served as MP for Dudley South from May 2015 until the constituency's dissolution. He has been Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since November 2024.

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85. Elin Jones

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Elin Jones, PC MS is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru, Jones has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999.

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86. John Smith

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

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.

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87. Andrew Gould

1964-. (aged 62)

judge

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

88. Richard Barnes

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

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...

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89. Claire Keegan

1968-. (aged 58)

writer

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. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.

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90. Leanne Wood

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

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.

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91. Rory Burns

1990-. (aged 36)

cricketer

Rory Joseph Burns is an English cricketer who has played internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he captains Surrey in first-class and List A cricket.

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92. Jeroen van Wijngaarden

1978-. (aged 48)

jurist politician

Jeroen van Wijngaarden is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2014-2017 and 2019-2023. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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93. Miguel Alcubierre

1964-. (aged 62)

nuclear physicist theoretical physicist

Miguel Alcubierre Moya is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel.

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94. David Bahati

1973-. (aged 53)

accountant politician

David Bahati is a Ugandan accountant and politician. He is the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 June 2021. He was previously the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) replacing Matia Kasaija. He is a member of...

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95. Mohamed Tahir Ayala

1951-2025 (aged 74)

politician

Mohamed Tahir Ayala was a Sudanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Sudan from February to April 2019, making him the final Prime Minister to serve under President Omar al-Bashir. On 11 April 2019, he was deposed along with the other members of the government in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. He had previously served as Minister of Roads...

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96. Sandister Tei

journalist Wikimedian

Sandister Tei is a Ghanaian media professional who was named the Wikimedian of the Year in October 2020 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales during Wikimania 2020. She is a co-founder and dedicated volunteer of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group.

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97. Mohamed Abdel Latif

1972-. (aged 54)

politician minister

Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Latif is an Egyptian educational administrator who has served as the Minister of Education of Egypt in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's second ministry since 3 July 2024.

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98. Sara Ahmed

1969-. (aged 57)

writer philosopher

Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, affect theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism. Her foundational work, The Cultural Politics of Emotion, in which she explores the social dimension and circulation of emotions, is recognized as a foundational text in the nascent field of affect theory.

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99. Ron Davies

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Ronald Davies was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1975, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics.

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100. Shane Reti

1963-. (aged 63)

badminton player politician badminton executive and administrator political candidate physician

Shane Raymond Reti QSM MP is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, and a Cabinet Minister with the roles of Minister for Pacific Peoples, Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, Minister of Universities and Minister of Statistics. He was first elected at the 2014 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP)...

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