65 Notable alumni of Kingston University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Kingston University is ranked #1,071 in the world and #81 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 65 notable alumni from Kingston 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 Kingston University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Zeinab Elobeid Yousif
1952-2016 (aged 64)
engineer
Zeinab Elobeid Yousif, was a Sudanese aircraft engineer. She was the first Sudanese woman to be licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom. From July 1973 until May 1992, she worked with Sudan Airways, after which she relocated to the United Kingdom.
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2. Emma Hart
1974-. (aged 52)
painter
Emma Hart is an English artist who works in a number of disciplines, including video art, installation art, sculpture, and film. She lives and works in London, where she is a lecturer at Slade School of Art.
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3. Hazel Reeves
sculptor
Hazel Reeves, MRSS is a British sculptor based in Sussex, England, who specialises in figure and portrait commissions in bronze. Her work has been shown widely across England and Wales. Public commissions can be found in Carlisle, London, Congleton and Manchester. Since 2020, Reeves' work increasingly embraces soundscapes of nature and movement.
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4. Craig Felston
1993-. (aged 33)
rugby union player
Craig Felston is an English-born former Moldovan rugby player. He played for the Moldovan National rugby team. He is eligible to represent Moldova through his Moldovan born grandfather.
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5. Michael Azzopardi
1987-. (aged 39)
designer
Michael Azzopardi is a Maltese songwriter and digital designer. He released his first 4-song EP "Pistola" on February 12, 2021, with Ultralow Records.
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6. Albert Isola
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
barrister
Albert Joseph Isola CBE is a Gibraltarian barrister and former politician, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). He was a member of the Gibraltar House of Assembly as part of the Opposition between 1996 and 2000. He later became a Government Minister for Financial Services and Gaming after becoming elected to Parliament in the 2013 by-election. Isola is...
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7. Sophie Hulme
fashion designer
Sophie Hulme is a British accessories designer.
8. Nick Walshe
1974-. (aged 52)
rugby union player
Nicholas Patrick James Walshe, is a rugby union coach and former player. He was capped twice for England, and was Head Coach of the England Under 20 taking them to successive victories in the 2013 and 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.
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9. Maolíosa McHugh
politician
Maolíosa McHugh MLA is a Sinn Féin politician from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland who has served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the West Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 28 May 2019. Previously, he was a local councillor and Mayor of Derry and Strabane.
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10. Mike Slee
1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter
film director
director
film producer
Michael John Slee is a British film-maker, producer/director and writer.
11. Hamish Mackie
1973-. (aged 53)
sculptor
Hamish Mackie is a British wildlife sculptor who works in bronze, silver and any other castable metal using the lost-wax casting method. He is considered to be one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. Largely self-taught, Mackie captures his subjects - ranging from livestock to birds via wild animals - by observation in a natural environment, taking detailed photographs and...
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12. Ed Parsons
1965-. (aged 61)
geospatial analyst
technology evangelist
Ed Parsons is a London-based Geospatial Technologist and tech evangelist at Google. He is working to evangelise geospatial data for commercial application and consequently, to improve the usability and efficiency of location based tools at Google. He is credited as being one of the core proponents of Google Street View.
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13. Michael Young
1976-. (aged 50)
baseball player
Michael Young is a British industrial designer and creative director with offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Milan. He works in the areas of product, furniture and interior design with studios in Hong Kong and Brussels. He is known for unconventional use of materials and manufacturing processes, and collaborations with brands such as Brionvega, Cappellini, KEF, La Manufacture, and MOKE...
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14. Yoshiko Shimada
1959-. (aged 67)
photographer
television producer
Yoshiko Shimada is a Japanese printmaker and performance artist who has been referred to as "Japan’s premier feminist and antiwar artist."
15. Ayisha Malik
writer
Ayisha Malik is a British author. Her debut novel Sofia Khan is Not Obliged was published in 2015. The sequel, The Other Half of Happiness, was published in 2017. Malik was a consultant for Nadiya Hussain's novel The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters.
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16. Viktor Kryzhanivskyi
1950-2016 (aged 66)
painter
Viktor Krizhanivskyi was a Ukrainian painter and artist.
17. Ed McKeever
1983-. (aged 43)
canoeist
Edward Daniel McKeever MBE is a British kayak athlete. He is a former European, World and Olympic champion.
18. Kirsty Hayes
1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat
Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was recently British Ambassador to Argentina. She was British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018.
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19. Pablo Helguera
1971-. (aged 55)
painter
pedagogue
performance artist
artist
sculptor
Pablo Helguera is an artist, performer, author, and educator. From 2007 to 2020 he was director of adult and academic programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He currently is an assistant professor at The New School College of Performing Arts.
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20. Ruby McGregor-Smith
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith, CBE, is a British business executive and politician. McGregor-Smith was the former CEO of Mitie Group PLC, a UK facilities management business, from 2007 to 2016. She was nominated as a Conservative life peer in August 2015.
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21. Robin Rimbaud
1964-. (aged 62)
photographer
composer
critic
performance artist
sound artist
Robin Rimbaud is a British electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance. He is also a member of the band Githead with Wire's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel and Max Franken from Minimal Compact.
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22. Joseph Oladele Sanusi
1938-. (aged 88)
academic
banker
Chief Joseph Oladele Sanusilisten (born 24 September 1938) is a Nigerian chartered accountant who was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from May 1999 to May 2004.
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23. Bruno Braakhuis
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Bruno Adrianus Maria Braakhuis is a former Dutch politician and marketing as well as communication manager. As a member of GreenLeft (GroenLinks), he was an MP from 17 June 2010 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of economic affairs, science, innovation and the European Union. After his membership in the House of Representatives, he became a member of...
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24. Patrick O'Connor
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Patrick M. O'Connor is an American politician from Weymouth, Massachusetts, who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate on May 10, 2016, in a special election to replace Robert Hedlund. He represents the First Plymouth and Norfolk District, which comprises Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, and Weymouth.
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25. Tony Arbour
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Anthony Francis Arbour OBE JP is a British Conservative Party politician. From 2000 until his retirement in 2021, he was a member of the London Assembly representing South West London and is a former Richmond councillor.
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26. Sima Kamil
1957-. (aged 69)
banker
Sima Kamil is a Pakistani banker who has served as the deputy governor of State Bank of Pakistan since August 2020. Previously, she served as the president and chief executive officer of United Bank Limited from June 2017 to June 2020, the first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank.
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27. Ratheesan Yoganathan
1975-. (aged 51)
co-founder
chief executive officer
entrepreneur
Ratheesan Yoganathan is a British entrepreneur who, with Rasiah Ranjith Leon and Baskaran Kandiah, is best known as the co-founder of Lebara Group. On 10 August 2012 he took on the role of ex-chairman of Lebara Group and returned as CEO in March 2014. He owns about one third of the company's stock. He read aeronautical engineering at Kingston University.
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28. Caryn Franklin
1959-. (aged 67)
journalist
television presenter
Caryn Franklin MBE is a British fashion and identity commentator and visiting professor of diverse selfhood. She was former fashion editor and co-editor of i-D magazine in the 1980s and long-time presenter of BBC television's The Clothes Show from 1986 to 1998. She has been a commentator on fashion, image and identity politics for more than 40 years. She regularly...
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29. Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad
1960-2016 (aged 56)
architect
businessperson
politician
Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar bin Wan Ahmad was a Malaysian politician, architect, and entrepreneur who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kangsar from May 2013 to his death right after three years in May 2016. He also served as the Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was a native of Kuala Kangsar. Wan Khair-il...
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30. Glenda Bailey
1958-. (aged 68)
fashion editor
editor-in-chief
journalist
editor
Dame Glenda Adrianne Bailey is a former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, a monthly fashion magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. She was in this position from May 2001 to 2020.
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31. Sarah Rees Brennan
1983-. (aged 43)
children's writer
librarian
writer
Sarah Rees Brennan is an Irish fantasy novelist. Her books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA.
32. Nigel Dakin
1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat
Nigel John Dakin CMG (born 28 February 1964 is a British diplomat and soldier who served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 July 2019 and 29 March 2023.
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33. Asha Philip
1990-. (aged 36)
sprinter
athletics competitor
trampoline gymnast
Asha Solette Philip is an English sprinter and former junior gymnast specialising in double mini-trampoline. She was the first British woman to achieve a global 100 metres title at any age-group, winning gold at the 2007 World Youth Championships aged 16. Following a serious knee injury in gymnastics in a championship in Quebec at 17, and a rehabilitation period of...
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34. Adel Al Toraifi
1979-. (aged 47)
journalist
politician
Adel Al Toraifi is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017.
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35. Qubad Talabani
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Qubad Talabani is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who has been the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Region since 2014. Formerly serving as the representative of Kurdistan to the United States, Qubad is the second son of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
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36. Sam Chan
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
television actor
Sam Chan Yu-sum is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. He made his acting career debut in TVB's Hearts Of Fencing in 2003. His father, Shek Sau, is an iconic TV and film actor. In the past decade, he has expanded his career as a director and producer, establishing his own production company, A Rocking Production, in 2014. He...
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37. Francis Yeoh
1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson
Francis Yeoh Sock Ping is a Malaysian businessman, and the eldest son of late Malaysia billionaire Yeoh Tiong Lay. He was appointed a managing director of YTL Corporation in 1988. He helped grow YTL Corporation into a multi-disciplinary conglomerate comprising five listed entities. YTL Corporation Berhad, YTL Power International Berhad, YTL Hospitality REIT, Malayan Cement Berhad and Starhill Global REIT...
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38. Aleksandra Gintrowska
1991-. (aged 35)
singer
Aleksandra Gintrowska is a Polish singer and actress also appearing under the pseudonym O.L.A. which translates as "the heart of the word POLAND".
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39. Gail Emms
1977-. (aged 49)
badminton player
Olympic competitor
Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to represent England in 1995 and regularly played for her country until her retirement from professional sport in 2008.
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40. John Richmond
1960-. (aged 66)
fashion designer
John Richmond is an English fashion designer based in Italy.
41. Tom Wright
1957-. (aged 69)
architect
Tom Wright is a British architect best known as the designer of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
42. Keith Relf
1943-1976 (aged 33)
singer-songwriter
singer
William Keith Relf was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex–The Nashville Teens keyboardist John Hawken.
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43. Harriet Kemsley
1987-. (aged 39)
actor
writer
stand-up comedian
Harriet Kemsley is an English stand-up comedian.
44. Lawrence Dallaglio
1972-. (aged 54)
rugby union player
Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio OBE is an English retired rugby union player. He is a former captain of England, and a 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
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45. David Chipperfield
1953-. (aged 73)
university teacher
designer
architect
Sir David Alan Chipperfield, CH, CBE, RA, RDI, RIBA, HRSA, is a British architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985, which grew into a global architectural practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai, and Santiago de Compostela.
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46. Trevor Cooper
1953-. (aged 73)
actor
television actor
Trevor Cooper is an English actor.
47. Dionne 'London' Hughes
1989-. (aged 37)
actor
comedian
stand-up comedian
London Hughes is a British comedian, television writer and presenter. She wrote and starred in Laughter Shock, a comedy for the BBC which piloted in 2010.
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48. Richard Riakporhe
1990-. (aged 36)
boxer
Richard Riakporhe is a professional boxer who held the British cruiserweight title from 2019 to 2020.
49. Angela Bowie
1949-. (aged 77)
singer
model
autobiographer
actor
musician
Mary Angela Barnett, also known as Angie Bowie, is an American model, actress, and journalist. Alongside her ex-husband David Bowie, she influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s. She was married to Bowie (whom she assisted in conceptualizing the costumes for the Ziggy Stardust stage show) from 1970 until their divorce in 1980. They had one child,...
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50. Charles Ingram
1963-. (aged 63)
novelist
military officer
engineer
Charles William Ingram is a British fraudster and a former major in the British Army who gained fame for his appearance on the ITV television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Across two episodes recorded in September 2001, Ingram correctly answered 15 questions to win the show's maximum prize of £1 million, becoming the third recorded contestant ever...
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51. Eason Chan
1974-. (aged 52)
singer
songwriter
television actor
recording artist
actor
Eason Chan Yick-shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer – Gold" award (10 times) and "My Favorite Male Singer" award (9 consecutive years) at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation" in HK, he is...
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52. Jessie Cave
1987-. (aged 39)
stage actor
film director
actor
caricaturist
television producer
Jessica Alice Cave Lloyd is an English actress, comedian, YouTuber, author and cartoonist, known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter film series and for her shows in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has also published a book of cartoon doodles called Love Sick, some of the designs in which have appeared on greeting cards....
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53. Trevor Eve
1951-. (aged 75)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Trevor John Eve is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series Shoestring (1979–1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the long-running BBC television drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011). He is the father of three children, including actress Alice Eve. He is the winner of...
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54. Graeme Le Saux
1968-. (aged 58)
association football player
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a former professional footballer and television pundit.
55. Laura Woods
1987-. (aged 39)
Laura Woods is an English presenter working for ITV, Amazon Prime Video, and TNT Sports.
56. Eric Clapton
1945-. (aged 81)
singer
jazz musician
guitarist
composer
singer-songwriter
Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was named number five in Time...
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57. Ben Barnes
1938-. (aged 88)
politician
Benjamin Thomas Barnes is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia film series (2008–2010), Logan Delos in the HBO science fiction series Westworld (2016–2020), Billy Russo/Jigsaw in the Marvel series The Punisher (2017–2019), The Darkling in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023), and Tim Jamieson in...
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58. Aphex Twin
1971-. (aged 55)
composer
DJ producer
disc jockey
club DJ
musician
Richard David James, known professionally under many different names, but most famously as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient, acid, and jungle, and he has been described as a pioneering figure in the intelligent dance music (IDM) genre. Journalists from...
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59. Gregory Venables
1949-. (aged 77)
Anglican priest
Gregory James Venables is an English Anglican bishop. He served as the Primate of the Southern Cone in South America (now called the Anglican Church of South America) from 2001 until 2010, and again from 2016 until 2020. He was also Bishop of Argentina from 2002 to 2020.
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60. Lavinia Greenlaw
1962-. (aged 64)
novelist
poet
writer
Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw is an English poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer. She won the Prix du Premier Roman with her first novel and her poetry has been shortlisted for awards that include the T. S. Eliot Prize, Forward Prize, and Whitbread Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Poetry Award for A Double Sorrow: A Version of Troilus...
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61. Karl McCartney
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Karl Ian McCartney is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 2010 to 2017, and again from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he briefly served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport from July to September 2022.
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62. Francisco González Bree
1968-. (aged 58)
researcher
teacher
artist
Francisco González Bree, also known as Paco Bree, is a Spanish corporate executive, professor, writer, researcher, artist and a professional in the field of creativity and innovation. In addition to his academic contribution, he is business advisor and regular collaborator in different media such as El Español, on matters related to innovation and creativity, and the importance of these issues...
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63. Yelizaveta Osetinskaya
1977-. (aged 49)
editor-in-chief
journalist
editing staff
radio personality
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Osetinskaya is a Russian journalist and media manager. She is notable as a former editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes (2011–2013) and RBC (2014–2016). Her reforms at RBC helped make it one of the most-cited Russian media holdings. Under her editorship, RBC emphasized investigative journalism, with highlights including the participation of Russian troops in the War in...
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64. Petr Fradkov
1978-. (aged 48)
banker
economist
Russian oligarch
Petr Mikhaylovich Fradkov is a Russian economist and banker serving as the chairman and CEO of Promsvyazbank and the general director of the Russian Export Center. Chairman of the Russian Athletics Federation (since 2024).
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65. Jasper Morrison
1959-. (aged 67)
designer
exhibition designer
exhibition curator
industrial designer
engineer
Jasper Morrison is an English product and furniture designer. He is known for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying "objects should never shout."
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