20 Notable alumni of Leeds Arts University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Leeds Arts University is ranked #4,848 in the world and #145 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Leeds Arts 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 Leeds Arts University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Victor Sloan
1945-. (aged 81)
photographer
Victor Sloan MBE is a Northern Irish photographer and artist.
2. Henry Carr
1894-1970 (aged 76)
painter
Henry Marvell Carr, RA RP RBA, was a successful British landscape and portrait painter who served as a war artist during World War II.
3. Vera Scarth-Johnson
1912-1999 (aged 87)
conservationist
scientific collector
botanical illustrator
botanical collector
botanist
Vera Scarth-Johnson OAM was a noted botanist and botanical illustrator who is also remembered for her continual efforts to teach others to treasure the flora and environment of Australia and, in particular, the botanically rich region of Cooktown and the Endeavour River Valley, on Cape York Peninsula, in far northern Queensland.
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4. Bernard Schottlander
1924-1999 (aged 75)
designer
sculptor
Bernard Schottlander was a British, German-born designer and sculptor. His archive is located at the University of Brighton Design Archives.
5. John Philip Busby
1928-2015 (aged 87)
teacher
painter
writer
illustrator
visual artist
John Philip Busby RSW RSA was an influential artist whose close observation of nature and dedication to drawing from life inspired several generations of leading wildlife artists.
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6. Joseph Hermon Cawthra
1886-1971 (aged 85)
sculptor
Joseph Hermon Cawthra, was an English monumental sculptor. During his lifetime he was considered among the leading classical sculptors working in Britain and received several commissions for public monuments, war memorials and architectural sculptures.
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7. Frankie Vaughan
1928-1999 (aged 71)
actor
singer
Frankie Vaughan CBE DL was an English singer and actor who became popular in the 1950s and 60s, recording more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after his signature song "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl". Two of Vaughan's singles topped the UK Singles Chart: "The Garden...
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8. Anthony Browne
1946-. (aged 80)
graphic designer
draftsperson
writer
artist
children's writer
Anthony Edward Tudor Browne CBE is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books. Browne has written or illustrated more than fifty books, and received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000. From 2009 to 2011, he was Children's Laureate.
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9. Michael Chapman
1941-2021 (aged 80)
singer-songwriter
guitarist
Michael Chapman was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist who released 58 albums, displaying a "fusion of jazz, rock, Indian and ragtime styles made him a cult hero". He began playing with jazz bands, mainly in his home town of Leeds, and became well known in the folk clubs of the late 1960s, as well as on the progressive music scene....
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10. Diz Disley
1931-2010 (aged 79)
jazz guitarist
jazz musician
William Charles "Diz" Disley was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and banjoist. He is best known for his acoustic jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, for his contributions to the UK trad jazz, skiffle and folk scenes as a performer and humorist, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
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11. Glen Baxter
1944-. (aged 82)
poet
caricaturist
lithographer
writer
illustrator
Glen Baxter is an English draughtsman and artist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense.
12. Ria Sharma
1992-. (aged 34)
activist
Ria Sharma is a social activist and the first Indian to receive the UNICEF Global Goals Awards for 2017.
13. Jacob Kramer
1892-1962 (aged 70)
painter
Jacob Kramer was a Russian-born painter who spent all of his working life in England.
14. Leigh Francis
1973-. (aged 53)
screenwriter
program host
television actor
comedian
Leigh Izaak Francis, who is often known by the name of a character he plays, Keith Lemon, is an English television presenter, comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for creating and starring in Channel 4's sketch comedy show Bo' Selecta! (2002–2009) and presenting the ITV shows Celebrity Juice (2008–2022) and Through the Keyhole (2013–2019). His other comedy shows...
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15. Ralph Brown
1928-2013 (aged 85)
sculptor
Ralph William John Brown is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom...
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16. Damien Hirst
1965-. (aged 61)
film director
illustrator
restaurateur
engraver
installation artist
Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at US$384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely...
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17. Peter Murphy
lawyer
military officer
Peter Murphy is a British artist working in traditional egg tempera and gold leaf techniques, and a member of the Stuckist art movement.
18. Paul Clark
1962-. (aged 64)
musician
Paul Gordon Clark is a British former Labour Party politician and who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010. During his time in government, Clark served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Derry Irvine, Charles Falconer, John Prescott, and Ed Balls, before being promoted in 2008 to the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at...
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19. Barbara Hepworth
1903-1975 (aged 72)
painter
draftsperson
artist
sculptor
visual artist
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.
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20. Henry Moore
1898-1986 (aged 88)
illustrator
bandmaster
printmaker
architectural draftsperson
artist
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA was an English visual artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper.
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