48 Notable alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Liverpool John Moores University is ranked #675 in the world and #59 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from Liverpool John Moores 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 Liverpool John Moores University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joan Howson
1885-1964 (aged 79)
glass artist
Joan Howson was a British stained glass artist of the Arts and Crafts movement. She trained at the Liverpool School of Art before becoming a student and apprentice to Caroline Townshend. They later developed a lifelong partnership creating stained glass works under the name of their company, Townshend and Howson.
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2. Margaret Murphy
1930-2016 (aged 86)
politician
Margaret Murphy is a British crime writer.
3. Andreja Gomboc
1969-. (aged 57)
astrophysicist
astronomer
university teacher
Andreja Gomboc, is a Slovenian astrophysicist.
4. Martyn Bernard
1984-. (aged 42)
athletics competitor
Martyn John Bernard is a British former athlete who competed in the high jump and appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
5. Duncan Aldred
1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
Duncan Aldred is an English business executive currently serving as the Senior Vice President and President of North America at General Motors. He previously served as Vice President of GM Commercial Growth and Operations, Global Vice President of Buick and GMC, and as Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales at Opel and Vauxhall.
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6. Haje Jan Kamps
1981-. (aged 45)
photojournalist
photographer
journalist
Haje Jan Kamps is a Dutch photographer, author, awards photo judge, freelance writer, businessperson, journalist, inventor, and editor. Jan Kamps was the director of portfolio at Bolt VC, a hardware-focused pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm interested on hardware startups and enabling technologies. According to William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White of the Harvard Business School, experts on Entrepreneurial...
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7. Laurence Williams
1946-. (aged 80)
nuclear engineer
Laurence Glynn Williams, OBE, FREng, FIMechE, FNucl, FLSW is a British nuclear engineer, health and safety expert, and academic. He specialises in nuclear safety and security. From 1998 to 2005, he was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations. From 2010 to 2014, he was Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation at the University of Central Lancashire. He has served...
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8. Tom Middlehurst
1936-. (aged 90)
politician
Thomas Middlehurst is a British retired politician who served as Leader of Flintshire County Council from 1996 to 1999 and Assembly Secretary for Education and Training in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, he was Assembly Member (AM) for Alyn and Deeside from 1999 until his retirement in 2003.
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9. Steve Taylor
1957-. (aged 69)
songwriter
film director
film producer
singer
Steve Taylor is an English author, lecturer and researcher in psychology, who has written many books on psychology and spirituality, as well as books of poetry. He is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University and has been the chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society.
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10. Gemma Tumelty
1980-. (aged 46)
trade unionist
Gemma Tumelty is known for being a British Labour Party and Trades Union activist, who was President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 2006 to 2008. She was the NUS National Secretary from 2005 to 2006, and a member of its National Executive Committee for two years before that.
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11. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed
1954-. (aged 72)
entrepreneur
Dr. Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed is a Saudi businessman. He is the chair and the Founder of Golden Grass Incorporated in Riyadh.
12. Sally Walton
1981-. (aged 45)
field hockey player
association football player
Sally Ellen Walton is a former British field hockey player, a personal trainer and currently coaching Hockey at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, moving there from Solihull school.
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13. Jody Handley
1979-. (aged 47)
association football player
Jody Handley is an English former footballer from Stafford, who most recently played for FA WSL 2 club Doncaster Rovers Belles. A pacy and intelligent attacking player, she featured as both a wide midfielder and striker for England as well as clubs including Wolves Women, Liverpool Ladies and Everton Ladies. She has featured in four FA Women's Cup finals with...
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14. Catherine Kelly
1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Catherine Kelly MLA is a Sinn Féin politician from Loughmacrory, County Tyrone, who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the West Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly June 2017 until her resignation in October 2020.
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15. Dave White
1971-. (aged 55)
painter
Dave White is a contemporary British artist, and has exhibited his work internationally whilst working with various with clients for Nike, AOL, and Air Jordan.
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16. David Greenaway
1952-. (aged 74)
economist
Sir David Greenaway DL is a British economist. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics and was previously the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, having succeeded Sir Colin Campbell on 1 October 2008.
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17. Ieuan Wyn Jones
1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer
politician
Ieuan Wyn Jones is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys...
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18. Stephen Ladyman
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Stephen John Ladyman is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet from 1997 until 2010. He served as a minister in the government of Tony Blair between 2003 and 2007, latterly as Minister of State for Transport.
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19. Mehmet Harmancı
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Mehmet Harmancı, is the current mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, the local government of the Turkish Cypriot capital North Nicosia. He was born in Nicosia.
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20. Andrew Stunell
1942-2024 (aged 82)
politician
Robert Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, OBE, PC was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove from 1997 until he stood down in 2015, and then as a member of the House of Lords from 2015.
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21. Neena Gill
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Neena Gill, Baroness Gill CBE is a British Labour Party politician. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands first from 1999 to 2009, and then from 2014 to 2020.
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22. Hannah Whelan
1992-. (aged 34)
artistic gymnast
Hannah Kate Whelan is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whelan won three European Championships medals and four British senior national titles, and was the bronze medallist in the all-around at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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23. Tony Strudwick
coach
Tony Strudwick is an English football coach who currently works as Director of Medical for West Bromwich Albion and as head of performance for the Wales national team.
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24. Daniel McCrossan
1988-. (aged 38)
politician
Daniel Christopher McCrossan is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone since 2016.
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25. Bambos Charalambous
1967-. (aged 59)
solicitor
politician
Charalambos "Bambos" Charalambous is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southgate and Wood Green, previously Enfield Southgate, since 2017. While in opposition he held a series of shadow ministry posts. He was suspended from the Labour Party during an investigation into a complaint against him between June 2023 and April 2024, but the...
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26. Joe Anderson
1958-. (aged 68)
social worker
politician
Joseph Anderson, OBE is a British politician who served as the first directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2012 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party until his suspension in November 2020, he also served as Leader of Liverpool City Council from 2010 to 2012.
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27. Steve Rotheram
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British politician serving as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
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28. Tony Ross
1938-. (aged 88)
children's writer
illustrator
writer
Anthony Lee Ross is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. In Britain, he is best known for writing and illustrating his Little Princess books and for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, both of which have become TV series for Milkshake! and CITV respectively based on his artwork. He also illustrates the works of David...
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29. Stephen Byers
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Stephen John Byers is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, and was implicated in the MP expenses scandal and retired from politics in 2010.
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30. George Howarth
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Sir George Edward Howarth is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley until 2024. He also served the seat's predecessors since being elected in a by-election in 1986, firstly as the MP for Knowsley North (until 1997) and then Knowsley North and Sefton East (1997–2010).
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31. Zack Gibson
1990-. (aged 36)
professional wrestler
Jack Rea, better known by the ring name Zack Gibson, is an English professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to AEW, where he is one-half of Grizzled Young Veterans with James Drake. He has also known tenure for in WWE's NXT brand, where he performed under the ring name Rip Fowler as a member of The Dyad. He formed...
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32. Roxanne Pallett
1982-. (aged 44)
singer
actor
film actor
Roxanne Carrion is an English actress, television personality, and broadcaster. She played Jo Stiles in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2005–2008), and has appeared in the horror films Lake Placid 3 (2010), Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) and Devil's Tower (2014).
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33. Beth Tweddle
1985-. (aged 41)
artistic gymnast
Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle is a retired English artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Championships, and Olympic Games. Tweddle, known for her consistency and longevity as an elite gymnast, is regarded as a pioneer of the renaissance of British...
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34. Philip Selway
1967-. (aged 59)
songwriter
drummer
musician
Philip James Selway is an English musician and the drummer of the rock band Radiohead. He combines rock drumming with electronic percussion. Selway was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Radiohead in 2019.
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35. Julian Cope
1957-. (aged 69)
singer
songwriter
singer-songwriter
writer
recording artist
Julian David Cope is a Welsh musician and author. He was the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes and has followed a solo career since 1983 in addition to working on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor, and Black Sheep.
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36. Mohamed Nasheed
1967-. (aged 59)
journalist
politician
Mohamed Nasheed GCSK, also known as Anni (Dhivehi: Þ‡Þ¦Þ‚Þ°Þ‚Þ¨), is a Maldivian politician and activist who served as president of the Maldives from 2008 until his resignation in 2012. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, he subsequently served as the 19th speaker of the People's Majlis from May 2019 until his resignation in November 2023. He is the...
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37. Louise Pentland
1985-. (aged 41)
vlogger
YouTuber
blogger
beauty YouTuber
television producer
Louise Alexandra Pentland is an English beauty, motherhood and lifestyle vlogger, blogger, YouTube personality and author. She is also known by her online pseudonym SprinkleofGlitter or SprinkleofChatter, although she publicly disavowed these usernames in favour of using her own name in 2016.
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38. Martin Offiah
1965-. (aged 61)
rugby union player
rugby sevens player
rugby league player
Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE; born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He scored over 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer (and top try-scoring English player) of all time. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of...
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39. Vicky Pattison
1987-. (aged 39)
film actor
television presenter
model
Victoria Pattison-Ramadan is a British television personality, media personality, radio presenter and author. She is best known for appearing in the MTV shows Geordie Shore from 2011 until 2014, Ex on the Beach in 2014 and 2015 and her own show, Judge Geordie, in 2015.
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40. Black
1962-2016 (aged 54)
singer-songwriter
singer
Colin Vearncombe, known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the 1986 single "Wonderful Life", which was an international hit the next year.
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41. Katarina Johnson-Thompson
1993-. (aged 33)
athletics competitor
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson is an English athlete. A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic and European silver medallist. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.
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42. Juan Carlos Osorio
1961-. (aged 65)
association football player
association football coach
Juan Carlos Osorio Arbeláez is a Colombian football manager and former footballer who is the current head coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Remo.
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43. Esther McVey
1967-. (aged 59)
executive producer
television presenter
businessperson
politician
Esther Louise, Lady Davies, styled as Esther McVey, is a British politician and television presenter who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017 and was the MP for Wirral West from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, she served in cabinet as Minister of State for Employment from 2013 to 2015, Secretary of...
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44. Alex Brooker
1984-. (aged 42)
journalist
television presenter
Alexander James Brooker is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4.
45. Claire Foy
1984-. (aged 42)
model
stage actor
actor
film actor
Claire Elizabeth Foy is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017, 2020, 2022–2023), for which she received various accolades such as a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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46. Sian Williams
1964-. (aged 62)
television presenter
actor
journalist
Sian Mary Williams is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter, and counselling psychologist.
47. Gillian Keegan
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Gillian Keegan is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2022 to 2024. She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills from 2020 to 2021, Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 2021 to 2022, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa from September to October 2022. A member of...
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48. Malik Al Nasir
1966-. (aged 60)
composer
record producer
Malik Al Nasir is a British author and performance poet. He is the leader of the band Malik & the O.G's. Spurred by an interest in the early black footballer Andrew Watson, he began to research his family ancestry, claiming he was related to Watson.
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