41 Notable alumni of Northumbria University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Northumbria University is ranked #620 in the world and #52 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Northumbria 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 Northumbria University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Micky Young
1988-. (aged 38)
rugby union player
Michael Young is an English Scrum half Rugby Union player for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.
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2. Guy Mankowski
1983-. (aged 43)
psychologist
Guy Mankowski FHEA is an English writer.
3. Rob Miller
1989-. (aged 37)
rugby union player
Robert Miller is an English former rugby union player who most recently played for Wasps. He plays at fullback. Miller was brought up in Bothel, Cumbria.
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4. Bridget Galloway
1999-. (aged 27)
association football player
Bridget Galloway is an English football player, playing as a forward for Aberdeen in the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has represented England at under-19 level.
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5. Emma Lewell-Buck
1978-. (aged 48)
social worker
politician
Emma Louise Lewell is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since 2013.
6. Fiona François
1980-. (aged 46)
diplomat
Fiona Jane François is a British diplomat who is the Chairman and former President of the British American Business Council, Los Angeles Chapter. She was formerly HM Consul and Director for the Western Region of UK Trade & Investment's US Network.
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7. Jason Michael Holland
1971-. (aged 55)
designer
Jason Michael Holland is an English designer, university lecturer, writer and awards judge who created the 1997 website Head-Space, which is included in Management Today's Ten Websites That Changed the World, and is an acknowledged blueprint for intranets and a precursor to YouTube. Holland is also credited with a number of other interactive firsts.
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8. Eni Gesinde
1982-. (aged 44)
rugby union player
Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a rugby union footballer and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member.
9. Amanda Sonia Berry
1961-. (aged 65)
businessperson
Amanda Sonia Berry is the chief executive officer of the Royal Foundation. She was CEO of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) from December 2000 to October 2022.
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10. Monirul Islam
1970-. (aged 56)
police officer
Md. Monirul Islam is former additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police who served as head of the Special Branch.
11. Mary Glindon
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Mary Theresa Glindon is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend since 2024, and previously for North Tyneside from 2010 until the abolition of the constituency in 2024.
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12. Jamie Noon
1979-. (aged 47)
rugby union player
Jamie Darren Noon is a retired rugby union footballer who played at centre.
13. Martin Callanan
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Martin John Callanan, Baron Callanan is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011 to 2014. Callanan failed his bid to win re-election in the 2014 European Parliament elections, becoming the first sitting chairman of a...
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14. Duncan Lloyd
singer-songwriter
guitarist
Duncan Lloyd is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
15. Steven Appleby
1956-. (aged 70)
comics artist
cartoonist
Steven Appleby RDI is an absurdist cartoonist, illustrator and artist living in Britain. She is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. Her publisher describes her humour as "observational or absurd, with a keen sense of the turmoil of fear and obsession that teems beneath the respectable exterior of most of us."
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16. Susan Gray
1962-. (aged 64)
engineer
Air Marshal Dame Susan Catherine Gray, DBE, CB, FREng, FIET is a former senior Royal Air Force officer. She served as Director of Combat Air at Defence Equipment and Support in the Ministry of Defence (2014–16), as Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group (2016–18), and as Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority (2019–22). She is one of the most senior...
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17. Nigel Cabourn
1949-. (aged 77)
fashion designer
Nigel Cabourn is a British fashion designer known for his outerwear and vintage inspired clothing. He studied fashion design at Northumbria University between 1967 and 1971 and his studio and business is still based in North East England.
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18. Alan Campbell
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Sir Alan Campbell is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2025. He previously served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...
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19. Ben Houchen
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Ben Houchen, Baron Houchen of High Leven is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority. Houchen was re-elected in 2021 and won a third term in 2024.
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20. Martin Corry
1973-. (aged 53)
rugby union player
Martin Edward Corry MBE is a retired English rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester Tigers in a career spanning 14 seasons. Corry played 64 times for England between 1997 and 2007, played 7 tests for the British & Irish Lions on tours in 2001 & 2005, and played 290 times for Leicester between 1997 and 2009....
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21. Kevan Jones
1964-. (aged 62)
trade unionist
politician
Kevan David Jones, Baron Beamish, PC, is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 2001 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been a member of the House of Lords and chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) since 2024.
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22. Robbie Elliott
1973-. (aged 53)
association football player
Robert James Elliott is an English football coach and former professional player, who is the strength coach for the United States U20 men's football team.
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23. Kathryn Williams
1974-. (aged 52)
guitarist
musician
singer-songwriter
Kathryn Williams is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.
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24. Julie Elliott
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Julie Elliott, Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay, is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland Central from 2010 to 2024. Elliott served as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change from 2013 to 2015, with specific responsibility for renewable energy, the Green Investment Bank, and skills and supply chain issues. She was a...
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25. Sophie Gradon
1985-2018 (aged 33)
model
Sophie Hannah Gradon was an English model. In 2008, she won Miss Newcastle. In 2009, Gradon won the title Miss Great Britain. In 2016, she was a contestant on the second series of ITV2's Love Island.
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26. Chris Whitty
1966-. (aged 60)
epidemiologist
physician
Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty KCB FRS is a British epidemiologist, serving as Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019.
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27. Neil Marshall
1970-. (aged 56)
screenwriter
television director
film director
film editor
executive producer
Neil Marshall is an English film and television director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. He directed the horror films Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2005), the science fiction action film Doomsday (2008), the historical war film Centurion (2010), the superhero horror film Hellboy (2019), and the adventure horror film The Reckoning (2020).
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28. Victoria Pendleton
1980-. (aged 46)
track cyclist
autobiographer
jockey
sport cyclist
Victoria Louise Pendleton is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. She won a total of three Olympic medals (two golds and one silver) during her career. In 2005, she became the first British woman to become world sprint champion.
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29. Paul Copley
1944-. (aged 82)
actor
television actor
film actor
dub actor
voice actor
Paul Mackriell Copley is an English actor. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of Downton Abbey, and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Arthur Medwin.
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30. Laura Pidcock
1988-. (aged 38)
politician
Laura Pidcock is a British former Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham from 2017 until 2019. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. In the 2019 parliamentary election, she lost her seat to the Conservative Richard Holden, who won the constituency with a...
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31. Tunde Baiyewu
1968-. (aged 58)
singer
Emmanuel Babatunde Baiyewulisten, better known as Tunde Baiyewu, is a British singer and songwriter of Nigerian descent, best known as the vocalist of Lighthouse Family. When the group went on hiatus in 2003, Baiyewu embarked on a solo career, releasing the albums Tunde (2004) and Diamond in a Rock (2013).
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32. Toby Flood
1985-. (aged 41)
rugby union player
Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood is an English rugby union coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. During his playing career his position was fly half or inside centre. He played over 300 games in his club career across his three professional clubs, Newcastle Falcons, Toulouse and Leicester Tigers. He...
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33. Sting
1959-. (aged 67)
professional wrestler
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for the rock band the Police from 1977 until their break-up in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.
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34. Jony Ive
1967-. (aged 59)
graphic designer
industrial designer
creative director
designer
inventor
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice president of industrial design and chief design officer. Ive is the founder of LoveFrom, a creative collective that works with Ferrari, Airbnb, OpenAI and other global brands. He has been chancellor of the Royal College of Art...
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35. Kevin Whately
1951-. (aged 75)
actor
television actor
stage actor
Kevin Whately OBE is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Neville "Nev" Hope in the comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the British crime dramas Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and Lewis (2006–2015); and Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995). He has appeared in numerous other roles.
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36. Alexei Mordashov
1965-. (aged 61)
metallurgist
manager
businessperson
entrepreneur
Alexey Alexandrovich Mordashov is a Russian businessman. He is the main shareholder and chairman of Severstal, Russia's largest steel and mining company.
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37. Gerry Steinberg
1945-2015 (aged 70)
politician
Gerald Neil Steinberg was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for the City of Durham from 1987 until his retirement at the 2005 general election.
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38. Vera Baird
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
barrister
Dame Vera Baird DBE KC is a British barrister and politician who has held roles as a government minister, police and crime commissioner, and Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
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39. Steve Cram
1960-. (aged 66)
middle-distance runner
athletics competitor
marathon runner
announcer
track and field coach
Stephen Cram, CBE is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer...
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40. Bibiana Aído
1977-. (aged 49)
civil servant
economist
United Nations official
politician
Bibiana Aído Almagro is a Spanish politician who served as minister of equality. She became the first person to hold the post on 14 April 2008, at the beginning of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's second term as Prime Minister of Spain.
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41. Anke Domscheit-Berg
1968-. (aged 58)
opinion journalist
business consultant
politician
Anke Domscheit-Berg is a German politician and activist. She was a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025. In 2017, she was elected on the party list of The Left, without being a party member. She joined the party in 2021 following her nomination to the top female position on the party election list in the state of Brandenburg....
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