45 Notable alumni of University of Brighton
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Brighton is ranked #859 in the world and #70 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from University of Brighton sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Brighton won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hannah Berry
1982-. (aged 44)
comics artist
writer
Hannah Berry is a British comics artist and writer based in Brighton. She is the third UK comics laureate and the first woman to be offered the role, taking over from Charlie Adlard in 2019. In 2018 she was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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2. Faye McClelland
1979-. (aged 47)
triathlete
Faye McClelland is a British paratriathlete who competes in the PT4 category. As of May 2016, she is the 3rd-ranked women's PT4 athlete internationally. She finished fourth at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Previously she won the ITU world title in her classification in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, placing second in 2014. In 2016 Faye competed in the Paralympics in...
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3. Nick Baker
business executive
Nick Baker is an Australian business executive and CEO of Outdoria. Baker previously worked as the chief marketing officer for Tourism Australia, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. He also served as the CEO of RedBalloon between 2015 and 2017.
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4. Louise Giblin
1963-. (aged 63)
sculptor
Louise Giblin MRSS is a British body-cast sculptor. She is noted in particular for her "Body-Casting Olympians" project.
5. Ray Cooper
1954-. (aged 72)
singer-songwriter
Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden.
6. Amanda Chessell
1965-. (aged 61)
computer scientist
inventor
Amanda Elizabeth Chessell CBE FREng is a computer scientist and a Distinguished Engineer at IBM. She has been awarded the title of IBM Master Inventor. She is also a Member of the IBM Academy of Technology.
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7. Anna Dumitriu
1969-. (aged 57)
artist
Anna Dumitriu is a pioneering visual artist based in Brighton, England, specialising in BioArt. Her installations, interventions and performances use digital, biological and traditional media including bacteria, digital technology and craft techniques, working with diverse audiences.
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8. David Baboulene
1960-. (aged 66)
autobiographer
screenwriter
David Baboulene, is an English academic, story consultant, and author of humorous travel books, children's illustrated stories and academic works on story theory.
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9. Michael Pinsky
1967-. (aged 59)
installation artist
artist
Michael Pinsky is a British artist known for his environmental and socially engaged public art. His work often explores urban spaces, human impact on the environment, and the intersections of art, architecture, and activism. Pinsky's installations encourage public interaction and dialogue around contemporary issues, such as pollution, climate change, and sustainability.
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10. Robert Koenig
1951-2023 (aged 72)
sculptor
Robert Koenig was an English sculptor based in Sussex, who specialised in wood sculpture and was a prominent exponent of the art of woodcarving using the traditional tools of mallet and chisel. He was known for his carved and polychromed figurative wood sculptures, which he had been creating since the early 1980s. One of the earliest polychromed figures was shown...
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11. Anji Hunter
1955-. (aged 71)
Angela Margaret Jane Hunter, Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch, is a Scottish public relations adviser. She is noted for her close partnership with former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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12. Molly Parkin
1932-2026 (aged 94)
novelist
fashion editor
painter
autobiographer
journalist
Molly Noyle Parkin was a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most well-known for her work on Nova magazine, newspapers and television in the 1960s.
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13. Kate O'Connell
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Katherine O'Connell is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency from 2016 to 2020. During her time in the Dáil, O'Connell campaigned in favour of abortion rights as well as pushing for more funding for healthcare services in Ireland.
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14. Peter Connolly
1935-2012 (aged 77)
historian
illustrator
writer
Peter William Connolly FSA was a British illustrator and self-taught scholar of the ancient world, Greek and Roman military equipment historian, and reconstructional archaeologist. He was a regular contributor to such periodicals as the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies and Roman Frontier Studies.
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15. Ian Beck
1947-. (aged 79)
illustrator
writer
Ian Archibald Beck is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous children's books, he is also known for his cover illustration on Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. More than a million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. Beck was Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1999.
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16. George Chakravarthi
1969-. (aged 57)
television producer
performance artist
artist
photographer
George Chakravarthi is a British multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, video, painting and performance. His work addresses the politics of identity including race, sexuality and gender, and also religious iconography among other subjects. He was born in India and moved to London, England in 1980.
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17. Laura Pannack
1985-. (aged 41)
photographer
Laura Pannack is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Her work is often of children and teenagers. Pannack received first place in the World Press Photo Awards in 2010, the Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society in 2012, and won the Portfolio category in the Sony World Photography Awards in 2021.
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18. Ewen Spencer
1971-. (aged 55)
photographer
Ewen Spencer is a British photographer and filmmaker based in Brighton, England. His photography is primarily of youth and subcultures.
19. Camille Walala
1975-. (aged 51)
artist
Camille Vic-Dupont, known professionally as Camille Walala, is a French multi-disciplinary designer based in East London. She is known for her life-size murals and installations and her Memphis Group-inspired patterns.
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20. Darren Grimes
1993-. (aged 33)
activist
Darren Grimes is a British Reform UK politician and political commentator. He worked for a number of Brexit campaigns. He set up the website Reasoned in May 2020. He currently serves as the Deputy Leader of Durham County Council and as a Reform UK councillor in Durham County Council, having been elected in the 2025 local elections. In August 2025,...
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21. Rachel Whiteread
1963-. (aged 63)
draftsperson
artist
installation artist
sculptor
conceptual artist
Dame Rachel Whiteread DBE is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.
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22. Alison Lapper
1965-. (aged 61)
photographer
painter
Alison Lapper MBE is a British artist. She is the subject of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was displayed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square from September 2005 until late 2007. She and her late son Parys featured in the BBC docuseries Child of Our Time.
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23. The Haxan Cloak
1985-. (aged 41)
composer
record producer
Bobby Krlic, known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, artist, music producer and musician.
24. Chris Riddell
1962-. (aged 64)
editorial cartoonist
writer
cartoonist
children's writer
novelist
Chris Riddell OBE is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. He has won three Kate Greenaway Medals – the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up, a distinction dropped after 2002.
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25. Barbara Hulanicki
1936-. (aged 90)
writer
entrepreneur
illustrator
fashion designer
Barbara Hulanicki OBE is a Polish - English fashion designer, born in Warsaw, Poland, to Polish parents and best known as the founder of clothes store Biba.
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26. Mick Quinn
1969-. (aged 57)
songwriter
guitarist
musician
Michael Milton Quinn is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as founding member of English rock band Supergrass. He is a permanent member of fellow Oxford band Swervedriver.
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27. Pooja Shah
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
Pooja Shah is a British actress, filmmaker and model. She is known for her role as Kareena Ferreira in the popular UK soap opera EastEnders. Shah works with her husband directing and writing short films and has won three film awards for them.
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28. Adam Pearson
1985-. (aged 41)
film actor
actor
television presenter
Adam Pearson is a British actor, television presenter and campaigner. He made his acting debut in the 2013 film Under the Skin. He has neurofibromatosis and has been involved in outreach programmes to prevent bullying associated with visible differences.
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29. Roma Downey
1960-. (aged 66)
film director
film producer
actor
film actor
Roma Downey OBE is an Irish actress, producer, and author. She gained recognition for her role as Monica the angel, in the CBS television series Touched by an Angel, which ran for nine seasons. Downey portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Woman Named Jackie. Downey stars in and produces the television series The Baxters. She has...
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30. Abu Hamza al-Masri
1958-. (aged 68)
preacher
civil engineer
engineer
Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, also known as Abu Hamza al-Masri, or simply Abu Hamza, is an Egyptian cleric who was the imam of Finsbury Park Mosque in London, where he preached Islamic fundamentalist views.
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31. Jo Whiley
1965-. (aged 61)
journalist
television presenter
Johanne Whiley-Morton, better known professionally as Jo Whiley, is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1 and has since been presenting her weekday evening show on BBC Radio 2. She is also the main presenter for the BBC's Glastonbury Festival coverage.
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32. Bat for Lashes
1979-. (aged 47)
film director
pianist
drummer
composer
singer-songwriter
Natasha Khan, known professionally as Bat for Lashes, is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released six studio albums: Fur and Gold (2006), Two Suns (2009), The Haunted Man (2012), The Bride (2016), Lost Girls (2019), and The Dream of Delphi (2024). She has received three Mercury Prize nominations. Khan is also the vocalist for Sexwitch, a...
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33. Saira Khan
1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
businessperson
Saira Khan is a British television personality. She was a contestant on the first series of The Apprentice in 2005, in which she finished as the runner-up. In 2012, Khan competed in the first series of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off. From 2012 to 2017, Khan co-presented The Martin Lewis Money Show, and in 2015, she presented the ITV...
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34. Cressida Cowell
1966-. (aged 60)
writer
illustrator
children's writer
author
visual artist
Cressida Cowell MBE FRSL is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as adapted by DreamWorks Animation. As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies around the world.
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35. Alison Moyet
1961-. (aged 65)
singer-songwriter
recording artist
actor
singer
Geneviève Alison Jane Ballard, formerly known as Alf, is an English singer-songwriter. Noted for her powerful bluesy contralto voice, she came to prominence as a member of the synth-pop duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist.
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36. Billy Idol
1955-. (aged 71)
singer
songwriter
guitarist
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He later embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made him a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in America.
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37. Paddy Considine
1973-. (aged 53)
photographer
musician
film actor
film director
television actor
Patrick George Considine is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playing antiheroes in independent films. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard British Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards, and a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.
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38. Fatboy Slim
1963-. (aged 63)
record producer
composer
songwriter
disc jockey
club DJ
Norman Quentin Cook, known professionally as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of samples from eclectic genres, combined with pop structures, processed rhythms and "sloganistic" vocals.
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39. Philip Reeve
1966-. (aged 60)
author
writer
children's writer
illustrator
actor
Philip Reeve is an English author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book Mortal Engines and its sequels (the 2001 to 2006 Mortal Engines Quartet). His 2007 novel, Here Lies Arthur, based on the legendary King Arthur, won the Carnegie Medal.
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40. Keith Coventry
1958-. (aged 68)
exhibition curator
painter
sculptor
artist
Keith Coventry is a British artist and curator. In September 2010 his Spectrum Jesus painting won the £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize.
41. Rankin
1966-. (aged 60)
fashion photographer
photographer
film director
John Rankin Waddell, known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II.
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42. Chris Baryomunsi
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
physician
Chris Baryomunsi is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, demographer, and politician. He is the Minister for ICT and National Guidance in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position in 2021. From 1 March 2015 until 6 June 2016, he served as State Minister of Health for General Duties.
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43. Catherine Gotani Hara
1974-. (aged 52)
minister
speaker
politician
Catherine Gotani Hara is a Malawian politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi between June 2019 and August 2025, the first woman to hold the position. She was one of the first MPs announced as re-elected in the 2025 election.
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44. Chris Barrie
1960-. (aged 66)
comedian
television actor
film actor
television presenter
entertainer
Admiral Christopher Alexander Barrie, AC is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force from 4 July 1998 to 3 July 2002.
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45. Sultan Al Niadi
1981-. (aged 45)
astronaut
Sultan Saif Al Neyadi is the UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and an astronaut. He is one of the first two Arab astronauts or najmonauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazzaa Al Mansoori. He is the first Arab to serve on the International Space Station (ISS) for a 6-month mission as part of Expedition 69 and...
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