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100 Notable alumni of University of Bristol

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Bristol is ranked #96 in the world and #9 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Bristol 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 Bristol won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Keith Devlin

1. Keith Devlin

1947-. (aged 79)
mathematician journalist university teacher science communicator
Keith J. Devlin is a British and American mathematician and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is known for his work in mathematical cognition, information theory, and the public communication of mathematics. Devlin has authored more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles. He was a regular commentator on National Public Radio (NPR) as “the Math Guy” and is the...
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Kai Whittaker

2. Kai Whittaker

1985-. (aged 41)
politician
Kai Whittaker is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and member of the Bundestag since 2013.
Miranda Krestovnikoff

3. Miranda Krestovnikoff

1973-. (aged 53)
television presenter
Miranda Krestovnikoff is a British radio and television presenter specialising in natural history and archaeological programmes.
Liz Greene

4. Liz Greene

1946-. (aged 80)
psychologist writer astrologer
Liz Greene is an American-British astrologer and author. Her father was born in London, and her mother in the United States.
Will Hutton

5. Will Hutton

1950-. (aged 76)
economist writer journalist
William Nicolas Hutton is an English journalist. As of 2022, he writes a regular column for The Observer, co-chairs the Purposeful Company, and is the president-designate of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is the chair of the advisory board of the UK National Youth Corps. He was principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford from 2011 to 2020, and...
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Andrew Murrison

6. Andrew Murrison

1961-. (aged 65)
military physician politician
Surgeon Commander Andrew William Murrison is a British doctor, naval officer and Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Wiltshire, previously Westbury, since 2001. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families from October 2022 to July 2024.
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Shanta Gokhale

7. Shanta Gokhale

1939-. (aged 87)
writer critic journalist translator author
Shanta Gokhale is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. She is best known for her works Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi.
Holly Smale

8. Holly Smale

1981-. (aged 45)
children's writer novelist writer
Holly Miranda Smale is a British writer. She wrote the Geek Girl series. The first book in the series won the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013. The final book, Forever Geek, was published by HarperCollins in March 2017.
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Ian Shapiro

9. Ian Shapiro

1956-. (aged 70)
university teacher political scientist
Ian Shapiro is an American legal scholar and political scientist who serves as the Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He served as the Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center at Yale University from 2004 to 2019. He is known primarily for interventions in debates on democracy and on methods of conducting social science research.
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Bernard Lovell

10. Bernard Lovell

1913-2012 (aged 99)
university teacher astronomer physicist
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was a British physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
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Dan Poulter

11. Dan Poulter

1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Daniel Leonard James Poulter is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist, and served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health between September 2012 and May 2015. Initially elected as a Conservative, he defected to Labour in April...
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Mark Ravenhill

12. Mark Ravenhill

1966-. (aged 60)
screenwriter stage actor theatrical director journalist playwright
Mark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist.
Marc Evans

13. Marc Evans

1963-. (aged 63)
screenwriter film director director film producer
Marc Evans is a Welsh director of film and television, whose credits include the films House of America, Resurrection Man and My Little Eye.
Matthew Warchus

14. Matthew Warchus

1966-. (aged 60)
theatrical director playwright film director director
Matthew Warchus is an English theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015.
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Josh Lewsey

15. Josh Lewsey

1976-. (aged 50)
rugby sevens player rugby union player
Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions. Lewsey is a former British Army Officer.
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Kyran Bracken

16. Kyran Bracken

1971-. (aged 55)
rugby union player
Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE is a world-cup winning former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo.
Nimco Ali

17. Nimco Ali

1983-. (aged 43)
activist
Nimko Ali OBE, alternatively spelled Nimco (born c. 1982), is a British social activist of Somali heritage. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Michael Ruse

18. Michael Ruse

1940-2024 (aged 84)
university teacher philosopher
Michael Escott Ruse FRSC was a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specialised in the philosophy of biology and worked on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse began his career teaching at The University of Guelph and spent many years at Florida State University.
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Jonathan Evans

19. Jonathan Evans

1958-. (aged 68)
civil servant politician intelligence officer
Jonathan Douglas Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, KCB, DL is a British life peer who formerly served as the Director General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service. He took over the role on the retirement of his predecessor Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller on 21 April 2007. Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker on 22...
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Yakir Aharonov

20. Yakir Aharonov

1932-. (aged 94)
physicist university teacher
Yakir Aharonov ForMemRS is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California since 2008. He was a distinguished professor in the Perimeter Institute between 2009-2012 and is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and at University of South...
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Mary Spender

21. Mary Spender

1990-. (aged 36)
television producer singer-songwriter film director guitarist
Mary Harriet Edwina Spender is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTube personality.
Nazir Razak

22. Nazir Razak

1966-. (aged 60)
entrepreneur
Mohamed Nazir bin Abdul Razak is a Malaysian banking executive who served as CEO of CIMB Group from 1999 to 2014 and as chairman from 2014 to 2018. He is the youngest son of Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysia's Prime Minister from 1970 to 1976, and the brother of Najib Razak, who served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018.
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Deborah Moggach

23. Deborah Moggach

1948-. (aged 78)
writer novelist journalist screenwriter
Deborah Moggach OBE FRSL is an English playwright, novelist and screenwriter. She has written nineteen novels, including The Ex-Wives (1993), Tulip Fever (1999; made into the 2017 film of the same name), These Foolish Things (2004; made into the 2011 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel (2013). Her film scripts include Pride and Prejudice (2005).
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C. F. Powell

24. C. F. Powell

1903-1969 (aged 66)
university teacher nuclear physicist physicist
Cecil Frank Powell was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson).
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Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon

25. Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon

1928-2016 (aged 88)
physicist
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon FRS also known as M. G. K. Menon, was an Indian physicist and policy maker who served as the Chairperson of ISRO in 1972 and also served as the Director general of Defence Research and Development Organisation from 1974 to 1978. Additionally Menon has also served as the minister of state in Ministry of Earth Sciences...
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Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington

26. Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington

1948-. (aged 78)
banker
Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, is a British banker, hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Gigguk

27. Gigguk

1990-. (aged 36)
podcaster YouTuber
Garnt Maneetapho, better known as Gigguk, is a British YouTuber and podcaster who is known for his comedic rants and reviews on anime and otaku culture. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.
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Maddie Moate

28. Maddie Moate

1988-. (aged 38)
presenter television producer YouTuber
Madeleine Moate is a British television presenter, podcaster, YouTuber and children's author best known for presenting the CBeebies series Maddie's Do You Know? for which she was awarded the Best Presenter BAFTA at the Children's BAFTAs 2017. Moate is a science communicator; she studied theatre, film and television at Bristol University.
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Mabel Cheung

29. Mabel Cheung

1950-. (aged 76)
screenwriter film director film producer actor
Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Second Wave in Hong Kong. Cheung made her first film in 1985 as a student at New...
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Paul Boateng

30. Paul Boateng

1951-. (aged 75)
diplomat barrister politician
Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, CVO, PC, DL is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first Black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his departure from the House of Commons,...
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M. J. Arlidge

31. M. J. Arlidge

1974-. (aged 52)
writer television producer television dramaturge screenwriter
Matthew J. Arlidge is an English author of crime novels starring DI Helen Grace. He has also worked in television.
Iain Morris

32. Iain Morris

1973-. (aged 53)
screenwriter film director writer comedian film producer
Iain Kevan Morris is an English writer. He is best known for creating The Inbetweeners with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr.
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Sarah Montague

33. Sarah Montague

1966-. (aged 60)
broadcaster journalist television presenter stockbroker
Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke, is a British journalist and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The World at One. For 18 years, prior to April 2018, she was a regular presenter of another radio programme, Today.
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Rachel Whetstone

34. Rachel Whetstone

1968-. (aged 58)
politician business executive
Rachel Marjorie Joan Whetstone is a British public relations executive. Whetstone was in charge of communications and public policy at Google for nearly a decade, and served as senior vice president of communications and public policy for Uber until April 2017. She then joined Facebook as vice president of communications of its WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger products. In August 2018,...
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Ben Emmerson

35. Ben Emmerson

1963-. (aged 63)
barrister
Michael Benedict Emmerson CBE KC is a British barrister, specialising in public international law, human rights and humanitarian law, and international criminal law. From 2011 to 2017, he was the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. Emmerson is currently an Appeals Chamber Judge of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals sitting on the Criminal Tribunals for the...
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Mick Jackson

36. Mick Jackson

1943-. (aged 83)
producer director television director television producer film director
Mick Jackson is an English film director and television producer best known for the 1984 BAFTA Award-winning television film Threads. He is also known for directing projects such as the comedy L.A. Story (1991), the romance drama The Bodyguard (1992), the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010), and the drama Denial (2016).
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Nitin Ganatra

37. Nitin Ganatra

1968-. (aged 58)
actor television actor
Nitin Chandra Ganatra is a British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2007–2019), for which he won a British Soap Award.
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Nigel Marven

38. Nigel Marven

1960-. (aged 66)
television presenter television director film producer film director journalist
Nigel Alan Marven is a British wildlife TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, author, and television producer. He is best known as presenter of the BBC miniseries Chased by Dinosaurs, its sequel, Sea Monsters, as well as the ITV miniseries Prehistoric Park. He is also known for his unorthodox, spontaneous, and daring style of presenting wildlife documentaries as well as for including...
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Sarah Brown

39. Sarah Brown

1963-. (aged 63)
memoirist activist businessperson
Sarah Jane Brown is an English campaigner for global health and education, founder and president of the children's charity Theirworld, the executive chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education and the co-founder of A World at School.
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Anna Maria Anders

40. Anna Maria Anders

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Anna Maria Anders was the ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Italy and to San Marino (2019–2024).
Chinami Nishimura

41. Chinami Nishimura

1967-. (aged 59)
politician lecturer
Chinami Nishimura is a Japanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and represents the Niigata 1st district. Her married name is Chinami Honda (本多 智奈美, Honda Chinami).
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Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel

42. Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel

1987-. (aged 39)
businessperson racing driver aristocrat
Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel, styled as Lord Maltravers until 2002 and known professionally as Henry Arundel, is a British aristocrat, businessman and former motor racing driver. He is heir apparent to the dukedom of Norfolk, the most senior peerage in the Peerage of England, and the family seat of Arundel Castle.
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Anastasia Griffith

43. Anastasia Griffith

1978-. (aged 48)
film actor actor television actor
Anastasia Griffith is a British actress. She is known for her roles in Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Alfie (2004), Damages (2007–2009), Solitary Man (2009), Trauma (2009–2010), Royal Pains (2010–2011), Once Upon a Time (2011–2014), Copper (2012–2013), Zoo (2015), and Deep State (2018–2019).
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Theresa Villiers

44. Theresa Villiers

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Dame Theresa Anne Villiers is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024, having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, Villiers was Minister of State for Rail and Aviation from 2010 to 2012, Secretary of State for...
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Alastair Stewart

45. Alastair Stewart

1952-. (aged 74)
journalist television presenter
Alastair James Stewart OBE is a retired English journalist and newscaster.
Nicholas Joicey

46. Nicholas Joicey

1970-. (aged 56)
Nicholas Beverley Joicey CB is Second Permanent Secretary and Group Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He was briefly Director General of the Cabinet Office's Economic and Domestic Secretariat, having previously been Director General for Finance at the Department for Work and Pensions, and before that, Director General for Strategy, International and Finance at...
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Kim Medcalf

47. Kim Medcalf

1973-. (aged 53)
actor
Kim Louise Medcalf is an English actress, singer and model. She is best known for portraying the role of Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2002–2005, 2022–present).
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Lembit Öpik

48. Lembit Öpik

1965-. (aged 61)
professional wrestler writer politician
Lembit Öpik is a British former politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the 2010 general election. He was the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2007.
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Mark Francois

49. Mark Francois

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Mark Gino Francois is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Defence since 2024.
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Penelope Fillon

50. Penelope Fillon

1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer legislative assistant politician
Penelope Kathryn Fillon is the Welsh wife of French former politician François Fillon. She was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of France from 17 May 2007 to 10 May 2012. Born and raised in Wales, Fillon is a graduate of the University College London and the University of Bristol Law School. She worked as an English teacher at a...
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Alvin Yeung

51. Alvin Yeung

1981-. (aged 45)
politician barrister
Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu is a Hong Kong barrister and politician. He was formerly the leader of the Civic Party and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing New Territories East after winning the 2016 by-election. On 11 November 2020, Yeung was disqualified from the Legislative Council, along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp, by the...
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Thangam Debbonaire

52. Thangam Debbonaire

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, Baroness Debbonaire is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West between 2015 and 2024, and made a life peer in the House of Lords shortly after. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2023 until 2024. She was...
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W. G. Grace

53. W. G. Grace

1848-1915 (aged 67)
physician athlete cricketer
William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP was an English cricketer who is widely held to have been one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "W. G.", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 44 seasons from 1865 to 1908. Test cricket originated during his career, and he represented England in 22 matches from 1880 to 1899....
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David Nicholls

54. David Nicholls

1966-. (aged 60)
novelist screenwriter writer
David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating from college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating the television series Rescue Me (2002) and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.
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Pearl Mackie

55. Pearl Mackie

1987-. (aged 39)
singer stage actor television actor actor film actor
Pearl Mackie is a British actress. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. Mackie is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in BBC One soap opera Doctors.
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David Bamber

56. David Bamber

1954-. (aged 72)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
David James Bamber is an English actor. His credits include Privates on Parade (1983), Juliet Bravo (1983), Crown Court (1984), Call Me Mister (1986), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Chalk (1997), Mile High (2004), Beethoven (2005), Rome (2005–2007), Valkyrie (2008), Psychoville (2009–2011), The Borgias (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), What Remains (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), Borg...
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Julia Donaldson

57. Julia Donaldson

1948-. (aged 78)
singer-songwriter writer playwright children's writer author
Julia Catherine Donaldson CBE is an English writer and playwright, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She originally wrote songs for children's television but has concentrated on writing books since the words of...
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Angela Carter

58. Angela Carter

1940-1992 (aged 52)
journalist film screenwriter novelist children's writer linguist
Angela Olive Pearce, who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008,...
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Hugh Cornwell

59. Hugh Cornwell

1949-. (aged 77)
singer guitarist singer-songwriter recording artist musician
Hugh Alan Cornwell is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live.
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Mitch Hewer

60. Mitch Hewer

1989-. (aged 37)
model television actor actor film actor
Mitchell Scott Hewer is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama Skins. He has also starred in Britannia High as the all-round talent Danny Miller.
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Michael Winterbottom

61. Michael Winterbottom

1961-. (aged 65)
film producer screenwriter television director director film editor
Michael Winterbottom is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People—have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival...
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Caroline Goodall

62. Caroline Goodall

1959-. (aged 67)
film actor screenwriter stage actor
Caroline Goodall Pecorini is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento, a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series A Difficult Woman, and a Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival). Her film appearances include Hook (1991), Cliffhanger (1993),...
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Jamie Demetriou

63. Jamie Demetriou

1987-. (aged 39)
screenwriter television actor actor comedian
Jamie Demetriou is an English comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Bus Rodent in Fleabag and for creating, co-writing, and starring in Stath Lets Flats. For the latter, he won Best Male Actor in a Comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2020 BAFTA Awards.
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Derren Brown

64. Derren Brown

1971-. (aged 55)
hypnotist actor writer film producer magician
Derren Brown is an English mentalist, illusionist, and writer. He is a self-described "psychological illusionist" whose acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who claim to possess supernatural powers, such as faith healers and mediums. His live performances, which incorporate audience participation and comedy, often include statements describing how his effects are achieved through a combination of...
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Chris Morris

65. Chris Morris

1965-. (aged 61)
comedian television producer television director voice actor radio personality
Christopher J. Morris is an English comedian, radio presenter, actor and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the British Film Institute for his "uncompromising, moralistic drive".
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David Bohm

66. David Bohm

1917-1992 (aged 75)
physicist philosopher university teacher nuclear physicist
David Joseph Bohm FRS was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory known as De Broglie–Bohm theory.
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Arnold Ridley

67. Arnold Ridley

1896-1984 (aged 88)
military personnel television actor playwright actor film actor
William Arnold Ridley was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey. He also appeared in such Dad's Army spin-offs as the feature film version and the stage production.
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Tom Tugendhat

68. Tom Tugendhat

1973-. (aged 53)
journalist politician
Thomas Georg John Tugendhat MBE VR is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge, previously Tonbridge and Malling, since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served in the Cabinet as Security Minister from September 2022 to July 2024.
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco

69. Albert II, Prince of Monaco

1958-. (aged 68)
bobsledder racing automobile driver film actor aristocrat environmentalist
Albert II is Prince of Monaco, reigning since 2005.
Emily Watson

70. Emily Watson

1967-. (aged 59)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Emily Margaret Watson is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress...
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David Walliams

71. David Walliams

1971-. (aged 55)
television producer comedian children's writer autobiographer television presenter
David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), and for serving as a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022. Walliams is also a successful...
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James Blunt

72. James Blunt

1974-. (aged 52)
vocalist composer guitarist pianist songwriter
James Blunt is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".
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Paul Dirac

73. Paul Dirac

1902-1984 (aged 82)
academic physicist mathematician professor engineer
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, coining the former term. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1932 to 1969, and a professor of physics at Florida...
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Jeremy Wade

74. Jeremy Wade

1956-. (aged 70)
writer biologist television presenter actor
Jeremy John Wade is a British television presenter, an author of books on angling, and a biologist. He is known for his television series River Monsters, Mighty Rivers, and Dark Waters. He is one of the most accomplished anglers of all time, having traveled the world and caught a multitude of different species of fresh and saltwater fish.
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Simon Pegg

75. Simon Pegg

1970-. (aged 56)
film producer comedian television actor actor screenwriter
Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of...
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Natasia Demetriou

76. Natasia Demetriou

1984-. (aged 42)
actor comedian television presenter
Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as Nadja in the FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows and Sophie in the Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).
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Jazmin Sawyers

77. Jazmin Sawyers

1994-. (aged 32)
bobsledder sports commentator long jumper singer
Jazmin Sawyers is a British track and field athlete and sports presenter who competes in the long jump, representing Great Britain and England. In 2023, she won her first major senior title at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
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Iain Stewart

78. Iain Stewart

1964-. (aged 62)
geologist television presenter
Iain Aitken Stewart CBE is a British Conservative Party politician and former accountant. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South from 2010 until the seat's abolition in 2024.
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Sam Willis

79. Sam Willis

1977-. (aged 49)
military historian podcaster
Samuel Bruce Adlam Willis is a British historian, television presenter and writer. He is a visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at the University of Plymouth, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He is the editor of Navy Records Online, the online-publishing branch of the Navy Records Society. Willis has published fourteen books and numerous academic articles...
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Jason Isaacs

80. Jason Isaacs

1963-. (aged 63)
stage actor television actor voice actor television producer film actor
Jason Isaacs is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014), Georgy...
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Joe Alwyn

81. Joe Alwyn

1991-. (aged 35)
film actor actor songwriter
Joseph Matthew Alwyn is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and has since played roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), and The Brutalist (2024), as well...
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Anne McClain

82. Anne McClain

1979-. (aged 47)
test pilot military flight engineer rugby union player helicopter pilot astronaut
Anne Charlotte McClain is a colonel in the United States Army, engineer, and a NASA astronaut. Her call sign, "Annimal", dates back to her rugby career; she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a flight engineer for Expedition 58/59 and Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station.
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William Lewis

83. William Lewis

1969-. (aged 57)
newspaper editor
Sir William John Lewis is a British media executive who served as the publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post from 2024 to 2026. He was formerly chief executive of Dow Jones & Company and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in his career, he was known as a journalist and then editor.
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Dawn Primarolo

84. Dawn Primarolo

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the...
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Mia Kang

85. Mia Kang

1988-. (aged 38)
model
Mia Kang is a British-Swiss fashion model, Muay Thai fighter, body confidence advocate, and television host based in New York City. Kang grew up in Hong Kong and was bullied as a young girl for being overweight. She halved her weight at the age of 13 and was soon scouted as a model. Kang modeled across Asia and Europe through...
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Jemima Goldsmith

86. Jemima Goldsmith

1974-. (aged 52)
film producer screenwriter writer television producer activist
Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, known professionally as Jemima Khan, is an English TV and film producer and screenwriter. She is the founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. Previously she was an associate editor for the British political and cultural magazine The New Statesman and European editor-at-large for the American magazine Vanity Fair.
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Stephen Crabb

87. Stephen Crabb

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Stephen Crabb is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preseli Pembrokeshire from 2005 to 2024 and Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from March to July 2016 under Prime Minister David Cameron. Crabb...
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Kim-Joy

88. Kim-Joy

1991-. (aged 35)
baker mental health professional columnist writer
Kim-Joy is a British baker and cookbook writer. She became one of two runners-up in the ninth series (2018) of The Great British Bake Off and won Bake Off's New Year 2022 special. She has written three cookbooks and is known for creating decorative baked goods often featuring whimsical themes and cute renderings of animals.
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Alice Roberts

89. Alice Roberts

1973-. (aged 53)
biologist archaeologist writer anthropologist paleoanthropologist
Alice May Roberts FRSB is an English academic, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was president of the charity Humanists UK from January 2019 to May 2022, and is now a vice-president of the organisation.
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Susanna Reid

90. Susanna Reid

1970-. (aged 56)
journalist television presenter
Susanna Victoria Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since...
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Sue Lawley

91. Sue Lawley

1946-. (aged 80)
journalist
Susan Lawley is an English retired television and radio broadcaster. Her main broadcasting background involved television news and current affairs. From 1988 to 2006 she was the presenter of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
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Joseph Muscat

92. Joseph Muscat

1974-. (aged 52)
journalist politician
Joseph Muscat KUOM is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020.
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Michelle Rocca

93. Michelle Rocca

1961-. (aged 65)
model television presenter beauty pageant contestant socialite
Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca is an Irish TV host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ireland 1980. The following year, she married footballer John Devine. Two years after their divorce in 1990 she met and later married, Northern Irish singer Van Morrison.
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Klaus Fuchs

94. Klaus Fuchs

1911-1988 (aged 77)
theoretical physicist university teacher nuclear physicist politician atomic spy
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first nuclear weapons and, later, early models of...
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

95. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

1940-. (aged 86)
children's writer novelist university teacher journalist essayist
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French, Mauritian, and British nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure...
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn

96. Dominique Strauss-Kahn

1949-. (aged 77)
economist lawyer university teacher politician
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. He attained notoriety due to his involvement in several sex scandals. Strauss-Kahn was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense...
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Misha Glenny

97. Misha Glenny

1958-. (aged 68)
historian writer journalist
Michael V. E. "Misha" Glenny is an English journalist and broadcaster, specialising in southeast Europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity. He has been Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna since 2022.
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

98. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

1949-. (aged 77)
physician entrepreneur minister politician
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Congress (ANC), she currently serves as a Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
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Letsie III of Lesotho

99. Letsie III of Lesotho

1963-. (aged 63)
sovereign
Letsie III is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, so Letsie succeeded him again for a second reign. As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are...
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Matt Lucas

100. Matt Lucas

1974-. (aged 52)
television actor television presenter actor television producer singer
Matthew Lucas is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is scrum-half. He has been named in the Waratahs Extended Playing Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
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