69 Notable alumni of University of Dundee
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Dundee is ranked #399 in the world and #37 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 69 notable alumni from University of Dundee 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 Dundee won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John Sturrock
1878-1943 (aged 65)
journalist
politician
John Leng Sturrock was a Scottish newspaper publisher and Liberal politician.
2. Sónia Rocha
scientist
Sónia Maria Campos Soares da Rocha, usually referred to as Professor Sónia Rocha, is a Portuguese cell biologist who holds a personal chair in Biochemistry at the University of Liverpool, where she is a former head of the Department of Biochemistry and was the Founding Dean of the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. Rocha runs an active multidisciplinary...
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3. Nicholas Troop
psychologist
Nicholas Troop is a British health psychologist. He is an Associate Professor in clinical psychology at the University of Plymouth. He was formerly a principal lecturer in health psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. His range of works include the role of life events, coping and crisis support in the aetiology of eating disorders, stress- and trauma-responses, and mobility into...
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4. James R. Woodgett
1981-1984 (aged 3)
researcher
James Woodgett is a British-born biologist and the Principal Investigator of an active research laboratory at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System (formerly Mount Sinai Hospital), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the Koffler Director of Research at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute from November 2005 to January 2021.
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5. Norah Geddes
1887-1967 (aged 80)
memoirist
landscape architect
watercolorist
Norah Geddes was a Scottish landscape designer.
6. Tony Stallard
1958-. (aged 68)
painter
sculptor
Tony Stallard is an English artist, best known for his large scale public artworks in the United Kingdom and abroad, which utilise bronze, steel and light sculptures for work in the public realm.
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7. Claire E. Eyers
biochemist
researcher
Claire Eyers is a British biological mass spectrometrist who is professor of biological mass spectrometry in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Liverpool part of the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, where she Directs the Centre for Proteome Research. Her research publications list her either as Claire E Haydon...
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8. Chris Boyle
1972-. (aged 54)
association football referee
association football coach
university teacher
psychologist
special education teacher
Christopher Boyle is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and professor of inclusion and educational psychology at the University of Adelaide. He has previously been an association football referee who refereed in the Australian A-League and the Scottish Premier League. Boyle is a qualified psychologist working in the UK and in Australia....
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9. James Scott Dunlop
1962-. (aged 64)
astrophysicist
author
astronomer
James Scott Dunlop is a Scottish astronomer and academic. He is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at the Institute for Astronomy, an institute within the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.
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10. Lou Dickenson
1982-. (aged 44)
ice hockey player
Lou Dickenson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Thetford Assurancia of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
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11. Nicole Soranzo
geneticist
researcher
Nicole Soranzo FMedSci is an Italian-British senior group leader in human genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Cambridge. She is an internationally recognised Human Geneticist who has focused on the application of cutting edge genomic technologies to study the spectrum of human genetic variation associated with cardio-metabolic and immune diseases. She has...
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12. Mary Scanlon
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Mary Elizabeth Scanlon CBE is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region 1999–2006 and 2007–2016.
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13. Jackie Hatfield
1962-2007 (aged 45)
writer
Jackie Hatfield was an artist, writer, and academic.
14. David Foggie
1878-1948 (aged 70)
painter
David Foggie RSA, was a Scottish painter, born to parents James and Margaret Foggie.
15. Alastair Ross
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Alastair Ross is a British electoral officer and former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 2007 to 2017.
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16. John Alexander
1945-. (aged 81)
painter
John Alexander is a Scottish SNP politician who was formerly a councillor for Strathmartine Ward 1 from 2012 to 2024. Alexander also served as the Leader of Dundee City Council from 2017 to 2024.
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17. Mayur Lakhani
1960-. (aged 66)
general practitioner
Sir Mayur Keshavji Lakhani CBE FRCP FRCGP is a British doctor who works as a general practitioner and is Chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM).
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18. Grace Quintanilla
1967-2019 (aged 52)
cultural manager
chinovnik
video artist
artist
Grace Quintanilla was an artist, curator and producer working in the field of new media art and digital culture.
19. Ricardo Pinto
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
Ricardo Pinto is a computer game programmer and fantasy novelist.
20. Marion Deuchars
1964-. (aged 62)
visual artist
illustrator
writer
Marion Deuchars RDI is a British illustrator and author.
21. Gerry Badger
1948-. (aged 78)
critic
opinion journalist
photographer
architect
Gerald David "Gerry" Badger is an English writer and curator of photography, and a photographer.
22. Bruce Millan
1927-2013 (aged 86)
politician
Bruce Millan was a British Labour politician who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1995.
23. Simon Rogerson
1969-1972 (aged 3)
university teacher
Simon Rogerson is lifetime Professor Emeritus in Computer Ethics at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University. He was the founder and editor for 19 volumes of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. He has had two careers; first as a technical software developer and then in academia as reformer (according to Huff and...
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24. Nicholas Lydon
1957-. (aged 69)
researcher
biochemist
chemist
Nicholas B. Lydon FRS is a British scientist and entrepreneur. In 2009, he was awarded the Lasker Clinical Award and in 2012 the Japan Prize for the development of Gleevec, also known as Imatinib, a selective BCR-ABL inhibitor for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which converted a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition.
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25. Russ Nicholson
illustrator
Russ Nicholson was a British illustrator, best known for his black and white fantasy art.
26. Aidarbek Khojanazarov
1983-. (aged 43)
businessperson
politician
Aidarbek Asanūly Qojanazarov is a Kazakh businessman and politician. He is currently serving as a Deputy of the Mäjilis of the VIII convocation (2023) and leader of the Respublica Party. He previously served as CEO of Olzha Agro (2019 – March 2023) and Ivolga Holding (2017–2019).
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27. Luke Fowler
1978-. (aged 48)
composer
new media artist
multimedia artist
film director
Luke Fowler is an artist, 16mm filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. Fowler was a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute in 2015–2016
28. Rob Gibson
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Robert McKay Gibson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 2003 until 2016, first as a Highlands and Islands regional member from 2003 until 2011, then representing the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency from 2011 until 2016.
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29. Alan Turnbull
judge
advocate
Alan Turnbull, Lord Turnbull PC is a Scottish lawyer, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts. He was one of the lead prosecutors in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial.
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30. Dave Doogan
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
David Michael Doogan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus and Perthshire Glens, previously Angus, since 2019. Doogan was the SNP's Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson between September 2023 to July 2024.
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31. Frank Doran
1949-2017 (aged 68)
politician
Frank Doran was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1987 to 1992, when he lost his seat. He was re-elected in 1997 to Aberdeen Central, and most recently represented Aberdeen North. He was the husband of former Labour MP Dame Joan Ruddock; it was the second marriage...
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32. William Patey
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
Sir William Charters Patey, KCMG is a British retired diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012, and previously served as Ambassador to Sudan, to Iraq and to Saudi Arabia.
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33. Maurice Golden
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Maurice Charles Golden is a Scottish Conservative politician. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region since the May 2021 Scottish Parliament election, having previously been elected in 2016 for West Scotland.
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34. Wendy Houvenaghel
1974-. (aged 52)
dentist
track cyclist
sport cyclist
Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team...
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35. Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
judge
Lynda Margaret Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton PC, known as Lady Clark of Calton, is a Scottish judge. She was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands. She was Advocate General for Scotland from the creation of that position in 1999 until 2006, whereupon she became a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland.
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36. David Shayler
1965-. (aged 61)
journalist
spy
Delores Kane is a former British MI5 officer and a whistle-blower. Kane was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for passing secret documents to The Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman.
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37. Chris Clarkson
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Christopher Mark Clarkson is a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood & Middleton from 2019 to 2024. Before entering Parliament, Clarkson was a Salford City Councillor for Worsley.
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38. Tom Simpson
1972-. (aged 54)
disc jockey
musician
Tom Simpson is a Scottish DJ and musician, best known as the former keyboardist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. Having been with Snow Patrol as a touring member since 1996, he became a permanent member in 2005, before leaving in August 2013.
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39. Claude Moraes
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Claude Ajit Moraes, Baron Moraes, OBE is a British Labour Party politician, campaigner, and life peer who was a member of the European Parliament for London between 1999 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU in 2020.
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40. Paul Masterton
1985-. (aged 41)
politician
Paul Masterton is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire from 2017 to 2019.
41. Mark McDonald
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Mark McDonald is a Scottish politician who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Aberdeen Donside constituency from 2013 to 2021, having previously represented the North East Scotland region between 5 May 2011 and 14 May 2013. Formerly a Scottish National Party politician and Minister for Childcare and Early Years in the Scottish Government, he was suspended...
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42. Alex Neil
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Alexander Neil is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his...
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43. John Stevenson
1963-. (aged 63)
solicitor
politician
Andrew John Stevenson is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle between 2010 and 2024.
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44. Keith Brown
1964-. (aged 62)
baseball player
Keith James Brown is a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007, first representing the Ochil constituency from 2007 to 2011, then the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency since 2011. Brown previously served in the...
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45. Farshid Moussavi
1965-. (aged 61)
teacher
architect
Farshid Moussavi OBE RA is an Iranian-born British architect, educator, and author. She is the founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
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46. Mark McClelland
1976-. (aged 50)
bass guitarist
musician
Mark Peter McClelland is a Northern Irish musician known best as the former bass guitarist of the band Snow Patrol. McClelland is a recipient of the Ivor Novello Award for his work on the album Final Straw. He is now the bassist for alternative act Little Doses.
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47. Karine Polwart
1970-. (aged 56)
singer
songwriter
musician
Karine Polwart is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised for her solo career, winning three awards at the BBC Folk Awards in 2005, and was previously a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band.
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48. Naeto C
1982-. (aged 44)
songwriter
rapper
singer
record producer
Naetochukwu Chikwe Listen, stage name Naeto C, is a Nigerian rapper, Afrobeat artist and record producer. He rose to prominence with the track 'Kini Big Deal' which is credited for changing the Nigerian hip hop sound. Known for his catchy hooks and smooth flow, he is regarded as one of the most influential Nigerian rappers.
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49. Clio Barnard
1965-. (aged 61)
screenwriter
film director
teacher
film producer
Clio Barnard is a British director of documentary and feature films. She won widespread critical acclaim and multiple awards for her debut, The Arbor, an experimental documentary about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. In 2013 she was hailed as a significant new voice in British cinema for her film The Selfish Giant, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight section of the...
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50. Cornelius Sim
1951-2021 (aged 70)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Cornelius Sim DD was a Bruneian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei from 2004 until his death. He had previously served as the apostolic prefect of Brunei from 1997 to 2004.
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51. Sonny Pike
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Sonny Pike is an English former footballer who became famous at a young age for his talent, which saw him being compared to players regarded as among the greatest of all time, such as Diego Maradona and George Best. Despite his early promise, Pike left the game at the age of 18 without ever having played professionally.
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52. Fred MacAulay
1956-. (aged 70)
comedian
entertainer
Frederick MacAulay is a Scottish comedian. For 18 years, until March 2015, he presented a daily BBC Scotland radio programme MacAulay and Co. He has appeared on numerous TV shows.
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53. Kate Atkinson
1951-. (aged 75)
playwright
novelist
journalist
poet
screenwriter
Kate Atkinson MBE is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She has written historical novels, detective novels and family novels, incorporating postmodern and magical realist elements into the plots. Her debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book Award, the precursor to the Costa Book Award, in 1995. The novels Life After Life and...
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54. Craig Murray
1958-. (aged 68)
human rights defender
journalist
diplomat
whistleblower
Craig John Murray is a Scottish author, human rights campaigner, journalist, and former diplomat.
55. James Black
1924-2010 (aged 86)
chemist
pharmacologist
cardiologist
university teacher
inventor
Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became...
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56. Brian Souter
1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson
Sir Brian Souter is a Scottish businessman. With his sister, Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus, the train operating company South West Trains, his investments company Souter Holdings Ltd, and the Souter Charitable Trust.
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57. Alan Gorrie
1946-. (aged 80)
singer
guitarist
Alan Edward Gorrie is a Scottish bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and singer. He was a founding member of the Average White Band and was one of two original members in the group's final line-up alongside Onnie McIntyre.
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58. David Mackenzie
1966-. (aged 60)
film director
screenwriter
David Hugh Mackenzie is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films. He has made ten feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011) and Starred Up (2013). In 2016, Mackenzie's film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August. The same...
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59. Eilish McColgan
1990-. (aged 36)
athletics competitor
Eilish McColgan is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Championships medallist, winning silver medals for the 5000 m in 2018 and 10,000 m in 2022, bronze in the 5000 m in 2022, and a bronze for the...
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60. John Suchet
1944-. (aged 82)
journalist
television presenter
John Aleck Suchet OBE is an English author, television news journalist and presenter of classical music on Classic FM. He began his journalistic career as a graduate trainee at the Reuters news agency in 1967. After a spell as a sub-editor for the BBC Nine O'Clock News in 1970 and 1971, he became a scriptwriter and sub-editor at Independent Television...
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61. Robert Watson-Watt
1892-1973 (aged 81)
university teacher
inventor
physicist
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt KCB FRS FRAeS was a Scottish radio engineer and pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology.
62. George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen is a British politician who served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party, he previously served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 1993 to 1997. He was Member of...
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63. Geoff Holder
1958-. (aged 68)
writer
Geoff Holder is a British author. He has written twenty non-fiction books on the paranormal, as well as on unusual and unexplained events and objects. His works include The Jacobites and the Supernatural and 101 Things to Do with a Stone Circle, Scottish Bodysnatchers and nine titles in The Guide to the Mysterious... series, covering subjects throughout Britain.
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64. Gary Lightbody
1976-. (aged 50)
blogger
songwriter
guitarist
singer
Gareth John Lightbody OBE is a musician from Northern Ireland. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. He has also founded the musical supergroups the Reindeer Section and Tired Pony.
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65. Jacklet Atuhaire
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
expert
Jacklet Atuhaire Rwabukurukuru Mukwana is a Ugandan oil and gas expert, international development professional and politician. She is the elected Woman MP for Sheema District and is not affiliated to any political party in Uganda. She succeeded NRM's Rosemary Nyakikongoro who in 2015 had defeated her in the party's primary elections in controversial circumstances. Atuhaire is also a former guild...
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66. David Mach
1956-. (aged 70)
installation artist
sculptor
artist
David Mach RA is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist. His artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. Typically these include magazines, vicious teddy bears, newspapers, car tyres, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of his installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces.
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67. Albert Watson
1922-1994 (aged 72)
lawyer
judge
politician
Albert Watson OBE is a Scottish fashion, celebrity and art photographer. He has shot over 100 covers of Vogue and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s, and has created major advertising campaigns for clients such as Prada, Chanel and Levis. Watson has also taken some well-known photographs, from the portrait of Steve Jobs that appeared on the...
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68. Medard Kalemani
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
minister
Medard Matogolo Kalemani, commonly known as Medard Kalemani, is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician, who served as the Minister of Energy in the Tanzanian cabinet, in 2017-2021. Immediately prior to his appointment to his current cabinet position, he served as Deputy Minister of the combined energy and minerals ministry, which was split into two, with Angellah Kairuki, assuming the mining...
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69. Natasha Hadiza Akpoti
1979-. (aged 47)
lawyer
politician
Natasha Hadiza Akpoti is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who serves as a member of the 10th Nigeria National Assembly representing Kogi Central Senatorial District since 2023. A member of the People's Democratic Party, she is the first elected female senator in Kogi State.
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