54 Notable alumni of University of East London
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of East London is ranked #1,149 in the world and #86 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 54 notable alumni from University of East London 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 East London won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Maria Adebowale-Schwarte
Maria Adebowale-Schwarte is the Founding Director of Living Space Project. She is a commissioner for the London Sustainable Development Commission and for the English Heritage.
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2. Céline Condorelli
1974-. (aged 52)
installation artist
architect
Céline Condorelli is an artist who works in London and Lisbon and is best known for her publications The Company She Keeps and Support Structures and her artworks which work across the spheres of art and architecture. Support Structures was a co-publication with James Langdon and Gavin Wade (Director of Eastside Projects). She was shortlisted for the Max Mara Art...
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3. Simon Carter
1961-. (aged 65)
painter
Simon Carter is an English artist and curator.
4. Yolande Brener
writer
actor
Yolande Brener is an English author and actress known for her memoir, Holy Candy: Why I Joined A Cult And Married a Stranger, and for her literary journalism.
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5. 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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6. Mary Ashun
1968-. (aged 58)
writer
researcher
novelist
teacher
Mary Asabea Ashun is a Ghanaian-Canadian educator, author and researcher; she is principal of Ghana International School in Accra, Ghana.
7. Maya Bruney
1998-. (aged 28)
sprinter
Maya Bruney is a British-Italian sprinter who has been competing for Italy since 2021. Running for Great Britain, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres and bronze medals for the 4 × 100 and 4 × 400 metres relays at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships.
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8. Jacquelyn Ford Morie
1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher
Jacquelyn Ford Morie is an artist, scientist and educator working in the areas of immersive worlds, virtual reality, games and social networks. Until 2013 she was a senior research scientist at the Institute for Creative Technologies. In 2011 she started a spin-off company called All These Worlds, to take her work in virtual worlds and avatars to a broader audience.
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9. Antonio Zappulla
1999-2002 (aged 3)
Antonio Zappulla is the CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters. The foundation is an independent charity registered in the UK and the US.
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10. Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser
1937-. (aged 89)
trade unionist
politician
Margaret Theresa Prosser, Baroness Prosser, OBE is a Labour life peer and former trade unionist.
11. Edison James
1943-. (aged 83)
politician
Edison Chenfil James is a Dominican politician who was the prime minister of Dominica from June 14, 1995, to February 3, 2000, as well as the member of parliament for the Marigot constituency from 1990.
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12. Nathan Mavila
1995-. (aged 31)
association football player
Nathan Mabi-Mavila is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
13. Max Hattler
1976-. (aged 50)
composer
film editor
production designer
cinematographer
film producer
Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation loops "Sync", "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010).
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14. Peter Murphy
lawyer
military officer
Peter Murphy is a British artist working in traditional egg tempera and gold leaf techniques, and a member of the Stuckist art movement.
15. Obianuju Ekeocha
1979-. (aged 47)
biomedical scientist
anti-abortion activist
Obianuju Ekeocha //, also known as Uju, is a Nigerian biomedical scientist based in the United Kingdom. She is the founder and president of the activist organisation Culture of Life Africa.
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16. Nguyen TK Thanh
university teacher
biochemist
scientist
Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh FRSC FInstP FRSB FIMMM is a professor of Nanomaterials at University College London. She was awarded the 2019 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award for her research and efforts toward gender equality.
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17. Hilary Armstrong
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Hilary Jane Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, PC, DL, is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010.
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18. Mark Stephens
1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer
solicitor
Mark Howard Stephens CBE is an English solicitor who specializes in media law, intellectual property, freedom of expression, and human rights. He came to public attention for representing James Hewitt during reports of Hewitt’s alleged relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2010, Stephens served as legal counsel for Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, in relation to extradition proceedings to...
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19. Michael Gunning
1994-. (aged 32)
swimmer
Michael Gunning is a British-Jamaican former competitive swimmer, television presenter, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in sport. He is best known for setting national records while representing Jamaica at the 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Since then, he's become a prominent voice for LGBTQ+ visibility and mental-health awareness in sport and media.
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20. Gemma Gibbons
1987-. (aged 39)
judoka
Gemma Jeanette Gibbons is a British judoka. Competing in the women's –70 kg category, she has represented England and Great Britain at Junior, U-23, 'B' and Senior level.
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21. Lucy Quist
1974-. (aged 52)
business executive
Lucy Quist, née Afriyie, is a Ghanaian-British business and technology executive. She is a former managing director for Morgan Stanley.
22. Preet Kaur Gill
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Preet Kaur Gill is a British Labour Co-op politician and former social worker who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since 2017. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development between April 2020 and September 2023 and as Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health between 6 September 2023 and 4 July 2024. She...
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23. Dimitris Syllouris
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
civil engineer
Demetris Syllouris is a Greek-Cypriot politician. He was the president of the Cypriot parliament and European Party leader between 2005 and 2016.
24. Peter Berresford Ellis
1943-. (aged 83)
literary critic
novelist
writer
historian
biographer
Peter Berresford Ellis is a British historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan. He has also published 100 short stories. Under Peter Tremayne, he is the author of the international bestselling Sister Fidelma historical mystery series. His work has appeared in...
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25. Natalia Pelevine
1976-. (aged 50)
blogger
human rights defender
screenwriter
politician
Natalia Pelevine is a British-Russian playwright, political activist and blogger.
26. Helen Pluckrose
1974-. (aged 52)
writer
non-fiction writer
literary theorist
opinion journalist
editor
Helen Pluckrose is a British author and cultural writer known for critiques of critical theory and social justice activism and promotion of liberal ethics, most notably in the grievance studies affair.
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27. Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Victor Olufemi Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, CBE is the former Chief Executive of the social care enterprise Turning Point and the current Chair of the NHS Confederation, and was one of the first individuals to become a People's Peer.
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28. Adania Shibli
1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher
writer
journalist
docent
visiting docent
Adania Shibli is a Palestinian author and essayist. She is mainly known for her 2017 novel Minor Detail, which became the subject of public controversy in Germany following the cancellation of a literary prize for this book, originally scheduled for the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair.
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29. Bianca Williams
1993-. (aged 33)
sprinter
Bianca Williams is a British athlete. She won the silver medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
30. Scarlett Thomas
1972-. (aged 54)
prose writer
writer
university teacher
Scarlett Thomas is an English author who writes contemporary postmodern fiction. She has published ten novels, including The End of Mr. Y and PopCo, as well as the Worldquake series of children's books, and Monkeys With Typewriters, a book on how to unlock the power of storytelling. She is Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of...
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31. Mah Siew Keong
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Mah Siew Keong is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from June 2014 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Member of Parliament (MP) for Teluk Intan from November 1999 to March...
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32. Tinchy Stryder
1986-. (aged 40)
investor
entrepreneur
actor
record producer
rapper
Kwasi Esono Danquah III, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.
33. Iolo Williams
1962-. (aged 64)
television presenter
writer
zoologist
presenter
ornithologist
Iolo Tudur Williams is a Welsh ornithologist, nature observer, television presenter and author, best known for his BBC and S4C nature programmes, working in both English and his first language of Welsh. After a 14-year career with the RSPB, in 1999 Williams became a full-time TV presenter. He has written a number of books about the natural world.
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34. Jimmy Doherty
1975-. (aged 51)
farmer
television presenter
Jimmy Doherty is an English television presenter and farmer. Doherty is known for the show Jimmy's Farm, detailing the operation of the Essex Pig Company that he and his wife Michaela Furney own in Suffolk.
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35. Kate Osamor
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Ofunne Kate Osamor is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, previously Edmonton, since 2015. She was Shadow Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2018. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus, and currently serves as the Government's Trade Envoy to East...
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36. Kemi Adeosun
1967-. (aged 59)
banker
minister
politician
chartered accountant
Kemi Adeosun listen is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and former chairman of the Board of African Export–Import Bank (AfreximBank).
37. Seyi Shay
1985-. (aged 41)
singer-songwriter
performing artist
actor
record producer
Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua, known professionally as Seyi Shay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member of From Above, a now-defunct girl group that was previously signed to Columbia Records and managed by Mathew Knowles. Shay relocated to Nigeria after the group disbanded in 2011, and signed a record deal with Flytime Music. She released her debut...
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38. Garry Bushell
1955-. (aged 71)
television presenter
composer
journalist
Garry Bushell is an English newspaper columnist, rock music journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Cockney Oi! bands GBX and the Gonads. He managed the New York City Oi! band Maninblack until the death of the band frontman Andre Schlessinger. Bushell's recurring topical themes are comedy, country and class. He has campaigned for...
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39. Adam Gemili
1993-. (aged 33)
athletics competitor
sprinter
association football player
Adam Ahmed Gemili is a British sprinter. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, three-time European champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and part of the Great Britain team that won gold at the 2017 World Championships in the same event. He has finished fourth in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and...
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40. Roger Taylor
1949-. (aged 77)
musician
guitarist
bass guitarist
drummer
songwriter
Roger Meddows Taylor OBE is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He achieved international fame as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Queen. As a drummer, Taylor was recognised early in his career for his unique sound and was voted the eighth-greatest drummer in classic rock music history in a listener poll conducted by Planet Rock...
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41. Cynthia Erivo
1987-. (aged 39)
author
film actor
songwriter
stage actor
actor
Cynthia Erivo MBE is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar.
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42. Sonam Kapoor
1985-. (aged 41)
model
film director
actor
film actor
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is an Indian former actress who works in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award. Kapoor appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2016.
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43. Marina Diamandis
1985-. (aged 41)
singer
recording artist
singer-songwriter
Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps) and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, poet and record producer.
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44. Ken Russell
1927-2011 (aged 84)
television director
film director
director
actor
cinematographer
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual...
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45. Gina Miller
1965-. (aged 61)
fund manager
Gina Nadira Miller is a Guyanese-British business owner and activist who initiated the 2016 R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government over its authority to implement Brexit without approval from Parliament. In September 2019, she successfully challenged the government's prorogation of Parliament, formally supported in the legal proceedings by the...
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46. Rupa Huq
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
sociologist
journalist
Rupa Asha Huq is a British Labour politician, columnist and academic. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton since 2015.
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47. Roger Ashton-Griffiths
1957-. (aged 69)
television actor
screenwriter
film actor
film director
stage actor
Roger Ashton-Griffiths is an English character actor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his role as Mace Tyrell in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
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48. Përparim Rama
1976-. (aged 50)
architect
politician
Përparim Rama is a Kosovo-Albanian architect and urban planner serving as the current Mayor of Pristina since 7 December 2021. His work has been published in London Building Design Magazine and several other international design magazines.
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49. Aimee Willmott
1993-. (aged 33)
swimmer
Aimee Willmott is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She was the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the 400 metres individual medley.
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50. Sara Diamond
1954-. (aged 72)
academic administrator
university teacher
writer
video artist
television producer
Sara Louise Diamond, CM OOnt RCA is a Canadian artist, designer, researcher and academic administrator. She is President Emeritus of OCAD University, Canada.
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51. Peter Daszak
scientist
ecologist
zoologist
Peter Daszak is a British zoologist, consultant and public expert on disease ecology, in particular on zoonosis. He is a member of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Daszak was the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit non-governmental organization that supports various programs on global health and pandemic prevention, until January...
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52. Shemu Joyah
1959-. (aged 67)
film director
film producer
Charles Shemu Joyah is a producer and director from Malawi. He was born in Zimbabwe. His third movie, The Road to Sunrise, was selected as the Malawian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
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53. Leeanne Enoch
teacher
politician
Leeanne Margaret Enoch is an Australian politician currently serving as the Labor member for Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Prior to the 2024 Queensland election, she served as a Minister in the Palaszczuk and Miles governments, most recently as Minister for Treaty, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Minister for Communities and Minister for the...
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54. James Mackay
1954-. (aged 72)
producer
film producer
James Wilson Mackay is an Australian actor known for The CW television series Dynasty, as well as roles in films and on stage.