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100 Notable alumni of University of Leeds

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Leeds is ranked #99 in the world and #10 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Leeds 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 Leeds won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Jonathan Clements

1. Jonathan Clements

1971-. (aged 55)
science fiction writer screenwriter writer translator novelist
Jonathan Michael Clements is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Koxinga and Qin Shi Huang, as well as monthly opinion columns for Neo magazine. He is also the co-author of encyclopedias of anime and Japanese television dramas.
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Inaya Folarin Iman

2. Inaya Folarin Iman

1996-. (aged 30)
journalist
Inaya Folarin Iman is a British journalist, commentator, a panelist on the BBC Radio show Moral Maze, and television presenter who has presented for GB News. She is also the director and founder of the Equiano Project (named after abolitionist Olaudah Equiano), which describes itself as "a debate, discussion and ideas forum" that "focus on race, culture and politics".
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David Gedge

3. David Gedge

1960-. (aged 66)
guitarist songwriter
David Lewis Gedge is an English musician and songwriter, most notable as a founder, vocalist, and only remaining original member of The Wedding Present and the main songwriter and vocalist in Cinerama.
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Chris Harman

4. Chris Harman

1942-2009 (aged 67)
editor journalist philosopher sociologist economist
Christopher John Harman was a British journalist and political activist, and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. He was an editor of International Socialism and Socialist Worker.
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Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill

5. Peter Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill

1953-. (aged 73)
Peter Gerard Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE, is a British transport executive and politician who has served as Minister of State for Rail since July 2024.
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Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

6. Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

1942-. (aged 84)
businessperson politician
Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw is a Scottish businessman, and a former member of the House of Lords. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2012 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 105th with an estimated fortune of £745 million. In the 2020 edition, he was ranked the 180th wealthiest person in the UK, with...
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David Coburn

7. David Coburn

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
David Adam Coburn is a Scottish politician and businessman who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2014 to 2019. A former member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Coburn was the leader of UKIP Scotland from July 2014 until December 2018.
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Mohd. Redzuan Md. Yusof

8. Mohd. Redzuan Md. Yusof

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Mohd Redzuan bin Md Yusof is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021, the Minister of Entrepreneur Development in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to...
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David Kramer

9. David Kramer

1951-. (aged 75)
singer songwriter composer
David Kramer is a South African singer, songwriter, playwright, and director, notable for his musicals about the Coloured communities in the Cape, and for his early opposition to apartheid.
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Ahmad Shabery Cheek

10. Ahmad Shabery Cheek

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) since July 2023. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Minister of Youth and Sports and Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former...
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Bagrat Galstanyan

11. Bagrat Galstanyan

1971-. (aged 55)
priest
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is an Armenian prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Church who is currently serving as bishop of the Diocese of Tavush. He also served as primate of the Armenian Diocese of Canada based in Montreal from May 2003 to May 2013. As the bishop of a border region affected by the cession of villages to Azerbaijan, he led...
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Hallie Rubenhold

12. Hallie Rubenhold

1971-. (aged 55)
historian curator writer
Hallie Rubenhold is an American-born British popular historian and author. Her work specializes in 18th- and 19th-century social history and women's history. Her 2019 book The Five, about the lives of the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize and won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction. In 2025, her book, Story of a...
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Alex Sobel

13. Alex Sobel

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Alexander David Sobel is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central and Headingley, previously Leeds North West, since 2017. He served as Shadow Minister for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment from 2021 to 2023.
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George Porter

14. George Porter

1920-2002 (aged 82)
university teacher chemist politician
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, OM, FRS, FRSE was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
Paul Scoon

15. Paul Scoon

1935-2013 (aged 78)
school teacher politician
Sir Paul Godwin Scoon GCMG GCVO OBE was a Grenadian politician who served as governor-general of Grenada from 1978 to 1992. His tenure is notable for the hectic events related to the rise and fall of the People's Revolutionary Government, as well as his personal involvement in and support of the invasion of Grenada.
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Nicola Mendelsohn

16. Nicola Mendelsohn

1971-. (aged 55)
business executive
Nicola Sharon Mendelsohn, Baroness Mendelsohn, CBE, is a British advertising executive. Active in the advertising industry since 1992, Mendelsohn serves as the head of global advertising relationships for Facebook, and also sits on the board of Diageo. The Daily Telegraph has called her "the most powerful woman in the British tech industry".
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Julian Beever

17. Julian Beever

1959-. (aged 67)
painter
Julian Beever is a British sidewalk chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l'œil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. He uses a projection technique called anamorphosis to create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle. He preserves his work in photographs, often positioning a person within the image as if they were interacting with...
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Alison Saunders

18. Alison Saunders

1961-. (aged 65)
barrister
Dame Alison Margaret Saunders, DCB is a British barrister and a former Director of Public Prosecutions. She was the first lawyer from within the Crown Prosecution Service and the second woman to hold the appointment. She was also the second holder of this office not to be a Queen's Counsel. She was previously the Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London....
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Thom Sonny Green

19. Thom Sonny Green

drummer musician
Thomas Stuart Green, known professionally as Thom Sonny Green, is an English drummer and electronic music producer.
Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar

20. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar

1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Ahmad Samsuri bin Mokhtar is a Malaysian politician, aerospace engineer and lecturer who has served as the 15th Menteri Besar of Terengganu, Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ru Rendang since May 2018, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kemaman since December 2023, and Group Chairman for Terengganu Incorporated (TI Group). He is a member of the Malaysian...
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Daniel Steiner

21. Daniel Steiner

1973-. (aged 53)
television actor film director actor film actor
Daniel Steiner is a German actor and film director.
Tony Harrison

22. Tony Harrison

1937-2025 (aged 88)
film director writer playwright translator poet
Tony William Harrison was an English poet, translator and playwright. He was one of Britain's foremost verse writers and many of his works have been performed at the Royal National Theatre. He is noted for controversial works such as the poem "V", as well as his versions of dramatic works such as the tragedies Oresteia and Lysistrata from ancient Greek,...
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Chris Leslie

23. Chris Leslie

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Christopher Michael Leslie is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician.
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Khalid Abdul Samad

24. Khalid Abdul Samad

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Khalid bin Abdul Samad is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (KADA) since December 2024. He had served as the Minister of Federal Territories in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of...
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Wizard of New Zealand

25. Wizard of New Zealand

1932-. (aged 94)
teacher comedian politician magician
The Wizard of New Zealand QSM is a British-born New Zealand educator, comedian, illusionist, and politician. He is also known by his shorter name, The Wizard.
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Piers Sellers

26. Piers Sellers

1955-2016 (aged 61)
ecologist astronaut climatologist meteorologist
Piers John Sellers OBE was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in...
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Ilan Eshkeri

27. Ilan Eshkeri

1977-. (aged 49)
film score composer composer musician
Ilan Eshkeri is a British composer known for his concert music, films scores and artist collaborations.
Kenton Cool

28. Kenton Cool

1973-. (aged 53)
mountaineer
Kenton Edward Cool is an English climber and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high altitude climbers. He has reached the summit of Mount Everest 19 times—the most of any non-Nepali. His ascents of Everest include leading Ranulph Fiennes' 2008 and 2009 Expeditions.
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Liz Kershaw

29. Liz Kershaw

1958-. (aged 68)
radio personality broadcaster
Elizabeth Marguerita Mary Kershaw is an English radio broadcaster. She is one of the longest serving female national radio DJs in the UK, celebrating 30 years on national BBC Radio in 2017.
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Andy Kershaw

30. Andy Kershaw

1959-. (aged 67)
television presenter disc jockey record collector
Andrew J. G. Kershaw is an English broadcaster and disc jockey, predominantly on radio, and known for his interest in world music.
Nambaryn Enkhbayar

31. Nambaryn Enkhbayar

1958-. (aged 68)
writer politician
Nambaryn Enkhbayar is a Mongolian politician. He served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as Chairman of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2005, and as the 3rd President of Mongolia from 2005 to 2009. He is the first person to have held all of the top three positions in the Mongolian government. He...
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David Cox

32. David Cox

1924-2022 (aged 98)
university teacher mathematician statistician
Sir David Roxbee Cox FRS FBA FRSE FRSC was a British statistician and educator. His wide-ranging contributions to the field of statistics included introducing logistic regression, the proportional hazards model and the Cox process, a point process named after him.
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Little Boots

33. Little Boots

1984-. (aged 42)
singer pianist singer-songwriter recording artist record producer
Victoria Christina Hesketh, known professionally as Little Boots, is an English singer-songwriter and DJ. She was previously a member of the band Dead Disco. Since performing as a solo artist, she has released four albums: Hands (2009), Nocturnes (2013), Working Girl (2015) and Tomorrow's Yesterdays (2022), and a number of associated EPs and remixes. Hesketh has toured internationally both as...
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Herbert Edward Read

34. Herbert Edward Read

1893-1968 (aged 75)
critic philosopher poet literary critic art historian
Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to...
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Hamid-Reza Sadr

35. Hamid-Reza Sadr

1956-2021 (aged 65)
university teacher film critic writer journalist translator
Hamid Reza Sadr was an Iranian football and film critic, journalist, author, university professor, historian, and economist. Sadr earned a Ph.D. in urban planning after studying at both the University of Tehran and the University of Leeds in England. He was well known for his publications on various subjects such as football, cinema, and non-fiction based on history and social...
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Will Buxton

36. Will Buxton

1981-. (aged 45)
television presenter sports commentator sports journalist journalist actor
William Thomas Buxton is a British motorsport journalist, commentator and presenter who is currently the lead commentator for Fox Sports' coverage of the IndyCar Series beginning with the 2025 season. He is best known for his coverage of Formula One with the Formula One Group from 2018 to 2024.
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Tengku Amir Shah

37. Tengku Amir Shah

1990-. (aged 36)
Tengku Amir Shah ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj is a member of the Selangor royal family who is the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Selangor and heir apparent to the Selangor throne. He is the youngest child and only son of Sultan Sharafuddin of Selangor.
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Jonathan Brownlee

38. Jonathan Brownlee

1990-. (aged 36)
triathlete
Jonathan Callum Brownlee is an English professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one-time Olympic champion (mixed relay) in triathlon.
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Mohamed Muizzu

39. Mohamed Muizzu

1978-. (aged 48)
engineer politician
Mohamed Muizzu is a Maldivian politician who is the 8th president of the Maldives, serving since 2023. He served as housing minister from 2012 to 2018, making him the longest-serving housing minister in Maldivian history. He was mayor of Malé from 2021 to 2023. Muizzu is the leader of the People's National Congress since 2023.
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Barry John

40. Barry John

1944-. (aged 82)
actor theatrical director
Dr. Barry John is an Indian theatre director, actor, and acting coach. Some of his students became Bollywood actors including Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Sujitabh, Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan, Dulquer Salmaan, Kunal Kapoor, Rana Daggubati, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja, and actresses, such as Jacqueline Fernandez, Richa Chadha, Dia Mirza, and Plabita Borthakur, as well as Hollywood actors including Freida...
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Alistair McGowan

41. Alistair McGowan

1964-. (aged 62)
television actor actor comedian entertainer
Alistair Charles McGowan is an English impressionist, BAFTA award winning comic, actor, pianist, poet, and writer. He starred in The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression). He has also worked in theatre and appeared in the West End (for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 2008. He also provided voices for the original Spitting Image.
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Jeremy Dyson

42. Jeremy Dyson

1966-. (aged 60)
television writer film director actor television producer writer
Jeremy Dyson is a British author, musician and screenwriter who, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is one of the League of Gentlemen. He also created and co-wrote the West End show Ghost Stories and its film adaptation.
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Harry Triguboff

43. Harry Triguboff

1933-. (aged 93)
entrepreneur
Harry Oskar Triguboff AO is an Australian billionaire real estate developer, and one of Australia's richest people. He is the founder and managing director of Meriton and is known as "high-rise Harry".
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Andrew Leung

44. Andrew Leung

1951-. (aged 75)
justice of the peace politician
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen GBM GBS MBE JP is a Hong Kong politician who was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong between 2016 and 2025.
Alan Yentob

45. Alan Yentob

1947-2025 (aged 78)
editing staff television presenter producer television producer creative director
Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015. He was also chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its collapse in 2015.
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Jenni Falconer

46. Jenni Falconer

1976-. (aged 50)
television presenter
Jenni Falconer is a Scottish radio and television presenter. She appears on the ITV daytime show This Morning as a regular travel reporter and was a regular presenter of the National Lottery Draws on BBC One. Falconer was also a radio presenter on Heart FM until December 2019, and since 2020 has been host for Smooth London breakfast and Saturday...
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Peter Robinson

47. Peter Robinson

1950-2022 (aged 72)
novelist poet writer
Peter Robinson was a British-born Canadian crime writer who was best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He also published a number of other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two articles on writing.
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Rafizi Ramli

48. Rafizi Ramli

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Mohd Rafizi bin Ramli is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Economy from 2022 until his resignation in 2025. A member of the People's Justice Party, he represented Pandan in the Parliament of Malaysia from 2013 to 2018 and again since 2022.
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Kathleen Stock

49. Kathleen Stock

1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher philosopher writer
Kathleen Mary Linn Stock OBE is a British philosopher and writer. She was a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex until 2021. She has published academic work on aesthetics, fiction, imagination, sexual objectification, and sexual orientation.
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Fink

50. Fink

1972-. (aged 54)
record producer guitarist disc jockey songwriter singer
Fin Greenall, known professionally as Fink, is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and disc jockey born in Cornwall and currently based in Berlin and London. From 1997 to 2003, he focused on electronic music and DJ'd internationally, releasing in 2000 his debut album Fresh Produce on Ninja Tune. Since the 2006 release of his album Biscuits for Breakfast, the...
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Lütfi Elvan

51. Lütfi Elvan

1962-. (aged 64)
economist engineer mining engineer politician
Lütfi Elvan is a Turkish politician. Elvan has served as the Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey from November 2020 to December 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication from 2013 to 2015. He has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Karaman from 2007 to June 2015, for Antalya...
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Jay Rayner

52. Jay Rayner

1966-. (aged 60)
presenter journalist television presenter food critic
Jay Rayner is an English journalist and food critic. After editing the Leeds Student newspaper while at university, he spent time at the The Observer, The Independent on Sunday, and The Mail on Sunday before returning to The Observer in 1996. He became a restaurant critic in 1999 and developed a reputation for acerbity in his columns, with several going...
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Jamal Suliman

53. Jamal Suliman

1959-. (aged 67)
television actor film director
Jamal Suliman is a Syrian producer, director and actor on television, film, and stage. Suliman was born in 1959 in the Syrian capital of Damascus, then part of the United Arab Republic. Suliman studied at the acting department of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts (Damascus). He started his career acting on stage and producing television series. Suliman then continued...
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Jack Fox

54. Jack Fox

1996-. (aged 30)
American football player
Jack Louis Fox is a British actor. He is part of the Fox family. He is the fourth son of James Fox and his late wife Mary. His uncles are Robert and Edward Fox. Fox began his career in television starring in the Fresh Meat (2011). Roles in the Golden Globe-nominated National Geographic series Genius, BBC One’s Privates, Upstart Crow,...
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Fiona May

55. Fiona May

1969-. (aged 57)
long jumper actor triple jumper
Fiona May is a retired track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals. Her personal best jump was 7.11 metres, which was her silver medal result at the 1998 European Championships.
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Richard Quest

56. Richard Quest

1962-. (aged 64)
television presenter discussion moderator journalist
Richard Austin Quest is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
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Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

57. Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

1971-. (aged 55)
solicitor politician
Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi, PC is a British lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Lords who served as co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012. She served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition, first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010 and 2012, then as the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (styled as...
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Barry Cryer

58. Barry Cryer

1935-2022 (aged 87)
comedian radio personality screenwriter
Barry Charles Cryer was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Ronnie Corbett, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike...
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Georgie Thompson

59. Georgie Thompson

1977-. (aged 49)
journalist television presenter
Georgina Jane Ainslie, Lady Ainslie, better known as Georgie Thompson, is a British television presenter.
Naga Munchetty

60. Naga Munchetty

1975-. (aged 51)
television presenter businessperson journalist
Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah, known professionally as Naga Munchetty, is a British television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She is a regular presenter on BBC Breakfast, and hosts an 11am–2pm programme from Monday to Wednesday on BBC Radio 5 Live, including "Must Watch with Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell" on Mondays.. She is also a former presenter of BBC World News and...
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Corinne Bailey Rae

61. Corinne Bailey Rae

1979-. (aged 47)
singer jazz musician guitarist artist singer-songwriter
Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "Put Your Records On". Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She released her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae, in February 2006, and became the fourth female...
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Anita Rani

62. Anita Rani

1977-. (aged 49)
journalist television presenter
Anita Rani Nazran, better known as Anita Rani, is a British radio and television presenter.
Hage Geingob

63. Hage Geingob

1941-2024 (aged 83)
minister researcher politician
Hage Gottfried Geingob was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the country's first prime minister from 1990 to 2002, and served again from 2012 to 2015.
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Ken Robinson

64. Ken Robinson

1950-2020 (aged 70)
speaker documentary participant writer conferencier education expert
Sir Kenneth Robinson was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–1989) and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and professor emeritus after leaving the university. In 2003, he was knighted for services to the...
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Dan Smith

65. Dan Smith

1986-. (aged 40)
record producer composer singer-songwriter
Daniel Campbell Smith is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, lead singer and primary songwriter of the English pop rock band Bastille. The band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song "Pompeii" was released with their album Bad Blood. The band then released their second album, Wild World in...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

66. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1938-2025 (aged 87)
playwright writer university teacher novelist essayist
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.
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Peter Morgan

67. Peter Morgan

1963-. (aged 63)
screenwriter writer playwright showrunner film producer
Peter Julian Robin Morgan CBE is a British playwright and screenwriter. Known for his work for stage and screen, he often writes about history or figures such as Elizabeth II, whom he has covered extensively in all major media. He has received numerous accolades including five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, in addition to...
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Emma Mackey

68. Emma Mackey

1996-. (aged 30)
film actor actor model
Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey is an English and French actress. Her breakthrough performance in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023) earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination. Mackey has since starred in the mystery film Death on the Nile (2022) and portrayed Emily Brontë in the drama film Emily (2022). She won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in...
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Mark Knopfler

69. Mark Knopfler

1949-. (aged 77)
record producer film score composer guitarist singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. After...
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Leslie Cheung

70. Leslie Cheung

1956-2003 (aged 47)
television actor film director actor composer recording artist
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the biggest stars in the Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanor, flamboyant screen characters, and avant-garde, androgynous stage presence. Throughout his 26-year career, he released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films.
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Holliday Grainger

71. Holliday Grainger

1988-. (aged 38)
film actor actor stage actor
Holliday Clark Grainger, also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls, Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias, Robin Ellacott in the Strike series, DI/DCI Rachel Carey in the Peacock/BBC One crime drama The Capture, and Estella...
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Mark Gatiss

72. Mark Gatiss

1966-. (aged 60)
film editor novelist television actor television producer actor
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. Best known for his acting work on stage and screen as well as for co-creating television shows with Steven Moffat, he has received awards including two Laurence Olivier Awards, a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award.
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Princess Kako of Akishino

73. Princess Kako of Akishino

1994-. (aged 32)
aristocrat
Princess Kako of Akishino is the second daughter of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan and a member of the Japanese imperial family. She is a niece of Emperor Naruhito and the second-eldest grandchild of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.
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Natasia Demetriou

74. 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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Chris Pine

75. Chris Pine

1980-. (aged 46)
stage actor film director voice actor film producer film actor
Christopher Whitelaw Pine is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
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Keir Starmer

76. Keir Starmer

1962-. (aged 64)
barrister jurist politician
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director...
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Jess Phillips

77. Jess Phillips

1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Jessica Rose Phillips is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls since July 2024.
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Daisy Cooper

78. Daisy Cooper

1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Daisy Cooper is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, as well as the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson since 2024.
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Amanda Blanc

79. Amanda Blanc

1967-. (aged 59)
business executive
Dame Amanda Jayne Blanc DBE is a Welsh businesswoman, who has been the group chief executive of Aviva since July 2020.
Andrew Percy

80. Andrew Percy

1977-. (aged 49)
teacher politician
Andrew Theakstone Percy is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole from 2010 to 2024. He was an active member of many groups in Parliament, including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as being a member of the anti-European Union...
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Steve Bell

81. Steve Bell

1951-. (aged 75)
caricaturist
Steven William Maclean Bell is an English political cartoonist, whose work has appeared in a number of publications, notably The Guardian from 1981 to 2023. He is known for his left-wing views.
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Louise Doughty

82. Louise Doughty

1963-. (aged 63)
playwright novelist journalist literary critic writer
Louise Doughty is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her bestselling novels, including Apple Tree Yard. She has also worked as a cultural critic for newspapers and magazines. Her weekly column for The Daily Telegraph was published as A Novel in a Year in 2007. Doughty was the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme A...
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Gavin Esler

83. Gavin Esler

1953-. (aged 73)
television presenter writer journalist
Gavin William James Esler is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight, from January 2003 until January 2014, and presenter of BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. From 2014 to 2023 he served as the Chancellor of the University of Kent. On 11 March...
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Kamal Ahmed

84. Kamal Ahmed

1967-. (aged 59)
journalist
Kamal Ahmed is a British journalist, who was Editorial Director of BBC News. He was Economics Editor at the BBC until November 2018, and Business Editor from March 2014, until Simon Jack was appointed as his successor in February 2016.
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Jack Straw

85. Jack Straw

1946-. (aged 80)
barrister judge politician
John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for...
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Jon Trickett

86. Jon Trickett

1950-. (aged 76)
politician council member
Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and Hemsworth, previously Hemsworth, since 1996. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to 2020 and served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was the Labour Party National...
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Saeid Zibakalam

87. Saeid Zibakalam

1953-. (aged 73)
philosopher
Saeid Zibakalam is an Iranian academic and conservative political activist who self-identifies as a justice-seeker."
Alan Campbell

88. Alan Campbell

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Sir Alan Campbell is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2025. He previously served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...
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Clare Short

89. Clare Short

1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Clare Short is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003.
Alyn Smith

90. Alyn Smith

1973-. (aged 53)
lawyer politician
Alyn Edward Smith is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 2019 until 2024 when he unsuccessfully stood for the Stirling and Strathallan seat. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2004 to 2019. He has been serving...
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Gervase Phinn

91. Gervase Phinn

1946-. (aged 80)
teacher writer
Gervase Phinn is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside. He graduated from Leeds Trinity University in 1970 with a degree in Education.
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Alistair Brownlee

92. Alistair Brownlee

1988-. (aged 38)
triathlete athletics competitor
Alistair Edward Brownlee is an English former triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triathlon being Triathlon World Champion twice (2009, 2011) and World Team Champion (2011, 2014) twice, a four-time European Champion...
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Nus Ghani

93. Nus Ghani

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex Weald since 2024, having represented the predecessor constituency Wealden from 2015 to 2024. She has served as Chairman of Ways and Means, the senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2024.
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Csaba Kőrösi

94. Csaba Kőrösi

1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
Csaba Kőrösi is a Hungarian diplomat who served as President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. He was previously Director of Environmental Sustainability in the Office of the President of Hungary.
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Matthias Maurer

95. Matthias Maurer

1970-. (aged 56)
materials scientist scientist astronaut
Matthias Josef Maurer is a German ESA astronaut and materials scientist, who was selected in 2015 to take part in space training.
José Ángel Gurría

96. José Ángel Gurría

1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat economist politician
José Ángel Gurría Treviño, also known as Ángel Gurría, is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2021, he was the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Chelsy Davy

97. Chelsy Davy

1985-. (aged 41)
lawyer businessperson
Chelsy Yvonne Davy is a Zimbabwean businesswoman. She is the owner and founder of the jewellery brand Aya and the travel agency Aya Africa. She is known for being the ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry.
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Niyi Osundare

98. Niyi Osundare

1947-. (aged 79)
playwright academic poet literary critic
Niyi Osundare Listen is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral tradition of his Yoruba culture, which he hybridizes with other poetic traditions of the world, including African-American, Latin American, Asian, and European.
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Wole Soyinka

99. Wole Soyinka

1934-. (aged 92)
playwright philosopher writer translator essayist
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka GCON is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural...
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William Lawrence Bragg

100. William Lawrence Bragg

1890-1971 (aged 81)
chemist crystallographer university teacher Nobel Prize winner mathematician
Sir William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays", an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.
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