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100 Notable alumni of University of Leicester

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Leicester is ranked #264 in the world and #24 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Leicester 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 Leicester won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Clive Ballard

1. Clive Ballard

1964-. (aged 62)
university teacher researcher
Clive Ballard is a British, world-leading expert in dementia. He is currently professor of age-related diseases at the University of Exeter and interim deputy pro-vice-chancellor and dean of the University of Exeter Medical School.
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Martin Barstow

2. Martin Barstow

1979-1982 (aged 3)
astronomer
Martin Barstow is a Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester and the former President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Mark Haysom

3. Mark Haysom

1953-. (aged 73)
businessperson
Mark Haysom CBE is a British former management executive.
Karen-Mae Hill

4. Karen-Mae Hill

diplomat
Karen-Mae Hill, OBE is the High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom and member of the Commonwealth's Board of Governors. Hill is also the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and Barbuda to the Republic of Estonia, Non-resident Ambassador to Ireland, the Federal Republic of Germany and Lithuania.
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Ian Bryant

5. Ian Bryant

1965-. (aged 61)
computer scientist
Ian Bryant is a British academic. He is primarily involved in promoting Trustworthy Software and Systems, and in Standardisation.
Mohammad Tahir Shah

6. Mohammad Tahir Shah

1956-. (aged 70)
geologist
Mohammad Tahir Shah is a Pakistani professor at the National Centre of Excellence in Geology (NCEG) at the University of Peshawar. He has served at the NCEG since 2013. He was previously selected as the vice-chancellor of the Fata University by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan.
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Ernest Edmonds

7. Ernest Edmonds

1942-. (aged 84)
visual artist
Ernest Edmonds is a British artist, a pioneer in the field of computer art and its variants, algorithmic art, generative art, interactive art, from the late 1960s to the present. His work is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the National Archive of Computer-Based Art and Design.
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Alissandra Cummins

8. Alissandra Cummins

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher museologist historian art historian researcher
Alissandra Cummins is a Barbadian art historian, educator, and scholar; she is a leading expert on Caribbean heritage, museum development, and art. Cummins is Director of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society and she is a lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of the West Indies. She is board chair of International Journal of Intangible Heritage. She...
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John Bremer

9. John Bremer

1927-2015 (aged 88)
writer
John Bremer was an educator and Socratic philosopher. In 2008, he retired as a senior scholar teaching at Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was Professor of Humanities and Director of the college's Humanities and Freedom Institute. Bremer founded Cambridge College in 1971 when it was then known as the "Institute of Open Education" at Newton College of the...
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Lino Bianco

10. Lino Bianco

1965-. (aged 61)
architect
Lino Bianco is a Maltese architect, academic and diplomat.
Steven M. Smith

11. Steven M. Smith

1951-. (aged 75)
geneticist biologist scientist university teacher
Steven M. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Plant Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Tasmania in Australia and Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture.
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Michael W. Bruford

12. Michael W. Bruford

1963-2023 (aged 60)
researcher
Michael William Bruford was a Welsh molecular ecologist, conservation biologist and a professor at Cardiff University's School of Biosciences. His area of research spanned from animal wildlife genetics to the management of captive populations and livestock breeds to animal biobanking. After earning his B.Sc. from the University of Portsmouth and his PhD from the University of Leicester, Bruford worked at...
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William Hare

13. William Hare

1944-. (aged 82)
philosopher
William Hare is a philosopher whose writings deal primarily with problems in philosophy of education. He attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, 1955–62. After receiving his B.A. from the University of London (1965), he gained an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Leicester (1968), and a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto (1971). He was Professor...
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Yair Galily

14. Yair Galily

1970-. (aged 56)
university teacher scientist sociologist
Yair Galily is a behavioral scientist, head of the Sport, Media and Society (SMS) Research Lab at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications and a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University (IDC). Galily is a Full Professor and a Chartered Member (CPsychol.) of the British Psychological Society and is the Chief Behavioral Officer for...
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Lynne Frostick

15. Lynne Frostick

1949-. (aged 77)
geographer geologist
Lynne Elizabeth Frostick CBE is a chartered British geographer and geologist. She was a professor of Physical Geography at the University of Hull until 2014.
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Alan Soper

16. Alan Soper

1951-. (aged 75)
physicist
Alan Kenneth Soper FRS is an STFC Senior Fellow at the ISIS neutron source based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
Alex Adomako-Mensah

17. Alex Adomako-Mensah

1962-. (aged 64)
politician banker
Alex Adomako-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Chris Atton

18. Chris Atton

1959-. (aged 67)
academic
Christopher Frank Atton is a British academic. He is a retired Professor of Media and Culture in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University. His work focuses on Alternative Media where his contribution has concentrated on the notion of alternative media not as an essentialised political position but as a set of socio-cultural processes that redraw...
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Frances Patterson

19. Frances Patterson

1954-2016 (aged 62)
judge
Dame Frances Silvia Patterson, DBE, styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Patterson, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Philip C.J. Donoghue

20. Philip C.J. Donoghue

1971-. (aged 55)
paleontologist
Philip Conrad James Donoghue FRS is a British palaeontologist and Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol.
Khalid AL-Jaber

21. Khalid AL-Jaber

academic
Khalid J. Al-Jaber is an assistant professor of political communication at the Gulf Studies Program in Qatar University. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Peninsula newspaper published by Dar Al-Sharq Press, and works as principal at Global Media Consultants Organization in Atlanta, Georgia.
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John Ashworth

22. John Ashworth

1938-2025 (aged 87)
biologist biochemist executive university teacher
Sir John Ashworth was a British biochemist and educationalist.
Andrew Birley

23. Andrew Birley

1974-. (aged 52)
anthropologist archaeologist
Andrew Robin Birley is a British archaeologist and the Director of Excavations on the site of Vindolanda.
Len Garrison

24. Len Garrison

1943-2003 (aged 60)
historian
Lenford Alphonso Garrison (13 June 1943 – 18 February 2003) was an educationalist, community activist and historian whose life's work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works of young black writers. To this end, he set up ACER (Afro-Caribbean Education Resource) and co-founded the Black Cultural Archives.
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Neil Mercer

25. Neil Mercer

1948-. (aged 78)
psychologist
Neil Mercer is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge.
Roger A. Sheldon

26. Roger A. Sheldon

1942-. (aged 84)
university teacher chemist
Roger Arthur Sheldon is a British chemist who is emeritus professor of Biocatalysis and Organic Chemistry at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
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Johannes Paulmann

27. Johannes Paulmann

1960-. (aged 66)
historian historian of Modern Age university teacher principal
Johannes Paulmann is a German historian.
Elizabeth Stokoe

28. Elizabeth Stokoe

researcher
Elizabeth Stokoe is a British social scientist and conversation analyst. Since January 2023, she has been Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at The London School of Economics and Political Science. She was previously Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University in the Discourse and Rhetoric Group, where she remains an Honorary Professor. She has been Professor...
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Lauren Henry

29. Lauren Henry

2001-. (aged 25)
rower
Lauren Henry is an Olympic gold medallist and world champion British rower.
Kwabena Donkor

30. Kwabena Donkor

1958-. (aged 68)
minister consultant politician
Kwabena Donkor is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister for Power. He is a former Member of Parliament for the Pru East constituency, in the Bono East Region of Ghana. He resigned from his office as minister due to failure to end load shedding popularity known as Dumsor, having promised to resign if he did not solve this before...
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Steven Thiru

31. Steven Thiru

lawyer
Steven Thiruneelakandan is a Malaysian lawyer with practice areas in Employment law, Administrative law, and General Litigation. He became a partner in 2000.
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Emma Bunce

32. Emma Bunce

1975-. (aged 51)
astrophysicist physicist
Emma J. Bunce OBE is a British space physicist and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester. She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Her research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupiter. She is principal investigator (PI) of the MIXS instrument on BepiColombo, was deputy lead...
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Brooke Bolander

33. Brooke Bolander

writer
Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.
S. Barry Cooper

34. S. Barry Cooper

1943-2015 (aged 72)
computer scientist philosopher university teacher mathematician
S. Barry Cooper was an English mathematician and computability theorist. He was a professor of pure mathematics at the University of Leeds.
Angela Mudge

35. Angela Mudge

1970-. (aged 56)
skyrunner
Angela Mudge is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid-1990s, and developed rapidly.
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Jonathan Caine, Baron Caine

36. Jonathan Caine, Baron Caine

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Jonathan Michael Caine, Baron Caine is a British Member of the House of Lords and a former political aide (or "SPAD") who served six Secretaries of State.
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Aaron Porter

37. Aaron Porter

1985-. (aged 41)
trade unionist politician
Aaron Ross Porter is a board director and trustee and a former president of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom; he was elected with a 65% majority and took office in June 2010 for one year.
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Michael Jack

38. Michael Jack

1946-. (aged 80)
politician
John Michael Jack, CBE is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and was Member of Parliament for Fylde between 1987 and 2010, serving at various junior ministerial posts during the John Major administration. He was chair of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS).
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Anubhav Srivastava

39. Anubhav Srivastava

1986-. (aged 40)
film director
Anubhav Srivastava is an Indian filmmaker, speaker and author who first gained attention as the creator and director of Carve Your Destiny, a documentary film which researched the qualities that make people "successful". Working independently, he interviewed prominent Indian and foreign personalities for his project and his efforts received attention in the Indian and UK media.
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Nigel Henbest

40. Nigel Henbest

1951-. (aged 75)
adviser television writer writer astronomer television producer
Stuart Nigel Henbest FRAS is a British astronomer and science communicator. Born in Manchester and educated in Belfast and at Leicester University, Henbest researched in radio astronomy at the University of Cambridge before becoming a freelance author, television producer and astronomy lecturer. Asteroid 3795 Nigel is named after him.
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Mary Susan McIntosh

41. Mary Susan McIntosh

1936-2013 (aged 77)
criminologist LGBTQ rights activist sociologist university teacher feminist
Mary Susan McIntosh was a British sociologist, feminist, political activist and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights in the United Kingdom.
Graham Dury

42. Graham Dury

1969-. (aged 57)
comics artist cartoonist
Graham Dury is a British cartoonist. He is known for his work with Viz, having contributed to the magazine from its early years. He co-conceived and personally created The Fat Slags, one of the magazine's most famous strips.
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Austin Muluzi

43. Austin Muluzi

1978-. (aged 48)
minister lawyer politician
Atupele Austin Muluzi is a Malawian politician, businessman and was a Member of Parliament for Machinga North East constituency from 2004 until May 27, 2019. He is also the President of the United Democratic Front and was a presidential candidate during the 2019 election. He was a running mate in the 2020 presidential elections, on a coalition ticket with incumbent...
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Philip Campbell

44. Philip Campbell

1951-. (aged 75)
editor
Sir Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell FRS FRAS FInstP is a British astrophysicist. He worked as editor-in-chief of the peer reviewed scientific journal Nature from 1995 to 2018. From 2018 he was the Editor-in-Chief of the publishing company Springer Nature until his retirement in May 2023.
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Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott

45. Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott

1940-. (aged 86)
university teacher politician television presenter
Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott PC is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001, representing constituencies in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
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Phelan Hill

46. Phelan Hill

1979-. (aged 47)
coxswain
Phelan Hill is a British rowing coxswain. He is a three-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. In 2016, he competed in the Men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal.
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Joseph Shapira

47. Joseph Shapira

1945-. (aged 81)
judge
Yosef Haim Shapira is an Israeli attorney and judge who served as the seventh State Comptroller of Israel from July 2012 to July 2019.
Suzie Imber

48. Suzie Imber

1983-. (aged 43)
astrophysicist researcher
Suzanne Mary Imber is a British planetary scientist specialising in space weather at the University of Leicester's School of Physics and Astronomy. She was the winner of the 2017 BBC Two television programme Astronauts, Do You Have What It Takes?.
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Tijion Esho

49. Tijion Esho

1981-. (aged 45)
surgeon
Professor Dr. Tijion Esho is a British cosmetic doctor aesthetician, and television personality. He is the founder of the CULTSKIN and the resident cosmetic doctor on the E4 reality show Body Fixers. In April 2024, he was removed from the UK medical register following a General Medical Council decision, a matter which he is currently appealing while continuing his career...
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Danielle Brown

50. Danielle Brown

1988-. (aged 38)
archer
Danielle Brown MBE is a British competitive archer and award winning children's author. She competed in the Paralympic Games, winning gold medals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, and has also won medals shooting in the able-bodied category, including at the Commonwealth Games.
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Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

51. Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer judge
Njoki Susanna Ndung'u is a Kenyan lawyer and a justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws (LLM) in human rights and civil liberties from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. She was born in 1966.
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Ray Gosling

52. Ray Gosling

1939-2013 (aged 74)
television presenter author journalist
Raymond Arthur Gosling was an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and gay rights activist.
Mikel Herrán

53. Mikel Herrán

1991-. (aged 35)
writer YouTuber archaeologist cross-dresser
Mikel Herrán Subiñas, known in social media as PutoMikel, is a Spanish archaeologist, drag artist, writer, popularizer and YouTuber.
Roy Bailey

54. Roy Bailey

1935-2018 (aged 83)
docent sociologist guitarist singer-songwriter songwriter
Roy Bailey, MBE was an English sociologist and folk singer. Colin Irwin from the music magazine Mojo said Bailey represented "the very soul of folk's working class ideals... a triumphal homage to the grass roots folk scene as a radical alternative to the mainstream music industry."
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Norman Rosenthal

55. Norman Rosenthal

1944-. (aged 82)
art historian exhibition curator
Sir Norman Rosenthal is a British independent curator and art historian. From 1970 to 1974 he was Exhibitions Officer at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. In 1974 he became a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, leaving in 1976. The following year, in 1977, he joined the Royal Academy in London as Exhibitions Secretary where he remained until...
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Andy Carter

56. Andy Carter

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Andrew John Carter JP is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South from 2019 to 2024.
Daniel Hardcastle

57. Daniel Hardcastle

1989-. (aged 37)
writer YouTuber
Daniel John Hardcastle, known online as NerdCubed (stylised as Nerd), is a British YouTuber, author and actor. Created in 2011, his YouTube channel primarily consists of video game-related content. As of December 2024, it has approximately 2.41 million subscribers and 1.35 billion video views. He is the author of The Sunday Times bestseller Fuck Yeah, Video Games: The Life and...
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Melvin Yong

58. Melvin Yong

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Melvin Yong Yik Chye is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former police officer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Radin Mas Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020. He had previously represented the Moulmein–Cairnhill division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2015 and 2020.
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Liam Donaldson

59. Liam Donaldson

1949-. (aged 77)
surgeon physician
Sir Liam Joseph Donaldson is a British physician. He was formerly the Chief Medical Officer for England, being the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855. As such, he was principal advisor to the United Kingdom Government on health matters and one of the most senior officials in the National Health Service (NHS).
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Chris Copping

60. Chris Copping

1945-. (aged 81)
musician composer singer-songwriter
Chris Copping is a musician and singer-songwriter who was a member of Procol Harum in the 1970s, and has also composed for TV and film. He predominantly plays organ, piano and bass guitar.
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Julian Worricker

61. Julian Worricker

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist news presenter
Julian Gordon Worricker is an English journalist, currently working as one of the main presenters of Weekend on the BBC World Service, as stand-in presenter of Any Answers on BBC Radio 4, and as a relief presenter on The Media Show which is also seen on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel. He also presented You and Yours...
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Serajul Islam Choudhury

62. Serajul Islam Choudhury

1936-. (aged 90)
intellectual editor historian columnist literary critic
Serajul Islam Choudhury is a Bangladeshi literary critic, public intellectual, social and political analyst, activist, historian, educationist, editor, translator, columnist, and professor emeritus at the University of Dhaka. He is the editor of Natun Diganta. Considered one of the foremost oppositional intellectuals of Bangladesh, he authored nearly a hundred books and countless essays in Bangla and English.
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Hans Klein

63. Hans Klein

1931-1996 (aged 65)
journalist politician
Hans Klein was a German politician (CSU) who served as Vice President of the Bundestag from 1990 until his death in 1996.
Farrukh Dhondy

64. Farrukh Dhondy

1944-. (aged 82)
journalist screenwriter
Farrukh Dhondy is an Indian-born British Parsi writer, playwright, screenwriter and left-wing activist, who resides in the United Kingdom, where he first came in the 1960s. He was the Commissioning Editor for Multicultural Programmes at Channel 4 television from 1984 until 1997, during which time he commissioned such programmes as Bandung File and Devil's Advocate.
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Gordon Messenger

65. Gordon Messenger

1962-. (aged 64)
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE is a retired senior Royal Marines officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2016 to May 2019. As a colonel he commanded 40 Commando during the Iraq War, and led the Commando in the assault on the Al-Faw Peninsula. He served as British Commander of Task...
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Derek Schmidt

66. Derek Schmidt

1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer politician
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district since 2025. He previously served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican, Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate, where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011, and served as Agriculture...
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Heather Couper

67. Heather Couper

1949-2020 (aged 71)
science communicator physicist broadcaster writer astronomer
Heather Anita Couper, CBE FInstP FRAS was a British astronomer, broadcaster and science populariser.
Turi King

68. Turi King

1969-. (aged 57)
geneticist archaeologist
Turi Emma King is a professor and Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. She was previously Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics at the University of Leicester. In 2012, King led the DNA verification during the exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England. In 2025, King led the analysis of Adolf Hitler's DNA,...
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Sarah Cruddas

69. Sarah Cruddas

1984-. (aged 42)
television presenter meteorologist writer journalist radio personality
Sarah Jane Cruddas is a Los Angeles based television presenter, space journalist, author and popular science communicator She is an investigator on the television series Contact on Discovery Channel and Science Channel as well as appearing on other shows on the channels. She is also the co-host of UFO Conspiracies with Craig Charles on History Channel in the UK. She...
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Peter Atkins

70. Peter Atkins

1940-. (aged 86)
writer chemist non-fiction writer university teacher
Peter William Atkins FRSC is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten...
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John McVicar

71. John McVicar

1940-2022 (aged 82)
journalist
John McVicar was a British journalist and convicted one-time armed robber who escaped from prison.
Justin Chadwick

72. Justin Chadwick

1968-. (aged 58)
television director film director television actor actor film actor
Justin Chadwick is an English actor and television and film director. He directed episodes of EastEnders, Byker Grove, The Bill, Spooks and Red Cap before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the mini-series Bleak House, which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the United States as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series.
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Jon Tickle

73. Jon Tickle

1974-. (aged 52)
television presenter
Jonathan Parmer Tickle is a British television presenter who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the fourth series of the British television show Big Brother. (He had appeared before this, however, as a contestant on the game show Blockbusters in 1991.) He was also a co-presenter on the Sky One television series Brainiac. He has an identical twin...
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Norman Lamb

74. Norman Lamb

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Sir Norman Peter Lamb is a British politician and solicitor. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 2001 to 2019, and was the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee from 2017 to 2019.
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Huang Chih-hsien

75. Huang Chih-hsien

1964-. (aged 62)
writer television presenter
Huang Chih-hsien, also known as Joyce Huang, is a Taiwanese TV commentator, author and host on CTV and CTi TV between 2014 and 2019.
Dave Cousins

76. Dave Cousins

1940-2025 (aged 85)
singer poet guitarist composer singer-songwriter
David Joseph Cousins was an English musician. He was the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs, from 1967.
Quentin Willson

77. Quentin Willson

1957-2025 (aged 68)
television presenter presenter journalist
Quentin Mcdonald Willson was an English television presenter and producer, motoring journalist, author and car dealer. He was best known as a presenter of the popular television motoring programmes Top Gear, Britain's Worst Driver and Fifth Gear.
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Zohar Strauss

78. Zohar Strauss

1972-. (aged 54)
singer stage actor television actor actor film actor
Zohar Zalman Strauss is an Israeli theater, film, and television actor. Regarded as one of the best performers of his generation in Israel, he is recognized for his versatile work across independent films, television and the stage. He has received numerous accolades, including one Ophir Award and two nominations.
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Nella Rose

79. Nella Rose

1997-. (aged 29)
model YouTuber media personality radio personality
Ornella Rose Hollela, known professionally as Nella Rose, is a Belgian media personality. After setting up a YouTube channel, Rose embarked on a career in the media and has gone on to present Catfish UK, as well as the red carpet event at the Brit Awards. In 2023, she began fronting the Channel 4 digital series Tapped Out and also...
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Joy Belmonte

80. Joy Belmonte

1970-. (aged 56)
civil servant
Joy Belmonte-Alimurung is a Filipino politician who has served as the 12th mayor of Quezon City since 2019. A member of the local Serbisyo sa Bayan Party, Belmonte previously served as the vice mayor of Quezon City from 2010 to 2019 under her predecessor, Herbert Bautista.
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Bob Mortimer

81. Bob Mortimer

1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter television presenter writer comedian actor
Robert Renwick Mortimer is an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He is one half of the comedy double act Reeves and Mortimer with Vic Reeves, and appears in the Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series with Paul Whitehouse. He has appeared on TV panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster.
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William Sharman

82. William Sharman

1984-. (aged 42)
bobsledder athletics competitor
William "Will" Sharman is a British/Nigerian former athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. He started his career as a junior high jumper and decathlete, but focused entirely on hurdling after a shoulder injury. He made his international debut for Great Britain at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and went on to compete at the 2007 Summer Universiade. Sharman...
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Ama Agbeze

83. Ama Agbeze

1982-. (aged 44)
netballer
Ama Agbeze MBE is a former England netball international. She was captain when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019 she received an MBE for her services to netball. She was also a member of the England team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. As of 2020, Agbeze has played for...
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Peter Saville

84. Peter Saville

1946-2022 (aged 76)
psychologist
Peter Andrew Saville CBE RDI is an English art director and graphic designer. He designed many record sleeves for Factory Records, which he co-founded in 1978 alongside Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
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David Ward

85. David Ward

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
David Ward is a British politician who was elected as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East at the 2010 general election. He lost his seat in 2015 when the Labour Party candidate Imran Hussain defeated him by 7,000 votes. Before his election to parliament, he was a councillor in Bradford for 26 years, and returned to...
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Zeinab Camara

86. Zeinab Camara

1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Zeinab Camara is a Guinean politician. She was the first woman to lead a football club in Guinea.
Adam Simmonds

87. Adam Simmonds

1977-. (aged 49)
Adam Simmonds was the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016. He is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. Simmonds represents the Conservative Party.
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Graham Joyce

88. Graham Joyce

1954-2014 (aged 60)
novelist science fiction writer writer
Graham William Joyce was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the British Fantasy Award for both his novels and short stories.
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Sarah Clarke

89. Sarah Clarke

1965-. (aged 61)
Dame Sarah Davina Clarke is a British administrator. From 13 February 2018 to 8 July 2025, she served as Black Rod, the first female Black Rod in the 650-year history of the role. During her tenure, the role was formally styled "The Lady Usher of the Black Rod"; for previous incumbents, "The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod" was used....
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Rachel Hopkins

90. Rachel Hopkins

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Rachel Louise Hopkins is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, formerly Luton South, since 2019.
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Storm Thorgerson

91. Storm Thorgerson

1944-2013 (aged 69)
graphic designer film director designer photographer
Storm Elvin Thorgerson was an English art director and music video director. He is best known for closely working with the group Pink Floyd through most of their career, and also created album or other art for 10cc, the Alan Parsons Project, Black Sabbath, Catherine Wheel, the Cranberries, Led Zeppelin, the Mars Volta, Muse, and Phish.
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Christian Levrat

92. Christian Levrat

1970-. (aged 56)
trade unionist politician
Christian Levrat is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 2008 until 2020. He has served as a member of the Council of States from Fribourg since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the National Council from 2003 to 2012. He became Chairman of the...
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Atifete Jahjaga

93. Atifete Jahjaga

1975-. (aged 51)
politician police officer
Atifete Jahjaga is a Kosovar Albanian politician who served as President of Kosovo. She was the first female President of Kosovo, the first non-partisan candidate to hold the office, and the youngest female head of state to be elected to the position. Prior to her presidency, Jahjaga served as Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, holding the rank of General...
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Mako Komuro

94. Mako Komuro

1991-. (aged 35)
researcher aristocrat
Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino (眞子内親王, Mako Naishinnō), is a Japanese art historian and a former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko. In October 2021, upon her marriage to...
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Frank Gannon

95. Frank Gannon

1947-. (aged 79)
molecular biologist
Frank Gannon (born 1947, Ireland) is a molecular biologist, and was the seventh Director of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia (2011 – 2020). He has held high-profile appointments in scientific management and research in Ireland, England, the United States, France, Germany and Australia.
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Andy Byford

96. Andy Byford

1965-. (aged 61)
civil servant
Andrew Byford is a British transport executive who has held several management-level positions in transport authorities around the world, such as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Transport for London (TfL), and Sydney's then RailCorp. As of 2023, he has served as executive vice president in charge of high-speed at Amtrak.
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Bosun Tijani

97. Bosun Tijani

1977-. (aged 49)
entrepreneur politician
Olatunbosun Tijani listen is a Nigerian-British entrepreneur who is the current Nigerian minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, since 2023.
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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

98. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

1980-. (aged 46)
journalist advertising person marketer politician
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta region since 2013, elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2025 under the government of President John Dramani Mahama. He previously served as Deputy Minister for Information...
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Freda Akosua Prempeh

99. Freda Akosua Prempeh

1966-. (aged 60)
marketer politician
Freda Akosua Oheneafrewo Prempeh is a Ghanaian politician, and Member of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament and Eighth Parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region, Ghana. She was the Minister of State, for the Ministry of works and housing, Ghana and previously served as the Deputy Gender Minister and also Assembly member...
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Natalie Bennett

100. Natalie Bennett

1966-. (aged 60)
journalist
Natalie Louise Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, is an Australian-British politician and journalist who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. Bennett was given a peerage in Theresa May's 2019 resignation honours.
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