Notable Alumni of University of Liverpool [Sorted List]

1. Phil Clarke

1971-. (aged 55)

rugby league player

Philip Clarke is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or stand-off, he played his club rugby league in England for Wigan (with whom he won five consecutive Challenge Cup Finals from 1991 to 1995), and in Australia for the Sydney City Roosters.

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2. Dariush Borbor

1934-. (aged 92)

painter writer designer sculptor architect

Dariush Borbor, is an Iranian-French architect, urban planner, designer, sculptor, painter, researcher, and writer. In 1963, Borbor established his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting Architects, Engineers, City Planners. In 1976, he set up Sphere Iran, a consortium of four specialist consulting firms, and proposed a comprehensive national environmental master plan for Iran. In 1992, he created the...

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3. F. David Peat

1938-2017 (aged 79)

physicist non-fiction writer philosopher biographer

Francis David Peat was a British holistic physicist and author who has carried out research in solid state physics and the foundation of quantum theory.

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4. David Weatherall

1933-2018 (aged 85)

university teacher molecular biologist geneticist

Sir David John Weatherall was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.

5. Philip Clarke

1960-. (aged 66)

entrepreneur businessperson

Philip Andrew Clarke is a British businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of Tesco plc until 1 September 2014.

6. Paula Byrne

1967-. (aged 59)

biographer literary critic writer

Paula Jayne Byrne, Lady Bate, is a British biographer, novelist, and literary critic.

7. Maxwell Fry

1899-1987 (aged 88)

painter architect writer

Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE, RA, FRIBA, FRTPI was an English modernist architect, writer and painter.

8. Wendy Beetlestone

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer judge

Wendy Beetlestone is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

9. Anant Gupta

1965-. (aged 61)

business executive

Anant Gupta is Founder Chairman & CEO, TECHCELX, an integrated business acceleration and investment firm. He is also former President & Chief Executive Officer of HCL Technologies, a global information technology services company

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10. Tanya Landman

author

Tanya Landman is an English author of children's and young adult books. She is the niece of the actor Robert Shaw.

11. Averil Mansfield

1937-. (aged 89)

university teacher vascular surgeon

Dame Averil Olive Bradley, known professionally as Averil Mansfield, is a retired English vascular surgeon. She was a consultant surgeon at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London, from 1982 to 2002, and in 1993 she became the first British woman to be appointed a professor of surgery.

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12. Tony McNulty

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Anthony James McNulty is a retired British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow East from 1997 to 2010. During his ministerial career, which began in 2003, he was Minister for London and later Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions. He resigned his position on 5 June...

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13. Jane Kennedy

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Jane Elizabeth Kennedy is a British politician and the inaugural Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree, formerly Liverpool Broadgreen, from 1992 to 2010.

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14. Lynda Gratton

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher psychologist

Lynda Gratton a British organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the founder of HSM Advisory, known for her work on organisational behaviour.

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15. Alden McLaughlin

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Sir Alden McNee McLaughlin Jr., KCMG MBE KC JP MP is a Caymanian politician, former Premier of the Cayman Islands and former Speaker of Parliament of the Cayman Islands. McLaughlin previously served as leader of the People's Progressive Movement party from February 2011 to March 2021. McLaughlin was the elected member for the Red Bay Constituency in George Town between...

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16. Beverley Hughes

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC is a British politician who most recently served as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime between 2017 and 2023. A member of the Labour Party, Hughes was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council....

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17. Wolfgang Rindler

1924-2019 (aged 95)

physicist university teacher

Wolfgang Rindler was an Austrian physicist studying general relativity. He is known for introducing the term "event horizon" for the boundary of a black hole, Rindler coordinates, and (in collaboration with Roger Penrose) for the use of spinors in general relativity. An honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino,...

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18. Rodney Robert Porter

1917-1985 (aged 68)

university teacher chemist physiologist biochemist physician

Rodney Robert Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.

19. Danielle George

1976-. (aged 50)

lecturer

Danielle Amanda George CBE FIET is a Professor of Radio frequency engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of Manchester in the UK. George became the 139th President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology in October 2020. George was appointed as the Chief Scientific Adviser for...

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20. Leslie Evans

1958-. (aged 68)

civil servant

Leslie Evans is the former Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government. In this role, Evans was the principal policy adviser to the First Minister and Secretary to the Scottish Cabinet. Evans was the senior civil servant in Scotland and led more than 5,000 civil servants working for the Scottish Government, supporting development, implementation and communication of government policies, in accordance...

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21. Christopher Wood

1901-1930 (aged 29)

painter

John Christopher "Kit" Wood was an English painter born in Knowsley, near Liverpool.

22. Richard Miles

1969-. (aged 57)

anthropologist television presenter archaeologist historian

Richard Miles is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for presenting two major historical documentary series: BBC2's Ancient Worlds (2010), which presented a comprehensive overview of classical history and the dawn of civilisation, and BBC Four's Archaeology: A Secret History (2013).

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23. 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.

24. Stephen Myler

1984-. (aged 42)

rugby league player rugby union player

Stephen Myler is an English former rugby player. He played most of his career with the Northampton Saints in Premiership Rugby, as well as London Irish, and Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship.

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25. Adewale Tinubu

1967-. (aged 59)

lawyer managing director

Jubril Adewale "Wale" Tinubu ListenCON is a Nigerian business executive and lawyer, who is the group chief executive of Oando PLC.

26. Wu Ching-kuo

1946-. (aged 80)

basketball player entrepreneur

Wu Ching-kuo is a Taiwanese sports executive who was the president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), a post he held from 2006 to 2017. He resigned from his position in November 2017.

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27. M. S. Valiathan

1934-2024 (aged 90)

physician cardiac surgeon surgeon

Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan was an Indian cardiac surgeon. He was a president of the Indian National Science Academy and a National Research Professor of the Government of India.

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28. Saunders Lewis

1893-1985 (aged 92)

playwright historian poet literary critic politician

Saunders Lewis was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. Born into a Welsh-speaking ministerial family in Greater Liverpool, Lewis rediscovered the importance of both his heritage language and cultural roots while serving as a junior officer in the British Army during the trenches of the First World War. As a vocal supporter of Welsh nationalism, Lewis believed,...

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29. Rose Heilbron

1914-2005 (aged 91)

judge barrister

Dame Rose Heilbron, DBE was a British barrister who served later as a High Court judge. Her career included many "firsts" for a woman – she was the first woman to achieve a first class honours degree in law at the University of Liverpool, the first woman to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, one of the first two women...

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30. Amelia Womack

1985-. (aged 41)

politician

Amelia Helen Womack is a British Green Party of England and Wales politician. She served as the party's Deputy Leader from 2014 to 2022. She is a co-chair of the People's Assembly Against Austerity, and co-founded Another Europe Is Possible.

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31. Percy Jones

1947-. (aged 79)

bassist guitarist jazz musician musician

Percy Jones is a Welsh bass guitarist best known as a member of the jazz rock ensemble Brand X, with whom he played during three stints: 1974 to 1980, 1992 to 1999, and 2016-2020, with the group ending shortly before the passing of their founding guitarist John Goodsall in 2021.

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32. Charlotte Nichols

1991-. (aged 35)

politician

Charlotte Louise Nichols is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Warrington North since 2019.

33. Charles Glover Barkla

1877-1944 (aged 67)

physicist university teacher

Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays.

34. Lee Bee Wah

1960-. (aged 66)

engineer politician

Lee Bee Wah, also known as Hua Jie (Chinese: 花姐; pinyin: Huājiě; lit. 'Sister Flower'), is a Malaysian-born Singaporean former politician and engineer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nee Soon South division of Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2006 and 2011, and the same...

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35. Jeffrey Thomas

1945-. (aged 81)

screenwriter television actor writer actor film actor

Jeffrey Thomas is a Welsh-born New Zealand actor and writer, best known for his film, television and stage roles.

36. Frank Kermode

1919-2010 (aged 91)

university teacher literary critic writer

Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.

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37. Matt Taylor

1972-. (aged 54)

astrophysicist

Matthew Graham George Thaddeus Taylor is a British astrophysicist employed by the European Space Agency. He is best known to the public for his involvement in the Rosetta mission, the first mission to make landfall on a comet. Taylor was the mission's project scientist.

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38. Bob Blackman

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Robert John Blackman CBE MP is a British politician who has served as chairman of the 1922 Committee and chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow East since 2010. He served as the Joint Executive Secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee from 2012...

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39. Emma Jane Unsworth

1978-. (aged 48)

writer

Emma Jane Unsworth is a British writer from Bury, Greater Manchester. She writes short stories and has had three novels published; Hungry, the Stars and Everything, Animals and Adults.

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40. Jo Boaler

1964-. (aged 62)

university teacher adviser educational theorist

Jo Boaler is a British education author and Nomellini–Olivier Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Boaler is involved in promoting reform mathematics and writes about equity in mathematics education. She cofounded youcubed, a Stanford research center with mathematics education resources for teachers, students and parents, and she cofounded a company that sells a math game app....

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41. F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

1872-1930 (aged 58)

barrister judge politician writer jurist

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, GCSI, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Attorney-General and post War as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living...

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42. Colum Eastwood

1983-. (aged 43)

politician council member

Colum Eastwood is an Irish nationalist politician who served as Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2015 to 2024. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle since 2019, served in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2019 and served on Derry City Council from 2005 to 2011.

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43. Aki Riihilahti

1976-. (aged 50)

sports executive association football player

Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer. He was known as a hard working defensive midfielder. He is the CEO of HJK Helsinki. He was voted by leading European clubs to be the vice-chairman of European Club Association (ECA), and has also important positions both in the UEFA club competition committee and in the...

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44. Helen Marnie

1978-. (aged 48)

singer keyboardist

Helen Lindsay Marnie is a Scottish musician, known as the lead vocalist and one of the keyboardists and songwriters of the electronic band Ladytron. In 2012, she started a solo career as Marnie and released her debut solo album Crystal World on 11 June 2013. Her second solo album, Strange Words and Weird Wars, was released on 2 June 2017.

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45. Phil Redmond

1949-. (aged 77)

screenwriter television producer

Sir Philip Redmond is an English television producer and screenwriter. He is known for creating the television series Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks.

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46. Rob Grant

writer science fiction writer television director screenwriter

Robert Grant is an English comedy writer, television producer and co-creator of the Red Dwarf comedy franchise. Since Red Dwarf, Grant has written two television series, The Strangerers and Dark Ages, and four solo novels, his most recent being Fat. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with Doug Naylor, and the second...

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47. David Gray

1968-. (aged 58)

singer film score composer guitarist composer singer-songwriter

David Peter Gray is a British singer-songwriter. Having released his debut album in 1993, he received worldwide attention with White Ladder five years later, particularly for the hit single "Babylon". White Ladder was the first of three chart-toppers in six years for Gray in the UK, where it became the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s. In 2019, it was...

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48. Jasmin Paris

1983-. (aged 43)

university teacher marathon runner runner veterinarian ultramarathon runner

Jasmin Karina Paris MBE is a British runner who has been a national fell running champion and who has set records for the Bob Graham Round and the Ramsay Round. In 2024, she became the first woman to successfully complete the Barkley Marathons.

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49. Roy Roberts

1906-1975 (aged 69)

actor television actor stage actor

Roy Roberts was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen.

50. Jadwiga Piłsudska

1920-2014 (aged 94)

military officer athlete aircraft pilot architect

Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska was a Polish pilot who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She was one of two daughters of Józef Piłsudski.

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51. James Stirling

1926-1992 (aged 66)

architect

Sir James Frazer Stirling RA was a British architect.

52. Diarmaid MacCulloch

1951-. (aged 75)

church historian screenwriter university teacher theologian presenter

Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was formerly the senior tutor. Since 2020, he has been a senior research fellow and archivist at Campion Hall, Oxford. From 1997 to 2019,...

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53. Rosie Cooper

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999, when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year, she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,...

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54. Rory Jennings

1983-. (aged 43)

actor television actor

Rory Jennings is a British actor, radio presenter and social media personality. He played Craig Dixon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 27 July to 7 September 2007. He is also a Chelsea F.C. supporter, presenting on talkSPORT and YouTube channels.

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55. Lytton Strachey

1880-1932 (aged 52)

literary critic painter writer biographer poet

Giles Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His biography Queen Victoria (1921) was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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56. Ted Robbins

1955-. (aged 71)

actor presenter

Edward Michael Robbins is an English comedian, actor, broadcaster, radio DJ, television presenter and radio personality.

57. Sid Watkins

1928-2012 (aged 84)

physician neurosurgeon neurologist surgeon

Eric Sidney Watkins, also known as Professor Sid or simply Prof, was an English neurosurgeon. From 1978 to 2004, Watkins served as Safety and Medical Delegate in Formula One.

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58. Frederick Griffith

1877-1941 (aged 64)

pathologist biologist geneticist microbiologist physician

Frederick Griffith was a British bacteriologist whose focus was the epidemiology and pathology of bacterial pneumonia. In January 1928 he reported what is now known as Griffith's experiment, the first widely accepted demonstrations of bacterial transformation, whereby a bacterium distinctly changes its form and function.

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59. Stella Rimington

1935-2025 (aged 90)

autobiographer archivist novelist intelligence officer librarian

Dame Stella Rimington was a British author and Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996. She was the first female Director General of MI5, and the first Director General whose name was publicised on appointment. In 1993, Rimington became the first Director General of MI5 to pose openly for photos at the launch of a...

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60. Heidi Thomas

1962-. (aged 64)

playwright screenwriter writer

Heidi Louise Thomas McGann OBE is an English screenwriter and playwright. She is best known as the creator of Call The Midwife.

61. Dawda Kairaba Jawara

1924-2019 (aged 95)

politician

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara GCMG was a Gambian politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was overthrown by Yahya Jammeh.

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62. Aamer Anwar

1967-. (aged 59)

lawyer

Aamer Anwar is a British political activist and lawyer of Pakistani origin. He was an active participant in the Stop the War Coalition, and campaigned against the 31st G8 summit at Gleneagles. He has been a longstanding critic of the Dungavel Detention Centre for failed asylum seekers, and is a trustee of the Time for Inclusive Education charity for LGBT-inclusive...

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63. Carol Ann Duffy

1955-. (aged 71)

author poet professor writer university teacher

Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, serving in this position until her term ended in 2019. She was the first female, the first Scottish-born and the first openly lesbian poet to hold the Poet Laureate position.

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64. Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait

1947-2013 (aged 66)

physician patron of the arts philanthropist

Dr. Abd Al-Rahman bin Hamood Al-Sumait was an Islamic scholar, medical practitioner and humanitarian from Kuwait. He was known for his philanthropic works in more than 29 African countries.

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65. Gareth Ainsworth

1973-. (aged 53)

association football player association football coach

Gareth Ainsworth is an English professional former player and football manager who is the manager of EFL League Two club Gillingham.

66. Ronald Ross

1857-1932 (aged 75)

novelist zoologist epidemiologist botanist malariologist

Sir Ronald Ross KCB KCMG FRS FRCS was a British medical doctor. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it". His discovery of the malarial parasite...

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67. James Quincey

1965-. (aged 61)

businessperson chief executive officer

James Robert B. Quincey is a British businessman based in the United States. After starting his career at Bain & Co, he joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1996 and was later named chief operating officer (COO). He became the chief executive officer (CEO) in 2017 and the chairman of the board in 2019.

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68. Steve Coppell

1955-. (aged 71)

association football player association football coach

Stephen James Coppell is an English professional football manager and former player.

69. Nick Grimshaw

1984-. (aged 42)

television presenter

Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw, nicknamed "Grimmy", is an English radio DJ, television presenter and writer. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He also had his Channel 4 roles in T4 and The Album Chart Show and was a judge on the twelfth series of The X Factor in 2015. He currently presents...

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70. Jon Snow

1947-. (aged 79)

television presenter broadcaster journalist

Jonathan George Snow is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known as the longest-running presenter of Channel 4 News, which he presented from 1989 to 2021. On 29 April 2021, Snow announced his retirement from the role; his final programme aired on 23 December 2021. Although Channel 4's news programming is produced by ITN, Snow was employed...

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71. Abdul Latif Rashid

1944-. (aged 82)

politician civil engineer

Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, also known as Letif Reshid (Kurdish: لەتيف ڕەشید, romanized: Letîf Reşîd), is an Iraqi politician serving as the 9th president of Iraq. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki. Before that, he served in the same position under both the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Iraqi Interim Government. Rashid...

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72. David Olusoga

1970-. (aged 56)

historian television presenter screenwriter writer

David Adetayo Olusoga ListenOBE is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster, and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. Olusoga has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contributed to The One Show and The Guardian.

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73. Amha Selassie

1916-1997 (aged 81)

sovereign

Amha Selassie was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed monarch three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccessful coup attempt against his father in December 1960, during which he alleged that he was detained and compelled to accept the title. After his father was deposed in a later coup,...

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74. Tung Chee Hwa

1937-. (aged 89)

politician ship-owner

Tung Chee-hwa GBM is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023.

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75. Ian Kershaw

1943-. (aged 83)

opinion journalist university teacher writer historian contemporary historian

Sir Ian Kershaw is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's foremost experts on Nazi Germany and noted for his biography of Adolf Hitler.

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76. Anton Lesser

1952-. (aged 74)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Lio Partagaz in Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.

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77. Chris Lowe

1959-. (aged 67)

singer songwriter composer keyboardist musician

Christopher Sean Lowe is an English musician, songwriter, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981. He is primarily the keyboardist and occasionally a vocalist, and he is the co-author of the catalogue of Pet Shop Boys songs with his writing partner, Tennant. Lowe is known for his impassive stage persona,...

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78. James Chadwick

1891-1974 (aged 83)

university teacher nuclear physicist physicist

Sir James Chadwick was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atomic bomb research efforts. He was the head of the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project...

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79. Clive Barker

1952-. (aged 74)

visual artist film director film producer actor screenwriter

Clive Barker is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series (the first installment of which he also wrote and directed) and the...

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80. Anna Maxwell Martin

1977-. (aged 49)

film actor actor stage actor

Anna Maxwell Martin, sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is an English actress who has won two British Academy Television Awards, for her portrayals of Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House (2005), and of N in the Channel 4 adaptation of Poppy Shakespeare (2008). She is also known for her roles as DCS Patricia Carmichael in BBC One...

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81. Har Gobind Khorana

1922-2011 (aged 89)

university teacher geneticist biologist

Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell and control the cell's synthesis of proteins....

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82. Wade Barrett

1980-. (aged 46)

marine biologist actor professional wrestler

Stuart Alexander Bennett is an English-American former professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Wade Barrett as a colour commentator on the SmackDown brand.

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83. Edward Snowden

1983-. (aged 43)

security guard dissident whistleblower intelligence officer system administrator

Edward Joseph Snowden is a former National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.

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84. Patricia Routledge

1929-2025 (aged 96)

singer stage actor television actor actor film actor

Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge was an English actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC One comedy series Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), for which she was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance.

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85. Gerard Lyons

1961-. (aged 65)

writer economist

Gerard Patrick Lyons is a British economist.

86. John A. Agnew

1949-. (aged 77)

geographer university teacher

John A. Agnew, FBA is a prominent British-American political geographer. Agnew was educated at the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool in England and Ohio State in the United States.

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87. Michael Rosen

1946-. (aged 80)

television producer novelist children's writer writer author

Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written more than 200 books for children and adults. Select books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt (1989) and Sad Book (2004). He...

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88. Peter Dowd

1957-. (aged 69)

politician council member

Peter Christopher Dowd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle since 2015. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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89. Syed Kamall

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall is a British politician and academic, who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care (2021–22).

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90. Shahidul Alam

1955-. (aged 71)

teacher unit still photographer blogger activist photographer

Shahidul Alam is a Bangladeshi media institution builder, photojournalist, public speaker, storyteller, writer, blogger, curator, and educationist.

91. Debbie Abrahams

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency) since 2011. Abrahams was a member of the Corbyn shadow cabinet from 2015 to 2018.

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92. Kerry McCarthy

1965-. (aged 61)

lawyer politician

Kerry Gillian McCarthy is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2015 to 2016. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate from July 2024 to September 2025.

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93. Victoria Derbyshire

1968-. (aged 58)

journalist

Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has also presented Newsnight and Panorama for the BBC.

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94. Dave Brailsford

1964-. (aged 62)

sport cyclist coach

Sir David John Brailsford CBE is a British sports director and former cycling coach. He is currently team principal of UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers, and was performance director of British Cycling from 1997 to 2014. He is also currently working with French football club Nice and English football club Manchester United as part of his role as Director of Sport...

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95. Emma Hayes

1976-. (aged 50)

association football player association football coach

Emma Carol Hayes OBE is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of the United States women's national team. She was previously manager of Chelsea Women from 2012 to 2024, winning seven Women's Super League titles, including five consecutively from 2020 to 2024. In 2024, she led the United States to a gold medal at the Paris...

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96. Steve Brine

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Stephen Charles Brine is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a one-nation conservative.

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97. Barham Salih

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Barham Salih is an Iraqi-Kurdish politician who has been serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since 1 January 2026. He previously served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022.

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98. Joseph Rotblat

1908-2005 (aged 97)

physicist

Sir Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became clear to him in 1944 that Germany had ceased development of an atomic bomb.

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99. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

1949-. (aged 77)

physician entrepreneur minister politician

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

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100. Ong Teng Cheong

1936-2002 (aged 66)

architect politician

Ong Teng Cheong GCMG was a Singaporean architect and politician who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999 after winning the 1993 presidential election.

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