35 Notable alumni of University of Portsmouth
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Portsmouth is ranked #593 in the world and #49 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 35 notable alumni from University of Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Poppy Jaman
1976-. (aged 50)
Poppy Sultana Jaman OBE is an English civil servant, mental health advocate, and the CEO and founding member of Mental health first aid England (MHFAE).
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2. Mike Taylor
1968-. (aged 58)
paleontologist
Michael Paul Taylor is a British computer programmer with a Ph.D. in palaeontology. To date, he has published 31 paleontological papers and is co-credited with naming three genera of dinosaur (Xenoposeidon in 2007 with Darren Naish, Brontomerus in 2011 with Matt J. Wedel and Richard Cifeli, and Haestasaurus in 2015 with Paul Upchurch and Phil Mannion).
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3. Julie Ann Amos
writer
Julie Ann Amos is a British management consultant, author and ghost writer. She has authored several non-fiction books on the topics of business management and the development of personal business skills.
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4. Malcolm Evans
1944-. (aged 82)
video game developer
Malcolm Evans is a British former computer game programmer and electronics technician, best known for his games 3D Monster Maze for the Sinclair ZX81 and Trashman for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1982 and 1984 respectively.
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5. Julian Pender Hume
1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher
writer
paleontologist
ornithologist
visual artist
Julian Pender Hume is an English palaeontologist, artist and writer who lives in Wickham, Hampshire. He was born in Ashford, Kent, and grew up in Portsmouth, England.
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6. Dean Tong
consultant
writer
Dean Tong is an American author, public speaker, consultant, and trial expert in the field of false child abuse allegations. He has consulted for the media on cases such as that of Elian Gonzalez. He is the author of three books inspired by his personal experience with being accused of child abuse in 1985. In addition to testifying as an...
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7. Justin Edgar
1971-. (aged 55)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Justin Edgar is a British film director, screenwriter and producer.
8. Bikiya Graham-Douglas
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian actress, producer, cultural advocate, and jazz singer. She is best known for roles in Wrath and Revenge, Battleground, and the Hollywood film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
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9. Lewis Cocking
1992-. (aged 34)
politician
council member
Lewis Christopher Cocking is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Broxbourne since the 2024 general election. He was the leader of the Borough of Broxbourne Council from 2019 to 2024.
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10. Ehsan Masood
1967-. (aged 59)
university teacher
broadcaster
journalist
Hassan Ehsan Masood is a British science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Between 2009 and 2017 he was the editor of Research Fortnight (part of Research Professional News), is currently bureau chief (editorials, Africa and the Middle East) at Nature, and has been teaching international science policy at Imperial College London. since 2008.
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11. Siti Aisyah Alias
1966-. (aged 60)
docent
Siti Aisyah Binti Haji Alias is a Malaysian marine polar researcher and lecturer. As of August 2016, she is Associate Professor and Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC) in the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP), at the University of Malaya. Her work focuses on the physiology of marine and polar microbes and fungi.
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12. John Rees
1957-. (aged 69)
opinion journalist
politician
documentarian
writer
journalist
John Rees is a British political activist, academic, journalist and writer who is a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, and founding member of Counterfire. He is currently a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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13. Darren Naish
1975-. (aged 51)
writer
paleontologist
Darren William Naish is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author and science communicator.
14. Nick Kennedy
1981-. (aged 45)
rugby union player
Nick Kennedy is a retired English rugby union player and former Director of Rugby at London Irish. He played Lock for England, London Irish, Toulon and Harlequins.
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15. John Armitt
1946-. (aged 80)
civil engineer
engineer
businessperson
Sir John Alexander Armitt is an English civil engineer, and the final chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
16. Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
1945-2020 (aged 75)
politician
council member
Diana Margaret Pearson Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Baroness Beith was a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in a 1993 by-election but lost the seat at the subsequent 1997 general election to Conservative Christopher Chope. She re-entered Parliament as a life peer as Baroness Maddock, of Christchurch in the County of Dorset, in...
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17. David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey
1942-2022 (aged 80)
civil engineer
engineer
politician
David William George Chidgey, Baron Chidgey was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh from 1994 to 2005, and latterly sat in the House of Lords from 2005 until his death.
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18. Jonathan Bullock
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Jonathan Bullock FRSA is an English politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands constituency until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. He was third on the UKIP list for that constituency in the 2014 European election, and became an MEP on 1 August 2017, succeeding Roger Helmer. He...
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19. Lauren Steadman
1992-. (aged 34)
swimmer
triathlete
Lauren Steadman is a British Paralympic athlete who has competed in four Summer Paralympics, in both swimming and the paratriathlon. She competed at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London as a swimmer, before switching to the paratriathlon for the 2016 Games in Rio where she won a silver medal in the Women's...
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20. Martin Whitmarsh
1958-. (aged 68)
Martin Richard Whitmarsh is a British businessman and former Group CEO of the Aston Martin Formula One Team. Whitmarsh is best known to motorsport insiders, media, and fans for his long and successful period at McLaren, for which he worked for 25 years (1989–2014) in various senior positions, including group chief executive officer, as well as Formula One Team Principal...
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21. Saeid Zibakalam
1953-. (aged 73)
philosopher
Saeid Zibakalam is an Iranian academic and conservative political activist who self-identifies as a justice-seeker."
22. Andrea Byrne
1978-. (aged 48)
journalist
Andrea Byrne is an English journalist and presenter, currently working for ITV Cymru Wales, where she presents Wales at Six and Wales This Week.
23. Simon Hill
1967-. (aged 59)
television presenter
sports commentator
Simon Hill is an English football commentator based in Australia. He is also a musician and vocalist, specialising on the drums. He plays in several bands.
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24. Timothy Peake
1972-. (aged 54)
test pilot
helicopter pilot
astronaut
flight instructor
Major Timothy Nigel Peake CMG is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author.
25. Simon Armitage
1963-. (aged 63)
poet
novelist
Simon Robert Armitage is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds.
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26. Grayson Perry
1960-. (aged 66)
documentarian
printmaker
embroiderer
ceramicist
writer
Grayson Perry is an artist known for drag, ceramic vases and tapestries, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".
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27. Nira Chamberlain
1969-. (aged 57)
mathematician
Nira Cyril Chamberlain OBE CMath is a British mathematician based in Birmingham, UK. He is a Principal Consultant at AtkinsRéalis.
28. John Akomfrah
1957-. (aged 69)
film screenwriter
theorist
installation artist
filmmaker
film director
Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
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29. Rizwan Khan
1962-. (aged 64)
journalist
television presenter
Rizwan Ahmad Khan is a British broadcaster, journalist and author, known for being the TV host of the show Q&A with Riz Khan on CNN. From 2006 until April 2011 he hosted his own eponymous television show on Al Jazeera English. He first rose to prominence while working for the BBC and CNN.
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30. Mikhail Zygar
1981-. (aged 45)
editor-in-chief
writer
director
prose writer
media executive
Mikhail Viktorovich Zygar is a Russian-born journalist, writer and filmmaker, and the founding editor-in-chief of Russian news channel TV Rain (2010–2015). Under Zygar's leadership, TV Rain provided an alternative to Kremlin-controlled federal TV channels by focusing on news content and giving a platform to opposition voices. The channel's coverage of politically sensitive issues, like the Moscow street protests in 2011...
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31. Leila Ghandi
1980-. (aged 46)
television presenter
photographer
journalist
Leila Ghandi, nicknamed "The Moroccan Titouan Lamazou" or "Bent Battouta" (The daughter of Battuta), is a Moroccan photographer and journalist.
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32. George Simon
1947-2020 (aged 73)
archaeologist
painter
George Simon was a Guyanese Lokono Arawak artist and archaeologist. He was the founder and mentor of the Lokono Artists Group, a group of Lokono artists from Guyana, based primarily in his hometown of St. Cuthbert's Mission. Simon was widely regarded as one of the leading Guyanese artists of his generation, and his paintings (acrylic on canvas, paper or twill...
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33. Ben Fogle
1973-. (aged 53)
television presenter
explorer
television director
writer
broadcaster
Benjamin Myer Fogle FRGS is an English broadcaster, writer and adventurer, best known for his presenting roles on programmes shown on British television channels Channel 5, BBC and ITV.
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34. Laycon
1993-. (aged 33)
reality television participant
songwriter
media personality
rapper
singer
Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba, known professionally as Laycon, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and media personality. He was the winner of Big Brother Naija season 5 and is a youth ambassador of Ogun State, since 6 October 2020. In October 2022, he became a member of the Grammys Recording Academy voting committee.
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35. Ron Davies
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Ronald Davies was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1975, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics.
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