Notable Alumni of University of Sussex [Sorted List]

1. Andrew George

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Andrew Henry George is an English and Cornish Liberal Democrat politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives in Cornwall since 2024, previously representing the constituency from 1997 to 2015, when he was defeated by the Conservatives' Derek Thomas. He was the vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Housing and Planning Group in the 2010 parliament. George...

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2. Mateusz Szczurek

1975-. (aged 51)

university teacher economist politician

Mateusz Szczurek is a Polish economist and politician. He was the Polish Minister of Finance in the governments of successive prime ministers Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz from 2013 to 2015.

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3. Matt Rodda

1966-. (aged 60)

civil servant politician journalist

Matthew Richard Allen Rodda is a British Labour Party politician, former journalist, and civil servant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading Central, previously Reading East, since 2017.

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4. Howie Severino

1961-. (aged 65)

journalist

Horacio "Howie" Gorospe Severino is a Filipino broadcast journalist, anchor, host, documentarist and podcaster who is currently working in GMA Network, as consultant of GMA Integrated News, editor-at-large of GMA News Online, and is best known for hosting GMA Public Affairs' documentary program i-Witness.

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5. Simon Gillham

1956-. (aged 70)

rugby union executive business executive

Simon Gillham is the co-owner and director of the professional French rugby team Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin. He is also chairman of the English Championship, the second level of men's English rugby. Between 2007 and 2022, he was a member of Vivendi’s Management board. He is the father of 4 Franco-British children.

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6. Mo Foster

1944-2023 (aged 79)

session musician guitarist bassist

Michael Ralph "Mo" Foster was an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Through a career spanning over half a century, Foster toured, recorded, and performed with dozens of artists, including Jeff Beck, Gil Evans, Gary Moore, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, Joan Armatrading, Gerry Rafferty, Brian May, Scott Walker, Frida of ABBA, Cliff Richard, George Martin,...

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7. Giles Ji Ungpakorn

1953-. (aged 73)

historian

Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a Thai-British academic, and Marxist political activist, who formerly worked as a teacher at Chulalongkorn University. He worked as an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom in 2009 after facing a lèse majesté charge in Thailand.

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8. Helen Boaden

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist

Helen Boaden is a British former broadcasting executive who spent more than 30 years working for the BBC, including as Director of Radio between February 2013 and September 2016.

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9. Simon Segars

1967-. (aged 59)

entrepreneur chief executive officer

Simon Anthony Segars FRS is a British business executive who was chief executive officer (CEO) of ARM Holdings plc from 2013 to 2022. ARM is the UK's largest semiconductor IP company headquartered in Cambridge, England, and was acquired by SoftBank Group for £24.3 billion in 2016.

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10. Suma Chakrabarti

1959-. (aged 67)

economist

Sir Sumantra "Suma" Chakrabarti KCB is a British former civil servant who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from July 2012 to July 2020. He was previously the highest ranking Indian in Britain's civil service, serving as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from late 2007...

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11. Simon Fanshawe

1956-. (aged 70)

writer

Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe OBE is an English writer, activist and broadcaster. He contributes frequently to British newspapers, television and radio. Fanshawe is also now a consultant and non-executive director of public and private organisations. He was one of the founders of the LGBT charity Stonewall, and won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1989. In 2019, Fanshawe became one of...

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12. Dave Camp

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer employee politician

David Lee Camp is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015. Camp represented Michigan's 4th congressional district since 1993, and previously served one term representing Michigan's 10th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Camp was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, serving...

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13. Zoe Strimpel

1982-. (aged 44)

journalist

Zoe Strimpel is a British conservative columnist and commentator. Strimpel writes a weekly opinion column for The Sunday Telegraph.

14. Lai Shin-Yuan

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher politician

Lai Shin-yuan is a Taiwanese social scientist who served as minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 2008 to 2012.

15. Ricardo Lagos Weber

1962-. (aged 64)

economist lawyer politician

Ricardo Andrés Lagos Weber, son of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, is a politician who served as the Ministry General Secretariat of Government of Chile in the administration of former President Michelle Bachelet after having worked for Bachelet's 2005-2006 campaign.

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16. Enele Sopoaga

1956-. (aged 70)

diplomat politician

Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019.

17. Peter Jonas

1946-2020 (aged 74)

theatre manager intendant talent manager

Sir John Peter Jonas CBE FRCM FRSA was a British arts administrator and opera company director.

18. Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala

1979-. (aged 47)

women's rights activist mountaineer

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala is a Sri Lankan women’s rights activist with 20 years of experience and a rock climber / mountaineer for nearly as long. She has worked at national, regional, and global levels as a technical advisor, advocate, trainer, researcher, and program manager on issues relating to gender, gender-based violence, sexuality, masculinity, women’s human rights, and more recently, women in...

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19. John M. Ball

1948-. (aged 78)

mathematician university teacher

Sir John Macleod Ball is a British mathematician and former Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the president of the International Mathematical Union from 2003 to 2006 and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

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20. Anil Seth

1972-. (aged 54)

neuroscientist university teacher

Anil Kumar Seth is a British neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. A proponent of materialist explanations of consciousness, he is currently amongst the most cited scholars on the topics of neuroscience and cognitive science globally.

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21. Catherine Mayer

1961-. (aged 65)

journalist

Catherine Mayer is an American-born British author and journalist, and the co-founder and President of the former Women's Equality Party (WE) in the UK.

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22. Ben Sidran

1943-. (aged 83)

television presenter non-fiction writer radio personality jazz pianist songwriter

Ben Hirsh Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer and performer Leo Sidran.

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23. Shamshad Akhtar

1954-2025 (aged 71)

banker economist

Shamshad Akhtar was a Pakistani development economist, United Nations diplomat, banker and politician who served as the caretaker finance minister of Pakistan from 2023 to 2024 as well as from 5 June 2018 to 18 August 2018.

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24. Kenan Malik

1960-. (aged 66)

biologist journalist neuroscientist philosopher

Kenan Malik is a British writer, lecturer and broadcaster, trained in neurobiology and the history of science. As an academic author, his focus is on the philosophy of biology, and contemporary theories of multiculturalism, pluralism, and race. These topics are core concerns in The Meaning of Race (1996), Man, Beast and Zombie (2000) and Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides Are...

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25. Lucie Green

1975-. (aged 51)

astrophysicist astronomer physicist television presenter

Lucinda "Lucie" Green is a British science communicator and solar physicist.

26. Stuart Townend

1963-. (aged 63)

singer hymnwriter songwriter

Stuart Townend is an English Christian worship leader and writer of hymns and contemporary worship music. His songs include "In Christ Alone", (2001, co-written with Keith Getty, Townend's first collaboration with any other songwriter), "How Deep The Father's Love For Us", "Beautiful Saviour" and "The King of Love". As of 2008, Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) lists "In Christ Alone"...

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27. John Gribbin

1946-. (aged 80)

novelist science fiction writer physicist journalist astrophysicist

John R. Gribbin is a British science writer and astrophysicist. His subjects include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change and cosmology. He is a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. Best known for In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, he has also written biographies of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Buddy Holly. Robert Macfarlane calls him "one of...

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28. Ben Bradshaw

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher politician journalist

Sir Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1997 to 2024. Before entering politics he worked as a BBC Radio reporter.

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29. Sherry Rehman

1960-. (aged 66)

diplomat politician journalist

Shehrbano "Sherry" Rehman is a Pakistani politician and journalist who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2015. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from March to August 2018 and served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2013. She is currently serving as the Federal Minister for...

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30. Hattie Hayridge

1959-. (aged 67)

stand-up comedian actor comedian film actor

Hattie Hayridge is a British comedian and actress, best known for the role of Holly in Red Dwarf during the third, fourth and fifth series. She was described as a "cult figure in a beloved sit-com" by The List in 2007.

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31. Zhang Xin

1965-. (aged 61)

entrepreneur chief executive officer

Zhang Xin is an American businesswoman best known for co-founding the real estate developer SOHO China with her husband Pan Shiyi.

32. Dan Norris

1960-. (aged 66)

politician council member

Dan Norris is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset and Hanham since 2024. He previously served as Mayor of the West of England from 2021 to 2025, and as the MP for Wansdyke from 1997 to 2010.

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33. Beardyman

1982-. (aged 44)

YouTuber beatboxer vlogger musician

Darren Alexander Foreman, better known as Beardyman, is an English musical producer, DJ, multivocalist, musician and comedian from London known for his beatboxing skills and use of live looping.

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34. Froyla Tzalam

1971-. (aged 55)

anthropologist politician

Dame Froyla Tzalam GCMG is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the third governor-general of Belize since 27 May 2021.

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35. Harry Kroto

1939-2016 (aged 77)

university teacher chemist scientist

Sir Harold Walter Kroto was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recipient of many other honors and awards.

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36. Josephine Wiggs

1965-. (aged 61)

guitarist

Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs, simply known as Josephine Wiggs, is an English multi-instrumentalist rock musician, best known for her work as bassist in the alternative rock bands The Breeders and The Perfect Disaster. She has also formed multiple side-projects, including her own bands Honey Tongue, The Josephine Wiggs Experience, and Dusty Trails.

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37. Heydon Prowse

1981-. (aged 45)

actor climate activist

Heydon Prowse is a British activist, journalist, satirist, director and comedian. He is best known for writing and performing in BBC Three's Bafta-winning The Revolution Will Be Televised alongside Jolyon Rubinstein. As part of that show he gave George Osborne a GCSE maths text book, a stunt that featured on the front cover of The Daily Telegraph and other publications.

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38. Brendan Foster

1948-. (aged 78)

long-distance runner marathon runner middle-distance runner

Sir Brendan Foster CBE is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser. He founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European...

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39. Euclid Tsakalotos

1960-. (aged 66)

economist philosopher university teacher politician

Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of the Central Committee of Syriza and has represented Athens B in the Hellenic Parliament since May 2012. He left Syriza in November 2023 and on 5 December 2023 he became founding member of New...

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40. Alice Arnold

1962-. (aged 64)

actor news presenter journalist

Alice Arnold is a British broadcaster and journalist. She was a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 for more than twenty years until the end of December 2012. She currently works for Bauer Media Audio UK hosting on Mellow Magic.

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41. Festus Mogae

1939-. (aged 87)

politician minister

Festus Gontebanye Mogae is a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004. After ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama.

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42. Kim Newman

1959-. (aged 67)

playwright novelist science fiction writer film critic journalist

Kim James Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. He is interested in film history and horror fiction – both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven – and alternative history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.

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43. Angela Barnes

1976-. (aged 50)

actor comedian stand-up comedian

Angela Barnes is an English stand-up comedian, mostly known for her appearances on Mock the Week.

44. Peter Kyle

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Peter John Kyle is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade since September 2025. He previously served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from July 2024 to September 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...

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45. Caroline Nokes

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Romsey and Southampton North since 2010.

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46. Cosmo Sheldrake

1989-. (aged 37)

musician

Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake is an English musician, composer, and producer. He is the son of parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake and voice teacher Jill Purce, and the brother of mycologist Merlin Sheldrake. He released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the Pelicans We EP in 2015.

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47. Marina Mahathir

1957-. (aged 69)

journalist

Marina binti Mahathir is a Malaysian socio-political activist and writer. She is the eldest child of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad and Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali. She graduated with a degree in international relations from the University of Sussex and in 2019, completed a master's in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at the University of East...

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48. Peter Hain

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, PC is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2007 to 2008 and twice as Secretary of State for Wales from 2002 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member...

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49. Becky Anderson

1967-. (aged 59)

journalist television presenter

Rebecca Anderson is a British journalist and the anchor of CNN International's flagship news and current affairs primetime news program Connect the World. She previously hosted Business International.

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50. Jem

1975-. (aged 51)

songwriter singer-songwriter recording artist singer

Jemma Gwynne Griffiths, known by her stage name Jem, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, and record producer.

51. A. C. Grayling

1949-. (aged 77)

university teacher philosopher

Anthony Clifford Grayling CBE FRSA FRSL is a British philosopher and author. He was born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and spent most of his childhood there and in Nyasaland (now Malawi). Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of...

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52. Mohammad Shtayyeh

1958-. (aged 68)

economist writer politician

Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh is a Palestinian politician, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Palestine from 2019 to 2024. On 26 February 2024, he and his government announced their resignation, remaining in office in a demissionary capacity until a new government was formed on 31 March 2024.

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53. Guy Standing

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher economist teacher

Guy Standing FAcSS is a British labour economist. He is a professor of development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). Standing has written widely in the areas of labour economics, labour market policy, unemployment, labour market flexibility, structural adjustment policies and social protection. He...

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54. Owen Smith

1970-. (aged 56)

television producer politician journalist

Owen Smith is a British lobbyist and former politician. A member of the Labour Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 2010 to 2019.

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55. Guy Scott

1944-. (aged 82)

minister economist politician

Guy Lindsay Scott is a Zambian politician, who served as acting president of Zambia from 2014 to 2015, and was the 12th vice president from 2011 to 2014. Scott became acting president upon Michael Sata's death in office on 28 October 2014. This made him the first head of state of European descent in mainland Africa since F. W. de...

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56. Hélio Oiticica

1937-1980 (aged 43)

filmmaker performance artist painter sculptor draftsperson

Hélio Oiticica was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement, for his innovative use of color, and for what he later termed "environmental art," which included Parangolés and Penetrables, like the famous Tropicália. Oiticica was also a filmmaker and writer.

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57. Steve Toussaint

1965-. (aged 61)

film actor actor television actor

Stephen Toussaint is a British actor and writer. He first gained prominence through his role in the ITV crime drama The Knock (1994–2000). Currently, he plays Lord Corlys Velaryon in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon.

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58. Cariad Lloyd

1982-. (aged 44)

actor comedian improviser

Katie Cariad Lloyd is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster. She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the creator and host of Griefcast, and an improv teacher.

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59. Virginia Wade

1945-. (aged 81)

tennis player

Sarah Virginia Wade is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four majors. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles.

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60. Hilary Benn

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds South, formerly Leeds Central, since 1999. He previously served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 2001 to...

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61. Mura Masa

1996-. (aged 30)

composer recording artist record producer disc jockey

Alexander George Edward Crossan, better known by his stage name Mura Masa, is a Guernsey-born electronic record producer and songwriter. Crossan is best known for his 2016 song "Lovesick" (featuring ASAP Rocky), which peaked at number 59 on the UK singles chart. He produced English singer PinkPantheress' 2022 single "Boy's a Liar", which peaked at number two on the chart,...

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62. Nigel Planer

1953-. (aged 73)

comedian television actor writer film actor playwright

Nigel George Planer is a British actor, writer and musician. His television credits include playing Neil in the sitcom The Young Ones and Ralph Filthy in the sitcom Filthy, Rich and Catflap and narrating the children's animated series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock...

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63. Bruno Heller

1960-. (aged 66)

film producer executive producer film director showrunner television producer

Bruno Heller is a British screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for creating the HBO television series Rome, the CBS television series The Mentalist, the FOX television series Gotham, based on the Batman franchise, and co-creating the Gotham prequel television series Pennyworth, based on the Batman and V for Vendetta franchises, for Epix and HBO Max.

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64. Raj Rajaratnam

1957-. (aged 69)

financier banker

Rajakumaran Rajaratnam is a Sri Lankan-American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm. He is also the author of his memoir, Uneven Justice: The Plot to Sink Galleon.

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65. Philippa Gregory

1954-. (aged 72)

writer novelist

Philippa Gregory CBE is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two films.

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66. Tony Banks

1950-. (aged 76)

guitarist songwriter pianist composer keyboardist

Anthony George Banks is an English musician primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo studio albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music.

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67. Clive Myrie

1964-. (aged 62)

journalist television presenter

Clive Augustus Myrie is a British journalist, newsreader and presenter for the BBC. He is one of the channel's chief news presenters and correspondents, as well as its election results presenter. Since August 2021, he has been the host of the long-running BBC quiz shows Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind.

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68. Sara Pascoe

1981-. (aged 45)

comedian screenwriter writer opinion journalist stand-up comedian

Sara Patricia Pascoe is an English comedian, actress, presenter and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Taskmaster for Channel 4 and QI for BBC Two.

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69. Lucy Worsley

1973-. (aged 53)

historian writer television presenter

Lucy Worsley is an English historian, author, curator, television presenter and podcaster. She was the joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces from 2003 to 2024, but is best known amongst UK television viewers as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.

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70. Noel Tata

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson

Noel Naval Tata is an Indian businessman of Parsi descent. He is the chairman of the Tata Sons, Trent and Tata Investment Corporation, the managing director of Tata International, and the vice chairman of Titan Company and Tata Steel.

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71. Jessie Ware

1984-. (aged 42)

composer singer-songwriter recording artist singer

Jessica Lois Ware is a British singer and songwriter. She came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album, Devotion (2012), which peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and produced the single "Wildest Moments". Her second studio album, Tough Love (2014), reached number nine in the UK and produced the singles "Tough Love" and "Say...

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72. Bertie Carvel

1977-. (aged 49)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Robert Hugh Carvel is a British actor. He has twice won a Laurence Olivier Award: for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical, and for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Rupert Murdoch in Ink. For the latter role, he won the Tony Award...

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73. Walter O'Brien

1978-. (aged 48)

television producer computer security white hat chief executive officer

Walter O'Brien is an Irish businessman and information technologist. He was also the executive producer and loose inspiration for the television series Scorpion. He is known for his claims of various accomplishments (such as a childhood IQ of 197) that have not withstood scrutiny.

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74. Jim Carter

1948-. (aged 78)

stage actor television actor film actor actor lighting designer

James Edward Carter is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mr Carson in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), which earned him four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012–2015). He reprised the role in the feature films Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey: A New...

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75. 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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76. Claudia Hammond

1971-. (aged 55)

radio personality writer opinion journalist psychologist journalist

Claudia Anne Hammond is a British author, frequent radio presenter and podcast host for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and occasional TV presenter.

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77. Ian McEwan

1948-. (aged 78)

playwright film screenwriter novelist film producer author

Ian Russell McEwan CH CBE FRSA FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him at number 35 on its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945", and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 out of "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".

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78. Michael Fabricant

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his defeat in 2024.

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79. Dermot Murnaghan

1957-. (aged 69)

television presenter presenter journalist

Dermot John Murnaghan is an English media personality, notable as a journalist, news reporter and television host. He has been a presenter for numerous networks, including at Channel 4, a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He presented news programmes in a variety of time slots from when he joined Sky News in 2007, until...

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80. Caroline Ansell

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Caroline Julie Porte Ansell is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 2015 to 2017, and again from 2019 to 2024.

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81. John Altman

1949-. (aged 77)

conductor composer jazz musician

John Altman is an English film composer, music arranger, orchestrator and conductor.

82. Kemi Badenoch

1980-. (aged 46)

author politician

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since November 2024. Badenoch previously worked in the Cabinet for prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024. She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex, previously Saffron Walden, in 2017.

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83. Frankie Boyle

1972-. (aged 54)

television presenter autobiographer comedian journalist stand-up comedian

Francis Martin Patrick Boyle is a Scottish comedian and writer. Boyle first gained widespread recognition as a regular panellist on the comedy show Mock the Week from 2005 until 2009. He then created and starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights (2010) and BBC Two's chat show Frankie Boyle's New World Order (2017–2022). In 2020, he...

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84. Billy Idol

1955-. (aged 71)

singer songwriter guitarist

William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He later embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made him a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in America.

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85. Jeremy Deller

1966-. (aged 60)

filmmaker video artist performance artist artist

Jeremy Deller is an English conceptual, video and installation artist. Much of Deller's work is collaborative; it has a strong political aspect, in the subjects dealt with and also the devaluation of artistic ego through the involvement of other people in the creative process. He won the Turner Prize in 2004 and represented Great Britain at the 55th Venice Biennale...

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86. Michael Buerk

1946-. (aged 80)

broadcaster news presenter journalist

Michael Duncan Buerk is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One's docudrama 999 from 1992 to 2003. From 2017, Buerk also presented the TV programme Royal Recipes which ran for two series.

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87. Norman Davies

1939-. (aged 87)

historian university teacher

Ivor Norman Richard Davies CMG FBA FRHistS is a British and Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a special interest in Central and Eastern Europe and is UNESCO Professor at the Jagiellonian University, professor emeritus at University College London, a visiting professor at the Collège d'Europe, and an...

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88. Dimitri Nanopoulos

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher theoretical physicist physicist

Dimitri V. Nanopoulos is a Greek physicist residing in New York. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 57,000 times across a number of separate branches of science.

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89. Yannis Ragousis

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Giannis Ragousis is a Greek economist and politician of SYRIZA who had previously served in the government of Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

90. Srđa Trifković

1954-. (aged 72)

historian writer journalist

Srđa Trifković is a Serbian-American publicist, politician and historian. He is currently a foreign affairs editor for the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles, and a politics professor at the University of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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91. Alan Woods

1944-. (aged 82)

journalist writer

Alan Woods is a British Trotskyist political theorist and author. He is one of the leading members of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) and was a founder of Socialist Appeal (now the Revolutionary Communist Party). He is political editor of the RCI's In Defence of Marxism website. Woods was a leading supporter within the Militant tendency within the Labour Party...

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92. Rebeca Grynspan

1955-. (aged 71)

economist lawyer politician

Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis is a Costa Rican economist who has been serving as Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 13 September 2021.

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93. Carlos Alvarado Quesada

1980-. (aged 46)

journalist writer

Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist, and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), he previously served as Minister of Labor and Social Security under President Luis Guillermo Solís.

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94. Albie Sachs

1935-. (aged 91)

writer lawyer judge university teacher

Albert Louis Sachs OLS, known as Albie Sachs, is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela.

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95. Thabo Mbeki

1942-. (aged 84)

minister economist politician

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.

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96. Eberechi Wike

1972-. (aged 54)

judge

Eberechi Suzzette Wike is a Nigerian jurist and lawyer. A judge in the Rivers State High Court, she is the wife of former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.

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97. Noureddine Melikechi

1958-. (aged 68)

physicist university teacher

Noureddine Melikechi is an Algerian atomic, molecular, and optical physicist, educator and inventor. He is the author of more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, six book chapters and 15 patents. He is a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s largest Mars exploration effort to date. Melikechi is dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and professor at the University of...

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98. John Cornforth

1917-2013 (aged 96)

university teacher chemist

Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., AC, CBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.

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99. Andrew Morton

1953-. (aged 73)

biographer writer journalist

Andrew Keith Paul Morton is an Australian software engineer. He is one of the lead developers of the Linux kernel, and a co-maintainer of the Ext3 file system, the journaling layer for block devices (JBD) and memory management.

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100. Clive Hamilton

1953-. (aged 73)

economist professor writer

Clive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual currently serving as Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University. He is a member of the board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government, and is the founder and former...

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