23 Notable alumni of University of the West of England
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of the West of England is ranked #683 in the world and #60 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from University of the West of England 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 the West of England won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ashley Fox
1969-. (aged 57)
solicitor
politician
Sir Ashley Peter Fox is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bridgwater since July 2024. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England and Gibraltar, and was leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019.
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2. Lee Chee Leong
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Lee Chee Leong is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). He served as one-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for Kampar constituency in Perak, Malaysia from March 2008 to May 2013. As MP, he was twice appointed a deputy minister, first at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 2008 to June 2010 and later at...
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3. Marko Stanojevic
1979-. (aged 47)
rugby union player
Marko Peter Stanojevic is an Italian rugby union footballer. He last played on the wing for Italian Top12 club Rovigo. Before his move to Italy, he had played four seasons with Bristol in England.
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4. Jay Hulme
1997-. (aged 29)
writer
Jay Anthony Hulme is an English transgender performance poet and author from Leicester.
5. Myles Jackman
lawyer
Myles Jackman is an English lawyer who specialises in defending cases related to pornography.
6. Meir Javedanfar
1973-. (aged 53)
journalist
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Israeli Middle East commentator and academic. He left Iran in 1987 and now lives in Israel. He has worked as a foreign affairs commentator at BBC Persian. With Yossi Melman, he co-authored The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran.
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7. David Drew
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
David Elliott Drew is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud from 1997 to 2010 and 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he was Shadow Minister for Farming and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019.
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8. Simon Shaw
1973-. (aged 53)
rugby union player
Simon Dalton Shaw is an English former rugby union player. He played as a lock for Bristol, London Wasps and Toulon. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011 and two for the British & Irish Lions, with whom he toured three times.
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9. Rob Hopkins
1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher
militant
writer
environmentalist
blogger
Rob Hopkins is an English environmental activist and writer, based in Totnes, England. He is best known as the founder and figurehead of the Transition movement, which he initiated in 2005. Hopkins has written six books on environmentalism and activism.
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10. Regina Leung
1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer
Regina Leung Tong Ching-yee is a former solicitor in Hong Kong. She is the wife of Leung Chun-ying, the former Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
11. David Hempleman-Adams
1956-. (aged 70)
company director
aircraft pilot
industrialist
writer
polar explorer
Sir David Kim Hempleman-Adams is a British industrialist and adventurer.
12. Dawn Primarolo
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the...
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13. Adjoa Andoh
1963-. (aged 63)
stage actor
film actor
Adjoa Aiboom Helen Andoh is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Lady Danbury in the Netflix Regency romance series Bridgerton, since 2020. Other roles on television include appearances in two series of Doctor Who as Francine Jones, 90 episodes of the BBC's long-running medical drama Casualty and EastEnders. On stage, she has played lead roles...
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14. David Knopfler
1952-. (aged 74)
record producer
poet
singer-songwriter
David Knopfler is a British musician. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band in 1980 during the recording of their third album, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist.
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15. CY Leung
1954-. (aged 72)
chartered surveyor
politician
Leung Chun-ying GBM GBS JP KCM, also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since March 2017. He was previously the third Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 2012 and 2017.
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16. Samantha Cameron
1971-. (aged 55)
homemaker
businessperson
Samantha Gwendoline Cameron, Baroness Cameron of Chipping Norton, is an English businesswoman. Until 2010, she was the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street. She is married to David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Foreign Secretary from 2023 to 2024. Cameron took on a part-time consultancy role at Smythson after...
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17. Weruche Opia
1987-. (aged 39)
businessperson
actor
Reanne Weruche Opia is a Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing. She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You (2020).
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18. Joe Talbot
1984-. (aged 42)
singer
Joseph Talbot is a Welsh singer. He has been the vocalist for British rock band Idles since their inception in 2009. In 2025, Talbot began hosting Oh Gatekeeper with Joe Talbot, a one-to-one interview-based podcast.
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19. Teo Nie Ching
1981-. (aged 45)
lawyer
politician
Teo Nie Ching is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Communications under Minister Fahmi Fadzil since December 2023 and previously served as the Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital, also under Minister Fahmi Fadzil from December 2022 to December 2023 in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. She had served...
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20. Miranda Hart
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
comedian
television actor
film actor
autobiographer
Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke, is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards and four BAFTA nominations for her self-driven semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Miranda (2009–2015).
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21. Jessica Raine
1982-. (aged 44)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Jessica Raine is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). Raine portrayed Catherine Parr in Becoming Elizabeth, a historical drama series featuring Elizabeth I as a teenager, in June 2022. From October...
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22. Jonathan Shaw
2001-2004 (aged 3)
photographer
academic
Jonathan Shaw is a British photographer and educator.
23. Tessa Hadley
1956-. (aged 70)
writer
novelist
short story writer
university teacher
Tessa Jane Hadley FRSL is a British author, who writes novels, short stories and nonfiction. Her writing is realistic and often focuses on family relationships. Her novels have twice reached the longlists of the Orange Prize and the Wales Book of the Year, and in 2016 she won the Hawthornden Prize, as well as one of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes...
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