Notable Alumni of University of Wales [Sorted List]

1. Wolfgang Messner

1971-. (aged 55)

computer scientist

Wolfgang Messner is Clinical Professor of International Business at the Darla Moore School of Business (University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC). Prior to coming to the University of South Carolina in August 2016, he was Professor of International Management at the MYRA School of Business in Mysore (India), and Director of GloBus Research.

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2. Alfred Weeks Szlumper

1858-1934 (aged 76)

civil engineer

Alfred Weeks Szlumper CBE, was a British railway engineer. He was the president of the Permanent Way Institution and the chief engineer of the London and South Western Railway and later the Southern Railway company.

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3. Euan Edworthy

1968-. (aged 58)

political scientist consultant entrepreneur

Euan Edworthy MBE is a British public relations (PR) consultant and philanthropist based in Prague, Czech Republic.

4. Samuel Ifor Enoch

1914-2001 (aged 87)

university teacher Christian minister

Samuel Ifor Enoch was Professor of New Testament Studies and Principal of the Presbyterian United Theological College, Aberystwyth in Wales.

5. Sharon Tregenza

1951-. (aged 75)

writer children's writer

Sharon Tregenza is a British author of children's books, stories and verse.

6. Christopher J. Yorath

1879-1932 (aged 53)

engineer

Christopher James Yorath was a Welsh-Canadian engineer and urban planner.

7. Edgar Rees Jones

1878-1962 (aged 84)

barrister jurist politician

Sir Edgar Rees Jones KBE MP was a Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1910 to 1918, and then for Merthyr from 1918 to 1922. During World War I he served as head of the Priorities Division of the Ministry of Munitions.

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8. Jaime Peraire

1960-. (aged 66)

academic

Jaime Peraire, from Barcelona, is the H. N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and former head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He specializes in computational aspects of aeronautics and astronautics.

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9. Daloni Metcalfe

1968-. (aged 58)

radio personality

Daloni Metcalfe is a Welsh television and radio presenter, currently presenting the Ffermio and Fferm Ffactor series on S4C.

10. Frank Coles

business executive

Frank Coles is a British-American entrepreneur and a maritime lawyer. He is well known as an anagram of Corn Flakes.

11. Juan Carlos Castilla

1940-. (aged 86)

university teacher biologist

Juan Carlos Castilla Zenobi is a marine biologist. He received his PhD from the University of Wales. Since 1965, he has been a faculty member at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 1985, he published a paper on a study which focused on a part of the Chilean coastline from which humans had been excluded. He is a recipient...

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12. John Tudno Williams

1938-. (aged 88)

translator Bible translator

John Tudno Williams FLSW was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales from 2006 to 2007 and the Principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth, from 1998 to 2003.

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13. Kenneth Bowen

1932-2018 (aged 86)

teacher conductor opera singer

Kenneth Bowen was a Welsh tenor who was Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

14. Emrys G. Bowen

1900-1983 (aged 83)

geographer

Emrys George Bowen FRGS, FSA, also known as E. G. Bowen, was an internationally renowned geographer with a particular interest in the physical geography and social geography of his native Wales. A diminutive figure, Bowen was on the academic staff of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from the 1920s and continued to...

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15. Don McKay

1942-. (aged 84)

poet

Don McKay CM is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator.

16. Mohamed El Maadid

physician

Mohammed G A Al Maadheed is a Qatari physician, retired general and writer. He is widely regarded as a pioneering figure in the development of the sports medicine field in Qatar. He has been involved in sports medicine projects in the country since 1991.

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17. Neil Costa

politician barrister

Neil Francis Costa is a Gibraltarian barrister and former politician affiliated to the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG). In December 2011 he was elected an MP to the Gibraltar Parliament and was elected Minister for Tourism, Public Transport, Commercial Affairs and the Port. After the Ministerial reshuffle of December 2014, he became Minister for Business and Employment. In October 2016,...

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18. David Russell Hulme

1951-. (aged 75)

conductor

David Russell Hulme is a Welsh conductor and musicologist. He is an emeritus reader and the former director of music at Aberystwyth University and is known for his research and publications on the music of Arthur Sullivan, the composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. He is also an authority on the music of Edward German.

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19. Leonard Brockington

1888-1966 (aged 78)

lawyer

Leonard Walter Brockington CMG QC was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, public figure, and the first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

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20. Mary Gillham

1921-2013 (aged 92)

university teacher writer lecturer botanist naturalist

Mary Eleanor Gillham MBE was a British naturalist, university lecturer, and writer, who was resident for many years in Gwaelod y Garth and then Radyr, in Cardiff, Wales until her death.

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21. Pauline van den Driessche

1941-. (aged 85)

computer scientist mathematician university teacher

Pauline van den Driessche is a British and Canadian applied mathematician who is a professor emerita in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Victoria, where she has also held an affiliation in the department of computer science. Her research interests include mathematical biology, matrix analysis, and stability theory.

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22. Susan Deacy

classical scholar university teacher

Susan Jane Deacy is a classical scholar who has been Professor of Classics at the University of Roehampton since January 2018. She researches the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, ancient Greek mythology and religion, and disability studies. She is also an expert on the teaching of subjects which are...

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23. Alan Wayne Jones

chemist

Alan Wayne Jones is a researcher and scholarly writer on the subject of forensic toxicology and human physiology relating to alcohol consumption. Jones was born in Pontypridd, Wales, UK, but worked for most of his career in Sweden.

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24. Russell Trood

1948-2017 (aged 69)

academic politician

Russell Brunell Trood was a Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland, Australia. His surprise election as the third Liberal from Queensland in the 2004 Australian federal election, along with 38 other Coalition Senators, gave the federal government of John Howard a majority in the Senate, and thus control of both houses of Parliament. He did not retain his...

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25. Rajshekhar Mansur

1942-2022 (aged 80)

author linguist

Rajshekhar Mansur was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. He was the son and disciple of vocalist Mallikarjun Mansur.

26. Nidal Hilal

1958-. (aged 68)

researcher editor chemical engineer

Nidal Hilal is an academic and engineering scientist known for his work in water research and membrane technology. He is a Global Network Professor at New York University and the founding director and principal investigator of NYUAD Water Research Center. Hilal previously held professorships at the University of Nottingham and Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He is an emeritus...

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27. Victoria Vesna

1959-. (aged 67)

university teacher video artist new media artist

Victoria Vesna is a digital media artist, theorist, and professor whose work investigates the interplay between art, science, technology, and consciousness. She is widely recognized as a pioneer of early Internet art: her projects Virtual Concrete (1993) and Bodies INC (1997) were among the first to use the web as a participatory, social, and performative environment, exploring virtual identity, collective...

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28. Robert Jones

1944-2010 (aged 66)

politician

Robert Jones is a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster.

29. Meri Huws

politician

Meri Huws is a Welsh academic and public official and formerly the Welsh Language Commissioner. Born in Carmarthenshire, she was educated at Ysgol Bro Gwaun, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she studied law and politics, and the University of Oxford, where she studied to be a social worker. She was the head of the Lifelong Learning Department at Bangor University,...

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30. Yemisi Aribisala

1973-. (aged 53)

writer

Yemisi Aribisala Listen is a Nigerian essayist, writer, painter, and food memoirist. She has been described as having a "fearless, witty, and unapologetic voice" Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue magazine, Chimurenga, Popula, Google Arts & Culture, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Critical Muslim 26: Gastronomy, Sandwich Magazine (The African Scramble), The Guardian (UK), Aké Review,...

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31. David S. Baxter

1955-2025 (aged 70)

priest

David Steward Baxter was a Scottish general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2006 until his death. A native of Scotland, and a resident of England at the time of his call, he was the third general authority who was native to the United Kingdom and also living there at the time of...

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32. Adefemi Kila

1945-. (aged 81)

politician

Adefemi KilaListen is a Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate, representing Ekiti Central in April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 years as a civil engineer and as a technical manager (administration) for 18 years. He is currently a council member of Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON. He is a devoted Christian...

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33. Barry Morgan

1947-. (aged 79)

Anglican priest

Barry Cennydd Morgan is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop from Neath, Wales who, from 2003 to Jan 2017, was Archbishop of Wales. He was both Primate and Metropolitan of the Church in Wales; Morgan was the Bishop of Bangor from 1992 to 1999, and was the Bishop of Llandaff from 1999 until his retirement in January 2017. He was the...

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34. Koh Nai Kwong

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Koh Nai Kwong is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as a Senator since March 2024 and from December 2020 to December 2023. He served as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam from 2007 to 2008, Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor...

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35. Bhawana Ghimire

sports executive

Bhawana Ghimire is a prominent Nepalese sports executive and cricket administrator. She served as the first CEO of the Cricket Association of Nepal from 2014 to 2016 and is currently the CEO of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) franchise, the Lumbini Lions. Under her leadership, the Lumbini Lions won the NPL Season 2 championship in 2025.

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36. David Caron

1952-2018 (aged 66)

jurist university teacher

David D. Caron was an American attorney who was the dean of the King's College London School of Law, and an emeritus professor of UC Berkeley School of Law. Caron was a Member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and a Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice. After his death it was said that "at (his) prime,...

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37. Jagadish Ghimire

1946-2013 (aged 67)

writer

Jagdish Ghimire was a Nepalese writer, political analyst and development worker.

38. Howard Riley

1943-2025 (aged 82)

pianist composer jazz musician

John Howard Riley was an English pianist and composer who worked in the jazz and experimental music idioms.

39. Tom Alweendo

minister businessperson politician

Thomas Kavaningilamo Alweendo is a Namibian politician who served as a Minister of Mines and Energy from 8 February 2018 to 21 March 2025. In 1997, he became the first Namibian Governor of the Bank of Namibia when he replaced Jafaar bin Ahmad of Malaysia.

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40. David Lloyd

1956-. (aged 70)

general practitioner politician

David Rees "Dai" Lloyd is a retired Welsh politician and GP. He was the Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011 and again between 2016 and 2021.

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41. Gilberto Rodríguez

1929-2004 (aged 75)

carcinologist botanist

Gilberto Domingo Rodríguez Ramírez was a Venezuelan carcinologist. Rodríguez is considered one of the contemporary figures of Venezuelan natural sciences who most contributed to their development in the country. His studies on the ecology of estuaries are recognized as worldwide references. Likewise, his carcinological studies on the family Pseudothelphusidae earned him recognition as an international researcher.

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42. David Beerling

1965-. (aged 61)

university teacher biologist

David John Beerling FRS FLSW is the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate change mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (APS) at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

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43. Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts

1913-1981 (aged 68)

politician

Goronwy Owen Goronwy-Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts, PC, FRSA, was a Welsh Labour member of Parliament.

44. Jane den Hollander

academic administrator cell biologist

Jane Elizabeth den Hollander AO is an Australian university administrator and was the sixth Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University. Den Hollander is currently serving as the Interim Vice Chancellor of Murdoch University.

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45. Gareth Davies

1955-. (aged 71)

cricketer rugby union player

William Gareth Davies is a Welsh former rugby union player and former chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union. He played international rugby for Wales and the British Lions.

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46. S. M. Khan

1957-2024 (aged 67)

civil servant

S. M. Khan was an Indian Information Service officer of Government of India. Khan, a 1982-batch IIS officer, had a long tenure with Central Bureau of Investigation as its spokesperson and Press Secretary to then President of India A P J Abdul Kalam, and served as Director of Jamia Hamdard Residential Coaching Academy.

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47. John Smith

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

John William Patrick Smith is a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from the 1989 by-election to 1992 and from 1997 to the 2010 general elections.

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48. Andrew Gould

1964-. (aged 62)

judge

Andrew Frederick James Gould is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger.

49. Jane Davidson

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Jane Davidson is a Welsh former Labour politician, the former Assembly Member for Pontypridd, and served as minister for environment, sustainability and housing in the Welsh Government. She also previously served as the Welsh vice-president of the Ramblers' Association, stepping down when appointed minister for environment, sustainability and housing in 2007. She announced in 2008 that she would not be...

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50. Grace Ibingira

1932-1995 (aged 63)

politician minister

Grace Stuart Katebariirwe Ibingira was a Ugandan lawyer and politician.

51. Lin Bih-jaw

1949-. (aged 77)

politician internationalist

Lin Bih-jaw is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who served as the Secretary-General to the President from May to October 2016.

52. Tan Yee Kew

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Tan Yee Kew is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of International Trade and Industry from March 2004 to March 2008. She is a member and Chairperson of the Disciplinary Board of the People's Justice...

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53. Mick Antoniw

1954-. (aged 72)

solicitor jurist politician

Mick Antoniw is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician and lawyer, who was Counsel General for Wales from 2021 to 2024, having previously served in the position from 2016 to 2017. He also previously served as Minister for the Constitution from 2021 to 2024. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Pontypridd since 2011.

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54. Michael Batty

1945-. (aged 81)

geographer university teacher

Michael Batty CBE FBA FRS FAcSS is a British academic currently appointed as Bartlett Professor of Planning in The Bartlett at University College London. His work spans the fields of urban planning, geography and spatial data science. He has been Director—now Chairman—of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, set up when he was appointed to UCL in 1995. His research...

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55. Steph Swainston

1974-. (aged 52)

novelist science fiction writer writer

Stephanie Jane Swainston is a British literary fantasy/science fiction author, known for the Castle series. Her debut novel, The Year of Our War (2004), won the 2005 Crawford Award and a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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56. Karen Lord

1968-. (aged 58)

novelist

Karen Lord is a Barbadian writer of speculative fiction. Her first novel, Redemption in Indigo (2010), retells the story "Ansige Karamba the Glutton" from Senegalese folklore and her second novel, The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013), is an example of social science fiction. Lord also writes on the sociology of religion.

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57. James Maloney

1964-. (aged 62)

lawyer politician

James V. Maloney MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.

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58. Ioannis Plakiotakis

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Giannis Plakiotakis is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy following the resignation of Vangelis Meimarakis. He has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (MP) for Lasithi since 2004.

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59. John Githongo

1966-. (aged 60)

journalist

John Gìthongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in Kenya and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, took on an official governmental position to fight corruption. In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud. In the Anglo-leasing corruption which he blew the lid over, fraudulent deliveries of government military and...

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60. Richard Barnes

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Richard Michael Barnes is a British politician, who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012. A former member of the Conservative Party, Barnes served as the Leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2007 to 2008, and was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Ealing and Hillingdon from 2000 to 2012, when he...

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61. Maimunah Mohd Sharif

1961-. (aged 65)

women's rights activist politician gestor

Dato' Seri Maimunah binti Mohd Sharif is a Malaysian civil servant and urban planner who served as the 15th Mayor of Kuala Lumpur from August 2024 until November 2025. She also served as the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) from January 2018 until January 2024, becoming the first Asian woman to serve as Executive Director...

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62. Derek Thomas

1953-. (aged 73)

theologian

Derek W. H. Thomas is a Welsh Reformed theologian and pastor. Known for his teaching, writing, and editorial work, he retired in December 2023 as the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina. He is currently serving as interim preacher at First Presbyterian Church in Yazoo City, MS. He continues as distinguished visiting professor of systematic and...

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63. Dannie Abse

1923-2014 (aged 91)

poet writer physician writer

Daniel Abse CBE FRSL was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years.

64. John Silkin

1923-1987 (aged 64)

politician

John Ernest Silkin was a British left-wing Labour politician and solicitor.

65. Christina Rees

1954-. (aged 72)

politician barrister

Christina Rees is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament for Neath from 2015 to 2024. She is a member of the Labour and Co-operative parties.

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66. Syed Mustafa Kamal

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Syed Mustafa Kamal is a Pakistani politician who is the current Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination since 2025. He is also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2024.

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67. Aneirin Hughes

1958-. (aged 68)

singer actor television actor

Aneirin Hughes is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a Welsh language film.

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68. Joseph Y. Yun

1954-. (aged 72)

diplomat

Joseph Yuosang Yun is a retired American diplomat, most recently serving as the acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. His previous assignment was as U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations, appointed in March 2022 by President Joe Biden to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association, the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely...

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69. Fuziah Salleh

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Fuziah binti Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Ministers Salahuddin Ayub and Armizan Mohd Ali as well as Senator since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of...

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70. 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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71. Keith Ward

1938-. (aged 88)

university teacher theologian philosopher priest Anglican priest

Keith Ward FBA is an English philosopher and theologian. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest.

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72. Ghazali Shafie

1922-2010 (aged 88)

diplomat entrepreneur politician

Muhammad Ghazali bin Shafie was a Malaysian politician and diplomat. He served under the administrations of four Prime Ministers, most notably as Minister of Home and Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1984.

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73. Neil Brand

1958-. (aged 68)

composer television actor pianist actor

Neil Brand is an English dramatist, composer and author. In addition to being a regular silent film accompanist at London's National Film Theatre, Brand has composed new scores for two restored films from the 1920s, The Wrecker and Anthony Asquith's Underground.

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74. S. O. Davies

1886-1972 (aged 86)

miner politician trade unionist

Stephen Owen Davies, generally known as S. O. Davies, was a Welsh miner, trade union official and Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1950 to 1972, and previously Merthyr from 1934 to 1950. In 1970, when well past 80, he was deselected as parliamentary candidate by his local party association on...

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75. Nick Fry

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson

Nicholas Richard Fry is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, having previously served in similar roles at previous incarnations of the company.

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76. Alun Cairns

1970-. (aged 56)

blogger politician

Alun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan from 2010 to 2024. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 2016 to 2019.

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77. Vaughan Gething

1974-. (aged 52)

lawyer politician

Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gething is a Welsh Labour Co-op politician who served as First Minister of Wales from March to August 2024, and served as leader of Welsh Labour from March to July 2024, making him the first black leader of any European country. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth since...

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78. Claire Keegan

1968-. (aged 58)

writer

Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.

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79. Leanne Wood

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Leanne Wood is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021.

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80. Chung Dong-young

1953-. (aged 73)

diplomat politician journalist

Chung Dong-young is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of unification since late July 2025.

81. Ewuare II

1953-. (aged 73)

diplomat

Ewuare II was crowned the Oba of Benin on 20 October 2016. He is the 40th Oba, a title created for the Head of State (Emperor) of the Benin Empire at some time between 1180 and 1300.

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82. Babita Sharma

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist television presenter

Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader who worked on the domestic BBC News Channel and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday to Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore. Sharma stopped presenting on BBC News during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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83. John Sessions

1953-2020 (aged 67)

comedian television actor screenwriter film actor stage actor

John Sessions was a British actor and comedian. He was known as a regular performer on comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as co-creator, co-writer and co-star of the sitcom Stella Street, as a panellist on QI, and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and Hollywood.

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84. Rachel Roberts

1927-1980 (aged 53)

stage actor film actor

Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This...

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85. Mona Yamamoto

1976-. (aged 50)

tarento news presenter journalist announcer

Mona Yamamoto is a Japanese TV announcer and presenter. Her father is Norwegian and she became a naturalized Japanese citizen at the age of 6.

86. Mark Drakeford

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Mark Drakeford is a Welsh politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance since September 2024, having previously held the position from 2016 to 2018. He previously served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2018 to 2024, and as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care from 2013 to 2016, and on an interim...

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87. Bilal Philips

1947-. (aged 79)

teacher writer podcaster Islamic theologian Islamicist

Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, and who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a Salafi who advocates a traditional, literal form of Islam.

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88. Strive Masiyiwa

1961-. (aged 65)

humanitarian philanthropist businessperson

Strive Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of international technology groups Econet Global and Cassava Technologies. As of January 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$2.7 billion.

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89. John Griffiths

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

The Venerable John Griffiths, BD, Rector of Neath, was Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1877 to 1897.

90. Roger Whittaker

1936-2023 (aged 87)

composer whistle artist singer-songwriter guitarist writer

Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was a Kenyan/British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mixture of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He was best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills.

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91. Mmusi Maimane

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Mmusi Aloysias Maimane is a South African politician, businessman, and leader of Build One South Africa, a political party. Maimane is also the former Leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) political party from 10 May 2015 to 23 October 2019, and the former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa from 29 May 2014...

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92. Tunde Adegbola

1955-. (aged 71)

engineer linguist

Tunde Adegbola Listen, also known as T. A. or Uncle T, is a scientist, musician, engineer, linguist and culture activist. He is best known for his work in setting up most of the pioneering private television and radio stations in Nigeria. He is the founder of TIWA systems and the executive director of Alt-i (African Languages Technology Initiative).

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93. Folasade Ogunsola

1958-. (aged 68)

researcher

Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola OON is a Nigerian professor of medical microbiology, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. She specializes in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ogunsola was provost of College of Medicine, University of Lagos and the first woman to occupy the position. She was also the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development Services) of the institution between 2017 and 2021....

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94. Ado J. G. Muhammad

1967-. (aged 59)

physician

Dr. Ado Jimada Gana Muhammad is the Global Programme Director at the D-8 Health and Social Protection Programme and was once the Executive Director/CEO of the Nigeria' s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the government organ responsible for developing national primary health care (PHC) policy and supporting states and Local Government Areas (LGAs) to implement them. Dr. Muhammad...

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95. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal

1962-. (aged 64)

minister civil servant politician journalist businessperson

Ibrahim Mohammed Awal is a Ghanaian journalist, marketer, entrepreneur and politician. He was CEO of Graphic Communications Group and Chase Petroleum. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and has served as Minister of Business Development of Ghana since 2017. He was the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture.

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96. Zaghloul El-Naggar

1933-2025 (aged 92)

writer university teacher geologist preacher

Zaghloul Ragheb Mohammed Al Naggar, better known as Zaghloul El-Naggar, was an Egyptian geologist, Islamic scholar and author. The main theme of El-Naggar's books was science in Quran; his philosophy of science is blended with religion. He left his academic career to become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur'an, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.

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