Notable Alumni of University of Warwick [Sorted List]

1. Lo Wai-kwok

1953-. (aged 73)

engineer justice of the peace politician

Lo Wai-kwok is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the chairman of the BPA.

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2. Pippa Norris

1953-. (aged 73)

university teacher political scientist

Pippa Norris is a British American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. She is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, and she has served as the Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.

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3. DJ Yoda

1977-. (aged 49)

disc jockey

Duncan Beiny, better known as DJ Yoda, is a hip hop DJ who uses samples to create an animated musical style. He is known for several awards and media industry achievements.

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4. Philip Barton

1963-. (aged 63)

diplomat

Sir Philip Robert Barton GCMG OBE is a British diplomat, formerly the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India; he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.

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5. Pierre Pettigrew

1951-. (aged 75)

politician diplomat foreign minister business consultant businessperson

Pierre Stewart Pettigrew PC is a Canadian politician and businessman.

6. Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde

1992-. (aged 34)

politician

Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde is a Norwegian politician.

7. Chan Yuen-han

1946-. (aged 80)

trade unionist politician

Chan Yuen-han, SBS, JP is a former member of Hong Kong Legislative Council and a noted Hong Kong female trade unionist. She is the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, and was one of the 52 founding members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

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8. Vivien Goldman

1954-. (aged 72)

writer songwriter singer music journalist

Vivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician.

9. Kevin Foster

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Kevin John Foster is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Torbay from 2015 to 2024. He served as Minister of State for Transport from September 2022 until October 2022. Foster served under Home Secretary Priti Patel as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2019 until September 2022.

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10. Manjula Chellur

1955-. (aged 71)

judge

Manjula Chellur is a retired Indian judge and a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4 December 2017.

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11. Andy Lane

1963-. (aged 63)

screenwriter novelist science fiction writer writer journalist

Andrew Lane, as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist best known for the Young Sherlock Holmes series of Young Adult novels.

12. Wong Chen

1968-. (aged 58)

lawyer politician

Wong Chen is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Non-executive Chairman of the Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) since May 2023, Chairman of the International Relations and Trade Select Committee from December 2019 to May 2020 and again since May 2023 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Subang since May 2018. He served as...

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13. Siobhan Benita

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Siobhan Benita is a British former civil servant. She was an independent candidate in the 2012 London mayoral election. She was then the Liberal Democrat candidate in the London mayoral election originally planned for 2020, but after the election was delayed to 2021, she withdrew as the candidate.

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14. Jon Cruddas

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Jonathan Cruddas is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham, formerly Dagenham, between 2001 and 2024.

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15. Leslie Valiant

1949-. (aged 77)

computer scientist university teacher

Leslie Gabriel Valiant FRS is a British American computer scientist and computational theorist. He was born to a chemical engineer father and a translator mother. He is currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Valiant was awarded the Turing Award in 2010, having been described by the A.C.M. as a heroic figure...

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16. Brian Paddick

1958-. (aged 68)

politician police officer

Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick, is a British life peer and retired police officer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and of 2012, and until his retirement in May 2007 was a deputy assistant commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service.

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17. Brian Deer

journalist

Brian Deer is a British investigative journalist, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for The Sunday Times. Deer's investigative nonfiction book The Doctor Who Fooled the World, an exposé on disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield and the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud, was published in September 2020 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

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18. Wendy Alexander

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Wendy Cowan Alexander, Baroness Alexander of Cleveden is a Scottish politician Life Peer and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North from 1999 until 2011. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the Leader of the UK Labour Party in Scotland from 2007 to 2008.

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19. Eku Edewor

1986-. (aged 40)

model film producer television presenter actor

Georgina Chloe Eku Edewor-Thorley, otherwise known as Eku Edewor, is a British Nigerian actress, television presenter, and model. She is best known for her work as host of the entertainment television program 53 Extra on Africa Magic.

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20. Wanuri Kahiu

1980-. (aged 46)

film director screenwriter

Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director, producer, and author. She is considered to be "one of Africa's most aspiring directors, being part of a new, vibrant crop of talents representing contemporary African culture". She has received multiple awards and nominations including for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009 for her...

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21. Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake

1955-2023 (aged 68)

civil servant

Robert Walter Kerslake, Baron Kerslake, FAcSS was a British senior civil servant. He was the head of the Home Civil Service from 2011 to 2014, succeeding Sir Gus O'Donnell.

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22. Linda Jackson

1959-. (aged 67)

entrepreneur business executive

Linda Jackson is a retired British businesswoman, formerly the chief executive officer (CEO) of Peugeot from 2021 to 2025, and of Citroën from 2014 to 2020.

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23. Idris Jala

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Idris Jala is a Malaysian politician and technocrat. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and as the chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) from 2009 until 2015, the unit tasked with spearheading Malaysia's transition towards high income status by 2020. He was also a Senator in the Dewan Negara from 2009...

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24. Kode9

1974-. (aged 52)

disc jockey club DJ writer

Steve Goodman, known as Kode9 is a Scottish electronic music artist, DJ, and founder of the Hyperdub record label. He was one of the founding members of the early dubstep scene with his late collaborator The Spaceape. He has released four full-length albums: 2006's Memories of the Future and 2011's Black Sun (both with The Spaceape), Nothing (2015), Escapology and...

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25. George Saitoti

1945-2012 (aged 67)

minister university teacher politician mathematician economist

George Musengi Saitoti, E.G.H. was a Kenyan politician, businessman and American- and British-trained economist, mathematician and development policy thinker.

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26. Kate Oates

1979-. (aged 47)

television producer

Kate Oates is a British television producer, who was born in Nottingham and graduated from Warwick University. She began her career working as a researcher and editorial assistant for Germaine Greer, before becoming a script editor for the soap opera Crossroads. In 2003, she joined the radio soap The Archers as a producer, a position which Oates credits as the...

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27. Tim Loughton

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Timothy Paul Loughton, FSA is a British politician and former banker who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010 to 2012 and has twice served as the Acting Chairman of the Home Affairs Select...

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28. Andy Haldane

1967-. (aged 59)

economist

Andrew George Haldane CBE FRS FAcSS FRSA is a British economist who worked at the Bank of England between 1989 and 2021 progressing to the role of chief economist and executive director of monetary analysis and statistics. He moved from the Bank of England in June 2021 to serve as chief executive of the Royal Society for Arts, which he...

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29. James A. Robinson

1960-. (aged 66)

political scientist economist

James Alan Robinson is a British-American economist and political scientist. He is a University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, where he led the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. Robinson taught at Harvard University from 2004 to 2015.

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30. Simon Calder

1955-. (aged 71)

opinion journalist travel journalist journalist

Simon Peter Richie Calder is a freelance English travel journalist and broadcaster. He works for various news and travel publications as well as being travel correspondent for The Independent.

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31. Roxanne Emery

1984-. (aged 42)

record producer non-fiction writer singer-songwriter

Roxanne Emery,, also known as Rox Pink and by their stage name RØRY, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. She is the sister of the DJ and producer Gareth Emery.

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32. Ray Brassier

1965-. (aged 61)

university teacher philosopher translator

Raymond Brassier is a British philosopher. He is a member of the philosophy faculty at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, known for his work in philosophical realism. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, London, England.

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33. Seema Malhotra

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Seema Malhotra is a British politician who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since 2024, and as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2025. A member of Labour Co-op, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Feltham and Heston since 2011. She previously sat on the opposition front...

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34. Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell

1952-. (aged 74)

diplomat economist

Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell, GCB, FBA, FAcSS is a former British senior civil servant and economist, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary, the highest official in the British Civil Service.

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35. Tim Barrow

1964-. (aged 62)

diplomat

Timothy Earle Barrow, Baron Barrow is a British diplomat, who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He served as National Security Adviser from 2022 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Lords since...

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36. Lloyd Langford

1983-. (aged 43)

comedian stand-up comedian

Lloyd Langford is a Welsh comedian, comedy writer and voice artist.

37. Ralf Speth

1955-. (aged 71)

entrepreneur chief executive officer

Sir Ralf Dieter Speth is a German automotive executive and a director of Indian company Tata Sons since 2016. From 2010 to 2020, he was the chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover. He has also had roles with BMW, Linde and Ford's Premier Automotive Group. Since 2022, Speth is the chairman of Indian Automaker TVS Motor Company.

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38. Joseph Ngute

1954-. (aged 72)

politician minister

Joseph Dion Ngute is a Cameroonian jurist and politician, serving as the 9th prime minister of Cameroon, following his appointment in January 2019. He succeeded Philémon Yang, who held the post since 2009.

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39. Bouthaina Shaaban

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Bouthaina Shaaban is a Syrian politician who served as political and media adviser to the presidency under Bashar al-Assad until his overthrow in 2024. Shaaban had also previously served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab Republic, between 2002 and 2008, and was described as the Syrian government's face to the outside world at the time.

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40. Adrian McKinty

1968-. (aged 58)

writer children's writer

Adrian McKinty is a Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller, The Chain, and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Macavity Award, the Ned...

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41. Dawn Foster

1987-2021 (aged 34)

author writer journalist

Dawn Hayley Foster was an Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author writing predominantly on social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine, and contributed to other journals such as The Independent, The New York Times, Tribune, and Dissent. She regularly appeared as a political commentator on television and was...

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42. J Blakeson

1977-. (aged 49)

screenwriter director film director

J Blakeson is an English film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a thriller starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, and Eddie Marsan, which he wrote and directed. His most recent film was I Care a Lot (2020).

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43. Martin Allen

1965-. (aged 61)

association football player association football coach

Martin James Allen is an English football manager and former player.

44. Oliver Hart

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher economist

Sir Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart is a British-American economist, currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. Together with Bengt R. Holmström, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.

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45. Steve Heighway

1947-. (aged 79)

association football player association football coach

Stephen Derek Heighway is an Irish former footballer who played as a winger. He was part of the successful Liverpool team of the 1970s. Following his eleven-year spell at the club, he was ranked 23rd in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop poll.

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46. Jeff Leach

1984-. (aged 42)

television presenter comedian stage actor

Jeff Alexander Leach is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He has also worked as a television and radio presenter on programmes in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Europe.

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47. Luciano Floridi

1964-. (aged 62)

AI ethicist university teacher computer scientist philosopher information ethicist

Luciano Floridi is an Italian and British philosopher. He is John K. Castle Professor in the Practice of Cognitive Science and Founding Director of the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. He is also a Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies, where he is the director of the Centre for...

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48. Gobind Singh Deo

1973-. (aged 53)

lawyer politician

Gobind Singh Deo s/o Karpal Singh is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who was appointed as the Minister of Digital in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Damansara since November 2022.

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49. Hari Kunzru

1969-. (aged 57)

novelist writer journalist

Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions, Gods Without Men, White Tears, Red Pill, and Blue Ruin. His work has been translated into 20 languages.

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50. David Li

1939-. (aged 87)

justice of the peace banker businessperson politician

Sir David Li Kwok-po GBM GBS OBE JP is a Hong Kong banker and politician. He is the executive chairman of the Bank of East Asia and pro-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Executive Council of Hong Kong in the 2000s.

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51. Peter Salmon

1956-. (aged 70)

television director television producer

Peter Salmon is a British television producer and executive. He is Chief Creative Officer of global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group, leading the company’s creative direction globally and overseeing the Group’s UK business. Prior to taking his current role in April 2016, Salmon was Director of BBC Studios, the corporation's production arm, and before that held a...

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52. Heather Brooke

1970-. (aged 56)

journalist writer

Heather Rose Brooke is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner. Resident since the 1990s in the UK, she helped to expose the 2009 expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, dozens of MPs standing down in the 2010 general election and multiple MPs being jailed.

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53. Jennie Bond

1950-. (aged 76)

journalist television presenter

Jennifer Bond is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has also hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu.

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54. Camila Batmanghelidjh

1963-2024 (aged 61)

writer psychologist

Camila Batmanghelidjh CBE was an Iranian-Belgian author, psychotherapist, and charity executive based in the United Kingdom. She was the founder of the charity Kids Company (closed in 2015) and Place2Be, charities that worked with marginalised children and young people at risk, in inner London, Bristol and Liverpool.

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55. Valentine Strasser

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser is a Sierra Leonean former military officer who served as the head of state of Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996. He became the world's youngest head of state in 1992, seizing power three days after his 25th birthday.

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56. Adi Shamir

1952-. (aged 74)

computer scientist mathematician cryptologist

Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science. In 2002,...

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57. Martin Lee

1971-. (aged 55)

businessperson

Martin Lee Chu-ming SC is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2008. Nicknamed the "Father of Democracy"...

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58. Yakubu Gowon

1934-. (aged 92)

writer human rights defender military personnel politician

Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon GCFR is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.

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59. Angus Imrie

1994-. (aged 32)

television actor film actor

Angus William Jake Imrie is a British actor. He is known for playing the character Josh Archer in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers. In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's Most Promising Actor Award at The Sunday Times's National Student Drama Festival. The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen...

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60. Natasha Law

1970-. (aged 56)

graphic designer painter

Andrea Natasha Heyworth Law is an English painter and graphic designer.

61. Timmy Mallett

1955-. (aged 71)

artist television presenter

Timmy Mallett is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses and shirts, and a giant pink foam mallet (known as "Mallett's Mallet"), as well as his "utterly brilliant!" and "blaaah!" catchphrases.

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62. Jonathan Coe

1961-. (aged 65)

novelist

Jonathan Coe FRSL is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name. It is set within the "carve up" of...

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63. Simon Mayo

1958-. (aged 68)

radio personality writer television maker radio program designer journalist

Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo is an English radio presenter and author who worked for BBC Radio from 1982 until 2022. Mayo has presented across three BBC stations for extended periods. From 1986 to 2001 he worked for Radio 1, including five years on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. From 2001 he presented on BBC Radio 5 Live: from his debut...

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64. Chip Tsao

1958-. (aged 68)

radio personality

Chip Tsao, also known by his Chinese language pen name To Kit, is a multilingual Hong Kong–based columnist, broadcaster, and writer. His writings are mostly in Chinese. He is well known for his sarcasm and wry sense of humour.

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65. Paul W. S. Anderson

1965-. (aged 61)

film producer screenwriter film director

Paul William Scott Anderson is an English filmmaker who is best known for his science fiction films and video game adaptations.

66. Brett Goldstein

1980-. (aged 46)

screenwriter podcaster stand-up comedian actor

Brett Goldstein is an English actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. Known for his role as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for each of the first two seasons. He is also the co-creator of the comedy series Shrinking (2023).

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67. Ruth Jones

1966-. (aged 60)

screenwriter writer television producer actor television writer

Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth Jones is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019, 2024), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2025. She also co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy-drama Stella (2012–2017), for which she was nominated for...

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68. Ness Wadia

1970-. (aged 56)

businessperson

Ness Nusli Wadia is an Indian businessman. Wadia is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a company which has holdings in most of the Wadia Group subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in Britannia Industries. He was the Joint Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, till March 2011 when he stepped down...

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69. Tom Goodman-Hill

1968-. (aged 58)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Tom Goodman-Hill is an English actor in film, television, theatre and radio. He has acted for over 30 years, and in 2024 he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in the Netflix drama Baby Reindeer.

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70. Andrea Leadsom

1963-. (aged 63)

banker political scientist politician

Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom is a British politician who served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2014 and 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire from 2010 to 2024. Leadsom served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for...

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71. Carrie Johnson

1988-. (aged 38)

press secretary

Caroline Louise Beavan Johnson is an English media consultant, a senior advisor to the ocean conservation charity Oceana, and a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. She is married to politician Boris Johnson, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.

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72. Stephen Merchant

1974-. (aged 52)

television director actor comedian television actor director

Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005–2007) and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) alongside Ricky Gervais. With Gervais and Karl Pilkington, he hosted The Ricky Gervais Show in its radio, podcast, audiobook, and...

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73. Anil Ambani

1959-. (aged 67)

chief executive officer entrepreneur chairperson politician

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman, chairman, and managing director of Reliance Group (a.k.a. Reliance ADA Group). The Reliance Group was created in July 2006 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited. He led several listed corporations, including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power, and Reliance Communications. Anil's net worth is estimated at $1 Billion as of 26 June...

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74. Gerard Lyons

1961-. (aged 65)

writer economist

Gerard Patrick Lyons is a British economist.

75. Mahmoud Mohieldin

1965-. (aged 61)

politician economist

Mahmoud Mohieldin, is an Egyptian economist with more than 30 years of experience in international finance and development. He is the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt. He is an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund. He has been the United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda since February 2020.

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76. Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

1954-. (aged 72)

diplomat sociologist politician

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997, serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President...

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77. Mark Fisher

1968-2017 (aged 49)

theorist university teacher philosopher cultural studies scholar music critic

Mark Fisher, also known under his blogging alias k-punk, was an English writer, music critic, political and cultural theorist, philosopher, and teacher based in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. He initially achieved acclaim for his blogging as k-punk in the early 2000s, and was known for his writing on radical politics, music, and popular culture.

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78. Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

1952-. (aged 74)

teacher politician

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC, is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.

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79. Sting

1959-. (aged 67)

professional wrestler

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for the rock band the Police from 1977 until their break-up in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.

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80. Andy Palmer

1963-. (aged 63)

chief executive officer engineer entrepreneur

Andrew Charles Palmer is an English automotive executive and engineer. He has been described as the 'Godfather of EVs' and the 'éminence grise' of the auto industry due to his work launching the Nissan Leaf in 2010 whilst COO at the Japanese company. Palmer is also known for launching Aston Martin's first SUV, the DBX, and first mid-engined sports car,...

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81. Vernon Coaker

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Vernon Rodney Coaker, Baron Coaker is a British politician and life peer serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling from 1997 to 2019.

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82. Suzanne Packer

1962-. (aged 64)

actor

Suzanne Packer is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the 30th-anniversary episodes in 2016. Since departing from Casualty, she has appeared in various television series including Bang, In My Skin and The Pembrokeshire...

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83. Nina Power

1978-. (aged 48)

writer philosopher translator sociologist women's rights activist

Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher, author of three books.

84. Claire Fox

1960-. (aged 66)

writer politician

Claire Regina Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. A right-wing libertarian, she is the director and founder of think tank the Academy of Ideas, formerly known as the Institute of Ideas.

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85. Tony Wheeler

1946-. (aged 80)

publisher travel guide writer businessperson

Tony Wheeler AO is an English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and travel writer, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company with his wife, Maureen Wheeler.

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86. David Davis

1959-. (aged 67)

politician business executive

Sir David Michael Davis KCB MP is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Goole and Pocklington. He was previously the MP for Haltemprice and Howden and, before that, for Boothferry, where he was first elected in 1987. He served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting...

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87. Kim Howells

1946-. (aged 80)

trade unionist politician

Kim Scott Howells is a Welsh Labour Party former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd from 1989 to 2010, and held a number of ministerial positions within the Blair and Brown governments.

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88. Trevor Cooper

1953-. (aged 73)

actor television actor

Trevor Cooper is an English actor.

89. Frank Skinner

1957-. (aged 69)

autobiographer television actor actor comedian

Christopher Graham Collins, known professionally as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004, The Frank Skinner Show from 1995 to 2005, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned from 2000 to 2005, and Room 101 from...

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90. Tom Blenkinsop

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Thomas Francis "Tom" Blenkinsop is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 2010 to 2017, as a member of the Labour Party.

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91. Adam Buxton

1969-. (aged 57)

television actor actor comedian radio personality

Adam Offord Buxton is an English comedian, podcaster and actor. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series The Adam and Joe Show (1996–2001) and the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe (2007–2009, 2011).

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92. Andriy Zahorodniuk

1976-. (aged 50)

statesperson

Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.

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93. Guðni Jóhannesson

1968-. (aged 58)

historian politician university teacher translator

Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson is an Icelandic historian and politician who served as the sixth president of Iceland from 2016 to 2024.

94. Jevgeni Ossinovski

1986-. (aged 40)

politician

Jevgeni Ossinovski is an Estonian politician, formerly the mayor of Tallinn and former leader of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.

95. Tomáš Petříček

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Tomáš Petříček is a Czech politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2018 to April 2021. He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between August and October 2018, then Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from May until December 2017.

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96. Luis Arce

1963-. (aged 63)

politician economist

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian former politician, banker, and economist who served as the 67th president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025. A member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), he previously served as minister of finance—later minister of economy and public finance—from 2006 to 2017, and in 2019.

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97. Tundu Lissu

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician, anti-corruption activist and former Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency between 2010 and 2020. He is the current chairman of CHADEMA, Tanzania's leading opposition political party.

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98. Bosun Tijani

1977-. (aged 49)

entrepreneur politician

Olatunbosun Tijani listen is a Nigerian-British entrepreneur who is the current Nigerian minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, since 2023.

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99. Germaine Greer

1939-. (aged 87)

journalist university teacher women's rights activist broadcaster essayist

Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.

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100. Ian Stewart

1945-. (aged 81)

science fiction writer writer university teacher novelist mathematician

Ian Duncan Hunter Stewart AO APM is a retired police officer who served as the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from 2012 until 2019. In 2019 Stewart was appointed the Queensland State Recovery Coordinator.

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