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100 Notable alumni of University of Westminster

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Westminster is ranked #877 in the world and #73 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Westminster 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 Westminster won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Sarah Flood-Beaubrun

1. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun

1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer politician
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. Beaubrun is the former representative for the constituency of Castries Central in the House of Assembly. Beaubrun lost her seat in the 2021 Saint Lucian General Election dubbed a landslide victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party.
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Shiu-Kay Kan

2. Shiu-Kay Kan

1951-. (aged 75)
lighting designer architect engineer
Shiu-Kay Kan is a British architect, industrial designer, and lighting designer. After making a successful start as an architect in the 1980s he turned his attention to designing lights. He has sold his design to some clients (e.g. House of Fraser, Habitat or IKEA).
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Judith Ackland

3. Judith Ackland

1892-1971 (aged 79)
painter
Judith Ackland was an English artist, a landscape painter and creator of dioramas.
Rula Halawani

4. Rula Halawani

1964-. (aged 62)
photographer pedagogue
Rula Halawani is a Palestinian photographer and educator who lives and works in Jerusalem.
Charles Bruce

5. Charles Bruce

1836-1920 (aged 84)
librarian colonial administrator professor diplomat
Sir Charles Bruce GCMG JP was a British colonial administrator and author. He was the 18th Governor of Mauritius, from 1897 to 1903.
Mary Stella Edwards

6. Mary Stella Edwards

1893-1989 (aged 96)
painter
Mary Stella Edwards was an English painter, creator of dioramas and poet.
Steven George West

7. Steven George West

1961-. (aged 65)
podiatrist
Sir Steven George West CBE DL FRSM FRSA FRCPodM is a British podiatrist, the vice-chancellor, president and chief executive officer of the University of the West of England since 2008. He holds a number of national and international advisory appointments in higher education, healthcare policy and regional government.
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Anne Dybka

8. Anne Dybka

1922-2007 (aged 85)
glass engraver glass artist
Anne Dybka OAM was an English Australian artist and glass engraver. After training and study in painting, drawing, glass engraving and graphic arts, Dybka went on to create works which are on display in Australian public collections. Dybka's works are privately owned by Hua Guofeng, the former Chinese premier, Lord Snowdon, Sir Roden Cutler and Neville Wran.
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Laila Johnson-Salami

9. Laila Johnson-Salami

1997-. (aged 29)
journalist
Laila Johnson-Salami is a Nigerian journalist. She has worked with Spice TV, Nigeria Info FM, Wazobia Max TV and as a correspondent at Arise News. In 2022, she received the inaugural UNDP/UN Women International Women's Day Award for Media and Entertainment category and was nominated for the 2022 Gatefield People's Journalist for Africa Award. She is known for her work...
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Mark Finch

10. Mark Finch

1961-1995 (aged 34)
LGBTQ rights activist
Mark Finch was an English promoter of LGBT cinema. Having founded and expanded several international film festivals he created the first LGBT film market for distributors, sales agents, and independent film producers.
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Eugene Boakye Antwi

11. Eugene Boakye Antwi

1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson politician
Eugene Boakye Antwi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is the former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing.
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Steve Sabella

12. Steve Sabella

1975-. (aged 51)
photographer
Steve Sabella is a Berlin-based artist who works primarily with photography, collage, and installation. He is the author of the memoir The Parachute Paradox: Decolonizing the Imagination first published by Kerber Verlag in 2016.
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Stuart Roy Clarke

13. Stuart Roy Clarke

1961-. (aged 65)
photographer
Stuart Roy Clarke is an English documentary photographer, author, exhibition-artist, speaker. His major works include The Homes of Football and Cumbria Surrounded and Glastonbury All Mine.
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Ayo Shonaiya

14. Ayo Shonaiya

1968-. (aged 58)
film producer
Ayo Shonaiya is a filmmaker and lawyer, he was also a music talent agent who has managed many of Nigeria's artists. The list include Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, pop star D'banj, music producer Don Jazzy and rapper Eldee the Don. He has also represented former beauty queen and rapper Muna and global music star Akon. He is the founder...
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Jüri Nael

15. Jüri Nael

1975-. (aged 51)
choreographer dancer television presenter actor
Jüri Nael is an Estonian choreographer, movement director, professor of contemporary performance and theatre pedagogue.
Petia

16. Petia

1978-. (aged 48)
singer actor
Petia Pavlova, known mononymously as Petia, is a Bulgarian-American singer-songwriter and actress, based in Los Angeles. In 1997 she became the face of Pepe Jeans London. Petia moved to London, UK in 1998 where she studied Commercial Music and Music Business Management at the University of Westminster. She relocated to United States in 2009 and currently resides in Los Angeles,...
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Trevor Miller

17. Trevor Miller

1965-. (aged 61)
science fiction writer screenwriter film director
Trevor Miller is a British screenwriter, filmmaker and author who the Record Mirror joked "is hailed by some as the voice of a generation". The London Evening Standard called his debut novel Trip City "an On the Road for the post warehouse party generation." He has since moved to Los Angeles, where he writes film screenplays and has worked as...
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Helen McCookerybook

18. Helen McCookerybook

singer
Helen McCookerybook is a British musician and singer-songwriter, who was the bass player and co-singer with the Chefs (a Brighton-based punk band), during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She went on to form Helen and the Horns in the mid-1980s. Both bands were admired by John Peel, recording six BBC Radio 1 sessions between them. After a long break...
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Richard Arnold

19. Richard Arnold

1961-. (aged 65)
judge
Sir Richard David Arnold styled the Rt Hon Lord Justice Arnold is a Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
David Lewis

20. David Lewis

1941-2001 (aged 60)
philosopher
David Lewis is a French-born English neuropsychologist, author and lecturer.
Ranald Munro

21. Ranald Munro

1960-. (aged 66)
air force officer military officer
Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CB, CBE, TD, VR, DL is a general counsel and company secretary; he was a senior officer in the Army Reserve before transferring to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
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Simon Reevell

22. Simon Reevell

1966-. (aged 60)
politician barrister
Simon Justin Reevell is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in West Yorkshire during one parliament, losing his seat at the 2015 election.
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Michael Aron

23. Michael Aron

1959-. (aged 67)
diplomat
Michael Douglas Aron is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Sudan, and Yemen.
Abdirahman Omar Osman- Eng Yarisow

24. Abdirahman Omar Osman- Eng Yarisow

1965-2019 (aged 54)
manager politician
Abdirahman Omar Osman was a Somali politician who was the Governor of Banaadir and Mayor of Mogadishu. Abdirahman Omar Osman, also known as Eng. Yarisow, was involved in Somali politics for the last 12 years of his life. He served the Government of Somalia as a senior advisor, Minister of Information twice, Minister of Treasury, spokesperson of the government, Senior...
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Mohamed Nur

25. Mohamed Nur

1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Mohamoud Ahmed Nur is a Somali politician. He served as the Mayor of Mogadishu from 2010 to 27 February 2014.
Folorunsho Coker

26. Folorunsho Coker

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson politician
Folorunsho Coker listen is a Nigerian businessman, politician and director general of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation since March 2017. He was formerly the managing director of the number plate production authority of State of Lagos and commissioner for tourism, Arts & Culture and Special Adviser Central Business District in Lagos State. Coker was the chief executive officer of Brown Restaurant...
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Kwaw Ansah

27. Kwaw Ansah

1941-. (aged 85)
screenwriter writer film director
Kwaw Paintsil Ansah is a Ghanaian film-maker, whose work as writer, director or producer includes Love Brewed in the African Pot in 1980 and Heritage Africa in 1989. His first feature, Love Brewed in the African Pot, earned immediate popular and critical acclaim throughout English-speaking Africa. Despite all the awards and the success, it would be nearly 10 years before...
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John Biggs

28. John Biggs

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
John Robert Biggs is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2015 and 2022.
John Lundberg

29. John Lundberg

1968-. (aged 58)
film producer film director artist
John Lundberg is an English artist and documentary filmmaker. His work is concerned with ostension in folklore. Underpinning all of his work is an interest in how myth and artifice can shape and alter reality, especially regarding crop circles, UFOlogy, and other examples of urban legends and the paranormal.
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John Henry Pepper

30. John Henry Pepper

1821-1900 (aged 79)
writer chemist
John Henry "Professor" Pepper was a British scientist and inventor who toured the English-speaking world with his scientific demonstrations. He entertained the public, royalty, and fellow scientists with a wide range of technological innovations. He is primarily remembered for developing the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost, building a large-scale version of the concept by Henry Dircks, which Pepper first...
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Laurence Broderick

31. Laurence Broderick

1935-2024 (aged 89)
sculptor visual artist illustrator
Laurence Broderick MRBS FRSA was a British sculptor. His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. The Bull is about 4.5 meters long, about 220 cm high and weighs about 6.5 tons. It is one of the largest bronze animal sculptures in the country. His work consists largely of figurative...
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Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton

32. Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton

1935-2023 (aged 88)
activist table tennis player swimmer politician
Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Lady Masham of Ilton, DL was a British crossbench member of the House of Lords, disability campaigner and Paralympic athlete. She was the founder and life-long president of the Spinal Injuries Association. She was Vice President of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Earl of Snowdon, which provides grants and scholarships for students...
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Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

33. Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, PC, FRGS is a retired British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wallasey from 1974 to 1992. She served as Minister of State for Overseas Development and Africa at the Foreign Office in the Conservative government from 1989 to 1997.
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Sandra Newman

34. Sandra Newman

1965-. (aged 61)
writer novelist
Sandra Newman is an American writer. She has a BA from Polytechnic of Central London, and an MA from the University of East Anglia.
Sophie Scott

35. Sophie Scott

1966-. (aged 60)
neuroscientist
Sophie Kerttu Scott CBE FMedSci FBA is a British neuroscientist and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at University College London (UCL). Her research investigates the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter particularly speech perception, speech production, vocal emotions and human communication. She also serves as director of UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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Geoff Mulgan

36. Geoff Mulgan

1961-. (aged 65)
economist
Sir Geoffrey John Mulgan CBE is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London (UCL). From 2011 to 2019 he was chief executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and visiting professor at University College London, the London School of Economics, and the University of Melbourne.
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Peter Wilson

37. Peter Wilson

1986-. (aged 40)
sport shooter
Peter Michael Alexander Wilson CMG is a civil servant who has served as British Ambassador to China since August 2025. Prior to arriving in China he served as Director General Europe in the FCDO. He has also served as British Ambassador to Brazil, British Ambassador to the Netherlands, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Organisation for the Prohibition...
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Michelle Olley

38. Michelle Olley

1966-. (aged 60)
journalist editor
Michelle Olley is a British writer, journalist and magazine and book editor.
Mumzy Stranger

39. Mumzy Stranger

1984-. (aged 42)
singer-songwriter recording artist
Muhammad Mumith Ahmed, known professionally as Mumzy Stranger or his producing name SP (an abbreviation of Stranger Productions), is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He made his mainstream recording debut in the summer of 2009 with his debut single "One More Dance" along with follow-up single, "Showgirl". The following year, he released Fly with Me which is...
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Mark Gertler

40. Mark Gertler

1891-1939 (aged 48)
painter artist
Mark Gertler was a British painter of figure subjects, portraits and still-life.
Natascha Engel

41. Natascha Engel

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Natascha Engel is a British former politician. She served as Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2005 until her defeat at the 2017 general election.
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Harpal Brar

42. Harpal Brar

1939-2025 (aged 86)
political scientist writer politician
Harpal Brar was an Indian communist, politician, writer and businessman, based in the United Kingdom. He was the founder and chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), a role from which he stood down in 2018.
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Virginia Crosbie

43. Virginia Crosbie

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Virginia Ann Crosbie is a British former politician and nuclear industry advocate. Crosbie is the Managing Director of NEMO an international NGO organization focused on advancing safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear technology in the maritime sector. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2019 until 2024. Crosbie is chair of Supporters of Nuclear Energy (SONE),...
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Lucy Bella Earl

44. Lucy Bella Earl

1994-. (aged 32)
English teacher
Lucy Bella Simkins is a British teacher of English as a foreign language and the creator of the educational channel 'English with Lucy' on YouTube. She was given the British Council ELTon Award for Innovation in English language teaching in 2017 and the Entrepreneurial Award by the University of Westminster in 2018.
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Herbert Maryon

45. Herbert Maryon

1874-1965 (aged 91)
sculptor
Herbert James Maryon OBE FSA FIIC was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon practiced and taught sculpture until retiring in 1939, then worked as a conservator with the British Museum from 1944 to 1961. He is best known for his work on the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, which led to his appointment as an Officer...
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Jake Nava

46. Jake Nava

film director music video director film producer record producer
Jake Nava is a British director, mostly known for his work in music videos for Beyoncé, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Britney Spears and The Rolling Stones. He also directs TV commercials, notably for Guinness and Levi Strauss & Co.
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Yang Cheng-wu

47. Yang Cheng-wu

1972-. (aged 54)
employee politician
Yang Cheng-wu is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent chairman of the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation. He had served as Magistrate of Kinmen County since 25 December 2018 until 25 December 2022, having won the office in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Prior to contesting the magistracy, Yang represented Kinmen County in the Legislative Yuan.
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Anthony Caro

48. Anthony Caro

1924-2013 (aged 89)
sculptor visual artist artist
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro OM CBE was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' and industrial objects. He began as a member of the modernist school, having worked with Henry Moore early in his career. He was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation.
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Stella Meghie

49. Stella Meghie

film director screenwriter
Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films Jean of the Joneses, Everything, Everything (2017), The Weekend (2018), and The Photograph (2020). Meghie has also directed episodes for television series including Grown-ish, Insecure, and First Wives Club.
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Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

50. Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

1937-. (aged 89)
politician sociologist
Caroline Anne Cox, Baroness Cox, FRCS, FRCN is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She is also the founder of an organisation called Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART). Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 and was a deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005, as well as being a minister in...
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Einar Örn Benediktsson

51. Einar Örn Benediktsson

1962-. (aged 64)
trumpeter singer politician musician
Einar Örn Benediktsson, often billed as Einar Örn, is an Icelandic singer and trumpet player. He was a member of the Sugarcubes. He served as a member of the Reykjavík City Council between 2010 and 2014.
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Rafi Pitts

52. Rafi Pitts

1967-. (aged 59)
screenwriter film director film editor film producer actor
Rafi Pitts is an Iranian film director.
Carrie Gracie

53. Carrie Gracie

1962-. (aged 64)
television producer news presenter journalist television presenter
Carrie Gracie is a Scottish journalist and newsreader best known as having been China Editor for BBC News.
Silvester Belt

54. Silvester Belt

1997-. (aged 29)
singer-songwriter
Silvestras Beltė, professionally known as Silvester Belt, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. He represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Luktelk".
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Mosunmola Abudu

55. Mosunmola Abudu

1964-. (aged 62)
screenwriter media proprietor philanthropist businessperson
Mosunmola "Mo" Abudulisten is a Nigerian media mogul, philanthropist, and former human resources management consultant.
Şafak Pavey

56. Şafak Pavey

1976-. (aged 50)
politician writer diplomat journalist human rights defender
Şafak Pavey is a Turkish diplomat, columnist and politician. She was a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) representing Istanbul Province. She is the first disabled woman ever elected to the Turkish parliament, and is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 1996,...
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Riz Lateef

57. Riz Lateef

1979-. (aged 47)
journalist news presenter
Rizwana "Riz" Lateef is a British journalist, newsreader and deputy news manager at the BBC. She is the main presenter for the regional television news service for London, BBC London. Lateef presents the BBC London News 18:30 bulletin from Monday to Thursday and some editions of the 22:30 programme.
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Ralph Erskine

58. Ralph Erskine

1914-2005 (aged 91)
urban planner architect
Ralph Erskine ARIBA was a British architect and planner who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.
Kamran Shahid

59. Kamran Shahid

1975-. (aged 51)
journalist film director
Kamran Shahid, is a Pakistani TV anchor person, academic, author and journalist. He is the main news anchor for the TV show On The Front with Kamran Shahid on Dunya News.
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Susie Silvey

60. Susie Silvey

1956-. (aged 70)
actor fashion model model film actor dancer
Susan "Susie" Silvey, occasionally Suzie Silvey, is an English actress, dancer and model, active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Anthony Seldon

61. Anthony Seldon

1953-. (aged 73)
historian teacher biographer
Sir Anthony Francis Seldon is a British contemporary historian and educator. As an author, he is known for his political biographies of consecutive British Prime Ministers, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss, and as an educator, the Master of Wellington College, in Berkshire. Seldon is the author or editor of more...
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Raheem Kassam

62. Raheem Kassam

1986-. (aged 40)
journalist politician
Raheem J. Kassam is a British political activist, former editor-in-chief of Breitbart News London, and former chief adviser to former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage. Kassam ran in the party's November 2016 leadership election before dropping out of the race on 31 October 2016. He is the former global editor-in-chief of Human Events and most recently became the...
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Stephen K. Amos

63. Stephen K. Amos

1967-. (aged 59)
comedian
Stephen Kehinde Amos is a British comedian and television personality. A regular on the international comedy circuit, he is known for including his audience members during his shows. He began his career as a compere at the Big Fish comedy clubs in South London, and has been nominated for Chortle's Best Compere Award three times in 2004, 2007 and 2008.
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Danny Wallace

64. Danny Wallace

1976-. (aged 50)
comedian screenwriter television producer blogger journalist
Daniel Frederick Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me and Yes Man, narrating Thomas Was Alone, voice acting as Shaun Hastings in the Assassin's Creed game series, and fronting the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.
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Hugh Lofting

65. Hugh Lofting

1886-1947 (aged 61)
screenwriter writer children's writer novelist illustrator
Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after...
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Ossip Zadkine

66. Ossip Zadkine

1888-1967 (aged 79)
painter printmaker university teacher sculptor teacher
Ossip Alexeevich Zadkine was a Russian and French artist of the School of Paris. He is best known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs.
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Kristian Digby

67. Kristian Digby

1977-2010 (aged 33)
television presenter television director
Scott Kristian Edwin Digby was an English television presenter and director best known for presenting To Buy or Not to Buy on BBC One. On 1 March 2010 he was found dead in what police said were "unexplained circumstances". On 9 November 2010, a coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
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Stephen Cottrell

68. Stephen Cottrell

1958-. (aged 68)
Anglican priest
Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell PC SCP is a Church of England bishop. Since 9 July 2020, he has been the Archbishop of York and Primate of England; the second-most senior bishop of the church and the most senior in northern England. He previously served as Bishop of Reading (an area bishop in the Diocese of Oxford), 2004–2010, and as Bishop of...
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Tanya Hope

69. Tanya Hope

1996-. (aged 30)
model actor
Tanya Hope is an Indian actress and model who acts in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil films. Hope started modeling and became Miss India Kolkata 2015. She was a finalist of Femina Miss India 2015. She debuted in 2016 with the Telugu film Appatlo Okadundevadu.
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Grace Chatto

70. Grace Chatto

1985-. (aged 41)
cellist vocalist percussionist musician
Grace Chatto is an English musician and co-founder of electronic music band Clean Bandit. She started the band and leads the band. She produces and plays the cello in the group.
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Quentin Crisp

71. Quentin Crisp

1908-1999 (aged 91)
stage actor socialite model actor television actor
Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of her life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, she was an artist's model, hence the title of Crisp's most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. She afterwards became a gay icon due to her flamboyant personality, fashion sense, and wit. Her iconic...
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Tej Lalvani

72. Tej Lalvani

1974-. (aged 52)
businessperson
Tej Lalvani is a British businessman and the CEO of the UK's largest vitamin company Vitabiotics, founded by his father Kartar Lalvani. He is best known for being one of the "Dragons" on the BBC television series Dragons' Den from 2017 to 2021.
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Jamie Lever

73. Jamie Lever

1987-. (aged 39)
comedian
Jamie Lever is an Indian actress and comedian who works in Hindi films and television. She is the daughter of comedian and actor Johnny Lever.
Sigala

74. Sigala

1993-. (aged 33)
composer recording artist record producer disc jockey
Bruce Fielder, known professionally as Sigala, is an English DJ and record producer. He has had eight songs peak within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, including his 2015 debut single "Easy Love", which interpolates "ABC" by the Jackson 5.
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Dominic Grieve

75. Dominic Grieve

1956-. (aged 70)
politician barrister
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve KC PC is a British barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield from 1997 to 2019 and was the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee from 2015...
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Adar Poonawalla

76. Adar Poonawalla

1981-. (aged 45)
businessperson
Adar Villoo Cyrus Poonawalla is an Indian businessman. He is the CEO of Serum Institute of India and Chairman of Poonawalla Fincorp. His father is Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the Serum Institute of India.
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Jon Ronson

77. Jon Ronson

1967-. (aged 59)
radio personality screenwriter writer documentary filmmaker film director
Jon Ronson is a British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He is known for works such as Them: Adventures with Extremists (2001), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004), and The Psychopath Test (2011).
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Alexander Fleming

78. Alexander Fleming

1881-1955 (aged 74)
pharmacologist surgeon bacteriologist inventor physician
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". This was the first antibiotic substance discovered. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin (or penicillin G) from the...
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Vivienne Westwood

79. Vivienne Westwood

1941-2022 (aged 81)
businessperson university teacher activist photographer jewelry designer
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022, Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the past 50 years.
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Richard Wright

80. Richard Wright

1943-2008 (aged 65)
singer pianist singer-songwriter composer keyboardist
Richard William Wright was an English keyboardist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all of their tours. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Pink Floyd.
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Charlie Brooker

81. Charlie Brooker

1971-. (aged 55)
comedian screenwriter television producer showrunner journalist
Charlton Brooker is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured criticism of modern society and the media, such as Screenwipe, Gameswipe, Newswipe, and Weekly Wipe.
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Timothy West

82. Timothy West

1934-2024 (aged 90)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Timothy Lancaster West was an English actor with a long and varied career across theatre, film, and television. He began acting in repertory theatres in the 1950s before making his London stage debut in 1959 moving on to three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other...
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Michael Kiwanuka

83. Michael Kiwanuka

1988-. (aged 38)
singer guitarist composer singer-songwriter recording artist
Michael Samuel Kiwanuka is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is currently signed to Polydor Records. His debut album Home Again (2012) went gold in the United Kingdom, while his second album Love & Hate (2016) debuted at the top of the charts. He has been nominated for numerous honours, including Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards,...
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Roger Waters

84. Roger Waters

1943-. (aged 83)
peace activist recording artist pianist singer-songwriter trumpeter
George Roger Waters is an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the band's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's principal lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985.
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Stereo Mike

85. Stereo Mike

1978-. (aged 48)
songwriter rapper singer record producer
Michail Exarchos, known professionally by his stage name Stereo Mike, is a Greek hip hop artist. He is the first MTV EMA Award winner in the "Best Greek Act" category. Stereo Mike represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 alongside singer Loucas Yiorkas with the song "Watch My Dance", placing seventh with 120 points.
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Gloria De Piero

86. Gloria De Piero

1972-. (aged 54)
television presenter politician journalist
Gloria De Piero is a British broadcaster and former Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 2010 to 2019.
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Ingrid Pollard

87. Ingrid Pollard

1953-. (aged 73)
photographer
Ingrid Pollard MBE is a British artist and photographer. Her work uses portraiture photography and traditional landscape imagery to explore social constructs such as Britishness or racial difference. Pollard is associated with Autograph, the Association of Black Photographers. She lives and works in London.
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Azzam Tamimi

88. Azzam Tamimi

1955-. (aged 71)
political scientist academic politician
Azzam Tamimi is a British-Palestinian Jordanian academic and political activist. He is currently a freelance presenter at Alhiwar TV Channel. He headed the Institute of Islamic Political Thought until 2008. Tamimi has written several books on Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including "Power-Sharing Islam", "Islam and Secularism in the Middle East", Rachid Ghannouchi, Democrat within Islamism and Hamas: A History...
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Elizabeth Emanuel

89. Elizabeth Emanuel

1953-. (aged 73)
fashion designer
Elizabeth Florence Emanuel is a British fashion designer who is best known for designing, with her former husband David Emanuel, the wedding dress worn by Lady Diana Spencer on her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981. Since then Elizabeth has developed her own label and worked in costume design for airlines, cinema, pop video and television productions, as well as...
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Birgit Skiöld

90. Birgit Skiöld

1923-1982 (aged 59)
illustrator artist
Birgit Skiöld was a Swedish master printmaker and modernist artist who ran the highly successful Print Workshop in the basement of 28 Charlotte Street, London from 1958 to the late 1970s. She was a noted member of the London art scene during that period, and her life is commemorated by an eponymous award for innovation in printmaking.
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Rihards Kols

91. Rihards Kols

1984-. (aged 42)
lawyer politician
Rihards Kols is a Latvian politician of the National Alliance who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. He was a member of the Saeima since 2014, serving as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2018 to 2024. During his tenure, Kols led the Saeima delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and...
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Katalin Bogyay

92. Katalin Bogyay

1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat journalist
Katalin Annamária Bogyay is a Hungarian ambassador, diplomat, and journalist, and is the President of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO since January 2026. She has been the President of the United Nations Association of Hungary since April 2021. She has been a lecturer at the Corvinus University of Budapest since 2022, and teaching at the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy since...
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Janet Anderson

93. Janet Anderson

1949-2023 (aged 74)
politician
Janet Anderson was a British politician from the Labour Party. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 until 2010, when she lost her seat. She was the Minister for Tourism from 1998 to 2001, a period which included the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak. In the 2009 United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, she was found...
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Ouissem Belgacem

94. Ouissem Belgacem

1988-. (aged 38)
writer entrepreneur association football player
Ouissem Belgacem is a French former high-performance athlete and writer of Tunisian origin. He played football for Toulouse FC from the ages of 13 to 18 years old. He published his first autobiographical novel, Adieu ma honte, in 2021. Belgacem often raises awareness about homophobia in the field of football, which he had to leave to live his sexuality freely.
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Gunter Silva Passuni

95. Gunter Silva Passuni

1977-. (aged 49)
novelist
Gunter Silva is a Peruvian writer.
Daniel Florêncio

96. Daniel Florêncio

1980-. (aged 46)
screenwriter film director film producer film editor
Daniel Pereira Florêncio is a Brazilian-born British film director, writer and producer.
Ibikunle Oyelaja Amosun

97. Ibikunle Oyelaja Amosun

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Ibikunle Amosun is a Nigerian politician, former governor of Ogun State and two-term senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He first served as an elected senator for Ogun Central district of Ogun State, Nigeria from June 2003 to June 2007, and reelected in 2019. After an unsuccessful bid for governor of Ogun State in April 2007, he was elected...
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Rafik Abdessalem

98. Rafik Abdessalem

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Rafik Abdessalem Bouchlaka is a Tunisian politician. He served as the minister of foreign affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway

99. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway

1963-. (aged 63)
director politician office administrator
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is a Ghanaian politician, diplomat and lawyer who has served as the seventh secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1 April 2025. At the time of her appointment, she was Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. She was appointed foreign minister by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017. Previously, she was a...
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Nikenike Vurobaravu

100. Nikenike Vurobaravu

1951-. (aged 75)
diplomat politician
Nikenike Vurobaravu is a ni-Vanuatu diplomat and politician who has served as President of Vanuatu since 23 July 2022. Previously having been employed in numerous diplomatic and government positions, including as the first resident High Commissioner to Fiji, he was elected as president during the eighth round of the 2022 Vanuatu presidential election in July 2022. He is a member...
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