9 Notable alumni of University of Worcester
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Worcester is ranked #1,873 in the world and #111 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from University of Worcester 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 Worcester won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Kayla Bell
1996-. (aged 30)
wheelchair basketball player
Michaela Bell (born 1996) is a 1.5 point British wheelchair basketball player who played for Great Britain at the Osaka Cup in Japan in 2017 and 2018. Her first major international tournament was the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, where she won silver.
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2. James Percival
1983-. (aged 43)
rugby union player
James Percival is a rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the RFU Championship after signing from Harlequins in the Summer of 2011. He primarily plays in the second-row.
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3. Swaroop Sampat
1958-. (aged 68)
actor
beauty pageant contestant
Swaroop Sampat, also known as Swaroop Rawal, is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who has acted in several Hindi language films.
4. Jacqui Smith
1962-. (aged 64)
teacher
politician
Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern PC is a British politician, broadcaster and life peer who has been serving as Minister of State for Skills since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. Smith previously served as Home Secretary under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009,...
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5. Matthew Hudson-Smith
1994-. (aged 32)
sprinter
Matthew Hudson-Smith is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres and is the 5th fastest athlete of all-time over the distance. In September 2024 he was ranked as the number one 400 m runner in the world and has won six British titles (five in the 400 m and one in the 200 m), five...
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6. Rob Taylor
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Robert James Taylor is an English former footballer who played on the left flank and was known for his pace and dribbling ability.
7. Alan Dickens
1976-. (aged 50)
rugby union player
Alan Dickens is an English rugby union coach and retired professional player who last played at scrum half for Northampton Saints, having previously represented Saracens, Sale Sharks and Leeds Carnegie after experience in the national leagues with Manchester Rugby Club and Stourbridge R.F.C. He also spent a period during his Saracens career, coaching boys from Merchant Taylors School. Dickens is...
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8. Judith Hamer
1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Judith Hamer is a 4.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games. She won a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award for bravery and trekked across the Andes Mountains in Ecuador as part of a reality television show, Beyond Boundaries.
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9. Matthew Raggett
1973-. (aged 53)
Matthew Jonathan Raggett is a British educator, writer and the former Headmaster of The Doon School, the all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, India. He succeeded Peter McLaughlin in 2016, becoming the tenth headmaster of the school. Raggett left Doon in January 2020 and returned to Germany. He was the fourth Englishman in Doon's history to head the school and was...
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