Notable Alumni of University of York [Sorted List]

1. Kerry Andrew

1978-. (aged 48)

composer singer

Kerry Andrew is an English composer, performer and author. They have won four British Composer Awards. They have published three novels and twice been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. They perform alt-folk music as You Are Wolf and have been a long-standing member of Juice Vocal Ensemble.

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2. Yeung Sum

1947-. (aged 79)

justice of the peace politician

Yeung Sum is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served several terms as a Legislative Councillor and was the second chairman of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.

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3. Caroline Thomson

1954-. (aged 72)

journalist

Caroline Agnes Morgan Thomson, Lady Liddle is a British business executive. Thomson was the chief operating officer at the BBC from 2006 to 2012 and chair of Oxfam until October 2020. Thomson has been a member of the BBC Board since April 2025.

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4. Farah Mendlesohn

1968-. (aged 58)

literary critic university teacher science fiction scholar historian researcher

Farah Jane Mendlesohn is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom. Mendlesohn is best-known for their book Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008), which classifies fantasy literature into four modes based on how the fantastic enters the story. Their work as editor includes the Cambridge Companions to science fiction and fantasy, collaborations with Edward...

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5. Christopher Hood

1947-2025 (aged 78)

university teacher public administration scholar social scientist

Christopher Cropper Hood CBE FBA was a visiting professor of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Hood was Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College, Oxford, from 2001 to 2014, and director of the ESRC Research Programme Public Services: Quality, Performance and Delivery from 2004 to...

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6. Tom Ransley

1985-. (aged 41)

rower

Thomas Matthew Ransley MBE is a retired British rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the eight, was twice a World Champion and in 2015 was the European Champion in the men's coxless four.

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7. Hugh Bayley

1952-. (aged 74)

politician researcher

Sir Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for York Central, previously York and City of York, from 1992 to 2015.

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8. Caroline Dean

1957-. (aged 69)

biologist

Dame Caroline Dean DBE FRS is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower. She is specifically interested in vernalisation — the acceleration of flowering in plants by exposure to periods of prolonged cold. She has also served on the Life...

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9. Jane Clarke

1950-. (aged 76)

biochemist

Jane Clarke is a British biochemist and academic. Since October 2017, she has served as President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. She is also Professor of Molecular Biophysics, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. She was previously a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In 2023, she was elected to the National...

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10. Verity Sharp

1970-. (aged 56)

radio personality

Verity Sharp is an English television and radio presenter.

11. Nino Ricci

1959-. (aged 67)

writer novelist

Nino Pio Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Leamington, Ontario to Italian immigrants, Virginio and Amelia Ricci, from the province of Isernia, Molise.

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12. Steve Beresford

1950-. (aged 76)

film score composer composer jazz musician pianist teacher

Steve Beresford is a British musician who graduated from the University of York He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, electronics, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music. He is probably best known for free improvisation, but has also written...

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13. Edward Acton

1949-. (aged 77)

historian of Modern Age university teacher

Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-Acton FRHistS is a British academic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. His title from birth is The Honourable but he is never referred to as such professionally or on the university website.

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14. Albert Owen

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Albert Owen is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2019. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat at the four subsequent general elections. During his time in Parliament, he was a member...

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15. Justina Robson

1968-. (aged 58)

writer science fiction writer

Justina Robson is a science fiction author from Leeds, England.

16. Stephen Emmott

1960-. (aged 66)

computer scientist bioinformatician university teacher writer

Stephen Emmott is a British scientist, entrepreneur and chief scientist of Scientific. Emmott was named one of London's most influential scientists, and one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard in 2012.

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17. Buster Howes

1960-. (aged 66)

military personnel

Major General Francis Hedley Roberton "Buster" Howes, CB, OBE is a former Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from February 2010 to December 2011.

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18. Meg Munn

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Margaret Patricia Munn is a former politician who served as a Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley from 2001 to 2015. After leaving Parliament, she has served in a variety of roles across the public sector, academia and international bodies.

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19. Paul Mealor

1975-. (aged 51)

composer

Paul Mealor LVO CStJ FRSA FRSE CLJ FLSW is a Welsh composer. A large proportion of his output is for chorus, both a cappella and accompanied. He came to wider notice when his motet Ubi Caritas et Amor was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011. He later composed the song "Wherever You Are", which...

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20. Carol Leader

1950-. (aged 76)

actor television presenter

Carol Elizabeth Leader is an English Jungian psychoanalyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a former theatrical and television actress.

21. Li Qiaochu

1991-. (aged 35)

human rights defender

Li Qiaochu is a Chinese labor and women's rights activist and researcher on labour issues. She was detained by authorities for four months in the first half of 2020 and again in February 2021, in both cases on national security charges. These were due to her connection with activists, including her partner Xu Zhiyong, who had secretly met in the...

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22. Eugene Pandala

1954-. (aged 72)

academic architect

Eugene Pandala is an Indian architect, known for building with values of environmental sustainability.

23. Mark Burton

1969-. (aged 57)

songwriter screenwriter film director

Mark Burton is a British television writer, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and film director.

24. Molly Meacher

1940-. (aged 86)

social worker politician

Molly Christine Meacher, Baroness Meacher, Baroness Layard, is a British life peer and former social worker.

25. Ben Macpherson

politician

Ben Macpherson is a Scottish politician who is currently serving as the Minister for Higher and Further Education in the Scottish Government. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency since 2016.

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26. Juraj Draxler

1975-. (aged 51)

civil servant

Juraj Draxler is a Slovak Political Scientist and Politician. Between 2014 and 2016 he served as the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sports of Slovakia as a nominee, but not a member, of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.

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27. Greg Mulholland

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Gregory Thomas Mulholland is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the MP for Leeds North West.

28. Tom Service

1976-. (aged 50)

journalist

Tom Service is a Scottish writer, music journalist, and television and radio presenter. He has written regularly for The Guardian since 1999 and presented on BBC Radio 3 since 2001. He is a regular presenter of the Proms for Radio 3 and has presented several documentaries on classical music.

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29. Philip North

1966-. (aged 60)

Anglican priest

Philip John North CMP is a bishop in the Church of England. Since April 2023, he has served as Bishop of Blackburn, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn. He was previously Bishop of Burnley, a suffragan bishop in the same diocese, since 2015; and team rector of the parish of Old St Pancras.

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30. Rebecca Stott

1964-. (aged 62)

university teacher

Rebecca Stott is a British writer and broadcaster and, until her retirement from teaching in 2021, was Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2021.

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31. Richard Burden

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Richard Haines Burden is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1992 to 2019. He served as a Shadow Transport Minister from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2016 to 2017. After the 2017 general election, he returned to the backbenches and served as a member of the House of Commons...

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32. Rose Simpson

1946-. (aged 80)

musician

Rose Simpson is an English former musician. Between 1968 and 1971, she was a member of the Incredible String Band, with whom she sang and played bass guitar, violin and percussion among other instruments. She later became Lady Mayoress of the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.

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33. Mohammad Hanif Atmar

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Mohammad Haneef Atmar is an Afghan politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and earlier held cabinet positions as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (2002–2006), Minister of Education (2006–2008), and Minister of Interior (2008–2010). He was also the National Security Advisor to President Ashraf Ghani from 2014 to 2018.

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34. Andrew Percy

1977-. (aged 49)

teacher politician

Andrew Theakstone Percy is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole from 2010 to 2024. He was an active member of many groups in Parliament, including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as being a member of the anti-European Union...

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35. Fleur Anderson

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Kathleen Fleur Anderson is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2024 and 2025.

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36. Haleh Afshar

1944-2022 (aged 78)

jurist political scientist university teacher politician

Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, OBE, FAcSS was a British life peer in the House of Lords. She had a life-long interest in women's rights and Islamic law. She was a professor at the University of York and she wrote over a dozen scholarly books.

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37. Fabian Hamilton

1955-. (aged 71)

graphic designer politician

Fabian Uziell-Hamilton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East since 1997. He served as Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament from November 2016 to September 2023.

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38. Amy Matysio

1976-. (aged 50)

actor film director

Amy Matysio is a Canadian theatre, television and film actress.

39. Brian Stableford

1948-2024 (aged 76)

author literary critic writer novelist researcher

Brian Michael Stableford was a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who published a hundred novels and more than a hundred volumes of translations. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but later ones dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for some of...

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40. Jørgen Watne Frydnes

1984-. (aged 42)

political scientist

Jørgen Watne Frydnes is a Norwegian political figure. He is the current Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize and serves as Secretary General of PEN Norway, the Norwegian branch of PEN International. Frydnes is known for his role in rebuilding Utøya after the 2011 terror attacks in Norway, and for his public work on...

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41. Leroy Cronin

1973-. (aged 53)

chemist

Leroy "Lee" Cronin FRSE FRSC is the Regius Chair of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and appointed to the Regius Chair of Chemistry in 2013. He was previously the Gardiner Chair, appointed April 2009.

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42. Hector Janse van Rensburg

1993-. (aged 33)

painter

Hector Richard Janse van Rensburg, better known by his pseudonym Shitty Watercolour, is a British painter and cartoonist who started posting watercolour paintings on the social media website Reddit in February 2012, and later expanded to publishing his work on his own website, on Tumblr and on Twitter. He graduated from the University of York with a degree in philosophy,...

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43. 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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44. Simon Stephens

1971-. (aged 55)

playwright screenwriter translator

Simon Stephens is a British-Irish playwright, musician and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith. He is the inaugural Associate Playwright of Steep Theatre Company, Chicago, where five of his plays, Harper Regan, Motortown, Wastwater,...

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45. Nick Payne

1984-. (aged 42)

playwright screenwriter

Nick Payne is a British playwright and screenwriter. Known for his work on the West End and Broadway stages, as well as on the screen, he has received nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award.

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46. Victor Lewis-Smith

1957-2022 (aged 65)

writer journalist comedian television critic

Victor Lewis-Smith was a British film, television and radio producer, a television and restaurant critic, a satirist and newspaper columnist. He was executive producer of the ITV1 Annual National Food & Drink Awards. He was an alumnus of the University of York and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster in November 2008.

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47. John Hughlings Jackson

1835-1911 (aged 76)

physician physiologist neuroscientist neurologist

John Hughlings Jackson was an English neurologist. He is best known for his research on epilepsy.

48. Adam Hart-Davis

1943-. (aged 83)

photographer opinion journalist historian television maker scientist

Adam John Hart-Davis is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, the latter spawning several spin-off series involving the Victorians, the Tudors, the Stuarts and the Ancients. He was also a co-presenter of Tomorrow's World, and presented Science Shack.

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49. David Goodhart

1956-. (aged 70)

correspondent author journalist editor

David Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. He is the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine.

50. Jane Ferguson

1984-. (aged 42)

journalist

Jane Ferguson is an Irish and British media executive and founder, author and journalist, based in New York City.

51. Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman

1961-. (aged 65)

university teacher philosopher politician

Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman is an English political theorist, academic, social commentator, and Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He is a senior lecturer in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University, Director of its Faith and Citizenship Programme and a columnist for the New Statesman, UnHerd, Tablet and Spiked. He is best known as the leader of the...

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52. Helen Geake

1967-. (aged 59)

archaeologist researcher anthropologist

Helen Mary Geake FSA is a British archaeologist and small finds specialist. She was one of the key members of Channel 4's long-running archaeology series Time Team.

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53. Lawrence Freedman

1948-. (aged 78)

author political scientist non-fiction writer university teacher

Sir Lawrence David Freedman, KCMG, CBE, PC, FBA is a British academic, historian and author specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and was a member of the Iraq Inquiry. He is an Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London.

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54. Anna Meredith

1978-. (aged 48)

composer musician

Anna Howard Meredith MBE is a Scottish composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music. She is a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and former PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA.

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55. Greg Dyke

1947-. (aged 79)

journalist television presenter

Gregory Dyke is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing "tabloid" television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s, he held chief executive positions at LWT Group, Pearson Television, and...

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56. k-os

1972-. (aged 54)

singer record producer music video director composer rapper

Kevin Brereton, better known by his stage name k-os, is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted.

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57. Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

1993-. (aged 33)

special adviser

Charlotte Kathryn Tranter Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge is a British life peer and former special adviser. She has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2023, and was the youngest recipient of a life peerage at the time of her appointment.

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58. Domna Michailidou

1987-. (aged 39)

economist Assistant Secretary politician

Domna Maria Michailidou is a Greek economist and a Member of Parliament for Piraeus with the New Democracy party. She currently serves as Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Upon assuming office, she became the first Greek woman to hold a ministerial position while pregnant.

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59. Helen Dunmore

1952-2017 (aged 65)

children's writer poet writer

Helen Dunmore FRSL was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer.

60. Sigrid Rausing

1962-. (aged 64)

anthropologist businessperson publisher writer

Sigrid Maria Elisabet Rausing FRSL is a Swedish philanthropist, anthropologist and publisher. She is the founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust, one of the United Kingdom's largest philanthropic foundations, and owner of Granta magazine and Granta Books.

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61. Jay Foreman

1984-. (aged 42)

television producer singer-songwriter YouTuber comedian

Jay Foreman is an English comedian, YouTuber, educator, and singer-songwriter.

62. Thea Gill

1970-. (aged 56)

stage actor jazz musician actor film actor

Thea Louise Gill is a Canadian actress best known for her starring role as Lindsay Peterson in the Showtime television series Queer as Folk.

63. Peter Lord

1953-. (aged 73)

screenwriter film director film producer animator

Peter Duncan Fraser Lord CBE is a British animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine team Wallace & Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! In an Adventure...

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64. Oona King

1967-. (aged 59)

writer politician

Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow, is a British business executive and former Labour Party politician. She was a Labour Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005; and a member of the House of Lords from 2011 to 2024.

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65. Christine Hamilton

1949-. (aged 77)

journalist autobiographer

Mary Christine Hamilton is an English media personality and author. She is married to Neil Hamilton, the former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton.

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66. Chloe Smith

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Chloe Rebecca Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North from 2009 to 2024. She previously served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from September to October 2022 and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from April to July 2023.

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67. Graham Swift

1949-. (aged 77)

writer novelist

Graham Colin Swift FRSL is a British writer. Born in London, UK, he was educated at Dulwich College, Queens' College, Cambridge, and later the University of York.

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68. Ho Hsin-chun

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Ho Hsin-chun is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, she has served on the Legislative Yuan since 2012.

69. Edmund Ho

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Edmund Ho Hau Wah, GML, GCM, GOIH is a Macau politician who served as the first Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region from 1999 to 2009. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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70. Gavin Wood

1980-. (aged 46)

computer scientist researcher

Gavin James Wood is an English computer scientist, a co-founder of Ethereum, and creator of Polkadot and Kusama.

71. Zoe Lyons

1971-. (aged 55)

comedian film director

Zoe Ann Lyons is a British comedian and TV presenter.

72. Jonathan Stroud

1970-. (aged 56)

children's writer novelist writer

Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books have received note for their satire, and use of magic to reflect themes of class struggle. The Bartimaeus sequence is the recipient of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. Stroud's works...

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73. Trevor Jones

1949-. (aged 77)

composer film score composer

Trevor Alfred Charles Jones is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom.

74. Michelle Donelan

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan is a British former politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from February 2023 to July 2024.

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75. Hal Cruttenden

1969-. (aged 57)

stand-up comedian

Hal Dominic Bart Cruttenden is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, and writer.

76. Aníbal Cavaco Silva

1939-. (aged 87)

university teacher economist politician

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the president of Portugal, from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 6 November 1985 to 25 October 1995. His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since Salazar, and the longest for a...

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77. Rollo Armstrong

1966-. (aged 60)

singer record producer composer

Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, known professionally as both Rollo and R Plus, is an English DJ and music producer. He is one half of the remix/production duo Rollo & Sister Bliss and is a founding, non-touring, member of the electronic music group Faithless. He has produced and remixed many tracks for his sister Dido, Rob Dougan, Pet Shop Boys, Simply...

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78. Anthony Horowitz

1955-. (aged 71)

screenwriter novelist writer children's writer executive producer

Anthony John Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the Alex Rider series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spies for MI6, The Power of Five series (known as The Gatekeepers in the US), and The Diamond Brothers series.

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79. Peter Hitchens

1951-. (aged 75)

blogger writer journalist

Peter Jonathan Hitchens is an English conservative author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator. He writes for The Mail on Sunday and was a foreign correspondent reporting from both Moscow and Washington, D.C. Hitchens has contributed to The Spectator, The American Conservative, The Guardian, First Things, Prospect, The Critic and the New Statesman.

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80. James Callis

1971-. (aged 55)

film producer film actor stage actor film director television actor

James Nicholas Callis is an English actor. He is known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones' best friend Tom in the Bridget Jones film series. He appeared in the television series Eureka and 12 Monkeys on Syfy as Dr. Trevor Grant and Athan Cole "The Witness", respectively. Since 2017,...

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81. Harriet Harman

1950-. (aged 76)

solicitor lawyer politician

Harriet Ruth Harman, Baroness Harman is a British politician and solicitor who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Chair of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015 and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from 2007 to 2010. She also briefly served as Leader of the Opposition in 2010 and...

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82. Daron Acemoğlu

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher author economist

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019. His primary research fields include political economy, development economics, and labor economics. He received the John Bates...

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83. Harry Enfield

1961-. (aged 65)

film producer film actor comedian film director television actor

Henry Richard Enfield is an English comedian and actor. He is known in particular for his television work, including Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Harry Enfield & Chums and Harry & Paul, across which he created and portrayed comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey, The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It...

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84. Phil Lester

1987-. (aged 39)

television presenter stage actor YouTuber television producer radio personality

Philip Michael Lester is an English YouTuber and presenter. He is best known for his YouTube channels AmazingPhil and Dan and Phil (formerly DanAndPhilGAMES), which, as of October 2025, have 3.84 million and 2.96 million subscribers, respectively. Active since 2006, AmazingPhil is considered among the first notable British YouTubers. Lester appeared on The Sunday Times 2019 list of the top...

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85. Andrea Barber

1976-. (aged 50)

film actor actor television actor

Andrea Laura Barber is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kimmy Gibbler in the ABC sitcom Full House and the Netflix sequel series Fuller House.

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86. Tanya Byron

1967-. (aged 59)

clinical psychologist journalist television presenter psychologist

Tanya Byron is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality, best known for her work as a child therapist on television shows Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways. She also co-created the BBC Two sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle with Jennifer Saunders, and still contributes articles to various newspapers.

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87. Mary Bousted

1959-. (aged 67)

trade unionist researcher

Mary Winefride Bousted, Baroness Bousted, is a British trade unionist, educator and life peer. She was the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) from 2017 to 2023 and previously the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) from 2003 to 2017.

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88. Louise Ellman

1945-. (aged 81)

politician council member

Dame Louise Joyce Ellman DBE is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside from 1997 to 2019. She is a member of the Labour Party.

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89. Huw Edwards

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Huw William Edmund Edwards MBE is a British Labour Party politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Monmouth over two separate terms.

90. Marina Lewycka

1946-2025 (aged 79)

writer novelist teacher university teacher

Marina Lewycka was a Ukrainian-British lecturer and novelist. Her 2005 debut comic novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, was translated into over 30 languages.

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91. Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, PC is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005.

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92. Jung Chang

1952-. (aged 74)

linguist poet biographer writer autobiographer

Jung Chang CBE is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. Reception...

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93. John Witherow

1952-. (aged 74)

journalist

John Witherow is a former editor of British newspaper The Times. A former journalist with Reuters, he joined News International (now News UK) in 1980 and was appointed editor of The Sunday Times in 1994 and editor of The Times in 2013.

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94. Paul Dolan

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer chief executive officer

Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department in Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is Director of the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science which began in September 2014. Dolan conducts research on the measurement of happiness, its causes and consequences, and the implications for public policy, publishing in both...

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95. Dominic Fritz

1983-. (aged 43)

conductor politician

Dominic Samuel Fritz is a German-Romanian politician who has been serving as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, winning re-election in 2024. A member of the Save Romania Union, he was the only mayor in Romania without Romanian citizenship until December 2025, when he became a Romanian citizen.

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96. Severin Schwan

1967-. (aged 59)

manager

Severin Anton Schwan is an Austrian business executive. He is the current chairman of the board and former CEO (2008–2023) of the Roche Group.

97. Colville Young

1932-. (aged 94)

composer novelist politician writer

Sir Colville Norbert Young GCMG MBE is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994.

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98. Silvina Batakis

1968-. (aged 58)

economist

Silvina Aída Batakis is an Argentine economist and politician. She currently works as the Minister of Habitat and Urban Development of Buenos Aires Province. She was the President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina from 2022 to 2023, she also served as the Minister of Economy for a brief period in 2022. Previously, she served as Secretary of Provinces...

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99. Lindiwe Sisulu

1954-. (aged 72)

politician minister

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is a South African politician. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between April 1994 and March 2023. During that time, from 2001 to 2023, she served continuously in the cabinet as a minister under four consecutive presidents. President Cyril Ramaphosa sacked her from his cabinet in March 2023, precipitating...

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100. Tom Scott

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Thomas Joseph Scott ONZM is a New Zealand cartoonist. In the 1990s, he won New Zealand Cartoonist of the Year six times, and won the award again in 2009.

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