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This is a
list of alumni of the
University of Westminster
(including its
predecessor institutions
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Contents
Architecture and Urban Design
Art
Business
Fashion
Film and television
Government and politics
Literature
Media and journalism
Music
Photography
Science and engineering
Sports
Miscellaneous
References
Architecture and Urban Design
Raymond Allchin
archaeologist and cultural historian of ancient India
Sir Thomas Bennett
KBE
FRIBA
– architect (
Saville Theatre
,
London Mormon Temple
)
Alfred Bossom
–
Conservative Party
politician; architect (
Magnolia Hotel
)
Ludo Campbell-Reid
– urban designer (
2004 Olympic Games
)
Gordon Cullen
– architect; author (
Townscape
)
Ralph Erskine
– Swedish architect (
Clare Hall
,
University of Cambridge
)
Stephen Gardiner
O.B.E
, architect and writer
John Harvey
(1911–1997) – architectural historian
Ron Herron
– creator of the
Walking City
Jack Howe
– architect and industrial designer
Shiu-Kay Kan
– architect, industrial and lighting designer
Michael Manser
CBE – architect and past president of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
Ivan Margolius
– author, architect and propagator of Czech culture and technology
Peter Melvin
- architect and vice-president
Royal Institute of British Architects
Vicky Richardson
– editor of architecture and design magazine
Blueprint
Ian Ritchie
CBE
– architect (
Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre
,
Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art
)
Fred Roche
CBE – architect and general manager of
Milton Keynes Development Corporation
Alireza Sagharchi
RIBA
FRSA
– architect (New Quadrangle and Theatre for
Magdalen College
,
University of Oxford
;
Kings Cross
regeneration programme)
Hamid Shirvani
– President of
California State University, Stanislaus
Cameron Sinclair
– co-founder of
Architecture for Humanity
Raglan Squire
– British architect
Michael Webb
– founding member of
Archigram
Michael Wilford
CBE – architect (
Lowry Centre
,
British Embassy in Berlin
)
Chris Wilkinson
[
1
]
– architect (
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
,
Magna Centre
)
Art
Eileen Aldridge
– painter and illustrator
Anthea Alley
– painter and sculptor
Sybil Atteck
– Trinidadian painter
Norman Blamey
– artist (
Ordination
,
The Lavabo
)
Eden Box
– artist
John Frederick Brill
– painter (creator of the
Bardia Mural
)
Laurence Broderick
– sculptor (
The Bull
, Birmingham Bullring)
Sir Anthony Caro
OM
CBE
– sculptor (
Dream City
at the
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
,
Black Cover Flat
at the
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
)
Richard Cullen
– animator and music video director
Leonard Daniels
– painter and teacher
Leslie Davenport
- painter and teacher
George Finey
– Australian artist
Dennis Flanders
– artist and illustrator
Fougasse
– editor of
Punch
magazine
Mark Gertler
– portrait and landscape painter
Thomas Hennell
– painter and writer
Usha Rani Hooja
– Indian sculptor
Jacobine Jones
– sculptor (seven principal industries at the
Bank of Canada Building
, figures of scholar and hockey player at
Kerr Hall
,
Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
)
Charles Keeping
– illustrator, children's author and lithographer (
Les Misérables
,
Beowulf
and various works by
Charles Dickens
)
Constance-Anne Parker
– sculptor
Margot Perryman
– artist
John Ryan
– animator and creator of
Captain Pugwash
Steve Sabella
– Palestinian artist
Flora Twort
– painter
Melanie Walsh
– children's book illustrator
Barbara Warren
– Irish painter
Business
Sinclair Beecham – co-founder of
Pret à Manger
[
2
]
Wilfred Cass
– businessman and philanthropist
Adekunle Ojora
- business mogul and philanthropist
Moorad Choudhry
– Managing Director
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Michael Jackson
[
3
]
– Chairman, Universal Television Group USA
Neil Laughton
(born 31 October 1963) is a former army officer, entrepreneur and adventurer.
Julian Metcalfe
- co-founder of
Pret a Manger
Bejay Mulenga
- businessman and creative consultant
Adar Poonawalla
- businessman and CEO of
Serum Institute of India
Fashion
Claire Barrow
- fashion designer and artist
Christopher Bailey
– Chief Executive and Chief Creative Officer (
Burberry
)
Jeremy Laing
– Canadian fashion designer; exchange student while studying fashion at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
[
4
]
[
5
]
Carri Mundane
– fashion designer (Cassetteplaya)
Stuart Vevers
[
6
]
– fashion designer (
Loewe
)
Vivienne Westwood
[
7
]
– fashion designer
Ashley Williams
- fashion designer
Film and television
Stephen K Amos
– comedian and TV presenter
David Bonneville
– screenwriter and director
Charlie Brooker
–
BAFTA
-nominated broadcaster
[
8
]
Kristian Digby
– presenter and director
Andrew Dunn
–
BAFTA
winning cinematographer (
Hitch
,
The History Boys
,
Extraordinary Measures
,
Life as We Know It
)
Ruth England
– newscaster and former presenter of
Wish You Were Here...?
Trisha Goddard
– TV presenter/chat show host
Darine Hamze
– Lebanese actress and filmmaker
Asif Kapadia
–
BAFTA
winning filmmaker (
The Warrior
and
Senna
)
Aret Komlosy
– singer
John Lundberg
– documentary filmmaker
Sunshine Martyn
–
Big Brother 11
contestant
Arthur Max
–
Oscar
nominated and
BAFTA
winning art director (
Gladiator
,
American Gangster
and
Robin Hood
)
Seamus McGarvey
– cinematographer (
Along Came Polly
,
Sahara
,
World Trade Center
and
The Avengers
)
[
9
]
Stella Meghie
– Canadian film director and screenwriter
Trevor Miller
– author and screenwriter
Suleman Mirza
–
Signature
dance group
Jake Nava
– music video and commercial director
Carl Ng
– Chinese/Hong Kong actor
Perou
– fashion photographer and judge of
Make Me a Supermodel
Rafi Pitts
– Iranian film director
Neal Purvis
[
9
]
– scriptwriter (
James Bond
series including
Die Another Day
,
Casino Royale
and
Quantum of Solace
)
Matt Richards
– TV producer
Georgia Toffolo
– TV and media personality
Anand Tucker
– film director (
Shopgirl
,
Leap Year
)
Stanley Unwin
– comedian
Danny Wallace
– writer and presenter
Timothy West
– actor and director
Government and politics
Rafik Abdessalem
– Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia
Ibikunle Amosun
– Governor, Ogun State, Nigeria
Janet Anderson
–
Labour Party
Member of Parliament
for
Rossendale and Darwen
Jean Arnault
–
United Nations
Special Representative to Georgia
Sir
Robert Bellinger
GBE
–
Lord Mayor of London
and director of
Arsenal Football Club
Katalin Bogyay
– Hungarian Ambassador to
UNESCO
Harpal Brar
– UK-based Indian communist
Ana Maria Teles Carreira
– Angolan Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Sir
Bryan Cartledge
KCMG
– British
diplomat
and architect
Asma Chaâbi
- Mayor of
Essaouira
,
Morocco
Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
– Conservative politician
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
– politician, lobbyist
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton
– crossbencher and member of the House of Lords
Keith Darvill
– Labour Councillor and former MP for Upminster
Jack Easter
– Australian politician and Member of Parliament
Natascha Engel
– Labour Party MP for North East Derbyshire
Christopher Fraser
–
Conservative Party
politician and
Member of Parliament
for
South West Norfolk
Dominic Grieve
QC
–
Conservative
MP for
Beaconsfield
and
Attorney General for England and Wales
Stephen Hesford
– Labour Party MP for
Wirral West
Brian Hord
–
Conservative Party
politician and
Member of the European Parliament
Ahmed Inaz
– Minister of Finance and Treasury of Maldives
Raheem Kassam
(born 1986) - political activist and journalist
Supinya Klangnarong
– Thai media rights activist
David Lepper
– Labour Party MP for Brighton Pavilion
Satyabrata Mookherjee
– former Indian Union Minister of State
Julian Morris
– director of think-tank
International Policy Network
Geoff Mulgan
– director of the Young Foundation
Zac Nsenga
– Rwandan Ambassador to the United States
Mohamed Nur
– Former Mayor of Mogadishu
Olabisi Onabanjo
– Nigerian Governor
Abdirahman Omar Osman
– Former Mayor of Mogadishu killed in 2019 by the armed group
al-Shabaab
Michael Otedola
– Nigerian Governor
Gloria de Piero
– Labour MP for Ashfield
Anand Ramlogan
– human rights attorney
Sir
Anthony Seldon
– political commentator
Adin Talbar
– former Deputy Director of the Israel Ministry for Commerce and Industry
Azzam Tamimi
– member of the Muslim Association of Britain
Mark Versallion
– Councillor and Treasurer for the
Conservative Party
Bowen Wells
– Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford
Rosie Wrighting
– Labour MP for Kettering
Lilian Wolfe
– anarchist and founding contributor to
The Voice of Labour
Paul Xuereb
–
President of Malta
Stefán Jón Hafstein
(Icelandic writer and statesman)
Yang Cheng-wu
-7th Magistrate of
Kinmen County
, member of the
9th Legislative Yuan
Makram Mustafa Queisi
- Former Jordanian Minister of Youth and Ambassador
Literature
Margery Allingham
- author of Campion mysteries
Mary Jo Bang
– poet and Professor of English at
Washington University in St. Louis
[
10
]
George Barker
– poet and author (
Pacific Sonnets
,
The Dead Seagull
)
Samit Basu
– author (
The Simoqin Prophecies
,
The Manticore's Secret
and
The Unwaba Revelations
)
Quentin Crisp
[
8
]
– writer and raconteur (
Englishman in New York
)
Zee Edgell
MBE
– author and professor of English at
Kent State University
David Gascoyne
– poet (
Roman Balcony
,
Sun at Midnight
,
Recontres avec Benjamin Fondane
)
Dorothy Hartley
– social historian (
Food in England
,
Life and Work of the People of England
)
Mengistu Lemma
– Ethiopian poet
Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi
– author (
Last Song of Dusk
)
Clive Sansom
– poet, playwright and speech educator
Philip Tew
– Professor of English (post-1900 literature)
Brunel University
, novelist
Media and journalism
Faisal Abbas - Editor-in-chief of Arab News, Saudi Rabia
Talal Al-Haj
– New York bureau chief for the
Al-Arabiya
news network
William Frankel
– former editor of the
Jewish Chronicle
Fran Godfrey
–
BBC Radio 2
newsreader
Carrie Gracie
– journalist and newsreader at
BBC News
Rose Hacker
– journalist and sex educator
Will Cozens
-
Capital
presenter
Hsiao-Hung Pai
– Taiwan-born journalist and author
Denis Jenkinson
– motor sport journalist
James King
–
BBC
film critic
Sarah Mukherjee
– BBC's Environment Correspondent
Annie Nightingale
MBE
–
BBC Radio 1
DJ
Nick Bright
–
BBC Radio 1Xtra
presenter
Michelle Olley
– former deputy editor of
Penthouse
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
–
National Public Radio
foreign correspondent, journalist, broadcaster, and host
Jon Ronson
– journalist and author of
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Matt Smith
–
Sky News
Entertainment Correspondent
Brian Whitaker
– former Middle East editor at
The Guardian
newspaper
Mo Abudu
- media mogul, owner of EbonyLife TV
Muyiwa Olarewaju
- TV & Radio Broadcaster at Christian Broadcasting Network & Premier Chrisitan Radio
Music
Amir Amor
- member of drum and bass band
Rudimental
[
11
]
David Balfe
–
The Teardrop Explodes
and founder of
Zoo Records
Banks & Wag
– TV composers (
The X Factor
,
ZingZillas
,
Ross Noble
) and musicians
Einar Örn Benediktsson
– member of Icelandic anarcho-punk group
KUKL
Luke Busby
– producer
Temposhark
Alex Cartana
– Spanish Singer/Songwriter/Actress
Robert Diament
– singer/songwriter
Temposhark
Henry's Final Dream
– indie rock band; all members studied at the University
Jono Grant
- One Third of London-based trance trio
Above & Beyond
and founder of UK Label
Anjunabeats
Ciaran Jeremiah – member of pop group
The Feeling
Kevin Jeremiah – member of pop group The Feeling
Richard Jones
– member of pop group The Feeling
Nick Mason
– musician, member of rock group
Pink Floyd
Jake Nava
– music and advertising director
Pure Reason Revolution
– progressive rock band
William G. Shields
– English rapper better known as
Jehst
Al Shux
– producer of the
Jay-Z
hit song "
Empire State of Mind
"
Paul Stewart – member of pop group The Feeling
Mumzy Stranger
– British singer, rapper, producer and writer.
Techno Squirrels – electro-pop band
Simon Toulson-Clarke
– lead singer of pop-group
Red Box
Roger Waters
[
8
]
– musician and lyricist of rock group Pink Floyd
Charlie Watts
– musician, member of
The Rolling Stones
Rick Wright
– musician, member of rock group
Pink Floyd
Riccardo Zanotti
– musician, member of pop group
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari
Photography
Arnis Balcus
- photographer; video artist
Stuart Roy Clarke
– photographer, known for his major work
The Homes Of Football
Iain Macmillan
– photographer (cover of
The Beatles
'
Abbey Road
album)
Scarlet Page
– photographer and daughter of
Led Zeppelin
guitarist
Jimmy Page
Olivier Richon
– photographer and Professor of Photography at the
Royal College of Art
Jo Spence
– photographer, known for the documentation of her struggle with cancer
Science and engineering
Frederick Abel
– chemist and inventor of cordite
Seweryn Chomet
– physicist
Sir Diarmuid Downs
– former President of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Lewis R. B. Elton
– physicist and researcher in education
Mary English
– mycologist and historian
Sir Alexander Fleming
–
Nobel Prize in Medicine
[
12
]
H. J. Gough
– former President of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
George Hockham
– engineer and pioneer in research for fiber-optics
David Lewis
– psychologist
Gerald Palmer
– British car design engineer
Walter Eric Spear
– physicist and pioneer of thin film displays
Armand de Waele
– British chemist and rheologist
Sports
Lambros Athanassoulas
– Greek rally driver
Colin Charvis
– rugby player and captain of the Welsh national rugby team
Herbert Gayler
- Olympic Cyclist and 12 hour record holder.
Dunia Susi
– England women's football player
Frank Turner
- three-times
Olympics
gymnast
Miscellaneous
Henry Allingham
– supercentenarian and World War I veteran
A. E. Bassom
– pioneer of traffic policing
Shirley Becke
- commander of London Metropolitan Police's A4 Branch (Women Police), first woman officer in United Kingdom to reach chief officer rank.
Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell
– Archbishop of York
Mladen Dolar
– Slovenian philosopher
Lucy Bella Earl
– teacher of English,
YouTuber
Mohammed Emwazi
– militant
jihadist
[
13
]
Princess Aisha bint Faisal
– Jordanian princess
Maurice Grosse
– paranormal investigator
Simmon Latutin
– awarded
George Cross
for bravery during World War II
Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra
– Malaysian Kelantanese prince
Allyson Williams (midwife)
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