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This is a list of University of Warwick people , including office holders, current and former academics and alumni of the
University of Warwick , including a brief description of their notability.
Warwick has over 283,000 alumni
[1] and an active alumni network.
[2]
Former students
Academics
Art
Business
Cinema and theatre
Actor
Angus Castle–Doughty
Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
Adam Buxton (dropped out after two terms) – comedian and actor, best known as part of
Adam and Joe
Angus Castle–Doughty , actor who has starred in
Showtrial and
Hollyoaks , co-founded theatre company Incognito
Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the
Royal Court Theatre
Paul Darke (PhD in Film) – academic, artist and disability rights activist, creator of the ''normality drama' theory
Brett Goldstein (Film & Feminism) – actor and comedian
Vadim Jean (History) – film director
Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the
RSC
Ruth Jones (Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts 1988) – actress known as Myfanwy in
Little Britain and Nessa in
Gavin & Stacey
Lloyd Langford – comedian (film and television)
Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series
The Office and
Extras , in such roles as the 'Oggmonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor, known from the award-winning comedy series
Green Wing
Frank Skinner , then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature 1981) – comedian, actor, writer
Hannah Waterman – actress
Government and politics
Sir David Davis
Lord Gus O'Donnell
Andy Haldane
Wendy Alexander
MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the
Scottish Parliament
Luis Arce (Master's in Economics, 1997) –
President of Bolivia , former
Minister of Economy and Public Finance in Bolivia
[3]
Joseph Ngute – Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Republic of Cameroon
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Sociology 1976) – Britain's first female black Cabinet Minister, formerly
Leader of the House of Lords ,
Lord President of the Council and British
High Commissioner to
Australia ; and now
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the
UN
Tim Barrow – diplomat and
British Ambassador to Russia since 2011
Yunus Carrim – Minister of Communications of
South Africa
Chan Yuen Han
SBS –
JP ; active female
unionists in Hong Kong
Vernon Coaker (BA (Hons) Politics and Economics) –
Member of Parliament for
Gedling and Government
Minister until 2010
Jon Cruddas (
PhD in Philosophy, 1990) –
Member of Parliament for
Dagenham and formerly a candidate for
deputy leadership of the Labour Party
Sir David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) –
Conservative MP and former
Secretary of State for Exiting the EU
Claire Darke , (Certificate of Social Work) – 161st
Mayor of Wolverhampton
Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former
President of Nigeria
Andy Haldane (Economics) –
chief economist at the
Bank of England
Kim Howells (
PhD ) – former
Foreign Office Minister
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson – President of Iceland
George Chouliarakis – Academic and Greek
Alternate Minister of Finance
George W. Kanyeihamba – Member of the
Supreme Court of Uganda and
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ; Legal Advisor to the President of Uganda on Human Rights and International Affairs
Sir Bob Kerslake –
Head of the Home Civil Service
Andrea Leadsom (Political Science) –
Conservative Member of Parliament for
South Northamptonshire and
Secretary of State for the Environment
Sir Richard Leese – Leader of
Manchester City Council
David Li
GBM ,
GBS ,
OBE –
JP ,
Chairman and
Chief Executive of the
Bank of East Asia ; member of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong ; former member of the
Executive Council of Hong Kong
Tim Loughton (Classical Civilisation) –
Conservative former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley –
Privy Counsellor ; former
Labour
Secretary of State for Education ; graduated from
Coventry College of Education
Lord
Gus O'Donnell (Economics 1973) – former
Cabinet Secretary and
Head of the Home Civil Service
Lord
Brian Paddick – former Deputy Assistant
Commissioner in the
Metropolitan Police and
London Mayoral candidate for the
Liberal Democrats in 2008 and 2012
José Fernando Franco González Salas – Ministry of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
George Saitoti – Former
Vice-President of Kenya , former Executive Chairman of the
World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund and former President of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Dan Stoenescu – Romanian diplomat and Former Minister for Romanians Abroad
Valentine Strasser – former
head of state of
Sierra Leone ; did not complete his studies at Warwick
Aung Tun Thet –
Myanmar
economist and the Economic Advisor to the
President of Burma
Carrie Symonds – British political activist, conservationist and Partner of Boris Johnson
History
Literature
Lonely Planet founder
Tony Wheeler
Law
Media
Camila Batmanghelidjh , charity executive
Music
Sting
Sport
Notable faculty and staff
Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:
Biological sciences
Chemistry
Classics and Ancient History
English
Germaine Greer
Engineering and computer science
Lord Bhattacharyya
History
Law
Mathematics and statistics
Christopher Zeeman
Fields Medallist
Martin Hairer
Philosophy
Social sciences
Other
Administration
Chancellors
Former Chancellor
Richard Lambert
Vice-chancellors
References
People Departments and buildings Student life Other