Notable alumni of De Montfort University

Charles Dance

manufacturer · b. 1946

English actor (born 1946)

Eddie the Eagle

ski jumper · b. 1963

British ski jumper

Emma Twigg

rower · b. 1987

New Zealand rower (born 1987)

Louis de Bernières

novelist · b. 1954

English novelist

South Korean footballer

Simon Wells

film director · b. 1961

English film director

John Bain

YouTuber · 1984–2018

British game commentator (1984-2018)

British computer scientist

Akram Khan

dancer · b. 1974

British dancer and choreographer

Franziska Weisz

stage actor · b. 1980

Austrian actress

Claudia Durastanti

journalist · b. 1984

Italian journalist and writer

Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

politician · b. 1959

British politician, from July 2024 Leader of the House of Lords

Zarina Bhimji

video artist · b. 1963

Ugandan artist (born 1963)

Neo Masisi

accountant · b. 1962

former first lady of Botswana

Chris Williamson

politician · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

Lewis Moody

rugby union player · b. 1978

English rugby union player

Geordan Murphy

Gaelic football player · b. 1978

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

Pedro Yang

Olympic competitor · b. 1976

Guatemalan badminton player

Zimbabwean politician

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

television actor · b. 1992

Northern Irish actress

UK politician (born 1943)

David Shrigley

draftsperson · b. 1968

British artist

Zeinab Camara

politician · b. 1981

Guinea politician, football club president

English rugby union footballer

Tom Wood

photographer · b. 1951

Irish photographer (born 1951)

Laura Coleman

beauty pageant contestant · b. 1986

British model

Andy Lee

snooker player · b. 1980

English and later Hong Kong snooker player

Dorothy Cross

video artist · b. 1956

Irish artist (born 1956)

Manjinder Virk

film director · b. 1975

British Actress, writer, director

Vivek Dahiya

television actor · b. 1984

Indian television actor

Nigerian investigative journalist

British speed skater

British sculptor

Bryan Avery

architect · 1944–2017

British architect

English footballer

English cricketer (born 1964)

Phuti Mahanyele

chief executive officer · b. 1971

South African businessman

Vicky Foxcroft

trade unionist · b. 1977

British politician (born 1977)

John Volanthen

marathon runner · b. 1971

British civilian cave diver who specializes in rescues

Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs from July 2007 to February 2009

Hsieh Yi-fong

politician · b. 1977

Taiwanese politician

Sam Locke

television actor · b. 2001

Welsh actor

Budge Pountney

rugby union player · b. 1973

English rugby union footballer and coach

British magazine editor (1947–1999)

Christian Furr

painter · b. 1966

painter and artist

Peter Soulsby

council member · b. 1948

British politician (born 1948)

Andy Puddicombe

Buddhist monk · b. 1974

British writer and meditation advocate

Ghanaian politician

Cara Noir

professional wrestler · b. 1980

British professionnal wrestler

Amanda Hack

politician · b. 1976

British politician

Ghanaian politician

rugby union player

British rapper and record producer

Andy Miah

journalist · b. 1975

English bioethicist, academic and journalist

Andy Reed

politician · b. 1964

British politician (born 1964)

Chris Sugden

b. 1952

Humourist

English Labour Co-operative politician (1946-2009)

Ken Shuttleworth

architect · b. 1952

British architect

Zimbabwean shoe designer

painter (1935–2020)

Stephen Bourne

film scholar · b. 1957

British writer, film and social historian

Ugandan lawyer and judge

Kirti Menon

academic · b. 1959

South African activist, educator and writer

Sally Reeve

actor · b. 1971

British actress