Notable alumni of Kingston University

Eric Clapton

jazz musician · b. 1945

British musician

Aphex Twin

club DJ · b. 1971

British electronic musician (born 1971)

Ben Barnes

film actor · b. 1981

British actor and singer

David Chipperfield

designer · b. 1953

English architect (born 1953)

Graeme Le Saux

association football player · b. 1968

English footballer (born 1968)

Jessie Cave

film actor · b. 1987

British actress

Asha Philip

trampoline gymnast · b. 1990

British sprinter

Charles Ingram

novelist · b. 1963

British fraudster

Eason Chan

recording artist · b. 1974

Hong Kong singer and actor

Angela Bowie

autobiographer · b. 1949

American actress and model

Ed McKeever

canoeist · b. 1983

British kayaker, K1 200m Olympic champion in 2012

Gail Emms

Olympic competitor · b. 1977

badminton player

Trevor Eve

film actor · b. 1951

British actor

Keith Relf

rock musician · 1943–1976

British pop musician, singer for the Yardbirds (1943–1976)

Oyinkan Braithwaite

production manager · b. 1988

Nigerian-UK author

Jasper Morrison

furniture designer · b. 1959

British designer (born 1959)

Lawrence Dallaglio

rugby union player · b. 1972

English rugby union footballer

artist (born 1980)

Qubad Talabani

politician · b. 1977

Kurdish politician

English artist (born 1966)

Nigerian film director

Nigerian architect, creative entrepreneur, public speaker and author.

Stewart Home

novelist · b. 1962

English writer, artist and filmmaker

Mandy Takhar

actor · b. 1987

British actress and model

Tom Wright

architect · b. 1957

British architect

John Richmond

fashion designer · b. 1960

British fashion designer (born 1960)

Trevor Cooper

television actor · b. 1953

English actor

British designer (1958–2013)

Glenda Bailey

fashion editor · b. 1958

British magazine editor

Petr Fradkov

Russian oligarch · b. 1978

Russian economist and banker

British architect

Aleksandra Gintrowska

singer · b. 1991

Polish singer

Karl McCartney

politician · b. 1968

British politician (born 1968)

Nigerian Educator and Social Worker

British animator, puppeteer and writer (1925-2008)

Yelizaveta Osetinskaya

radio personality · b. 1977

Russian journalist

Jersey politician

Nigel Dakin

diplomat · b. 1964

Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and British diplomat

Luxembourgish film producer and film director

Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad

politician · 1960–2016

former Malaysian politician, architect and entrepreneur (1960-2016)

Sima Kamil

banker · b. 1957

Pakistani banker

Richard Riakporhe

boxer · b. 1990

British boxer

Tayme Thapthimthong

actor · b. 1990

British actor

(1945 - ) British artist (born 1945)

Yemeni politician (1934-2010)

Lavinia Greenlaw

novelist · b. 1962

British writer

Adelaide Damoah

performance artist · b. 1976

British artist

Nelly Attar

mountaineer · b. 1990

Saudi and Lebanese mountaineer (born 1990)

Robin Rimbaud

sound artist · b. 1964

British electronic musician (born 1964)

Sam Chan

television actor · b. 1979

Hong Kong actor

Francis Yeoh

businessperson · b. 1954

Malaysian businessman

Adel Al Toraifi

journalist · b. 1979

Saudi journalist and specialist in Middle Eastern affairs

Scottish artist (born 1963)

Bill Miller

trade unionist · b. 1954

former Labour MEP, born 1954

English television and radio presenter, actress

Albanian sculptor

British architect

Magdalena Merbilháa

historian · b. 1973

Chilean historian

British artist

Caryn Franklin

journalist · b. 1959

British fashion journalist

Dionne 'London' Hughes

stand-up comedian · b. 1989

comedian and actress

Gregory Venables

Anglican priest · b. 1949

British-born Anglican bishop

John Scott

sociology professor · b. 1949

British sociologist (1949-)

Financier and financial regulator

British actress

Viktor Kryzhanivskyi

painter · 1950–2016

Ukrainian artist (1950-2016)

Michael Young

industrial designer · b. 1966

British industrial designer and creative director (born 1966)

British photographer

Bishop of Southwark; Bishop of Bradford (1932-2019)

Sarah Rees Brennan

young adult author · b. 1983

Irish children's writer

Ruby McGregor-Smith

politician · b. 1963

British businesswoman (born 1963)

Ugandan field hockey player

Zeinab Elobeid Yousif

engineer · 1952–2016

First Sudanese female aircraft engineer

British actress

Scott Barley

film director · b. 1992

Welsh film director, artist, musician, writer

German publisher

Annabel Abbs

novelist · b. 1964

British writer

Emma Hart

painter · b. 1974

English artist (born 1974)

Sophie Yip

actor · b. 1992

Hong Kong actress and programme host

Mike Slee

film director · b. 1959

British director

Christine Dawood

entrepreneur · b. 1975

British-German entrepreneur

Sarah Gibson

lecturer · b. 1966

British politician, from 2024, member of the UK Parliament

Bruno Braakhuis

politician · b. 1961

Dutch politician, manager and industrial designer

British actress

British comedian

British furniture designer

Japanese artist and writer

British computer programmer

Mechanical engineer and car designer (1925–2000)

Sophie Hulme

fashion designer · b. 2000

British fashion designer

Yoshiko Shimada

artist · b. 1959

Japanese artist (born 1959)

British photographer

Albert Isola

barrister · b. 1963

Gibraltarian politician

Kirsty Hayes

diplomat · b. 1977

British diplomat

Yemeni politician

Hamish Mackie

sculptor · b. 1973

British wildlife sculptor

English designer, businessperson and spokesperson

Saudi Arabian human rights activist and former member of the Royal Saudi Air Force

English graphic artist, painter, and draftsman, 1907-2005 (1907–2005)

Ed Parsons

geospatial analyst · b. 1965

geospatial Technologist & Tech Evangelist

Saudi film director

Kenyan accountant

Hazel Reeves

sculptor

English sculptor

British animator, illustrator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actress

Namibian central bank governor

Anjana Khatwa

television presenter · b. 1975

scientist and presenter (researcher 0000-0003-2814-7023)