Notable alumni of Leeds Beckett University

Alexander Skarsgård

film actor · b. 1976

Swedish actor

Hassan Diab

head of government · b. 1959

Lebanese engineer, academic and minister of higher education

Graham Potter

association football player · b. 1975

English association football player and manager

Lucy Bronze

association football player · b. 1991

English footballer (born 1991)

Marc Almond

vocalist · b. 1957

British singer

Alistair Brownlee

triathlete · b. 1988

British triathlete

Georgia Taylor-Brown

triathlete · b. 1994

British triathlete

Stereo Mike

musicologist · b. 1978

Greek singer

Dave Ball

musician · 1959–2025

English record producer and electronic musician (1959–2025)

British film director

Jon McLaughlin

association football player · b. 1987

Scottish association football player

English weightlifter

Eric Pickles

radio personality · b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

Sam Quek

field hockey player · b. 1988

British field hockey player

Ricky Wilson

songwriter · b. 1978

British singer

Fad Gadget

musician · 1956–2002

British singer (1956–2002)

Emily Scarratt

rugby sevens player · b. 1990

English female rugby union player

London bomber (1974–2005)

Richard Buck

sprinter · b. 1986

British sprint athlete

Sarah Barrow

competitive diver · b. 1988

British diver

Cameroonian filmmaker and academic

Laura Weightman

middle-distance runner · b. 1991

British middle-distance runner

Andrew White

guitarist · b. 1974

British guitarist

Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough

politician · b. 1941

British politician (born 1941)

Zimbabwean politician

Jamaican diver

Ian McGeechan

rugby union coach · b. 1946

English-Scottish rugby union footballer and coach

Anthea Hamilton

installation artist · b. 1978

British artist (born 1978)

Mai Mala Buni

politician · b. 1967

Nigerian politician (born 19/November/1967)

Dee Caffari

sailor · b. 1973

British yacht racer

Martyn Woolford

association football player · b. 1985

English association football player (born 1985)

Andy McDonald

politician · b. 1958

British Labour politician

Luke Whitehouse

gymnast · b. 2002

gymnast

Pholile Dlamini

politician

politician in Eswatini

Emma Lipman

association football player · b. 1989

English-Maltese association football player (born 1989)

Mike Wood

politician · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

English rugby union footballer

British terrorist (1982-2005)

Stuart Lancaster

rugby union player · b. 1969

English rugby union footballer and coach

Oba Otudeko

banker · b. 1943

Nigeria businessman

English/New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer

Emma Higgins

association football player · b. 1986

Northern Irish footballer

Vid Hidvégi

artistic gymnast · b. 1986

Hungarian artistic gymnast

Hungarian professional basketball player

Nigerian politician

Kim Leadbeater

personal trainer · b. 1976

UK politician, Labour Party MP for Batley and Spen

Green Gartside

songwriter · b. 1956

Songwriter, singer and musician from Scritti Politti.

Irish field hockey player (1988-)

Gill Furniss

council member · b. 1957

British politician (born 1957)

British politician (born 1948)

Zimbabwean revolutionary

Nigerian engineer and oil & gas professional

Canadian artist (born 1958)

British artist

British model

English cricketer (born 1991)

Scottish rugby union footballer and coach

British politician (1904-1991)

badminton player

English cricketer (born 1990)

British politician (born 1943)

Alison Hume

science fiction writer · b. 1965

British television writer and politician

Canadian writer and film director

Shahnaz Ali

b. 1961

British Muslim woman

Kim-Joy

mental health professional · b. 1991

British baker and cook book author

Penny Carnaby

university teacher · b. 1949

New Zealand librarian and Professor of Digital Knowledge Systems

Welsh historian of philosophy and linguistics, and a translator (1926-2007)

Spanish actress, drama teacher and theatre director

Khairul Anam Shakil

singer · b. 1958

Ekushey Padak recipient

cricketer (born 1991)