Notable alumni of London Metropolitan University

Sadiq Khan

politician · b. 1970

British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)

Daniela Ruah

television actor · b. 1983

American-Portuguese actress and director

Lola Shoneyin

novelist · b. 1974

Nigerian writer

Julie Bindel

feminist · b. 1962

British radical feminist

Inger Andersen

United Nations official · b. 1958

Danish economist and environmentalist

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

consultant · b. 1950

King of the Ashanti

Houda Nonoo

diplomat · b. 1964

Bahraini diplomat

Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi

police officer

President of International Criminal Police Organization

Maimie McCoy

film actor · b. 1980

British actress

Obi Emelonye

film director · b. 1967

Nigerian film director

Rainatou Sow

activist · b. 1983

Guinean activist

Adaora Onyechere

television presenter · b. 1984

Nigerian broadcast journalist, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, poet and author.

AJ Tracey

dancer · b. 1994

British rapper, singer and record producer from London

Irenosen Okojie

writer · b. 1978

Nigerian-born short story and novel writer working in London

Toolz

radio personality · b. 1982

Nigerian broadcaster

Zakia Hussein

politician

Somali politician

British chemist

women's activist

Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece

politician · b. 1953

British politician (born 1953)

Conor McGinn

politician · b. 1984

British politician (born 1984)

quenian digital artist and art curator

Nigerian politician

Yinka Ilori

designer · b. 1987

British visual artist and designer of Nigerian parentage (born 1987)

Iranian-British artist

Ouissem Belgacem

association football player · b. 1988

Tunisian and French association football player and writer

Muhammad Saleh

television presenter · b. 1985

Syrian politician

Edmund “Ed” Husain

autobiographer · b. 1974

British writer

Harshad Bhadeshia

materials scientist · b. 1953

Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge

Lata Gouveia

guitarist · b. 1975

Portuguese musician

British film director

Businessperson and corporate director, former Chair, President and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive

Mark Tedeschi

barrister · b. 1952

photographer

British painter, actor, writer and director

Tanzanian politician

Gibril Faal

university teacher · b. 1967

British-Gambian business executive