Notable alumni of Middlesex University

Helen Mirren

film actor · b. 1945

English actress (born 1945)

Vivienne Westwood

activist · 1941–2022

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

Marina Diamandis

recording artist · b. 1985

British singer

Roger Glover

songwriter · b. 1945

Welsh bassist, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

army officer · 1810–1895

British politician (1810-1895)

Anish Kapoor

draftsperson · b. 1954

British-Indian artist (born 1954)

Freema Agyeman

film actor · b. 1979

English actress

Ray Davies

rock musician · b. 1944

British singer and musician

Monica Ali

novelist · b. 1967

British writer, novelist (born 1967)

Mike Figgis

film producer · b. 1948

British composer, film director and screenwriter (born 1948)

Member of the British royal family

James Herbert

science fiction writer · 1943–2013

English horror writer (1943-2013)

Alison Goldfrapp

musician · b. 1966

English musician and record producer (born 1966)

Jamaican-English author

British actor

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

activist · b. 1963

British-Nigerian feminist activist, writer and policy advocate

Alan Carr

television actor · b. 1976

British comedian and television personality

Adam Brown

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

former derivatives broker

Christine Adams

film actor · b. 1974

British actress

Taiwo Ajai Lycett

cosmetologist · b. 1941

Nigerian poet and actress

Allen Jones

printmaker · b. 1937

British pop artist (born 1937)

Lutalo Muhammad

taekwondo athlete · b. 1991

Taekwondo practitioner

Neville Brody

designer · b. 1957

British graphic designer (born 1957)

actor, martial artist, model, singer

former Ghanaian politician (1939-2014)

Johnny Vegas

rugby league player · b. 1971

English actor, comedian, and ceramicist

Rabiu Kwankwaso

minister · b. 1956

Nigerian politician

Liz Pichon

children's writer · b. 1963

British artist and children's writer

Andrew Miller

novelist · b. 1960

English novelist

Nigerian artist (1952-2012)

Simeon Williamson

athletics competitor · b. 1986

British sprint athlete

British actress

Venkat Prabhu

film director · b. 1975

Indian actor

Yannis Behrakis

war photographer · 1960–2019

Greek photographer (1960–2019)

Kenyan academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer

Montell Douglas

athletics competitor · b. 1986

British athlete and bobsledder

Serita Solomon

athletics competitor · b. 1990

British athlete

Natalie Payida Jabangwe

engineer · b. 1983

Zimbabwean computer engineer and entrepreneur (born c. 1983)

Brittany Kaiser

executive · b. 1987

former Director of Business Development at Cambridge Analytica

Dermot O'Leary

presenter · b. 1973

English television presenter

Swazi diplomat

Coco Fusco

cultural studies scholar · b. 1960

American artist (born 1960)

British - Ghanaian media personality and social activist

Paolo Petrocelli

arts administrator · b. 1984

Italian cultural manager

Turkish artist (born 1955)

Brendan Kavanagh

YouTuber · b. 1967

English pianist

Vic Reeves

autobiographer · b. 1959

English comedian

Victoria Stilwell

television presenter · b. 1969

British television presenter

Tony Okungbowa

television actor · b. 1967

British actor

Nina Power

women's rights activist · b. 1978

British philosopher

Suzanne Moore

editorial columnist · b. 1958

English journalist

sculptor (1924-2018)

British actor

Nick Harvey

politician · b. 1961

British politician (born 1961)

Scottish screenwriter and film director

Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey

university teacher · b. 1951

British academic (born 1951)

Philippa Perry

comics writer · b. 1957

British psychotherapist and author

Mina Smallman

school teacher · b. 1956

British archdeacon

American curator

English music producer

Zambian writer

Gillian Condy

scientific illustrator · b. 1952

South African (botanical) artist

British character animator

Kim Howells

trade unionist · b. 1946

British politician (born 1946)

Ghanaian politician

Ghanaian politician

Kwame Addo-Kufuor

university teacher · b. 1940

Ghanaian politician and physician

British comedian, actress, writer

Henry Bond

exhibition curator · b. 1966

English writer, photographer and visual artist (born 1966)

Charlotte Bellamy

actor · b. 1973

English actress

Jordanian journalist and politician

English actress

politician in Pakistan

Senegalese model and actor

Cristina Durán Costell

comics writer · b. 1970

Spanish illustrator and cartoonist

Melanie Onn

politician · b. 1979

British politician (born 1979)

Florence Eshalomi

council member · b. 1980

British politician (born 1980)

Juliet Sargeant

garden designer · b. 1965

garden designer

British artist (born 1961)

British journalist and broadcaster (1953–2001)

Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

university teacher · b. 1942

British politician (born 1942)

British actress (1941-2015)

Ghanian diplomat

Jamaican human geographer and academic

Anne Boden

banker · b. 1960

British entrepreneur (b. 1960)

South African anti-apartheid activist

Nigerian broadcaster and lawyer

Ugandan artist

English sculptor, installation artist and musician, born 1953 (born 1953)

Jon Nurse

association football player · b. 1981

footballer

Frances O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

trade unionist · b. 1959

British trade unionist (born 1959)

Member of the Parliament of Malaysia

Mian Muhammad Mansha

businessperson · b. 1947

Pakistani businessman

Jordanian princess

French economist

Miss Vietnam 2004

Adam Ficek

guitarist · b. 1974

English musician

British artist (1914-1991)

Paul Reynolds

librarian · 1949–2010

New Zealand commentator (1949-2010)

Natalie Stewart

singer-songwriter · b. 1979

British musician

Mike Summers

member of legislative assembly · b. 1952

Falkland islands politician

Mario Petrucci

essayist · b. 1958

British poet, essayist and composer

Milton Jones

stand-up comedian · b. 1964

British comedian

British actor

Yusuf Hassan Abdi

politician · b. 1953

Kenyan politician, diplomat and journalist

British politician (1943-2017)

Dave Snowden

consultant · b. 1954

British academic

Scottish political theorist (1932–2023)

John Lundberg

film producer · b. 1968

British artist

artist

Mandy Tam

politician · b. 1957

Hong Kong politician

British novelist and poet (1944-2004)

British actor

Zoe Harrison

rugby union player · b. 1992

rugby player

British taekwondo practitioner (born 2003)

Confidence Staveley

computer security consultant

Nigerian cybersecurity person

Mike Gapes

politician · b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

British illustrator

Michael Petry

critic · b. 1960

American academic, multi-media artist and author

British librarian

British photographer

British artist (1894–1991)

British composer

Israeli artist (born 1947)

Singaporean fashion designer

Conrad Leach

painter · b. 1965

British artist and custom motorcycle designer

Nigerian taekwondo practitioner

Stephen Sizer

Anglican priest · b. 1953

British priest

Sue Sanders

LGBTQ rights activist · b. 1947

British activist

Joanne Yeoh

lecturer · b. 1977

Malaysian violinist

John McKenna

sculptor · b. 1964

sculptor

Kuljit Bhamra

musician · b. 1959

British musician

Mohamed Al-Amin Mohamed Al-Hadi

journalist · b. 1967

Member of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia

Russell Kane

comedian · b. 1975

British comedian

German manager

British artist

British photographer

feminist sociologist, academic, and activist

English artist (1904–1993)

British photographer

Welsh effects animator and film producer

Turkish journalist and statesperson (born 1976)

British historian, academic, and professor

Danny Lee Wynter

television actor · b. 1982

English actor

filmmaker, journalist

Phyllis Kandie

diplomat · b. 1965

Kenyan ambassador to Belgium

Laura Hird

novelist · b. 1966

Scottish novelist and short story writer

British actor and comedian

Swiss artist

Ali Alizadeh

YouTuber · b. 1977

Iranian-British YouTuber and political commentator

Debra Bourne

journalist · b. 1964

British journalist

Mikala Dwyer

artist · b. 1959

Australian artist (born 1959)

Jacqueline de Rojas

business executive · b. 1962

President of techUK and Chair of the Digital Leaders board

Bello Bala Shagari

activist · b. 1988

Nigerian activist

Simon Woolley

political activist · b. 1961

English political activist

Portuguese visual artist and researcher

Gisela Abbam

businessperson

Chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Mohini Sharma

social entrepreneur

Indian educationist, social entrepreneur, and beauty pageant director

Mahdi Amin

policy analyst · b. 1986

Bangladeshi politician, policy analyst, and political adviser

British sculptor (1921–1993)