Notable alumni of University of East London

Roger Taylor

bass guitarist · b. 1949

English musician, drummer of Queen (born 1949)

Sonam Kapoor

film actor · b. 1985

Indian actress

Cynthia Erivo

film actor · b. 1987

British actress and singer-songwriter (born 1987)

Marina Diamandis

recording artist · b. 1985

British singer

Ken Russell

director · 1927–2011

British film director (1927–2011)

Adam Gemili

sprinter · b. 1993

Sprint athlete; footballer (born 1993)

Adania Shibli

visiting docent · b. 1974

Palestinian writer

Gemma Gibbons

judoka · b. 1987

British judoka

Tinchy Stryder

film actor · b. 1987

Ghanaian-British rapper, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur (born 1986)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

film actor · b. 1957

English actor, screenwriter and film director

Bianca Williams

sprinter · b. 1993

British sprinter and human rights activist

Seyi

singer-songwriter · b. 1985

Nigerian singer and actress

Scarlett Thomas

prose writer · b. 1972

British writer

Peter Berresford Ellis

crime fiction writer · b. 1943

English historian, biographer, and novelist (born 1943)

Kemi Adeosun

chartered accountant · b. 1967

Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician (born 1967)

Olumide Popoola

novelist · b. 1975

Nigerian novelist

Lucy Quist

business executive · b. 1974

Ghanaian-British business and technology executive

Peter Daszak

ecologist · b. 2000

zoologist, disease ecologist

Aimee Willmott

swimmer · b. 1993

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist

Gina Miller

fund manager · b. 1965

Guyanese-British business owner and activist

Edison James

politician · b. 1943

Prime Minister of Dominica

British boxer

Ghanaian financial analyst

Hilary Armstrong

politician · b. 1945

British politician (born 1945)

Natalia Pelevine

blogger · b. 1976

British writer

Kwame Governs Agbodza

quantity surveyor · b. 1973

Ghanaian politician

Dimitris Syllouris

civil engineer · b. 1953

Cypriot politician

Helen Pluckrose

literary historian · b. 1974

British author and cultural writer

Ghanaian IT specialist and business strategist

Malaysian politician

Rupa Huq

sociologist · b. 1972

British writer and politician

Iheoma Obibi

feminist writer · b. 1965

African feminist writer, women & human rights activist and entrepreneur

Mary Ashun

novelist · b. 1968

Ghanaian-Canadian educator and writer

British filmmaker (born 1942)

Preet Kaur Gill

politician · b. 1972

British politician and Labour MP (born 1972)

Garry Bushell

journalist · b. 1955

British journalist and television presenter

Obianuju Ekeocha

biomedical scientist · b. 1979

Nigerian biomedical scientist

Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale

politician · b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Nigerian architect and politician

Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser

trade unionist · b. 1937

British politician (born 1937)

British biochemist (1900-2003)

Malaysian politician

Kate Osamor

politician · b. 1968

British politician (born 1968)

Turks and Caicos Islands association football player (born 1986)

businessman, investor, and musician

Përparim Rama

politician · b. 1976

Albanian architect

Alvina Reynolds

politician

Saint Lucian politician

Malaysian actress and television host

Maya Bruney

sprinter · b. 1998

British sprinter

writer

Martin Drito

economist · b. 1957

Ugandan businessman

Pakistani artist

Mah Siew Keong

politician · b. 1949

Malaysian politician

Sitting volleyball player

English cricketer (born 1986)

British journalist (1971–2019)

Jacklet Atuhaire

expert · b. 1981

Ugandan politician

Nguyen TK Thanh

biochemist

Nanotechnologist

Cypriot politician and former footballer and manager

Max Hattler

film screenwriter · b. 1976

German filmmaker and media artist

Shemu Joyah

film producer · b. 1959

Malawian producer and director

Nigerian politician

Michael Gunning

swimmer · b. 1994

Jamaican swimmer

Mourine Osoru

legislator · b. 1989

Ugandan Legislator

British clinical psychologist

British journalist

Jimmy Doherty

television presenter · b. 1975

British farmer and television presenter

Ghanaian politician

Penang State Assemblyman

British writer

Sara Diamond

academic administrator · b. 1954

university president (born 1954)

Iolo Williams

presenter · b. 1962

Welsh zoologist, television presenter and writer

Nigerian engineer and the Chief Executive Officer and Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria

English sprinter

British womenswear designer and art historian

Nigerian businessman

Nigel Morris

banker · b. 1958

English businessman

Senator of Nigeria

Mark Stephens

lawyer · b. 1957

English solicitor

Peter Murphy

painter · b. 1959

English artist

Irish politician

Ghanaian politician

Nathan Mavila

association football player · b. 1995

British association football player

Marcus Patterson

basketball player · b. 1995

basketball player

Lotfi Zitoun

journalist · b. 1964

Tunisian politician