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This is a list of alumni of the University of Westminster (including its predecessor institutions).
Architecture
- Raymond Allchin - archaeologist and cultural historian of Ancient India.
- Sir Thomas Bennett KBE FRIBA - architect (Saville Theatre, London Mormon Temple)
- Alfred Bossom – architect and Conservative Party politician (Magnolia Hotel)
- Ludo Campbell-Reid – urban designer (2004 Olympic Games)
- Gordon Cullen - architect; author (Townscape)
- Ralph Erskine – Swedish architect (Clare Hall, University of Cambridge)
- Stephen Gardiner O.B.E, architect and writer
- John Harvey (1911–1997) – architectural historian
- Ron Herron – creator of the Walking City
- Jack Howe – architect and industrial designer
- Shiu-Kay Kan – architect, industrial and lighting designer
- Michael Manser CBE - architect and past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Ivan Margolius – author, architect and propagator of Czech culture and technology
- Vicky Richardson – editor of architecture and design magazine Blueprint
- Ian Ritchie CBE - architect (Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art)
- Fred Roche CBE - architect and general manager of Milton Keynes Development Corporation
- Alireza Sagharchi RIBA FRSA - architect (New Qandrangle and Theatre for Magdalen College, University of Oxford; Kings Cross regeneration programme)
- Hamid Shirvani – President of California State University, Stanislaus
- Cameron Sinclair - co-founder of Architecture for Humanity
- Raglan Squire - British architect
- Michael Webb – founding member of Archigram
- Michael Wilford CBE – architect (Lowry Centre, British Embassy in Berlin)
- Chris Wilkinson[1] – architect (Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Magna Centre)
Art
- Sybil Atteck – Trinidadian painter
- Norman Blamey – artist (Ordination, The Lavabo)
- John Frederick Brill – painter (creator of the Bardia Mural)
- Laurence Broderick – sculptor (The Bull, Birmingham)
- Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE - sculptor (Dream City at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Black Cover Flat at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
- Richard Cullen - animator and music video director
- George Finey – Australian artist
- Flora Twort - painter
- Fougasse – editor of Punch magazine
- Mark Gertler – portrait and landscape painter
- Thomas Hennell - painter and writer
- Usha Rani Hooja – Indian sculptor
- Jacobine Jones – sculptor (seven principal industries at the Bank of Canada Building, figures of Scholar and Hockey Player at Kerr Hall, Ryerson University)
- Charles Keeping – illustrator, children’s author and lithographer (Les Misérables, Beowulf and various works by Charles Dickens)
- John Ryan - animator and creator of Captain Pugwash
- Steve Sabella - Palestinian artist
Business
- Sinclair Beecham MBE[2] – co-founder of Pret à Manger
- Wilfred Cass CBE - businessman and philanthropist
- Moorad Choudhry - Managing Director Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Michael Jackson[3] - Chairman, Universal Television Group USA
- Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of Pret a Manger
- Howard Collins OBE - Chief Executive of Sydney Trains Australia
Fashion
- Christopher Bailey - Chief Executive and Chief Creative Officer (Burberry)
- Barry Laden MBE - fashion entrepreneur; writer
- Jeremy Laing – the Canadian fashion designer was an exchange student while studying fashion at Ryerson University[4][5]
- Carri Mundane - fashion designer (Cassetteplaya)
- Stuart Vevers[6] - fashion designer (Loewe)
- Vivienne Westwood[7] - fashion designer
Film and television
- Stephen K Amos - comedian and TV presenter
- Charlie Brooker[8] – BAFTA nominated broadcaster
- Alec Carlin - film director
- Kristian Digby - presenter and director
- Andrew Dunn – BAFTA winning cinematographer (Hitch, The History Boys, Extraordinary Measures, Life as We Know It)
- Ruth England - newscaster and former presenter of Wish You Were Here...?
- Trisha Goddard - TV presenter/chat show host
- Darine Hamze – Lebanese actress and filmmaker
- Asif Kapadia - BAFTA winning filmmaker (The Warrior and Senna)
- Aret Komlosy - Singer
- John Lundberg – documentary filmmaker
- Sunshine Martyn – Big Brother 11 contestant
- Arthur Max – Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning art director (Gladiator, American Gangster and Robin Hood)
- Seamus McGarvey[9] - cinematographer (Along Came Polly, Sahara, World Trade Center and The Avengers)
- Trevor Miller - author and screenwriter
- Suleman Mirza – Signature dance group
- Jake Nava - music video and commercial director
- Carl Ng – Chinese/Hong Kong actor
- Perou – fashion photographer and judge at Make Me a Supermodel
- Rafi Pitts - internationally acclaimed Iranian film director
- Neal Purvis[9] - scriptwriter (James Bond series including Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace)
- Matt Richards – TV producer
- Anand Tucker - film director (Shopgirl, Leap Year)
- Stanley Unwin - comedian
- Danny Wallace - writer and presenter
- Timothy West - actor and director
Government and politics
- Rafik Abdessalem - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia
- Janet Anderson – Labour Party Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen
- Jean Arnault – United Nations Special Representative to Georgia
- Sir Robert Bellinger GBE - Lord Mayor of London and director of Arsenal Football Club
- Katalin Bogyay - Hungarian Ambassador to UNESCO
- Harpal Brar – UK-based Indian communist
- Ana Maria Teles Carreira – Angolan Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Sir Bryan Cartledge KCMG - British diplomat and architect
- Asma Chaâbi, Mayor of Essaouira, Morocco
- Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey – Conservative politician
- Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox - politician; lobbyist
- Keith Darvill – Labour Councillor and former MP for Upminster
- Ibikunle Amosun – Governor Ogun State Nigeria
- Jack Easter – Australian politician and Member of Parliament
- Natascha Engel – Labour Party MP for North East Derbyshire
- Christopher Fraser - Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk
- Dominic Grieve QC – Conservative MP for Beaconsfield and Attorney General for England and Wales
- Stephen Hesford – Labour Party MP for Wirral West
- Brian Hord – Conservative Party politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Ahmed Inaz - Minister of Finance and Treasury of Maldives
- Supinya Klangnarong – Thai media rights activist
- David Lepper – Labour Party MP for Brighton Pavilion
- Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton – crossbencher and member of the House of Lords
- Satyabrata Mookherjee – former Indian Union Minister of State
- Julian Morris - director of think-tank International Policy Network
- Geoff Mulgan – director of the Young Foundation
- Zac Nsenga – Rwandan Ambassador to the United States
- Mohamed Nur - Mayor of Mogadishu
- Olabisi Onabanjo – Nigerian Governor
- Michael Otedola - Nigerian Governor
- Gloria de Piero - Labour MP for Ashfield
- Anand Ramlogan – human rights attorney
- Sir Anthony Seldon – political commentator
- Adin Talbar – former Deputy Director of the Israel Ministry for Commerce and Industry
- Azzam Tamimi – member of the Muslim Association of Britain
- Mark Versallion – Councillor and Treasurer for the Conservative Party
- Bowen Wells – Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford
- Lilian Wolfe – anarchist and founding contributor to The Voice of Labour
- Paul Xuereb - President of Malta
Literature
- George Barker – poet and author (Pacific Sonnets, The Dead Seagull)
- Samit Basu - author (The Simoqin Prophecies, The Manticore's Secret and The Unwaba Revelations)
- Quentin Crisp[8] – writer and raconteur (Englishman in New York)
- Zee Edgell MBE – author and professor of English at Kent State University
- David Gascoyne - poet (Roman Balcony, Sun at Midnight, Recontres avec Benjamin Fondane)
- Dorothy Hartley – social historian (Food in England, Life and Work of the People of England)
- Mary Jo Bang – poet and lecturer at Washington University
- Mengistu Lemma – Ethiopian poet
- Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi – author (Last Song of Dusk)
- Clive Sansom - poet, playwright and speech educator
- Philip Tew - Professor of English (post-1900 literature) Brunel University
- Timothy Wyllie – author in non-human intelligences
Media and journalism
- Talal Al-Haj – New York bureau chief for the Al-Arabiya news network
- William Frankel – former editor of the Jewish Chronicle
- Carrie Gracie – journalist and newsreader at BBC News
- Fran Godfrey – BBC Radio 2 newsreader
- Philippa Hall - Sky News and Five News newscaster
- Rose Hacker – journalist and sex educator
- Hsiao-Hung Pai - Taiwan-born journalist and author
- Denis Jenkinson – motor sport journalist
- James King – BBC film critic
- Riz Lateef – BBC London newsreader
- Sarah Mukherjee - BBC's Environment Correspondent
- Annie Nightingale MBE – BBC Radio 1 DJ
- Michelle Olley – former deputy editor of Penthouse
- Ofeibea Quist-Arcton - "National Public Radio" foreign correspondent, journalist, broadcaster, and host
- Jon Ronson - journalist and author of The Men Who Stare At Goats
- Matt Smith - Sky News Entertainment Correspondent
- Owen Spencer-Thomas MBE - television journalist and first President of the Students' Union
- Karen Tso – CNBC Asia news anchor
- Brian Whitaker - former Middle East editor at The Guardian newspaper
Music
- David Balfe – The Teardrop Explodes and founder of Zoo Records
- Einar Örn Benediktsson – member of the Icelandic anarcho-punk group KUKL
- Luke Busby - producer Temposhark
- Alex Cartana – Spanish dance singer
- Robert Diament - singer/songwriter Temposhark
- Jono Grant - electronic music producer/DJ
- Henry's Final Dream – indie rock band of whom all members studied at the University
- Shayan Italia – Indian singer/songwriter
- Kevin Jeremiah – member of the pop group The Feeling
- Ciaran Jeremiah – member of the pop group The Feeling
- Richard Jones – member of the pop group The Feeling
- Nick Mason – musician and member of the rock group Pink Floyd
- Jake Nava – music and advertising director
- Pure Reason Revolution – progressive rock band
- Dan Gillespie Sells – member of the pop group The Feeling
- William G. Shields - English rapper better known as Jehst
- Al Shux – producer of the Jay-Z hit song Empire State of Mind
- Paavo Siljamäki - Electronic music producer/DJ
- Paul Stewart – member of the pop group The Feeling
- Mumzy Stranger – UK hip-hop artist
- Techno Squirrels – electro-pop band
- Simon Toulson-Clarke – lead singer of the pop-group Red Box
- Roger Waters[8] - musician and poet of the rock group Pink Floyd
- Charlie Watts – musician and member of The Rolling Stones
- Richard Wright – musician and member of the rock group Pink Floyd
- Banks & Wag – TV composers (The X Factor, ZingZillas, Ross Noble) and musicians
Photography
- Arnis Balcus, photographer; video artist
- Stuart Roy Clarke – photographer, known for his major work The Homes Of Football
- Iain Macmillan - photographer (cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album)
- Scarlet Page - photographer and daughter of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page
- Olivier Richon – photographer and Professor of Photography at the Royal College of Art
- Jo Spence - photographer, known for the documentation of her struggle with cancer
Science and engineering
- Sir Frederick Augustus Abel – chemist and inventor of cordite
- Seweryn Chomet – physicist
- Sir Diarmuid Downs - former President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Lewis R. B. Elton - physicist and researcher in education
- Sir Alexander Fleming – Nobel Prize in Medicine[10]
- H.J. Gough - former President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- George Hockham – engineer and pioneer in research for fiber-optics
- David Lewis – psychologist
- Gerald Palmer – British car design engineer
- Walter Eric Spear – physicist and pioneer of thin film displays
- Armand de Waele – British chemist and rhealogist
Miscellaneous
- Henry Allingham – supercentenarian and World War I veteran
- Margery Allingham - crime writer
- Lambros Athanassoulas - retired Greek rally driver
- A. E. Bassom – pioneer of traffic policing
- Colin Charvis – rugby player and former captain of the Welsh national rugby team
- Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell – Bishop of Reading
- Mladen Dolar - Slovenian philosopher
- Maurice Grosse – paranormal investigator
- Simmon Latutin – awarded George Cross for bravery during combat (World War II)
- Dunia Susi - England women's football player
- Frank Turner, three-times Olympics gymnast
References
- ^ "Chris Wilkinson, Esq, OBE, RA". Debrett's. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Pret a Manger chain sold to private equity firm Bridgepoint in £350m deal". The Independent. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Happy mediums". The Guardian. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Canadian Art School (17 January 2012). "Jeremy Laing, fashion designer". Canadian Art. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Johnson, Jessica. "The Canadian School". No. September 2010. The Walrus. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Designer Stuart wins British fashion award". News and Star. 4 November 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Dame Vivienne Westwood portrait". The Telegraph. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "University of Westminster guide". The Telegraph. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ a b "The British film industry is thriving and so are the courses on offer". The Independent. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Alexander Fleming Biography". NNDB. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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