List of University of Keele people
This is a list of notable people related to the University of Keele and its predecessor, the University College of North Staffordshire.
Presidents and Chancellors
- John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (1949–55)
- HRH Princess Margaret (1956–86)
- Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1986–2002)
- Sir David Weatherall (2002–2012)
- Sir Jonathon Porritt (2012–2022)
- James Timpson (2022-...)
Principals and Vice-Chancellors
- Lord Lindsay of Birker (1949–52)
Sir Jonathon Porritt - Sir John Lennard-Jones (1953–54)
- Sir George Barnes (1956–60)
- Harold McCarter Taylor (1961–67)
- W. A. Campbell Stewart (1967–79)
- Sir David Harrison (1979–84)
- Sir Brian Fender (1985–95)
- Dame Janet Finch (1995–2010)
- Nick Foskett (2010–2015)
- Trevor McMillan (2015– )
Academics
- Tony Barrand – Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Boston University
- Patricia Clavin - historian
- Jonathan Dollimore – English sociologist
- Richard English – historian
- Roy Fisher – American Studies lecturer and poet
- Jill Gibbon – graphic artist[1]
- Oliver Harris – professor of American literature and expert in the works of William Burroughs
- Sir Nick Partridge – British health care specialist
- Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer – British political scientist
Alumni
- Academia and Science
- Eliathamby Ambikairajah – engineer[2]
- Stan Beckensall – expert on prehistoric rock art[2]
- Dame Sandra Dawson – organisational theorist[2]
- Jonathan Dollimore – sociologist; cultural and literary theorist[2]
- Richard English – political historian[2]
- Charles Iain Hamilton – historian[2]
- Pradeep Mathur – educationalist[2]
- Des MacHale - Mathematics emeritus professor -University College Cork
- Sam Nolutshungu – political scientist[2]
- David Richardson – Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
- Beverley Skeggs – sociologist[2]
- Dame Joan Stringer – political scientist[2]
- John Thompson – sociologist[2]
- Arts and Literature
- John Abram – composer[2]
- Mark Ayres – musician, composer and audio engineer[3]
- Tony Barrand – anthropologist and folk musician[2]
- Francis Beckett – English author
- Carol Birch – English novelist
- Joe Beverley – English-Canadian writer
- Peter Child – composer[2]
- Alys Clare – novelist[2]
- Paul Darke – academic, artist and disability rights activist
- Jem Finer – founding member of The Pogues
- Janet Fitch – author[2]
- Helen Sarah Thomas- British poet and writer
- Zulfikar Ghose – novelist, poet and essayist
- Jon Haylett – novelist[2]
- Giles Hooper – author, lecturer and musicologist
- Liz Kessler – author[2]
- Marina Lewycka – novelist
- Bernard Lloyd – actor[2]
- Andy McDermott – British thriller author
- Marina Oliver – British romance novelist
- Keith Ovenden – English novelist and biographer[4]
- Adrian Pang – Singaporean actor
- David Pownall – playwright and author[2]
- Andy Quin – composer and jazz pianist
- Ken Rattenbury – musician[2]
- Davide Rossi – musician, Goldfrapp; composer[2]
- Antti Sakari Saario – composer, lecturer[2]
- Peter Whelan – playwright[2]
- Diplomacy
- Emran bin Bahar – ambassador for Brunei Darussalam[2]
- David Cooney – Irish ambassador to the UK[2]
- Stephen Cutts – UN Assistant Secretary-General[2][5]
- John Duncan – diplomat[2]
- Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett – patron of Prisoners Abroad
- Jim Moran – EU ambassador[2]
- Sir Richard Mottram – chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
- Dame Jo Williams – Chief Executive MENCAP
- Hso Khan Pha – Burmese prince also known as Tiger
- Law
- Sir Peter Coulson – Lord Justice of Appeal, and Deputy Head of Civil Justice[6]
- Michael Mansfield KC – human rights lawyer
- Malcolm Shaw – legal scholar[2]
- John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick – Member of the House of Lords and ex-Deputy District Judge
- Dame Fiona Woolf – Lord Mayor of London and ex-President of the Law Society
- Politics
- Abd Dhiyab al-Ajili – Iraqi minister
- Judin Asar – Clerk of the Legislative Council of Brunei
- Jack Brereton – Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent South
- Phillida Bunkle – New Zealand MP[2]
- Professor John Clancy – Former Leader, Birmingham City Council[7]
- Paul Clark – MP for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010[2]
- Ash Denham – MSP for Edinburgh Eastern in the Scottish Parliament
- Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath – MP for Bath 1992 to 2015, Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Development 2012 to 2013
- John Golding – MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1969 to 1986[2]
- Eric Joyce – MP for Falkirk from 2000 to 2015
- Claire Kober – Labour Council leader for the London Borough of Haringey
- Alun Michael – ex-Labour MP for Cardiff South Penarth and Minister of State for Home Affairs
- Madeleine Moon – Labour MP for Bridgend
- Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah – Namibian politician[2]
- Dame Priti Patel – Conservative MP for Witham in Essex and former Home Secretary
- Rosmawatty Abdul Mumin – Member of the Legislative Council of Brunei
- Clare Short – ex-Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood and Secretary of State for International Development
- Gareth Snell - Former Labour MP for Stoke on Trent Central
- Adelaide Tambo – anti-apartheid activist South African MP[2][5]
- Ian Taylor – MP for Esher from 1987 to 2010[2]
- Sir John Vereker – ex-Permanent Secretary for International Development and Governor of Bermuda
- Lynda Waltho – Labour MP for Stourbridge
- Sufian Sabtu – Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei
- TV and journalism
- Phil Avery – BBC weather presenter[2]
- Wayne Clarke – radio presenter[2]
- Tony Elliott, founder of Time Out
- Jack Emery, British director, writer and producer for stage, TV and radio
- Terry Milewski – Canadian broadcaster and journalist[2]
- Gerry Northam – BBC investigative journalist
- AJ Odudu – television presenter[8]
- Other
- Kojo Annan – businessman; son of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
- Maggie Atkinson – Children's Commissioner, England[2][5]
- Yvette Baker – champion orienteer[2]
- Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate – Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Society of Biology
- Nataliey Bitature- social entrepreneur, Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur[9]
- Robert Cooling – Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff[2]
- David Edwards – second person to win Who Wants to be a Millionaire?[2]
- Jonathan Gledhill – Bishop of Lichfield[2]
- Steve Jackson – Game designer, co-founder of Games Workshop and Lionhead Studios[2][5]
- Peter Moore – business executive[2]
- Sir Nick Partridge – chief executive, Terence Higgins Trust[2][5]
- Derek Tidball – theologian
- Sir Chris Woodhead – chief inspector of schools[2][5]
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