Alumni of the University of Hull
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Notable alumni
- Michael AldrichMichael Aldrich—Michael Aldrich is an English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur. In 1979 he invented online shopping to enable online transaction processing between consumers and businesses, or between one business and another, a technique known later as e-commerce...
, online shopping pioneer, innovator, and entrepreneur (BA, 1962) - Daniel Francis AnnanDaniel Francis AnnanJustice Daniel Francis Kweipe Annan was a Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He is also a former member of the Provisional National Defence Council government which preceded the fourth republic and was once the Chairman of the National Commission for Democracy.-Early life:Daniel Annan was born in...
, former Appeal Court JudgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
, member of the Provisional National Defence CouncilProvisional National Defence CouncilThe Provisional National Defence Council was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council. This was on December 31, 1981. It remained in power until January 7,...
and SpeakerSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the Parliament of GhanaParliament of GhanaThe Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Ghanaian government.-History:Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony. The body, called the Legislative Council, was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive...
(1993–2001) - Fred ApalooFred Kwasi ApalooFrederick Kwasi Apaloo was a Ghanaian barrister who has served as Chief Justice of both Ghana and later Kenya.-Early life:...
, Chief Justice of GhanaChief Justice of GhanaThe Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Chief Justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision...
(1977–1986) and later KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
(1993–?) - Len ArranLen ArranLen Arran is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer .He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980s...
, Songwriter, Composer - Erkin BairamErkin BairamErkin Bairam was a Cypriot-born economist who spent most of his working life in the Department of Economics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he was Professor in Economics....
, Professor of Economics at the University of OtagoUniversity of OtagoThe University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
(1991–2001) - Dan BillanyDan BillanyDan Billany was an English novelist.Billany was born and raised in Hull. He joined the Labour League of Youth and later the Hull Branch of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, but was expelled from the latter in 1933 for his involvement in an internal dispute...
, novelist - Colin ChallenColin ChallenColin Robert Challen is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Morley and Rothwell from 2001 until the constituency's abolition at the 2010 election.-Early life:...
, Labour politician (BA, Philosophy, 1983) - Mark ChapmanMark Chapman (DJ)Andrew Mark "Chappers" Chapman , also known as Chappers, is the main sports presenter on Radio 5 Live as well as presenting for BBC Sport on television, his mother is Emily Chapman and his father is Peter Chapman.He was the sports newsreader and Mills' sidekick on The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio...
, Radio 1 DJ - Mark CharnockMark CharnockMark Charnock is an English actor best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as lanky chef Marlon Dingle.-Biography:...
, actor and star of ITV soap opera EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972... - Simon CheshireSimon CheshireSimon Cheshire is a British writer of children's literature. His work has spanned a wide range of age-interest levels, but the majority of his books have been "action-packed comedies" for 8–12 year-olds.- Childhood and education :...
, children's writer - Stan CullimoreStan CullimoreStan Cullimore played guitar, between 1983 and 1988, for the Hull based indie rock band called The Housemartins.-Biography:Cullimore studied maths at the University of Hull, graduating in 1984....
, musician (BSc, Maths, 1984) - Richard Douglas CB, Director General and Chief Operating Officer, Department of Health (BA, English, 1978)
- Rae Earl, author and broadcaster
- Louise EllmanLouise EllmanLouise Joyce Ellman is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. In parliament she is Chair of the Transport Select Committee and a member of the Liaison Committee.-Early life:Ellman was born in Manchester to a British...
, Labour politician (BA, 1967) - Barry EverittBarry Everitt (scientist)Barry Everitt ScD FRS FMedSci is Master of Downing College, Cambridge and a Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.He graduated in Zoology and Psychology at Hull University, received a Ph.D...
, Professor of Neuroscience, Master of Downing College, University of Cambridge - Frank Field, Labour politician
- Richard A Flavell, Chair of Immunobiology at Yale University, HHMI Investigator, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Stephen GallagherStephen GallagherStephen Gallagher is an English writer.He has written several novels and television scripts, including for the BBC television series Doctor Who — for which he wrote two serials, Warriors' Gate and Terminus — as well as for the series Rosemary & Thyme and Bugs, for two seasons of...
, novelist, screenwriter - Tony GalvinTony GalvinAnthony 'Tony' Galvin was an Irish football left winger. He played most successfully with Tottenham Hotspur where he played 201 league games. He would finish his league career with spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town...
, former Tottenham Hotspur and Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland national football teamThe Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
footballer - Hazel GennHazel GennDame Hazel Gillian Genn, DBE, QC , FBA is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world, and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London.- Public service :Professor Genn is a...
, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London... - Dennis GibsonDennis Gibson (academic)Emeritus Professor R. Dennis Gibson, AO is a British-born Australian academic and mathematicianHe was the Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, from 2003-2010....
, academic, ChancellorChancellorChancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
of the Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyRMIT UniversityRMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
in Australia (BSc, 1963) - Anthony GiddensAnthony GiddensAnthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern contributors in the field of sociology, the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29...
(Lord Giddens), sociologist, government advisor, and writer; former director of the LSE - Sarah GreeneSarah GreeneSarah Greene is a British television personality well known for presenting live TV: long-running series e.g. Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983, Saturday Superstore, Going Live for 10 years and big event/awards shows.- Early life and career :Greene was born in London, England, the...
, actor and television presenter - David HansonDavid HansonDavid Hanson may refer to:* David Hanson * David Hanson , ice hockey player, most famous for his role in Slap Shot* David Hanson , guitarist with progressive rock band GoodThunder...
, Labour Party politician - Lord Hattersley, Labour Party politician
- Mark C. HunterMark C. HunterMark C. Hunter, BA Hons, MA, PhD is a Canadian naval historian and currently an employee of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.- Early Life and Education :Mark C. Hunter was born in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
, naval historian - Muhtar KentMuhtar KentMuhtar Kent is a Turkish business executive. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company. He was appointed to assume the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company in 2008.-Early life:...
, Turkish businessman and executive of the Coca-Cola Company - Dorothy LightbourneDorothy LightbourneDorothy Lightbourne was the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Jamaica from September 2007 to July 2011 when she was removed by Prime Minister Bruce Golding and replaced by Delroy Chuck as Minister of Justice and by Ransford Braham as Attorney General...
, Attorney General of Jamaica - Nicholas LiverpoolNicholas LiverpoolNicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool is a Dominican politician and jurist who has served as the sixth President of Dominica since October 2, 2003....
, current President of Dominica - Christine LohChristine Loh- External links :* ] ]*...
, Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
politician - John McCarthyJohn McCarthy (journalist)John Patrick McCarthy CBE is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis...
, journalist - Roger McGoughRoger McGoughRoger Joseph McGough CBE is a well-known English performance poet. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please and records voice-overs for commercials, as well as performing his own poetry regularly...
, poet and presenter - Rosie MillardRosie MillardRosie Millard is a British journalist.Millard has written for national newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Mail, and New Statesman. She writes the Mr and Mrs Millard marital column in the Body and Soul section of the Saturday Times. She was...
, journalist, columnist, and broadcaster - Anthony MinghellaAnthony MinghellaAnthony Minghella, CBE was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
, film director - Juliet MorrisJuliet Morris-Early life:Morris was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School, an independent school for girls in Hampton in West London, where she recalled the difficulties of being left-handed. At the age of eleven, she moved to a convent when her family settled in Devon...
(aka Julie), broadcaster - Chris MullinChris Mullin (politician)Christopher John Mullin is a British Labour Party politician and diarist who was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland South from 1987 to 2010...
, Labour politician, author, and journalist - Jenni MurrayJenni MurrayDame Jennifer Susan "Jenni" Murray, DBE is a British journalist and broadcaster. She attended Barnsley Girls High School and has a degree in French and Drama from Hull University...
, broadcaster and writer - Tom PaulinTom PaulinThomas Neilson Paulin is a Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature. He lives in England, where he is the GM Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.- Life and work :...
, poet, and lecturer at The University of Oxford - John PrescottJohn PrescottJohn Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010...
MP, Former Deputy Prime Minister - Jonathan RabanJonathan RabanJonathan Raban is a British travel writer and novelist. He has received several awards, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers...
, fiction and travel writer, including "Hunting Mister Heartbreak" and "Bad Land: An American Romance" - Sian Reese-WilliamsSian Reese-WilliamsSian Reese-Williams is a British theatre and television actress, best known for playing Genesis Walker in Emmerdale.She was awarded the BBC London Theatre Award for outstanding performance in a musical in 2001 for her role in the National Youth Music Theatre's production of The Dreaming.She...
actor and star of ITV soap opera EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972... - Simon RushtonSimon RushtonDr Simon Rushton has written widely on global health with a particular focus on international responses to HIV/AIDS, the links between health and security, the changing architecture of global health governance, and issues surrounding conflict and health. He is a British academic and Research Fellow...
, academic - The SilkieThe SilkieThe Silkie were an English folk music group. Their name derived from an Orcadian song The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, which they sometimes performed...
, 1960s folk band, all members of the band attended the university - Mike StockMike StockMichael Stock is an English songwriter, record producer and musician best known for being a member of the songwriting and production team Stock Aitken and Waterman that achieved huge success in the 1980s and 90s...
, record producer - Chris TameChris TameDr Chris Ronald Tame was a British libertarian political activist. He is best known as the founder and Director of the Libertarian Alliance, a free market and civil liberties think tank.-Early years:...
, libertarianLibertarianismLibertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
political activist and founder and Director of the Libertarian AllianceLibertarian AllianceThe Libertarian Alliance comprises two libertarian think tanks in Great Britain that promote free-market economics and civil liberties... - Jon TrickettJon TrickettJon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election...
MP, Labour Politician - Sam TroughtonSam TroughtonSam Troughton is a British actor. He is the son of David Troughton and the grandson of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton. His younger brother is Warwickshire cricketer Jim Troughton...
, actor, grandson of Doctor Who actor Patrick TroughtonPatrick TroughtonPatrick George Troughton was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969,... - Wouter Van BesienWouter Van BesienWouter Van Besien is a Belgian politician. As from the 25. October 2009, he is the chairman of the ecologist party Groen!....
, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
politician of the green party Groen!. - Tom Watson MP, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
- Jennifer WilbyJennifer WilbyJennifer M. Wilby is an American management scientist, and past Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, and a lecturer and researcher in management systems and sciences in The Business School, University of Hull...
, Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull. - Rosie WintertonRosie WintertonRosalie "Rosie" Winterton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997. Formerly a minister within both the Blair and Brown Governments, she first entered the Shadow Cabinet in May 2010 as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons...
MP, Labour Party politician - Helen GrantHelen Grant (politician)Helen Grant is a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. She is the current Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald in Kent. She was elected at the 2010 general election, replacing the constituency's previous incumbent, Ann Widdecombe, who had decided to step down as an MP...
MP, Conservative Party politician - Everything But the GirlEverything but the GirlEverything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
, (Tracey ThornTracey ThornTracey Anne Thorn is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which is currently on extended hiatus.-Personal life:...
and Ben WattBen WattBenjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl.-Family:...
), a sophisti-popSophisti-popSophisti-pop was a sub-genre of pop that flourished in the UK between the mid-1980s and early 1990s, incorporating elements of soft rock, jazz, and blue-eyed soul. The genre made extensive use of electronic keyboards, synthesizers, and polished arrangements, particularly horn sections. Acts were...
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