List of University of Warwick people
This is a list of University of Warwick people, including office holders, current and former academics and alumni' of the University of Warwick, including a brief description of their notability.
Warwick has over 150,000 alumni[1] and an active alumni network.[2]
Former students
Academics
- Robert Calderbank - former Dean of Natural Sciences at Duke University and winner of the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal and the Claude E. Shannon Award.
- David Cardwell FREng - superconducting engineer and head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department
- Luciano Floridi - philosopher of information
- Oliver Hart - economist and former Chairman of the Harvard Economics Department
- H.A. Hellyer – policy consultant and Senior Research Fellow for Muslims in Europe
- Kampta Karran - sociologist
- Maris Martinsons – Professor of Management, and International Business Consultant
- Moeletsi Mbeki – Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs, brother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki
- Patricia McFadden – Swazi author, Professor of Sociology, and African radical feminist
- Pippa Norris - Political scientist and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Ian Stewart FRS – popular science author and Professor of Mathematics
- Leslie Valiant FRS - British computer scientist and ACM Turing Award winner
Business
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Managing Director of the World Bank
- Ian Gorham, CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown
- Bernardo Hees, CEO of the Heinz Company and former CEO of Burger King
- Linda Jackson CEO of Citroën
- Mahmoud Mohieldin (PhD Financial Economics, 1995), former Investment Minister of Egypt and current Managing Director of the World Bank
- Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover
- Ness Wadia, Indian entrepreneur
- Tony Wheeler - founder of Lonely Planet travel guides
- Nigel Wilson, CEO of Legal & General Group plc
Cinema and theatre
- Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
- Adam Buxton (dropped out after two terms) – comedian and actor, best known as one part of Adam and Joe.
- Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre
- Vadim Jean (History) – film director
- Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies, grad. 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the RSC
- Ruth Jones (Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts, grad. 1988) – actress best known for her role as Myfanwy in Little Britain and Nessa in Gavin and Stacey.
- Lloyd Langford – comedian (film and television)
- Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature, grad. 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series The Office and Extras, in such roles as the 'Oggmonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
- Frank Skinner, then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature, grad. 1981) – comedian/actor/writer
- Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor best known from the award-winning comedy series Green Wing
- Hannah Waterman – actress
Government and politics
Lord Gus O'Donnell
- Wendy Alexander MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament
- Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Sociology, grad. 1976) – Britain's first female black Cabinet Minister, formerly Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and British High Commissioner to Australia; and now Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN
- Tim Barrow - diplomat and British Ambassador to Russia since 2011
- Vernon Coaker (BA (Hons) Politics and Economics) – Member of Parliament for Gedling and Government Minister until 2010
- Jon Cruddas (PhD in Philosophy, 1990) – Member of Parliament for Dagenham and formerly a candidate for deputy leadership of the Labour Party
- Yunus Carrim - Minister of Communications of South Africa
- David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative former Shadow Home Secretary
- Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former President of Nigeria
- Andy Haldane (Economics) - Chief economist at the Bank of England
- Chan Yuen Han SBS, JP, one of the active female unionists in Hong Kong
- Kim Howells (PhD) – former Foreign Office Minister
- George W. Kanyeihamba – Member of the Supreme Court of Uganda and African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, also Legal Advisor to the President of Uganda on Human Rights and International Affairs
- Sir Bob Kerslake – Head of the British Civil Service
- Andrea Leadsom (Political Science) – Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire and Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- Sir Richard Leese – Leader of Manchester City Council
- David Li GBM, GBS, OBE, JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- Tim Loughton (Classical Civilisation) – Conservative former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
- Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley – Privy Counsellor, former Labour Secretary of State for Education and a graduate from Coventry College of Education
- Lord Gus O'Donnell (Economics, grad. 1973) – former Cabinet Secretary and head of the British Civil Service
- Lord Brian Paddick – former Commissioner Metropolitan Police and London Mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats in 2008 and 2012
- José Fernando Franco González Salas – Ministry of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico.
- George Saitoti – mathematician, politician, and former Vice-President of Kenya
- Valentine Strasser – former head of state of Sierra Leone- did not complete his studies at Warwick
- Ahmed Thasmeen Ali (Economics) – Elected Leader of the Opposition DRP in Maldives
Literature
Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen
- Nicholas Blincoe – author
- Simon Calder (Mathematics) – travel writer for The Independent
- Jonathan Coe (English Literature) - novelist and writer
- Anne Fine (History '68) FRSL – children's author
- James Franklin (Mathematics) – historian of ideas and philosopher
- Sam Gillespie (1970 – 2003) - a philosopher and early translator and commentator of Alain Badiou, crucial to Badiou's initial reception in the English-speaking world
- Mal Lewis Jones (English and American literature '70) - Children's author
- A. L. Kennedy (Theatre and Performance Studies) – author
- Peter Linebaugh (History '75) – author of The Magna Carta Manifesto
- Mal Peet - author, writer of popular young adult literature, "KEEPER, "TAMAR", others...
- Chip Tsao (pen name: To Kit) (English Literature) – Hong Kong cultural and political commentator
- Tony Wheeler (Engineering '68) – co-founder of Lonely Planet (LP) travel guides
- Yilin Zhong (Cultural Studies '05) – journalist and author of 8 books, novel "Chinatown" released in 2011.
Media
- Camila Batmanghelidjh
- Jennie Bond (French and European Literature, grad. 1968) – former BBC Royal Correspondent
- Brian Deer (Philosophy) – The Sunday Times; Channel 4
- Tom Dunmore (Film & Literature); Editor In Chief, Stuff Magazine
- Giles Fletcher (Computer Science 1987) glam rock artist
- Leona Graham (Drama grad) radio presenter and voiceover artist
- Merfyn Jones – Governor BBC and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
- James King (Film and Literature) – BBC Radio 1 film critic
- Timmy Mallett (History, grad. 1977) – 1980s children's television presenter
- Simon Mayo (History and Politics, grad. 1981) – broadcaster
- Peter Salmon (European Literature, grad. 1977) – BBC television executive
- Christian Wolmar Graduated in 1971; writer on transport and social issues
Music
- Adem Ilhan – solo artist, and member of Fridge (studied Mathematics)
- Sting – lead singer of The Police and solo artist (left after one term)
- DJ Yoda – (English and American Literature grad. 1998) Hip hop turntablist
- Fuzz - Singer-songwriter of Inferno and solo artist.
- Kode9 – dubstep producer, DJ and owner of the Hyperdub record label (PhD in Philosophy)
- Very Rev Robert Willis – Dean of Canterbury, and composer of hymns
- Gareth Emery - DJ and founder of electronic label Garuda, rated world's no.14 DJ in 2012
- Roxanne Emery - solo singer/songwriter artist, founder of LATE records
Sport
- Kevin Blackwell (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – Football Manager
- Aidy Boothroyd (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – Football Manager
- Steve Heighway (Economics) – Liverpool F.C. footballer
- Mark Hughes (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – Football Manager
- Stuart Pearce MBE (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – Football Manager
Notable faculty and staff
Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:
Biological Sciences
- Sir Howard Dalton FRS
- Sir Brian Follett, also formerly Warwick University's Vice-Chancellor (1993 to 2001)
Chemistry
- Keith Jennings, known for his work in Mass Spectrometry and Collision-induced dissociation
English
- Susan Bassnett, translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature
- Jonathan Bate
- Andrew Davies, television screenwriter
- Sir Michael Edwards OBE, first Briton to be voted into the Académie française[3]
- Maureen Freely, writer, author and translator of works by Orhan Pamuk
- Germaine Greer, former Professor of English and Comparative Literature
- A L Kennedy
- China Miéville, award-winning fiction writer
- David Vann, creative writing professor
Engineering and Computer Science
- Lord Bhattacharyya, founder and Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
- Mike Cowlishaw, creator of the REXX programming language.
- Hugh Darwen, creator of Tutorial D database language
- Mike Paterson FRS, former director of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
- Kevin Warwick, Cyborg researcher
History
- Sir J.R. Hale, Renaissance historian and first Professor of History at Warwick University
- E.P. Thompson, Marxist historian and founding member of the CND
- David Arnold FBA, Indian historian
- Sir John Elliott FBA, Spanish historian
Law
- Shaheen Sardar Ali, current Professor of Law
- Patrick Atiyah, barrister and legal writer
- Upendra Baxi, current Professor of Law
- John McEldowney, Professor of Public Law
- Paul Raffield, current Professor of Law; actor in Joking Apart
Mathematics and statistics
- Brian Bowditch, mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and topology. He is also known for solving the angel problem.
- Jack Cohen, developmental biologist and xenobiologist (honorary professor)
- David Epstein FRS, mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry and co-founder of the University of Warwick mathematics department
- Martin Hairer FRS, expert in stochastic partial differential equations and winner of the Fields Medal, Philip Leverhulme Prize, the Royal Society Wolfson Award and the LMS Whitehead Prize
- Robert Sinclair MacKay FRS, mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems, current president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
- David Preiss FRS, winner of the 2008 Pólya Prize for his contributions to analysis and geometric measure theory
- Miles Reid FRS, mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry
- Gareth Roberts FRS, statistician known for his work on Markov chain Monte Carlo methodology, winner of the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver and Bronze and an ISI highly cited researcher
- Ian Stewart FRS, mathematician, popular science author and an ISI highly cited researcher
- Andrew M. Stuart, mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and computational mathematics, winner of the prestigious Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis.
- Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS, topologist and exponent of Catastrophe theory, founding professor of mathematics and former President of the London Mathematical Society; the new Mathematics and Statistics building has been named in his honour, latterly Principal of Hertford College, Oxford
Philosophy
- Quassim Cassam, Professor of Philosophy
- Angie Hobbs
- David Miller Emeritus Reader of Philosophy
- Peter Poellner, Professor of Philosophy
Social sciences
- Lady Margaret Archer, theorist in critical realism, former President of International Sociological Association and current president of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences[4]
- Sir George Bain, former Chairman of the School of Industrial and Business Studies
- James A. Beckford, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
- Söhnke M. Bartram, Professor of Finance
- Robin Cohen, Honorary Professor
- Nicholas Crafts Professor of Economics and Economic History
- Avinash Dixit, Economist
- Robert Fine, Professor Emeritus, theorist of cosmopolitanism
- Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology, theorist in science and technology studies
- Wyn Grant, former Chair of the British Political Studies Association (PSA) [2002-2005], President of the PSA [2005-2008]. Political scientist with interest in comparative public policy.
- Peter J. Hammond, Professor of Economics
- H. A. Hellyer, senior research Fellow, specialist on Muslims in Europe and West-Muslim world relations.
- Richard Higgott, Director of the Warwick Commission to the World Bank.
- Andrew Oswald Professor of Economics
- Tobias Preis, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Finance
- John Rex, Professor Emeritus
- Sir Ken Robinson Professor Emeritus of Education
- Leonard Seabrooke Professor of International Political Economy
- Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Professor Emeritus of Political Economy
- Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford FBA, former Chief Economist of the World Bank
- Susan Strange prominent political economist and former chair of International Relations
- Mark P. Taylor, Dean of Warwick Business School and Professor of International Finance
Other
- The Coull String Quartet, quartet-in-residence since 1977
- Koen Lamberts, psychologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
- Nigel Thrift, geographer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick
Chancellors
Current Chancellor Richard Lambert
- William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, Chancellor-designate (died in December 1964 before taking office)
- Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1965–1977)
- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (1977–1989)
- Sir Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal (1989–2002)
- Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–2008)
- Sir Richard Lambert (2008–)[5]
Vice-Chancellors
- Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1965–1985)
- Clark L. Brundin (1985–1992)
- Sir Brian K. Follett (1993–2001)
- David VandeLinde (2001–2006)
- Nigel Thrift (2006–present)
References
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- ↑ "France - British poet anointed to guard French language". France 24. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Vatican Radio". Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "New Chancellor Appointed". Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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