Goldsmiths College Notable Alumni

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

Discover the notable alumni of Goldsmiths College. The list includes people like Damien Hirst, Mary Quant, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Kalki Koechlin & Damon Albarn. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as musicians, film & theater personalities, fashion, singers and miscellaneous etc.

Vote for Your Favourite Goldsmiths College Notable Alumni

Dame Vivienne Westwood

(British fashion designer)

Listed In: Fashion

Birthdate: April 8, 1941

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Tintwistle

Damon Albarn

(Guitarist, Singer, Musician, Composer, Songwriter)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: March 23, 1968

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Whitechapel

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

John Cale

(Welsh Musician, Composer and Founding Member of the American Rock Band 'The Velvet Underground')

Listed In: Fashion

Birthdate: March 9, 1942

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Garnant, Wales

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Recommended Lists:

(Fashion Designer)

Listed In: Fashion

Birthdate: February 11, 1934

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Blackheath, London, England

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Recommended Lists:

New York University

University Of California, Los Angeles

University Of Southern California

Malcolm McLaren

(Singer, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Talent agent, Record producer, Talent manager)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: January 22, 1946

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Stoke Newington

Died: April 8, 2010

Damien Hirst

(Artist)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 7, 1965

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Bristol

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Recommended Lists:

Stanford University

University Of California, Berkeley

University Of Paris

Graham Sutherland

(Painter, Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: August 24, 1903

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Streatham

Died: February 17, 1980

Liz Fraser

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: August 14, 1930

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Southwark, London, England, UK

Died: September 6, 2018

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Recommended Lists:

University Of Michigan

Princeton University

University Of Chicago

Antony Gormley

(Sculptor, Artist)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 30, 1950

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: London

Julian Clary

(Comedian, Novelist, Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 25, 1959

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Surbiton

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Recommended Lists:

University Of London

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Eton College

Linton Kwesi Johnson

(Poet)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: August 24, 1952

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Chapelton, Jamaica

Tena Stivicic

(Playwright)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: September 5, 1977

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Recommended Lists:

University Of Cambridge

Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art

University Of Edinburgh

Colin Welland

(Actor, Screenwriter)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: July 4, 1934

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Died: November 2, 2015

Bridget Riley

(Painter)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: April 24, 1931

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: West Norwood

Recommended Lists:

Cornell University

University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Oxford

Liam Gillick

(sculptor, painter)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: 1964 AD

Birthplace: Aylesbury

Anthony Joseph

(Poet)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: November 12, 1966

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Recommended Lists:

Northwestern University

Ohio State University

Trinity College, Cambridge

Gary Hume

(Painter, Sculptor)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: May 9, 1962

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Tenterden

Ross Raisin

(Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: 1979 AD

Birthplace: Keighley, England

Recommended Lists:

University Of Washington

University College London

University Of Toronto

Goldierocks

(Disc Jockey)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: October 30, 1984

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Guildford, Surrey, England

Rebecca Warren

(Sculptor)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: 1965 AD

Birthplace: England

Recommended Lists:

University Of Minnesota

University Of Vienna

Brown University

Pablo Bronstein

(Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: 1977 AD

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ranked among the top 20 creative universities in the United Kingdom, Goldsmiths College offers 22 different degree programmes specializing in Arts and humanities subjects such as History of Art and Music. Situated in New Cross, south east London, the campus mesmerizes the crowd with its smell of gorgeous greenery. The university provides outstanding education to students from diversified cultures. The university has also placed itself among the top universities in the UK after the department of Media & Communications, Psychology, Anthropology Education, Sociology and History of London bagged the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 9th, and 4th rankings respectively, as per the Research Excellence Framework 2014. Katy B and James Blake, Alex James and Graham Coxon (Blur), Antony Gormley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Margaret Howell, and many more are a few famous alumni of the Goldsmiths College. Steve McQueen, nominated for Golden Globe Awards for his best role in The Sand Pebbles, Love with the Proper Stranger, Comedy in The Reivers studied at the Goldsmiths College. Linton Kwesi Johnson, the only black poet to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series earned a degree in sociology at Goldsmiths College, Samantha Sam, a film maker, photographer and visual artist came into limelight with her debut Nowhere Boy in 2009 also studied here. Continue scrolling to know more about the famous alumni of Goldsmiths College.