Goldsmiths, University Of London Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of Goldsmiths, University Of London. The list includes people like Princess Beatrice of York, Damien Hirst, Mary Quant, Dame Vivienne Westwood & Kalki Koechlin. 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, miscellaneous and singers etc.
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Dame Vivienne Westwood
(British fashion designer)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: April 8, 1941
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tintwistle

British fashion designer, Dame Vivienne Westwood, is credited for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. She attended a course on jewelry at the University of Westminster but left before graduating. She worked as a teacher for a while before turning to fashion designing. She eventually opened four boutiques in London.

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Damon Albarn
(Guitarist, Singer, Musician, Composer, Songwriter)
Damon Albarn
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 23, 1968
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Whitechapel

Grammy-winning English singer Damon Albarn has previously been part of two major bands, Blur and Gorillaz, as their lead vocalist and primary songwriter. He has also performed as part of the supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen. His solo album Everyday Robots was nominated for a Mercury Award.

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John Cale
(Welsh Musician, Composer and Founding Member of the American Rock Band 'The Velvet Underground')
John Cale
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 9, 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Garnant, Wales

Experimental musician John Cale is best known as the co-founder of the rock band The Velvet Underground. The son of a coal miner father, he later developed a love for music that earned him a scholarship to the University of London. Prescribed opiates for his bronchial issues, he later struggled with addiction.

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Princess Beatrice of York
(Elder daughter of Prince Andrew)
Princess Beatrice of York
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 8, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Mary Quant
(Fashion Designer)
Mary Quant
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: February 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blackheath, London, England
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Malcolm McLaren
(Singer, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Talent agent, Record producer, Talent manager)
Malcolm McLaren
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 22, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stoke Newington
Died: April 8, 2010
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Sam Taylor-Johnson
(Director of the Films: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Nowhere Boy')
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Birthdate: March 4, 1967
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Croydon, London, England
Sam Taylor-Johnson, a British filmmaker and photographer, belongs to the Young British Artists group. Her notable works include Nowhere Boy, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Love You More. Her film Nowhere Boy was screened at 53rd annual London Film Festival as its closing presentation in 2009. She is known for directing the famous film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.
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Damien Hirst
(Artist)
Damien Hirst
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 7, 1965
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bristol

Artist Damien Hirst first gained fame in the 1980s. A master of conceptual art, he creates everything from paintings and installations to sculptures and drawings, with topics ranging from mortality and beauty to rebirth and technology. One of his creations featured dead animals preserved in formaldehyde, while another featured rows of multicolored spots.

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Amelia Warner
(Actress and Composer Best Known for Her Stunning Soundtrack for the 2017 Film ‘Mary Shelley')
Amelia Warner
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 4, 1982
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Birkenhead, Merseyside, England

Amelia Warner is a British musician and composer. She is best known for her work as a composer in a movie titled Mary Shelley for which she was honored with the Breakthrough Composer of the Year award at the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards in 2018. A former actress, Warner has also appeared in films like Æon Flux.

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Brian Molko
(Singer, Actor)
Brian Molko
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 10, 1972
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Dave Myers
(English Televisiob Chef as One-half of the Hairy Bikers)
Dave Myers
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Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: September 8, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire , England
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Graham Sutherland
(Painter, Artist)
Graham Sutherland
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Birthdate: August 24, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Streatham
Died: February 17, 1980
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Antony Gormley
(British Sculptor)
Antony Gormley
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Birthdate: August 30, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Sculptor Antony Gormley is best known for his human forms, most of which he creates using his own naked form. The Turner Prize-winning artist had initially studied history and archaeology but later turned to art. His best-known works include Angel of the North and Three Ways: Mould, Hole and Passage.

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Tessa Jowell
(Politician)
Tessa Jowell
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 17, 1947
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England
Died: May 12, 2018
 15 
Neil Innes
(Comedic Performer Known for Helping to Create the Avant-Garde Comedy Musical Group 'Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah' Band)
Neil Innes
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 9, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Danbury, Essex, England
Died: December 29, 2019

The son of a British Army officer, comedian and musician Neil Innes had begun training in the piano and the guitar since childhood. Part of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band, he wrote the hit single I’m the Urban Spaceman. He is also remembered for his collaboration with the Monty Python team.

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Julian Clary
(Comedian, Novelist, Actor)
Julian Clary
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 25, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Surbiton
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
(Poet)
Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chapelton, Jamaica

Linton Kwesi Johnson is a Jamaican-born British-based activist and dub poet. He is best known for his poetry that deals with the experiences of an African-Caribbean in Britain. Linton Kwesi Johnson was honored with the PEN Pinter Prize in July 2020.  

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Amy Robbins
(Actress)
Amy Robbins
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Birthdate: February 18, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Higher Bebington, Wirral, England, UK
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Bridget Riley
(Painter)
Bridget Riley
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Birthdate: April 24, 1931
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: West Norwood
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Sarah Lucas
(Artist)
Sarah Lucas
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1962 AD
Birthplace: Holloway

Sarah Lucas is an English artist who was one of the most important members of the popular visual artists' group, Young British Artists. She is best known for incorporating found objects, collage, and photography in her works to employ bawdy humor and visual puns. Her works often highlight the absurdity of society and question conventions.

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Nimmi Harasgama
(Sri Lankan Actress)
Nimmi Harasgama
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Birthplace: Sri Lanka
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William Fox-Pitt
(British Equestrian Who Became the First Rider to Win Five Different 'Five-Star' Events)
William Fox-Pitt
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 2, 1969
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England

British equestrian William Fox-Pitt was the first from his country to become world number one. Both his parents were riders at Badminton and Burghley, and thus he was destined to follow in their footsteps. He began eventing at age 15. His accomplishments include two Olympics team silvers.

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Emma Dabiri
(Writer)
Emma Dabiri
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 25, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Born to an Irish mother and a Nigerian father, Dublin-born Emma Dabiri spent her initial years in the US before returning to Ireland. A teaching fellow at the SOAS, she is also the bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and other books that depict the reality of racism.

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Gary Hume
(Painter, Sculptor)
Gary Hume
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Birthdate: May 9, 1962
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tenterden

Gary Hume is an English artist best known for his association with Young British Artists. A popular artist, Gary Hume represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1999. In the exhibition, Hume showcased his famous Water series. In 1997, he was honored with Great Britain's prestigious Jerwood Painting Prize.

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Denton Welch
(Writer)
Denton Welch
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 29, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Died: December 30, 1948
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Angus Fairhurst
(British Artist and Photographer)
Angus Fairhurst
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Birthdate: October 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pembury, Kent, England
Died: March 29, 2008

Angus Fairhurst was an English artist best remembered for his work in photography, installation, and video. One of the most important members of a group of visual artists named Young British Artists, Angus Fairhurst played a major role in the development of the group. He exhibited his works nationally and internationally and at popular institutions like the Walker Art Center.

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Princess Nejla bint Asem
(Princess)
Princess Nejla bint Asem
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 9, 1988
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Amman, Jordan
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Merlyn Rees
(Politician)
Merlyn Rees
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 18, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cilfynydd, Wales
Died: January 5, 2006
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Iiris
(Singer)
Iiris
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 16, 1991
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tallinn, Estonia
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Ross Raisin
(Novelist)
Ross Raisin
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1979 AD
Birthplace: Keighley, England
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H.M. Bateman
(British Cartoonist Known for Narrative Cartoons and for Cartoons of Situations Involving Social Gaffes)
H.M. Bateman
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Birthdate: February 15, 1887
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sutton Forest, Australia
Died: February 11, 1970

Known as an innovative cartoonist, H.M. Bateman soared to fame with his The Man Who... series of cartoons, which were a regular in the British weekly Punch. His humorous depictions of social gaffes, portrayed through mostly wordless strips, were also published in The Bystander, The Humorist, and The Tatler.

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Raya Encheva
(YouTube Star Who Shares Travel and Lifestyle Videos)
Raya Encheva
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Listed In: YouTubers
Birthdate: September 28, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ruse, Bulgaria
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Rebecca Warren
(Sculptor)
Rebecca Warren
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Birthdate: 1965 AD
Birthplace: England

Although British sculptor Rebecca Warren is chiefly known for her works in clay, steel and bronze, she is equally at home with variety of other materials, creating collages and wall mounted vitrines with neon, wool, pompoms, paper, thread etc. Currently a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, she has been holding solo exhibitions across Europe and USA since 2003.