University Of Warwick Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of University Of Warwick. The list includes people like Stephen Merchant, Yakubu Gowon, Katy Wix, Adi Shamir & Valentine Strasser. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as leaders, film & theater personalities, intellectuals & academics, scientists and business people etc.
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 1 
Stephen Merchant
(Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Radio personality, Film actor)
Stephen Merchant
15
Birthdate: November 24, 1974
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bristol
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 2 
Germaine Greer
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 29, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
 3 
Carrie Symonds
(British Media Advisor and Wife of Boris Johnson Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Carrie Symonds
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1988
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: East Sheen, South London
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 4 
Katy Wix
(Actor, Comedian)
Katy Wix
1
Birthdate: February 28, 1980
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cardiff
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 5 
Tom Goodman-Hill
0
Birthdate: May 21, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 6 
Julian Rhind-Tutt
(Actor)
Julian Rhind-Tutt
0
Birthdate: July 20, 1968
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: West Drayton, England
 7 
Angus Imrie
(British Actor Known for His Role as ‘Josh Archer’ in TV Serial ‘The Archers’)
Angus Imrie
6
Birthdate: August 2, 1994
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 8 
Adi Shamir
(Mathematician, Cryptologist, Computer scientist)
Adi Shamir
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 6, 1952
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tel Aviv
 9 
Adam Buxton
(Comedian)
Adam Buxton
1
Birthdate: June 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 10 
Alex Jennings
(Actor)
Alex Jennings
4
Birthdate: May 10, 1957
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Essex, England, UK
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 11 
Andrea Leadsom
(Politician)
Andrea Leadsom
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 13, 1963
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
 12 
Simon Mayo
(Radio presenter)
Simon Mayo
0
Birthdate: September 21, 1958
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Southgate, London, England, UK
 13 
Hannah Waterman
(Actress)
Hannah Waterman
0
Birthdate: July 22, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 14 
Jennie Bond
(Journalist, Television presenter)
Jennie Bond
1
Birthdate: August 19, 1950
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 15 
Heather Brooke
(Journalist)
Heather Brooke
0
Birthdate: March 27, 1970
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, U.S.
 16 
Leslie Valiant
(Computer scientist)
Leslie Valiant
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
 17 
Yakubu Gowon
(Head of State of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975)
Yakubu Gowon
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 19, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kanke
 18 
Natasha Law
(Painter)
Natasha Law
1
Birthdate: January 1, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
 19 
Abba Kyari
(Businessperson)
Abba Kyari
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 23, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Borno, Nigeria
Died: April 17, 2020
 20 
Jonathan Coe
(Novelist known for his fourth novel What a Carve Up! won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France)
Jonathan Coe
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
 21 
Valentine Strasser
(Politician)
Valentine Strasser
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 26, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Freetown
 22 
Ness Wadia
(Businessperson who is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings)
Ness Wadia
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 30, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
 23 
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
(Politician)
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana
 24 
Hari Kunzru
(Novelist, Journalist)
Hari Kunzru
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
 25 
Oliver Hart
(Economist)
Oliver Hart
0
Birthdate: October 9, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
 26 
Ahmed Afif
(Vice-President of Seychelles since 2020)
Ahmed Afif
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 6, 1967
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mahé, Seychelles
 27 
Constance Briscoe
(Barrister)
Constance Briscoe
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 18, 1957
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: England
 28 
Tundu Lissu
(Politician, lawyer)
Tundu Lissu
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 20, 1968
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Singida, Tanzania
 29 
Simon Calder
(Travel journalist and broadcaster)
Simon Calder
1
Birthdate: December 25, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: West Sussex, England
 30 
George Saitoti
(Former Vice President of Kenya)
George Saitoti
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 3, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Maasailand, Kenya
Died: June 10, 2012
 31 
Ritula Shah
(Journalist)
Ritula Shah
0
Birthdate: 1967 AD
Birthplace: Barnet, England
 32 
Wanuri Kahiu
(Film director)
Wanuri Kahiu
1
Birthdate: June 21, 1980
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
 33 
Pascal Lamy
(Economist, Politician)
Pascal Lamy
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 8, 1947
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Levallois-Perret
 34 
Peter Shivute
(Chief Justice, Lawyer)
Peter Shivute
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Namibia
 35 
Richard Burden
(Politician)
Richard Burden
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 1, 1954
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
 36 
Utoni Nujoma
(Politician)
Utoni Nujoma
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 8, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Windhoek, Namibia
 37 
Wendy Alexander
(Politician)
Wendy Alexander
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 27, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
 38 
David Blankenhorn
(Author)
David Blankenhorn
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1955 AD
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi
 39 
Vekuii Rukoro
(Politician)
Vekuii Rukoro
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 11, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Otjiwarongo, Namibia
Died: June 18, 2021
 40 
Princess Dina Mired of Jordan
(Princess)
Princess Dina Mired of Jordan
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 12, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Amman, Jordan
 41 
Jenny Harrison
(Mathematician)
Jenny Harrison
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
 42 
Leila Sansour
(Director)
Leila Sansour
0
Birthdate: February 16, 1966
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
 43 
Nicholas Blincoe
(Novelist, Screenwriter)
Nicholas Blincoe
0
Birthdate: 1965 AD
Birthplace: Rochdale, England
 44 
Bience Gawanas
(Lawyer, Politician)
Bience Gawanas
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 1956 AD
Birthplace: Namibia
 45 
Gwendoline Konie
(Zambian Diplomat, Politician, and Poet)
Gwendoline Konie
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 9, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lusaka, Zambia
Died: March 14, 2009
 46 
Samuel Ankama
(Politician, Educator)
Samuel Ankama
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Otshaandja
Died: July 4, 2021
 47 
Albert Kawana
(Politician)
Albert Kawana
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 26, 1956
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Katima Mulilo, Namibia
 48 
Varsha Varman
(Indian Professional Sport Shooter)
Varsha Varman
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 1, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 49 
Abubacarr Tambadou
(Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since 2020)
Abubacarr Tambadou
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 12, 1972
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gambia
 50 
Jason Chao
(LGBT rights activist who founded Macau Rainbow Enterprise Limited)
Jason Chao
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: December 12, 1986
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Macau
Founded in 1965 as an attempt by the government to make higher education more accessible, the University of Warwick is a research university in Coventry, England. The student body comprises of 23,600 students who pursue graduate and post graduate programs in Arts, medicine, Science and Social Sciences, across 32 departments. With an honorable mention in the top 10 of all major domestic rankings of the British universities, Warwick is considered integral in defining the education system of the United Kingdom. Over 114 countries are represented by the student body of the University of Warwick, across its 3 major campuses. The institution gives the students the opportunity to pursue their goals through various programs that enrich their quality of learning. It gives the students the chance to be a part of double-degree programs and study abroad facilities in Columbia University, UC Berkeley and Sciences Po Paris. Having been voted as the ‘University of the year 2015 by The Times and Sunday Times newspapers, Warwick is deemed as the top targeted university nationally by United Kingdom’s top 100 graduate employers. The graduates and alumni of the University of Warwick are well-appreciated and are ranked 19th in the world for their reputation with employers. Needless to say, the University of Warwick has produced some remarkable legends, who started their journey there. Some of its notable alumni include Stephen Merchant, Anne Fine, David Davis and Ralf Speth. Presenting to you the complete list of achievers who have made the university proud.