List of University of Kent people
A list of people related to the University of Kent.
Officers
Several positions did not technically exist prior to the formal incorporation of the University by approval of its Charter on 4 January 1965. However several were appointed beforehand as nominal "officer designates", performing the same duties. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was not formally installed as Chancellor until 30 March 1966.[1]
Chancellors
- 1963-1968 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
- 1970-1990 Jo Grimond (later Baron Grimond) - see University of Kent at Canterbury Chancellor election, 1970
- 1990-1995 Sir Robert Horton
- 1996-2006 Sir Crispin Tickell
- 2006-2014 Sir Robert Worcester
- 2014- Gavin Esler
Vice-Chancellors
- 1963-1980 Geoffrey Templeman
- 1980-1994 David J.E. Ingram
- 1994-2001 Robin Sibson
- 2001-2007 Sir David Melville
- 2007-2017 Dame Julia Goodfellow
- 2017–present Karen Cox
Pro Chancellors
- 1960-1971 Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
- 1971-1977 Sir Paul Chambers
- 1977-1984 Robin Leigh-Pemberton
- 1984-1993 Rt Rev David Say
- 1993-1999 John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
- 1999-2005 Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield
Title changed to:
Chair of the Council
- 2005 - 2011 Valerie Marshall
- 2011 - 2014 John Simmonds
- 2014–present Sir David Warren
Visitors
The Visitor of the university is the Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio. The following Archbishops have served:
- 1965-1974 Michael Ramsey (appointed Archbishop 1961)
- 1974-1980 Donald Coggan
- 1980-1991 Robert Runcie
- 1991-2002 George Carey
- 2002-2012 Rowan Williams
- 2013–present Justin Welby
Notable staff
- Dominic Abrams - Professor of Social Psychology & Vice President of the British Academy
- Harry Bloom - South African former political activist, author (deceased)
- Upamanyu Chatterjee - author
- Elizabeth Cowie - professor of film studies at the University of Kent[2]
- Frank Furedi - founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), Professor of Sociology
- Robin Gill - Anglican priest and theologian
- Roy Goodman - freelance conductor, violinist and organist
- Matthew Goodwin - professor and researcher of British politics
- Abdulrazak Gurnah - writer
- Rosalyn Higgins - President of the International Court of Justice
- Michael J. L. Kirby - former Canadian Senator
- Bill MacMillan - Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
- Molly Mahood - literary scholar
- Murray Smith - philosopher and film theorist; Professor of Film at the University of Kent
- Hamish Swanston, the first Catholic to head a Department of Theology at a British university since the Reformation
- David Turner - computer scientist, designer of the Miranda programming language
- Sarah Turner - filmmaker, and Director of Research, School of Music and Fine Art[3]
- Glenn White - astronomer
- John Zarnecki - space scientist and principal on the Huygens probe
Notable alumni
Academia
- Anuwar Ali - economist; exponent of higher education; second Vice-Chancellor and President of Open University Malaysia
- Jo Fox - Director Institute of Historical Research University of London
- Adrian Franklin - Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania
- Colin Hughes (microbiologist) - Emeritus Professor of Microbiology University of Cambridge Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge
- Belinda Jack - Fellow and Tutor in French at Christ Church, Oxford at the University of Oxford
- Homa Katouzian - Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Oxford
- Robert Lethbridge - Former Master of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge
- Ralph Townsend - former Headmaster of Winchester College
- Patrick Collinson - Notable Elizabethan historian; former Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge
- Rupert Wegerif - Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge Fellow of Hughes Hall
Theatre and Film
- Farah Zeynep Abdullah - Turkish actress and singer including film The Butterfly's Dream (2013 film)
- Andrew Burt - actor - the original Jack Sugden in Emmerdale
- Paul J. Bradley - executive producer for Merchant Ivory Productions including the films of The Remains of the Day and A Room with a View
- Jackie Clune - actor, singer, and comedian
- Alan Davies - comedian, actor, and author: work includes television Bob and Rose and Jonathan Creek and book Just Ignore Him.
- Richard Denton (producer) - Producer and Director of Television documentaries including Comrades and Kingswood a Comprehensive
- Can Evrenol - Turkish Film director
- Lyn Gardner - theatre critic, children's writer and journalist, founding member of City Limits magazine, and who contributes reviews and articles to The Stage and was theatre critic at The Guardian for 23 years.
- Mark Gillis - actor, including for the Royal Shakespeare Company, writer / director including for the indie film "Sink".
- Jon Haynes - co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Ridiculusmus
- Stuart Hazeldine - Screenwriter and film director including The Shack
- Kim Ismay - actor including Royal Shakespeare Company and singer
- Bruce Langley - actor, known for playing the role of Technical Boy on American Gods.
- Laura Lexx - comedian and writer
- Steve Royle - Comedian, entertainer, broadcaster, finalist Britain's Got Talent
- Paul Telfer - actor NCIS and Days of Our Lives
- Ramon Tikaram - actor This Life and EastEnders
- Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - screenwriters of the film Let Him Have It and seven James Bond films including Casino Royale and Skyfall
- Ariel Vromen - Israeli screenwriter and film director including The Iceman
- Tom Wilkinson OBE - actor, Academy Award nominee for In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton
- David Woods - co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Ridiculusmus
Literature
- Sir Kazuo Ishiguro - novelist, Man Booker Prize winner for The Remains of the Day and Nobel Prize in Literature winner.
- Michael Baigent - co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
- Valerie Bloom - poet
- Debjani Chatterjee - poet
- Fred D'Aguiar - novelist, playwright, poet, and academic
- Jane Harper - author The Dry
- E. L. James - author Fifty Shades of Grey
- David Mitchell - novelist Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue
- Sarah Waters - novelist Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet
- David Wingrove - Science Fiction writer
- Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie - novelist
- Musaemura Zimunya - Zimbabwean contemporary author
Media
- Rosie Boycott - Baroness Boycott - journalist, former editor of The Independent
- Janusz Bugajski - host of Bugajski Hour on several Balkan TV channels
- Ian Collins - radio presenter - BBC Kent
- Gavin Esler - former BBC Newsnight presenter and BBC North America Editor
- Shiulie Ghosh - former ITV news presenter
- Fi Glover - BBC Radio 4 presenter including The Listening Project
- Charlotte Green - BBC radio presenter, voted "Most Attractive Female Voice on National Radio"
- Dave Hill - Former writer for The Guardian now London Blogger and Journalist.
- Geoff Hill - Former Editor ITN
- David Horsey - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
- Mark Mardell - Presenter The World This Weekend BBC Radio 4 - former BBC North America and Europe Editor
- Alan McGuinness - Political Journalist Sky News
- Mike McCarthy - EVP, General Manager, CNN International
- Nick Piercey - BBC Local Radio presenter
- Matt Preston - Australian television presenter and food journalist
- Carolyn Quinn - BBC Radio 4 political presenter
- Paul Ross - journalist and presenter - Former presenter The Big Breakfast
- William Sitwell, former editor of Waitrose magazine now Telegraph columnist
- Peter White (broadcaster) - BBC Radio 4 Presenter You and Yours and former BBC Disability Affairs Correspondent
- Patrick Wright - journalist, academic and author
Music
- YolanDa Brown - saxophonist, composer, broadcaster, philanthropist; double MOBO "Best Jazz" winner
- Barbara Gaskin - singer - recorded No 1 hit single "It's my Party" with Dave Stewart
- Ellie Goulding - singer / songwriter (did not graduate)
- Steve Hillage - guitarist (did not graduate)
- Lami Phillips - Nigerian singer / songwriter and actress
- Tiwa Savage - Nigerian singer / songwriter
Business
- Paul Bennett - Founder and Chairman The UK Holiday Group
- Sarah Bentley - Chief Executive Officer Thames Water
- Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey - Chief Executive Bestway Group
- Stephen Dunbar-Johnson - President, International, New York Times
- Ian Durant - Chairman Greggs and DFS Furniture
- Paul Everitt - Chief Executive Officer ADS Group
- Wayne Garvie - President International Production at Sony Pictures Television
- Tristia Harrison - Chief Executive Officer TalkTalk Group
- Max Hole - former Chief of Global Operations Universal Music
- Philip Knatchbull - Chief Executive Officer Curzon Cinemas
- Chris Macdonald - Worldwide President Advertising McCann (company)
- Carolyn McCall - DBE - Chief Executive Officer ITV
- Mike Newnham - Chief Executive Officer Saint-Gobain UK and Ireland.
- Dimitris Psillakis - Chief Executive Officer Mercedes-Benz USA
- Mark Smith - Chief Financial Officer Cummins
- Brett Warburton - Executive Director Warburtons
- Charles Wigoder - Executive Chairman Telecom Plus
Politics
- Abdullah Md Zin - minister in the Malaysian government
- Azizan Abdul Razak - Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Kedah
- Gareth Bacon - Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington
- Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton - former Government Whip in the House of Lords
- Judith Blake - Labour Leader of Leeds City Council
- Wayne Caines - Minister of National Security Government of Bermuda
- Ronald D. Coleman - former United States Representative for Texas
- Baron Collins of Highbury - former Labour Party General Secretary
- Chris Davies - former Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for North West England; former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament; former Member of Parliament for Littleborough and Saddleworth
- Mark Drakeford - First Minister of Wales
- Tamsin Dunwoody - former Labour Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli Pembrokeshire; former minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
- Natalie Elphicke - Conservative Member of Parliament for Dover
- Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine - Liberal Democrat peer
- Sheila Gilmore - former Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East
- Stephen Gethins - former SNP Member of Parliament for North East Fife
- Nikos Hardalias - Deputy Minister for Civil Protection in the Greek Government
- Kostis Hatzidakis - Minister for the Environment and Energy in the Greek Government
- Dame Ann Hercus DCMG - New Zealand politician and diplomat
- Kamarudin Jaffar - Member of Parliament of Malaysia for Bandar Tun Razak constituency and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Jean-Charles Larsonneur - Deputy representing La Republique En Marche! for Finistère in the French National Assembly
- David Lepper - former Labour Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion
- Mastura Mohd Yazid - Member of Parliament for Kuala Kangsar district and Deputy Minister in the Malaysian Government
- Munira Mirza - Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
- Chris Mole - former Labour Member of Parliament for Ipswich
- Raychelle Omamo - Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- Abena Oppong-Asare - Labour Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead and Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
- Taiwo Owatemi - Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North West
- Emily Thornberry - Labour Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
- Robin Tilbrook - leader and founder of the English Democrats
- Peter Whittle – former Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party[4]
- Alex Yam - Mayor of North West District and Member of the Singapore Parliament for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
- Fu Ying - Chinese former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Law and Administration
- Kameel Ahmady - Anglo-Iranian Human Rights Campaigner and Social Anthropologist
- Sir David Akers-Jones - former acting Governor of Hong Kong, 1986/87
- Ursula Brennan - former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Justice
- Jonathan Lionel Cohen QC - High Court Judge, Family Division.
- Ivo Daalder - President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former United States Permanent Representative to NATO
- Luke de Pulford - Human Rights Campaigner - recipient of the Benemerenti Medal
- Sir Chris Ham - former Chief Executive King's Fund
- Alistair Jarvis - Chief Executive Universities UK
- Martin Jones - Chief Executive of the Parole Board for England and Wales
- Mark Lucraft QC - Chief Coroner, Recorder of London, Lead Judge at the Central Criminal Court.
- Shan Morgan - Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government
- Damilola Odufuwa - Founder of Nigerian Feminist Coalition and Microfinance specialist. One of Vogue's 12 Women leaders who changed the World in 2020.
- Sir Hugh Orde OBE - former Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Guy Parker - Chief Executive Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)
- Dame Glenys Stacey - DBE - Chief Executive Ofqual
- Graham Vidler - Chief Executive Confederation of Passenger Transport
Sports
- Paul Ackford - former England and British Lions rugby player, The Sunday Telegraph sports journalist
- Adam Ball - former England Under 19 Cricket Captain who played for Kent County Cricket Club
- David Fulton - cricketer, former captain of Kent County Cricket Club
- Wayne Otto - British Karate Champion - Winner of multiple Gold Medals at Karate World Championships
- Jamie Reeves - semi-professional footballer who won the FA Vase twice; pundit on the ESPN Star Sports coverage of the Premier League
- Susannah Townsend - Great Britain, England and Canterbury field hockey player, Gold medal winner Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Military
- Joshua Leakey - known for courageous actions in the Afghanistan campaign in 2015; recipient of the Victoria Cross (did not graduate - left in the first year to join the British Army)
Miscellaneous
- Chris Broad - Youtuber
- Tom Frame - Australian Christian minister of religion, historian, academic, author, and social commentator
- Akaliza Keza Gara - Rwandan IT activist
- Rachael House - artist
- Philip Howard - Michelin starred chef Elystan Street.
- Leon McCarron - Northern Irish adventurer, author, filmmaker
- Duro Olowu - Fashion Designer
- Stephen Shaw - Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales
- Johnny Yeo - artist and portraitist - his paintings are included in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
References
- Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 32 ISBN 0-904938-03-4
- "Prof Elizabeth Cowie". University of Kent. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- "Sarah Turner: Director of Research". University of Kent. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- "Who's Who". 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287927.
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