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.
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Warwick has over 283,000 alumni[1] and an active alumni network.[2]
Cinema and theatre
Actor Angus Castle–Doughty
Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
Adam Buxton (dropped out after two terms) – comedian and actor, best known as part of Adam and Joe
Angus Castle–Doughty , actor who has starred in Showtrial and Hollyoaks , co-founded theatre company Incognito
Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre
Paul Darke (PhD in Film) – academic, artist and disability rights activist, creator of the '' normality drama' theory
Brett Goldstein (Film & Feminism) – actor and comedian
Vadim Jean (History) – film director
Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the RSC
Ruth Jones (Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts 1988) – actress known as Myfanwy in Little Britain and Nessa in Gavin & Stacey
Lloyd Langford – comedian (film and television)
Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series The Office and Extras , in such roles as the 'Oggmonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor, known from the award-winning comedy series Green Wing
Frank Skinner , then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature 1981) – comedian, actor, writer
Hannah Waterman – actress
Government and politics
Sir David Davis
Lord Gus O'Donnell
Andy Haldane
Wendy Alexander MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament
Luis Arce (Master's in Economics, 1997) – President of Bolivia , former Minister of Economy and Public Finance in Bolivia[3]
Joseph Ngute – Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Republic of Cameroon
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Sociology 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
Yunus Carrim – Minister of Communications of South Africa
Chan Yuen Han SBS – JP ; active female unionists in Hong Kong
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
Sir David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative MP and former secretary of state for exiting the EU
Claire Darke , (Certificate of Social Work) – 161st mayor of Wolverhampton
Becky Gittins – Labour Member of Parliament for Clwyd East
Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former president of Nigeria
Andy Haldane (Economics) – chief economist at the Bank of England
Kim Howells (PhD ) – former Foreign Office minister
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson – President of Iceland
George Chouliarakis – Academic and Greek Alternate Minister of Finance
George W. Kanyeihamba – Member of the Supreme Court of Uganda and African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ; Legal Advisor to the President of Uganda on Human Rights and International Affairs
Sir Bob Kerslake – Head of the Home Civil Service
Andrea Leadsom (Political Science) – Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire and Secretary of State for the Environment
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 ; 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 ; graduated from Coventry College of Education
Lord Gus O'Donnell (Economics 1973) – former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service
Lord Brian Paddick – former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the 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 – Former vice-president of Kenya , former Executive Chairman of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and former president of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Dan Stoenescu – Romanian diplomat and former Minister for Romanians Abroad
Valentine Strasser – former head of state of Sierra Leone ; did not complete his studies at Warwick
Aung Tun Thet – Myanmar economist and the Economic Advisor to the president of Burma
Carrie Symonds – British political activist, conservationist and Partner of Boris Johnson
Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:
Classics and Ancient History
VILLALOBOS, Tania (5 May 2016). "Luis Alberto Arce Catacora" . Trigésimo sexto período de sesiones de la CEPAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2020 .