List of Birmingham City University people

This is a list of notable alumni and staff of Birmingham City University, in Birmingham, England, and its predecessor institutions:

• Anstey College of Physical Education
• Birmingham and Solihull College of Nursing and Midwifery
• Birmingham College of Commerce
• Birmingham School of Acting
• Birmingham School of Art
• Birmingham School of Jewellery
• Birmingham School of Music (now Birmingham Conservatoire)
• Bordesley College of Education
• Bournville College of Art (now the Bournville Centre for Visual Arts)
• City of Birmingham College of Education
• Defence School of Health Care Studies
• North Birmingham Technical College
• South Birmingham Technical College
• West Midlands School of Radiography

Staff

• Mark Addis
• Chris Baines — environmentalist
• Charles Bateman — architect
• William Bidlake
• William Bloye
• Jonathan Bowen — computer scientist
• Paul Bradshaw — journalist^[1]
• John Bridgeman — sculptor
• Paul Clarkson
• Benjamin Creswick
• Trevor Denning
• Elizabeth Fradd
• Arthur Gaskin
• Bruce George
• Charles March Gere
• Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott
• Albert Herbert
• Islam Issa
• Zhiming Liu — computer scientist
• Sylvani Merilion
• Sidney Meteyard
• Nicola Monaghan
• David Prentice
• Roy Priest — musician (formerly of Sweet Jesus)
• Marius Romme
• Jeffrey Skidmore
• Edward R. Taylor
• Philip Tew
• George Wallis
• David Wilson — criminologist
• Simon M. Woods

Alumni

Armed forces

• Harry Price — Royal Navy seaman

Art and design

• Samira Abbassy^[2]
• Martin Aitchison
• Maxwell Armfield
• Grace Barnsley
• Alfred Bestall
• Stephen Biesty
• Richard Billingham^[3] — photographer
• William Bloye
• Emmy Bridgwater
• Gerald Brockhurst
• Herbert Tudor Buckland
• Kate Bunce
• Edward Burne-Jones
• Joseph Finnemore
• Arthur Gaskin (also staff)
• Georgie Gaskin
• Frederick Gibberd
• Bunny Guinness
• Edwin Harris
• William Alexander Harvey
• William Haywood — architect
• Gordon Herickx
• Roger Hiorns^[4] — artist
• Robert van 't Hoff
• Alex Hughes — Tribune cartoonist^[5]
• Betty Jackson — fashion designer
• Robert Furneaux Jordan
• David McFall
• Danie Mellor
• Oscar Mellor
• Sidney Meteyard (also staff)
• H. R. Millar
• William Jabez Muckley
• Edmund Hort New
• Dorrie Nossiter
• Hugh O'Donnell — artist
• Henry Payne — artist
• Peter Phillips — artist
• George Phoenix
• John Poole — sculptor
• Donald Rodney^[6] — artist
• Henry Rushbury
• John Salt
• Percy Shakespeare
• John Shelley^[7] — illustrator
• Bernard Sleigh
• Joseph Southall
• Marty St. James^[8] — video artist
• David Tremlett
• Ian Walters
• Harry Weedon
• Robert Welch — designer
• Phil Winslade
• Graham Winteringham
• A. H. Woodfull
• John Skirrow Wright
• Tang Da Wu

Media

• Smitthi Bhiraleus
• Marverine Cole — broadcast journalist
• Kirsten O'Brien — children's television presenter
• Fiona Phillips — TV presenter
• Mary Rhodes — sports TV presenter
• Bob Rickard
• Charlie Stayt — BBC newsreader
• Margherita Taylor — radio and TV presenter

Medicine and science

• Bethann Siviter — nurse-author
• Kevin Warwick — scientist

Performing arts

• Carole Boyd
• James Bradshaw — actor (of the Birmingham School of Acting)
• Anna Brewster
• Nicola Coughlan — actress
• Krzysztof Czerwiński
• Nick Duffy — musician
• Stephen Duffy — singer-songwriter
• Jeremy Filsell
• Nicholas Gledhill
• Ainsley Howard^[9]
• Barbara Keogh
• Tom Lister
• Luke Mably
• Jimi Mistry — actor (of the Birmingham School of Acting)
• Horace Panter
• Rhydian Roberts — singer and The X Factor contestant^[10]
• Jack Rubinacci
• Jinny Sandhú — professional wrestler
• Frank Skinner — comedian^[11]
• John Taylor — bass guitarist, founder of Duran Duran
• Catherine Tyldesley
• William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
• Nicol Williamson — actor (of the Birmingham School of Acting)
• Marjorie Yates^[12] — actress

Politics

• Mike Amesbury — Labour MP
• Paul Goggins
• David Hallam MEP
• Lynne Jones — politician, former MP for Selly Oak
• Khalid Mahmood — politician, MP for Perry Barr
• Gloria De Piero

Writing

• Jim Crace — novelist^[13]
• Charles Wood — playwright

Honours award holders

• Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale
• Laurie Baker
• Stephen Bright
• Andy Hamilton — saxophonist
• Karl Johnson
• Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham
• David Nicholson — civil servant
• T. R. Pachamuthu
• Jenny Uglow
• Gillian Weir
• Benjamin Zephaniah

References

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2. Keshmirshekan, Hamid; Irving, Mark; Downey, Anthony (2009). Different Sames: New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art. Thames & Hudson. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-500-97697-5 – via Google Books.
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4. "Crystal clear". Building Design. United Business Media. 29 August 2008. p. 16.
5. "Alex Hughes Cartoons and Caricatures". www.alexhughescartoons.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009.
6. Chambers, Eddie (December 1999). "Donald Rodney biography". Iniva. Archived from the original on 7 November 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
7. Sta, Neni; Cruz, Romana (12 November 2007). "Shelley's visual poetry". Philippine Daily Enquirer.
8. "Art goes on show in city bar". Birmingham Evening Mail. Trinity Mirror Midlands. 15 February 2002. p. 53.
9. "Birmingham School of Acting (BSA) | Courses in Drama, Acting and Stage Management : Welcome to Birmingham School of Acting". Bsa.bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
10. "Don't get rid of X Factor Rhydian, says Birmingham lecturer". Birmingham City University. 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
11. "Express & Star". www.expressandstar.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013.
12. Baker, Harry (23 June 2007). "Accent her spur to success". Birmingham Evening Mail. Staffordshire: Trinity Mirror Midlands. p. 24.
13. "Novelist Crace to unveil 'fabulous' £3m library revamp". Birmingham City University. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.