This is a list of notable alumni of Nottingham Trent University and its predecessor institutions.
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Notable alumni
Politics and public service
Hazel Blears – British Labour Party politician and former Cabinet Minister. Ben Bradley – Conservative MP for Mansfield. Duncan Baker – Conservative MP for North Norfolk. Vernon Coaker – Labour MP for Gedling (1997–2019). Liz Blackman – British Labour Party politician. Brendan Clarke-Smith – Conservative Party politician. Matthew Offord – Conservative Party politician. Alan Simpson – Labour MP for Nottingham South (1992–2010). Glenis Willmott – Former leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party. Alyn Smith – Scottish politician. Anne Marie Waters – British political activist. Martyn Jones – Former Labour MP. Mark Simmonds – Former MP for Boston and Skegness. Chuka Umunna – MP for Streatham (2010–2019). Nene Amegatcher – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2023). JoBeth Coleby-Davis – Bahamian politician and attorney. Chris Lee Chun Kit – Malaysian politician. Malik Noor Saleem Khan – Pakistani politician. Mohammed bin Jasim Alghatam – Bahraini politician. Rajdeep Goala – Indian politician.
Arts and design Dame Laura Knight – British artist. Mary Gillick – British sculptor and medallist. Keith Albarn – English artist. Jon Burgerman – British artist. Graham Budgett – Artist and educator. Keith Piper – Artist, curator and academic. Rob Ryan – British visual artist. Angus Tsui - Hongkonger fashion designer. Tim Noble and Sue Webster – British artist duo. Ellie Harrison – British artist. Donald Rodney – British artist. James Woodford – Sculptor. Arthur Spooner – British painter. Nick Waplington – British-American photographer. Lucy Orta – Contemporary visual artist. Samson Kambalu – Artist and academic. Harold Knight – British painter. Rayner Hoff – British sculptor. Lala Meredith-Vula – Photographer. Mel Ramsden – Conceptual artist. Sheila Robinson – Artist and illustrator. Dai Roberts – Sculptor and installation artist. David Tress – Anglo-Welsh artist. Stephen Newton – British artist. Peter Liddle – Landscape artist and sculptor. James Robert Ford – Conceptual artist. Noel Denholm Davis – English artist. Chris Harrison – Photographer. Paul Hart – Landscape photographer. John Davies – Landscape photographer. Tom Sandberg – Norwegian art photographer. Andreas Schmidt – German artist. Arthur Lowe – British painter. Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond – Artist. Richard Evans – Graphic designer. Joseph Else – Sculptor.
Film, television and theatre
Jonathan Glazer – Film director and screenwriter. Matt Berry – Actor, writer and comedian. Ana Boulter – Actress and television presenter. Eddie Cooper – British actor. Paul Kaye – Actor and comedian. Hattie Naylor – Playwright. Jenny Tiramani – Costume and production designer. Sam Fell – Film director. Grace Keeling – Media personality and podcaster.
Music Steve Hogarth – Lead singer of Marillion. Scout Niblett – Singer-songwriter. Ed Macfarlane – Singer for Friendly Fires. Six By Seven – Alternative rock band. Shane Cullinan – Composer. Paul K. Joyce – Composer. Darryl Hunt – Musician with The Pogues. Bobby Friction – DJ. Stephen Jones – Musician and novelist. Simon Taylor-Davis – Guitarist with Klaxons. Freda Love Smith – Musician and author.
Journalism and media
Richard Bacon – Broadcaster. Sonali Shah – BBC broadcaster. Christopher Blanchett – BBC presenter and weather forecaster. Stephen Dixon – Sky News presenter. Jack Saunders – BBC Radio 1 presenter. Christian O'Connell – Radio broadcaster. Mike Parry – Sports broadcaster. Amy Voce – Radio presenter. Paul Bradley Carr – Writer and journalist. Mark Crossley – Broadcaster. Lucy Horobin – Radio broadcaster. Adam Leventhal – Sports presenter.
Literature and publishing Alan Dapre – Children's author and playwright. Lynda Clark – Author of interactive fiction. Stewart Brown – Poet and academic. Neal Lawson – Political commentator. Paul Kenyon – Journalist and author.
Sport
Steve Trapmore – Olympic gold medal-winning rower. Crista Cullen – Olympic gold medal-winning hockey player. Adam Burgess – Slalom canoeist. Dan Hardy – Mixed martial artist. Nick Easter – Rugby union player. Rachel Hirst – Olympic rower. Tom Kay – World championship gold medallist. Courtney Sweetman-Kirk – Professional footballer. James Rowe – Football manager. George Cooper – Professional footballer. Tony Galvin – Footballer. Ryan France – Footballer. Anthony Howell – Footballer. Alex Rodman – Footballer. Joe Coombs – Canoe slalom athlete. Richard Hounslow – Canoe slalom athlete. Nicholas Buckland – Ice dancer. Penny Coomes – Ice dancer. Jane Smit – England women's cricketer. Marc Spackman – Swimmer. Alastair Wilson – Hockey player. Sonia Tumiotto – Swimmer.
Business Roger Carr – Chairman of BAE Systems. Dave Lewis – Former CEO of Tesco. Jürgen Maier – Former CEO of Siemens UK. Paul Lester – Business executive. Bob Mackenzie – Businessman. Alex Ibru – Nigerian businessman and publisher. Felix Ibru – Nigerian architect and politician. Matthew Spacie – Entrepreneur and humanitarian. Chris Townsend – Senior partner at KPMG. Roger Southam – Chartered surveyor.
Academia and research Michael Driscoll – Economist and former vice-chancellor. Nigel Healey – Vice-chancellor of Fiji National University. Erold Naomab – Vice-chancellor of Namibia University of Science and Technology. Karen A. Smith – Management academic. Richard Evershed – Professor of biogeochemistry. Patricia Noxolo – Geographer.
See also Nottingham Trent University :Category:Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
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