Alumni of the University of Wales

The list Alumni of the University of Wales includes Logan Plant, Roger Whittaker, Luke Roberts, Babita Sharma and John Sessions. The list consists of 331 members and 9 sublists.

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University of Wales

University in Cardiff, Wales

Alumni of Aberystwyth University
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Alumni of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
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Alumni of Bangor University
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Alumni of the University of Wales, Newport
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Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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Alumni of Swansea Metropolitan University
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Alumni of Swansea University
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Alumni of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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- Lorys Davies

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Logan Plant

English, Business

Date of birth: 21 January 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: English

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Partner: Bridget Plant (Married)

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Inter Cardiff F.C. players 16T

British brewers 16T

Models (profession) 65T
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Roger Whittaker

Anglo-Kenyan musician

Overview: Roger Henry Brough Whittaker (22 March 1936 – 13 September 2023) was a British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a c ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1936

Date of death: 13 September 2023

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: Kenyan

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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2023 deaths 9,157T

20th-century Kenyan male singers 7T

English male guitarists 921T
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Luke Roberts

English thespian (1977-)

Overview: Luke Roberts (born 5 October 1977) is an English actor, known for his role as Joseph Byrne in the BBC One medical drama series Holby City. He had a principal role in the short-lived third series of the ...

Date of birth: 5 October 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Mouna Traoré (Dating)

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Male actors from Suffolk 11T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T

English male soap opera actors 559T
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Babita Sharma

British journalist

Overview: Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico ...

Date of birth: 20 July 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

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People from Caversham, Berkshire 16T

English expatriates in the United Arab Emirates 16T

BBC World News 137T
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John Sessions

British comedian

Overview: John Gibb Marshall (11 January 1953 – 2 November 2020), better known by the stage name John Sessions, was a British actor and comedian. He was known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1953

Date of death: 2 November 2020

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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2020 deaths 11,737T

Deaths in Greater London 91T

Male actors from Bedfordshire 18T
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Rachel Roberts

Actress

Overview: Rachel Roberts (20 September 1927 – 26 November 1980) was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male character in Saturday Night ...

Date of birth: 20 September 1927

Date of death: 26 November 1980

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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1980 suicides 35T

Barbiturates-related deaths 101T

Welsh actresses who committed suicide 4T
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Aneirin Hughes

Singer and actor

Overview: Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes; 8 May 1958) is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru ...

Date of birth: 8 May 1958

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Welsh-speaking actors 66T

20th-century Welsh male actors 93T

Welsh male television actors 208T
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Philip Madoc

Welsh actor

Overview: Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and ...

Date of birth: 5 July 1934

Date of death: 5 March 2012

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Welsh male Shakespearean actors 17T

Actors at the Royal Exchange, Manchester 104T

Welsh-speaking actors 68T
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John Edmunds (presenter)

British academic (1929–2023)

Overview: John Edmunds (April 1929 – May 2023) was a British academic who set up the Drama Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth where he was Head from 1973 to 1985. Edmunds trained as an actor ...

Date of birth: April 1929

Date of death: 17 May 2023

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Gay academics 123T

LGBT broadcasters from the United Kingdom 97T

British male journalists 1,246T
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Strive Masiyiwa

Zimbabwean businessman

Overview: Strive Masiyiwa (born 29 January 1961) is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of the international technology group Econet Global ...

Date of birth: 29 January 1961

Age: 64

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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21st-century philanthropists 248T

Zimbabwean philanthropists 6T

Zimbabwean billionaires 1T
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Andrew Gould

Business

Overview: Andrew Frederick James Gould (born 17 December 1946) is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger. Following his retirement from Schlumberger Ltd., Gould is serving as non-executive ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1946

Age: 78

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Schlumberger people 13T

Ernst & Young people 35T

British chairpersons of corporations 97T
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Rachael Bland

British journalist and presenter (1978–2018)

Overview: Rachael Rebecca Bland (née Hodges; 21 January 1978 – 5 September 2018) was a Welsh journalist and a presenter with BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World News and BBC North West Tonight. She was known for her podcast ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1978

Date of death: 5 September 2018

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Mass media people from Cardiff 33T

British women podcasters 18T

2018 deaths 9,302T
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Steve Chimombo

Malawian writer

Overview: Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo (4 September 1945 – 11 December 2015) was a Malawian writer, poet, editor and teacher. He was born in Zomba.

Date of birth: 4 September 1945

Date of death: 11 December 2015

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Malawian

Occupation: Writer

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Chewa-language writers 9T

International Writing Program alumni 442T

2015 deaths 9,624T
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Tom Alweendo

Namibian businessperson and politician

Overview: Thomas Kavaningilamo Alweendo (born 17 March 1958 in Omusheshe, Oshana Region) is a Namibian businessperson and politician who has been Minister of Mines and Energy since 2018. In 2003, he became the first ...

Date of birth: 17 March 1958

Age: 67

Nationality: Namibian

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Governors of the Bank of Namibia 3T

Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) 151T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T
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Sharon Maguire

British television director

Overview: Sharon Maguire (born 17 August 1960) is a film director who came to prominence with Bridget Jones's Diary. The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

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Women television directors 536T

Welsh women film directors 7T

Women film directors 561T
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Bridget Wishart

English singer and musician

Overview: Bridget Wishart (born 25 February 1962) is an English vocalist, musician and performance artist. She was a member of English rock band Hawkwind from 1989 to 1991. Wishart was the first woman to sing lead ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Saxophone

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women singers 318T

21st-century English women singers 582T

21st-century women musicians 2,343T
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Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

Ethiopian academic

Overview: Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (Tigrinya: ተወልደ ብርሃን ገብረእግዚአብሔር; 19 February 1940 – 20 March 2023) was an Ethiopian scientist who won the Right Livelihood Award in 2000 "for his exemplary work to safeguard ...

Date of birth: 1940

Date of death: 20 March 2023

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Ethiopian

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University of Asmara 2T

Ethiopian academics 19T

People from Tigray Region 44T
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Bilal Philips

Canadian Muslim scholar and Salafist (born 1947)

Overview: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, born Dennis Bradley Philips, is a Canadian Muslim teacher, speaker, and author who lives in Qatar. He appears on Peace TV, which is a 24-hour Islamic satellite TV channel. He ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1947

Age: 78

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Islamic television preachers 16T

Jamaican Salafis 2T

21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam 102T
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Chung Dong-young

South Korean politician

Overview: Chung Dong-young (born 27 July 1953 in Sunchang County, North Jeolla) is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party nominee for President of South Korea in 2007.

Date of birth: 27 July 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: South Korean

Occupation: Diplomat

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Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) 207T

Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000) politicians 12T

South Korean diplomats 35T
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Dannie Abse

Welsh poet and physician, 1923–2014

Overview: Daniel Abse, CBE FRSL (22 September 1923 – 28 September 2014) was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years.

Date of birth: 22 September 1923

Date of death: 28 September 2014

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Doctor

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21st-century Welsh poets 36T

20th-century Welsh poets 99T

Writers from Cardiff 45T