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The University of Leeds alumni can be found in all professions across the world from Nobel laureates and newspaper editors; politicians and policy makers; entertainers and entrepreneurs; High Court judges, scientists, faith leaders – and even an astronaut.  Some of eminent Leeds alumni include:

• Nicola Mendelsohn (English Literature and Theatre Studies) Vice-President of Facebook Europe, Middle East and Africa;

• Craig Jordan (PhD, DSc Pharmacology) Chief developer of breast cancer drug tamoxifen;

• Piers Sellers, OBE (PhD Biometeorology) – NASA astronaut;

• Alistair Brownlee MBE (Sports Science and Physiology) – World No. 1 Triathlete and Olympic Gold medallist;

• Elizabeth Price, (Fine Art) Turner Prize winning artist;

• Jane Featherstone (German and History) – Managing Director of Kudos Film and TV, and Executive producer of Spooks;

• Colin Needham (Computer Science) Founder and CEO of IMDb (The Internet Movie Database);

• Alistair McGowan (English) – actor and impressionist;

• Keir Starmer (Law) – Director of Public Prosecutions;

• Wole Soyinka (English) – Nobel prize-winning playwright.

You can find out more about our alumni community on our web pages.