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词条 List of University of Warwick people
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  1. Former students

     Academics  Art  Business  Cinema and theatre  Government and politics  History  Literature  Law  Media  Music  Sport 

  2. Notable faculty and staff

     Biological sciences  Chemistry  Classics and Ancient History  English   Engineering and computer science   History  Law  Mathematics and statistics  Philosophy  Social sciences  Other  Chancellors  Vice-Chancellors 

  3. References

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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.

Warwick has over 150,000 alumni[1] and an active alumni network.[2]

Former students

Academics

  • Janet Beer - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
  • Robert Calderbank - former Dean of Natural Sciences at Duke University and winner of the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal and the Claude E. Shannon Award
  • David Cardwell FREng - superconducting engineer and head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department
  • Colin Cooper - Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of East Anglia
  • Luciano Floridi - philosopher of information
  • Oliver Hart - economist and former Chairman of the Harvard Economics Department, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016
  • H.A. Hellyer - policy consultant and Senior Research Fellow for Muslims in Europe
  • Alan Hywel Jones - Principal Research Fellow and senior consultant at Sheffield Hallam University, materials scientist and inventor
  • Maris Martinsons - Professor of Management; international business consultant
  • Moeletsi Mbeki - Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs; brother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki
  • Patricia McFadden - Swazi author; Professor of Sociology; African radical feminist
  • Andy Newsam - Professor of Astronomy Education and Engagement at Liverpool John Moores University; Director of the National Schools Observatory; Physics and Computer Science 1991
  • Pippa Norris - political scientist and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Ian Stewart FRS - popular science author; Professor of Mathematics
  • Leslie Valiant FRS - British computer scientist and ACM Turing Award winner

Art

  • Benjamin Hope (Mathematics and Physics 1996) - painter

Business

  • Ian Gorham - CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Bernardo Hees - CEO of the Heinz Company; former CEO of Burger King
  • Linda Jackson - CEO of Citroën
  • Nick Landau - co-owner and founder of Titan Entertainment Group and Forbidden Planet sci-fi, fantasy and horror bookstores
  • Mahmoud Mohieldin (PhD Financial Economics, 1995) - former Investment Minister of Egypt; current Managing Director of the World Bank
  • Ada Osakwe - economist, entrepreneur and corporate executive
  • Ralf Speth - CEO of Jaguar Land Rover
  • Mary Turner - CEO of Koovs
  • Ness Wadia - Indian entrepreneur
  • Tony Wheeler - founder of Lonely Planet travel guides
  • Nigel Wilson - CEO of Legal & General Group plc
  • George Yankey - CEO of Ghana Gas Company & former Minister of Health in Ghana

Cinema and theatre

  • 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
  • Dominic Cooke – artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre
  • 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

  • Wendy Alexander MSP (MA, Industrial Relations) – former Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament
  • 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
  • David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative MP and former Secretary of State for Exiting the EU
  • 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 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 Commissioner 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

History

  • David Englander - historian and author

Literature

  • Nicholas Blincoe – author
  • Simon Calder (Mathematics) – travel writer for The Independent
  • Jonathan Coe (English Literature) – novelist and writer
  • Sarah Crossan, Irish author.
  • Anne Fine (History '68) FRSL – children's author
  • James Franklin (Mathematics) – historian of ideas; philosopher
  • Sam Gillespie – philosopher and early translator and commentator of Alain Badiou, crucial to Badiou's initial reception in the English-speaking world
  • Mal Lewis Jones (English and American literature '70) – children's author
  • A.L. Kennedy (Theatre and Performance Studies) – author
  • Peter Linebaugh (History '75) – author of The Magna Carta Manifesto
  • Mal Peet – author, writer of popular young adult literature, Keeper, Tamar, others...
  • Robin Stevens, children's author
  • Chip Tsao (pen name: To Kit) (English Literature) – Hong Kong cultural and political commentator
  • Tony Wheeler (Engineering '68) – co-founder of Lonely Planet (LP) travel guides
  • Yilin Zhong (Cultural Studies '05) – journalist and author of 8 books, novel "Chinatown" released in 2011.

Law

  • Constance Briscoe – disgraced barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice[3]
  • Phil Shiner (LLM '85) – lawyer struck off for misconduct

Media

  • Camila Batmanghelidjh – charity executive
  • Jennie Bond (French and European Literature 1968) – former BBC Royal correspondent
  • Brian Deer (Philosophy) – The Sunday Times; Channel 4
  • Tom Dunmore (Film & Literature) – Editor In Chief, Stuff Magazine
  • George Eaton – political editor of the New Statesman
  • Giles Fletcher (Computer Science 1987) – glam rock artist
  • Janan Ganesh (Politics) – Financial Times journalist
  • Leona Graham (Drama) – radio presenter and voiceover artist
  • Merfyn Jones – Governor BBC and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
  • James King (Film and Literature) – BBC Radio 1 film critic
  • Timmy Mallett (History 1977) – 1980s children's television presenter
  • Simon Mayo (History and Politics 1981) – broadcaster
  • Peter Salmon (European Literature 1977) – BBC television executive
  • Tim Vickery (History and Politics) – South American football correspondent for BBC Sport, ESPN and an analyst on SporTV's main morning programme, Redação SporTV.
  • Christian Wolmar (1971) – writer on transport and social issues

Music

  • DJ Yoda (English and American Literature 1998) – Hip hop turntablist
  • Gareth Emery – DJ and founder of electronic label Garuda, rated world's no.14 DJ in 2012
  • Roxanne Emery – solo singer/songwriter artist, founder of LATE records
  • Fuzz – singer-songwriter of Inferno; solo artist
  • Adem Ilhan (studied Mathematics) – solo artist; member of Fridge
  • Kode9 (PhD in Philosophy) – dubstep producer, DJ and owner of the Hyperdub record label
  • Sting (left after one term) – lead singer of The Police and solo artist
  • Very Rev Robert Willis – Dean of Canterbury, composer of hymns

Sport

  • Kevin Blackwell (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
  • Aidy Boothroyd (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
  • Steve Heighway (Economics) – Liverpool F.C. footballer
  • Mark Hughes (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager
  • Stuart Pearce MBE (Certificate in Applied Management in Football) – football manager

Notable faculty and staff

Notable current and former faculty and staff at Warwick include:

Biological sciences

  • Sir Howard Dalton FRS
  • Sir Brian Follett - also formerly Warwick University's Vice-Chancellor (1993-2001)

Chemistry

  • Keith Jennings - known for work in mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation

Classics and Ancient History

  • Alison E. Cooley - Roman historian
  • James Davidson - social historian of Ancient Greece
  • Michael Scott - ancient historian and broadcaster
  • Zahra Newby - historian of Ancient art and the visual culture of festivals
  • Simon Swain - scholar of Greek culture under Rome

English

  • Susan Bassnett - translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature
  • Jonathan Bate
  • Andrew Davies - television screenwriter
  • Sir Michael Edwards OBE - first Briton to be voted into the Académie française[4]
  • Maureen Freely - writer, author and translator of works by Orhan Pamuk
  • Germaine Greer - former Professor of English and Comparative Literature
  • A L Kennedy
  • China Miéville - fiction writer
  • David Vann - creative writing professor

Engineering and computer science

  • Lord Bhattacharyya - founder and Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
  • Mike Cowlishaw - creator of the REXX programming language
  • Hugh Darwen - creator of Tutorial D database language
  • Mike Paterson FRS - former director of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
  • Kevin Warwick - cyborg researcher

History

  • David Arnold FBA - Indian historian
  • Sir John Elliott FBA - Spanish historian
  • Sir J.R. Hale - Renaissance historian and first Professor of History at Warwick University
  • E.P. Thompson - Marxist historian and founding member of the CND

Law

  • Shaheen Sardar Ali - Professor of Law
  • Patrick Atiyah - barrister and legal writer
  • Upendra Baxi - Professor of Law
  • John McEldowney - Professor of Public Law
  • Paul Raffield - Professor of Law; actor in Joking Apart

Mathematics and statistics

  • Brian Bowditch - mathematician known for contributions to geometry and topology, and for solving the angel problem
  • Jack Cohen - developmental biologist; xenobiologist; honorary professor
  • David Epstein FRS - mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry; co-founder of the University of Warwick mathematics department
  • Martin Hairer FRS - expert in stochastic partial differential equations; winner of the Fields Medal, Philip Leverhulme Prize, the Royal Society Wolfson Award and the LMS Whitehead Prize
  • Wilfrid Kendall - probabalist and president of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2013 - 2015)
  • Robert Sinclair MacKay FRS - mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems; current president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
  • David Preiss FRS - winner of the 2008 Pólya Prize for his contributions to analysis and geometric measure theory
  • Miles Reid FRS - mathematician known for work in algebraic geometry
  • Gareth Roberts FRS, statistician known for work on Markov chain Monte Carlo methodology; winner of the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver and Bronze; an ISI highly cited researcher
  • Ian Stewart FRS - mathematician, popular science author and an ISI highly cited researcher
  • Andrew M. Stuart - mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and computational mathematics; winner of the Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
  • Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS - topologist; exponent of catastrophe theory; founding professor of mathematics; former President of the London Mathematical Society; namesake of the Mathematics and Statistics building; Principal of Hertford College, Oxford

Philosophy

  • Quassim Cassam - Professor of Philosophy
  • Angie Hobbs
  • David Miller - Emeritus Reader of Philosophy
  • Peter Poellner - Professor of Philosophy

Social sciences

  • Lady Margaret Archer - theorist in critical realism; former President of International Sociological Association; current president of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences[5]
  • Sir George Bain - former Chairman of the School of Industrial and Business Studies
  • Söhnke M. Bartram - Professor of Finance
  • James A. Beckford - Professor Emeritus of Sociology
  • Jim Bulpitt - Professor of Politics
  • Robin Cohen - honorary professor
  • Nicholas Crafts - professor of economics and economic history
  • Avinash Dixit - economist
  • Robert Fine - Professor Emeritus, theorist of cosmopolitanism
  • Steve Fuller - Professor of Sociology, theorist in science and technology studies
  • Wyn Grant - former Chair of the British Political Studies Association (2002-2005); President of the PSA (2005-2008) Political scientist with interest in comparative public policy
  • Peter J. Hammond - Professor of Economics
  • H. A. Hellyer - senior research Fellow; specialist on Muslims in Europe and West-Muslim world relations
  • Richard Higgott - Director of the Warwick Commission to the World Bank
  • Abhinay Muthoo - Professor of Economics and Dean of Warwick in London
  • Andrew Oswald - Professor of Economics
  • Tobias Preis - Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Finance
  • John Rex - Professor Emeritus
  • Sir Ken Robinson - Professor Emeritus of Education
  • Leonard Seabrooke - Professor of International Political Economy
  • Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky - Professor Emeritus of Political Economy
  • Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford FBA - former Chief Economist of the World Bank
  • Susan Strange - political economist and former chair of International Relations
  • Mark P. Taylor - Dean of Warwick Business School and Professor of International Finance
  • John Williamson - English economist who coined the term Washington Consensus
  • Sarah D. Goode - Former lecturer in child health at Warwick Medical School

Other

  • The Coull String Quartet - quartet-in-residence since 1977
  • Koen Lamberts - psychologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
  • Mark Smith, - physicist, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University
  • Nigel Thrift - geographer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick

Chancellors

  • William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes - Chancellor-designate (died in December 1964 before taking office)
  • Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1965–1977)
  • Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (1977–1989)
  • Sir Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal (1989–2002)
  • Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–2008)
  • Sir Richard Lambert (2008–2016)[6]
  • Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (2017–present)[7]

Vice-Chancellors

  • Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1965–1985)
  • Clark L. Brundin (1985–1992)
  • Sir Brian K. Follett (1993–2001)
  • David VandeLinde (2001–2006)
  • Nigel Thrift (2006–2016)
  • Stuart Croft (2016–present)

References

1. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.economist.com/media/wmba/war.pdf | work=The Economist}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/alumni|title=University of Warwick Alumni & Friends|website=warwick.ac.uk}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308100927/http://www.9-12bellyard.com/barristers/item/211-constance-briscoe|title=Constance Briscoe - 9-12 Bell Yard|date=8 March 2013|website=web.archive.org}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20130222-britain-michael-edwards-france-literature-academie-francaise|title=France - British poet anointed to guard French language|work=France 24|accessdate=16 March 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/04/12/pope_francis_appoints_lady_margaret_archer__head_of_pontifical_academy/en1-790220|title=Vatican Radio|publisher=|accessdate=16 March 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/new_chancellor_appointed/|title=New Chancellor Appointed|publisher=|accessdate=16 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714055007/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/new_chancellor_appointed/|archivedate=14 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/news/university_of_warwick_senate_and_council_appoints_baroness_ashton_as_warwick146s_first_ever_woman_chancellor1/|title=University of Warwick Senate and Council appoints Baroness Ashton as Warwick’s first ever woman Chancellor|website=www2.warwick.ac.uk|access-date=2016-11-17}}
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