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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Use dmy dates A list of people related to the University of Kent.
Officers
Several positions did not technically exist prior to the formal incorporation of the University by approval of its Charter on 4 January 1965. However several were appointed beforehand as nominal "officer designates", performing the same duties. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was not formally installed as Chancellor until 30 March 1966.[1]
Chancellors
- 1963–1968 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
- 1970–1990 Jo Grimond (later Baron Grimond) - see University of Kent at Canterbury Chancellor election, 1970
- 1990–1995 Sir Robert Horton
- 1996–2006 Sir Crispin Tickell
- 2006–2014 Sir Robert Worcester
- 2014–2024 Gavin Esler
- 2024–present YolanDa Brown
Vice-Chancellors
- 1963–1980 Geoffrey Templeman
- 1980–1994 David J.E. Ingram
- 1994–2001 Robin Sibson
- 2001–2007 Sir David Melville
- 2007–2017 Dame Julia Goodfellow
- 2017–2024 Karen Cox
Pro Chancellors
- 1960–1971 Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
- 1971–1977 Sir Paul Chambers
- 1977–1984 Robin Leigh-Pemberton
- 1984–1993 Reverend David Say
- 1993–1999 John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
- 1999–2005 Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield
Title changed to:
Chair of the Council
- 2005–2011 Valerie Marshall
- 2011–2014 John Simmonds
- 2014–present Sir David Warren
Visitors
The Visitor of the university is the Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio. The following Archbishops have served:
- 1965–1974 Michael Ramsey (appointed Archbishop 1961)
- 1974–1980 Donald Coggan
- 1980–1991 Robert Runcie
- 1991–2002 George Carey
- 2002–2012 Rowan Williams
- 2013–2025 Justin Welby
Notable staff
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- Dominic Abrams - Professor of Social Psychology & Vice President of the British Academy
- Andy Alaszewski - Emeritus Professor of Health Studies[2]
- Harry Bloom - South African former political activist, author (deceased)
- Upamanyu Chatterjee - author
- David Corfield – philosopher
- Elizabeth Cowie - professor of film studies at the University of Kent[3]
- Frank Furedi - founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), Professor of Sociology
- Robin Gill - Anglican priest and theologian
- Roy Goodman - freelance conductor, violinist and organist
- Matthew Goodwin - professor and researcher of British politics
- Abdulrazak Gurnah - writer
- Rosalyn Higgins - President of the International Court of Justice
- Rosemary Hunter - Legal scholar and researcher Professor of Law
- Michael J. L. Kirby - former Canadian Senator
- Elena Korosteleva - Professor and Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development University of Warwick
- Bill MacMillan - Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
- Molly Mahood - literary scholar
- Murray Smith - philosopher and film theorist; Professor of Film at the University of Kent
- Hamish Swanston, the first Catholic to head a Department of Theology at a British university since the Reformation
- David Turner - computer scientist, designer of the Miranda programming language
- Sarah Turner - filmmaker, and Director of Research, School of Music and Fine Art[4]
- Glenn White - astronomer
- John Zarnecki - space scientist and principal on the Huygens probe
Notable alumni
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All Bachelors Degrees unless stated otherwise
Academia
- Anuwar Ali - (PhD) - economist, exponent of higher education, second Vice-Chancellor and President of Open University Malaysia
- Jo Fox - Director Institute of Historical Research University of London
- Adrian Franklin - Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania
- Colin Hughes - Emeritus Professor of Microbiology University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Belinda Jack - Fellow and Tutor in French at Christ Church, Oxford at the University of Oxford
- Homa Katouzian - (PhD) - Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Oxford
- Robert Lethbridge - Former Master of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge
- Lisa Roberts - (PhD) - Vice Chancellor University of Exeter
- Ralph Townsend (MA) - former Headmaster of Winchester College
- Patrick Collinson - Notable Elizabethan historian; (PhD) - former Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge
- Rupert Wegerif - Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge Fellow of Hughes Hall
- Lorraine Whitmarsh - environmental psychologist, Professor at the University of Bath
Theatre film and entertainment
- Farah Zeynep Abdullah - Turkish actress and singer including film The Butterfly's Dream
- Heather Agyepong - Actor/performer, photographer, visual artist.
- Andrew Burt - actor - the original Jack Sugden in Emmerdale
- Daragh Carville - playwright and screenwriter including The Bay
- Jackie Clune - actor, singer, and comedian
- Alan Davies - comedian, actor, and author: work includes television QI, Bob & Rose and Jonathan Creek and book Just Ignore Him
- Richard Denton - producer and director of television documentaries including Comrades and Kingswood - a Comprehensive
- Lyn Gardner - theatre critic, children's writer and journalist, founding member of City Limits magazine
- Mark Gillis - actor, including for the Royal Shakespeare Company, writer / director including for the indie film Sink
- Stuart Hazeldine - screenwriter and film director including The Shack
- Kim Ismay - actor including Royal Shakespeare Company and singer
- Bruce Langley - actor, known for playing the role of Technical Boy on American Gods
- Rebecca Lenkiewicz - playwright and screenwriter including Ida, Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards 2015 and She Said (film)
- Laura Lexx - comedian and writer
- Matthew Morsia - fitness influencer, team member Gladiators
- Mark Simmons - stand up comedian
- Megan Swann - magician, President of The Magic Circle
- Paul Telfer - actor, NCIS and Days of Our Lives
- Ramon Tikaram - actor, This Life and EastEnders
- Michelle Tsiakkas - professional dancer including Strictly Come Dancing series 22
- Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - screenwriters of the film Let Him Have It and eight James Bond films including Casino Royale, Skyfall and No Time to Die
- Ariel Vromen - Israeli screenwriter and film director including The Iceman
- Tom Wilkinson - actor, including The Full Monty and Academy Award nominee for In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton.
Literature
- Michael Baigent - (MA) - co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
- Valerie Bloom - poet
- Debjani Chatterjee - poet
- Fred D'Aguiar - novelist, playwright, poet, and academic
- Abdulrazak Gurnah (MA) (PhD) - academic and novelist including Paradise and 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature winner
- Jane Harper - author The Dry
- Sir Kazuo Ishiguro - novelist, Man Booker Prize winner for The Remains of the Day and 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Screenwriter of Living (2022 film)
- E. L. James - author Fifty Shades of Grey and film producer Fifty Shades of Grey
- David Mitchell - novelist Ghostwritten, Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue
- Sarah Waters - novelist Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet
- David Wingrove - science fiction writer
- Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie - novelist
- Musaemura Zimunya - Zimbabwean contemporary author
- John Lewis-Stempel - farmer and writer
Media
- Rosie Boycott - journalist, former editor of The Independent and Daily Express
- Janusz Bugajski - host of Bugajski Hour on several Balkan TV channels
- Ian Collins - radio presenter and TalkRADIO host
- Oliver Double - comedian and comedy historian
- Gavin Esler - former BBC Newsnight presenter and BBC North America Editor
- Shiulie Ghosh - former ITV news presenter
- Fi Glover - BBC Radio 4 presenter including The Listening Project
- Charlotte Green - BBC radio presenter
- David Horsey - (MA) - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
- Mark Mardell - Presenter The World This Weekend BBC Radio 4, former BBC North America and Europe Editor
- Matt Preston - Australian television presenter and food journalist
- Carolyn Quinn - BBC Radio 4 political presenter
- Paul Ross - journalist and presenter, former editor and presenter The Big Breakfast
- William Sitwell - former editor of Waitrose magazine now Telegraph columnist and Masterchef presenter
- Charlotte Smith - Presenter Countryfile and Farming Today
- Peter White - BBC Radio 4 presenter of You and Yours and BBC Disability Affairs Correspondent
- Patrick Wright - journalist, academic and author
- Sahar Zand - British-Iranian journalist, television presenter and documentary maker
Music
- YolanDa Brown - saxophonist, composer, broadcaster, philanthropist; double MOBO "Best Jazz" winner. Chair BPI music.
- Jon DaSilva - DJ and Record Producer - House and Dance music - pioneer at The Haçienda Manchester.
- Ana Free - Portuguese singer songwriter.
- Barbara Gaskin - singer - recorded No 1 hit single "It's My Party" with Dave Stewart
- Ellie Goulding - singer / songwriter (dropped out - did not graduate) albums include Lights
- Steve Hillage - guitarist (dropped out - did not graduate)
- Lami Phillips - Nigerian singer / songwriter and actress
- Tiwa Savage - Nigerian singer / songwriter
Business
- Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss - CEO Rock Creek , Former Chief Investment Officer World Bank, Carnegie Corporation of New York Great Immigrants, Great Americans list 2020
- James Buckley-Thorp - Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bequest
- Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey - Chief Executive Bestway Group
- Wayne Garvie - President International Production at Sony Pictures Television
- Tristia Harrison -Chief Executive Officer TalkTalk Group
- Max Hole - former Chairman and Chief of Global Operations Universal Music
- Carolyn McCall - Chief Executive Officer ITV
- Charles Wigoder - Executive Chairman Telecom Plus
Politics
- Abdullah Md Zin - (PhD) - minister in the Malaysian government
- Abbas Araghchi - (PhD) - Foreign Minister of Iran
- Azizan Abdul Razak - Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Kedah
- Gareth Bacon - Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
- Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton - (MA) - former Government Whip in the House of Lords
- Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds - former Labour Leader of Leeds City Council
- Wayne Caines - Minister of National Security Government of Bermuda
- Ronald D. Coleman - (Year abroad) - former United States Representative for Texas
- Baron Collins of Highbury - former Labour Party General Secretary
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz - Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime - former Labour Leader of Islington Council in London
- Chris Davies - (MA) - former Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for North West England
- Mark Drakeford - former First Minister of Wales
- Tamsin Dunwoody - former Labour Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli Pembrokeshire; former minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
- Natalie Elphicke - former Conservative / Labour Member of Parliament for Dover
- Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine (MA) - Liberal Democrat peer
- Allison Gardner - Labour Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South.
- Sheila Gilmore - former Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East
- Stephen Gethins -(MA) - SNP Member of Parliament for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
- Kostis Hatzidakis - (MA) - Minister for the Environment and Energy in the Greek Government
- Dame Ann Hercus - (MA) - New Zealand politician and diplomat
- Jane Hutt - Minister for Social Justice - Senedd
- Kamarudin Jaffar - Member of Parliament of Malaysia for Bandar Tun Razak constituency and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Jean-Charles Larsonneur - Deputy representing La Republique En Marche! for Finistère in the French National Assembly
- David Lepper - former Labour Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion
- Eunice M. Tembo Luambia Zambian ambassador to the UN in Geneva[5]
- James MacCleary - Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Lewes
- Mastura Mohd Yazid - Member of Parliament for Kuala Kangsar district and Deputy Minister in the Malaysian Government
- Munira Mirza - (MA) (PhD) - former Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
- Maria Mezentseva (MA) - Member of the Ukrainian Parliament
- Chris Mole - former Labour Member of Parliament for Ipswich
- Raychelle Omamo - Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- Abena Oppong-Asare - Labour Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead - Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.
- Taiwo Owatemi - Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North West - Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
- Suren Raghavan (MA) (PhD) - Sri Lankan politician, former Governor of Northern Province, now National List MP for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Blake Stephenson - Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire.
- Dan Tehan - (MA) - Australian politician, former Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment in the Morrison government
- Emily Thornberry - Labour Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
- Robin Tilbrook - leader and founder of the English Democrats
- Tom Vandenkendelaere - (MA) (PhD) - Belgian Member of the European Parliament
- Peter Whittle – former Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party[6]
- Alex Yam - Mayor of North West District and Member of the Singapore Parliament for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
- Fu Ying - (MA) - Chinese former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Law and administration
- Sir David Akers-Jones - (MA) former acting Governor of Hong Kong, 1986/87
- Ursula Brennan - Order of the Bath - former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Justice
- Jonathan Cohen - High Court Judge, Family Division.
- Ivo Daalder - President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former United States Permanent Representative to NATO
- Luke de Pulford - Human Rights Campaigner - recipient of the Benemerenti Medal
- Sir Chris Ham - former Chief Executive King's Fund.
- Irwan Hambali - (MSc) Police commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force[7]
- Alastair John Naisbitt King - Chairman Naisbitt King Asset Management - Lord Mayor of London 2024 - 2025
- Mark Lucraft - former Chief Coroner, now Recorder of London, Lead Judge at the Old Bailey.
- Pippa Mills - formerly Chief Constable West Mercia Police now Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police
- Shan Morgan - Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government
- Damilola Odufuwa - Founder of Nigerian Feminist Coalition and Microfinance specialist. One of Vogue's 12 Women leaders who changed the World in 2020.
- Sir Hugh Orde - former Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Joanna Roper - British Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Lucy Scott-Moncrieff - Human Rights and Mental Health lawyer - Past President Law Society of England and Wales
- Dame Glenys Stacey - Chair Office for Environmental Protection - formerly Chief Executive Ofqual
Nobility
- Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma - a peer and second cousin of King Charles III, son of John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
- Lady Amanda Patricia Victoria Knatchbull - daughter of John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne and cousin to Charles III
- Sir Jonathan Cohen - grandson of Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen, great-great grandson of financier Lionel Louis Cohen
- Joshua Leakey - recipient of the Victoria Cross, member of the Leakey family, relative of Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey
Sports
- Paul Ackford - former England Rugby and British and Irish Lions rugby player, The Sunday Telegraph sports journalist
- Adam Ball - former England Under 19 Cricket Captain who played for Kent County Cricket Club
- Natasha Brennan - Women's Rugby Union player - Won the gold medal with the 2014 Women's World Cup England Rugby team.
- David Fulton - cricketer, former captain of Kent County Cricket Club
- Wayne Otto - British Karate Champion - Winner of multiple gold medals at Karate World Championships
- Jamie Reeves - (MA) - semi-professional footballer who won the FA Vase twice; pundit on the ESPN Star Sports coverage of the Premier League
- Susannah Townsend - Great Britain, England and Canterbury field hockey player, Gold medal winner 2016 Summer Olympics, Bronze medal winner 2020 Summer Olympics
Military
- Joshua Leakey - known for courageous actions in the Afghanistan campaign in 2015; recipient of the Victoria Cross (did not graduate - left in the first year to join the British Army)
Miscellaneous
- Madeline Argy - Podcaster, Influencer
- Chris Broad - Youtuber
- Tom Frame - (MA)- Australian Christian minister of religion, historian, author, and social commentator
- Akaliza Keza Gara - Rwandan IT activist
- Rachael House - artist
- Philip Howard - Michelin starred chef - The Square and then Elystan Street
- Leon McCarron - Northern Irish adventurer, author, filmmaker, broadcaster. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Yale World Fellow 2024.
- Duro Olowu - Fashion Designer
- Martin Poll - Canon Chaplain of St George's Chapel Windsor Castle
- Stephen Shaw -(MA) - Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales
- Johnny Yeo - artist and portraitist - his paintings are included in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
References
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- ↑ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 32 Template:ISBN
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