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Wikimedia list articleThis is a partial list of alumni and staff of the Open University.
Alumni
The OU has over 2 million alumni, including:
Politicians
- Fleur Anderson, MP
- Ian Byrne, MP
- Aimee Challenor, British politician and transgender activist
- Barbara Follett, MP
- Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, completed his degree whilst serving as Chancellor of the Open University
- Bill Henderson, member of the House of Keys (Isle of Man)
- David Heyes, MP
- Adam Ingram, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
- Andrea Jenkyns, Conservative MP
- Peter Law, Welsh politician and Independent Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent
- John McFall, MP
- Chris Pond, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
- Graham Smith, CEO of Republic
- Meles Zenawi, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Entertainers
- Joan Armatrading, singer/songwriter
- Connie Booth, actress
- Julie Christie, actress
- Lisa Coleman, actress and volunteer occupational therapist
- Micky Dolenz, formerly of The Monkees
- Lionel Fanthorpe, priest, entertainer, television presenter, author and lecturer
- Romola Garai, actress
- Hubert Gregg, radio presenter
- Jerry Hall, model/actress
- Frank Hampson, creator of Dan Dare
- Sheila Hancock, actress
- Lenny Henry, entertainer
- Matthew Kelly, television presenter
- Mylene Klass, actress, singer, model, pianist and media personality
- David Neilson, actor
- Graeme K Talboys, writer
- Susan Tully, television producer and director; former actress
Miscellaneous
- Elizabeth Arnold, children's writer
- Nigel Bridge, Lord Bridge of Harwich, retired Law Lord
- Craig Brown, football manager
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, Royal Air Force officer
- Peter Cottrell, author, historian and former Royal Navy and British Army officer
- J. Colin Dodds, President of Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
- Eric Nash Devenport, Bishop of Dunwich
- Christine Grosart, cave diver and explorer
- Air-Vice Marshal David Anthony Hobart, Royal Air Force officer
- Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lincoln
- Frank Turner, three-times Olympic gymnast
- Peter Ventress, Non-executive Chairman of Galliford Try
- Robin Wilson, mathematician
- Natalie Wood, The Apprentice contestant
Staff
- Katharine Ellis, music historian
- Derek S. Pugh, Professor Emeritus for International Management
- Robin Wilson, mathematician
References
- @@IanByrneMP (12 November 2019). ""One of my proudest achievements..."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Aimee Challenor: Yes, I’m trans, but I’m a Green party politician and proud of it’| Alfie Packham | Society | The Guardian
- Whale, Sebastian (29 May 2015). "Andrea Jenkyns: 'There's not much that really floors me'". totalpolitics. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- Peter Law: 1948-2006 | Politics | The Guardian
- Plaut, Martin (21 August 2012). "Why the West backed Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- Fanthorpe on The Writers of Wales Database Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- News | The Open University Business School
- Professor Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor University of Lincoln Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- "You're fired Natalie!:". OU Sesame. 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 2007-08-01.