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This is a partial list of alumni and staff of the Open University.

Alumni

The OU has over two million alumni, including:

Politicians

• Fleur Anderson, Labour MP
• Ian Byrne, Labour MP
• Aimee Challenor, British politician and transgender activist
• Barbara Follett, Labour 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, Labour MP
• Adam Ingram, Labour Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
• Andrea Jenkyns, Conservative MP
• Peter Law, Welsh politician and Independent Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent
• John McFall, Labour MP and Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
• Wendy Morton – Conservative MP and Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas
• Chris Pond, former Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
• John Reid – Former Labour Home Secretary and Minister.
• Graham Smith, CEO of Republic
• Meles Zenawi, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Entertainers

• Joan Armatrading, singer/songwriter
• Connie Booth, actress
• Katy Cavanagh – 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
• Talulah Riley – actress
• Julia Sawalha, actress
• Graeme K Talboys, writer
• Susan Tully, television producer and director; former actress
• Holly Willoughby, television presenter

Miscellaneous

• Elizabeth Arnold, children's writer
• Sir David Attenborough – British broadcaster and naturalist (honorary graduate)
• Tim Berners-Lee – engineer, computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web; recipient of OU honorary doctorate
• Nigel Bridge, Lord Bridge of Harwich, retired Law Lord
• Craig Brown, football manager
• Gordon Brown – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (honorary doctorate)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, Royal Air Force officer
• Peter Cottrell, author, historian and former Royal Navy and British Army officer
• Brian Cox – physicist (honorary doctorate)
• Bobby Cummines OBE FRSA – charity chief executive and reformed offender.
• Richard Dawkins – British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (honorary doctorate)
• Eric Nash Devenport, Bishop of Dunwich
• J. Colin Dodds, President of Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
• Christine Grosart, cave diver and explorer
• Edward Heath – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975
• Jeanette Henderson - author, academic, Specialist Lay Mental health Tribunal judge, social worker, radio broadcaster
• Myra Hindley – convicted murderer and prisoner
• Air-Vice Marshal David Anthony Hobart, Royal Air Force officer
• Gerry Hughes – sailor, first single-handed crossing of the Atlantic by a deaf person.
• Natalya Kaspersky – co-founder and co-owner of Kaspersky Lab
• Marat Khusnullin – Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• Paul Marsden – writer, businessman and former Labour/Liberal Democrat MP.
• Terry Pratchett – English fantasy author
• Ian Rankin – Scottish writer
• Ken Robinson – educationalist
• Mary Stuart – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lincoln
• Frank Turner, three-times Olympic gymnast
• Peter Ventress, Non-executive Chairman of Galliford Try
• Chris Whitty – Chief Medical Officer for England
• 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

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2. Aimee Challenor: Yes, I’m trans, but I’m a Green party politician and proud of it’| Alfie Packham | Society | The Guardian
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4. Peter Law: 1948-2006 | Politics | The Guardian
5. Plaut, Martin (21 August 2012). "Why the West backed Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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7. "Corrie star Katy is better by degree". The Bolton News. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
8. Fanthorpe on The Writers of Wales Database Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of the actor Romola Garai". 25 March 2010.
10. "Frank Hampson 1918 – 1985". Tameside Tourist Information Office. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
11. "BBC News | EDUCATION | Open University's online graduation". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
12. News | The Open University Business School
13. "Youngest armed robber: 'University changed my life'". BBC News. 10 January 2017.
14. "Obituary: Myra Hindley". BBC News. 2002-11-15. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
15. "Gerry Hughes". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
16. "Paul Marsden". BBC News. 16 October 2002.
17. Professor Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor University of Lincoln Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
18. "You're fired Natalie!:". OU Sesame. 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

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