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Alumni
The OU has over 2 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
- 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
- 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
- Katy Cavanagh – former Coronation Street TV soap actress; played character Julie Carp
- 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.
- Eric Nash Devenport, Bishop of Dunwich
- J. Colin Dodds, President of Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
- Romola Garai – actress.
- 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
- Talulah Riley – actress
- 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
- Robin Wilson, mathematician
- Chris Whitty – Chief Medical Officer for England
- 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.
- ^ Garner, Richard (23 October 2011). "From insomniacs to iTunes: rise of the Open University". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- Fanthorpe on The Writers of Wales Database Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- "Frank Hampson 1918 – 1985". Tameside Tourist Information Office. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "BBC News | EDUCATION | Open University's online graduation". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- News | The Open University Business School
- "Youngest armed robber: 'University changed my life'". BBC News. 10 January 2017.
- "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of the actor Romola Garai". 25 March 2010.
- "Obituary: Myra Hindley". BBC News. 2002-11-15. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- "Gerry Hughes". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "Paul Marsden". BBC News. 16 October 2002.
- Professor Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor University of Lincoln Archived 29 September 2011 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.