University of Greenwich Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Charles K. Kao

Nobel Laureate in Physics (2009) for fibre optics innovation

BEng Electrical Engineering

1957

Abiy Ahmed

Prime Minister of Ethiopia; Nobel Peace Prize winner (2019)

MA (Unspecified)

N/A

JME (Jamie Adenuga)

MC, rapper & co‑founder of Boy Better Know; influential figure in grime music

BA 3D Digital Design

2008

Dave Rowntree

Drummer for Blur; composer, film director, and activist

BSc Computer Science

≈1984

Natasha Bedingfield

Grammy-nominated pop singer (“Unwritten”)

Attended BA (Music)

N/A

Malorie Blackman

Author & former Children’s Laureate (Noughts & Crosses)

BSc (Psychology & Sociology)

N/A

John Boyega

Actor best known for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Attended (Drama)

N/A

Roy Hodgson

Former England & Crystal Palace manager; CBE

Cert. Education

1972

Bola Agbaje

Playwright (Gone Too Far!)

BA (Drama)

N/A

Brian Jacks

Olympic bronze medallist in judo (1972)

N/A

N/A

Ann Packer

Gold medallist in 800m at 1964 Tokyo Olympics

N/A

N/A

Gareth Thomas

MP & former Minister of State for Trade and Exports

BA (Politics/History)

N/A

Mark Daly

Irish Senator; Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad

BA (Law & Politics)

≈1995

Claire Fox

Journalist & life peer, Baroness Fox of Buckley

BA (Philosophy)

N/A

Etienne Schneider

Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg (2013–2020)

BA (Economics)

N/A

Rui Moreira

Mayor of Porto, Portugal

BSc (Economics/Business)

N/A

Demitu Hambisa Bonsa

Ethiopian government minister

BA (Development Studies)

N/A

Nina Stibbe

Author (Love, Nina); screenwriter

BA (English)

N/A

Lara Pulver

Olivier-nominated actress (Sherlock, West End)

BA (Drama)

N/A

William G. Stewart

TV presenter/producer (Fifteen to One)

BA (Media Studies)

1955–60

Peter Skinner

MEP for England South East (1994–2014)

BA (History/Politics)

N/A

Sarah Eberle

Award‑winning landscape designer

BSc (Landscape Architecture)

N/A

Terry Christian

Broadcaster (The Word, radio host)

BA (Film & TV)

N/A

Pippa Guard

Actress known for Fortunes of War, Casualty

BA (Drama)

N/A

Sammy Lee

IVF specialist

MBBS; PhD (Medicine)

N/A

Norman Pace

Comedian and half of the duo Hale & Pace

BA (Drama)

N/A

Adelle Stripe

Author (Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile)

BA (Creative Writing)

N/A

Joel Willans

Finnish‑based author & copywriter (Very Finnish Problems)

BA (English)

N/A

Ed Galea

Fire safety engineering expert; led forensic analysis for major UK incidents

PhD (Fire Safety Engineering)

N/A

Tracey Reynolds

One of the UK’s few Black female professors; expert in sociology and inequality

PhD Social Sciences

N/A