Notable Keelites

We are proud to mention these few from among our many distinguished and notable alumni:

John Abram (Composer)
Jamie Aitchison (BAFTA-winning broadcaster)
Eliathamby Ambikairajah (engineer)
Maggie Atkinson (Children's Commissioner, England)
Phil Avery (BBC weather presenter)
Yvette Baker (Champion orienteer)
Tony Barrand (Anthropologist and folk musician)
Emran bin Bahar (ambassador for Brunei Darussalam)
Stan Beckensall (expert in prehistoric rock art)
Francis Beckett (Writer, known for his biographies of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown)
David Benest (Lt Col, Parachute Regiment)
Jo Beverley (Author, romantic novelist)
Carol Birch (author)
Jonty Bloom (BBC business correspondent)
Phillida Bunkle (New Zealand MP)
Mike Cattermole (racing commentator)
Peter Child (composer)
Alys Clare (novelist)
Paul Clark (Secretary of State, MP)
Wayne Clarke (Radio presenter)
David Collett (director VSO, CEO Wateraid)
Bob Cooling (Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff)
David Cooney (Irish ambassador to the UK)
Peter Coulson (High Court judge)
Araminta Craig Hall (author)
Steve Cutts (UN Assistant Secretary-General)
Sandra Dawson (Organisational theorist)
Edward Derbyshire (geologist)
Jonathon Dollimore (Sociologist; cultural and literary theorist)
Kenred Dorsett (Cabinett Minister Government of Bahamas)
John Duncan (UK diplomat UN & NATO)
David Edwards (Second person to win top prize on "Who wants to be a Millionaire?")
Tony Elliot (Founder and owner of Timed Out)
Jack Emery (director, writer, producer)
Richard English (Political historian)
Farahanaz Faizal (High Commissioner of the Maldives)
Jem Finer (musician, songwriter, The Pogues)
Janet Fitch (author)
Don Foster (MP)
Tarique Ghaffur (police officer)
Zuklfikar Ghose (author)
Jonathan Gledhill (Bishop of Lichfield)
Andrew Glover (composer)
John Golding (MP)
Charles Iain Hamilton (Naval historian)
Jon Haylett (novelist)
Steve Jackson (game designer)
Sir Jeffrey James (UK High Commissioner to Kenya)
Eric Joyce (MP)
Mumtaz Kassam (Ugandan Ambassador to Italy)
Liz Kessler (author)
Denise King (chief executive Girlguiding UK)
Claire Kober (politician)
Greg lambert (writer, broadcaster, wrestling impressario)
Marina Lewycka (author)
Bernard Lloyd (actor)
Ron Maddison (astronomer)
Datuk Seri Panglima Clarence Bongkos Malakun (Malaysian Government and Law)
Michael Mansfield (prominent QC)
Pradeep Mathur (educationalist)
Innes McCarthey (nautical archaeologist)
Andy McDermott (author)
Peter Mond, Lord Melchett (executive director of Greenpeace)
Alun Michael (First Secretary to National Assembly for Wales)
Ian Moncrieff (UK National Hydrographer)
Madeleine Moon (politician)
Peter Moore (business executive)
Jim Moran (EU Ambassador)
Sir Richard Mottram (Cabinet Office)
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (politician, Namibia)
Helen Nellis (Lord Lieutenant)
Sam Nolutshungu (political scientist)
Gerry Northam (BBC investigative journalist)
Marina Oliver (novelist)
Keith Ovenden (novelist)
Adrian Pang (actor)
Sir Nick Partridge (chief executive, Terence Higgins Trust)
Priti Patel (MP)
David Pownall (playwright and author)
Ken Rattenbury (musician)
Sue Robbie (Susan Robinson) (broadcaster)
Davide Rossi (musician, composer)
Antti Sakari Saario (composer and lecturer)
Malcolm Shaw (Law Scholar)
Clare Short (politician)
Beverley Skeggs (Sociologist)
Brian Stewart (UK ambassador to Algeria)
Joan Stringer (Political scientist)
John Sutton (general secretary, Secondary Heads Association)
Adelaide "Mama" Tambo (anti-apartheid activist, South African MP)
Chris Taylor (landscape archaeologist)
Ian Taylor (politician)
Lord John Taylor of Warwick (politician)
John Thompson (sociologist)
Sir John Vereker (Governor of Bermuda)
Lynda Waltho (politician)
Peter Whelan (playwright)
Dame Jo Williams (chief executive MENCAP)
Chris Woodhead (chief inspector of schools)
Fiona Woolf  (President of the Law Society)
Mark Worrall (football writer)
Hso Kan Pha "Tiger" Yanghwe (geologist, Burmese Prince)

And the 1968 University Challenge winners: Paul Brownsey, Pam Maddison (Groves), Aubrey "Larry" Lawrence, Andy MacMullen