List of University of Essex people

The following is a list of notable University of Essex people (in alphabetical order).

Óscar Arias

Rodolfo Neri Vela

Daniel Libeskind

Dimitrij Rupel

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Mike Leigh

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Michael Todd

Notable Faculty

Vice Chancellors

• Sir Albert Sloman (1963 - 1987)
• Professor Martin Harris (1987 - 1993)
• Professor R J Johnston (1993 - 1995)
• Sir Ivor Crewe (1995 - 2007)
• Professor Colin Riordan (2007 - present)

Business & Economics

• George Christopher Archibald - Professor, Economics Department (1964 - 1970)
• Anthony Barnes Atkinson - Professor of Economics (1971 to 1976)
• Albert Rex Bergstrom - Professor Emeritus, Economics (1970 - 1992)
• Peter Hammond - Lecturer/Professor of Economics (1971 to 1979)
• Oliver Hart - Lecturer in Economics (1974 to 1975)
• Richard Lipsey - Head Professor of Economics (1963 - 1969)
• Michio Morishima - Visiting Professor of Economics (1968 to 1970)
• Michael Parkin - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Chairman in Economics (1967 to 1970)
• Peter C.B. Phillips - Lecturer in Economics (1972 to 1976)

Sciences

• George Alfred Barnard - Professor of Mathematics (1966 to 1975)
• Mohammed Ghanbari - Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (1996 - )
• Owen Holland - Professor of Computer Science
• Edward Tsang - Professor of Computer Science

Humanities

• Dawn Ades - Professor, Art History and Theory Department
• Robert D. Borsley - Professor of Linguistics (2000 - )
• Peter Carruthers Lecturer, Philosophy Department (1985 - 1991)
• Donald Davie - Professor of Literature (1964 - 1968)
• Peter Dews Professor of Philosophy (1988 - )
• Elaine Feinstein - Assistant Lecturer, English Literature (1967 - 1970)
• Michael Podro - Professor of Art History (1973 to 1997)
• Mark Sacks - Professor of Philosophy (1993 - 2008)
• José Emilio Pacheco Visiting Professor of Literature

Social Sciences

• Jean Blondel - Professor of Politics (1964 - 1984)
• Kevin Boyle - Former Director, Human Rights Centre (3 terms)
• Hugh Brogan - Professor of History, (1994 to 1998)
• Ian Craib - Professor of Sociology (1973 - 2003)
• Vic Gatrell - Professor of British History (2003 - )
• Paul Hunt - Former Director, Human Rights Centre (2001 to 2003)
• Anthony King - Professor, Department of Government
• Emil Kirchner - Professor, Department of Government
• Alan Knight - Lecturer, History Department (1973 - 1985)
• Ernesto Laclau - Visiting Professor, Department of Government
• Geoffrey Martin - Professor, Department of History
• Harvey Molotch - Professor of Sociology
• Nigel S. Rodley - Current Head, Human Rights Centre (also a graduate: see below)
• David Sanders - Current Head, Department of Government
• Fatos Tarifa - Guest Lecturer

Notable Alumni

Academia

• Erkin Bairam - Professor of Economics, University of Otago (1991 - 2001)
• Martin J. Ball - Professor of Communicative Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Andrew Bennett - Principal, Saint Joseph's Institution International (Singapore)
• Richard Barbrook - Senior Lecturer in Humanities & Social Science, University of Westminster
• John Barrell - Professor of English, University of York
• David M. Barrett - Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
• Anthony Cohn - Professor of Automated Reasoning, University of Leeds
• Jean Drèze - Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
• Kusuma Karunaratne - Sri Lankan Academic in the field of Sociology
• Alberto Pérez-Gómez - Professor of Architectural History, McGill University
• Stephen F. Jones - Academic in the field of Eastern European Affairs
• Ladislav Kohout - Professor of Computer Science, Florida State University
• Ernesto Laclau - Post-Marxist political theorist at Northwestern University, also Visiting Professor at Essex's Department of Government
• Peter Matanle - Academic Sociologist & Lecturer, University of Sheffield
• Maxine Molyneux - Professor of Sociology, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
• Farish Ahmad Noor, Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Nigel S. Rodley - International Human Rights Lawyer and Academic, University of Essex
• Jörg Siekmann - Professor of Computer Science, Universität des Saarlandes
• Michael Taylor - Professor of Politics, University of Washington
• Yeap Wai Kiang - Director of the Institute for Information Technology Research at the Auckland University of Technology.

Politics & Government

• Ian Austin - Labour Party Politican, MP for Dudley North
• John Bercow- Conservative Party Politician, MP for Buckingham
• Virginia Bottomley - Conservative Party politician
• Thozamile Botha - South African Politician
• Dragiša Burzan - Serbian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Former Foreign Minister of Montenegro
• Fátima Choi - Director of Audit, Macau SAR, China
• Sean Farren - former Northern Irish Politician
• Duncan Shipley-Dalton - former Northern Irish Politician
• James Duddridge - Conservative Party Politican, MP for Rochford and Southend East
• Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen - British Trade Unionist
• James Gomez - Second Assistant Secretary to the Workers' Party of Singapore and Political Researcher
• Peter Housden - Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
• Omar Asghar Khan - Pakistani social activist, economist and politician
• Leung Yiu Chung - Member of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council
• Siobhain McDonagh - Labour Party politician
• Priti Patel - Conservative Party politician
• Paduka Osman bin Pengiran Haji Patra - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Brunei
• Sipho Pityana - Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Africa
• Dimitrij Rupel - Foreign Minister of Slovenia
• Oscar Arias Sanchez - President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
• Muhammad Ali Saif - Former Pakistani Minister of Tourism
• David Triesman, Baron Triesman - Labour Party Member in the House of Lords, Chairman of the English Football Association
• Martin Whelton - Labour Party Politician, Mayor of London Borough of Merton
• Dr Kevin Roberto Casas Zamora - Former Vice-President of Costa Rica (2004 - 2007)
• Hoshyar Zebari - Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs

Business & Economics

• Richard Douthwaite - Economist, co-founder of Feasta
• Christopher A. Pissarides - British-Cypriot Economists, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
• George Provopoulos - Governor of the Bank of Greece & European Central Bank Governing Council Member.
• Yusli Mohamed Yusoff - CEO of Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Exchange)

Actors & Directors

• William Burdett-Coutts - renowned Artistic Director of The Assembly, London
• Stephen Daldry - Film & Theatre Director (East 15 Acting School), BAFTA award-winner
• Nick Broomfield - Documentary film maker
• Mike Leigh - Film & Theatre Director (East 15 Acting School)
• Alison Steadman - Actress (East 15 Acting School), twice-nominated for BAFTA award

Law and Order

• Peter Joslin - Chief Constable of Warwickshire
• Michael J. Todd - Chief Constable of Greater Manchester from 2002 till 2008

Media and Journalism

• Dotun Adebayo - Radio Presenter on BBC FiveLive
• Brian Hanrahan - BBC foreign correspondent
• Isobel Lang - Meteorological Office weather forecaster (BBC, Sky) and TV presenter
• Nick Margerrison - Radio Presenter on Kerrang!Radio

Musicians

• Clint Boon - Keyboardist and lead singer of the Inspiral Carpets
• Steve Chandra Savale - Asian Dub Foundation guitarist

Architecture & Urban Planning

• Daniel Libeskind - architect to build the Freedom Tower and Memory Foundations on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City

Philosophy

• Simon Critchley - British Philosopher, Academic at the New School for Social Research
• William McNeill - British Philosopher, Academic at DePaul University

Literary Figures and Artists

• Charlie Connelly - Author and Broadcaster
• Claudia Jenner - Peruvian Linguist
• Kee Thuan Chye - Malaysian dramatist, poet and journalist
• Fraser Harrison - English Writer
• M. Murat İldan - Turkish Playwright
• Nigel Jenkins - Renowned Welsh Poet & Writer
• Marianne Majerus - Photographer
• Okello Oculi - Ugandan Novelist & Poet
• Ben Okri - Booker Prize Winner
• Douglas Oliver - English Contemporary Poet and Novelist
• Kate Rhodes - British Poet
• Michelene Wandor - English Playwright & Poet
• Nathan Zach - Israeli Poet

Science & Technology

• Richard Bartle - Co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
• Phil O'Donovan - Founder (Cambridge Silicon Radio) Developer of bluetooth technology
• Roy Trubshaw - Co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
• Rodolfo Neri Vela - Mexico's first astronaut

Human Rights

• Akram H. Chowdhury - Founder of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims
• Alex Neve - Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
• Antonio Pradjasto - Deputy Director of Demos’ Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Indonesia