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== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
Alumni from the arts include musicians Dan Smith, Kyle Simmons and Chris Wood of the band Bastille; Mark Knopfler of the band Dire Straits; Simon Rix, bassist of Leeds-based band the Kaiser Chiefs; singers Corinne Bailey Rae and Little Boots; and all of the members of alt-J. Film director Shona Auerbach, impersonator and actor Alistair McGowan, screenwriter Jeremy Dyson, Hong Kong singer and actor Leslie Cheung, composer Estelle White, actress Emma Mackey and poet Tony Harrison are also alumni of the university.
Alumni from the humanities and social sciences include author Sir Ken Robinson, author, academic and critic Robert Anthony Welch and the philosopher and author Paul Crowther.
Former Leeds students involved in international organisations and politics include multiple current and former UK Members of Parliament and politicians, including current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and cabinet ministers Clare Short and Sayeeda Warsi. The former President of Mongolia, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Former President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, current Secretary General of the OECD, Ángel Gurría, Malaysia politician state of Terengganu, Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar and the former Secretary General of the Red Cross, Bekele Geleta, also studied at the university.
Alumni from the media and related areas include the former Editor of the Daily Mail newspaper, Paul Dacre, world music broadcaster and DJs Andy Kershaw and Liz Kershaw, Moda Operandi editor Tatiana Hambro, IMDb founder Col Needham as well as CNN International news presenter, Richard Quest. Founder Carrie Rose, BBC News Editorial Director Kamal Ahmed, political cartoonist Steve Bell, foreign correspondent Mark Brayne, television …
