Editing University of London (section)

===Academic staff===
{{main|Category:Academics of the University of London}}
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File:Victoria Coleman.jpg|[[Victoria Coleman]], 37th [[Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force|Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force]]
File:Thomas Stearns Eliot by Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934).jpg|[[T. S. Eliot]], poet and editor
File:Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468.jpg|[[Alexander Fleming]], physician and microbiologist
File:Professor John Kay Policy Exchange 2012.jpg|[[John Kay (economist)|John Kay]], 1st dean of [[Saïd Business School]]
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In the arts, culture and literature the university has produced many notable figures. Writers include novelists [[Malcolm Bradbury]], [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Thomas Hardy]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[J. G. Ballard]]. [[Futurologist]] [[Donald Prell]].  Artists associated with the university include [[Jonathan Myles-Lea]], and several of the leading figures in the [[Young British Artists]] movement (including [[Ian Davenport (artist)|Ian Davenport]], [[Tracey Emin]] and [[Damien Hirst]]). Outstanding musicians across a wide range include the conductor [[Simon Rattle|Sir Simon Rattle]], the soprano [[Felicity Lott]] and both members of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], to [[Mick Jagger]], [[Elton John]], [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], Pakistani singer [[Nazia Hassan]] (known in South Asia as the "[[Queen of Pop]]"), and Hong Kong singer [[Karen Mok]], composer [[Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer]], and members of the bands [[Coldplay]], [[Keane (band)|Keane]], [[Suede (band)|Suede]], [[the Velvet Underground]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[the Libertines]], and [[Queen (band)|Queen]].

The university has also played host to film directors ([[Christopher Nolan]], [[Derek Jarman]]), philosophers ([[Karl Popper]], [[Roger Scruton]]), explorers ([[David Livingstone]]), international academics ([[Sam Karunaratne]]), Riccarton High School Head of Commerce, Tom Neumann and leading businessmen ([[Michael Cowpland]], [[George Soros]]).