Before their rise to fame, many celebrities attended schools, colleges, and universities just like the rest of us. 

Goldsmiths University has produced its fair share of famous faces. 

Some of the best talents grew up at Goldsmiths, from leading sportspeople to award-winning musicians, and filmmakers.  

If you’re a first-year student going to Goldsmiths University, then maybe one day you’ll be joining this impressive list of famous faces.

And for former Goldsmith students, then hopefully this brings back fond memories of your time there.

Here are four of the famous Goldsmiths graduates that have inspired thousands over the years:  

James Blake

James, who is an English singer and songwriter, studied BMus (Hons) Popular Music at Goldsmiths.

Since graduating, he won an Ivor Novello Award in 2014 for Best Contemporary Song, for his track Retrograde.

Jean Adamson

Jean, a children’s book writer, studied illustration at Goldsmiths.

The Peckham born is best known for Topsy, and Tim’s children’s books.

More than 130 Topsy and Tim titles have been published, selling upwards of 21 million copies around the world.

Since 1998, over a million copies have been sold in the UK alone.

Alex James

Alex is an English musician, who is best known as the bassist of the band Blur.

He and the group went on to release classic albums such as Parklife and The Great Escape.

Hope Powell

Hope was the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain women's Olympic football team.

Born in Lewisham, she played for Millwall Lionesses and won 66 caps playing for England, scoring 35 goals.

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