Alan Sked
 Alan Sked (born 1947) is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and is politically active opposing Britain's membership of the European Union; he several times stood as a candidate in parliamentary elections and founded the party now named UK Independence Party (UKIP).He studied History at Glasgow then Merton College Oxford. His doctoral supervisor at Oxford was A. J. P. Taylor who was a major influence on Sked.