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Abraham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cephalosporins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000173649/"><font size=-1>Joss Ackland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>White Mischief</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000116114/"><font size=-1>Peter Ackroyd</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Great Fire of London</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000117646/"><font size=-1>Roger Adams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Organic chemist at Illinois</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000025802/"><font size=-1>Christiane Amanpour</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Host of ABC's <i>This Week</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000179766/"><font size=-1>Malcolm Arnold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bridge on the River Kwai</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000114112/"><font size=-1>Ove Arup</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Engineer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Danish civil engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000063627/"><font size=-1>Peggy Ashcroft</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Passage to India</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/372/000134967/"><font size=-1>Laura Ashley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Fashion Designer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Sep-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Welsh designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/086/000107762/"><font size=-1>Arthur Askey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jun-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Horn-rimmed British comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000050945/"><font size=-1>Eileen Atkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Creator of <i>Upstairs, Downstairs</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000023111/"><font size=-1>David Attenborough</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Naturalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Life on Earth</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000023681/"><font size=-1>Richard Attenborough</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Gandhi</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000173763/"><font size=-1>Angela Baddeley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Upstairs, Downstairs</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000079700/"><font size=-1>Leslie Banks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Most Dangerous Game</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000115370/"><font size=-1>Pat Barker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Regeneration</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000117512/"><font size=-1>Vernon Bartlett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Apr-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jan-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Journey's End</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000023896/"><font size=-1>Shirley Bassey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goldfinger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000024950/"><font size=-1>Alan Bates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Basil in <i>Zorba the Greek</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/784/000113445/"><font size=-1>H. E. Bates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-May-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Jacaranda Tree</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000196356/"><font size=-1>Richard Rodney Bennett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Mines of Sulphur</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000196357/"><font size=-1>Lennox Berkeley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Dec-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Stabat Mater</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000117019/"><font size=-1>Isaiah Berlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jun-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Hedgehog and the Fox</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000092968/"><font size=-1>John Betjeman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-May-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Summoned By Bells</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000167706/"><font size=-1>Brebis Bleaney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jun-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electron paramagnetic resonance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000167775/"><font size=-1>Alec Boksenberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Image Photon Counting System</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000115290/"><font size=-1>Robert Bolt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Man for All Seasons</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000167783/"><font size=-1>John G. Bolton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First Director of Parkes Observatory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000114785/"><font size=-1>Malcolm Bradbury</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Critic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The History Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000099236/"><font size=-1>William Bragg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jul-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Analyzed crystal structures</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000206259/"><font size=-1>Julian Bream</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Guitarist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Guitarist and lutenist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000051083/"><font size=-1>Richard Briers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tom Good on <i>The Good Life</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000070984/"><font size=-1>Peter Brook</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Theater Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Lord of the Flies</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000115304/"><font size=-1>Anita Brookner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Hotel Du Lac</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000050247/"><font size=-1>Tina Brown</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Editor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Daily Beast</i> and <i>Newsweek</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/184/000088917/"><font size=-1>Deborah Bull</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000237975/"><font size=-1>Jocelyn Bell Burnell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Discoverer of pulsars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000104121/"><font size=-1>A. S. Byatt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Critic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Possession</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000022688/"><font size=-1>Michael Caine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Get Carter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000108422/"><font size=-1>Simon Callow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Jun-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British theatre actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000129594/"><font size=-1>Menzies Campbell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/073/000025995/"><font size=-1>Helena Bonham Carter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Marla in <i>Fight Club</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000347794/"><font size=-1>Peregrine Cavendish</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Aristocrat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>12th Duke of Devonshire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000173504/"><font size=-1>Bob Charles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Golf</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Winner, 1963 British Open</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/437/000112101/"><font size=-1>Bobby Charlton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Soccer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Manchester United</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/583/000026505/"><font size=-1>Agatha Christie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mystery novelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000023578/"><font size=-1>Petula Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goodbye, Mr. Chips</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000099469/"><font size=-1>John Cockcroft</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Split the atom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000180045/"><font size=-1>Christopher Cockerell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jun-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jun-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hovercraft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/440/000024368/"><font size=-1>Billy Connolly</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Nov-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Scottish comedian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000180068/"><font size=-1>E. J. H. Corner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Botanist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Durian theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/508/000173986/"><font size=-1>Cicely Courtneidge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Apr-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Ghost Train</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000072496/"><font size=-1>Brian Cox</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jun-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The original Hannibal Lecter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000206001/"><font size=-1>Leslie Crowther</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Price Is Right</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000100944/"><font size=-1>Constance Cummings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-May-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Nov-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Blithe Spirit</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000196287/"><font size=-1>Stephen Daldry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Hours</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000022506/"><font size=-1>Roger Daltrey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vocalist for <i>The Who</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/603/000024531/"><font size=-1>Ray Davies</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Frontman for <i>The Kinks</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/086/000196495/"><font size=-1>Andrew Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/169/000196578/"><font size=-1>Colin Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000279525/"><font size=-1>Michael Denison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Shadowlands</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000104119/"><font size=-1>Margaret Drabble</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Millstone</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000107634/"><font size=-1>Carol Ann Duffy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mean Time</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000109485/"><font size=-1>James Dyson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dyson vacuum cleaner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/547/000051394/"><font size=-1>Paul Eddington</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jim Hacker on <i>Yes, Prime Minister</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000253983/"><font size=-1>Robert G. Edwards</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>In vitro fertilization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000103384/"><font size=-1>Denholm Elliott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Room with a View</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000174768/"><font size=-1>Amelia C. Fawcett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>COO of Morgan Stanley Intl., 2002-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000205648/"><font size=-1>Frank Finlay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Othello</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000032646/"><font size=-1>Bryan Forbes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>King Rat</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000205975/"><font size=-1>Bruce Forsyth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sunday Night at the Palladium</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/045/000023973/"><font size=-1>Frederick Forsyth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Day of the Jackal</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000169106/"><font size=-1>Alfred Fowler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jun-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Celestial spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000115231/"><font size=-1>Dick Francis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Feb-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dead Cert</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000099043/"><font size=-1>Dennis Gabor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Feb-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of holography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000099055/"><font size=-1>Michael Gambon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Singing Detective</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000024686/"><font size=-1>Barry Gibb</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Sep-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Guitarist and vocalist for the <i>Bee Gees</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000024966/"><font size=-1>Maurice Gibb</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Bassist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bassist and vocalist of <i>Bee Gees</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/759/000024687/"><font size=-1>Robin Gibb</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-May-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vocalist for the <i>Bee Gees</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000025638/"><font size=-1>David Gilmour</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Guitarist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Guitarist for <i>Pink Floyd</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000060288/"><font size=-1>E. H. Gombrich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Art and Illusion</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000136635/"><font size=-1>Marius Goring</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Red Shoes</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000169455/"><font size=-1>Susan Greenfield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Brain Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000169487/"><font size=-1>Richard Gregory</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Optical illusions and "hands-on" science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000023682/"><font size=-1>Alec Guinness</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Apr-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Aug-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Obi-Wan Kenobi in <i>Star Wars</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000071182/"><font size=-1>Peter Hall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Theater Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Work Is a 4-Letter Word</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000179713/"><font size=-1>Joan Hammond</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000179708/"><font size=-1>Christopher Hampton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dangerous Liaisons</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000130912/"><font size=-1>Robert Hardy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>All Creatures Great and Small</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000116201/"><font size=-1>L. P. Hartley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Dec-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Boat</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000022497/"><font size=-1>Stephen Hawking</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wheelchair-bound physicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000109400/"><font size=-1>Nigel Hawthorne</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Dec-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Madness of King George</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/953/000164461/"><font size=-1>Antony Head</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000103517/"><font size=-1>Lenny Henry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Lenny Henry Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000206253/"><font size=-1>Myra Hess</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Held lunchtime concerts during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000169790/"><font size=-1>Raymond Hide</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Earth's rotation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000023369/"><font size=-1>Ian Holm</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Time Bandits</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000130413/"><font size=-1>Julius C. Holmes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000022603/"><font size=-1>Bob Hope</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-May-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Centenarian comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/005/000023933/"><font size=-1>Anthony Hopkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hannibal Lecter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000042683/"><font size=-1>Trevor Howard</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sons and Lovers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000023935/"><font size=-1>John Hurt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jan-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Alien</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000134776/"><font size=-1>Lord Inge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Aug-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British Field Marshal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/195/000277361/"><font size=-1>Jony Ive</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Designer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>Feb-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Senior VP of Industrial Design, Apple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000173425/"><font size=-1>Tony Jacklin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Golf</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jul-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Winner of 2 Majors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000063610/"><font size=-1>Glenda Jackson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British MP, won Oscar for <i>A Touch of Class</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000023979/"><font size=-1>Derek Jacobi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Oct-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Claudius on <i>I, Claudius</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000173926/"><font size=-1>Sylvia Jay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Food and Drink Federation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/827/000101524/"><font size=-1>Elizabeth Jennings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jul-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Oct-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Song for a Birth or a Death</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000022462/"><font size=-1>Elton John</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goodbye Yellow Brick Road</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000168341/"><font size=-1>DeAnne S. Julius</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000169276/"><font size=-1>Pierre H. Jungels</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Enterprise Oil, 1997-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000208271/"><font size=-1>Charles K. Kao</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Fiber optics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000051382/"><font size=-1>Felicity Kendal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Good Life</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000100251/"><font size=-1>John C. Kendrew</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Aug-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Determined structure of myoglobin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000178600/"><font size=-1>Paul Kennedy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>Jun-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000025640/"><font size=-1>Deborah Kerr</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>From Here to Eternity</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000170412/"><font size=-1>Tom Kibble</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Zurek-Kibble theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000127282/"><font size=-1>Jeremy R. Knowles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chemistry Professor, Harvard University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000057007/"><font size=-1>Arthur Koestler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Darkness at Noon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000170521/"><font size=-1>Nicholas Kurti</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Nov-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Molecular gastronomy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000023073/"><font size=-1>Angela Lansbury</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Murder She Wrote</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000113964/"><font size=-1>Philip Larkin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Aug-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Whitsun Weddings</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/488/000114146/"><font size=-1>Denys Lasdun</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Architect</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Sep-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jan-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British modernist architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000022830/"><font size=-1>Christopher Lee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Face of Fu Manchu</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000102695/"><font size=-1>Maureen Lipman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-May-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Agony</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000114023/"><font size=-1>Penelope Lively</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Moon Tiger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000164377/"><font size=-1>Selwyn Lloyd</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-May-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000079167/"><font size=-1>Margaret Lockwood</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Cast a Dark Shadow</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/381/000114039/"><font size=-1>David Lodge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>How Far Can You Go?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000170720/"><font size=-1>Donald Lynden-Bell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Astrophysicist at Cambridge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000196430/"><font size=-1>Neville Marriner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Academy of St. Martin in the Fields</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000100192/"><font size=-1>Archer J. P. Martin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Partition chromatography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000275099/"><font size=-1>Anna Massey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Peeping Tom</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/288/000113946/"><font size=-1>Ian McEwan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Amsterdam</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000044684/"><font size=-1>Norris McWhirter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-founder, <i>Guinness Book of World Records</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/059/000025981/"><font size=-1>Sam Mendes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Aug-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>American Beauty</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000279677/"><font size=-1>Bernard Miles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000030611/"><font size=-1>John Mills</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ryan's Daughter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/513/000032417/"><font size=-1>Anthony Minghella</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The English Patient</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000113795/"><font size=-1>Nancy Mitford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Pursuit of Love</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000022591/"><font size=-1>Dudley Moore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Mar-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Arthur</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000026465/"><font size=-1>Patrick Moore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>BBC's <i>The Sky At Night</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000022743/"><font size=-1>Roger Moore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>James Bond after Sean Connery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/914/000102608/"><font size=-1>Robert Morley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jun-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000113856/"><font size=-1>Jan Morris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Transsexual travel writer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/403/000078169/"><font size=-1>Ronald Neame</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Poseidon Adventure</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000104167/"><font size=-1>Trevor Nunn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Theater Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/529/000114187/"><font size=-1>Patrick O'Brian</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jan-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Aubreyad</i> series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000227337/"><font size=-1>Onora O'Neill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Aug-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of the British Academy, 2005-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000045335/"><font size=-1>Lindsay Owen-Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000095131/"><font size=-1>Eduardo Paolozzi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Mar-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Surrealist sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/169/000104854/"><font size=-1>Nick Park</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Wallace and Gromit</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000024458/"><font size=-1>Alan Parker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Feb-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Pink Floyd: The Wall</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000099898/"><font size=-1>Rudolf Peierls</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Sep-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Frisch-Peierls Memorandum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/548/000100248/"><font size=-1>Max F. Perutz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-May-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000163777/"><font size=-1>Siân Phillips</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I, Claudius</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000168270/"><font size=-1>Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000023277/"><font size=-1>Harold Pinter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Dec-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Birthday Party</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/472/000024400/"><font size=-1>Robert Plant</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lead singer of <i>Led Zeppelin</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000172327/"><font size=-1>John S. Plaskett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Plaskett's star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000109531/"><font size=-1>Joan Plowright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Enchanted April</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/806/000169299/"><font size=-1>George H. Poste</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Health Technology Networks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000351019/"><font size=-1>Simon Preston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Organist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Aug-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Organist at Westminster Abbey, 1981-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000113898/"><font size=-1>V. S. Pritchett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Midnight Oil</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000022636/"><font size=-1>John Profumo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Mar-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Resigned House of Commons over an affair</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000172422/"><font size=-1>Joseph Proudman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Dec-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jun-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tidal currents</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000165229/"><font size=-1>Philip Pullman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>His Dark Materials</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000170541/"><font size=-1>David E. I. Pyott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Allergan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/734/000101431/"><font size=-1>Anthony Quayle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ice-Cold in Alex</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000173587/"><font size=-1>Kathleen Raine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cambridge poet, scholar of Blake</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/167/000088900/"><font size=-1>Terence Rattigan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Separate Tables</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/400/000079163/"><font size=-1>Michael Redgrave</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mourning Becomes Electra</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/590/000023521/"><font size=-1>Vanessa Redgrave</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Julia</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000113887/"><font size=-1>Jean Rhys</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Wide Sargasso Sea</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000131055/"><font size=-1>Ian Richardson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Feb-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>House of Cards</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000023969/"><font size=-1>Diana Rigg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mrs. Peel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000206467/"><font size=-1>Bobby Robson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Soccer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English soccer manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000101423/"><font size=-1>Flora Robson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jul-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fire Over England</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/977/000090707/"><font size=-1>Joseph Rotblat</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Aug-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000097634/"><font size=-1>Patricia Routledge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Hetty Wainthropp</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000099913/"><font size=-1>Frederick Sanger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/494/000022428/"><font size=-1>Vidal Sassoon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Celebrity hairstylist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000032675/"><font size=-1>John Schlesinger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Marathon Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000169196/"><font size=-1>David G. Scholey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former CEO of SG Warburg</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/950/000033851/"><font size=-1>Paul Scofield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Mar-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Man For All Seaons</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000352099/"><font size=-1>Harry Secombe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Sep-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neddie Seagoon on <i>The Goon Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/011/000023939/"><font size=-1>Peter Sellers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inspector Clouseau</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000101952/"><font size=-1>Fiona Shaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British theatre actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000098579/"><font size=-1>Alastair Sim</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Oct-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Aug-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Scrooge in <i>A Christmas Carol</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000109786/"><font size=-1>Donald Sinden</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Oct-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Two's Company</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000170460/"><font size=-1>David J. H. Smith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Whatman plc, 1996-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/260/000030170/"><font size=-1>Maggie Smith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prof. McGonagall in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000113860/"><font size=-1>C. P. Snow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000113857/"><font size=-1>Stephen Spender</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Destructive Element</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000253986/"><font size=-1>Patrick Steptoe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>In vitro fertilization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000128983/"><font size=-1>Dennis Stevenson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jul-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman of HBOS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/518/000104206/"><font size=-1>Juliet Stevenson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Truly Madly Deeply</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/740/000024668/"><font size=-1>Sting</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lead singer of <i>The Police</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/381/000026303/"><font size=-1>Tom Stoppard</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000083425/"><font size=-1>Joan Sutherland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>"La Stupenda" opera soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000130715/"><font size=-1>Eric Sykes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-May-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Plank</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000179650/"><font size=-1>Lionel Tertis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Violist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Dec-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First prominent violist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/966/000101663/"><font size=-1>John Thaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Inspector Morse</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000108022/"><font size=-1>Ernest Thesiger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dr. Pretorius in <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000173352/"><font size=-1>Daley Thompson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Track and Field</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jul-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Olympic decathlete</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/511/000022445/"><font size=-1>J. R. R. Tolkien</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Sep-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Lord of the Rings</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/582/000089315/"><font size=-1>William Trevor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Old Boys</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000173944/"><font size=-1>Michael J. Turner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of BAE Systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000080641/"><font size=-1>Dorothy Tutin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Savage Messiah</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000275007/"><font size=-1>Margaret Tyzack</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Sep-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Forsyte Saga</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000022744/"><font size=-1>Peter Ustinov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British stage actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/264/000205646/"><font size=-1>Frankie Vaughan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000173354/"><font size=-1>Virginia Wade</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Tennis</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Winner of 7 Grand Slam titles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000024021/"><font size=-1>Terry Waite</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Victim</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hostage negotiator, then hostage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000140477/"><font size=-1>Zoë Wanamaker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Susan Harper on <i>My Family</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/152/000103840/"><font size=-1>Keith Waterhouse</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Sep-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Billy Liar</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/636/000024564/"><font size=-1>Harvey Weinstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film/TV Producer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Mar-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Miramax and The Weinstein Co.</td> </tr> <tr> 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align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Svengali</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/260/000131864/"><font size=-1>John Wood</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dr. Falken in <i>WarGames</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000159386/"><font size=-1>Cecil Woodham-Smith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Apr-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Florence Nightingale</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000140834/"><font size=-1>Irene Worth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td 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