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Brighton, England
LOCATION
Official Website: http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ Population: 247,820 (2001) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Aubrey Beardsley |
Artist |
21-Aug-1872 |
16-Mar-1898 |
Leading late 19th c. English illustrator |
| Jack Clayton |
Film Director |
1-Mar-1921 |
26-Feb-1995 |
The Great Gatsby |
| Simon Cowell |
TV Personality |
7-Oct-1959 |
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Pop Idol, American Idol judge |
| David Garnett |
Novelist |
9-Mar-1892 |
17-Feb-1981 |
Lady into Fox |
| Eric Gill |
Typographer |
22-Feb-1882 |
17-Nov-1940 |
Typographer, Gill Sans |
| Toby Hemingway |
Actor |
28-May-1983 |
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The Covenant |
| Jordan |
Model |
22-May-1978 |
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British model |
| Nigel Kennedy |
Violinist |
28-Dec-1956 |
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British 'punk' violinist |
| Robert del Naja |
Musician |
21-Jan-1965 |
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Massive Attack |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Arthur Treacher |
Actor |
23-Jul-1894 |
14-Dec-1975 |
The Merv Griffin Show |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Tom Bell |
Actor |
2-Aug-1933 |
4-Oct-2006 |
Prime Suspect |
| Thomas Davidson |
Paleontologist |
17-May-1817 |
14-Oct-1885 |
British Fossil Brachiopoda |
| Nigel Green |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
15-May-1972 |
The Ipcress File |
| Marshall Hall |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1790 |
11-Aug-1857 |
Theory of reflex action |
| Thomas Hughes |
Author |
20-Oct-1822 |
22-Mar-1896 |
Tom Brown's School Days |
| William Moon |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1818 |
9-Oct-1894 |
Moon Code (similar to Braille) |
| Charles Stewart Parnell |
Politician |
27-Jun-1846 |
6-Oct-1891 |
Irish Nationalist leader |
| Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
| Ernestine Rose |
Activist |
13-Jan-1810 |
4-Aug-1892 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Frederick Soddy |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1877 |
22-Sep-1956 |
Investigated radioactivity, isotopes |
| Herbert Spencer |
Philosopher |
27-Apr-1820 |
8-Dec-1903 |
Synthetic Philosophy |
| Robert Smith Surtees |
Novelist |
17-May-1803 |
16-Mar-1864 |
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities |
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