LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/

Population:
992,050 (2003)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Birmingham	1900
Aston University	1895

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Severn Trent	1974

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Allen	Novelist	23-Feb-1911	28-Feb-1995	All in a Lifetime
Kenny Baker	Actor	24-Aug-1934		The man inside R2D2
Bev Bevan	Drummer	24-Nov-1945		Drummer for ELO
Matthew Boulton	Business	3-Sep-1728	17-Aug-1809	Financed the early steam engine
Edward Burne-Jones	Painter	28-Aug-1833	16-Jun-1898	British Pre-Raphaelite painter
John Cadbury	Business	12-Aug-1801	11-May-1889	Chocolatier
Philip Callow	Novelist	1924		A Pledge for the Earth
Ali Campbell	Singer	15-Feb-1959		Lead singer, UB40
David Cannadine	Historian	1950		Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
Austen Chamberlain	Politician	16-Oct-1863	16-Mar-1937	British pol, Nobel Prize recipient
Neville Chamberlain	Politician	18-Mar-1869	9-Nov-1940	Architect of appeasement
Jonathan Coe	Novelist	19-Aug-1961		What a Carve Up!
Alan Cottrell	Scientist	17-Jul-1919		Metallurgist at Cambridge
Hazel Court	Actor	10-Feb-1926	15-Apr-2008	Horror Queen
John Curry	Skating	9-Sep-1949	15-Apr-1994	Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
Trevor Eve	Actor	1-Jul-1951		Waking the Dead
Francis Galton	Anthropologist	16-Feb-1822	17-Jan-1911	Word Association Test
Edgar Guest	Poet	20-Aug-1881	5-Aug-1959	A Heap o' Livin'
Rob Halford	Musician	25-Aug-1951		Lead singer of Judas Priest
Richard Hammond	TV Personality	19-Dec-1969		Top Gear
Tony Hancock	Radio Personality	12-May-1924	25-Jun-1968	Hancock's Half Hour
Skitch Henderson	Conductor	27-Jan-1918	1-Nov-2005	Original Tonight Show bandleader
Fay Holden	Actor	26-Sep-1893	23-Jun-1973	Played Andy Hardy's mother
Tony Iommi	Guitarist	19-Feb-1948		Guitar player for Black Sabbath
Elizabeth Jolley	Novelist	4-Jun-1923	13-Feb-2007	Mr. Scobie's Riddle
Phil Lynott	Musician	20-Aug-1949	4-Jan-1986	Founder of Thin Lizzy
Nick Mason	Drummer	27-Jan-1945		Drummer for Pink Floyd
Christine McVie	Musician	12-Jul-1943		Fleetwood Mac
Alan Napier	Actor	7-Jan-1903	8-Aug-1988	Alfred on Batman
Ozzy Osbourne	Singer	3-Dec-1948		Black Sabbath
Carl Palmer	Musician	20-Mar-1950		Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Kay Parker	Pornstar	28-Aug-1944		Taboo series of films
John Pethica	Physicist	1953		Atomic force microscopy
James Phelps	Actor	25-Feb-1986		Fred Weasley in Harry Potter
Oliver Phelps	Actor	25-Feb-1986		George Weasley in Harry Potter
Robert Plant	Singer	20-Aug-1948		Lead singer of Led Zeppelin
Nick Rhodes	Musician	8-Jun-1962		Keyboardist for Duran Duran
Joseph Henry Shorthouse	Novelist	9-Sep-1834	4-Mar-1903	John Inglesant
John Taylor	Bassist	20-Jun-1960		Bassist for Duran Duran
Roger Taylor	Drummer	26-Apr-1960		Drummer for Duran Duran
Kenneth Tynan	Critic	2-Apr-1927	26-Jul-1980	British theatre critic
Julie Walters	Actor	22-Feb-1950		Educating Rita
Lisa Williams	Paranormal	?		Life Among the Dead
Richard Wolffe	Journalist	Sep-1968		Newsweek Senior White House Correspondent
Roy Wood	Musician	8-Nov-1947		ELO and Wizzard

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Matthew Boulton	Business	3-Sep-1728	17-Aug-1809	Financed the early steam engine
John Cadbury	Business	12-Aug-1801	11-May-1889	Chocolatier
Norman Haworth	Chemist	19-Mar-1883	19-Mar-1950	The Constitution of Sugars
George Isaak	Astronomer	7-Mar-1933	5-Jun-2005	Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Arthur Lowe	Actor	22-Sep-1915	15-Apr-1982	Dad's Army
John Henry Newman	Religion	21-Feb-1801	11-Aug-1890	Oxford Movement
Joseph Sturge	Activist	2-Aug-1793	14-May-1859	Anti-slavery activist

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