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Birmingham, England

LOCATION

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

Population:
992,050 (2003)

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
University of Birmingham
1900
Aston University
1895

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Severn Trent
1974

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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