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Member of the British Empire

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Full title, Member of the Order of the British Empire, abbreviated MBE.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alan Ball
Soccer
12-May-1945 24-Apr-2007 English footballer, 1966 World Cup
Jeremy Beadle
TV Personality
12-Apr-1948 30-Jan-2008 You've Been Framed
Dickie Bird
Cricket
19-Apr-1933   Beloved Cricket player/umpire
Gary Brooker
Musician
29-May-1945   Procol Harum
Sebastian Coe
Track and Field
29-Sep-1956   Won 4 Olympic running medals
Andrea Corr
Singer
17-May-1974   Lead singer of The Corrs
Margaret Smith Court
Tennis
16-Jul-1942   Won 62 Grand Slam titles
Jim Dale
Actor
15-Aug-1935   Me and My Girl
Kenny Dalglish
Soccer
4-Mar-1951   Celtic and Liverpool FC great
Nick Faldo
Golf
18-Jul-1957   Winner of six major tournaments
George Finch
Chemist
4-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 Oxygen for mountain climbing
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer/Diver
4-Sep-1937   Olympic gold medal swimmer
Evonne Goolagong
Tennis
31-Jul-1951   Aboriginal Australian tennis star
George Harrison
Musician
25-Feb-1943 29-Nov-2001 Beatle
John Harvey-Jones
Business
16-Apr-1924 9-Jan-2008 Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Denis Healey
Politician
30-Aug-1917   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79
Edward Heath
Head of State
9-Jul-1916 17-Jul-2005 British Prime Minister 1970-74
David Hunt
Politician
21-May-1942   Former MP, The Wirral
Denys Lasdun
Architect
8-Sep-1914 11-Jan-2001 British modernist architect
Anna Lee
Actor
2-Jan-1913 14-May-2004 Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Paul McCartney
Musician
18-Jun-1942   Beatle
Colin McRae
Auto Racing
5-Aug-1968 15-Sep-2007 Scottish rally car champion
E. Arthur Milne
Mathematician
14-Feb-1896 21-Sep-1950 Kinematic relativity
Jamie Oliver
Chef
27-May-1975   The Naked Chef
Bill Owen
Actor
14-Mar-1914 12-Jul-1999 Last of the Summer Wine
Enoch Powell
Politician
16-Jun-1912 8-Feb-1998 British demagogue
Wendy Richard
Actor
20-Jul-1943   Are You Being Served?
Ringo Starr
Musician
7-Jul-1940   Beatle
Terry Waite
Victim
31-May-1939   Hostage negotiator held hostage
Peter Walker
Politician
25-Mar-1932   Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP
Barbara Windsor
Actor
6-Aug-1937   EastEnders


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