| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| T. M. Aluko |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1918 |
1-May-2010 |
One Man, One Wife |
| Eric Ambler |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1909 |
22-Oct-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Ken Annakin |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
| Michael Aspel |
TV Personality |
12-Jan-1933 |
|
Antiques Roadshow host |
| Claude Auchinleck |
Military |
21-Jun-1884 |
23-Mar-1981 |
C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47 |
| Felix Aylmer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1889 |
2-Sep-1979 |
Henry V |
| Janet Baker |
Singer |
21-Aug-1933 |
|
English mezzo-soprano, active 1957-82 |
| Gordon Banks |
Soccer |
30-Dec-1937 |
|
English goalkeeper, 1966 World Cup |
| Ronnie Barker |
Comic |
25-Sep-1929 |
3-Oct-2005 |
The Two Ronnies |
| John Barry |
Composer |
3-Nov-1933 |
30-Jan-2011 |
Film composer, James Bond, Out of Africa |
| Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
A Favourite of the Gods |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Brenda Blethyn |
Actor |
20-Feb-1946 |
|
Secrets & Lies |
| Heston Blumenthal |
Chef |
17-May-1966 |
|
The Fat Duck |
| Lawrence Bragg |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1890 |
1-Jul-1971 |
Bragg's Law of diffraction |
| Julian Bream |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1933 |
|
Guitarist and lutenist |
| Richard Briers |
Actor |
14-Jan-1934 |
|
Tom Good on The Good Life |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| Zoe Caldwell |
Actor |
14-Sep-1933 |
|
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Jack Cardiff |
Cinematographer |
18-Sep-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
The Long Ships |
| Robert Carlyle |
Actor |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
The Full Monty |
| Ian Carmichael |
Actor |
18-Jun-1920 |
5-Feb-2010 |
Bertie Wooster |
| Leonora Carrington |
Painter |
6-Apr-1917 |
25-May-2011 |
Last surviving Surrealist |
| Margaret F. C. Chan |
Doctor |
1947 |
|
WHO Director-General |
| Bob Charles |
Golf |
14-Mar-1936 |
|
Winner, 1963 British Open |
| Bobby Charlton |
Soccer |
11-Oct-1937 |
|
Manchester United |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Darren Clarke |
Golf |
14-Aug-1968 |
|
Winner, 2011 British Open |
| Sebastian Coe |
Track and Field |
29-Sep-1956 |
|
Won 4 Olympic running medals |
| George Cole |
Actor |
22-Apr-1925 |
|
Arthur Daley on Minder |
| Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
| Pauline Collins |
Actor |
3-Sep-1940 |
|
Shirley Valentine |
| Ronnie Corbett |
Comic |
4-Dec-1930 |
|
The Two Ronnies |
| Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| Hugh Cudlipp |
Business |
28-Aug-1913 |
17-May-1998 |
British news magnate |
| Peter Cushing |
Actor |
26-May-1913 |
11-Aug-1994 |
Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars |
| Jim Davidson |
Comic |
13-Dec-1953 |
|
Stand Up Jim Davidson |
| Ken Dodd |
Comic |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
British comedian, ventriloquist |
| Ray Milton Dolby |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1933 |
|
Inventor of Dolby stereo |
| Jacqueline du Pré |
Cellist |
26-Jan-1945 |
19-Oct-1987 |
Cellist |
| Carol Ann Duffy |
Poet |
23-Dec-1955 |
|
Mean Time |
| Gerald Durrell |
Naturalist |
7-Jan-1925 |
30-Jan-1995 |
My Family and Other Animals |
| Max Faulkner |
Golf |
29-Jul-1916 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Winner, 1951 British Open |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
Explorer |
7-Mar-1944 |
|
World explorer |
| Tim Finn |
Musician |
25-Jun-1952 |
|
Frontman for Split Enz |
| Noël Forgeard |
Business |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
CEO of Airbus, 2004-06 |
| Bruce Forsyth |
TV Personality |
22-Feb-1928 |
|
Sunday Night at the Palladium |
| Edward Fox |
Actor |
13-Apr-1937 |
|
Force 10 from Navarone |
| Dick Francis |
Novelist |
31-Oct-1920 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Dead Cert |
| David Frost |
Journalist |
7-Apr-1939 |
|
BBC's Breakfast with Frost |
| James Galway |
Musician |
8-Dec-1939 |
|
Flute virtuoso |
| Bob Geldof |
Musician |
5-Oct-1951 |
|
Live Aid, Boomtown Rats |
| Rudy Giuliani |
Politician |
28-May-1944 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 |
| Rumer Godden |
Author |
10-Dec-1907 |
8-Nov-1998 |
The River |
| Billy Graham |
Religion |
7-Nov-1918 |
|
Televangelist |
| Guy Green |
Film Director |
5-Nov-1913 |
15-Sep-2005 |
A Patch of Blue |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
| Joan Hammond |
Singer |
24-May-1912 |
26-Nov-1996 |
Operatic soprano |
| Susan Hampshire |
Actor |
12-May-1937 |
|
The Forsyte Saga |
| Norman G. Heatley |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1911 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Isolated penicillin |
| James Herriot |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1916 |
23-Feb-1995 |
All Creatures Great and Small |
| Joan Hickson |
Actor |
5-Aug-1906 |
17-Oct-1998 |
Miss Marple |
| Archibald V. Hill |
Scientist |
26-Sep-1886 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Studied muscles and nerves |
| Wendy Hiller |
Actor |
15-Aug-1912 |
14-May-2003 |
Separate Tables |
| Thora Hird |
Actor |
28-May-1911 |
15-Mar-2003 |
Talking Heads |
| Jools Holland |
Musician |
24-Jan-1958 |
|
Former Squeeze keyboardist |
| Peter Hollingworth |
Religion |
10-Apr-1935 |
|
Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Frankie Howerd |
Actor |
6-Mar-1917 |
19-Apr-1992 |
Up Pompeii |
| Roy Hudd |
Actor |
16-May-1936 |
|
The News Headlines |
| Richard Hughes |
Author |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Shirley Hughes |
Author |
16-Jul-1927 |
|
Alfie's Feet |
| Ted Hughes |
Poet |
16-Aug-1930 |
28-Oct-1998 |
Crow |
| James C. Humes |
Government |
31-Oct-1934 |
|
Speechwriter to five Presidents |
| Kazuo Ishiguro |
Novelist |
8-Nov-1954 |
|
The Remains of the Day |
| Tony Jacklin |
Golf |
7-Jul-1944 |
|
Winner of 2 Majors |
| Gordon Jackson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1923 |
15-Jan-1990 |
Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Geraldine James |
Actor |
6-Jul-1950 |
|
Rose Garrity on Band of Gold |
| P. D. James |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1920 |
|
Adam Dalgliesh series, etc. |
| David Jason |
Actor |
2-Feb-1940 |
|
Only Fools and Horses |
| Pat Jennings |
Soccer |
12-Jun-1945 |
|
PFA Player of the Year, 1976 |
| Tom Jones |
Singer |
7-Jun-1940 |
|
It's Not Unusual |
| Kiri Te Kanawa |
Singer |
6-Mar-1944 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| John Keegan |
Historian |
15-May-1934 |
|
The Face of Battle |
| Kevin Keegan |
Soccer |
14-Feb-1951 |
|
Manager, Newcastle United |
| Penelope Keith |
Actor |
2-Apr-1940 |
|
Margot on The Good Life |
| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
|
Dire Straits |
| Burt Kwouk |
Actor |
18-Jul-1930 |
|
Cato in Pink Panther films |
| Cleo Laine |
Singer |
28-Oct-1927 |
|
Show Boat |
| Hugh Laurie |
Actor |
11-Jun-1959 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster, House |
| Annie Lennox |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1954 |
|
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) |
| David K. P. Li |
Business |
13-Mar-1939 |
|
CEO, Bank of East Asia |
| Penelope Lively |
Novelist |
17-Mar-1933 |
|
Moon Tiger |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Bernard Lovell |
Astronomer |
31-Aug-1913 |
|
Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank |
| Lulu |
Singer |
3-Nov-1948 |
|
British singer of the 1960s and 70s |
| Joanna Lumley |
Actor |
1-May-1946 |
|
Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous |
| Kenny Lynch |
Musician |
18-Mar-1939 |
|
British entertainer and songwriter |
| Michael Lynch |
Business |
1965 |
|
Founder and CEO of Autonomy Corporation |
| Vera Lynn |
Singer |
20-Mar-1917 |
|
We'll Meet Again |
| John MacGregor |
Politician |
14-Feb-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92 |
| Compton MacKenzie |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1883 |
30-Nov-1972 |
Carnival |
| Miriam Margolyes |
Actor |
18-May-1941 |
|
The Age of Innocence |
| John Mayall |
Musician |
29-Nov-1933 |
|
Bluesbreaker |
| Virginia McKenna |
Actor |
7-Jun-1931 |
|
Born Free |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Yehudi Menuhin |
Violinist |
22-Apr-1916 |
12-Mar-1999 |
Child prodigy violinist, conductor |
| Bobby Moore |
Soccer |
12-Apr-1941 |
24-Feb-1993 |
Captain, 1966 World Cup team |
| Patrick Moore |
TV Personality |
4-Mar-1923 |
|
BBC's The Sky At Night |
| Eric Morecambe |
Comic |
14-May-1926 |
28-May-1984 |
Morecambe and Wise |
| Peggy Mount |
Actor |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
| Anne Murray |
Singer |
20-Jun-1945 |
|
Mellow Canadian singer |
| Edward R. Murrow |
Journalist |
25-Apr-1908 |
27-Apr-1965 |
The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Liam Neeson |
Actor |
7-Jun-1952 |
|
Rob Roy, Gangs of New York |
| Sam Neill |
Actor |
14-Sep-1947 |
|
Played Reilly, Ace of Spies |
| John Neville |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
19-Nov-2011 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| David K. Newbigging |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Chairman, Talbot Holdings Limited |
| John Newcombe |
Tennis |
23-May-1944 |
|
Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles |
| Tony Newton |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97 |
| Ben Okri |
Author |
15-Mar-1959 |
|
The Famished Road |
| Jimmy Page |
Guitarist |
9-Jan-1944 |
|
Led Zeppelin Guitarist |
| Elaine Paige |
Singer |
5-Mar-1948 |
|
Evita |
| Geoffrey Palmer |
Actor |
4-Jun-1927 |
|
Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By |
| George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
| Pelé |
Soccer |
23-Oct-1940 |
|
Brazil's greatest soccer player |
| Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
| Leslie Phillips |
Actor |
20-Apr-1924 |
|
Not Now Darling |
| Pete Postlethwaite |
Actor |
16-Feb-1946 |
2-Jan-2011 |
In the Name of the Father |
| Terry Pratchett |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1948 |
|
Discworld sci-fi series |
| Simon Preston |
Organist |
4-Aug-1938 |
|
Organist at Westminster Abbey, 1981-87 |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| David Prowse |
Actor |
1-Jul-1935 |
|
Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man |
| Om Puri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1950 |
|
East is East |
| Denis Quilley |
Actor |
26-Dec-1927 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Privates on Parade |
| Charlotte Rampling |
Actor |
5-Feb-1945 |
|
The Verdict |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
| Cliff Richard |
Singer |
14-Oct-1940 |
|
England's most famous Christian |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Patricia Routledge |
Actor |
17-Feb-1929 |
|
Hetty Wainthropp |
| J. K. Rowling |
Author |
31-Jul-1965 |
|
Author of Harry Potter series |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Paul Scofield |
Actor |
21-Jan-1922 |
19-Mar-2008 |
A Man For All Seaons |
| Ernest Shackleton |
Explorer |
15-Feb-1874 |
5-Jan-1922 |
Antarctic explorer |
| Alan Shearer |
Soccer |
13-Aug-1970 |
|
Newcastle United forward |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Guys and Dolls |
| C. Aubrey Smith |
Actor |
21-Jul-1863 |
20-Dec-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Donald Somervell |
Politician |
24-Aug-1889 |
18-Nov-1960 |
AG for England and Wales, 1936-45 |
| Timothy Spall |
Actor |
27-Feb-1957 |
|
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet |
| Tim Spicer |
Military |
1952 |
|
Sandline Affair |
| Steven Spielberg |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1946 |
|
E.T. |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Imelda Staunton |
Actor |
9-Jan-1956 |
|
Vera Drake |
| Alison Steadman |
Actor |
26-Aug-1946 |
|
Life Is Sweet |
| Jackie Stewart |
Auto Racing |
11-Jun-1939 |
|
Three time Formula-1 world champion |
| Patrick Stewart |
Actor |
13-Jul-1940 |
|
Captain Picard in Star Trek: TNG |
| David Suchet |
Actor |
2-May-1946 |
|
Hercule Poirot |
| Eric Sykes |
Actor |
4-May-1923 |
4-Jul-2012 |
The Plank |
| Violette Szabo |
Spy |
26-Jun-1921 |
5-Feb-1945 |
British secret agent, fought with French Resistance |
| Jimmy Tarbuck |
Comic |
6-Feb-1940 |
|
Winner Takes All |
| Kristin Scott Thomas |
Actor |
24-May-1960 |
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| Daley Thompson |
Track and Field |
30-Jul-1958 |
|
Olympic decathlete |
| Peter Thomson |
Golf |
23-Aug-1929 |
|
Five-time British Open winner |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| Margaret Tyzack |
Actor |
9-Sep-1931 |
25-Jun-2011 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Alexander A. Vandegrift |
Military |
13-Mar-1887 |
8-May-1973 |
18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
| Frankie Vaughan |
Singer |
3-Feb-1928 |
18-Sep-1999 |
Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl |
| Virginia Wade |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1945 |
|
Winner of 7 Grand Slam titles |
| Julie Walters |
Actor |
22-Feb-1950 |
|
Educating Rita |
| Arsène Wenger |
Soccer |
22-Oct-1949 |
|
Arsenal manager |
| June Whitfield |
Actor |
11-Nov-1925 |
|
Terry and June |
| Jonny Wilkinson |
Sports Figure |
25-May-1979 |
|
Rugby player, Newcastle Falcons |
| Tom Wilkinson |
Actor |
12-Dec-1948 |
|
Shakespeare in Love |
| Richard Wilson |
Actor |
7-Jul-1936 |
|
Gaius on Merlin |
| Penelope Wilton |
Actor |
3-Jun-1946 |
|
Ann on Ever Decreasing Circles |
| Simon Winchester |
Journalist |
28-Sep-1944 |
|
The Professor and the Madman |
| Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |
| Edward Woodward |
Actor |
1-Jun-1930 |
16-Nov-2009 |
The Equalizer |
| Ian Woosnam |
Golf |
2-Mar-1958 |
|
Winner, 1991 Masters |
| Frances Yates |
Historian |
28-Nov-1899 |
29-Sep-1981 |
The Art of Memory |
| Michael York |
Actor |
27-Mar-1942 |
|
Logan's Run |
