HONOR

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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Baker	Actor	1-Apr-1931	7-Oct-2011	Ruth Rendell Mysteries
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
David Beaty	Novelist	28-Mar-1919	4-Dec-1999	Cone of Silence
Dickie Bird	Cricket	19-Apr-1933		Beloved Cricket player/umpire
Gary Brooker	Musician	29-May-1945		Procol Harum
John Cale	Cellist	9-Mar-1942		Velvet cellist and influential producer
Sebastian Coe	Track and Field	29-Sep-1956		Won 4 Olympic running medals
Andrea Corr	Singer	17-May-1974		Lead singer of The Corrs
Henry Cotton	Golf	26-Jan-1907	22-Dec-1987	Won the British Open three times
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
Frank Dalby Davison	Author	23-Jun-1893	24-May-1970	Dusty
Herb Elliott	Track and Field	25-Feb-1938		Middle distance runner
Nick Faldo	Golf	18-Jul-1957		Winner of 6 Major tournaments
George Finch	Chemist	4-Aug-1888	22-Nov-1970	Oxygen for mountain climbing
Harry Fowler	Actor	10-Dec-1926	4-Jan-2012	Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game
Dawn Fraser	Swimmer	4-Sep-1937		Olympic gold medal swimmer
Steven Gerrard	Soccer	30-May-1980		Liverpool F.C.
Evonne Goolagong	Tennis	31-Jul-1951		Aboriginal Australian tennis star
Shane Gould	Swimmer	23-Nov-1956		Swimmer, 5 Olympic Medals in 1972
Willoughby Gray	Actor	5-Nov-1916	13-Feb-1993	Sir John Stevens on Howards' Way
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
Pat Jennings	Soccer	12-Jun-1945		PFA Player of the Year, 1976
Denys Lasdun	Architect	8-Sep-1914	11-Jan-2001	British modernist architect
Rod Laver	Tennis	9-Aug-1938		Winner of 1962 and 1969 Grand Slam
Paul Lawrie	Golf	1-Jan-1969		Winner, 1999 British Open
Anna Lee	Actor	2-Jan-1913	14-May-2004	Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital
John Lennon	Musician	9-Oct-1940	8-Dec-1980	Beatle
Hugh Lloyd	Actor	22-Apr-1923	14-Jul-2008	Hugh and I
Sandy Lyle	Golf	9-Feb-1958		Winner of 2 Majors
Paul McCartney	Musician	18-Jun-1942		Beatle
Graeme McDowell	Golf	30-Jul-1979		Winner, 2010 US Open
Rory McIlroy	Golf	4-May-1989		Winner, 2011 US Open
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	26-Feb-2009	Are You Being Served?
Ken Rosewall	Tennis	2-Nov-1934		Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles
Sir Run Run Shaw	Film/TV Producer	23-Nov-1907		Kung fu movie mogul
David Shoenberg	Physicist	4-Jan-1911	10-Mar-2004	Physicist at Cambridge
Simon Singh	Author	19-Sep-1964		Fermat's Last Theorem
Ringo Starr	Drummer	7-Jul-1940		Beatle
Terry Waite	Victim	31-May-1939		Hostage negotiator, then hostage
Peter Walker	Politician	25-Mar-1932		Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP
Barbara Windsor	Actor	6-Aug-1937		EastEnders

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