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Alan Bennett
English icon
Albert Finney
Famous actor
Alexander Pope
Poet, 1688 - 1744
Anatol Rapoport
Scientist, 1911+
Andrea Corr
Singer in Irish band The Corrs
Angela Carter
Novelist
Anne Heche
Actress, 1969+
Annette Bening
Actress
Archibald MacLeish
US poet, 1892 - 1982
Armand Hammer
Successful businessman
Arnold Bennett
Lived 1867 - 1931
Audrey Hepburn
Star of classic old films such as Breakfast At Tiffanys
Ben Elton
Comedian and writer
Benjamin Spock
American paediatriciain
Bertrand Russell
Distinguished British philosopher and author. Lived 1872 - 1970.
Beverly Sills
Popular American opera singer
Bill Paxton
Actor
Billy Joel
Musician
Bing Crosby
American singer and film actor, 1903-77
Bob Dylan
Singer
Bob Hope
British born US comedian, died at the grand old age of 100
Bono
Lead singer of U2
Brooke Shields
American actress, starred in films such as 'The Bachelor' and sit com 'Susan'
Brooks Robinson
Baseball player
C Wright Mills
American sociologist, 1916 - 62
Cate Blanchett
Famous actress
Charles Wadsworth
Acclaimed pianist
Cher
Singer well known for her various plastic surgery jobs
Christopher Morley
American writer
Clint Eastwood
Starred in a host of films since 1955 right up to the 2000s
Clive Barnes
Journalist
Colin Farrell
Actor, been in some films but also TV shows like
Dante Alighieri
Lived 1265 - 1321, Italian poet, born in Florence
Daphne Du Maurier
English novelist, 1907-89
David Attenborough
British naturalist, famous for his whispering voice over all sorts of bizarre natural events and phenomena
David Beckham
Footballer
David Hume
Famous philosopher
David Orr
Businessman
Dennis Hopper
Actor
Dennis Rodman
American athlete
Drew Carey
Actor
Earl Wilson
American journalist, 1907 - 87
Edmund Wilson
American critic, 1895 - 1972
Edwin Land
Founder of Polaroid, 1909 - 91
Emilio Estevez
Actor
Enrique Iglesias
Son of aging singer and casanova Julio, famous for his relationship with Anna Kournikova
Enya
Irish singer known for her soulful, haunting ballads
Eric Berne
Psychologist
Eric Morecambe
One half of Morecambe and Wise. 1926 - 84
Evita Peron
Maria Eva Duarte, actress before marrying the powerful politician Juan Peron
Fats Domino
R&B and soul singer
Florence Nightingale
Pioneer of nursing
Francis Quarles
English poet, 1592-1644
Fred Allen
American humorist
Fred Astaire
US film actor and dancer
Fred Perry
Male tennis player
Gabriel Byrne
Actor
Gary Snyder
Poet, 1930+
Geoffrey Fisher
Man of the cloth, 1887 - 1972
George Best
Footballer
George Carlin
American comedian
George Clooney
Started off in American drama ER then moved into films
George Gobel
American comedian
George Lucas
American film director 1944-
Georges Braque
French painter
Gerard De Nerval
French poet, 1805-55
Glenda Jackson
MP
Glenn Turner
Athlete, 1947+
Golda Meir
Israeli leader, lived 1898-1978
Harry S Truman
Former President of the USA
Helena Bonham Carter
Actress, one of her most famous roles was in "Planet Of The Apes"
Henry Fonda
Actor
Henry Sidgwick
British philosopher, pronounced 'Sidge - ick'
Honore De Balzac
French novelist 1799-1850
Horace Mann
American educationist, 1796-1859
Hubert H Humphrey
American vice president 38, lived 1911 - 78
Ian McKellen
English actor, most notably of Lord of the Rings fame, though he's been around forever! 1939+
Idi Amin
Ugandan dictator and former boxer, 1925 - 2003
Igor Sikorsky
Pioneering American aviator, 1889-1972
Irving Berlin
Russian-born US composer
Isadora Duncan
Dancer
James Beard
US author, 1903 - 85
James Haven
Actor
Jamie Oliver
Famous as the Naked Chef - celebrity cook
Jan Peter Balkenende
Dutch Prime Minister
Janet Jackson
Singer, sister of Michael
Jason Biggs
The bashful Jim of the American Pie movies
Jean Renoir
French director
Jeffrey Bernard
British journalist, 1932 - 97
Jeremy Paxman
Presenter of political shows, famous for asking difficult questions
Jerome K Jerome
Author, major work Three Men in a Boat
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian philosopher, 1895-1986
Jim Thorpe
American footballer, 1886 - 1953
Jimmy Demaret
US golfer, 1910+
Jimmy Stewart
American actor, 1908-97
Joan Collins
Legendary actress
Joe Louis
Boxer
Joe Namath
American football player
John F Kennedy
Former American president
John Jewel
English bishop
John Prescott
Labour MP and deputy leader under Tony Blair. Subject of much ridicule for his non-sensical sentences, and faces general incredulity over what he actually does. Nickname: Two Jags
John Simon
US critic, 1925+
John Stuart Mill
Very famous English philosopher and Utilitarian
John Wayne
American actor
Johnny Ball
Popular presenter of TV science, father of Zoe Ball
Johnny Wilkinson
England Rugby Player and World Cup 2003 winning Hero (NB: prefers to spell his name Jonny - this entry duplicates that for Jonny Wilkinson)
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Spanish writer, philosopher
Joseph Addison
English politician and writer, 1672 - 1719
Joseph Heller
American Novelist 1923 -
Joseph Joubert
French moralist, 1754 - 1824
Julia Ward Howe
Lived 1819-1910
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian, 1886 - 1968
Karl Marx
Famous German political philosopher. Lived 1818 - 1883.
Katharine Hepburn
Actress who began her film career in 1932 and continued to act until the mid 90s
Katie Price
The real name of Jordan, an alter-ego which she has recently dropped
Kristin Scott Thomas
Actress - "The English Patient", "Mission: Impossible", "Gosford Park"
Laurence Olivier
English actor and director, 1907-89
Lauryn Hill
Musician
Lenny Kravitz
Musician
Liberace
American showman
Linda Evangelista
Canadian model
Lisa Murkowski
American politician, 1957+
Lorraine Hansberry
American playwright, 1930-65
Madeleine Albright
Secretary of State in the USA during Clinton's presidency
Malcom X
Civil rights campaigner
Margaret Fuller
US critic, 1810 - 1850
Margery Allingham
English crime writer
Margot Fonteyn
English ballet dancer
Mark W Clark
Famous soldier
Martha Graham
US dancer, 1891 - 1991
Mary Kay Ash
Businesswoman and founder of large cosmetics company
Mary Robinson
English poet, 1758-1800
Mary Wortley Montagu
English writer, 1689-1762
Max Frisch
German author
Michael Palin
Actor, famous particularly for Monty Python's Flying Circus. Also did Around the World with Michael Palin
Mike Myers
Famous actor, as in Austin Powers
Miles Davis
Jazz musician
Nancy Astor
British Conservative politician 1879-1964
Naomi Campbell
World famous model renowned for her stroppiness
Niccolo Machiavelli
Florentine statesman and political philosopher
Norman Vincent Peale
American religious broadcaster and writer, 1898-
Novalis
German poet and novelist, 1772-1801
Olga Korbut
Russian gymnast, 1956+
Omar Khayyam
Astronomer-poet of Persia
Orson Welles
Lived 1915 - 1985, Actor and writer
Patrick Henry
American statesman, 1736-99
Patrick White
Australian novelist, 1912-90
Patti LaBelle
R&B Artist
Paul Gascoigne
Ex-England footballer, great player but who was distracted by off field problems
Pete Seeger
American folk singer, 1919-
Pete Townshend
Music star
Peter Mayhew
Star Wars actor
Pierce Brosnan
Actor, famous for James Bond
Pope John Paul II
Head of the Roman Catholic Church and third longest serving Pope, from 1978 - 2005. Lived: 1920 - 2005.
Priscilla Presley
American actress & former wife of Elvis Presley
Queen Victoria
Former Queen during the 19th and 20th centuries
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet and philosopher, 1861 - 1941
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American minister who left the ministry to pursue a career in writing
Randall Jarrell
American poet, 1914-65
Reggie Jackson
Athlete
Richard J Daley
Politician
Richard Wagner
German composer
Robert Browning
English poet 1812-89
Robert Hall
English minister, 1764 - 1831
Robert Jarvik
Inventor, 1946+
Robert Ludlum
American writer, 1927 - 2001
Robert Morley
British actor
Ron Wyden
US politician, 1949+
Rudy Giuliani
Former mayor of New York
Rupert Everett
Actor starred in "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Next Best Thing" to name a few
Salvador Dali
Surreal painter
Sam Snead
US golfer
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist 1856-1939
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher, 1813 - 1855
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool and England footballer
Stevie Wonder
R&B and soul singer/songwriter
Theodore Roethke
American poet, 1908-1963
Thomas Hood
English poet and humourist, 1799-1845
Thomas Moore
Irish musician and songwriter
Tim McGraw
Popular male singer in country music
Tim Roth
Actor
Tina Fey
Comic
Tom Snyder
Journalist, 1936+
Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister, who started promisingly but whose abiding legacy after his ten years of leadership was probably going to War in Iraq. The day he resigned as Prime Minister he also gave up being an MP (never having liked the House of Commons or Britain anyway hence spending most of his time as leader abroad or covering foreign matters) and was appointed, perhaps ironically, a peace envoy
Tony Goldwyn
US actor, 1960+
Tony Hawk
US athlete, 1968+
Vance Packard
American journalist, social critic, and author
Vanessa Williams
Actress
Victoria Wood
English comedienne
W Clement Stone
American businessman, 1902+
Walt Whitman
American poet, 1819-92
William Pitt
Former British Prime Minister
William Trevor
Anglo-irish novelist
William Whewell
English philosopher and scientist, 1794-1866
Yogi Berra
American baseball player