Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay

male, deceased (1986)
Tenzing Norgay GM (May 1914 - 9 May 1986), often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. He and Edmund Hillary were the...
David Purley

David Purley

male, deceased (1985)
David Charles Purley GM (January 26, 1945 - July 2, 1985) was a British Formula One driver born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. He participated in 11...
Lisa Potts

Lisa Potts

female
Lisa Potts, GM (married name Webb) is a former nursery teacher. She was injured in 1996 while protecting children in her St Luke's Primary School...
Mike Hailwood

Mike Hailwood

male, deceased (1981)
Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, MBE, GM (April 2 1940 - March 23 1981) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer regarded by many as one of...
Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake

female, 97 years old
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM (born August 30 1912), was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II who fought alongside the maquis...

Andrée de Jongh

female, 93 years old
Andrée de Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance who organized the Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers during World War II. Andrée de Jo...
Krystyna Skarbek

Krystyna Skarbek

female, deceased (1952)
Krystyna Skarbek, G.M., O.B.E., Croix de guerre (1 May, 1915 - 15 June, 1952) was a Polish-born World War II British SOE agent also known by the...
Bernard de Neumann

Bernard de Neumann

male
Frederick Bernard de Neumann (15 December 1943-) is a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. In Austria and...
Andrew Pennington

Andrew Pennington

male, deceased (2000)
Andrew Pennington was a Liberal Democrat councillor in Cheltenham, England, who died on January 28 2000 while intervening to assist Cheltenham MP...
Arthur Henry Cobby

Arthur Henry Cobby

male, deceased (1955)
Arthur Henry "Harry" Cobby, CBE, DSO, DFC & Two Bars, GM (August 26, 1894-November 11 1955) was a notable Australian military aviator. Cobby was...