- David Lean
Sir David Lean KBE (March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", and "Doctor Zhivago". He was voted 9th best director of all time in the BFI "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. - Kate Bush
Kate Bush (born 30 July, 1958, Bexleyheath, Greater London) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful and original solo female performers of the past 30 years. BRIT Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated Bush was signed up by EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. - John Yates
Assistant Commissioner John Yates is one of five senior police officers who hold the rank in the Metropolitan Police, the statutory police force for Greater London excluding the City of London. Assistant Commissioner Yates came to prominence for heading the Cash for Peerages investigation. - David Gray
David Gray (born 9 February, 1979 in Lower Morden, Greater London, England) is an English professional snooker player. Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995. He first served notice of his potential by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9 in the first round of the World Championship in 2000, a match in which O'Sullivan scored 5 centuries and Gray 4. He won the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship. - Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold ("Jeff") Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London, England) is an English guitar virtuoso and songwriter. Though he played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s (notably in The Yardbirds) Beck has maintained a sporadic solo career over the last 25 years. Despite never attaining the commercial viability of his contemporaries, Beck has gained widespread critical acclaim, … - Robert Carr
Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC (born November 11, 1916) is a British Conservative politician. Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural sciences, graduating in 1938. He was elected Member of Parliament for Mitcham in 1950 and served there until 1974 when the seat was merged and he moved to Carshalton. - David Essex
David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July, 1947, in Plaistow, Essex (now Greater London), is an English actor and singer, who has enjoyed a varied show business career. - David Ian
David Ian Ian (born Chadwell Heath, Greater London in 1961), is a former actor, who turned theatre producer in 1991 to become the most powerful man in UK theatre in 2005 according to "The Stage". The chairman of former Clear Channel's subsidiary Live Nation’s global theatrical division, he was one of the judges in the BBC TV series "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?". The son of a Railway Fitter and a Personal Assistant, … - Michelle Ryan
Michelle Claire Ryan is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Zoe Slater on the popular BBC1 Soap Opera "EastEnders". She will be starring in the upcoming NBC television show "Bionic Woman". Ryan was born in Enfield, Greater London. A member of a local theatre group since she was 10, she was picked for her role in "EastEnders" when she was 15 and first appeared on the show in September 2000; for the part, … - Hugh Thomas
Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (born October 21, 1931 in Windsor), is a British historian. Thomas was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset before taking a BA in 1953 at Queens' College, Cambridge. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. His 1961 book "The Spanish Civil War" won the Somerset Maugham Award for 1962. A significantly revised and enlarged third edition was released in 1977. - Alec Stewart
Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April, 1963 in Merton, Greater London) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the English cricket team. He is the most capped English cricketer of all time in both Test matches and one-day internationals, having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs. - Reg Varney
Reginald Alfred Varney (born Canning Town, Essex (now Greater London) on 11 July 1916) is an English TV and film actor who starred in "On the Buses", a popular British 1970s sitcom. His father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. He was educated at nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, … - Mary Jane Kelly
Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863 - November 9, 1888) is widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late summer and autumn of 1888. She was about twenty-five and in poverty at the time of her death. Reports of the time estimated her height at 5 feet and 7 inches (1.70 metres). - Martina Warren
Martina Warren (born August 12, 1983 in Romford, Greater London, England) is an English model, Glamour model, former Penthouse magazine centerfold (January 2003), and 2005 Penthouse Pet of the Year. - Kelly Llorenna
Kelly Llorenna is a female dance singer who was born in Upminster, Greater London, England in 1975 and raised in Oldham, Greater Manchester. - Geoffrey Finsberg
Sir Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, MBE, JP (13 June 1926-8 October 1996) was a British Conservative politician. Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47. From a young age he was active in the Conservative Party and was founder chairman of Mansfield Young Conservatives 1946-47. He served as National Chairman of the Young Conservatives, 1954-57 and took senior rules in the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, … - Fred Manson
Fred Manson is an urban renewal specialist from the United Kingdom. He is the former Director of Regeneration at the London Borough of Southwark. Fred Manson was appointed Director of Development in 1990 and Director of Regeneration and Environment in 1994 in the UK. His areas of expertise include economic development, planning, property management, environmental management, regeneration and leisure and community services. - David Eldridge
David Eldridge is an English Dramatist, born in Romford, Greater London, United Kingdom (UK)in 1973. His plays have been performed at major new writing institutions in the UK, including The Royal Court Theatre, the Bush Theatre, the Finborough Theatre and the National Theatre. His stage adaptation of the film "Festen" transferred from the Almeida Theatre to the West End and Broadway. - Max Rayne
Max Rayne, Baron Rayne (8 February 1918 - 10 October 2003) was a supporter of medical, religious, education and arts charities in England. After National Service in the Second World War Rayne joined his family clothing firm. Using its premises as a starting point, he directed his attention to land and property development in bomb-damaged central London. In this he was notably successful and when, in 1962, … - George Weidenfeld
Sir Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld (born September 13, 1919 in Vienna) is a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. Weidenfeld attended the University of Vienna and the city's Diplomatic College. Following Germany's annexation of Austria in 1938, he emigrated to London and began work with the monitoring service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. - Peter Quennell
Peter Courtney Quennell (b. March 9 1905, Bickley, Kent (now in Greater London), England - d. October 27 1993, London) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic. Quennell was the son of social historians C.H.B. Quennell, and his wife, Marjorie. Educated at Berkhamsted Grammar School and at Balliol College, Oxford, he first practised journalism in London. At school he was selected to be included in Public School Verse, … - Wayne Andrews
Wayne Andrews (born November 25 1977 in Paddington, Westminster in Greater London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Bristol City of League One, on loan from Coventry in The Championship. He joined Coventry on June 2 2006 following his release from Crystal Palace. Andrews began his career with Watford, making his debut in as a substitute in a 2-1 away victory against Bournemouth. - Bernard Delfont
Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont (5 September 1909 - 28 July 1994), born Boris Winogradsky, was a leading Ukrainian-born British theatrical impresario. He was born in Tokmak, Ukraine, the second son of Isaac and Olga Winogradsky. His brothers Lew Grade and Leslie Grade also entered showbusiness. His nephew Michael Grade is now the Chairman of ITV. Delfont entered theatrical management in 1941. He presented over 200 shows in London and New York, … - Steven Reid
Steven John Reid (born 10 March, 1981 in Kingston, London, England) is an Irish football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Republic of Ireland, primarily as a midfielder. He made his professional debut for Millwall in the 1997-98 season at the age of 17 and was part of the successful 2000-01 team that gained promotion to the English First Division. He continued to impress for both club and country, … - Edward Graham
Thomas Edward (Ted) Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, PC (born 26 March 1925) is a Labour Co-operative politician. Graham was educated at the Co-operative College and held several positions in the co-operative movement from 1939, becoming National Secretary for the Co-operative Party. He was a councillor on Enfield Borough Council from 1961, joining the new London Borough of Enfield in 1964 and becoming its leader for ten years. Graham contested Enfield West in 1966. - Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington was Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England. Shute was born at Beckett Hall in Shrivenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the home of his father, John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington. He was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford, and after holding some minor dignities was made Bishop of Llandaff in 1769. In 1782 he was translated to Salisbury and in 1791 to Durham. - Lewis Grabban
Lewis Grabban (born January 12, 1988 in Croydon, Greater London, England) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace of The Championship. He wears the number 33 shirt, and is a striker. He went to Cumnor House School in South Croydon, where his footballing talent was noticed, and was spotted by Croydon Schools and Purley Panthers teams. He went on to secondary education at Trinity School of John Whitgift in Shirley, … - Dini Petty
Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clocked five thousand hours as pilot-in-command of a Hughes 300. Later at Citytv Toronto, she worked as a writer, reporter and co-anchor, with Gord Martineau, … - Stephen Pewsey
Stephen Pewsey (born 1955 in Rochford, Essex) is an Essex local historian and prolific author. He grew up in Southend-on-Sea, later living in Newham (Greater London), and Loughton, Essex. Pewsey attended Southend-on-Sea High School for Boys and was a founder member of Southend Action Group for the Arts. He began his writing career in the 1970s contributing to local magazines. In 1990 he co-founded the Essex Calf group of local historians, … - John Atwood
John Atwood was the Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony, in the US state of Massachusetts, in 1638. John Atwood's parents were Nicholas Wood (abt. 1539-1586), of Sanderstead Court in the English county of Surrey (now Greater London), and Olive Harman (1548-1603), daughter of the wealthy London merchant, James Harman (abt. 1527-1581). He had nine brothers, two sisters, and one half brother (from his mother’s marriage to John Buck in 1592). - James Martin Charlton
James Martin Charlton is an English playwright and theatre director. He was born in Romford, Greater London, United Kingdom in 1966. His play "Fat Souls" won the 1992 International Playwriting Festival at Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, where it premièred in 1993. "Fat Souls" and the plays which followed it - "Groping in the Dark" and "Coming Up" - use verse dialogue, soliloquies, emblematic characterisation and Biblical imagery, … - Norah Phillips Baroness Phillips
Norah Mary Phillips, Baroness Phillips, JP (August 12 1910-14 August 1992) was a British Labour politician. Born Norah Lusher, she was educated at Hampton Training College as a teacher. She became active in her local Fulham Labour Party and in 1930 married fellow Fulham activist Morgan Phillips, a former miner and later the formidable General Secretary of the Labour Party 1944-1961. They had a son and a daughter, Gwyneth Dunwoody, … - Timothy Beaumont Baron Beaumont of Whitley
Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (born 22 November, 1928) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the only person to sit in the House of Lords as a member of the Green Party. Beaumont's father, Michael Beaumont, was a Conservative Member of Parliament; his maternal grandfather was Liberal politician Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford. Timothy was educated at Eton College, Gordonstoun School and Christ Church, Oxford. - Keith Cullen
Keith John Cullen (born June 13, 1972 in Ilford, Greater London) is a long-distance runner from England, who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. He finished in 19th place, clocking 2:16:59. - Eric Fletcher Baron Fletcher
Sir Eric George Molyneux Fletcher, Baron Fletcher (26 March 1903 - 9 June 1990) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Fletcher was the son of a former town clerk of Islington. He studied at Radley College and the University of London and became a solicitor, specialising in international law. He was deputy chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation. Fletcher was elected onto the London County Council for Islington South, serving 1934-49. - Alf Padgham
Alfred "Alf" Harry Padgham (2 July 1906 - 4 March 1966) was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s. Padgham was born in Caterham, Surrey. After finishing third at The Open Championship in 1934, and coming second in 1935, he won the 1936 Open at Hoylake. Padgham played for Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1933, 1935 and 1937, but he lost all six of his matches. He had an ungainly style, but was at times a brilliant putter. - Peter Atte Wode
Peter Atte Wode (c. 1325 - bef 1382) was a Justice in Eyre for England south of the Trent from 1360-1367. He was probably born in Coulsdon in Surrey (now Greater London) according to Manning and Bray's "History of Surrey". The precise date of his birth is not known, but it is presumed to have been sometime before 1325. His father was Geoffrey Atte Wode (Abt 1297-1346), a Sergeant at Arms to Edward III and his mother was Anisia. - Lena Jeger Baroness Jeger
Lena May Jeger, Baroness Jeger (19 November 1915 - 26 February 2007) was a British Labour politician. She was an MP for 21 years, in two spells. She followed her husband as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South, holding the seat from 1953 to 1959. She retook the seat in 1964, retaining it until 1979, when she became a life peer. - Theodore Austin-Sparks
Theodore Austin-Sparks (usually known as "T. Austin-Sparks" or just "TAS") was a British Christian evangelist. Born in London in 1888, Austin-Sparks was sent as a boy to live in Scotland with his father's relatives. It was there that he became a Christian at the age of 17 while listening to a group of young street-preachers in Glasgow. Within a short time, he too was giving his public testimony with this band of young people. - Elizabeth Hazel
Elizabeth Hazel (born January 15, 1974 in Thornton Heath, London) is a former international backstroke swimmer, who was born in the United Kingdom but competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in 25th position in the 200m Backstroke.
|
| |