James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...
Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian

male, deceased (2000)
Patrick O'Brian was an English novelist and translator, best known for his "Aubrey–Maturin series" of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Na...

Piracy

male
Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation. Seaborne piracy against...
John Howard

John Howard

male, deceased (1982)
John Melbourne Howard (1913-10 August 1982) was a British Conservative Party politician. Howard was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon. He...
Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

male, deceased (1940)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 - 9 November 1940), known as Neville Chamberlain, was a British Conservative politician and Prime...
Alan West

Alan West

male, 61 years old
Admiral Sir Alan West GCB DSC DUniv (born 1948) was the First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy from 2002 to 2006.
Jonathon Band

Jonathon Band

male, 59 years old
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, BSc (Exon), KCB, ADC (born 1950), since 2006, is the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom, the most senior serving...
Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg

male, 42 years old
Nick Clegg has a piece in The Guardian today: The world watched in horror yesterday as the conflict in Gaza claimed its latest innocent victims in...

Thomas Smith

male, deceased (1762)
Thomas Smith (? - 1762) was a British admiral and colonial governor. Smith was born in England, rumored to be the illegitimate son of Sir Thomas...
John Franklin

John Franklin

male, deceased (1847)
Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin FRGS (April 15, 1786 - June 11, 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two...