- Richard Best Baron Best
Richard Stuart Best, Baron Best, OBE (b. 22 June, 1945) is a British social housing leader and member of the House of Lords. The son of late Walter Best DL and Frances Chignell, Best was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Nottingham. He married Ima Akpan in 1970, divorcing in 1976, then Belinda Stemp in 1978. He had two daughters and two sons with his two wives. From 1970 to 1973, Best served as Director of the British Churches Housing Trust, … - Robert Best
Robert Best, (born June 23, 1969) is a clothing and toy designer who also appeared in the third season of the reality television series Project Runway. - John Best Jr.
John Best, Jr. was a member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina. A local businessman and a native of Durham (having graduated from Durham's Jordan High School), Best was first elected to the Durham City Council in 2001, representing Ward 3 (western Durham). He was defeated in 2005 by Mike Woodard, having captured only 27% of the votes. - George Best
George Best (22 May 1946 - 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders. In 1968, his "annus mirabilis", he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year. When fit, he was an automatic choice for the Northern Ireland team, … - Pete Best
Randolph Peter Best (born 24 November 1941 in Madras, India) is a British musician, best known as the original drummer for The Beatles. - Tino Best
Tino la Bertram Best (born August 26, 1981 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer. Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler in the spirit that took the West Indies to the top of world cricket throughout the 1970s and 1980s. However, the statistics of his career are not yet impressive, with a bowling average of 45 in Test cricket. - Charles Best
Dr. Charles Herbert Best, CC (February 27, 1899 - March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist. He was born in West Pembroke, Maine, USA to Canadian parents. While a 22-year-old student studying medicine at the University of Toronto, he worked as an assistant to Dr. Frederick Banting and played a role in the discovery of the pancreatic hormone insulin-one of the most significant advances in medicine at the time, enabling an effective treatment of diabetes. - James Best
James Best (born July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky) is an American character actor best known for his role as bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard". He has two daughters, Janeen and Jojami, as well as a son named Gary. Best was born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky in 1926. After his mother died in 1929, he was sent to live in an orphanage. - Travis Best
Travis Eric Best (born 12 July 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA, Virtus Bologna in the Italian League, UNICS Kazan in the Russian League. Currently signed a contract with Prokom Trefl Sopot, Poland After playing for Springfield Central High School and college at Georgia Tech, Best was drafted 23rd overall in the 1995 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers. He has played for the Pacers, the Chicago Bulls, … - Carrie Best
Carrie Best, OC, LL.D (March 4, 1903 - July 24, 2001) was a Black Canadian journalist. Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, a daughter to James and Georgina Ashe Prevoe, she married Albert T. Best in 1925. In 1946 she founded "The Clarion", the first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper. In 1952 she started a radio show, "The Quiet Corner", which was aired for 12 years. From 1968 to 1975 she was a columnist for "The Pictou Advocate", … - Ben Best
Ben Best is President/CEO of the Cryonics Institute, the world's second largest cryonics organization. He is a well-known activist in cryonics and life extension advocacy. Best holds undergraduate degrees in pharmacy from the University of British Columbia, and physics and computing science (BSc), and finance (BBA) from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. - Eve Best
Eve Best, is a British actress best known for her stage work. Best grew up in Ladbroke Grove and attended Wycombe Abbey Girls’ School before going on to Lincoln College, Oxford where she read English. Among her earliest public performances were with the the W11 Opera children's opera company in London at the age of nine. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London graduating in 1999, … - David Best
David Best is an internationally-renowned American sculptor. He is well-known for building immense temples out of recycled wood sheets (discarded from making toys and other punch-outs) for the Burning Man festivals, where they are then burnt to the ground in a spectacle of light and heat. Best received a master's degree in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he first took classes at the age of six. - Mona Best
Mona Best, (1924-1988) born in India, is best known as the mother of Pete Best, an early member of The Beatles. She also had two other sons, Rory and Roag (Roag's father is longtime Beatles associate Neil Aspinall). As a resident of Liverpool, England, she pawned all of her jewellery off one day and used the money to place a 33-1 bet on a horse named 'Never Say Die'. With her winnings, she bought a home and opened "The Casbah Coffee Club", a venue for rock music, … - Clyde Best
Clyde Best MBE (born February 24, 1951 in Bermuda) was a Bermudian football player who most notably played striker for West Ham United, and was one of the first post-World War II black players in British football. While he initially suffered through some unpleasant fan chanting, Clyde became a true fan favourite at Upton Park. He was a strong, powerful player with the skills of the traditional English centre forward, … - Leon Best
Leon Best born 19 September 1986 is an English born footballer, with Coventry City. He is a powerful, tall striker who is good at holding up the ball and whose pace makes him a major threat on the break. As a young player, Leon started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premiership club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Q.P.R. followed later in the 2004-05 season. - Edna Best
Edna Best was a British actress. Born in Hove, England, Best entered films in 1921. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Among her other film credits are "Intermezzo: A Love Story" (1939), "Swiss Family Robinson" (1940), "The Late George Apley" and "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (both 1947). - Adam Best
Adam Best (born 1983, Donaghadee, Co Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish actor. He is probably most famous for his role as Matt Parker on the BBC One drama "Holby City". In 2004 he appeared in an episode of "Silent Witness" as a guest and played Young David Kelman. He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for 3 years. Adam has a girlfriend Sarah, whose training to be an opera singer. - Alex Best
Alex Best (born Alex Pursey January 29, 1972) is a former air hostess, model and ex-wife of George Best, who was her senior by 26 years. She married Best in 1995. In 2004 she appeared in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and in the same year she won the title of Rear of the Year. Alex also owns the 'SW19' bar in Wimbledon. - Elsdon Best
Elsdon Best was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand. - Neil Best
Neil Best (born 3 April 1979 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Ulster and Ireland. Best is in his fourth season with Ulster, and is unrelated to namesake Simon Best and Rory Best. Educated at Newtownbreda High School and later at Wellington College (Belfast), Best was a relative late comer to rugby, starting his career with Malone RFC. He has a BSc and MA in chemical engineering. - William Thomas Best
William Thomas Best (August 13, 1826 - May 10, 1897), was an English organist. The son of a solicitor, he was born at Carlisle. Having decided on a musical career, he became a pupil of the cathedral organist. He became particularly skilled in the interpretation of Bach's music. His successive appointments were to Pembroke chapel, Liverpool, 1840; to a church for the blind, 1847, and the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, 1848. - Keith Best
Keith Lander Best was Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Anglesey from 1979 (when he gained the seat from Labour) to 1983, and for (the renamed) Ynys Môn from 1983 to 1987. He was personal assistant to the Secretary of State for Wales from 1981 to 1984. Best was born in Brighton and educated at Keble College, Oxford, before becoming a barrister in 1973. He served in the Territorial Army 1967-87 and as a Brighton Borough councillor 1976-80. - Steven Best
Steven Best (born December 1955) is an American animal rights activist, author, talk-show host, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been described as "one of the leading scholarly voices on animal rights." Best is co-founder of the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA), the first group dedicated to the philosophical discussion of animal liberation. - Jacob Best
Jacob Best, Sr. (1786 - 1861) was an American brewer who founded what would later become known as the Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt where he learned the trade and ran a small brewery in Mettenheim, Germany, until immigrating to Milwaukee in 1844 to join his sons. In Milwaukee, Jacob founded a brewery on Chestnut Street Hill called Empire brewery, which he ran with his sons, Phillip, Jacob, Jr., Charles, and Lorenz. - Colin Best
Colin Best (born November 22, 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League competition. Best has previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks,Hull FC in the English Super League and more recently, the St George Illawarra Dragons. His position of choice is on the wing. - Willie Best
William "Willie" Best (May 27, 1913 - February 27, 1962) was an American actor. Best was one of the first well-known African-American film actors, although his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is today reviled because he was often called upon to play stereotypically lazy, illiterate, and simple-minded Black characters in films. Best's characterization of the stereotype of the lazy Black man earned him the stage name "Sleep 'n' Eat"; indeed, … - John Best
John Best is a British horse racing trainer. He has been training racehorses in Kent, England for over ten years. He began his career riding and training point-to-point and hunter-chasers before taking out his National Hunt license in 1997 and his flat racing license in 1999. He is known for his amusingly-named Hucking Horses syndicate, named for the location of his training yard at Scragged Oak Farm in the village of Hucking, near Maidstone. - Greg Best
Gregory "Greg" Alan Best (born July 23, 1964 in Lynchburg, VA) is an equestrian competitor and coach in the sport of show jumping. Best known for winning two silver medals for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea riding the famous Gem Twist. Mr. Best has dual citizenship with the US and New Zealand, and coached New Zealand's jumpers for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. - Angie Best
Angie Best (born Angela MacDonald-James in 1953 in Southend on Sea, Essex), is a former Playboy Bunny and model, probably best known as the ex-wife of footballer George Best. Born in Southend on Sea, she has at least one brother who was a singer/song writer and later father to actress Samantha Janus. Angie became a model, and then Bunny hostess at the Playboy club in London. She was then invited to New York to model, … - Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, … - David Best
David Alexander Best (born November 21, 1880 in Derry, Ireland; year of death unknown) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1945 as an anti-coalition Conservative. Born in what is now Northern Ireland, Best was educated at Foyle College and came to Canada in 1911. He worked as an accountant and printing salesman, and was elected as the reeve of St. James, Manitoba in 1938. - Lloyd Best
Lloyd Algernon Best (b. February 27 1934 - d. March 19 2007) was a Trinidadian intellectual, columnist, professor, and economist. Best attended the Tacarigua Anglican School and Queen's Royal College, in Port of Spain. He won an island scholarship and graduated from the University of Cambridge and Oxford University. In 1957 Best joined the Faculty of the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica as a Research Fellow. He remained as a Professor in Economics until 1976, … - Carlisle Best
Carlisle Alonza Best (b. 14 May, 1959) played eight Tests and 24 one-day internationals for the West Indies. Best hooked his third ball in Test cricket for six of the bowling of Ian Botham at Kingston, Jamaica, in February 1986. - Andy Best
Andrew Keith Best (born January 5, 1959 in Dorchester) is an English former professional footballer Andy Best, a right-winger, joined Torquay United in October 1984 from local non-league side Teignmouth, one of a number of players signed for free by Torquay manager David Webb. His league debut came on the 23rd of October against Scunthorpe United at the Old Show Ground. He made 18 league appearances, scoring twice before leaving for Dawlish Town in 1985. - Roy Best
Roy Best was an American painter of pin-up art. He was born in Waverly, Ohio and attended the Art Institute of Cincinnati, working on a railroad construction crew to support himself. He later moved to Chicago, Illinois, and enrolled in the Art Institute there. Later, Best was represented in New York by American Artists, an agency which handled nearly a hundred highly regarded illustrators. - Harold Best
Harold Best (born December 18, 1937) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West from the 1997 general election until he retired at the 2005 general election. He is a trade unionist. - Alfred M. Best
Alfred M. Best (Caldwell, 1876-1958) was an American actuary. At the age of 15, Best began his career in the insurance industry as a junior clerk with the Queen Insurance Company of America in New York. He continued to work in the insurance field for various companies over the next six years. - Mireille Best
Mireille Best is a French writer born in 1943 in Le Havre. Her book "Les Mots de hasard" contains five short stories. "Le Méchant Petit Jeune Homme" (1983) contains three short stories. Her second novel was "Camille en octobre" (1988) about the relationship between Camille and the dentist Clara. *Review in German - Amy Lynn Best
Amy Lynn Best (born November 1, 1972 in Topeka, Kansas) is an actress, producer, and director and dancer.
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