Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

male, deceased (1683)
Mme de Sevigné, black pepper, sugar, beauvais, economy, colony…Controller-General of Finances
Jean-Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He was described by Mme de...
Roly Keating

Roly Keating

male
Jerry Springer Opera, Jerry Springer The Opera, UKTV, bookmark, arena, omnibus…BBC Two controller
Roland "Roly" Keating is the current controller of British television channel BBC Two as of June 2004, succeeding Jane Root. He read Classics at...
Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob

male, 62 years old
The King's School, Ely, British, The Wrong Trousers, Alumni of the University of Leeds, BBC Two, BBC One…BBC One controller, BBC Two controller
Alan Yentob (born March 11, 1947) is a British television executive. He was born into a Jewish family in London, and was educated at The King's...
Jane Root

Jane Root

female, 52 years old
BBC, BBC Two controller, Discovery Channel, BBC Two, Discovery Networks, Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Jane Root (born May 18 1957) was the controller of BBC Two from 1999 until 2004, when she left to work for Discovery Networks in the United States....
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy

male, 48 years old
From Aldershot, atheist, Top of the Pops, alternative, modern history, The Liberal Party…Comedy Controller
Jeremy Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a left-wing English alternative comedian. Born in Aldershot but now living in Streatham, he is known for his...
Suzanne Curchod

Suzanne Curchod

female, deceased (1794)
writer, Marmontel, Encyclopédie, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mably, Swiss women writer…Controller-General of Finances
Suzanne Curchod was the wife of Jacques Necker. She hosted one of the most celebrated salons of the Ancien Régime. Daughter of the pastor of the v...
Lorraine Heggessey

Lorraine Heggessey

female, 53 years old
British, british broadcasting corporation, BBC One controller, Television producer, Alumni of Durham University, BBC One
Lorraine Heggessey (born November 16 1956) is a British television producer and executive, currently the Chief Executive of the production company...
Don Puddy

Don Puddy

male
NASA, NASA flight controller, STS-1, NASA personnel, Flight Director, Flight controller
Don Puddy was a NASA engineer and manager. He joined NASA in 1964, eventually becoming the agency's tenth flight director. He served as a flight...
Alan Nunn May

Alan Nunn May

male, deceased (2003)
German, Heavy Water, University of Cambridge, radar, atomic reactor, Nuclear reactor technology…Soviet controller
Alan Nunn May (May 2, 1911-January 12, 2003) was a British physicist and a spy who supplied secrets of British and American atomic bomb research to...
Peter Salmon

Peter Salmon

male, 53 years old
Alumni of the University of Warwick, British, in-house, BBC One controller, Television producer, From Burnley
Peter Salmon (born May 15, 1956) is a British television producer and executive. Since October 2006 he has been the Chief Creative Officer of BBC...