- Sonny Greenwich
Sonny Greenwich, C.M. (born 1 January 1936) is a Canadian Avant-garde jazz guitarist. In 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. - Ellie Greenwich
Eleanor Louise Greenwich, known as Ellie Greenwich (born October 23, 1940, Brooklyn, New York), is an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer, who wrote some of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s. - Julius Caesar
Sir Julius Caesar (1557/58 - 18 April 1636) was an English judge and politician. He was born near Tottenham in Middlesex. His father was Giulio Cesare Adelmare, an Italian physician to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, descended by the female line from the dukes of Cesarini. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards studied at the University of Paris, where in the year 1581 he was made a doctor of civil law. - John James
John James (c 1673- 15 May 1746) was an architect particularly associated with Twickenham in west London, where he rebuilt St. Mary's Church and built the house for Hon. James Johnson, Secretary for Scotland, later Orleans House (demolished). Howard Colvin's assessment of him was that of "a competent architect, but he lacked inventive fancy, and his buildings are for the most part plain and unadventurous in design" (Colvin 1995). - Martha Moxley
Martha Elizabeth Moxley (August 16 1960 - October 30 1975) was a fifteen-year-old murder victim in a case that attracted worldwide publicity. Born in San Francisco, California, Moxley and her family moved to Belle Haven, an exclusive section of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the summer of 1974. Just 15 months later, on the evening of October 30, 1975, Moxley left with friends to attend a Halloween party at the Skakel home, one block away. - Nick Raynsford
Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, known as Nick Raynsford, (born January 28, 1945) was born in Northampton and educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Degree in History in 1966. He had been rusticated (suspended) for a year for night climbing, in the course of which he had displayed a banner against the Vietnam War between the pinnacles of King's College Chapel. - John Austin
John Eric Austin, formerly known as 'John Austin-Walker', (born August 21, 1944, in Blaby, Leicestershire) is a British Member of Parliament, first elected for Woolwich 1992-7, then for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997-present after boundary changes. He is a member of the Labour Party. He worked as a social worker and was leader of Greenwich council before entering Parliament. Austin is a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group. - Steven Taylor
Steven Vincent Taylor (born January 23, 1986 in Greenwich, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Newcastle United. He is a central defender who can also play at right back and sometimes left back. Despite being born in London, his family moved to Whitley Bay, North Tyneside when Taylor was just two weeks old, and he grew up as a Newcastle supporter. - Nicholas Hawksmoor
Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) was a British architect born to a humble family in Nottinghamshire. His career formed the brilliant middle link in Britain's trio of great baroque architects. Hawksmoor was characterized by Howard Colvin as "more assured in his command of the classical vocabulary than the untrained Vanbrugh, more imaginative in his vision than the intellectual Wren." From about 1684 to about 1700 Hawksmoor worked with his teacher, … - Robert Adams
Robert Adams (1540-1595) was a 16th century English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth. None of Robert Adams' architectural works are known to have survived, but some of his plans and engravings are still extant, such as a large 1588 plan of Middleburgh and, from the same year, a small parchment roll, drawn with pen, entitled "Thamesis Descriptio", … - Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956, Chicago, Illinois) is an American figure skater and 1976 Olympic champion. Hamill was born in Chicago, but her family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut shortly after where she spent the rest of her childhood. She has a brother and a sister. Hamill started ice skating when she was eight years old on her grandparent's backyard pond. Her skates were too big, so her grandmother would put stuffing in the toes to make them fit. - William Watson
William Watson (c. April 23, 1559 - December 9, 1603), English conspirator, was a native of the north of England. In 1586 he became a Roman Catholic priest in France, and during the concluding years of Elizabeth's reign he paid several visits to England; he was imprisoned and tortured more than once. He became prominent as a champion of the secular priests in their dispute with the Jesuits, … - Mickey Sherman
Michael "Mickey" Sherman is a practicing criminal-defense attorney. He has frequently appeared as a commentator on MSNBC, CNBC, Court TV, Fox News, and CNN, and has been employed as a legal analyst on CBS News, appearing on the CBS Early Show and CBS Evening News. - Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes was an English dramatist, a native of Cheshire, entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1571. He graduated and became a fellow of his college in 1576, and was afterwards a member of Gray's Inn. He wrote "The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes", which was performed at Greenwich in Queen Elizabeth I's presence on the February 28, 1588. - Livingston Island
Livingston Island is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich and Snow Islands. This island was known to sealers as early as 1819, and the name Livingston has been well established in international usage for over 180 years. - Chris Berman
Christopher (Boomer) James Berman (born May 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut) is a sportscaster, who anchors "SportsCenter", "Monday Night Countdown", "Sunday NFL Countdown", "Baseball Tonight", "U.S. Open golf", and other programming on ESPN. He joined ESPN a month after its founding and has been with the network since. - Steve Wright
Stephen Richard (Steve) Wright (born August 26 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He currently presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He rose to prominence in the early-1980s while working with Peter Dickson on BBC Radio 1. - James Carpenter
James Carpenter (1840-1899) was a British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. During the 1860s he performed the first observations of stellar spectra at the observatory, under the direction of the Astronomer Royal George Airy. In 1861-62 he was one of three astronomers to successfully observe the dark underside of the rings of Saturn, the other two astronomers being William Wray and Otto Struve. - William Roy
William Roy (1726 - July 1, 1790), was a Scottish surveyor, military draughtsman and antiquary, born in Carluke, South Lanarkshire. At the age of 19 in 1746, when an assistant in the office of Colonel Watson, deputy quartermaster-general in North Britain, he began the survey of the mainland of Scotland, the results of which were embodied in what is known as the duke of Cumberland's map. In 1755 he obtained his commission in the 4th Kings Own Foot, … - Elly Dekker
Elly Dekker catalogued the National Maritime Museum's collection of globes in Greenwich, east London, England. She was awarded the Caird Medal for her work in 1998 - Shaun Wright-Phillips
Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981 in Greenwich, London) is an English football player of Jamaican and Grenadian descent. He is the adopted son of the famous player Ian Wright, the half-brother of fellow player Bradley Wright-Phillips and brother to the upcoming youth player Brett Wright. He grew up in Brockley South London and attended the state school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, in New Cross Gate. He currently plays for Chelsea F.C. - John Pond
John Pond (1767-7 September1836) was a renowned English astronomer who became the sixth Astronomer Royal, serving from 1811 to 1835. Pond was born in London and, although the year of his birth is known, the records indicating the day and month have been lost to posterity. Pond's father made a fortune as a London merchant, enabling young John to enter Trinity College, Cambridge at the age of sixteen. - Tobias Mayer
Tobias Mayer was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. He was born at Marbach, in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he had already published two original geometrical works when, in 1746, he entered J.B. Homann's cartographic establishment at Nuremberg. - Patrick Murray
Patrick Murray (December 17, 1956 in Greenwich, London) is an English screen actor notable for his role as Mickey Pearce in the situation comedy "Only Fools and Horses". Born in London, Murray has appeared in starring and supporting roles in numerous films and television programmes. - Paul Rutherford
Paul William Rutherford (born 29 February 1940 in Greenwich, South East London) is a British free improvising trombonist. He initially played saxophone but switched to trombone. During the 1960s he taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a major player in the British free improvisation scene and part of the European free jazz scene. He was one of the first to use unorthodox playing techniques for improvisation. - Barton Biggs
Barton M. Biggs, well-known in the investment world, runs Traxis Partners, a hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He formerly held the title of "chief global strategist" for Morgan Stanley and was with that firm for 30 years. Biggs has appeared numerous times on CNBC and was a member of the Barron's Roundtable. His influence could be seen when, in 1996, some traders were surprised that India funds suddenly became popular. - Alan Golder
Alan William Golder, also known as the "Dinnertime Bandit", is an American burglar who specialized in stealing jewelry from mansions, while their owners were inside their residences eating dinner. Between 1976 and 1980, Golder allegedly stole an estimated $25 million dollars worth of jewels and cash. Golder was arrested in 1980, and pleaded guilty as an accessory to the 1978 murder of millionaire Lawrence Lever, who was shot during a robbery gone awry. - Kieran Richardson
Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984 in Greenwich, London) is an English footballer currently playing for Sunderland. He is a left-sided midfielder who is also comfortable playing in central midfield. He has also played at left back during Manchester United's 2006-07 injury crisis. - Ignatius Sancho
Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-December 14 1780) was a composer, actor, and writer. He is the first known Afro-Briton to vote in a British election. He gained fame in his time as "the extraordinary Negro", and to 18th century British abolitionists he became a symbol of the humanity of Africans and immorality of the slave trade. "The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African", edited and published two years after his death, … - David Cone
David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. With a sharp fastball but a soft-spoken demeanor, Cone earned a number of devoted fans, dubbed "Coneheads", who seemed to follow him no matter which team he played for. - Danny Wallace
David Lloyd (Danny) Wallace (born Greenwich January 21 1964) is a former English footballer who played for Southampton and Manchester United. - Dean Howard
Dean Howard (born 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) is a guitarist was part of Ian Gillan's backing band on the Deep Purple frontman's U.S. solo tour in August and September 2006. Dean is currently working with Toby Jepson (ex Little Angels) on his solo project and they are recording and touring at present. - Christopher Fowler
Christopher Fowler (born 1953 in Greenwich, London) is an English thriller writer. In addition to his numerous horror, satire and crime novels, he has also written a Sherlock Holmes audio drama for BBC 7 entitled The Lady Downstairs. His book "Rune" shows remarkable similarities to the later Japanese novel & film "Ringu/The Ring". He is also the author of the "Bryant and May" mysteries, "Full Dark House," "The Water Room", "Seventy-Seven Clocks" and 'Ten Second Staircase'. - Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann (born 15 August 1967 in Germany) is an American actor and writer. A German native who moved to Greenwich, Connecticut at the age of 10, Hermann attended Brunswick School in Greenwich through secondary school, where he was active in student drama productions. He then went on to Yale University, graduating in 1990. - Chris Difford
Chris Difford (born Christopher Henry Difford, 4 November 1954, in Greenwich, London) is a singer, songwriter and record producer. He has written lyrics for almost thirty years, most notably in partnership with Glenn Tilbrook. The two were primary members in Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook. Some of their best-known songs are "Tempted", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Black Coffee In Bed", "Cool For Cats", "Up The Junction" and "Annie Get Your Gun". - Sam Sodje
Samuel Okeremute "Sam" Sodje (born 25 May 1979 in Greenwich, England) is a Nigerian centre half currently playing his football with Reading. His brothers, Efe, Steve, Akpo, Bright, and cousin Onome all play sports in England (all football, except Bright who plays rugby league). - Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde (born Reginald Leonard Smith, 15 April 1939, Greenwich, South London) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to imitate American rock 'n' roll. - Julius Wernher
Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet was a German-born Randlord and art collector who became part of the English establishment. - Billy Jenkins
Billy Jenkins (born 5 July 1956) is a blues guitarist, composer, and bandleader. Initially Jenkins sprang to fame as a member of Burlesque, then as part of Trimmer & Jenkins. A short period followed as a member of Ginger Baker's Nutters. For several years, he was the Rigsby of Greenwich, running Wood Wharf Studios by day. He mixed this with work on his own VOTP Records and leading the Voice Of God Collective, … - Henry Kelsey
Henry Kelsey (c. 1667 - 1724), also known as Boy Kelsey, was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company. Kelsey was born and married in East Greenwich, south-east of central London. During the years 1690 to 1691, Kelsey explored Northern Manitoba from Hudson's Bay to the Saskatchewan River. He is traditionally believed to be the first white man to see what is now Alberta.
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