Egon Ronay

Egon Ronay

male, 94 years old
Egon Ronay (born 24 July 1915) is a Hungarian food critic who wrote and published a famous series of food guides in Britain in the 1950s. Ronay was...

Henry Holland

male, deceased (1806)
Henry Holland was an architect to the English nobility who trained under Capability Brown and later married his daughter. Sir John Soane was one of...

Patrick Barlow

male, 62 years old
Patrick Barlow (born 18 March, 1947) is an English actor, comedian and playwright. His comedic alter ego, Desmond Olivier Dingle, is the founder,...
Bernard Quaritch

Bernard Quaritch

male, deceased (1899)
Bernard Quaritch (April 23, 1819 - December 17, 1899) was a German-born British bookseller and collector. He was born at Worbis, Germany. After...
Laurence Oliphant

Laurence Oliphant

male, deceased (1888)
Laurence Oliphant (1829, Cape Town - December 23, 1888, Twickenham), was a British author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic. Best...
David Devant

David Devant

male, deceased (1941)
David Devant (born David Wighton in Holloway, London on 22nd February 1868 – died London on 13 October 1941) was an English magician, sh...
Julius Wernher

Julius Wernher

male, deceased (1912)
Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet was a German-born Randlord and art collector who became part of the English establishment.
Lord Beginner

Lord Beginner

Lord Beginner (born Egbert Moore) was a popular exponent of the Caribbean musical form Calypso, helping to spark a renaissance of the genre in the...
John Suckling

John Suckling

male, deceased (1642)
Sir John Suckling (February 10, 1609-June 1, 1642) was an English Cavalier poet whose best known poem may be "Ballad Upon a Wedding". He was born...
Robert Davidson

Robert Davidson

male, deceased (1894)
Robert Davidson (1804 - 1894) was a Scottish inventor who built the first known electric locomotive in 1837. Born and died in Aberdeen, northeast...