Michael Hamburger

Michael Hamburger

male, deceased (2007)
Michael Hamburger OBE (22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted British translator, poet, critic, memoirist, and academic. He was known in pa...
Jack Bruce

Jack Bruce

male, 66 years old
John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bassist,...
Rowland Taylor

Rowland Taylor

male, deceased (1555)
Rowland Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr of the Tudor period. He was born in Northumberland, England,...
Jennifer Lash

Jennifer Lash

female, deceased (1993)
Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash (1938-1993 "also known as" Jini Fiennes) was an English novellist and painter. In 1961, she published her first...
William Alabaster

William Alabaster

male, deceased (1640)
William Alabaster (also Alablaster, Arblastier) (1567 - 1640) was an English poet, playwright, and religious writer. His surname is one of the many...
Francis Light

Francis Light

male, deceased (1794)
Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. He was born in...
Marcus Bent

Marcus Bent

male, 31 years old
Marcus Bent (born 19 May 1978 in Hammersmith, London) is an English footballer, who in a short career has managed to play for several different...
Robert Ferrers

Robert Ferrers

male, deceased (1396)
Sir Robert de Ferrers ("c". 1373 - bef. November 29, 1396), also spelled "de Ferrer". He was born in Willisham, Suffolk. Robert was the son of...
Robert Grosseteste

Robert Grosseteste

male, deceased (1253)
Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175 - October 9, 1253), English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble...
John Cavendish

John Cavendish

male, deceased (1381)
Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish ("c." 1346 - 15 June, 1381) came from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. He and the village gave the name Cavendish to...