- Henry Sydney 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward III. Henry was a brother of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, who was born in 1619; Algernon Sydney, the Republican martyr, … - Algernon Sydney
Algernon Sydney (or Sidney), (January 1623 - December 7 1683), was an English politician, political theorist, and opponent of King Charles II of England. A son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and the great-nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, he is thought to have been born at Penshurst Place in Kent. During the English Civil War, he joined the army of Parliament, but became critical of Oliver Cromwell's leadership. - Grahame Sydney
Grahame Sydney ONZM is a New Zealand artist, based in the southern South Island region of Otago. His landscapes, which concentrate largely on sparse elements of human impact on Otago's wild natural beauty and the loneliness of individuals in this scenery, possess a style which could be described as magic realism, and have been compared to works by artists such as Edward Hopper. His work encompasses many media - oils, watercolours, etchings, tempera and lithographs. - Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney (April 23, 1894 - January 10, 1968) was a British actor who made over fifty screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of "Hamlet." He also appeared in classic films like "Treasure Island" (1950), "Ivanhoe" (1952) and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956), but the focus of his career was the legitimate stage on both sides of the Atlantic. - Ann Sydney
Ann Sydney won the 1964 Miss World contest, representing the United Kingdom. She became the second woman from her country to win the title; after Rosemarie Frankland had won the title in 1961. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. - Robin Sydney
Robin Sydney (born January 4, 1984 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American actress who has appeared in several films as well as a few television programs including "ER", "Drake & Josh", "Oliver Beene" and others. - Joan Sydney
Joan Sydney (born 5 September 1936 in London, England) is an actress best known for her work on Australian television. Her most well remembered role is Matron Maggie Sloan in "A Country Practice". She later played Mary Patchett in "E Street" and Valda Sheergold in "Neighbours", also appearing in "Something in the Air" and "All Saints". - Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3 1956) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart". Gibson's direction of "Braveheart" made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director. - Harry Sydney
Harry Sydney (born June 26, 1959 in Petersburg, Virginia) is a former professional American football player who played running back for six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers. He now operates a not for profit male mentoring program called "My Brother's Keeper" in Green Bay. - Megan Fox
Megan Denise Fox (born May 16 1986) is an American actress and model, perhaps best known for her roles on the television series "Hope", "Faith", and in the 2007 film "Transformers". - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. - Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia (pronounced im-bru-lee-yah) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Willis in the popular Australian soap "Neighbours" (also responsible for launching pop singer Kylie Minogue). Two years after leaving the program, she launched a highly successful singing career with the international hit, "Torn". - Robert Elswit
Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. Some of the notable films he has worked on include: *Syriana (2005) *Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) *Punch-Drunk Love (2002) *Magnolia (1999) *Boogie Nights (1997) *Hard Eight (1996) - Melora Walters
Melora Walters (born October 21 1968) is an American actress born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Frequently cast by Paul Thomas Anderson, she has appeared most notably in "Boogie Nights," as Jessie St. Vincent; and "Magnolia," as Claudia Wilson Gator. She has also appeared on such television shows as "Roseanne", "Seinfeld", "NYPD Blue", and "CSI". Walters is divorced from "Nip/Tuck" actor Dylan Walsh. - Mike Cadogan
Emergency Physician, Rugby Doctor and internet entrepreneur. CEO of HealthEngine.com.au, an health search engine designed to provide rapid contact with health professionals in Australia. CIO of Popfossa.com a world medical and allied health conference / scientific meeting resource. Emergency physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and resuscitation doctor for the Western Force. Passionate about medical education and running LifeInTheFastLane.com to help disseminate medical education. - Stan Relihan
President & CEO of Expert Executive Search - one of Asia Pacific's best-connected Search, Selection & Recruitment Firms. Also a leading international Headhunter, Neural Networker & Technology Enthusiast; Keynote Speaker; Internet & Web 2.0 Subject Matter Expert; Top 30 LinkedIn 'Power User'.Host of TPN :: The Connections Show, an audio podcast series that puts you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in Social & Business Networking. http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com - Sir Sydney Waterlow 1st Baronet
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Baronet, KCVO (1 November 1822 - 3 August 1906) was an English philanthropist and politician, principally remembered now for donating Waterlow Park to the public as "a garden for the gardenless". He was born in Finsbury, and brought up in Mile End, and apprenticed as a stationer and printer, and worked in the family firm, a large printing company employing over two thousand people. - Sydney Templeman Baron Templeman
Sydney William Templeman, Baron Templeman, MBE, PC, was a British judge. He served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1982 to 1994 in the House of Lords and was additionally made a life peer as Baron Templeman, of White Lackington in the County of Somerset. Lord Templeman was undoubtedly an enormously capable lawyer who contributed immensely to English law during his time as a judge, not only within his specialist field of intellectual property. - Sydney Copeman
Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman K.St.J FRS FRCP (21 February 1862 - 11 April 1947) was a British medical doctor and Senior Medical officer in the Ministry of Health. Emeritus Professor on Public Health, Westminster Hospital. Member of London County Council for Hampstead. He was the eldest son of Rev Arthur Charles Copeman (1824 - 1896), Vicar of St Andrew's Norwich, Hon Cannon of Norwich Cathedral, and Chairman of the Board of Management of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. - Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. He has directed over 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films.<small> </small> Sydney Pollack is best known for directing films "Out of Africa" (Academy Awards, 1985), "Tootsie" (1982), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), … - Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (born January 13, 1927) is a South African biologist and 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. Brenner was born in a small town, Germiston (South Africa). His parents were Jewish immigrants. His father came to South Africa from Lithuania in 1910, and his mother, from Latvia, in 1922. Educated at Germiston High School and the University of the Witwatersrand, he went on to complete a DPhil at Oxford University, at Exeter College. - Sydney Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin (March 16 1885 - April 16 1965), born as Sidney John Hill, was the elder half-brother of Sir Charlie Chaplin and the half-uncle of the actor Sydney Chaplin (born 1926), who was born as Sydney Earle Chaplin. It is not known who Sydney's father was, although it has been said that it was a man called Hawkes, who never was married to Sydney's mother, Hannah Hill. After her marriage to Charles Chaplin Sr on June 22nd, 1885, … - Sydney Carter
Sydney Bertram Carter was an English poet, songwriter, folk musician and Christian/Quaker, born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song "Lord of the Dance" (1963), set to the tune of the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts". Another notable song is "One More Step along the road I go..." He studied at Christ's Hospital school in Horsham, West Sussex and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in history in 1936. - Sydney Olivier 1st Baron Olivier
Sir Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier KCMG (16 April 1859 - 15 February 1943), was a British civil servant. A Fabian and a member of the Labour Party, he served as Governor of Jamaica and as Secretary of State for India in the first government of Ramsay MacDonald. <br /> <br - Sydney Buxton 1st Earl Buxton
Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, GCMG, PC (25 October 1853 - 15 October 1934) was a British politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The grandson of social reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton, Sydney Buxton was born in London and educated at Clifton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a member of the London School Board from 1876 to 1882. - Sydney Stern 1st Baron Wandsworth
Sydney James Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth (1845 - 10 February 1912) was a British banker, Member of Parliament (MP) and philanthropist. He was born in London, the eldest son of Viscount de Stern, senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers, and Sophia, daughter of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and for some time worked in his father's firm of Stern Brothers. - Sydney Jacobson Baron Jacobson
Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, (26 October 1908, Zeerost, Transvaal - 13 September [[1988], St. Albans, Hertfordshire]) was a British journalist and political commentator. Jacobson was the only son and elder child of Samuel and Anna Jacobson, Jews from Germany who ran an ostrich farm. In 1914 the family returned to Frankfurt am Main for a holiday. - Sydney Arnold 1st Baron Arnold
Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold (13 January 1878 - 3 August 1945) was a British Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party and served as a government minister. He as elected in 1912 as Member of Parliament for Holmfirth in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire at a by-election following the resignation of the long-serving Liberal MP Henry Wilson. When that constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election, … - Sydney Pierrepont 3rd Earl Manvers
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont (12 March 1826 - 16 January 1900) was a British nobleman and politician. Born at Holme Pierrepont, he was the second surviving son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers. He entered Christ Church College, Oxford in 1843. He was styled Viscount Newark after the death of his elder brother in 1850, and succeeded his father in 1860. - Sydney Holland 2nd Viscount Knutsford
Sydney George Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (19 March 1855-27 July 1931) was a British peer. Knutsford was the eldest twin son of the Conservative politician Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Hibbert. His grandfather was the physician and travel writer Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet. His mother died when he was three years old. Knutsford was educated at Wellington College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, … - Sydney Mufamadi
Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi is a former Minister of Safety and Security and the current (as of 2006) Minister of Provincial and Local Government of South Africa. Sydney Mufamadi was born on 28 February 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben Mufamadi. He grew up in Meadowlands, Gauteng, and Tshisahulu, Venda (today Limpopo Province), … - Sydney Granville
Sydney Granville, (1880 - December 27 1959) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. - Sydney Park
Sydney Park (born October 31, 1997), also known as Syd the Kid, is an American child actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the role of Sydney in "That's So Raven" and appearing on "America's Got Talent". Park is of African-American and Korean descent; her ethnic mix is also known as blasian. At age 6, she performed a 3-minute stand-up comedy set at The Improv in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. - Sydney Barnes
Sydney Francis Barnes (April 19, 1873 - December 26, 1967) was one of the finest bowlers in cricket history. Indeed, most of the players and critics of his era, both English and Australian, asserted that he was, in fact, "the" finest. In 27 Test matches, all of them against Australia and South Africa (the only other two countries with Test status), … - Sydney Moon
Sydney Moon (born January 5, 1975 in Berkeley, California, USA) is an American adult model and exotic dancer. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, she completed her college degree in New York State, then moved back to California where she earned a Master's degree in psychology. Discovered while dancing in Los Angeles, she went on to do extensive work with men's magazines including "Playboy", "Hustler", "Club", and "Perfect 10". - Sydney Smith
Sydney George Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on January 15, 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on October 25, 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. - Sydney Australia Temple
The Sydney Australia Temple is the 30th constructed and 28th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times. His column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. He was born in London but grew up in Chicago, where he spent the rest of his life. He attended high school with Saul Bellow, who was his lifelong friend. He became a member of the editorial staff of the Chicago Daily News in 1941 and began his column in 1944. - Sydney Nicholson
Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson (February 9 1875 - May 30 1947) was an English choir director, organist and composer, now chiefly remembered as the founder of the Royal School of Church Music. He was born in London (the son of Charles Nicholson) and educated at Rugby School, New College, Oxford and the Royal College of Music. He was organist at Barnet Parish Church, Lower Chapel, Eton College, Carlisle Cathedral, Manchester Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey. - Sydney Newman
Sydney Cecil Newman OC (April 1, 1917-October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work he undertook in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Initially a film editor with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Newman later moved into television with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he began his long association with drama.
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