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Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
T. M. Aluko
Novelist
14-Jun-1918 1-May-2010 One Man, One Wife
Eric Ambler
Novelist
28-Jun-1909 22-Oct-1998 Topkapi
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
16-Apr-1922 22-Oct-1995 Lucky Jim
Ken Annakin
Film Director
10-Aug-1914 22-Apr-2009 Battle of the Bulge
Walter Annenberg
Business
13-Mar-1908 1-Oct-2002 Media mogul, created TV Guide
Michael Aspel
TV Personality
12-Jan-1933   Antiques Roadshow host
Claude Auchinleck
Military
21-Jun-1884 23-Mar-1981 C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47
Felix Aylmer
Actor
21-Feb-1889 2-Sep-1979 Henry V
Janet Baker
Singer
21-Aug-1933   English mezzo-soprano, active 1957-82
Gordon Banks
Soccer
30-Dec-1937   English goalkeeper, 1966 World Cup
Ronnie Barker
Comic
25-Sep-1929 3-Oct-2005 The Two Ronnies
John Barry
Composer
3-Nov-1933 30-Jan-2011 Film composer, James Bond, Out of Africa
Sybille Bedford
Novelist
16-Mar-1911 17-Feb-2006 A Favourite of the Gods
Lennox Berkeley
Composer
12-May-1903 26-Dec-1989 Stabat Mater
Brenda Blethyn
Actor
20-Feb-1946   Secrets & Lies
Heston Blumenthal
Chef
17-May-1966   The Fat Duck
Lawrence Bragg
Physicist
31-Mar-1890 1-Jul-1971 Bragg's Law of diffraction
Julian Bream
Guitarist
15-Jul-1933   Guitarist and lutenist
Richard Briers
Actor
14-Jan-1934   Tom Good on The Good Life
William Bundy
Government
24-Sep-1917 6-Oct-2000 Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ
Zoe Caldwell
Actor
14-Sep-1933   The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer
18-Sep-1914 22-Apr-2009 The Long Ships
Robert Carlyle
Actor
14-Apr-1961   The Full Monty
Ian Carmichael
Actor
18-Jun-1920 5-Feb-2010 Bertie Wooster
Leonora Carrington
Painter
6-Apr-1917 25-May-2011 Last surviving Surrealist
Margaret F. C. Chan
Doctor
1947   WHO Director-General
Bob Charles
Golf
14-Mar-1936   Winner, 1963 British Open
Bobby Charlton
Soccer
11-Oct-1937   Manchester United
Mark Clark
Military
1-May-1896 17-Apr-1984 US Army Chief of Staff
Darren Clarke
Golf
14-Aug-1968   Winner, 2011 British Open
Sebastian Coe
Track and Field
29-Sep-1956   Won 4 Olympic running medals
George Cole
Actor
22-Apr-1925   Arthur Daley on Minder
Joan Collins
Actor
23-May-1933   Alexis on Dynasty
Pauline Collins
Actor
3-Sep-1940   Shirley Valentine
Ronnie Corbett
Comic
4-Dec-1930   The Two Ronnies
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Hugh Cudlipp
Business
28-Aug-1913 17-May-1998 British news magnate
Peter Cushing
Actor
26-May-1913 11-Aug-1994 Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars
Jim Davidson
Comic
13-Dec-1953   Stand Up Jim Davidson
Ken Dodd
Comic
8-Nov-1927   British comedian, ventriloquist
Ray Milton Dolby
Inventor
18-Jan-1933   Inventor of Dolby stereo
Jacqueline du Pré
Cellist
26-Jan-1945 19-Oct-1987 Cellist
Carol Ann Duffy
Poet
23-Dec-1955   Mean Time
Gerald Durrell
Naturalist
7-Jan-1925 30-Jan-1995 My Family and Other Animals
Max Faulkner
Golf
29-Jul-1916 26-Feb-2005 Winner, 1951 British Open
Ranulph Fiennes
Explorer
7-Mar-1944   World explorer
Tim Finn
Musician
25-Jun-1952   Frontman for Split Enz
Noël Forgeard
Business
8-Dec-1946   CEO of Airbus, 2004-06
Bruce Forsyth
TV Personality
22-Feb-1928   Sunday Night at the Palladium
Edward Fox
Actor
13-Apr-1937   Force 10 from Navarone
Dick Francis
Novelist
31-Oct-1920 14-Feb-2010 Dead Cert
David Frost
Journalist
7-Apr-1939   BBC's Breakfast with Frost
James Galway
Musician
8-Dec-1939   Flute virtuoso
Bob Geldof
Musician
5-Oct-1951   Live Aid, Boomtown Rats
Rudy Giuliani
Politician
28-May-1944   Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001
Rumer Godden
Author
10-Dec-1907 8-Nov-1998 The River
Billy Graham
Religion
7-Nov-1918   Televangelist
Guy Green
Film Director
5-Nov-1913 15-Sep-2005 A Patch of Blue
Alan Greenspan
Economist
6-Mar-1926   Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Virginia Hall
Spy
6-Apr-1906 14-Jul-1982 American spy
Joan Hammond
Singer
24-May-1912 26-Nov-1996 Operatic soprano
Susan Hampshire
Actor
12-May-1937   The Forsyte Saga
Norman G. Heatley
Scientist
10-Jan-1911 5-Jan-2004 Isolated penicillin
James Herriot
Novelist
3-Oct-1916 23-Feb-1995 All Creatures Great and Small
Joan Hickson
Actor
5-Aug-1906 17-Oct-1998 Miss Marple
Archibald V. Hill
Scientist
26-Sep-1886 3-Jun-1977 Studied muscles and nerves
Wendy Hiller
Actor
15-Aug-1912 14-May-2003 Separate Tables
Thora Hird
Actor
28-May-1911 15-Mar-2003 Talking Heads
Jools Holland
Musician
24-Jan-1958   Former Squeeze keyboardist
Peter Hollingworth
Religion
10-Apr-1935   Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane
Bob Hope
Comic
29-May-1903 27-Jul-2003 Centenarian comic
Frankie Howerd
Actor
6-Mar-1917 19-Apr-1992 Up Pompeii
Roy Hudd
Actor
16-May-1936   The News Headlines
Richard Hughes
Author
19-Apr-1900 28-Aug-1976 A High Wind in Jamaica
Shirley Hughes
Author
16-Jul-1927   Alfie's Feet
Ted Hughes
Poet
16-Aug-1930 28-Oct-1998 Crow
James C. Humes
Government
31-Oct-1934   Speechwriter to five Presidents
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist
8-Nov-1954   The Remains of the Day
Tony Jacklin
Golf
7-Jul-1944   Winner of 2 Majors
Gordon Jackson
Actor
19-Dec-1923 15-Jan-1990 Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs
Geraldine James
Actor
6-Jul-1950   Rose Garrity on Band of Gold
P. D. James
Novelist
3-Aug-1920   Adam Dalgliesh series, etc.
David Jason
Actor
2-Feb-1940   Only Fools and Horses
Pat Jennings
Soccer
12-Jun-1945   PFA Player of the Year, 1976
Tom Jones
Singer
7-Jun-1940   It's Not Unusual
Kiri Te Kanawa
Singer
6-Mar-1944   Operatic soprano
John Keegan
Historian
15-May-1934   The Face of Battle
Kevin Keegan
Soccer
14-Feb-1951   Manager, Newcastle United
Penelope Keith
Actor
2-Apr-1940   Margot on The Good Life
Mark Knopfler
Musician
12-Aug-1949   Dire Straits
Burt Kwouk
Actor
18-Jul-1930   Cato in Pink Panther films
Cleo Laine
Singer
28-Oct-1927   Show Boat
Hugh Laurie
Actor
11-Jun-1959   Jeeves and Wooster, House
Annie Lennox
Singer/Songwriter
25-Dec-1954   Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)
David K. P. Li
Business
13-Mar-1939   CEO, Bank of East Asia
Penelope Lively
Novelist
17-Mar-1933   Moon Tiger
Selwyn Lloyd
Politician
28-Jul-1904 18-May-1978 Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76
Bernard Lovell
Astronomer
31-Aug-1913   Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank
Lulu
Singer
3-Nov-1948   British singer of the 1960s and 70s
Joanna Lumley
Actor
1-May-1946   Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous
Kenny Lynch
Musician
18-Mar-1939   British entertainer and songwriter
Michael Lynch
Business
1965   Founder and CEO of Autonomy Corporation
Vera Lynn
Singer
20-Mar-1917   We'll Meet Again
John MacGregor
Politician
14-Feb-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Compton MacKenzie
Novelist
17-Jan-1883 30-Nov-1972 Carnival
Miriam Margolyes
Actor
18-May-1941   The Age of Innocence
John Mayall
Musician
29-Nov-1933   Bluesbreaker
Virginia McKenna
Actor
7-Jun-1931   Born Free
Edward Mellanby
Doctor
8-Apr-1884 30-Jan-1955 Rickets
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
22-Apr-1916 12-Mar-1999 Child prodigy violinist, conductor
Bobby Moore
Soccer
12-Apr-1941 24-Feb-1993 Captain, 1966 World Cup team
Patrick Moore
TV Personality
4-Mar-1923   BBC's The Sky At Night
Eric Morecambe
Comic
14-May-1926 28-May-1984 Morecambe and Wise
Peggy Mount
Actor
2-May-1916 13-Nov-2001 George and the Dragon
Anne Murray
Singer
20-Jun-1945   Mellow Canadian singer
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Liam Neeson
Actor
7-Jun-1952   Rob Roy, Gangs of New York
Sam Neill
Actor
14-Sep-1947   Played Reilly, Ace of Spies
John Neville
Actor
2-May-1925 19-Nov-2011 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
David K. Newbigging
Business
c. 1934   Chairman, Talbot Holdings Limited
John Newcombe
Tennis
23-May-1944   Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles
Tony Newton
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97
Ben Okri
Author
15-Mar-1959   The Famished Road
Jimmy Page
Guitarist
9-Jan-1944   Led Zeppelin Guitarist
Elaine Paige
Singer
5-Mar-1948   Evita
Geoffrey Palmer
Actor
4-Jun-1927   Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By
George S. Patton
Military
11-Nov-1885 21-Dec-1945 American WWII Army commander
Pelé
Soccer
23-Oct-1940   Brazil's greatest soccer player
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Leslie Phillips
Actor
20-Apr-1924   Not Now Darling
Pete Postlethwaite
Actor
16-Feb-1946 2-Jan-2011 In the Name of the Father
Terry Pratchett
Novelist
28-Apr-1948   Discworld sci-fi series
Simon Preston
Organist
4-Aug-1938   Organist at Westminster Abbey, 1981-87
André Previn
Pianist
6-Apr-1929   Concert pianist and orchestral conductor
John Profumo
Politician
30-Jan-1915 10-Mar-2006 Resigned House of Commons over an affair
David Prowse
Actor
1-Jul-1935   Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man
Om Puri
Actor
18-Oct-1950   East is East
Denis Quilley
Actor
26-Dec-1927 5-Oct-2003 Privates on Parade
Charlotte Rampling
Actor
5-Feb-1945   The Verdict
Lynn Redgrave
Actor
8-Mar-1943 2-May-2010 The Happy Hooker
Cliff Richard
Singer
14-Oct-1940   England's most famous Christian
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
Flora Robson
Actor
28-Mar-1902 7-Jul-1984 Fire Over England
Walt Rostow
Government
7-Oct-1916 13-Feb-2003 National Security Advisor, 1966-69
Patricia Routledge
Actor
17-Feb-1929   Hetty Wainthropp
J. K. Rowling
Author
31-Jul-1965   Author of Harry Potter series
Margaret Rutherford
Actor
11-May-1892 22-May-1972 The V.I.P.s
Paul Scofield
Actor
21-Jan-1922 19-Mar-2008 A Man For All Seaons
Ernest Shackleton
Explorer
15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Alan Shearer
Soccer
13-Aug-1970   Newcastle United forward
George Shearing
Jazz Musician
13-Aug-1919 14-Feb-2011 George Shearing Quintet
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
C. Aubrey Smith
Actor
21-Jul-1863 20-Dec-1948 The Four Feathers
Donald Somervell
Politician
24-Aug-1889 18-Nov-1960 AG for England and Wales, 1936-45
Timothy Spall
Actor
27-Feb-1957   Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Tim Spicer
Military
1952   Sandline Affair
Steven Spielberg
Film Director
18-Dec-1946   E.T.
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Imelda Staunton
Actor
9-Jan-1956   Vera Drake
Alison Steadman
Actor
26-Aug-1946   Life Is Sweet
Jackie Stewart
Auto Racing
11-Jun-1939   Three time Formula-1 world champion
Patrick Stewart
Actor
13-Jul-1940   Captain Picard in Star Trek: TNG
David Suchet
Actor
2-May-1946   Hercule Poirot
Eric Sykes
Actor
4-May-1923 4-Jul-2012 The Plank
Violette Szabo
Spy
26-Jun-1921 5-Feb-1945 British secret agent, fought with French Resistance
Jimmy Tarbuck
Comic
6-Feb-1940   Winner Takes All
Kristin Scott Thomas
Actor
24-May-1960   Four Weddings and a Funeral
Daley Thompson
Track and Field
30-Jul-1958   Olympic decathlete
Peter Thomson
Golf
23-Aug-1929   Five-time British Open winner
Alan Turing
Mathematician
23-Jun-1912 7-Jun-1954 Computing pioneer
Margaret Tyzack
Actor
9-Sep-1931 25-Jun-2011 The Forsyte Saga
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Military
13-Mar-1887 8-May-1973 18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48
Frankie Vaughan
Singer
3-Feb-1928 18-Sep-1999 Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl
Virginia Wade
Tennis
10-Jul-1945   Winner of 7 Grand Slam titles
Julie Walters
Actor
22-Feb-1950   Educating Rita
Arsène Wenger
Soccer
22-Oct-1949   Arsenal manager
June Whitfield
Actor
11-Nov-1925   Terry and June
Jonny Wilkinson
Sports Figure
25-May-1979   Rugby player, Newcastle Falcons
Tom Wilkinson
Actor
12-Dec-1948   Shakespeare in Love
Richard Wilson
Actor
7-Jul-1936   Gaius on Merlin
Penelope Wilton
Actor
3-Jun-1946   Ann on Ever Decreasing Circles
Simon Winchester
Journalist
28-Sep-1944   The Professor and the Madman
Norman Wisdom
Actor
4-Feb-1915 4-Oct-2010 The Great British Clown
Edward Woodward
Actor
1-Jun-1930 16-Nov-2009 The Equalizer
Ian Woosnam
Golf
2-Mar-1958   Winner, 1991 Masters
Frances Yates
Historian
28-Nov-1899 29-Sep-1981 The Art of Memory
Michael York
Actor
27-Mar-1942   Logan's Run


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