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David Mervyn Johns (1899 - 1992)

David Mervyn Johns, known as Mervyn Johns, was born in 1899, the son of William Johns and Margaret Anne Samuel. He was educated at Llandovery College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. He ...

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1/18/2010
1/6/2024
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David Mervyn Johns (1899 - 1992)

David Mervyn Johns, known as Mervyn Johns, was born in 1899, the son of William Johns and Margaret Anne Samuel. He was educated at Llandovery College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. He ...

1/6/2024

Glynis Margaret Payne Johns MP (1923 - 2024)

"Forwood", "Foster", "Henderson", "Arnold"

Biography Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 pla...

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2/27/2023
1/5/2024
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2/27/2023

Glynis Margaret Payne Johns MP (1923 - 2024)

"Forwood", "Foster", "Henderson", "Arnold"

Biography Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 pla...

1/5/2024

Bo Burnham MP

"Bo"

Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, musician, writer, actor, film director, and poet. He began his career on YouTube in March 2006, with his videos gaining over 450 million views as ...

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8/17/2021
8/31/2023
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Bo Burnham MP

"Bo"

Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, musician, writer, actor, film director, and poet. He began his career on YouTube in March 2006, with his videos gaining over 450 million views as ...

8/31/2023

Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He played Antony Royle...

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1/9/2020
7/4/2022
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1/9/2020

Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He played Antony Royle...

7/4/2022

Petula Sally Olwen Clark , CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and composer with one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. ...

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3/30/2021
6/14/2022
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3/30/2021

Petula Sally Olwen Clark , CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and composer with one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. ...

6/14/2022

Sir Tom Jones MP

"Sir Thomas John Woodward", "OBE"

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom Jones , is a Welsh singer. Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, c...

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11/3/2011
6/14/2022
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11/3/2011

Sir Tom Jones MP

"Sir Thomas John Woodward", "OBE"

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom Jones , is a Welsh singer. Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, c...

6/14/2022

Betty White MP (1922 - 2021)

"Betty Allen", "Barker", "Wooten", "Ellsworth"

Betty White was an American actor and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning eight decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the f...

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1/11/2012
1/1/2022
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1/11/2012

Betty White MP (1922 - 2021)

"Betty Allen", "Barker", "Wooten", "Ellsworth"

Betty White was an American actor and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning eight decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the f...

1/1/2022

Gavin Leatherwood is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Nicholas Scratch on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020). He released his debut single "Just For Tonig...

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9/11/2012
11/15/2021
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9/11/2012

Gavin Leatherwood is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Nicholas Scratch on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020). He released his debut single "Just For Tonig...

11/15/2021

Ruth Jones (1966 - d.)

Alexandra Elisabeth Jones MBE (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019). ...

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10/26/2020
10/26/2020
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10/26/2020

Ruth Jones (1966 - d.)

Alexandra Elisabeth Jones MBE (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019). ...

10/26/2020

Matthew Davis MP

"Matt"

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States

Matthew Davis is an American actor known for his roles as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde , Adam Hillman on the ABC comedy-drama What About Brian from 2006 to 2007, and Alaric Saltzman on The C...

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10/31/2016
10/8/2020
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10/31/2016

Matthew Davis MP

"Matt"

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States

Matthew Davis is an American actor known for his roles as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde , Adam Hillman on the ABC comedy-drama What About Brian from 2006 to 2007, and Alaric Saltzman on The C...

10/8/2020

Terry Jones MP (1942 - 2020)

"Terry"

Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and historian. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 Janu...

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11/22/2012
9/28/2020
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11/22/2012

Terry Jones MP (1942 - 2020)

"Terry"

Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and historian. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 Janu...

9/28/2020

Chelsea Manning is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offens...

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11/4/2016
9/5/2020
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Chelsea Manning is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offens...

9/5/2020

William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) is an English born Welsh actor, known for his performances as Adam Carter in Spooks , Clive Reader in Silk , DI Joseph Chandler in Whitechapel , and Mr. Qui...

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6/22/2012
10/6/2019
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6/22/2012

William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) is an English born Welsh actor, known for his performances as Adam Carter in Spooks , Clive Reader in Silk , DI Joseph Chandler in Whitechapel , and Mr. Qui...

10/6/2019

Peter Penry-Jones MP (1938 - 2009)

David Penry-Jones (1938–2009) was a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff.His television credits include: Colditz, The Professionals, To the Manor Born, Bergerac, Howards' Way, Kavanagh QC and Midsomer Murders ...

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6/22/2012
10/6/2019
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6/22/2012

Peter Penry-Jones MP (1938 - 2009)

David Penry-Jones (1938–2009) was a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff.His television credits include: Colditz, The Professionals, To the Manor Born, Bergerac, Howards' Way, Kavanagh QC and Midsomer Murders ...

10/6/2019

Hall, Baroness Llanover (21 March 1802 – 17 January 1896), born Augusta Waddington , was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts.Early lifeShe was born near Abergavenny, the youngest ...

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1/17/2010
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Hall, Baroness Llanover (21 March 1802 – 17 January 1896), born Augusta Waddington , was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts.Early lifeShe was born near Abergavenny, the youngest ...

9/24/2019

Benjamin Hall, FRS (1778 - 1817)

"The Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall MP", "PC", "1st Baron Llanover Hall"

Hall , FRS (29 September 1778 – 31 July 1817) was an industrialist and a prominent figure in South Wales. Educ at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, and called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1801. In D...

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Benjamin Hall, FRS (1778 - 1817)

"The Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall MP", "PC", "1st Baron Llanover Hall"

Hall , FRS (29 September 1778 – 31 July 1817) was an industrialist and a prominent figure in South Wales. Educ at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, and called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1801. In D...

9/24/2019

Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC (8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867), known as Sir Benjamin Hall between 1838 and 1859, was a Welsh civil engineer and politician. The famous "Big Ben" may have been named for ...

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Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC (8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867), known as Sir Benjamin Hall between 1838 and 1859, was a Welsh civil engineer and politician. The famous "Big Ben" may have been named for ...

9/24/2019

David James Arquette is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and former professional wrestler. A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the late 1990s a...

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9/21/2007
9/15/2019
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9/21/2007

David James Arquette is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and former professional wrestler. A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the late 1990s a...

9/15/2019

Eva Amurri MP

"Eva Amurri Martino", "Eva Martino"

Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Eva Maria Livia Amurri is an American actress. Amurri was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Italian director Franco Amurri, and American actress Susan Sarandon, who has Italian, Welsh, I...

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2/8/2010
9/15/2019
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Eva Amurri MP

"Eva Amurri Martino", "Eva Martino"

Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Eva Maria Livia Amurri is an American actress. Amurri was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Italian director Franco Amurri, and American actress Susan Sarandon, who has Italian, Welsh, I...

9/15/2019

James Ingram MP (1952 - 2019)

James Ingram was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. Since beginning...

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2/2/2019
8/15/2019
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2/2/2019

James Ingram MP (1952 - 2019)

James Ingram was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. Since beginning...

8/15/2019