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Theophylact Bache (1734 - 1807)

bio. at findagrave

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3/31/2016
1/20/2022
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3/31/2016
1/20/2022

Frederick La Trobe Bateman FRSE FRS MICE FRGS FGS FSA (30 May 1810 – 10 June 1889) was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more...

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3/13/2013
11/29/2021
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3/13/2013

Frederick La Trobe Bateman FRSE FRS MICE FRGS FGS FSA (30 May 1810 – 10 June 1889) was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more...

11/29/2021

Zayn Malik MP

"Zayn"

London, United Kingdom

Zayn Malik is a British singer. Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition The X Factor in 2010. After being eliminated as a solo performer, Ma...

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5/28/2012
11/18/2021
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5/28/2012

Zayn Malik MP

"Zayn"

London, United Kingdom

Zayn Malik is a British singer. Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition The X Factor in 2010. After being eliminated as a solo performer, Ma...

11/18/2021

Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the tel...

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7/3/2021
10/13/2021
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7/3/2021

Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the tel...

10/13/2021

John Field, Astronomer MP (c.1525 - 1587)

"John Felde", "John Feild", "John the Elder", "Reverend Field", "The Astronomer"

"I John Feild of Ardeslow, fermor, sometymes studente in the mathymathicall sciences" [3a] is how he described himself in his Will of 1586. On the 4th September 1558 (aged about 33) he received confirm...

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8/11/2007
2/17/2021
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8/11/2007

John Field, Astronomer MP (c.1525 - 1587)

"John Felde", "John Feild", "John the Elder", "Reverend Field", "The Astronomer"

"I John Feild of Ardeslow, fermor, sometymes studente in the mathymathicall sciences" [3a] is how he described himself in his Will of 1586. On the 4th September 1558 (aged about 33) he received confirm...

2/17/2021

Richard Vardy (né Gill ; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team.After being released by ...

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10/2/2020
10/25/2020
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10/2/2020

Richard Vardy (né Gill ; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team.After being released by ...

10/25/2020

Dame Diana Rigg, DBE MP (1938 - 2020)

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg , DBE (born 20 July 1938, died 10 September, 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife ...

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10/18/2010
7/19/2020
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10/18/2010

Dame Diana Rigg, DBE MP (1938 - 2020)

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg , DBE (born 20 July 1938, died 10 September, 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife ...

7/19/2020

Captain Sir Tom Moore MP (1920 - 2021)

Sir Thomas Moore (born 30 April 1920), popularly known as “ Captain Tom ”, is a former British Army officer and centenarian, known for his achievements raising money for charity in the run-up to his 10...

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4/15/2020
4/25/2020
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4/15/2020

Captain Sir Tom Moore MP (1920 - 2021)

Sir Thomas Moore (born 30 April 1920), popularly known as “ Captain Tom ”, is a former British Army officer and centenarian, known for his achievements raising money for charity in the run-up to his 10...

4/25/2020

BORN: John Tatham, the name being quite common in the Yorkshire/Lancashire region where there is even a Tatham parish ASSUMED NAME: John Gray "He was sent to Douai University in France as a youth to s...

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3/2/2009
2/19/2020
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3/2/2009

BORN: John Tatham, the name being quite common in the Yorkshire/Lancashire region where there is even a Tatham parish ASSUMED NAME: John Gray "He was sent to Douai University in France as a youth to s...

2/19/2020

Auckland Whittaker (born 17 June 1982) is an English actress. She came to prominence in her 2006 feature film debut Venus , for which she received British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nom...

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10/10/2017
1/12/2020
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10/10/2017

Auckland Whittaker (born 17 June 1982) is an English actress. She came to prominence in her 2006 feature film debut Venus , for which she received British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nom...

1/12/2020

Kay Kendall MP (1927 - 1959)

Kendall (21 May 1927 – 6 September 1959) was an English actress.Kendall began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946). Though the film was a financial failure, Kendall continued to work ...

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7/24/2008
10/21/2019
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7/24/2008

Kay Kendall MP (1927 - 1959)

Kendall (21 May 1927 – 6 September 1959) was an English actress.Kendall began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946). Though the film was a financial failure, Kendall continued to work ...

10/21/2019

Penelope Alice Wilton , DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89); playing Homily in The Borrow...

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7/25/2009
10/6/2019
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7/25/2009

Penelope Alice Wilton , DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89); playing Homily in The Borrow...

10/6/2019

Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (2002–2008) and Noah Solloway in The Affair (2014...

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9/20/2011
10/4/2019
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9/20/2011

Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (2002–2008) and Noah Solloway in The Affair (2014...

10/4/2019

Basil Dignam MP (1905 - 1979)

Dignam (24 October 1905 – 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.Basil Dignam was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He acted on film and television between 1948 and 1978. He often a...

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1/14/2012
10/4/2019
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1/14/2012

Basil Dignam MP (1905 - 1979)

Dignam (24 October 1905 – 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.Basil Dignam was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He acted on film and television between 1948 and 1978. He often a...

10/4/2019

Frankie Howerd, OBE MP (1917 - 1992)

Alick Howard , OBE (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a se...

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11/12/2011
10/2/2019
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11/12/2011

Frankie Howerd, OBE MP (1917 - 1992)

Alick Howard , OBE (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a se...

10/2/2019

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 50 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guil...

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3/21/2017
9/30/2019
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3/21/2017

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 50 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guil...

9/30/2019

Harry Corbett, OBE MP (1918 - 1989)

Corbett OBE (28 January 1918 – 17 August 1989) was an English puppeteer, magician and television and stage presenter, who is best known as the creator of the glove puppet character Sooty in 1948. Harry...

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7/21/2012
9/27/2019
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7/21/2012

Harry Corbett, OBE MP (1918 - 1989)

Corbett OBE (28 January 1918 – 17 August 1989) was an English puppeteer, magician and television and stage presenter, who is best known as the creator of the glove puppet character Sooty in 1948. Harry...

9/27/2019

Ed Sheeran MP

"Ed"

Framlingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently re...

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6/6/2014
7/22/2019
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6/6/2014

Ed Sheeran MP

"Ed"

Framlingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently re...

7/22/2019

Sir James Ellison Haggas (1849 - 1939)

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6/19/2019
6/19/2019

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4/21/2009
6/13/2019