CITY

Official Website:
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/

Population:
330,574 (2001 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
De Montfort University	1969
University of Leicester	1921

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Julian Barnes	Novelist	19-Jan-1946		Flaubert's Parrot
Jeremy Bulloch	Actor	16-Feb-1945		Boba Fett in the Star Wars series
Graham Chapman	Comic	8-Jan-1941	4-Oct-1989	Monty Python's King Arthur
John Deacon	Bassist	19-Aug-1951		Bassist for Queen
Stephen Frears	Film Director	20-Jun-1941		My Beautiful Laundrette
David Icke	Author	29-Apr-1952		Uncovered global cabal of reptilian ET's
Dominic Keating	Actor	1-Jul-1962		Lt. Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise
Michael Kitchen	Actor	31-Oct-1948		Foyle's War
John Leeson	Actor	Mar-1943		Voice of K9 in Doctor Who
Joseph Merrick	Oddity	5-Aug-1862	11-Apr-1890	The Elephant Man
Parminder Nagra	Actor	5-Oct-1975		Bend It Like Beckham
Joe Orton	Playwright	1-Jan-1933	9-Aug-1967	Prick Up Your Ears
J. H. Plumb	Historian	20-Aug-1911	21-Oct-2001	England in the Eighteenth Century
C. P. Snow	Author	15-Oct-1905	1-Jul-1980	The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas Wolsey	Religion	c. 1475	29-Nov-1530	Powerful English cardinal

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