LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/

Population:
391,525 (2003)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School	1946
Bristol University	1876
Clifton College	1862
Bristol Grammar School	1532

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Johnny Ball	Game Show Host	23-May-1938		Think of a Number
Blackbeard	Criminal	?	22-Nov-1718	Infamous pirate
Elizabeth Blackwell	Doctor	3-Feb-1821	31-May-1910	America's first woman doctor
Julie Burchill	Journalist	3-Jul-1959		Co-founder of Modern Review
Veronica Cartwright	Actor	20-Apr-1950		Alien
Thomas Chatterton	Poet	20-Nov-1752	24-Aug-1770	Fabricated as Thomas Rowley
Paul Dirac	Physicist	8-Aug-1902	20-Oct-1984	The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Lee Evans	Comic	25-Feb-1964		British comic
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Archibald V. Hill	Scientist	26-Sep-1886	3-Jun-1977	Studied muscles and nerves
Damien Hirst	Artist	1965		Animal slices in formalin as art
Mike Hodges	Film Director	29-Jul-1932		Get Carter
Geoffrey Household	Novelist	30-Nov-1900	4-Oct-1988	Rogue Male
Nik Kershaw	Musician	1-Mar-1958		I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
Sir Thomas Lawrence	Painter	13-Apr-1769	7-Jan-1830	English portrait painter
Charles Marriott	Novelist	1869	13-Jul-1957	Art critic, Modern Art
James May	TV Personality	16-Jan-1963		Top Gear
Kevin McNally	Actor	27-Apr-1956		Pirates of the Caribbean
Stephen Merchant	Film/TV Producer	24-Nov-1974		The Office, Extras
Chris Morris	Comic	5-Sep-1965		On the Hour, Brass Eye
Evan Parker	Jazz Musician	5-Apr-1944		Free improv saxophonist
David Prowse	Actor	1-Jul-1935		Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man
Michael Redgrave	Actor	20-Mar-1908	21-Mar-1985	Mourning Becomes Electra
Roni Size	Electronic Musician	29-Oct-1969		Drum-n-bass producer, Newforms
Robert Southey	Poet	12-Aug-1774	21-Mar-1843	A Vision of Judgment
Robert Stephens	Actor	14-Jul-1931	12-Nov-1995	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
John Addington Symonds	Critic	5-Oct-1840	19-Apr-1893	Renaissance in Italy
Nigel Terry	Actor	15-Aug-1945		Excalibur
J. Lee Thompson	Film Director	1-Aug-1914	30-Aug-2002	Cape Fear
Tricky	Rapper	27-Jan-1968		Trip-hop rapper
Shaun Woodward	Politician	26-Oct-1958		British MP, St. Helens South
Robert Wyatt	Musician	28-Jan-1945		Songcraftsman and outstanding beard farmer
John Zachary Young	Zoologist	18-Mar-1907	4-Jul-1997	British zoological neurologist

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hugh le Despenser	Aristocrat	1262	27-Oct-1326	Favorite of King Edward II
Peter Fowler	Physicist	27-Feb-1923	8-Nov-1996	Cosmic radiation
Cozy Powell	Drummer	29-Dec-1947	5-Apr-1998	Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell
Richard Savage	Poet	c. 1697	1-Aug-1743	Poet-subject of Life of Savage

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