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Member of the British Empire

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Full title, Member of the Order of the British Empire, abbreviated MBE.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Baker
Actor
1-Apr-1931 7-Oct-2011 Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Alan Ball
Soccer
12-May-1945 24-Apr-2007 English footballer, 1966 World Cup
Jeremy Beadle
TV Personality
12-Apr-1948 30-Jan-2008 You've Been Framed
David Beaty
Novelist
28-Mar-1919 4-Dec-1999 Cone of Silence
Dickie Bird
Cricket
19-Apr-1933   Beloved Cricket player/umpire
Gary Brooker
Musician
29-May-1945   Procol Harum
John Cale
Cellist
9-Mar-1942   Velvet cellist and influential producer
Sebastian Coe
Track and Field
29-Sep-1956   Won 4 Olympic running medals
Andrea Corr
Singer
17-May-1974   Lead singer of The Corrs
Henry Cotton
Golf
26-Jan-1907 22-Dec-1987 Won the British Open three times
Margaret Smith Court
Tennis
16-Jul-1942   Won 62 Grand Slam titles
Jim Dale
Actor
15-Aug-1935   Me and My Girl
Kenny Dalglish
Soccer
4-Mar-1951   Celtic and Liverpool FC great
Frank Dalby Davison
Author
23-Jun-1893 24-May-1970 Dusty
Herb Elliott
Track and Field
25-Feb-1938   Middle distance runner
Nick Faldo
Golf
18-Jul-1957   Winner of 6 Major tournaments
George Finch
Chemist
4-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 Oxygen for mountain climbing
Harry Fowler
Actor
10-Dec-1926 4-Jan-2012 Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
4-Sep-1937   Olympic gold medal swimmer
Steven Gerrard
Soccer
30-May-1980   Liverpool F.C.
Evonne Goolagong
Tennis
31-Jul-1951   Aboriginal Australian tennis star
Shane Gould
Swimmer
23-Nov-1956   Swimmer, 5 Olympic Medals in 1972
Willoughby Gray
Actor
5-Nov-1916 13-Feb-1993 Sir John Stevens on Howards' Way
George Harrison
Musician
25-Feb-1943 29-Nov-2001 Beatle
John Harvey-Jones
Business
16-Apr-1924 9-Jan-2008 Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Denis Healey
Politician
30-Aug-1917   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79
Edward Heath
Head of State
9-Jul-1916 17-Jul-2005 British Prime Minister, 1970-74
David Hunt
Politician
21-May-1942   Former MP, The Wirral
Pat Jennings
Soccer
12-Jun-1945   PFA Player of the Year, 1976
Denys Lasdun
Architect
8-Sep-1914 11-Jan-2001 British modernist architect
Rod Laver
Tennis
9-Aug-1938   Winner of 1962 and 1969 Grand Slam
Paul Lawrie
Golf
1-Jan-1969   Winner, 1999 British Open
Anna Lee
Actor
2-Jan-1913 14-May-2004 Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Hugh Lloyd
Actor
22-Apr-1923 14-Jul-2008 Hugh and I
Sandy Lyle
Golf
9-Feb-1958   Winner of 2 Majors
Paul McCartney
Musician
18-Jun-1942   Beatle
Graeme McDowell
Golf
30-Jul-1979   Winner, 2010 US Open
Rory McIlroy
Golf
4-May-1989   Winner, 2011 US Open
Colin McRae
Auto Racing
5-Aug-1968 15-Sep-2007 Scottish rally car champion
E. Arthur Milne
Mathematician
14-Feb-1896 21-Sep-1950 Kinematic relativity
Jamie Oliver
Chef
27-May-1975   The Naked Chef
Bill Owen
Actor
14-Mar-1914 12-Jul-1999 Last of the Summer Wine
Enoch Powell
Politician
16-Jun-1912 8-Feb-1998 British demagogue
Wendy Richard
Actor
20-Jul-1943 26-Feb-2009 Are You Being Served?
Ken Rosewall
Tennis
2-Nov-1934   Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles
Sir Run Run Shaw
Film/TV Producer
23-Nov-1907   Kung fu movie mogul
David Shoenberg
Physicist
4-Jan-1911 10-Mar-2004 Physicist at Cambridge
Simon Singh
Author
19-Sep-1964   Fermat's Last Theorem
Ringo Starr
Drummer
7-Jul-1940   Beatle
Terry Waite
Victim
31-May-1939   Hostage negotiator, then hostage
Peter Walker
Politician
25-Mar-1932   Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP
Barbara Windsor
Actor
6-Aug-1937   EastEnders


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