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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edgar Adrian
Scientist
30-Nov-1889 4-Aug-1977 Electricity within nerve cells
Jeffrey Archer
Novelist
15-Apr-1940   First Among Equals
Paddy Ashdown
Politician
27-Feb-1941   Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1988-99
Humphrey Atkins
Politician
12-Aug-1922 4-Oct-1996 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81
Kenneth Baker
Politician
3-Nov-1934   UK Home Secretary, 1990-92
Anthony Barber
Politician
4-Jul-1920 16-Dec-2005 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1970-74
John Biffen
Politician
3-Nov-1930 14-Aug-2007 Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87
Conrad Black
Business
25-Aug-1944   Rapacious newspaper mogul
Patrick M. S. Blackett
Physicist
18-Nov-1897 13-Jul-1974 Cosmic radiation, continental drift
James Blyth
Business
8-May-1940   Chairman of Diageo, 2000-08
Betty Boothroyd
Politician
8-Oct-1929   Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000
Herbert Bowden
Politician
20-Jan-1905 30-Apr-1994 Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66
Melvyn Bragg
TV Personality
6-Oct-1939   The South Bank Show
Leon Brittan
Politician
25-Sep-1939   UK Home Secretary, 1983-85
Benjamin Britten
Composer
22-Nov-1913 4-Dec-1976 Billy Budd
Henry Brooke
Politician
9-Apr-1903 29-Mar-1984 UK Home Secretary, 1962-64
Peter Brooke
Politician
3-Mar-1934   Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-92
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Naturalist
7-Sep-1707 16-Apr-1788 Histoire Naturelle
Alan Bullock
Historian
13-Dec-1914 2-Feb-2004 Historian of Hitler, Stalin
Terence Burns
Business
13-Mar-1944   Chairman of Marks & Spencer
Rab Butler
Politician
9-Dec-1902 8-Mar-1982 UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64
James Callaghan
Politician
27-Mar-1912 26-Mar-2005 UK Prime Minister, 1976-79
Peter Carington
Government
6-Jun-1919   UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82
Robert Carr
Politician
11-Nov-1916 17-Feb-2012 UK Home Secretary, 1972-74
Camilo José Cela
Author
11-May-1916 17-Jan-2002 Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate
Lord Chadlington
Business
?   CEO of Huntsworth
Hugh Cudlipp
Business
28-Aug-1913 17-May-1998 British news magnate
E. C. Dodds
Scientist
13-Oct-1899 16-Dec-1973 Diethylstilbestrol
Alec Douglas-Home
Head of State
2-Jul-1903 9-Oct-1995 UK Prime Minister, 1963-64
James Chuter Ede
Politician
11-Sep-1882 11-Nov-1965 UK Home Secretary, 1945-51
Julian Fellowes
Actor
17-Aug-1949   Shadowlands
Howard Florey
Scientist
24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin
Norman Fowler
Politician
2-Feb-1938   Former MP, now Baron Fowler
Ian Gilmour
Politician
8-Jul-1926 21-Sep-2007 Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
Susan Greenfield
Scientist
1-Oct-1950   Brain Story
Jo Grimond
Politician
29-Jul-1913 24-Oct-1993 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67
Richard Burdon Haldane
Government
30-Jul-1856 19-Aug-1928 Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924
Denis Healey
Politician
30-Aug-1917   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79
Michael Heseltine
Politician
21-Mar-1933   UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97
Clive R. Hollick
Business
19-May-1945   CEO of United Business Media, 1996-2005
Geoffrey Howe
Politician
20-Dec-1926   UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89
David Howell
Politician
18-Jan-1936   Former MP, Guildford
David Hunt
Politician
21-May-1942   Former MP, The Wirral
Douglas Hurd
Politician
8-Mar-1930   Former UK Home, Foreign Secretary
Lord Inge
Military
5-Aug-1935   British Field Marshal
P. D. James
Novelist
3-Aug-1920   Adam Dalgliesh series, etc.
Michael Jay
Diplomat
Jun-1946   UK Ambassador to France, 1996-2001
Patrick Jenkin
Politician
7-Sep-1926   Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford
Roy Jenkins
Politician
11-Nov-1920 5-Jan-2003 Twice UK Home Secretary
Russell Johnston
Politician
28-Jul-1932 27-Jul-2008 Liberal MP from Inverness, 1964-97
Keith Joseph
Politician
17-Jan-1918 10-Dec-1994 Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence
Nicholas Kaldor
Economist
12-May-1908 30-Sep-1986 An Expenditure Tax
Friedrich August Kekulé
Chemist
7-Sep-1829 13-Jul-1896 Theory of chemical structure
John Maynard Keynes
Economist
5-Jun-1883 21-Apr-1946 Father of Keynesian economics
Tom King
Politician
13-Jun-1933   UK Minister of Defence, 1989-92
Neil Kinnock
Politician
28-Mar-1942   Labour Party Leader, 1983-92
Norman Lamont
Politician
8-May-1942   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1990-93
Ian Lang
Politician
27-Jun-1940   British MP for Galloway, 1979-97
Nigel Lawson
Politician
11-Mar-1932   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89
Frederick Lindemann
Government
5-Apr-1886 3-Jul-1957 Churchill's scientific and war advisor
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
22-Mar-1948   Evita
Selwyn Lloyd
Politician
28-Jul-1904 18-May-1978 Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76
John MacGregor
Politician
14-Feb-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Roy Mason
Politician
18-Apr-1924   Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79
Patrick Mayhew
Politician
11-Sep-1929   Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97
Bernard Miles
Actor
27-Sep-1907 14-Jun-1991 Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London
Herbert Morrison
Politician
3-Jan-1888 6-Mar-1965 UK Home Secretary, 1940-45
Frederick Mulley
Politician
3-Jul-1918 15-Mar-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79
Tony Newton
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97
Onora O'Neill
Philosopher
23-Aug-1941   President of the British Academy, 2005-09
David Owen
Politician
2-Jul-1938   UK Foreign Secretary, 1977-79
Cecil Parkinson
Politician
1-Sep-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Fred Peart
Politician
30-Apr-1914 26-Aug-1988 Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70
George Porter
Chemist
6-Dec-1920 31-Aug-2002 Rapid chemical and biological processes
Charles Powell
Business
6-Jun-1941   Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90
James Prior
Politician
11-Oct-1927   Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84
Francis Pym
Politician
13-Feb-1922 6-Mar-2008 UK Foreign Secretary, 1982-83
Martin Rees
Astronomer
23-Jun-1942   President of the Royal Society
Merlyn Rees
Politician
18-Dec-1920 5-Jan-2006 UK Home Secretary, 1976-79
Robin W. Renwick
Diplomat
13-Dec-1937   UK Ambassador to the US, 1991-95
Paul Julius Reuter
Journalist
21-Jul-1816 25-Feb-1899 Founder of Reuters News Agency
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Geoffrey Rippon
Politician
28-May-1924 28-Jan-1997 Former MP, Hexham
Lord Robertson
Politician
12-Apr-1946   NATO Secretary General, 1999-2003
Robert Runcie
Religion
2-Oct-1921 11-Jul-2000 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91
Ernest Rutherford
Physicist
30-Aug-1871 19-Oct-1937 Father of nuclear physics
Duncan Sandys
Politician
24-Jan-1908 26-Nov-1987 UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64
Peter Shore
Politician
20-May-1924 24-Sep-2001 Former MP, Stepney
Edward Short
Politician
17-Dec-1912 4-May-2012 Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76
Sir Hans Sloane
Curator
16-Apr-1660 11-Jan-1753 Milk chocolate and the British Museum
C. P. Snow
Author
15-Oct-1905 1-Jul-1980 The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
Donald Somervell
Politician
24-Aug-1889 18-Nov-1960 AG for England and Wales, 1936-45
Frank Soskice
Politician
23-Jul-1902 1-Jan-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Norman St. John-Stevas
Politician
18-May-1929   Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81
Jock Stallard
Politician
5-Nov-1921 29-Mar-2008 British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Government
15-Jan-1841 14-Jun-1908 Hockey's Stanley Cup
David Steel
Politician
31-Mar-1938   Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1976-88
Dennis Stevenson
Business
19-Jul-1945   Chairman of HBOS
Michael Stewart
Politician
6-Nov-1906 13-Mar-1990 Former UK Foreign Secretary
Ann Taylor
Politician
2-Jul-1947   Leader, House of Commons, 1997-98
Norman Tebbit
Politician
29-Mar-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Peter Thorneycroft
Politician
26-Jul-1909 4-Jun-1994 UK Minister of Defence, 1962-64
Alexander R. Todd
Chemist
2-Oct-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nuclaic acid, nucleotides
Eric Varley
Politician
11-Aug-1932   Former MP, Chesterfield
David Waddington
Politician
2-Aug-1929   UK Home Secretary, 1989-90
John Wakeham
Politician
22-Jun-1932   Baron Wakeham of Maldon
Patrick Gordon Walker
Politician
7-Apr-1907 2-Dec-1980 UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66
Peter Walker
Politician
25-Mar-1932   Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP
Bernard Weatherill
Politician
25-Nov-1920 6-May-2007 Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92
George Younger
Politician
22-Sep-1931 26-Jan-2003 UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89


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