GROUP

Founded 1883 at Cambridge University.

Official Website:
http://footlights.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglas Adams	Author	11-Mar-1952	11-May-2001	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Richard Ayoade	Actor	12-Jun-1977		Dean Learner on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Graham Chapman	Comic	8-Jan-1941	4-Oct-1989	Monty Python's King Arthur
John Cleese	Comic	27-Oct-1939		Monty Python
Sacha Baron Cohen	Comic	13-Oct-1971		Boyakasha! Respec
Peter Cook	Comic	19-Nov-1937	9-Jan-1995	Bedazzled
David Frost	Journalist	7-Apr-1939	31-Aug-2013	BBC's Breakfast with Frost
Stephen Fry	Actor	24-Aug-1957		Jeeves and Wooster
Germaine Greer	Activist	29-Jan-1939		Feminism Diva
Matthew Holness	Comic	?		Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Eric Idle	Comic	29-Mar-1943		Monty Python
Griff Rhys Jones	Actor	6-Nov-1953		Alas Smith & Jones
Hugh Laurie	Actor	11-Jun-1959		Jeeves and Wooster, House
Miriam Margolyes	Actor	18-May-1941		The Age of Innocence
Jonathan Miller	Film Director	21-Jul-1934		Beyond the Fringe
David Mitchell	Comic	14-Jul-1974		Peep Show
Trevor Nunn	Theater Director	14-Jan-1940		Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86
John Oliver	Comic	23-Apr-1977		Last Week Tonight
Peter Shaffer	Playwright	15-May-1926		Amadeus, Equus
Tony Slattery	Actor	9-Nov-1959		Whose Line Is it Anyway?
Emma Thompson	Actor	15-Apr-1959		Howard's End
Robert Webb	Comic	29-Sep-1972		Peep Show

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