List of Famous people born in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Jack Clayton

First Name Jack
Last Name Clayton
Born on March 1, 1921
Died on February 26, 1995 (aged 73)

Jack Clayton was a British film director and producer who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen.

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Jennifer Nicks

First Name Jennifer
Born on April 13, 1932
Died on August 21, 1980 (aged 48)

Jennifer Mary Nicks was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks. In 1953, the two won Great Britain's only World and European titles in pair skating, after having placed fourth at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

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Dan Hipgrave

First Name Dan
Last Name Hipgrave
Born on August 5, 1975 (age 50)

Daniel Hipgrave is an English musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of the Post-Britpop/alternative rock band Toploader.

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Pauline Baynes

First Name Pauline
Born on September 9, 1922
Died on August 1, 2008 (aged 85)

Pauline Diana Baynes was an English illustrator, author and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than two hundred books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator of some of J. R. R. Tolkien's minor works and of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.

The hallmarks of her work were a talent for lively, imaginative designs; the ability to create a sense of energy and animation; a confident fluidity of line; a bold use of vibrant, gem-like colours and the subtle employment of negative space.

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Edna Best

First Name Edna
Born on March 3, 1900
Died on September 18, 1974 (aged 74)

Edna Clara Best was a British actress.

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John Roland Abbey

First Name John
Last Name Abbey
Died on December 24, 1969

Major John Roland Abbey was an English book collector and High Sheriff.

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Eric Gill

First Name Eric
Last Name Gill
Born on February 22, 1882
Died on November 17, 1940 (aged 58)

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. His religious views and subject matter contrast with his sexual behaviour, including his erotic art, and his extramarital affairs and sexual abuse of his daughters, sisters, and dog.

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Richard Olivier

First Name Richard
Last Name Olivier
Born on December 3, 1961 (age 64)
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Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet

First Name Sir
Died on July 11, 1886

Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for the borough of Eye.

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Philip Reeve

First Name Philip
Last Name Reeve
Born on February 28, 1966 (age 60)

Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book Mortal Engines and its sequels. His 2007 novel, Here Lies Arthur, based on the legendary King Arthur, won the Carnegie Medal, which sets out to choose the year's best children's book published in the UK.

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