List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Sir Ian Davis

First Name Sir
Born on March 10, 1951 (age 75)

Sir Ian Edward Lamert Davis is an English businessman, best known for his role as managing director of McKinsey & Company. He succeeded Rajat Gupta on 1 July 2003. He joined McKinsey in 1979 retired in 2010, after 7 years at the Bowater-Scott Corporation and currently serves as a senior partner emeritus.

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Tom Cecil Noel

First Name Tom
Last Name Noel
Born on December 12, 1897
Died on August 22, 1918 (aged 20)

Lieutenant Tom Cecil Noel was a British World War I infantry officer turned aerial observer, notable for winning a Military Cross for bravery on both land and air. In conjunction with his pilots, he was credited with 24 victories over enemy aircraft, consisting of 12 destroyed, 1 captured, and 11 'out of control'.

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David Aldous

David John Aldous
First Name David
Last Name Aldous

David John Aldous, FRS is a mathematician known for his research on probability theory and its applications, in particular in topics such as exchangeability, weak convergence, Markov chain mixing times, the continuum random tree and stochastic coalescence. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1970 and received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1977 under his advisor, D. J. H. Garling. Since 1979 Aldous has been on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley.

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Edgeworth Beresford David

First Name Edgeworth
Last Name David
Born on November 30, 1907
Died on November 30, 1964 (aged 57)

Edgeworth Beresford David, was a colonial administrator. He was appointed as a cadet in the Colonial Office in 1930 and later became the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 - 1957 and the last Chief Secretary of Singapore from 1958 to 1959. David was the Administrator of Hong Kong for a short time after Sir Alexander Grantham left Hong Kong and Sir Robert Brown Black was named Governor in late 1957.

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Shannon Izar

First Name Shannon
Last Name Izar
Born on May 8, 1993 (age 33)

Shannon Izar is a French rugby union player. She has represented France in both codes of the game. She played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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Jeremy Gilley

First Name Jeremy
Last Name Gilley
Born on January 1, 1969 (age 57)

Jeremy Francis Gilley is an English actor, filmmaker and founder of the nonprofit organisation Peace One Day.

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Stephen Woolley

First Name Stephen
Last Name Woolley
Born on September 3, 1956 (age 70)

Stephen Woolley is an English film producer and director, whose prolific career has spanned over three and a half decades, for which he was awarded the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2019. As a producer he has been Oscar-nominated for The Crying Game (1992), and has also produced multi-Academy Award nominated films including Mona Lisa (1986), Little Voice (1998), Michael Collins (1996), The End of the Affair (1999), Interview with a Vampire (1994), and Carol (2016). He currently runs the production company Number 9 Films with his partner Elizabeth Karlsen.

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Eileen O'Shaughnessy

First Name Eileen
Last Name O'Shaughnessy
Born on September 25, 1905
Died on March 29, 1945 (aged 39)

Eileen Maud Blair was the first wife of George Orwell.

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Robin Bextor

First Name Robin
Last Name Bextor
Born on October 11, 1953 (age 73)

Robin Bextor is an English film and television producer and director. He is the father of the dance-pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

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John Woodvine

First Name John
Last Name Woodvine
Born on July 21, 1929 (age 97)

John Woodvine is an English actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles.

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