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Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, Nobel Prise’s namesake
Alvin Toffler
American author & business futurist
Anita Roddick
Successful UK businesswoman and founder of the ‘Body Shop’
Anthony Hopkins
Famous Welsh actor, renowned for his role as Hannibal in ‘Silence of the Lambs’
Arsene Wenger
Arsenal football club manager
Arthur Miller
US dramatist, 1915+,
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet, 1854 – 91
Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman, 1864 – 1940
Ashlee Simpson
Actress
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft, arguably the world’s richest man
Bill Wyman
Ex-Rolling Stone
Billy Connolly
Scottish comedian
Bob Geldof
Irish singer, famous for organiser ‘Live Aid’ humanitarian fund raising concerts
Carole Lombard
Arguably the finest comedienne throughout the 30s and into the early 40s
Carrie Fisher
Actress starred in “Austin Powers” and “When Harry Met Sally”
Catherine Deneuve
Grand dame of French cinema
Charlton Heston
US film star & gun activist, played ‘Ben Hur’
Cliff Richard
UK singer, unique in having number one hits across five decades
Daniela Pestova
Model
Dannii Minogue
Australian celebrity, little sister of Kylie
David Carradine
Famous celebrity
Dawn French
British comedienne, as in French and Saunders
Denis Diderot
French philosopher 1713-84
Desmond Tutu
South African religious leader, 1931+
Dick Francis
British novelist, 1920+
Donna Karan
US Fashion guru
Doris Lessing
English writer, 1919+
Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet
E E Cummings
Famous American writer and poet
Eleanor Roosevelt
US first lady & wife of Teddy
Eminem
Hugely successful White ‘gangsta’ rapper, like him or not.
Eugenio Montale
Italian poet, 1896-1981
Evelyn Waugh
English novelist, 1903-66
Ezra Pound
American poet 1885-1972
Faith Baldwin
Author
Fanny Brice
Comedienne, 1891-1951
Ferdinand Foch
French marshal
Fran Lebowitz
American writer, 1946-
Frank Herbert
American writer, 1920 – 86
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher and writer
George Bancroft
Historian
Giuseppe Verdi
1813-1901, Italian composer
Gore Vidal
Writer
Graham Greene
Famous author
Groucho Marx
US comedian, member of the Marx Brothers, 1890-1977
Guy Pearce
Australian Actor in The Proposition
Gwen Stefani
Famous American pop diva
Hannah Arendt
American political philosopher
Harold Pinter
English playwright 1930-
Helen Hayes
Long regarded as the first lady of American theatre, 1900-1993
Helen Hunt Jackson
US writer, 1830-85
Hugh Jackman
Actor from The X-Men and Australia
Ian Thorpe
Aussie swimming star, The Thorpedo
Italo Calvino
Italian novelist
Ivan Turgenev
Great Russian author
Jackie Collins
Successful author
Jamelia
Singer
James Boswell
Biographer of Samuel Johnson 1740-95
James Cook
Captain in British Navy, known as the World’s Explorer, 1728-79
James Whitcomb Riley
Poet, 1849-1916
Jean Giraudoux
French playwright
Jesse Jackson
Famous American activist, 1941+
Jimmy Breslin
Columnist
Jimmy Carter
American President from 1977-1981
Joe Hill
American labour leader and songwriter, 1879-1914
John Adams
American president 1797-1801
John Cleese
British comedian
John Dewey
Philosopher
John Evelyn
English diarist, 1620-1706
John Hay
American writer, 1838-1905
John Keats
Famous english poet
John Le Carre
British novelist
John Lennon
Founding member of the Beatles
John Perry Barlow
American writer, 1947+
John Wooden
American basketball player in the 1930s
Johnny Carson
American comedian, 1925+
Jonas Salk
American scientist, 1914-95
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Julia Roberts
Hollywood actress, hugely successful in ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Erin Brockovich’
Julie Andrews
Famous English actress
Kate Winslet
British actress whose role in Titanic gave her huge international acclaim
Katherine Mansfield
New Zealand born short-story writer
Kelly Preston
American Actress
Larry Holmes
American athlete, 1949+
Le Corbusier
French architect
Lee Iacocca
Famous businessman, wellknown as CEO of Chrysler
Lenny Bruce
American comedian
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Lord Alfred Douglas
Poet and friend of Oscar Wilde 1870-1945
Louise Talma
Composer, 1906+
Luciano Pavarotti
Famous Italian tenor & larger than life opera singer,1935+
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian statesman, 1869-1948
Margaret Thatcher
Ex-British Prime Minister
Marie Osmond
Musician, one of the Osmonds, 1959+
Mario Puzo
American novelist, author of the ‘Godfather’ series
Marlene Dietrich
Actress
Martha Stewart
American talk show host & actress, 1922+
Martina Navratilova
Top tennis player
Matt Damon
Actor
Michael Crichton
American author, film producer and television producer, 1942+
Mickey Mantle
Athlete, 1931-95
Montgomery Clift
American actor, played in numerous B&W classics
Murray Walker
Famous F1 motor racing commentator
Napoleon Hill
American writer, 1883-1970
Natalie Clifford Barney
American writer, 1876-1972
Natalie Maines
American musician, 1974+
Neve Campbell
Star of the ‘Scream’ trilogy and other movies
Niels Bohr
World renowned Danish physicist, 1885-1962
Nora Roberts
Author
Oscar Wilde
Anglo-Irish playwright and poet, noted for his sartorial wit. Lived 1854-1900.
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer in Black Sabbath and reality TV star
P Diddy
Rapper who used to known as Puff Daddy
P G Wodehouse
British humourist
Pablo Picasso
Extremely influential & prolific Spanish artist, whose cubist pantings are worth millions.
Paul Strand
Famous photographer
Paul Valery
French critic & poet, 1871-1945
Peter Jackson
Director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Pope John Paul I
Pope, head of the Catholic Church on Earth
Rachael Leigh Cook
Actress in ‘The Babysitters Club’ & ‘She’s All That’
Ralph Kiner
Athlete, 1922+
Ray Kroc
Founder of McDonalds Corporation
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright
Richard Rorty
Philosopher
Rita Hayworth
Actress
Robin Day
Broadcaster
Rod Carew
Athlete, 1945+
Ruth Gordon
American actress and writer
Sammy Hagar
Musician, 1947+
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Author and poet, wrote ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’ epic
Sarah Bernhardt
Famous French actress and Opal advocate
Sarah Josepha Hale
US writer famous for childrens nursery rhymes, 1788-1879
Sigourney Weaver
Actress
Snoop Dogg
American rapper
Susan Sarandon
American actress
Suzanne Somers
Actress
Sylvia Plath
Famous author
Theodore Roosevelt
American president, presided over ally victory in WWII
Thomas Love Peacock
English novelist 1785-1866
Thomas Wolfe
American novelist
Tim Robbins
American Actor, in The Shawshank Redemption
Timothy Leary
1920-96, American psychologist
Tom Petty
Musician
Tommy Lee
American singer, was married to Pamela Anderson
Toni Braxton
R&B singer
Trevor Brooking
Ex-football player
Trey Parker
Creator of the hilarious South Park
Vaclav Havel
President of the Czech Republic
Viggo Mortensen
Famous actor, plays in Lord of the Rings trilogy
Vladimir Horowitz
Classical pianist
Vladimir Putin
Russian leader, 1952+
Wallace Stevens
American poet
Walter Matthau
American Oscar winning actor
William O Douglas
US legal expert, 1898-1980
William Penn
English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania, 1644-1718
Winona Ryder
Hollywood actress, played in Girl Interrupted
Wyclef Jean
Black rapper, R&B artist, member of the ‘Fugees’
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