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Was an influential English folk and blues songwriter, guitarist and singer, noted for his distinctiv

Was an influential English folk and blues songwriter, guitarist and singer, noted for his distinctive and original folk-rock guitar style and his often darkly humorous lyrics.His main business became manufacture of his Ashworth range of instrument pickups

The descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry,[1] was an American astronomer and t

The descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry,[1] was an American astronomer and telescope maker. He was a portrait painter and engraver, but at the age of 40 become involved in telescope making. Using glass blanks made by Chance Brothers of Birmingham and Feil-Mantois of Paris, his firm Alvan Clark & Sons ground lenses for refracting telescopes, including the largest in the world at the time: the 18.5-inch (470 mm) at Dearborn Observatory at the Old University of Chicago (the lens was originally intended for Ole Miss), the 26-inch (660 mm) at the United States Naval Observatory, the 30-inch (760 mm) at Pulkovo Observatory (destroyed in the Siege of Leningrad;

Is an English pop singer and stage actor.In the early 1960s, Shane Fenton and The Fentones were an u

Is an English pop singer and stage actor.In the early 1960s, Shane Fenton and The Fentones were an unknown teenage band who recorded a demo tape and mailed it in to a BBC programme with the hope of being picked to appear on TV. While awaiting a reply from

Born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950

Born Alwyne Eato was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1950 and 1955. He joined Derbyshire in 1950 and played in the first and second elevens over the next eight years. He made his first class debut for Derbyshire

Is an English football player, and plays as a striker. She plays for OOH Lincoln Ladies, and is an e

Is an English football player, and plays as a striker. She plays for OOH Lincoln Ladies, and is an established member of the England squad.

Is a Gibraltarian tennis player, currently residing in Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. She is

Is a Gibraltarian tennis player, currently residing in Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. She is currently British no. 11, ranked at 423 in the world (as of 1 March 2010). She reached her career-high singles ranking of world no. 400 on 24 August 2009

Was an English poet.He was born in Shropshire of a Leicestershire family. He was educated at Shrewsb

Was an English poet.He was born in Shropshire of a Leicestershire family. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1699. He seems to have lived chiefly at Cambridge until he resigned his fellows

Is an English chess player.In 2000 at the age of 13 Ghasi shared the British Rapidplay Chess Champio

Is an English chess player.In 2000 at the age of 13 Ghasi shared the British Rapidplay Chess Championship title with Aaron Summerscale becoming the youngest ever winner.

An English singer and songwriter. Born in Dacorum, England, she is the youngest sister of soprano Sa

An English singer and songwriter. Born in Dacorum, England, she is the youngest sister of soprano Sarah Brightman.Brightman began her musical career under the pseudonym of Eve, but changed it to Violet, to avoid confusion with the American rapper Eve. In 1999 she began working with the staff of Nemo Studio, Hamburg, Germany; starting by writing material for the Spanish singer, Princessa's I Won't Forget You album. During her time at Nemo, Violet began working on her debut solo album with producer Frank Peterson and contributing to many of his other projects. Violet has written for, toured with and provided vocals for many albums by the Gregorian chant project,

Was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and

Was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and a chess writer.He was born in Hull and moved to London at the age of 21. There he took chess lessons from future World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz, and, like his teacher, became known for his superior defensive ability. In his book The Praxis of My System Aaron Nimzowitsch named him among the top six "purely defensive players". From 1913 until his death, Burn edited the chess column of The Field, but he was never a professional player.

Was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire between 1876 and 1877. Hind debuted for Derbyshi

Was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire between 1876 and 1877. Hind debuted for Derbyshire during the 1876 season, against Lancashire.

A British singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family she recorded her first dem

A British singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family she recorded her first demo by age 14, which eventually got her signed to Polydor. Studt released her first single "Just a Little Girl" in July 2002, to international success. It was followed almost a year later by "Misfit", which came to be her highest charting single. The same month her debut album False Smiles appeared. Late 2003 and early 2004 two more singles were released, "Under the Thumb" and "All I Wanna Do" respectively, but only to diminishing sales. That caused Polydor to let go of Studt in February 2004.

Is an English female football midfielder. She currently plays for Blackburn Rovers Ladies and has re

Is an English female football midfielder. She currently plays for Blackburn Rovers Ladies and has represented England at Under-23 level. Kane has represented England at Under-19, Under-21 and Under-23 levels. In April 2007 she was chosen to join the England senior side's training camp at La Manga.

A musician now living in Australia. She is currently best known for her single "Don't Miss You" whic

A musician now living in Australia. She is currently best known for her single "Don't Miss You" which was charting in the top 20 on the Australian Aria Charts.[1] Her debut album "Who I Am" was released April 2008.In late 2006, Pearson began working on her debut album Who I Am, originally set for release in late 2007, but was pushed back to early 2008. Three singles were released from the album; "Don't Miss You" and "Not Me" in 2007, and "Ready to Fly" in 2008. "Don't Miss You" was a top twenty success, peaking at number nineteen on the ARIA Singles Chart, staying on the top fifty for fifteen weeks, and despite its low chart peak, was certified gold. Although the other two singles were not as successful, they both managed the top forty. Tha album Who I Am was released two weeks after "Ready to Fly" and peaked at number thirty-nine on the ARIA Albums Chart, staying on the top one hundred for four weeks and selling around 15,000 copies.

A songstress, songwriter, and actress.Amy Wadge (born 1975) was born and brought up in Backwell, a s

A songstress, songwriter, and actress.Amy Wadge (born 1975) was born and brought up in Backwell, a small village just outside Bristol, England. Her father's passion for music influenced Amy enormously and she was exposed to the sounds of everyone from The Beatles to Elton John, Pink Floyd to Joni Mitchell, from a very tender age. She started writing her own songs at the age of nine, originally on the family piano. Then, when she was 11 her parents bought her, her first guitar from a junk shop. Amy taught herself to play along to Tracy Chapman's debut album and she discovered her passion for the guitar.

Known as Giles Baring, was a first-class English cricketer between the years 1930 and 1946. He repre

Known as Giles Baring, was a first-class English cricketer between the years 1930 and 1946. He represented Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931 and Hampshire between 1930 and 1939. Apart from more than fifty regular county championship games, he played in the Cambridge University v New Zealanders match of 3 June 1931, for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players matches of 2 September 1931 and 11 July 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v West Indians on 24 May 1933, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australians on 23 May 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v South Africans on 22 May 1935, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australians on 25 May 1938, and for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australian Services on 7 July 1945. He played for the MCC between 1935 and 1946, and his last first-class game was in the MCC v Cambridge University match of 29 June 1946. Baring was a right-arm fast bowler and also a right-hand batsman. As a bowler, he took 197 wickets for 5,607 runs, an average of 28.46. As a batsman, he played 103 first class innings, was not out 27 times and was never stumped. His average as a batsman was 8.73.

Is an English journalist, currently co-anchoring ITV Wales's evening news programme Wales Tonight.Be

Is an English journalist, currently co-anchoring ITV Wales's evening news programme Wales Tonight.Benfield started her journalism and media career as a local radio reporter for County Sound Radio 1566 AM. She then joined local television station MyTV Port

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of t

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later in Barcelona, Dallaway was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event. A

Is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and Indian Premier Lea

Is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and Indian Premier League team, Chennai Super Kings. A tall (6' 4") fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst

Is an English vocalist. He was runner-up in the second UK series of The X Factor and also represente

Is an English vocalist. He was runner-up in the second UK series of The X Factor and also represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.Abraham was beaten to the top spot on The X Factor by Shayne Ward by 1.2% of the national public vote. Abraham was mentored throughout the competition by Sharon Osbourne although fellow judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh also praised the singer throughout the competition.

Was a major political figure and union leader in North East England. Notorious for his abuse of his

Was a major political figure and union leader in North East England. Notorious for his abuse of his power, he was brought down by, and jailed for his role in, the Poulson scandal of 1974, which also destroyed the careers of T. Dan Smith and Tory Home Secr

Is an English sports commentator and former competitive swimmer. He competed in three consecutive Su

Is an English sports commentator and former competitive swimmer. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980.Jameson's swimming career was initially centred around individual medley events, but after studying at Arizona State University, he decided to specialise in the 100 m butterfly and 100 m freestyle events.

Is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Surrey and Middlesex, before representing Hertfor

Is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Surrey and Middlesex, before representing Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. Needham was a right-arm off-spinner, with a batting record that suggsested he could be considered an all-rounder

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who playe

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Norfolk. He was born in Sanderstead. Agar first represented Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship in 1977, and represented the team in the league until 1983. He made a single List A appearance for the side, in the 1983 NatWest Trophy competition, against Glamorgan.

Was an English astronomer born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.Among other things, he observed the satellites

Was an English astronomer born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.Among other things, he observed the satellites of Mars and Saturn. He worked on astrophotography, making a celebrated early photograph of the Orion Nebula in 1883. He also worked on telescope making, building a 60-inch reflector.