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113 famous people found
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Charles Howard Hinton
British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances
1853 - 1907 -
Marianne North
English Victorian biologist and botanical artist
1830 - 1890 -
James Hinton
English surgeon and author
1822 - 1875 -
Lady Idina Sackville
English aristocrat and member of the Happy Valley set
1893 - 1955 -
Julius Drewe
English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur who founded Home and Colonial Stores
1856 - 1931 -
George Curzon
British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905
1859 - 1925 -
William Henry Smyth
Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist
1788 - 1865 -
Egerton Leigh
British landowner, soldier, Conservative politician and author
1815 - 1876 -
Henry Blagrove
First British Royal Navy officer of flag rank to be killed in the Second World War
1887 - 1939 -
Eleanor Rigby
Inspiration for The Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby"
1895 - 1939 -
Lily Hanbury
English stage performer
1873 - 1908 -
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings
1866 - 1923 -
Samuel Cunard
British-Canadian shipping magnate
1787 - 1865 -
Olivia Shakespear
British novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts
1863 - 1938 -
John Loder
British film actor
1898 - 1988 -
Arthur Cayley
British mathematician
1821 - 1895 -
Decima MOORE
English singer and actress
1871 - 1964 -
Albert MOSS
English cricketer
1863 - 1945 -
Anthony EDEN
British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1897 - 1977 -
William LEQUEUX
Anglo-French journalist and writer
1869 - 1927