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Denis Chales Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer and footballer. He was born in 1918 at Hendon and died in 1997. He played cricket for Middlesex from 1936 and for England from 1937 to 1957, playing in 78 test matches and is regarded as the best all-round cricketer of all time. In 1947 he scored a record 18 centuries. In addition, when younger he played Association Football for Arsenal and England, being England captain in 1943 and playing with Arsenal when they won the cup in 1950. In 1957 following a knee injury he retired from cricket and football to work as a journalist and broadcaster.
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Sir Frederick Handley Page was an English aircraft designer. He was born in 1875 at Cheltenham, Gloucester and died in 1962. Formerly an engineer, he turned his attention to aeronautics in 1907 and after two years of experimenting started his business as an aeronautical engineer and designer. In 1909 he founded the first British aircraft manufacturing firm, Handley Page, at Barking. In 1912 he moved his works to Cricklewood. During the Great War he turned his works over to the British government, and designed several new types of aircraft, including the first twin-engined bomber. He was awarded the CBE in 1918 and knighted in 1942.
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Sir Thomas Octave Sopwith was a British airmen and inventor. He was born in 1888 at London and died in 1989. Educated at Cottesmore and Seafield Engineering College he developed an interest in aviation and aircraft design. In 1910 he won the Baron de Forest prize for a flight from England to the Continent, and in 1911 he founded the Sopwith Aviation and Engineering Company Ltd at Kingston on Thames, to design and build aeroplanes and seaplanes. In 1918 he was made a CBE. In 1925 he became chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, a post he held until 1927 and chairman, later President, of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1935 and 1963. He was knighted in 1953. Among his famous aircraft that served in the British armed forces during the Great War were the Sopwith Pup and Sopwith Camel.
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Sir Ian McKellen is an English actor and gay rights activist. He was born in 1935 at Burnley, Lancashire. He was appointed CBE in 1979 and knighted in 1990 for services to the arts.
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Michael Bentine was an English actor and comedy writer. He was born in 1922 at Watford, Hertfordshire and died in 1996. He was a founding member of the Goons radio show, and in 1995 received a CBE for his services to entertainment.
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Michael Bryant CBE was an English actor. He was born in 1928 at London and died in 2002. Primarily a stage actor, he has also appeared in several films including the 1969 'Goodby Mr Chips' and television series including playing the role of 'Squadron Leader Marsh' in the 1970's television series 'Colditz'. He was awarded the CBE in 1988 for his services to British theatre.
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Roger George Moore CBE is an English actor, director and film producer. He was born in 1927 at Stockwell, London. His first film role was in an uncredited bit part in the 1945 'Perfect Strangers', before becoming perhaps most famous for his portrayal of 'James Bond'.
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Sir George Robey (real name George Wade) was an English comedian and actor. He was born in 1869 and died in 1954. He made his first appearance on the music-hall stage at Oxford in 1891, where he soon acquired a reputation as a comedian. In 1915 he appeared in the revue 'The Bing Boys are Here' at the Alhambra, and later with other revues. He was made a CBE in 1919.
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Penelope Keith (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield) is an English actress. She was born in 1940 at Sutton in Surrey. Educated in drama at Webber Douglass Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, she is best known for playing aristocratic or snobbish ladies in British situation comedies sucg as the 1960's 'The Good Life' and 'To The Manor Born'. One of Britain's best known and loved actresses, she was awarded the OBE in 1990 and the CBE in 2007.
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Zoe Wanamaker is an American actress. She was born in 1949 at New York. After her father was blacklisted by the McCarthy persecutions her family moved to England where she grew up, but retained her American nationality. She won the 1984 London Critics Circle Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress in Mother Courage, the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of the 1997 season for her performance in Electra at the Donmar Warehouse and was made a CBE in 2000.
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