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Cary Grant

(Archibald Alexander Leach)actorBorn: 1/18/1904Birthplace: Bristol, England Comfortable with comedy, suspense and costume drama, Grant defined debonair and suave both on- and off-screen. His films…

Sir David Lean

director, editor, producer, writerBorn: 3/25/1908Birthplace: Croydon, England Academy Award-winning director, editor, producer, and writer known for his craftmanship behind the camera. His films…

Minnie Driver

actressBorn: 1/31/1970Birthplace: England Versatile English actress who has shown incredible range throughout her career. Her films, which range from period pieces to comedies to dramas, include…

Charles Handy

management educator, writerBorn: 1932Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland After studying at Oxford and becoming a manager at Shell Petroleum from 1956–65, he became an economist in London. He taught at the…

Tom Wilkinson

actorBirthplace: Leeds, England British character actor who long acted in supporting roles, often portraying emotionally troubled men, before gaining international notice as a stripper/…

Iris Murdoch

writerBorn: 7/15/1919Birthplace: Dublin important British writer whose 27 novels included The Bell (1958) and The Sea, the Sea (1978), for which she won the Booker Prize. In 1987 she was made a…

Graham J. Durant

Born: 1934Birthplace: Newport, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the production of stomach…

John Colin Emmett

Born: 1939Birthplace: Bradford, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the production of stomach…

C. Robin Ganellin

Born: 1934Birthplace: London, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the production of stomach…

Mike Figgis

director, screenwriter, composer, actorBorn: 1948Birthplace: Carlisle, England A former musician with a band and actor in an experimental theater, he wrote, directed, and composed the scores for…