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Jeremy Irons

actorBorn: 9/19/1948Birthplace: Isle of Wight, England Academy and Tony Award-winning film, stage and televsion actor known for his intensity and patrician cool. His films include The French…

Ben Kingsley

(Krishna Banji)actorBorn: 12/31/1943Birthplace: Yorkshire, England Academy Award-winning polished stage and movie actor whose films include Gandhi (1982), Betrayal (1983), Turtle Diary (1985),…

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

composerBorn: 3/22/1948Birthplace: London, England Tony Award-winning composer known for his larger-than-life works of the 1970s and 1980s that made London the city of new musicals. His works…

Peter Sellers

actorBorn: 9/8/1925Birthplace: Southsea, England Inimitable, eccentric film actor who starred in the British comic radio series The Goon Show before making his mark as the bemused Inspector…

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

writerBorn: 9/21/1866Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England Pioneering writer whose novels The Time Machine (1985), The Invisible Man (1897) and War of the Worlds (1898) were among the first science-…

Kate Winslet

actressBorn: 10/5/1975Birthplace: Reading, England Lovely English actress who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the leading role in the epic blockbuster Titanic (1997).…

Michael Apted

director, producerBorn: 2/10/1941Birthplace: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England Earning critical acclaim for his films Agatha (1979) and Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), he later directed Gorillas…

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS, 2006

(Wimbledon, England, June 26-July 9, 2006) Men's singles—Roger Federer defeats Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 Women's singles—Amelie…

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS, 2008

(Wimbledon, England, June 23-July 6, 2008) Men's singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 6-7, 9-7 Women's singles—…

Badri Patarkatsishvili Biography

opposition leaderDied: February 12, 2008 (London, England) Best Known as: exiled Georgian opposition leader Patarkatsishvili was a Georgian opposition politician…