furniture designerBorn: 1892Birthplace: London, England Having founded Gordon Russell Ltd. in 1923 to produce furniture, by the 1930s he and his brother Dick (1903–1981) had built a reputation as…
explorerBorn: 1862Birthplace: London, England Mary Kingsley led a quiet life until after the deaths of her parents. She then took off for Africa to study African religion and culture. She traveled…
actressBorn: 2/22/1950Birthplace: Birmingham, England Walters left nursing to pursue an acting career. She got her start singing, dancing, and acting in several British stage productions. She won a…
singer, modelBorn: 4/15/1966Birthplace: London, England A teen model, she was known in the U.K. as a “page 3 girl” for appearing in a British tabloid, which regularly featured topless models on…
Fede Galizia was born in Italy in 1578. By the time she was a teenager she was an accomplished portrait painter. She was famous throughout Europe. Artemisia Gentileschi lived in Europe from 1593…
actressBorn: 1/4/1965Birthplace: Surrey, England In the United States, Ormond is known for her work in Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997), Sabrina (1995), Nostradamus (1994) and Legends of the Fall (…
journalist, broadcasterBorn: 11/20/1908Birthplace: Manchester, England British-born American journalist and radio/TV personality whose commentary on American culture had an audience in both the U.S…
actorBorn: 5/29/1959Birthplace: London, England Paul played Duncan MacLeod for six years on the television show, Highlander-The Series (1992– ). The former model studied jazz and ballet before…
actorBorn: 9/10/1960Birthplace: Grayshott, Hampshire, England Well-regarded British actor who has starred in such movies as Valmont (1989) and Apartment Zero (1988). Firth became more familiar to…
(Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor)Princess RoyalBorn: 8/15/1950Birthplace: London, England The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has shed her adolescent…
