Curated category
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Frederick S. BoasFrederick Samuel Boas entered the world on the 24th of July 1862 as the eldest son of Hermann Boas from Belfast. His family background was Jewish, a detail…
- Keira KnightleyKeira Christina Knightley was born on the 26th of March 1985 in the southwestern London suburb of Teddington. Her father Will Knightley worked as a stage…
- Harold WilsonJames Harold Wilson stood on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street as an eight-year-old boy in a photograph that would later become famous.
- Ernest ShackletonErnest Shackleton was born on the 15th of February 1874 in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland. His father Henry Shackleton had tried to join the British Army…
- Ewan McGregorEwan Gordon McGregor entered the world on the 31st of March 1971 in Perth, Scotland. He grew up nearby in Crieff with his parents and older brother Colin.
- Luol DengLuol Deng was born on the 16th of April 1985 in Wau, Sudan. His family belonged to the Dinka ethnic group and lived through the Second Sudanese Civil War.
- John Boardman (art historian)John Boardman arrived in the world on the 20th of August 1927 within the town of Ilford, Essex. His early years unfolded at Chigwell School between 1938 and…
- Michael FlandersMichael Henry Flanders was born on the 1st of March 1922 in Hampstead, London. He grew up as the third child and only son to Percy Henry Flanders and his…
- Rana MitterRana Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter arrived in the world on the 11th of August 1969. He was born in Cambridge while his parents worked as academics near…
- Eric IvesEric William Ives entered the world on the 12th of July 1931 in Romford, Essex. He grew up within a Plymouth Brethren family that shaped his early years.
- Idris ElbaIdrissa Akuna Elba was born on the 6th of September 1972 in the London Borough of Hackney. He grew up as the only child to Winston Elba, a Sierra Leonean man…
- Patrick StewartPatrick Stewart was born on the 13th of July 1940 in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. His childhood home was a poor household where he experienced…
- Alan TuringAlan Mathison Turing was born on the 23rd of June 1912 in Maida Vale, London. His father served with the Indian Civil Service while his mother came from a…
- Peter MolyneuxPeter Molyneux began his career in 1982 by distributing and selling floppy disks which contained video games for Atari and the Commodore 64.
- Martin EsslinMartin Julius Esslin was born Pereszlényi Gyula Márton in Budapest on the 6th of June 1918. His family moved to Vienna when he was very young.
- Jeff LynneJeffrey Lynne was born on the 30th of December 1947 in Erdington, Birmingham. His father bought him an acoustic guitar for just £2, a instrument he still…
- Gary LinekerGary Winston Lineker was born on the 30th of November 1960 in Leicester. His father Barry ran a fruit and vegetable stall at Leicester Market.
- Barbara DicksonBarbara Ruth Dickson was born on the 27th of September 1947 in Dunfermline. Her family moved to Rosyth before settling back in Dunfermline during the 1950s.
- Andrew Wallace-HadrillAndrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill entered the world on the 29th of July 1951 in Oxford, England. His father was John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, a mediaeval…
- Stuart J. RussellStuart Jonathan Russell entered the world in 1962 within the coastal city of Portsmouth, England. He attended St Paul's School in London before moving to…
- John KeeganJohn Desmond Patrick Keegan was born in Clapham, London on the 15th of May 1934. His father served as an Irish First World War veteran before the boy grew up.