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Notable List

ImageNameNotable text
Cyril Aldred
Cyril AldredEgyptologist, art historian and author
Sir Eric Anderson
Sir William Eric Kinloch ("Eric") Anderson, KT FRSEan English teacher and Knight of the Thistle
Arthur Armstrong
Arthur Coles Armstrongan author
Lord Alan Bassett
Lord Alan Bassett, Lord of Wycombe Sheriff of RutlandSigned Magna Carta as counsellor to King John
Nathaniel Goddard BenchleyWriter of "The Off-Islanders" the novel for the movie "The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming".
Peter Bradford BenchleyWriter of the block-buster "Jaws", "The Deep", "Beast" and "The Island".
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, Queen of EnglandQueen of England
Eirene Botting
Eirene Adeline BottingBritish Author
Sir John Weston Brooke
Sir John Weston ("Jock") Brooke, 3rd Bt. JP DL3rd Baronet of Almondbury
Sir Robert Weston Brooke, 2nd Bt. DSO MC DL2nd Baronet of Almondbury
John BudgenCommander John Budgen of the Royal Navy and secretary to Queen Caroline.
Richard Budgencartographer
George Herbert Walker Bush41st President of the United States
Warde Butler
Warde Quay Butler, Jractor
Sir James CallanderDirector of Vickers Limited
Agnes CapetPrinces Agnes of France daughter of King Louis
Thomas Chitty
Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Bt.British Novelist
Betty Isobel CrawfordWas a housemaid for Baron Henry de Tuyll and Baroness Beatrice de Tuyll.
Thomas de BassettSigned Magna Carta as counsellor to King John
Robert Douglas-Miller
Robert Alexander Gavin Douglas-MillerManaging Director of Jenners Department Store
Laurie Duff
Peter Laurance ("Laurie") Duffan international rugby union player active in the sport between 1936 and 1939.
William Duke Of Normandy, IWilliam the Conqueror
Barbara Field
Barbara Phyllis Fielda private secretary for english novelist Berta Ruck.
Dorothy L. Field
Dorothy L. FieldPrivate Secretary for Sir Arthur Pearson 1st BT.
Maud Frances FieldSecretarial work for Sir Arthur Pearson 1st BT.
Canon Thomas Field
Canon Thomas Field, DDCanon Thomas Field
Dick Finnigan
Richard Prytherch Finnigana Welsh international footballer goalkeeper
Sir Ernest Fisk
Sir Ernest Thomas Fiskthe recipient of the first wireless transmission between England and Australia.
Sir Reginald Fitz-Urse, Of Haworth And Bulwickone of the four knights that murdered Thomas Becket in 1170
Stephen Franks
Stephen James Franksan Australian artist
William Duguid Geddes
Sir William Duguid GeddesTeacher
Jamie Gilroy
Jamie GilroyWickerman Festival founder
Sir Ernest William Goodale
Sir Ernest William Goodale, CBE MC Comp.TI Hon.FSIAin the British Textile industry
Lord John Graham 1st Viscount Dundee, Earl of Northesk
Lord John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee Bonnie Dundee Earl of Northesk1st Viscount Dundee, Bonnie Dundee, Earl of Northesk
William Frederick Halsey, JrFleet Admiral Halsey
Katharine Hepburn (actress)
Katherine Houghton Hepburnactress
Christopher Hollis Johnson, PhD, CBEwas a British chemist and physicist. He worked in weapons research and was part of the technical committee of Tube Alloys, the UK's secret atomic weapon development programme.
John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedyformer President of the United States
William J Lakelysharpshooter with "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Jack Lorimer
John Gillespie ("Jack") LorimerScottish music hall entertainer
Max Wall
Maxwell George Lorimerknown as British Comedian Max Wall
Rear Admiral Mackenzie
David John Mackenzie, CBRear Admiral Royal Navy
Donald George Malarky
Donald George ("Don") Malarkeyportrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" by Scott Grimes.
James Maxwell
James Ackley Maxwell, Jran American/ English Actor
Frank Leo McCarroll
Francis 'Frank' Leo McCarrollRodeo Cowboy, stuntman, actor
Shelagh McNab Duffett
Shelagh Ann McNaba painter
Julia Carolyn McWilliams
Julia Carolyn McWilliamscelebrity chef and author
Eric Milroy
Eric Macleod Milroya Rugby player for Scotland
John Milroya covenantor for which he was hung
Millicent Milroy
Millicent Agnes Milroymarried to Edward VIII and having children with him, apparently.
John Wayne (actor, director, producer)
Marion Mitchell Morrisonactor
Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jean Mortensonactress
Susan McKay Naceartist
Robert Kemsley Orr, CBEa Scottish composer, organist and teacher
Philip Tom Finn Oyler
Philip Thomas Finn Oyleran English Author, Tom Oyler
Soldanella Oyler
Soldanella Oyler, MBEartist and suppossed relative of Conan Doyle
Barbara PierceFirst Lady to the 41st President and mother of the 43rd President.
William Gordon Reeveartist/ sculpture
James Reid of Auchterarder
James Reidan engineer. In 1876 James Reid became sole partner in Europe's largest locomotive manufacturing company, Neilson, Reid & Co of the Hydepark Locomotive Works in Springburn. He also collected art and built up a small but impressive collection of works, some of which are now in the collections of Glasgow Museums.
Frederick George Sandersfounder of The Patent Architectural Pottery Company in Hamworthy.
Alfred Eastwood Smith
Alfred Eastwood SmithReginald and brother Alfred Smith standing at tail of Bleriot's plane, in their cadet uniforms in 1909
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Reginald John SmithReginald and brother Alfred Smith standing at tail of Bleriot's plane, in their cadet uniforms in 1909
Bonnie Treadwell
Mary Ellen ("Bonnie") TreadwellRodeo Cowgirl
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of EnglandElizabeth I, Queen of England
Henry Tudor "King Henry VIII"
Henry Tudor, Henry VIII King of EnglandHenry VIII, King of England
Sir Jean-Pierre Frank Warner Q.C.
Sir Jean-Pierre Frank Eugene Warner, QCa Distinguished lawyer who served as the first British Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice
Rear-Admiral Denis Wildish CB
Denis Bryan Harvey Wildish, CB Deputy Second Sea Lorda Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
Henry William Wildish, KBE CBEngr Rear Admiral
Barbara Mary Willard
Barbara Mary Willarda British Novelist
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willardan English Actor
Edward Smith Willard
Edward Smith Willardan English Actor and theatre manager
Avril Elgar
Avril Elgar Williamsa British Actress
Kathleen Wilson
Dr. Kathleen Jean Wallace Wilson, OBEa prominent nurse, lecturer, editor and authur
Edward F. ("Edwin") Wiltsailor aboard the USS Kearsarge during Civil War battle with the CSS Alabama
Edward WynneHouse Steward at Bayons Manor