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Lewis Hamilton
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (203), among others.
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Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
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Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project. He signed with Asylum Records the same year.
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Zayn Malik
English singer
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David Gilmour
English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)
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Chris Martin
English singer-songwriter (born 1977)
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Cat Stevens
British musician (born 1948)
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Louis Tomlinson
English singer and songwriter
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Jamie Oliver
British chef and media personality
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Lennox Lewis
British-Canadian boxer Vc
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Saint Margaret of Scotland
Queen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093
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Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
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John Harvard
English-American clergyman and philanthropist
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Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. He was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender, possibly one of the United Kingdom's most prolific. There had been allegations during his lifetime, but they were dismissed and accusers were ignored or disbelieved. Savile's victims allegedly included young children and elderly individuals.
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James Dyson
British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company (born 1947)
Emily Hobhouse
British welfare campaigner (1860–1926)
Eglantyne Jebbs
British social reformer, founder of "Save the Children" (1876-1928)
Samantha Cameron
British business executive (born 1971)
Charles Booth
British social researcher and philanthropist (1840-1916)
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
British countess (1707-1791)
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Lucien Laviscount
British actor
Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
British aristocrat and businessman (born 1991)
John Paul Getty Jr.
British philanthropist and book collector (1932–2003)
Joseph Strutt
English businessman and philanthropist (1765-1844)
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Nathan Sykes
English singer
Robert Raikes
English promoter of Sunday schools
Richard Whittington
four times Lord Mayor of London (1354-1423)
Jimi Heselden
British businessman (1948-2010)
John Whitgift
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to 1604
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George Robey
English music hall singer, film & theatre actor (1869-1954)
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John MacGregor
British canoeist (1825-1892)
Frederick Richards Leyland
British businessman (1832-1892)
John Radcliffe
English physician, academic and politician (1650-1714)
Thomas Hanbury
British entrepreneur, philanthropist, gardener (1832-1907)
Mike Hall
British sport cyclist (1981–2017)
Alfred de Rothschild
British banker and art collector (1842–1918)
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Charlotte von Rothschild
German-born British socialite (1819-1884)
Denis Mahon
English art historian and collector (1910–2011)
Seebohm Rowntree
British philanthropist industrialist and sociologist writer (1871–1954)
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British peer (born 1940)
Norma Major
wife of British prime minister John Major
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Robert Mond
British chemist and archaeologist (1867–1938)
Priscilla Wakefield
English writer
Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer
English philanthropist and mother of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1737-1814)
Flora Sassoon
Jewish philanthropist, businesswoman and scholar
Henrietta Barnett
English social reformer, educationist, and author (1851–1936)
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Elizabeth Wordsworth
Founding principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Arnold Hills
English businessman, sportsman, philanthropist, and activist (1857–1927)
Ethel Shakespear
English geologist, public servant and philanthropist
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Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet
British industrialist and politician (1842–1919)
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
British politician (1868-1947)
Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert of Lea
English Roman Catholic writer, translator, philanthropist (1822-1911)
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Edward Bradley
English novelist and clergyman (1827-1889)
Kristin Hallenga
columnist and founder of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel!
Maria Rye
British philanthropist (1829–1903)
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Sarah Moyle
English actress
George Herbert Strutt
cotton mill owner and philanthropist (1854–1928)
LadBaby
Mark Ian Hoyle (born 12 April 1987), known professionally as LadBaby, is an English YouTuber, musician, and blogger. His content focuses on his experiences as a father and is usually filmed in collaboration with his wife, Roxanne. The couple garnered the Christmas Number One on the UK Singles Chart for five years from 2018 to 2022, the most consecutive and overall for any artist, with the sausage roll-themed novelty songs "We Built This City", "I Love Sausage Rolls", "Don't Stop Me Eatin'", "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" and "Food Aid". This made them the first musical act in British history to
Alfred Yarrow
British shipbuilder (1842-1932)
Sir Isaac Goldsmid, 1st Baronet
British businessman (1778–1859)