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Charles III
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
David Bowie
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a significant impact on popular music.
David Beckham
Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City F.C.. Primarily a right midfielder and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and set-piece taking, Beckham is considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest set-piece specialists of all time. He won 19 major trophies in his career, and is the only English player to win league titles in four different countries: England, France, Spain, and the United States.
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, record executive, and entrepreneur. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.
Archie Panjabi
British actress (born 1972)
Jessie Ware
British singer
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
English peer, investment banker and philanthropist (1936–2024)
John Colet
English priest
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
British peer, philanthropist and humanitarian (1814-1906)
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
British author, philanthropist and advocate of woman's interests (1857–1939)
Princess Antonia of Prussia
British aristocrat and philanthropist
Evelyn Robert de Rothschild
British financier (1931-2022)
Thomas Coram
English sea captain and philanthropist
Lady Henry Somerset
noblewoman; English temperance leader and women's rights activist, editor (1851-1921)
Louisa Twining
English philanthropic worker, editor
Agnes Keyser
British philanthropist (1869-1941)
Dorothy de Rothschild
English philanthropist (1895-1988)
Princess Katarina of Serbia
Serbian Royal
Maria Dickin
British animal welfare campaigner, philanthropist and social reformer
Sigrid Rausing
Swedish philanthropist
Arabella Bob Churchill
English charity founder, festival co-founder, and fundraiser
Elizabeth Jesser Reid
British philanthropist
Adele Meyer
English campaigner for social reform (1855–1930)
Helena Schilizzi
British-Greek philanthropist - wife of Eleftherios Venizelos