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    Nicholas Parsons CBE, Mary Craig, Lord Maclennan of Rogart, Kobe Bryant

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a writer, a politician, a basketball star

  2. Tony Garnett, Joy Rainey, Professor Cuchlaine King, Terry Jones

    Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian

  3. Sir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth Sellars

    Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress

  4. General Qasem Soleimani, M.C. Beaton, George Laurer, Dr Sidney Holt

    Matthew Bannister on a general, a writer, an engineer, a biologist

  5. Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray

    Matthew Bannister on a musician, an activist, an actress, an author

  6. Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE

    Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.

  7. Kenny Lynch OBE, Chris Moncrieff CBE, Kate Figes, Branko Lustig

    Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer

  8. David Bellamy, Nell Gifford, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Mariss Jansons

    Matthew Bannister on a botanist, a circus owner, a prime minister, a conductor

  9. Bob Willis MBE, Gary Rhodes OBE, Dr Shuping Wang, Sir Stephen Cleobury CBE

    Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a chef, a whistleblower, a musical director

  10. Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE

    Matthew Bannister on a director, a Field Marshal, a writer

  11. Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby

    Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a writer, a laird, a 麻豆社 Controller

  12. Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE

    Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario

  13. Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer

  14. Charles Jencks, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Irene Shubik, Raymond Leppard

    Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor

  15. Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant

    Matthew Bannister on a ballerina, a journalist, a crossword setter, a trumpeter

  16. Alexei Leonov, Sally Soames, Kary Mullis, Reg Watson

    Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer

  17. Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll

    Matthew Bannister on an activist, a drummer, an editor and an actress.

  18. Jessye Norman, Peter Sissons, Al Alvarez, Marita Lorenz

    Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.

  19. Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O鈥橬eill

    Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.

  20. Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O鈥橦erne, Ric Ocasek

    Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.

  21. Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks

    Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.

  22. Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE

    Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.

  23. Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth

    Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.

  24. Peter Fonda, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Geoffrey Paul OBE, Jim Bouton

    Matthew Bannister on a film star, a princess, an editor and a baseball player.

  25. Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins

    Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.

  26. Toni Morrison, Hal Prince, Dr Elizabeth Killick, Li Peng, Barrington Pheloung

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.

  27. Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iv谩n Er艖d

    Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.

  28. Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Clegg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Paul Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar

    Matthew Bannister on a writer, a singer, a space mission director, a satirist, a composer.

  29. Audrey Eyton, Arthur Ryan, Jack Bond, Rip Torn

    Matthew Bannister on a retailer, a diet creator, a cricketer and an actor

  30. Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, Jo茫o Gilberto, John McCririck

    Matthew Bannister on a holocaust survivor, a journalist, a musician and a racing pundit.

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