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    Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician

  2. Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges

    Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.

  3. Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott

    Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.

  4. John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone

    Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.

  5. Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John

    Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.

  6. Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray

    Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.

  7. Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk

    Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.

  8. Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren

    Julian Worricker on an actress, a broadcaster, a psychologist, a paranormal investigator.

  9. Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton

    Andrea Catherwood on a runner, a psychiatrist, an activist, an ecologist, a film director

  10. Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Catal脿, Heather Harper CBE, Peter Mayhew

    Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor

  11. Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey

    Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a politician, a photographer, an actor

  12. David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O鈥橠onnell, Les Reed

    Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter.

  13. Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald

    Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an artist, an archivist and a spokesman.

  14. Michel Bacos, Agnes Varda, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Barbara Low, Ranking Roger

    Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer.

  15. Baroness Warnock, William Hucklesby QPM, Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya CBE FRS, Scott Walker

    Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a police officer, an artist, a professor and a singer

  16. Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale

    Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist.

  17. Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott

    Matthew Bannister on a disability rights activist, a pianist, a microbiologist, a vicar.

  18. France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint

    Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer

  19. Andr茅 Previn KBE, John Haynes OBE, Tony Mendez, Lady Grantchester

    Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a publisher, a spy and a businesswoman.

  20. Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork

    A political secretary, a designer, a police officer, an author and a pop star.

  21. Gordon Banks OBE, Vikki Orvice, David Garman OBE, Mary Oliver, Albert Finney

    Matthew Bannister on a goalkeeper, a sportswriter, an inventor, a poet and an actor.

  22. Rosamunde Pilcher OBE, Hugh Lewin, Lamia Al-Gailani, Dr Stewart Adams OBE, Dr Adam Watson

    Andrea Catherwood on an activist, a pharmacist, an ecologist, an archaeologist, an author

  23. Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand

    Julian Worricker on a comedian, an editor, a herald and a composer.

  24. Hugh McIlvanney, Jennie Buckman, John Beavis, David Pritchard

    Matthew Bannister on a sports writer, a theatre director, a surgeon and a producer.

  25. Joe Casely-Hayford, Judge Nicholas Crichton, Professor Sophie Oluwole, Professor Paul O鈥橞rien CBE, Carol Channing

    Matthew Bannister on a designer, a judge, a philosopher, a nanotechnologist and a singer.

  26. Nancy Roman, Ralph Koltai CBE, Julia Grant, Jin Yong, Norman Gimbel

    Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a designer, a transgender activist and a writer.

  27. Dame June Whitfield, Sir Jack Zunz, Thomas Baptiste, David Austin OBE, Karre Mastanamma

    Matthew Bannister on an actress, an engineer, an actor, a rosarian and a cook.

  28. Sister Wendy Beckett, Nicolas Roeg, Inge Borkh, Professor Sir Aaron Klug, Geoff Emerick

    Julian Worricker on an art historian, a director, a singer, a scientist, a sound engineer.

  29. Sir David Weatherall, Penny Marshall, Evelyn Berezin, Zhores Medvedev, Nancy Wilson

    Matthew Bannister on a haematologist, a film director, an inventor, a dissident, a singer

  30. Peter Boizot, Judith Kazantzis, Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Sister Cecylia Roszak, Scott English

    Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a poet, a politician, a nun and a songwriter.

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