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People from South Gloucestershire (district)
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The list People from South Gloucestershire (district) includes
Alex Kapranos, J.K. Rowling, Jenny Jones (snowboarder), Dick King-Smith and Michael J. Heming.
The list consists of 64 members
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Alex Kapranos
English rock musician
Overview: Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972) is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz ...Date of birth: 20 March 1972Age: 53Nationality: BritishOccupation: MusicianGender: MaleHeight: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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J.K. Rowling
English author of the Harry Potter series
Overview: Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, FRSL ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist ...Date of birth: 31 July 1965Age: 59Nationality: BritishOccupation: WriterGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 5" (165 cm)Partner: Neil Murray (Married) 0
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Jenny Jones
British snowboarder
Overview: Jenny Jones (born 3 July 1980) is a British professional snowboarder who became the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in a snow event after winning bronze in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in ...Date of birth: 3 July 1980Age: 44Nationality: BritishOccupation: SnowboardingGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 3" (160 cm) 0
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Dick King-Smith
British children's writer
Overview: Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.MEd (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was a prolific English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig ...Date of birth: 27 March 1922Date of death: 4 January 2011Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AuthorGender: Male 0
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Michael J. Heming
British martial artist
Overview: Michael John Heming (24 January 1961 – 17 October 1984) was an English karateka and kickboxer. He was the Amateur European Middleweight Kickboxing Champion and British Semi-Contact Middleweight C ...Date of birth: 24 January 1961Date of death: 17 October 1984Age: 23 (age at death)Nationality: BritishHeight: 5' 11" (180 cm) 0
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Bernard Lovell
British astronomer
Overview: Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (LUV-əl; 31 August 1913 – 6 August 2012) was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980 ...Date of birth: 31 August 1913Date of death: 6 August 2012Age: 98 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PhysicistGender: Male 0
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Col Needham
British businessman
Overview: Colin Needham (born 26 January 1967) is an English entrepreneur who is known as the founder and CEO of IMDb. He has been general manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon in 1998.Date of birth: 26 January 1967Age: 58Nationality: BritishOccupation: BusinessGender: MalePartner: Karen Needham (Married) 0
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Emily Webley-Smith
Tennis player
Overview: Emily Webley-Smith (born 14 July 1984) is a British professional tennis player. She is coached by Jeremy Bates. She is currently ranked no. 300 in the world in singles as of 19 January 2015. So far in ...Date of birth: 14 July 1984Age: 40Nationality: BritishOccupation: TennisGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 6" (168 cm) 0
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Joseph Thompson (rugby)
English/Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
Overview: Joseph "Joe" Francis Thompson (22 December 1902 – 13 October 1983) was an English-born dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s ...Date of birth: 22 December 1902Date of death: 13 October 1983Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Rugby Union 0
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Overview: Edward Fowler (1632 – 26 August 1714) was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death. 0
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Jane Halton
Australian public servant
Overview: Sarah Jane "Jane" Halton AO PSM (born 4 January 1960) is a senior Australian public servant and the current Secretary of the Department of Finance. She previously served as the head of the Department ...Date of birth: 4 January 1960Age: 65 0
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Ron Gingell
English footballer and managerOverview: Ron Gingell (born 22 October 1920 - October 1988) was a British professional footballer, football scout and manager. He assumed the name "Ron" as he disliked his birth names "Claude Samuel"Date of birth: 22 October 1920Date of death: 1 October 1988Age: 67 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Football 0
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Walter Wigmore
Professional footballerOverview: Walter Wigmore (25 February 1873 – 8 September 1931) was an English professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United, Gainsborough Trinity ...Date of birth: 25 February 1873Date of death: 8 September 1931Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Football 0
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Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie
British politician
Overview: Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie GCVO PC JP FRS (25 June 1827 – 28 October 1921), styled Lord Moreton between 1840 and 1853, was a British courtier and Liberal Party politician ...Date of birth: 25 June 1827Date of death: 28 October 1921Age: 94 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Scientist 0
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Robert Bird (Welsh politician)
British businessman and politician (1839–1909)
Overview: Robert Bird (13 February 1839 – 3 January 1909) was a Liberal politician and owner of a Tar Distillery, Robert Bird & Sons, in East Moors, Cardiff, Wales.Date of birth: 1839Date of death: 1909Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: WelshOccupation: Business 0
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Dadie Rylands
British theatre director
Overview: George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands CH CBE (23 October 1902 – 16 January 1999), known as Dadie Rylands, was a British literary scholar and theatre director.Date of birth: 23 October 1902Date of death: 16 January 1999Age: 96 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: DirectorGender: Male 0
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Mary Wright Sewell
English children's writer and poetOverview: Mary Wright Sewell (6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular for writing juvenile bestsellers in her day, she is better known today as the mother of Anna ...Date of birth: 6 April 1797Date of death: 10 June 1884Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PoetGender: Female 0
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Daniel Spill
British businessmanOverview: Daniel Spill (11 February 1832–1887) was born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. He became a rubber and an early thermoplastics manufacturer. For over 20 years Spill had pursued the goal of making ... 0
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19.Overview: Anthony Keeling Collett (22 August 1877 – 22 August 1929) was an author and writer on natural history subjects and was nature correspondent for The Times during the 1910s and 1920s.Date of birth: 22 August 1877Date of death: 1929Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Writer 0
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Harry Grindell Matthews
inventor
Overview: Harry Grindell Matthews (17 March 1880 – 11 September 1941) was an English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s.Date of birth: 17 March 1880Date of death: 11 September 1941Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Physicist 0
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