David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series forming the Life collection that together constitute a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K. In 2018 and 2019, he received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator. He considers his 2020 documentary film, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, his personal witness statement of his life and the future.
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| Full name at birth | David Frederick Attenborough
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| Claim to fame | Eight decades of presenting BBC Natural History documentaries such as "Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough'' (1979). Also the "Wildlife on One" and "Planet Earth" franchises among many others.
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1926
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| Place of birth | London, England, UK
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| Occupation | Broadcaster Naturalist
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| Net worth | $35,000,000 USD
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| University | Cambridge (Natural Sciences)
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