Was 1926 A Good Vintage?
It was Trooping The Colour yesterday on Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday.
The Queen also shares a birth year with broadcaster; David Attenborough.
So was 1926 a vintage year for births?
These are my selection from Wikipedia.
David Berglas – Without doubt the best magician I’ve ever seen. He’s also solved the puzzle of staying alive!
Chuck Berry – I saw him live twice on stage at the Regal cinema in Edmonton
Danny Blanchflower – Without doubt the best footballer and captain I’ve ever seen.
Michael Bond – Who hasn’t read Paddington or seen one of the films?
Frank Carson – One of my favourite comedians.
Fidel Castro – Love him or loathe him, he was significant!
Beryl Cook – A quirky British artist!
Pat Coombs – An actress who was everywhere, when I was growing up! She may have been related to a friend at school!
Hazel Court – Another actress prominent in the during my formative years. One of her characters even suggested a solution to a problem I had! Click here!
Quentin Crewe – An extremely entertaining writer!
Miles Davis – One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century!
Paddy Doherty – I actually spoke to him for an hour on the phone, after I gave a donation to one of his projects in Derry.
J. P. Donleavy – His books were above my literary capability!
Frank Finlay – An actor who got a lot of meaty roles!
Garret FitzGerald – Irish statesman.
Dario Fo – Italian comedian, playwright and theatre director, who won a Nobel Prize for Literature!
Bryan Forbes – One of the most important figures in the British film industry!
Harry Fowler – A Cockney actor, who was never out of work!
John Fowles – English novelist.
Allen Ginsberg – We had a physics teacher, who introduced us to the Beat Generation poets!
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing – French president
Buddy Greco – Successful singer and pianist
Alan Greenspan – former head of the Federal Reserve.
Gus Grissom – Astronaut
Gyula Grosics – Hungarian goalkeeper and the first sweeper-keeper.
Terry Hall – Lenny the Lion’s friend
Paul Hamlyn – British publisher.
Hugh Hefner – Playboy!
Geoffrey Howe – Conservative politician
Nelson Bunker Hunt – American billionaire!
Rex Hunt – Governor of the Falklands at the time of the Argentine invasion.
Norman Jewison – Retired film director, producer and screenwriter
Narinder Singh Kapany – The father of fibre optics.
To be continued…
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