C O N T E N T S

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COLONEL RUDOLF ABEL
(1903 - 1971)

GLADSTONE ADAMS
(1880 - 1966)

THOMAS ADDISON
(1794 - 1860)

SAINT AIDAN
(? AD 651)

GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY
(1801 - 1892)

EUGEN ALBERT
(1864 - 1932)

ALDWIN
(d. 1087)

JOHN ALEXANDER
(1888 - 1974)

WILLIAM WILSON ALLEN
(1844 - 1890)

GEORGE ALLISON
(1885 - 1937)

RICHARD ANNAND
(1914 - 2004)

ARCHITECTS

WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG
(1810 - 1900)

AARON ARROWSMITH
(1750 - 1823)

SIR OVE NYQUIST ARUP
(1895 - 1988)

THE ASHINGTON GROUP

SUSAN MARY AULD [née CHRISTIE]
(1915 – 2002)

CHARLES AVISON
(1709 - 1770)

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FRANCIS BACON
(1909 - 1992)

FRANCIS THOMAS BACON
(1904 - 1992)

LORD BADEN-POWELL
(1858 - 1941)

FRANCIS ARTHUR BAINBRIDGE
(1874 - 1921)

BAINBRIDGES

EDGAR LESLIE BAINTON
(1880 - 1956)

JOHN BARBOUR
(1849 - 1918)

THOMAS PALLISTER BARKAS
(1819 - 1891)

ROBERT BARKER
(1739 - 1806)

TOM BARRASFORD
(1860 - 1910)

THOMAS BATES
(1775 - 1849)

CECIL BEATON
(1904 - 1980)

THE BEATLES

THE BEILBYS

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
(1847 - 1922)

ISAAC LOWTHIAN BELL
(1816 - 1904)

THOMAS BELL
( d.1930?)

WILLIAM BEVERIDGE
(1879 - 1963)

JOHN BIRD
(1709 - 1776)

ERIC BIRLEY
(1906 - 1995)

SAINT BENEDICT BISCOP
(c AD 628 - 689)

THE BISHOPS OF DURHAM

GEORGE BLACK
(1857 - 1910)

KEITH HENRY BLAKELOCK
(1945 - 1985)

JOHN BLAKISTON
(1603 - 1649)

FERDINAND HENRY BOLCKOW
(1806 - 1878)

IGNATIUS BONOMI
(1787 - 1870)

WILLIAM BOOTH
(1829 - 1912)

COUNT JOSEPH BORUWLASKI
(1739 - 1837)

JOHN BOWES
(1811 - 1885)

ROBERT BOWES
(1535 - 1597)

ROBERT BRACKENBURY
(d. 1485)

ROLAND BOYS BRADFORD
(1892 - 1917]

BILL BRANDT
(1904 - 1983)

OWEN BRANNIGAN
(1908 - 1973)

SIR ISRAEL BRODIE
(1895 - 1975)

CAPABILITY BROWN
(1716 - 1783)

MALCOLM BROWN
(1925 - 1997)

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
(1806 - 1859)

JACK BRYMER
(1915 - 2003)

CHARLIE BUCHAN
(1891 - 1960)

JOHN BUDDLE
(1773 - 1843)

NIKOLAI BUKHARIN
(1888 - 1938)

ALBERT BURDON
(1901-1986)

ROWLAND BURDON
(1757 - 1838)

THOMAS BURT
(1837 - 1922)

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ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
DUKE OF ARGYLL
(d. 1703)

GEORGE CAMSELL
(1902 - 1966)

JAMES WILSON CARMICHAEL
(1799 - 1868)

R.M.S. CARPATHIA

ADAM CARSE
(1878 - 1958)

HORATIO CARTER
(1913 - 1994)

FLAVIO DE CARVALHO
(1899 - 1973)

SAINT CHAD
(d. AD 672)

JOHN CHAMBRE
(1470 - 1549)

BRYAN JAMES ‘CHAS’ CHANDLER
(1938 - 1996)

CHARLIE CHAPLIN
(1889 - 1977)

ABEL CHAPMAN
(1851 - 1929)

EDDIE CHAPMAN
(1914 - 1997)

CHARLES I
(1600 - 1649)

THE CHARTISTS

CINEMA

WILLIAM REID CLANNY
(1776 - 1850)

EDWARD CLARK
(1888 - 1962)

JOHN CLAYTON
(1792 - 1890)

GEORGE ARTHUR CLINTON
(1850 - 1913)

IVY CLOSE
(1890 - 1968)

BRIAN CLOUGH
1935 - 2004)

WILLIAM COLDSTREAM
(1908 - 1987)

THE COLLING BROTHERS

CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD
(1750 - 1810)

GRACE MARY COLMAN
(1892 - 1971)

MICHAEL CONZEN
(1907 - 2000)

IDA COOK
(1904 - 1986)

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
(1728 - 1779)

THOMAS COOKE
(1722 - 1783)

JOHN SELL COTMAN
(1782 - 1842)

MARY ANN COTTON
(1832 - 1873)

JOSEPH COWEN
(1829 - 1900)

JACK CRAWFORD
(1775 - 1831)

GEORGE CRAWSHAY
(1821 - 1896)

SIR CRESSWELL CRESSWELL
(1794 - 1863)

BRASS CROSBY
(1725 - 1793)

AMBROSE CROWLEY
(fl. 1682)

MATTHEW AND GEORGE CULLEY

WILLIAM PRICE CUMBY
(d. 1837)

SAINT CUTHBERT
(AD 637 - 687)

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LORD DACRE OF GLANTON
(1914 - 2003)

GRACE DARLING
(1815 - 1842)

ALEXANDER DAVISON
(1750 - 1829)

EMILY WILDING DAVISON
(1872 - 1913)

JERRY DESMONDE
(1908 - 1967)

ELIZABETH D'ESPERANCE
(1855 - 1919)

EUSTACE TENNYSON-
D'EYNCOURT
(1868 - 1951)

JOHN ALEXANDER DICKMAN
(d. 1910)

FREDERICK DIXON
(1892 - 1956)

GEORGE DIXON
(1755 - 1800?)

JEREMIAH DIXON
(1733 - 1779)

JOHN DOBSON
(1787 - 1865)

DENNIS DONNINI
(1925 - 1945)

WILLIAM DOWNEY
(1829 - 1915)

KINGSLEY CHARLES DUNHAM
(1910 - 2001)

JOHN BACCHUS DYKES
(1823 - 1876)

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FLORENCE EASTON
(1882 - 1955)

SIR ANTHONY EDEN
(1897 - 1977)

LORD ELDON
(1751 - 1838)

SIR EDWARD ELGAR
(1857 - 1934)

SIR GEORGE ELLIOT
(1814 - 1893)

MAURICE ELVEY
(1887 - 1967)

WILLIAM EMERSON
(1701 - 1772)

JOHN EMERY
(1777 - 1822)

AMY EMMS
(1904 - 1998)

ENGLISH KINGS

ERIC BLOODAXE
(d. AD 954)

JOHN ERICKSON
(1929 - 2002)

RALPH ERSKINE
(1685-1752)

RALPH ERSKINE
(1914-2005)

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THE FAIRY BABY

ERNEST BRISTOW FARRAR
(1885 - 1918)

SIR WILLIAM FELTON
(d. 1367)

GEORGE FENWICK
(?1603 - 1657)

FENWICK

KATHLEEN FERRIER
(1912 - 1953)

MARK FIENNES
(1933 - 2005)

SIR JOHN FIFE
(1795 - 1871)

SAINT FINAN
(d. AD 661)

GENRIKH MATVEYEVICH FISCHER (1871 - 1935)

MYLES BIRKET FOSTER
(1825 - 1899)

MURIEL FOSTER
(1877 - 1937)

RICHARD FOX
(? 1448 - 1528)

SIR WILLIAM FOX
(1812 - 1893)

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ROBERT GEORGE GAMMAGE
(1820 - 1888)

GARDENERS

JAMES LOUIS GARVIN
(1868 - 1947)

ARTHUR EDWARD GEORGE
(1875 - 1951)

GEORGE GIBSONE
(c1763 - 1848)

BERNARD GILPIN
(1517 - 1583)

JOHN GILROY
(1898 - 1985)

THOMAS GIRTIN
(1775 - 1802)

ALEX GLASGOW
(1935 - 2001)

MARY GLASGOW
(1904 - 1983)

ROBERT GLOVER
(1815 - 1859)

SIR DANIEL GOOCH
(1816 - 1889)

LORD GORT
(1886 - 1946)

THOMAS HENRY GIBSON GOWLAND
(1877 - 1951)

GOLD AND SILVERSMITHS

RICHARD GRAINGER
(1797 - 1861)

WILLIAM GRAY
(1823 - 1898)

BENJAMIN GREEN
(1813 - 1858)

JOHN GREEN
(1787 - 1852)

THOMAS MICHAEL GREENHOW
(1792 - 1881)

WILLIAM GREENWELL
(1820 - 1918)

VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODEN
(1862 - 1933)

EARL GREY OF HOWICK
(1764 - 1845)

JOHN GREY
(1785 - 1868)

JOSEPH GRIMALDI
(1779 - 1837)

JOHN GULLY
(1783 - 1863)

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TIMOTHY HACKWORTH
(1786 - 1850)

HADRIAN
(AD 76 - 138)

JIMMY HAGAN
(1918 - 1998)

MARIE HALL
(1884 - 1956)

ALBANY HANCOCK
(1806 - 1873)

WILLIAM HARBUTT
(1844 - 1921)

WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
(1918 - 1975)

GEORGE HARDWICK
(1920 - 2004)

HARDY

HARKNESS ROSES

THOMAS ELLIOTT HARRISON
(1808 - 1888)

HARRISON AND HARRISON

JOHN GATENBY ‘JACK’ HATFIELD
(1893 - 1965)

GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK
(1795 - 1857)

ROBERT HAWTHORN
(1796 - 1867)

WILL HAY
(1888 - 1949)

OLIVER HEAVISIDE
(1850 - 1925)

RALPH HEDLEY
(1848 - 1913)

WILLIAM HEDLEY
(1779 - 1843)

HENRY F. HEMY
(1818 - 1888)

CHICK HENDERSON
(1912 - 1944)

ARTHUR HENDERSON
(1863 - 1935)

THOMAS HEPBURN
(1796 - 1864)

GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE
(?1727 - 1786)

WILLIAM HERSCHEL
(1738 - 1822)

WILLIAM CHAPMAN HEWITSON
(1806 - 1878)

SAINT HILDA
(AD 614 - 680)

JAMES HILL
(c 1811 - 1853)

ARTHUR HOLMES
(1890 - 1965)

JOHN H. HOLMES
(1853 - 1935)

WINSLOW HOMER
(1836 - 1910)

JOHN HOWARD
(1726 - 1790)

ALAN HULL
(1945 - 1995)

CARDINAL BASIL HUME
(1923 - 1999)

GEORGE BURTON HUNTER
(1845 -1937)

JOHN HUTCHINSON
(1884 - 1972)

RICHARD HUTCHINSON
(? - 1646)

CHARLES HUTTON
(1737 - 1823)

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
(1825 - 1895)

THE HYLTONS

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JIMMY JAMES
(1888 - 1965)

HAROLD JEFFREYS
(1891 - 1989)

JUDGE JEFFREYS
(1648 - 1689)

ST JOHN OF BEVERLEY
(d. AD 721)

JAMES FINLAY JOHNSTON
(1796 - 1855)

JOHN LEWIS JONES
(1923 - 1998)

JOHN PAUL JONES
(1747 - 1792)

ARNOLD JOSEPHS
(1890 - 1984)

WILFRED JOSEPHS
(1927 - 1997)

JAMES JURIN
(1684 - 1750)

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THE KEELMEN

STEPHEN KEMBLE
(1758 - 1822)

NICHOLAS KILBURN
(1843 - 1924)

HORACE KING
(1901 - 1986)

JOHN SIMPSON KIRKPATRICK
(1892 - 1915)

PRINCE PETER KROPOTKIN
(1842 - 1921)

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(GAVIN) GRAHAM LAIDLER
(1908 - 1940)

ANDREW LAING
(1856 – 1931)

THE LAMBTONS

STAN LAUREL
(1890 - 1965)

CONSTANCE LEATHEART
(1903 - 1993)

JOHN LEWYN
(fl. 1364 - 1398)

GEORGE LEYBOURNE
(1842 - 1884)

JOHN LILBURNE
(c1614 - 1657)

TREBITSCH LINCOLN
(1879 - 1943)

WILLIAM KENNETT LOFTUS
(?1821 - 1858)

JACK LONDON
(1913 - 1963)

JOHN GRAHAM LOUGH
(1798 - 1876)

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY
(1887 - 1976)

THE LUMLEYS

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JEM MACE
(1831 - 1910)

MALING POTTERY

WILFRED MANNION
(1918 - 2000)

MICHAEL MARKS
(1859 - 1907)

SIR JOHN MARLEY
(1590 - 1672)

CHARLOTTE MARSH
(1887 - 1961)

JOHN MARTIN
(1789 - 1854)

CECIL McGIVERN
(1908 - 1963)

JOHN McNAIR
(1887 - 1968)

SIR EDWARD MELLANBY
(1884 - 1955)

CHARLES HESTERMAN MERZ
(1874 - 1940)

COLIN MILBURN
(1941 - 1990)

JOHN EDWARD (JACKIE) MILBURN
(1924 - 1988)

HENRY MILLER
(1913 - 1976)

SPIKE MILLIGAN
(1918 - 2002)

SIR WILLIAM MILLS
(1856 - 1932)

CHARLES MITCHELL
(1820 - 1895)

LOLA MONTEZ
(1818 - 1861)

MORRIS AND CO

STANLEY MORTENSEN
(1921 - 1991)

JEAN MUIR
(1928 - 1995)

GEORGE REDMAYNE MURRAY
(1865 - 1939)

MUSICAL VISITORS

MUSIC HALL

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WILLIAM ANDREWS NESFIELD
(1794 - 1881)

THE NEVILLES

ROBERT STIRLING NEWALL
(1812 - 1889)

NEWCASTLE GLASS

NEWCASTLE UNITED

MARGARET NICHOLSON
(1750? - 1828)

BEN NICHOLSON
(11894 - 1982)

SIR ANDREW NOBLE
(1831 - 1915)

NORTHUMBRIA

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HAROLD ORTON
(1898 - 1975)

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BOB PAISLEY
(1919 - 1996)

SIR CHARLES MARK PALMER
(1822 - 1907)

CHARLES PARSONS
(1854 - 1931)

VICTOR PASMORE
(1908 - 1998)

GEORGE PEACOCK
(1791 - 1858)

JOHN LOUGHBOROUGH PEARSON
(1817 - 97)

EDWARD PEASE
(1767 - 1858)

JOSEPH PEASE
(1799 - 1872)

THE PERCYS

PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT
(1314 - 1369)

SIR FRANK PICK
(1878 - 1941)

EDWARD PICKERING
(1912 - 2003)

THE PIPERS

COLONEL JAMES HERBERT PORTER
(1892 - 1973)

PRE-RAPHAELITES

WILLIAM PURVIS
(1784 - 1854)

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BENAZEL RAKOW
(1975 - 2003)

JAMES RAMSAY
(1786 - 1854)

JOHN URPETH RASTRICK
(1780 - 1856)

BRIAN REDHEAD
(1929 - 1994)

DON REVIE
(1927 - 1989)

GORDON W. RICHARDS
(1930 - 1998)

LEWIS FRY RICHARDSON
(1881 - 1953)

THOMAS MILES RICHARDSON
(1784 - 1848)

RALPH RICHARDSON
(1902 - 1983)

SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY
(1842 - 1904)

NICHOLAS RIDLEY
(c. 1500 - 1555)

CHARLES ROBERTS
(1883 - 1939)

GERRARD ROBINSON
(1834 - 1891)

EDWARD ROBERT ROBSON
(1836 - 1917)

FLORA ROBSON
(1902 - 1984)

ALEXANDER ROLLO
(1774 - 1856)

SIR ROBERT ROPNER
(1838 - 1924)

GRAHAM ROSE
(1928 - 1995)

EDWARD ROTHERAM
(1753? - 1830)

KATHERINE ROUTLEDGE , née PEASE
(1866-1935)

ERIK REGINALD ROUTLEY
(1917 - 1982)

ROWERS OF TYNESIDE

WALTER RUNCIMAN
(1847 - 1937)

WALTER RUNCIMAN
(1870 - 1949)

WALTER LESLIE RUNCIMAN
(1900 - 1989)

KEITH RUNCORN
(1922 - 1995)

JOHN HUNTER RUTHERFORD
(1826 - 1890)

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ANTHONY SALVIN
(1799 - 1881)

FREDERICK SANDERSON
(1857 - 1922)

JAMES SANDERSON
(1769? - 1841?)

KURT SCHWITTERS
(1887 - 1948)

RONNIE SCOTT
(1927 - 1996)

WILLIAM BELL SCOTT
(1811 - 1890)

SCOTTISH KINGS

JOHN PRIDEAUX SELBY
(1788 - 1857)

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
(AD 146 - 211)

LEN SHACKLETON
(1922 - 2000)

ROBERT SHAFTO
(1732 - 1797)

SIR CUTHBERT SHARP
(1781 - 1849)

THOMAS WILFRED SHARP
(1901 - 1978)

SOL SHECKMAN
(1889? - 1962)

THOMAS SHERATON
(1751 - 1806)

WILLIAM SHIELD
(1748 - 1829)

SIWARD
(d. 1055)

TOD SLAUGHTER
(1885 - 1956)

CYRIL SMITH
(1909 - 1974)

THOMAS DANIEL (DAN) SMITH
(1915 - 1993)

WILLIE SMITH
(1886 - 1982)

DENIS SMITHSON
(1923-2003)

REG SMYTHE
(1917 - 1998)

JOHN SNOW
(1813 - 1858)

THOMAS SOPWITH
(1803 - 1879)

SPARKIE
(fl. 1958)

JAMES CALVERT SPENCE
(1892 - 1954)

THOMAS SPENCE
(1750 - 1814)

HUMPHREY SPENDER
(1910 - 2005)

CLARKSON STANFIELD
(1793 - 1867)

ARTHUR STEPHENSON
(1920 - 1992)

GEORGE STEPHENSON
(1781 - 1848)

JOHN CECIL STEPHENSON
(1889 - 1965)

ROBERT STEPHENSON
(1803 - 1859)

ANDREW ERNEST STODDART
(1863 - 1915)

GEORGE FREDERICK STOUT
(1860 - 1944)

LORD STOWELL
(1745 - 1835)

ALBERT STUBBINS
(1920 - 2002)

THE SUFFRAGETTES

SIR JOHN SUMMERSON
(1904 - 1992)

SUNDERLAND FOOTBALL CLUB

SUNDERLAND GLASS

HELEN CHRISTIAN SUTHERLAND
(1881 - 1965)

JOSEPH SWAN
(1828 - 1914)

CHARLES ROBINSON SYKES
(1875 - 1950)

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GEORGE TATE
(1805 - 1871)

LORD TAYLOR
(1930 - 1997)

ROSS (ROBERT MURRAY) TAYLOR
(1932 – 2003)

LIONEL TERTIS
(1876 - 1975)

RICHARD TERRY
(1865 - 1938)

BOBBY THOMPSON
(1911 - 1988)

RICHARD THORNTON
(1839 - 1922)

ROGER THORNTON
(d. 1429)

SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
(1905 - 1998)

SAMUEL TOLANSKY
(1907 - 1973)

BILL TRAVERS
(1922 - 1994)

HENRY TRAVERS
(1874 - 1965)

LINDEN TRAVERS
(1913 - 2001)

THE TREVELYANS

HENRY BAKER TRISTRAM
(1822 - 1906)

THOMAS TROTTER
(1760 - 1832)

GEORGE GREY TURNER
(1877 - 1951)

JOSEPH WILLIAM MALLORD TURNER
(1775 - 1851)

WILLIAM TURNER
(1761 - 1859)

DONALD TYERMAN
(1908 - 1981)

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SIR JOHN VANBRUGH
(1664 - 1726)

COLIN VEITCH
(1881 - 1938)

EUSTACE DE VESCY
(1170? - 1216)

JOHN DE VESCY
(d. 1289)

WILLIAM DE VESCY
(1249? - 1297)

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WILLIAM WAILES
(1808 - 1888)

JOHN WALKER
(1781 - 1859)

GRAHAM WALLAS
(1858 - 1932)

JOHN WALLIS
(1714 - 1793)

WALTER OF DURHAM
(fl. 1262)

ADRIAN WARBURTON
(1918 - 1944)

GEORGE WASHINGTON
(1732 - 1799)

ANGUS WATSON
(1874 - 1961)

ARTHUR WATSON
(1880 - 1969)

ROBERT SPENCE WATSON
(1837 - 1911)

ARTHUR WHARTON
(1865 - 1930)

WILLIAM GILLIES WHITTAKER
(1876 - 1944)

JOSEPH WIGGINS
(1832 - 1905)

FRANCIS WILD
(1873 - 1939)

SAINT WILFRID
(AD 634 - 709)

ELLEN WILKINSON
(1891 - 1947)

WILLIAM BOUTLAND WILKINSON
(1819 - 1892)

J. M. WILLIAMSON
(1848 - 1901)

JOHN LEONARD WILSON
(1897 - 1970)

JOSEPH HAVELOCK WILSON
(1858 - 1929)

MARY ELIZABETH WILSON
(1893 - 1963)

NATHANIEL JOHN WINCH
(1768 - 1838)

THOMAS MASTERMAN WINTERBOTTOM
(1766 - 1859)

WEE GEORGIE WOOD
(1895 - 1979)

NICHOLAS WOOD
(1795 - 1865)

HENRY CLAY WORK
(1832 - 1884)

RALPH NICHOLSON WORNUM
(1812 - 1877)

WILLIAM WOULDHAVE
(1751 - 1821)

MARK ROBINSON WRIGHT
(1854 - 1944)

LORD WRIGHT OF DURLEY
(1869 - 1964)

THOMAS WRIGHT
(1711 - 1780)

THOMAS WRIGHT
(1763 - 1829)

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MURIEL YOUNG
(1928 - 2001)