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Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Daniel Walker

Daniel Walker

English journalist

Date of Birth: 19 March 1977
Age: 49

Daniel Meirion Walker(born 19 March 1977) is an English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. He currently presents 5 News on Channel 5. He was the host of Football Focus from 2009 to 2021,...

Alex Walkinshaw

Alex Walkinshaw

British actor

Date of Birth: 5 October 1974
Age: 51

Alex Newcombe Walkinshawis a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series The Bill and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas ...

Johnathan Wall

Johnathan Wall

Professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 6 September 1990
Age: 35

Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr.is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen wit...

Christopher Wallace

Christopher Wallace

American broadcast journalist

Date of Birth: 12 October 1947
Age: 78

Christopher Wallaceis an American broadcast journalist. He is known for his tough and wide-ranging interviews, for which he is often compared to his father, 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace. Over hi...

Gregg Wallace

Gregg Wallace

English broadcaster

Date of Birth: 17 October 1964
Age: 61

Gregg Allan Wallaceis an English broadcaster, entrepreneur, media personality, writer and former greengrocer. He is known for co-presenting MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Profess...

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace

Secretary of State for Defence

Date of Birth: 15 May 1970
Age: 56

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace(born 15 May 1970) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Defence since 24 July 2019. He was previously the UK's longest-serving Minister of State for Secur...

Otto Wallin

Otto Wallin

Swedish professional boxer

Date of Birth: 21 November 1990
Age: 35

Einar Otto Wallinis a Swedish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Swedish title in 2018. He holds a notable win over world heavyweight ...

Emma Walmsley

Emma Walmsley

Сhief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline

Dame Emma Natasha Walmsleyis the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a...

Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh

English actor

Date of Birth: 4 June 1960
Age: 65

Bradley John Walshis an English actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, and former professional footballer. Walsh's acting roles on television include Danny Baldwin in the ITV soap opera Corona...

Baillie Walsh

Baillie Walsh

British film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 14 December 1959
Age: 66

Baillie Walshis a British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work directing music videos and films for corporate brands. Career Walsh made his feature-film debut with Flashbacks ...

Amy Walsh

Amy Walsh

English actress

Date of Birth: 27 March 1987
Age: 39

Amy Victoria Walshis an English actress, known for her role as Tracy Metcalfe on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Career As a child, Walsh appeared as Emily in the short film Past Memoirs (1995). Her fir...

Louis Walsh

Louis Walsh

Irish music manager and television personality

Date of Birth: 5 August 1952
Age: 73

Michael Louis Vincent Walshis an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and...

Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh

American film and TV producer

Date of Birth: 14 November 1975
Age: 50

Kevin J. Walshis an American film and TV producer. Walsh is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea, in which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Pictur...

Frances Walsh

Frances Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and film producer

Date of Birth: 10 January 1959
Age: 67

Dame Frances Rosemary Walshis a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the ...

Ashley (Asher D) Walters

Ashley (Asher D) Walters

British actor and rapper

Date of Birth: 30 June 1982
Age: 43

Ashley Anthony Walters, also known by his stage nameAsher D, is a British actor and rapper. He first rose to fame as a member of the UK garage group So Solid Crew who hit the top spot on the U.K. char...

Hannah Walters

Hannah Walters

English actress

Date of Birth: 19 January 1974
Age: 52

Hannah Waltersis an English actress, producer, and director. Career Walters began her acting career in 2006, with a small role in The Thieving Headmistress. She followed this with appearances as Trudy...

Melanie Walters

Melanie Walters

Welsh actress

Date of Birth: 30 January 1962
Age: 64

Melanie Waltersis a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and Emma, a vampire in the third series of Being Hum...

Timothy Walz

Timothy Walz

American politician

Date of Birth: 6 April 1964
Age: 62

Timothy James Walzis an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He is the Democratic Part...

James Wan

James Wan

Australian filmmaker

Date of Birth: 26 February 1977
Age: 49

James Wanis an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the ...

Duncan Wanblad

Duncan Wanblad

Group director – strategy annd business development

Duncan Wandladled this Base Metals business as CEO from 2013 to 2019, and took on the Strategy and Business Development portfolio as Group Director in 2016. He is a non-executive director ofDe Beersan...