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

Jay Aston

Jay Aston

British singer

Date of Birth: 4 May 1961
Age: 65

Jay Hilda Astonis a British singer and occasional songwriter. She was a member of the British pop group Bucks Fizz from 1981 to 1985 and now under The Fizz. She was the youngest member of the group's ...

Emily Atack

Emily Atack

English actress

Date of Birth: 18 December 1989
Age: 36

Emily Jane Atackis an English actress, comedian, and television personality. She is best known for playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), and for her roles...

Michael (Yelawolf) Atha

Michael (Yelawolf) Atha

American rapper

Date of Birth: 30 December 1979
Age: 46

Michael Wayne Atha (Yelawolf)is an American rapper. Born in Alabama and raised in Tennessee, he embarked on his career independently in 2005, releasing one extended play (EP) and four mixtapes until 2...

Jas Athwal

Jas Athwal

Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council

Jas Athwal(/ˈətwæl/; born September 1963) is a British Labour Party politician who currently serves as the Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council. Political career In the 2010 local elections, Ath...

Gemma Atkinson

Gemma Atkinson

English actress

Date of Birth: 16 November 1984
Age: 41

Gemma Louise Atkinson(born 16 November 1984) is an English influencer, actress, radio presenter and former glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks (2001–2005, 2022) and in three spin-off se...

Yousuf Attarvala

Yousuf Attarvala

Head of Loan Servicing

Yousuf Attarwalajoined Oxane Partners in 2018 as a Director and heads the loan servicing business. Yousuf has over 13 years of industry experience having previously worked with CR Group, Morgan Stanle...

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

British broadcaster

Date of Birth: 8 May 1926
Age: 100

Sir David Frederick Attenboroughis a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Uni...

Olivia Attwood

Olivia Attwood

English television personality

Date of Birth: 2 May 1991
Age: 35

Olivia Jade Attwood Dackis an English television personality, presenter and model. In 2017, she appeared on the third series of Love Island and later became a regular cast member on the ITVBe reality ...

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Canadian novelist

Date of Birth: 18 November 1939
Age: 86

Margaret Eleanor Atwoodis a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fi...

Felix Auger-aliassime

Felix Auger-aliassime

Canadian professional tennis player

Date of Birth: 8 August 2000
Age: 25

Félix Auger-Aliassimeis a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 6, which he achieved on November 7, 2022, making him the second-highest-ranked Canadian man i...

Jane Austen

Jane Austen

English novelist

Date of Birth: 16 December 1775
Age: 41

Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots o...

David Austin

David Austin

British singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 14 July 1962
Age: 63

David Austinis a British singer and songwriter, who released the single "Turn to Gold", co-written with George Michael in 1984. It reached No. 68 in the UK Singles Chart. The single featured backing v...

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon

American fashion and portrait photographer

Date of Birth: 15 May 1923
Age: 81

Richard Avedonwas an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituar...

Petr Aven

Petr Aven

Businessman

Date of Birth: 16 March 1955
Age: 71

Early life Petr Aven, or Pyotr Aven, was born on March 16, 1955, in a Soviet Moscow housing block to computer science professor Oleg. He is Jewish through his mother, while his paternal grandfather Ja...

Eric Avery

Eric Avery

American musician

Date of Birth: 25 April 1965
Age: 61

Eric Adam Averyis an American musician. He is best known as the founding bass guitarist and co-songwriter of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded two studio albums. Fr...

Rose Ayling-ellis

Rose Ayling-ellis

English actress and model

Date of Birth: 17 November 1994
Age: 31

Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellisis an English actress and model. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap opera Ea...

Richard Ayre

Richard Ayre

Member of the BBC Trust

Richard James Ayrewas a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation until its abolition in 2016. He is a former member for England of the Ofcom Content Board an...

Babar Azam

Babar Azam

Pakistani international cricketer

Date of Birth: 15 October 1994
Age: 31

Mohammad Babar Azamis a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats, and is widely regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cr...

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka

Belarusian professional tennis player

Date of Birth: 31 July 1989
Age: 36

Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenkais a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the y...

Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach

Composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist

Date of Birth: 12 May 1928
Age: 98

Burt Freeman Bacharachis an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Ha...