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From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Attenborough, Richard
(
Cambridge
)
The director and producer of the movie
Gandhi
Blackman, Honor
(
London
)
Pussy Galore in the James Bond film
Goldfinger
Brown Findlay, Jessica
(
Cookham
)
Lady Sybil on the series
Downton Abbey
Burgess, Guy
(
Devonport
)
The most flamboyant member of the Cambridge Spies
Burnett, Mark
(
London
)
The creator of
Survivor
and
The Apprentice
Burton, Richard
(
Pontrhyden
)
(
South Wales
)
The Welsh actor who was Liz Taylor's husband twice
Cumberbatch, Benedict
(
London
)
The actor who played Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Strange
Gibb, Robin
(
Isle of Man
)
One-third of the pop group The Bee Gees
Higgs, Peter Ware
(
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
)
The Nobel-winning physicist behind the Higgs boson
Huntington-Whiteley, Rosie
(
Plymouth
)
The model who also stars in the film
Transformers 3
Jones, Felicity
(
Birmingham
)
Jane Hawking in the 2014 film
The Theory of Everything
Mitchell, David
(
Southport
)
The author of
Cloud Atlas
Newton-John, Olivia
(
Cambridge
)
The pop singer who starred in the 1979 musical
Grease
Oliver, John
(
Birmingham
)
The host of
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Styles, Harry
(
Redditch
)
The mop-haired, dimpled member of One Direction
Wilkinson, Tom
(
Leeds
)
The Oscar-nominated Brit from
In The Bedroom
and
Michael Clayton
Worthington, Sam
(
Godalming
)
Jake Sully in the movie
Avatar
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