FAMOUS ( and not so famous) MEN
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Addis - William ..... England - 1780 - established the FIRST company to mass produce toothbrushes
Aitkin - Max - Lord Beaverbrook ..... the FIRST Canadian to become a British newspaper baron
Avis - Captain Warren ..... U.S.A ..... in 1946 he opened a car-hiring company at Willow Run airport in Detroit, Michigan, the FIRST of its kind at an airport. In 1986 Avis Inc became the FIRST car-rental company to float on the London Stock Exchange
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Ball - John ..... born 1818 died 1889 ..... Irish botanist and alpinist who was the FIRST president of the Alpine Club in 1857 and author of the Alpine Guide ( 1863 - 68)
Barber - Francis ..... Staffordshire's (UK) FIRST black teacher. He was born in Jamaica c1735 and was taken to England by a plantation owner who was the father of one of Samuel Johnson's closest friends
Barbon - Nicholas .. U.K ..... in 1680 he established Britain's FIRST fire insurance company and it's FIRST (private) fire brigade
Baxter - Harry ..... in 1984 he became Britain’s FIRST litter warden
Beckham - David ..... U.K ..... in 2002 he became the FIRST male cover star on the Marie Claire magazine
Bell - Adrian ..... compiled the FIRST crossword for The Times in 1930
Berry Brothers & Rudd ..... in 1994 they became the FIRST wine merchants in Britain to launch a website
Birkbeck - George ..... born 1776 died 1841 ..... English physician and educationalist who was the founder and FIRST president of the London Mechanics' or Birkbeck Institute in 1824, the FIRST in the UK, which developed into Birkbeck College, a constituent college of London University
Boateng - Ozwald . U.K ..... in 1998 he was the youngest tailor and the FIRST black designer to open a shop in the Saville Row area of London
Bolland - Stuart ..... U.K ..... from Cadishead, Manchester - he became Britain's FIRST betting shop millionaire after picking six winning horses with the Tote at a BetFred shop in 2004
Bone - Sir Muirhead ..... born 23rd March 1876 ..... U.K ..... FIRST official war artist in 1916
Borivoj ..... the FIRST Czech prince to embrace Christianity and with his wife Ludmilla built the FIRST Christian church in Bohemia, situated near Prague
Bourgelat - Claude ..... born 1712 died 1799 ..... French veterinary surgeon who founded the FIRST veterinary school in Europe in 1761
Bradford - William ..... born 1663 died 1752 ..... English-born American printer and founder of a publishing dynasty who founded the FIRST paper mill in America in 1690. In 1725 he printed the New York Gazette, the FIRST New York newspaper
Bradshaw - George ..... born 29th July 1801.... U.K ..... on 25th October 1839 he originated and gave his name to the FIRST national railway timetable
Bradshawe - John ..... born 1602 died 1659 ..... U.K ..... from Stockport, Manchester, and from 1649-1653 was the FIRST President of England
Braidwood - Thomas ..... born 1715 died 1798 ..... U.K ..... Scottish teacher who, in 1760, opened the FIRST school for the deaf and dumb in Britain in Edinburgh
Brownrigg - William ..... U.K ..... in 1741 he created the FIRST artificial mineral water
Bullock - Ben ..... U.K ..... a Burnley miner who probably made the FIRST lettered rock in 1887. It is believed that the first words he put in were 'Whao Emma', a popular music hall song of the time. After a visit to Blackpool he made the first Blackpool rock in his factory in Dewsbury and sent it for sale in the town. It sold well and orders came from other seaside towns. In 1902 the FIRST rock-makers set up business in Blackpool itself
Burchett - Wilfred ..... U.K ..... an Australian journalist working in London, he was the FIRST Westerner to cover the aftermath of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and on September 5th 1945 the FIRST public report to mention the effects of radiation and nuclear fallout appeared in the Daily Express
Burchick - Trevor ..... U.K ..... in August 2005 he launched the FIRST-ever Pride Games for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual sports people. The event was held in Manchester and attracted 700 athletes from around the globe to compete in 14 disciplines
Burton - Gerry ..... U.K ..... FIRST ever chief executive of the Women's Voluntary Service (WRVS)
Bushnell - Nolan ..... U.S.A ..... in 1971 he wrote Computer Space, the FIRST arcade computer video game and in 1972, after founding his own company he produced Pong, the FIRST commercially successful arcade computer video game which was FIRST installed in Andy Capps Tavern, California
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Cailler - Francois - Louis .. produced the FIRST eating chocolate on a factory scale at Switzerland in 1819. It was also the FIRST eating chocolate to be prepared and sold in blocks
Cain - Richard ..... U.K ..... received the FIRST licence to drive when the Road Traffic Act introduced them. He came from Bermondsey and was chauffeur to Prince Hatzfeldt, a relation of the Kaiser
Capa - Robert ne้ Andr้ Friedmann ..... born 1913 died 1954 ..... a Hungarian-born Jew who in 1954, stepped on a landmine and became the FIRST American correspondent to be killed in Indochina. He was also the FIRST person to make photojournalism "glamorous and sexy"
Cardin - Pierre ..... born July 7th 1922 ..... FRANCE ..... FIRST top designer to present a collection of mens clothes
Chadwick - Edwin ..... born 1800 died 1890 ..... English social reformer who was commissioner of the FIRST Board of Health (1848-54). He used his influence to implement measures to eradicate cholera, improve sanitation in urban areas and clear slums in British cities
Chamier - Frank ..... FIRST British secret agent to be parachuted into France during the Second World War with the SOE
Chaudhuri - Colonel M.N ..... India's FIRST surgeon-general
Chetham - Humphrey ..... U.K ..... formed Europes FIRST lending library
Christie-Miller Lt.Col John A ..... U.K ..... in 1965 he became the FIRST President of Stockport (England) Historical Society
Christopher Dean ..... in 1976 he started the world's FIRST Tea Tree plantation when he opened his Thursday Plantation in Australia
Clark - Jeremiah ..... died 9th December 1772 ..... FIRST producer of cotton velvet
Cobbett - William ..... U.K ..... FIRST to publish Hansard, the Parliamentary report, which was previously known as Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates
Collins - Michael ..... born 16th October 1890 died 22nd August 1922 ..... U.K ..... negotiated the FIRST Treaty of Independence for Ireland
Conway - Gordon ..... U.S.A ..... FIRST non-American president of the Rockefeller Foundation 1997
Cook - Thomas ..... born 1808 died 1892 ..... English pioneer travel agent who organised his FIRST railway excursion of July 5th 1841, the FIRST publicly advertised excursion by train ever to run in England. Ultimately he was responsible for the FIRST wave of mass tourism encouraging large numbers of middle and upper class British people to try taking their holidays abroad, mainly in Europe
Coram- Thomas ..... born c1668 died 1751 ..... English philanthropist who was a shipwright by trade. In March 1741, after seventeen years of campaigning, he was responsible for the FIRST foundling hospital to be built in London and on the first night thirty children were admitted. The hospital also became Britain's FIRST public art gallery when artists of the day exhibited there. By 1760 six more foundling hospitals had opened in the country. The London hospital finally closed in 1954. One of the foundlings, Julian Mariner, was the FIRST one to reach an exalted position there when he returned as apothecary and in 1828 was elected a governor
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Dahl - Johann Christian ..... born 1788 died 1857 ..... Norwegian landscape painter in the Romantic style who was the FIRST great painter of the Norwegian landscape
Daimler - Paul .. the world's FIRST motorcyclist
Davis - Sammy Jr .. U.S.A ..... FIRST black man to enter the Hillcrest Country Club, Hollywood's Jewish Mecca of leisure. He was also the FIRST black man to own a portion of a Las Vegas Strip hotel when he bought 8% of the Tropicana in 1973 for $720,000
Debenham - Frank .. U.K. ..... co-founder and FIRST director of the Scott Polar Research Institute
Desai - Salman .. U.K ..... training manager for Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, who devised a training programme, the FIRST of its kind in Britain, to treat drugs addicts resuscitation techniques and first aid
Dior - Christian ..... FRANCE ..... launched the FIRST hair mascara in 1997. Inspired by Spice Girl mania it became a best-seller all over the world
Doulton - Henry ..... born 1820 died 1897 ..... English ceramicist who established the world's FIRST stoneware drainpipe factory in 1846
Downward - Sir William .. died 2005 ..... U.K ..... FIRST Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 1973
Drake - Edwin ..... U.S.A ..... sank the FIRST oil-wells in 1859
Drewitt Tony & Barrie Barlow ..... FIRST same-sex British couple to register as joint parents on a birth certificate - 1999
Dunton - John ..... U.K ..... the FIRST ' agony aunt' in 1691 when he founded The Athenian Gazette with the sole purpose of publishing and answering reader's questions
Dutz - Herr ..... GERMANY..... in 1896 he established the world's FIRST motor cab service in Stuttgart using two petrol driven Benz cars
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Edwards - Edward ..... U.K ..... FIRST Librarian of the FIRST free library in England which was opened in 1852 in Campfield
Epperson - Frank ..... U.S.A ..... patented the FIRST iced lollipop, called the Epsicle and later changed to Popsicle - 1923
Eriugena - John Scotus ..... born c820 died 877 ..... U.K ..... FIRST Irish philosopher to attain universal fame
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Fenton - Roger .. U.K ..... the FIRST official war photographer when he was sent to the Crimea with the personal blessing of Prince Albert. He had been a lawyer and tried painting but in 1851 became enthused by the photography
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Galen ..... Greek physician who FIRST concocted cold cream in approximately AD 150
Giancana - Sam .. American mobster who was the subject of the FIRST-ever FBI wiretaps in America
Glasier - Phillip ..... born 22nd December 1915 .. U.K ..... founder of the National Birds of Prey Centre, he opened it to promote the ancient art of handling birds of prey and to try to breed them in captivity. Among his successes was the FIRST artificial insemination of a golden eagle
Grabiner - Stephen ….. U.K ..... OnDigitals FIRST Chief Executive
Grant - Alexander ..... U.K ..... created the FIRST ever digestive biscuit. He was an employee of McVitie's, The name 'digestive' was derived from its high content of baking soda as an aid to food digestion
Griffith - James B ..... from Newcastle-on-Tyne, was claimed by the German News Agency as the FIRST Allied invasion prisoner of war in 1944
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Harris - Paul ..... U.S.A ..... in 1905 he founded the FIRST Rotary Club in the world in Chicago, for businessmen to meet, socialise and carry out services in the community
Harvey - Charles T - Col ..... U.S.A ..... in 1867 he opened the world's FIRST elevated railway ( the E1) in New York
Hetherington - John .. U.K ..... in 1797 he became the FIRST man to appear in public wearing a top hat and was hauled into court for "sporting a structure that would frighten timid people"
Hitchcock - Vincent .... the FIRST ever British bullfighter
Hobson - Thomas ..... died 1st January 1631 ..... FIRST to launch a horse-for-hire business in the UK
Hogarth - William ..... FIRST major British engraver and gifted pictorial satirist
Hooker - Sir William Jackson ….. born 1785 died 1865 ..... English botanist who was the FIRST director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1841
Hoyle - Edmond ..... U.K ..... in 1742 he became the FIRST person to publish a set of rules for the card game of whist
Huskisson - William . . born March 11th 1770 died 1830 .. U.K ..... FIRST person to be killed by a train. He was born in Worcestershire and was a pioneer of free trade. His death occurred when he was attending the opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway. As he stepped on the track to meet the Duke of Wellington, Stephenson's 'Rocket' hit him. He died later that day
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Jones - Richard Lewis "Dic" ..... born 1934 died 2009 ..... FIRST farmer to become Archdruid at the Welsh Eisteddford
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Karthikeyan - Narain ..... the FIRST ever Indian driver in Formula 1 racing. He will be partnered by Tiago Monteiro
Kenny - Andr้ ..... U.K ..... made the FIRST identification of two V2 long range rockets lying horizontally on road vehicles at Peenemunde
King - Mervyn ..... the FIRST British Bank of England governor to be given an audience with Queen Elizabeth 11 at Buckingham Palace in 2009
Koch - Ludwig ….. born November 13th 1881died 1974 .. German naturalist, author, lecturer and also musician who made the FIRST out-of-doors recordings of songs of wild birds. When he went to England in 1936 he became known as a pioneer collector of bird and animal sounds
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Ladner - Derek .. U.K ..... FIRST person to win a jackpot twice in the same draw when he won the lottery on July 11th 2007 and then realised that he had already bought a ticket previously using the same numbers and therefore doubled his winnings to ฃ958,284.00
Lanham - Steven Victor ..... the FIRST British security service agent to give his life in the global war against terror when he was killed on 13th October 1999 in a motorcycle accident in a London street whilst disguised as a dispatch rider. In 2006 details of the crash were still shrouded in secrecy
Lewin Lord (Terry) ….. U.K ..... FIRST Grammar school boy to go on an expedition with the Public Schools Exploring Society ( to Newfoundland)
Lyons - Sir Joseph ….. born 1848 died 1917..... English business man whose chain of teashops was the FIRST computerised business in the world after T R Thompson and J M M Pinkerton had built Leo, the Lyons Electronic Office
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Manners - Lord John ..... born July 18th 1922 died 2001 ..... U.K ..... founder of Belvoir Fruit Farms, the FIRST company to produce elderflower cordial commercially. Hundreds of thousands of bottles of the cordial were sold every year and the company also produced strawberry, raspberry, lemon, passion fruit and ginger cordials also
Marshall - Thomas ..... died in 1903 at the age of 90 years, he was one of the FIRST locomotive drivers in the UK. He was known as "Old Tom" and was fireman to George Stephenson's "Locomotion", the FIRST locomotive to run merchandise
Martin - Henry ….. U.K ..... who FIRST manufactured the ballpoint pen which was invented by Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian. In 1944 he produced 30,000 pens for the RAF and they went on sale to the public in 1945 at a cost of 5s
McDougall - Alexander ..... maker of the FIRST self-raising flour sold in the UK after developing and producing a patent substitute for yeast in 1864. In 1931 McDougall's became a public company and in 1957 merged with Hovis, becoming Rank Hovis McDougall in 1961
McGee Eddie ….. in 1979 he began the FIRST combat survival training school in Britain and in 2001 began running the FIRST course of teaching tracking techniques to a police force ( Greater Manchester)
McNamara - Frank ..... American who launched the Diners Club card, the world's FIRST charge card - 1950
Michelin - Andr้ ….. U.K ..... with his brother used pneumatic tyres on a motor car for the FIRST time in a competitive event. Within 10 years all motorists had adopted them
Milford - Rev. Richard ….. U.K ..... FIRST Chairman of Oxfam - Oxford Committee For Famine Relief
Molyneaux - William ..... Irish man from Dublin, in 1679 he used the term ' free thinker' for the FIRST time in history when he wrote a letter to John Locke in which he called John Toland, ' a candid free thinker'
More - Sir Thomas ..... born February 7th 1478 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST layman to become Lord Chancellor of England
Morgan - George .. England ..... in 1899 he was the FIRST person to die as a result of a motorcycling accident
Morris - Peter..... U.S.A ..... winner of the FIRST world scrabble championships which took place in London in 1991
Murphy - Joseph 'Spud' ..... born May 15th 1923 died 2001 ..... Irish entrepreneur who produced the world's FIRST cheese and onion flavoured crisps in the late 1950s. The new flavour was a huge success both at home and abroad and within two years the business moved to larger premises. His company Tayto was the FIRST company in Ireland to make and market so-called "extruded snacks"
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Nash - Paul ….. born 11th May 1889 died 1946 .. English painter who was one of the FIRST WW1 official war artists on the Western front. In 1939 he once again filled the role of war artist
Nesbitt - Anthony .. born 14th July 1935 died 2000 .. U.K ..... FIRST chief of the Clan Nesbitt in 270 years (1995)
Nichols - Isaac .. Australia's FIRST postmaster - 1809
North - Rev .. American - in August 1935 he became the FIRST driver to be fined for overstaying at a parking meter
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Osmond - Andrew Philip Kingsford ….. born 16th March 1938 died 1999 ….. U.K ..... author and diplomat and the FIRST Lord Gnome, or financier, of Private Eye
Owen - Robert ..... born 1771 died 1858 ..... Welsh social and educational reformer who was the FIRST English mill manager to use American sea island cotton and the FIRST cotton spinner in England. He founded the FIRST co-op store and with James Buchanan the FIRST infant school in Britain. He also created the FIRST school playground
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Parkinson - Norman originally Ronald William Parkinson Smith ….. born 21st April 1913 died 1990 .. English photographer. His 1971 photographs of Princess Anne, taken for her 21st birthday, were the FIRST occasion on which a member of the Royal family had been given the full treatment with extensive professional make-up etc
Parnell - Charles Stuart ..... born 1846 died 1891 ..... FIRST president of the Land League in Ireland in 1879
Pascal - Blaise ..... mathematician who introduced the FIRST horse-drawn vehicles for public use on the streets of Paris in the 1660s
Perky - Henry D .. produced the FIRST breakfast cereal, Shredded Wheat, in 1893 at Denver, Colorado
Pitt - Bill .. set up Britain's FIRST neighbour nuisance team in Manchester 1960 and since that time around 2,600 ASBOs (anti-Social Behaviour Order) have been issued
Pitt-Rivers - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox ..... born 1827 died 1900 ..... English soldier and archaeologist who became the FIRST inspector of ancient monuments in 1882
Poiret - Paul ..... born 1874 died 1944 ..... said to be the FIRST modern fashion figure he launched the world's FIRST designer fragrance and invented the modern fashion show
Pollard - Ronald .. one of the FIRST Unit Managers for Coca-Cola in the UK
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Quinn - Michael .. the FIRST English head chef at the Ritz Hotel in London, UK
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Reynolds - Sir Joshua .. born 16th July 1723 died 1792 .. English portrait painter who was elected FIRST President of the Royal Academy when it was established in 1768
Riley - Walter ..... U.K ..... Manchester's oldest mountaineer celebrated his 100th birthday on June 2nd 2003. He is the only surviving member of the Bogtrotters, a renowned Manchester group of hardwalkers and he made the runners for the FIRST British mountain rescue stretcher, which was designed in Manchester by fell-runner Eustace Thomas
Rockefeller - John Davison .. born 1839 died 23rd May 1937 .. Americas FIRST billionaire. He made his fortune in the oil bonanza of the late 19th century and his company, Standard Oil, eventually had a virtual monopoly in the American market. At one time there was much public hostility and suspicion against him and he eventually gave away part of his vast fortune to charity. By the time he died, at the age of 97, he had given away $508,921,123.00
Ronis - Willy . FIRST French photographer to work for Life Magazine
Rosenthal - Jack .. U.K ..... FIRST outsider to be allowed access to the inner sanctums of the London Carriage Office
Russell - Steve ..... U.S.A ..... in 1961 he devised Spacewar - the FIRST computer video game
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Saunders - Clarence ..... American retailer who introduced the FIRST large self-service shop selling food and household goods in 1919. This FIRST supermarket was in Memphis, Tennessee
Schenkenberg - Marcus ..... the world's FIRST ever male supermodel
Shaw - Frank .. became the FIRST traffic warden to issue a parking ticket when he put a ticket on a Ford Popular which was illegally parked outside a West End hotel in London. The driver turned out to be a doctor who had been called urgently to treat a guest who had had a heart attack
Shinnie - Prof Peter Lewis ..... born 18th January 1915 died 9th July 2007 ..... Africanist archaeologist who created the FIRST archaeology department in Black Africa active in both teaching and research
Smalls - Bertie ..... Britain's FIRST Supergrass - 1972
Smith - Frank .. U.S.A ..... his potato crisps were the FIRST to make a national impact in 1920. A packet cost 2d and contained a separate bag of salt. The FIRST British potato crisps are said to have been produced in London by Carters in 1913
Smith - Robert Angus .. Britain's FIRST air pollution inspector
Spencer - C ..... Britain's FIRST cycle dealer who imported v้ocip้des from France in 1869
Sprague - Frank J .. demonstrated America's FIRST practical tram - Virginia
Sykes - Sir Tatton .. U.K ..... in 1896 he became the FIRST husband to publish an announcement in a newspaper that he refused to meet any debts incurred by his wife
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Talwar - Rana ..... U.K ..... Group chief executive at Standard Chartered Bank and the FIRST Indian to run a FTSE-100 company
Tate - Harry ..... U.K ..... bought the FIRST-ever car to travel non-stop from Edinburgh to London in 1906. He was the FIRST star driver to own a personalised number plate - T8 - sounds like Tate
Tate John ..... the FIRST papermaker in Britain who is believed to have set up a paper mill near Hartford in about 1488. The exact date is not known but Henry V11 was reported to have visited the mill 10 years later and sheets of paper showing Tate's watermark have been found in books printed around 1494
Taylor - William .. established the FIRST advertising agency in 1786 and booked adverts in the provincial press for a handling fee of 6d or 1s
Thiam - Tidjane ..... FIRST black chief executive of a FTSE 100 company when appointed to lead insurance group Prudential in 2009
Thomas - Jerry ..... U.S.A ..... bartender who mixed the FIRST dry martini in 1860 at the Occidental Hotel, San Francisco
Thompson - Edward J .. the FIRST chauffeur in Britain when he was employed by the Hon. Evelyn Ellis in June 1895
Torquemada Cardinal Tomas De .. born 1420 died 1498 ..... Spanish Dominican monk who was the FIRST inquisitor-general of Spain from 1483 in which office he displayed pitiless cruelty
Toynbee - Arnold .. born 23rd August 1852 died 1883 .. U.K ..... who gave his name to the worlds FIRST social settlement and coined the phrase the industrial revolution ( see Countries - Toynbee Hall)
Treacy - Philip .. FIRST milliner to take an haute couture collection to the Paris shows
Tuck - Adolph .. U.K ..... considered to be the man who FIRST stimulated mass interest in Christmas cards when, in 1880, he launched a Christmas card design competition with a 500 guinea prize
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Urada - Kenji .. Japanese factory worker who became the FIRST known fatality caused by a robot when it pushed him into a grinding machine with its hydraulic arm when the worker failed to turn it off completely - 1982
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Vanacker - Nicholas ..... in 1659 he made out the FIRST cheque known to have been drawn on a British bank
Varah - Chad .. born November 12th 1911 died 2007 ..... took the FIRST call received by the Samaritans on November 2nd 1953 when he set up the emergency line after becoming rector of St Stephen Walbrook in London. In 1969 he was appointed an OBE, in 1987 was a patron of the Terence Higgins Trust, in 1996 he was appointed a CBE and was made a Companion of Honour in 2000
Varney - Reg .. U.K ..... star of the sitcom On The Buses he was the FIRST person to use the FIRST De La Rue Automatic Cash system fitted outside a Barclays Bank branch in Enfield near London on 27th June 1967. The machine was invented by John Shepherd-Barron, managing director of De La Ruse Instruments
Ventris - Michael .. deciphered Europe's FIRST writing system
Viola - Bill ..... U.K ..... FIRST video artist to have an exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2003
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Waterton - Charles ..... born 1783 died 1865 ..... British naturalist who was the FIRST person in the UK to protest against pollution from industry. He created a nature reservation around his home in Yorkshire
Waltheof - Earl of Northumberland .. who died 1076 and is believed to be the FIRST person to be beheaded in England
Washington - Booker T ..... born 1856 died 1915 ..... American educationist, pioneer in higher education for black people in the Southern USA and was founder and FIRST principal of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama in 1881, which became a respected academic institution. He was also the FIRST African- American to be invited to dine at the White House - 16th October 1901
Waugh - Alexander Raban .. born 1898 died 1981..... U.K ..... brother of Evelyn Waugh he claimed to have held the FIRST cocktail party in Britain in April 1924. Apparently only one guest arrived. He tried again a year later inviting guests to tea and plied them with daiquiris instead on arrival. It worked
Wedgwood - Thomas .. born 14th May 1771 .. U.K ..... acknowledged as the FIRST photographer, though he was unable to find a way of fixing the image
Weizman - Ezer .. died 2005 ..... Israeli flying ace and crack commander who built up his nation's air force and helped bring about the Jewish state's FIRST peace treaty with an Arab country. He was president from 1993 to 2000
White - Marco Pierre .. FIRST British chef to be awarded three Michelin stars and at 33 years, the world's youngest three star chef
Whitmore - Keith ..... U.K ..... in 2002 he became the FIRST Briton to be made president of a Council of Europe committee when put in charge of the Congress of Local and Regional authorities
Whittaker - John ..... U.K ..... chairman of Peel Holdings, he was named as the north west of England's FIRST self-made billionaire when he topped the list compiled by the North West Business Insider magazine which focused on the top 100 businessmen who have founded or still run their own firms. The Trafford Centre is one of his achievements
Whittington - Dick ..... U.K ..... founded the FIRST public library in the City of London
Winton - Alexander .... born 20th June 1860 died 21st June 1932 ..... Scottish motor pioneer who began the FIRST American reliability run on 28th July 1897 driving from Cleveland to New York. On 24th March 1898 the FIRST US made automobile was sold by the Winton Motor Carriage Company
Wynne - Arthur ..... devised the FIRST crossword in Liverpool, England and which appeared in the New York World in 1913
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Xiaohua - Li ..... China's FIRST millionaire
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Yeung - Gerry ..... co-owner of the Yang Sing restaurant in Manchester, England, he became the FIRST Chinese president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its 150-year history
Yoritomo - Minamoto No .. Japan's FIRST shogun
Young - Graham Wharton ..... died 14th February 2009 ..... established the FIRST continuous care complex in Spain for English speaking people when he opened the Colina Club, a popular retirement village and nursing home in January 1991