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Lady Diana Frances Spencer who, until her divorce on 28/8/1996, became Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness Renfrew. When she died a year later, in a Paris car crash she was commemorated as Princess of Wales, the People's Princess.

Sarah Brightman, an English classical crossover soprano.

~Wunder

Bing Crosby, an American crooner who inflicted on the world a song which went "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the ones I used to know..... Regardless whether we have snow or even winter at Christmas. And which therefore drives Australians up the wall.

Awww. I haven't had a white Christmas in nearly 2 decades. When we do get snow, it's quite an event, complete with a state of emergency!

Charles Dickens, author of many classics such as A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit.

~Wunder

Dick Whittington, a real-life merchant & politician who lived 1354–1423 in London, where he was four times Mayor, & sheriff of the town. He is known by the folk tale of Dick Whittington & his cat.

Wilfred Owen, a World War 1 soldier famous for his anti-war poetry, and died before the war ended.

Oceanus Hopkins, the only child born on the Mayflower during its historic voyage which brought the Pilgrims to America

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Horatio Nelson, the great Admiral who died at Trafalgar fighting Napoleon Bonaparte

Ngaio Marsh (Dame Ngaio) a woman famous around the world for her detective stories (Inspector Alleyn Mysteries) and in her native New Zealand for resurrecting live theatre (especially Shakespeare).

Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the UK.

~Wunder

Thomas Tallis, 16th century composer

Hugh Jackman, Australian actor.

Jesse James, a famous American outlaw.

~Wunder

Janet Evans

Edward Gibbon, chronicler of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire