Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2023: I

 

Ibrahim, Haris Haris Ibrahim is no longer with us
Born 4 April 1959  (Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia)

Died 4 August 2023  (Taman Tun, Malaysia)

Age at death: 63  (read death notice)
Youtube activist, politial blogger and lawyer.
[Picture of Haris Ibrahim]

 

Icke, David
Born 29 April 1952  (Leicester, Leicestershire, England)
Former footballer and sports presenter turned author. Stunned the nation by going on Terry Wogan's TV chat show in 1991 and claiming to be the son of God. Since then, he has repeatedly voiced his conviction that the wo
[Picture of David Icke]

 

Ickx, Jacky
Born 1 January 1945  (Brussels, Belgium)
Belgian formaer F1 racing driver.
[Picture of Jacky Ickx]

 

Idle, Eric
Born 29 March 1943  (South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England)
Member of Monty Python, actor & writer of comedy songs, including the recent musical, 'Spamalot'.
[Picture of Eric Idle]

 

Ifield, Frank
Born 30 November 1937  (Coventry, England)
Yodelling singer, popular in the UK in the early 1960s.
[Picture of Frank Ifield]

 

Iglesias, Gabriel
Born 15 July 1976  (San Diego, California, USA)
AKA "Fluffy", rotund US comedian.
[Picture of Gabriel Iglesias]

 

Iglesias, Julio
Born 23 September 1943  (Madrid, Spain)
Smoove-as-silk Spanish crooner who has sold over 120 million records to menopausal women across the civilised world.
[Picture of Julio Iglesias]

 

Ikeda, Daisaku Daisaku Ikeda is no longer with us
Born 2 January 1928  (Tokyo, Japan)

Died 15 November 2023  (Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan)

Age at death: 95  (read death notice)
Buddist writer and leader.
[Picture of Daisaku Ikeda]

 

Ikeda, Masako
Born 1 January 1939  (Tokyo, Japan)
Japanese voice actress
[Picture of Masako Ikeda]

 

Ilia II of Georgia, (patriarch)
Born 4 January 1933  (Vladikavkaz, Soviet Union)
Russian spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
[Picture of (patriarch) Ilia II of Georgia]

 

Iliescu, Ion
Born 2 March 1930  (Oltenita, Romania)
Former President of Romania, replaced the hated Ceausescu in 1989. Had a 2nd spell as President between 2000-2004.
[Picture of Ion Iliescu]

 

Ilitch, Marian
Born 7 January 1933  (Dearborn, Michigan, USA)
One of the world's richest women, co-founder of the Little Caesars Pizza chain.
[Picture of Marian Ilitch]

 

Ilkaev, Ruslan
Born 10 August 1981  (Donetsk, Ukraine)
Ukrainian Russian-backed militant in the Donetsk region.
[Picture of Ruslan Ilkaev]

 

Ilmiye Cıg, Muazzez
Born 20 June 1914  (Bursa, Turkey)
Archaeologist who worked well into her 90s, most famously rewriting the history of the headscarf. Turns out it was first worn by Sumerian priestess who took young men's virginities.
[Picture of Muazzez Ilmiye Cıg]

 

Ingebrigtsen, Gjert
Born 12 January 1966  (Batsfjord, Norway)
Norwegian athletics trainer who coached his three sons to titles
[Picture of Gjert Ingebrigtsen]

 

Ingham, Bernard Bernard Ingham is no longer with us
Born 21 June 1932  (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

Died 24 February 2023  (United Kingdom)

Age at death: 90  (read death notice)
Fat, gruff Yorkshire journalist who went on to become press secretary to Margaret Thatcher.
[Picture of Bernard Ingham]

 

Ingrams, Richard
Born 19 August 1937  ()
Curmudgeonly ex-editor of Private Eye.
[Picture of Richard Ingrams]

 

Inhofe, Jim
Born 17 November 1934  (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
Retired senator from Oklahoma and hobby climatologist
[Picture of Jim Inhofe]

 

Irons, Jeremy
Born 19 September 1948  (Cowes, Isle of Wight, England)
Children's TV presenter turned luvvie award-winning actor on film & TV.
[Picture of Jeremy Irons]

 

Irvine, Derry
Born 23 June 1940  (Inverness, Scotland)
Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair, did an okay job, isn't it only fair he is properly rewarded for that?
[Picture of Derry Irvine]

 

irvine, eddie
Born 10 November 1965  (Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland)
Formula 1 racing driver who won four races and earned 191pts during his career. He retired in 2002 and started a second but more private career as a boxing champion, being honoured with a six month prison sentence for "mutual injury" in January 2014.
[Picture of eddie irvine]

 

Irving, David
Born 24 March 1938  (Hulton, Essex, United Kingdom)
British speculative author and Holocaust denier, the Nazi whisperer
[Picture of David Irving]

 

Irving, George
Born 6 May 1954  (South Shields, UK)
Actor who played Hungarian surgeon Anton Meyer in the early seasons of "Holby City".
[Picture of George Irving]

 

Irving, James K.
Born 20 March 1928  (Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada)
Co-owner of the Irving Group with his brother Arthur.
[Picture of James K. Irving]

 

Irwin, Jonnie
Born 18 November 1973  (Bitteswell, Leicestershire, UK)
TV Presenter of property shows Escape to the Country and A Place in the Sun
[Picture of Jonnie Irwin]

 

Ishiguro, Kazuo
Born 11 August 1954  (Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese Nobel laureate novelist, wrote 'The Remains of the Day'.
[Picture of Kazuo Ishiguro]

 

Islam, Yusuf
Born 21 July 1948  (London, England)
AKA Cat Stevens, successful singer-songwriter-cum Islam convert.
[Picture of Yusuf Islam]

 

Isley, Ronald
Born 21 May 1941  (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
American singer, one of the Isley Brothers. Currently in prison for tax evasion & there are rumours that his health is not good.
[Picture of Ronald Isley]

 

Ito, Robert
Born 2 July 1931  (Vancouver, British Colombia, USA)
Candian-Japanese actor, best known as Sam Fujiyama in the hit 70s TV show 'Quincy M.E.' with the late Jack Klugman.
[Picture of Robert Ito]

 

Ivory, James
Born 7 June 1928  (Berkeley, California, USA)
Film director, the Ivory of the Merchant-Ivory film productions company.
[Picture of James Ivory]

 

Ivy, Madison
Born 14 June 1989  (Munich, Germany)
Petite American porn starlet, specialises in facial scenes. Apparently.
[Picture of Madison Ivy]

 

Iwan, Dafydd
Born 23 August 1943  (Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, Wales,=)
Welsh folk singer-turned-politician. He is the current president of Plaid Cymru.
[Picture of Dafydd Iwan]

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