Apollo 13 astronaut, would have been the sixth man to walk on the moon were it not for all those explosions. Has already outlived the man who famously played him on screen, Bill Paxton.
One of the more successful singer-songwriters to emerge from the mid-2010s, but with more health issues than "Lancet". Bet you didn't know she was married to Beck from "Victorious".
Born 7 May 1936 (Raised in County Monaghan, Ireland)
He is an explorer based in Cornwall and is also the President of the charity Survival International. Previously he was the Chief Executive of The Countryside Alliance. He has also written 25 books, including 3 for children.
Seminal jazz pianist and bandleader who was instrumental in mixing other genres such as soul and funk as well as crossing over in to mainstream pop with the hit single 'Rockit' in 1983.
The first King of Norway to be born in the country since 1370. Acceded to the throne on the death of his father, Olav V, in 1991. Was a member of several of Norway's Olympic sailing teams. In September 2003 it was announced that he has bladder cancer.
Born 19 September 1927 (Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England)
BAFTA-nominated actress who played Spider Man's auntie. Is also mother to Jennifer Ehle who played Elizabeth Bennett in the 1995 adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice'. Does that mean Lizzy and Spidey are cousins?
Born 15 September 1984 (Paddington, London, England)
Member of the Royal Family, fifth in line to the throne. In 2008, he served on active frontline duty in Afghanistan. If he's on the frontline again, he'll be insurgent target number 1. His party antics at home might get him first, however…
Self-fancying star of 'Knight Rider' and 'Baywatch', whose move into anodyne pop ballads made him so ludicrously popular in Germany, of all places, that he even claims they played an important part in the reunification of the country.
Old Etonian actor with a degree in Theology! Played Prince Eric in the musical The Little Mermaid,and had a lead role in The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Will have a leading role in 2025 episodes of Doctor Who.
Born 21 November 1945 (Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
Actress who got her first break as a regular performer on 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', but had to wait a further decade before really making it big when she took the title role in 'Private Benjamin' (1980). Knocking on a bit now to play her trademark
Railway machinist found guilty of the 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne after 58 years, in what's believed to be the longest-lasting cold case in British legal history. Born in the West Indies in 1932.
US actor with an impressive list of credits for both film and TV. He is possibly best known as Nick Tortelli, Carla's deadbeat ex-husband in Cheers, a role which also saw a short spin-off season entitled The Tortellis.
Attempted to kill Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a wacky attempt to win Jodie Foster's love. Suffice to say, it didn't work (on both counts), and Hinckley is now a long-term r
Indian-born Swiss citizen who lives in Monaco but is still one of Britain's richest people somehow. Found guilty of slapping his domestic staff around in 2024. Born 1945.
British artist, now based in California, whose (largely autobiographical) work is often described as Pop Art, although he himself has consistently shunned this label.
Journeyman manager who by some fluke, managed to secure the position as manager of Liverpool FC. Sacked 6 months later. Then by some other fluke became England manager in 2012.
Diminutive actor with a reputation for being difficult to work with. Has played a wide range of roles in his 80 or so movie and TV appearances, including a crippled street hustler in 'Midnight Cowboy', a cross-dressing actor in 'Tootsie' and an autistic
Founder of Elektra Records, taking a small folk label into a multimillion-dollar endeavor by signing the likes of The Doors and Queen. Also had a big hand in founding MTV and popularizing Atari as a gaming system.
Born 22 February 1929 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
American actor of Chinese descent with over 500 TV and film roles to his credit including providing voices for characters in 'Mulan' and 'KungFu Panda'
Actress who made up 1/2 of one of television's first interracial kisses when she appeared in a 1964 "Emergency Ward 10" plotline. Like every other British-based black actor over the age of 70, recently popped up in "Death In Paradise".
American actress and pop singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn (Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree). As lead actress, Hopkins starred on Getting By from 1993 to 1994.
Actor ("Hustle & Flow", the first "Iron Man") who has stepped back from Hollywood to focus on his own logic language known as "Terryology". Its main claims are that 1 x 1 is 2, there is no number 0 and that the Pythagorean theorem is incorrect.
British track cyclist, multiple titles including 6 Olympic Golds and 11 World. He also competed on 4 wheels in the WRC and Le Mans, though less successfully than on 2. Knighted in 2009. He revealead a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2024/
Born 31 January 1974 (Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England)
School caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. Was sentenced in December 2003 to two terms of life imprisonment, and it was revealed after his trial that he had previously been accused of a string of sex cri
Born 8 March 1930 (Marlborough, Wiltshire, England)
Former diplomat, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary under the Thatcher and Major governments, but all that most people know (or care) about hi
Member of the House of Representatives since 1991. She was reported (by the police) to appear to be in the early stages of dementia following being defrauded out of $4,400 last year.
A Pakistan politician, leader of the far-right Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, in succession to his father. Sentenced in absentia by a Dutch court to four years imprisonmnet for incitement to murder Dutrch politicoan Geert Wilders.