* 1997 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer ( Sweet ) ( b. 1945 )

* October 5 – Brian Connolly, Scottish musician

* Brian Connolly ( 1945 – 1997 ), singer of glam rock band The Sweet, lived in Hayes and Harefield

The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was an Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Jane Turner and Gina Riley who went on to star in Kath & Kim, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brookes, Ernie Dingo, the Rubbery Figures satirical puppets and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Brian Dawe.

In 1979, Robin Zander was informally approached to join British glam rockers Sweet after the departure of singer Brian Connolly.

George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Tony Blair James Bond, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, Ozzy Osbourne, Sir Patrick Moore, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Victor Meldrew and Richard Wilson, Brian Sewell, Fourth Doctor ( Tom Baker ), Tenth Doctor ( David Tennant ), Brian Perkins, Simon Cowell, Master Yoda ( on radio )), Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, David Beckham, Chris Tarrant, William Hague, Simon Schama, Russell Crowe & Maximus Decimus Meridius, Ricky Gervais, Michael Buerk, Sir Trevor McDonald ( on television ), George Lucas, Jeremy Clarkson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sir Alan Sugar, David Frost, Ross Kemp, Eminem, Gordon Ramsay, Judge John Deed, Terry Wogan, John Humphrys, Rolf Harris, Charlotte Church ( on radio ), Jonathan Ross, Dale Winton, Jon Pertwee, Chris Eubank, Frank Bruno ( on radio ), Richard Whiteley, Morgan Freeman, Bono, Homer Simpson ( on radio ), John Craven, Griff Rhys Jones, Billy Connolly, Nick Ross, Senator John Edwards, Phil Spencer, Robbie Williams, John Motson, Gary Lineker ( on radio ), Jack Bauer, Dermot Murnaghan, Johnny Vegas, Shane Richie, Liam Gallagher, Captain Jack Sparrow, Jar Jar Binks, Doctor Octopus, José Mourinho, Hugh Laurie & Dr Gregory House, James Blunt, Alex Turner, Noel Edmonds, Justin Lee Collins, Jamie Cullum, Jamie Oliver, Wolverine, Ian Hislop, Jeremy Kyle, Wayne Rooney, Gordon Brown, Michael Owen, Jack Johnson, Captain Jack Harkness, Pete Doherty, Ewan McGregor, Peter Andre, Robin Hood, James Nesbitt, Michael Pike

As the seasons progressed, the guest stars became more prestigious, and the last season starring Cole and Waterman featured Billy Connolly playing Tick-tack, a bookie and grifter, Brian Blessed as DI Dyer, Ian McShane as gangster Jack Last and Roy Kinnear as Fat Charlie.

Notable residents of the village have included Harry Golombek, Brian Connolly, Brian Cant, Chicane, Armando Iannucci, Noel Gallagher formerly of Oasis and Nick Clegg who became the Liberal Democrats party leader in 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010.

* Brian Connolly, lead singer with 1970s glam rock band Sweet, lived at Denham until his death in 1997.

Among his contemporaries at Eton were Eric Blair ( the writer George Orwell ), Cyril Connolly, Robert Byron, Alec Douglas-Home, Ian Fleming, Brian Howard, Oliver Messel, Anthony Powell, Henry Yorke ( the novelist Henry Green ).

Others who are cited as Oxford Wits are John Betjeman, Robert Byron, Cyril Connolly, Brian Howard, Alan Pryce-Jones, John Sparrow, John Sutro, and Christopher Sykes.

As it transpired, it was to be their last British show with the classic line-up featuring popular blonde singer Brian Connolly.

lang, Tom Robbins, Dido, Brian Eno, Tim Robbins, Daniel Lanois, Yoko Ono, J. P. Donleavy, Naomi Klein, Oumou Sangare, Billy Connolly, Baaba Maal, Rokia Traore, DBC Pierre, Neneh Cherry, Robbie Williams, Lila Downs, Bob Geldof, Neale Donald Walsch, Stephen Fry, Gita Mehta, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Speech, Mahotella Queens, Michael Franti etc.

Brian Francis Connolly ( 5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997 )

Brian Connolly was born in 1945 in Govanhill, Glasgow, ( some early Sweet biographies claim he was born in 1949 ).

When Brian was aged about eighteen he inadvertently discovered his lineage and reverted to the name Connolly.

A flood of very successful singles would follow and both The Sweet and Connolly became instantly recognisable around the world with Brian enjoying a large fan base.

Interestingly, the second Brian Connolly single " Don't You Know a Lady ", which was composed by Roger Greenaway, was also recorded by British four-piece band Brooks shortly after Brian Connolly's release.

Frank Torpey later explained in interviews that Brian Connolly was trying to get a German recording deal.

Brian Connolly went back to England and his band appeared on The Bob Downe Christmas show, on the 18th December 1990.

At the private function, for which Priest specially flew back to England, Steve Priest and Brian Connolly performed together.

* A. W. ( wrestler ), a ring name of professional wrestler and manager Brian Bary Jossie

Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages, the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be mistaken for someone else and murdered, and is succeeded by Richard IV ( Brian Blessed ), one of the Princes in the Tower.

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ), and despite not having have played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400, 000 ahead of the IPL players ' auction in early January 2011 ; however, no franchise bought him.

He is one of ten San Francisco Giants to appear on the cover, along with Kelly Downs, Rick Reuschel, Willie Mays ( nine times ), Alvin Dark, Juan Marichal, Will Clark, Tim Lincecum ( twice ), Brian Wilson, and Buster Posey.

The greatest successes, however, came with the films of the Monty Python team, including And Now for Something Completely Different ( 1971 ), Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ) and Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979.

* Brian D ' Arcy ( 1945 – ), C. P.

Gail Platt married Richard Hillman ( Brian Capron ), a financial advisor, who would go on to leave Duggie Ferguson to die, murder his ex-wife Patricia, attempt to murder his mother-in-law, Audrey Roberts, murder Maxine Peacock and attempt to murder Emily Bishop.

* The Commodore ( book ), a novel in the Aubrey – Maturin series by Patrick O ' Brian

In Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ), the continuation of the original series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the Baron is resurrected as a ghola ( 5, 029 years after the death of Alia ) by the Lost Tleilaxu Uxtal, acting on orders from the Face Dancer Khrone.

In Dune: House Corrino ( published in 2001 and the third novel in the Prelude to Dune prequel series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson ), Piter De Vries discovers the Harkonnen heritage of Lady Jessica and her newborn son Paul, and attempts to kidnap and ransom the infant.

Saloon owner Kent ( Brian Donlevy ), the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck, has the town's Sheriff, Keogh, killed when the Sheriff asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game.

Hall, Sr. ( Hallmark Cards ), Jeffrey R. Immelt ( General Electric ), Gail Koziara Boudreaux ( United Health Care ), Grant Tinker ( NBC ), and Brian Goldner ( Hasbro ).

* Domitia and Domitian ( 2000 ), a historical novel by David Corson based on the works of Brian Jones and Pat Southern, revolving around the titular characters.

Also in the 1970s, horror author Stephen King debuted on the film scene as many of his books were adapted for the screen, beginning with Brian De Palma's adaptation of King's first published novel, Carrie ( 1976 ), which was nominated for Academy Awards.

* Head ( Brian Welch ), an American musician

The example program from that book prints "" ( without capital letters or exclamation mark ), and was inherited from a 1974 Bell Laboratories internal memorandum by Brian Kernighan, Programming in C: A Tutorial, which contains the first known version:

The new area was led by Allison Mankin and Scott Bradner, and had a directorate with 15 engineers from diverse backgrounds for direction-setting and preliminary document review: The working-group members were J. Allard ( Microsoft ), Steve Bellovin ( AT & T ), Jim Bound ( Digital Equipment Corporation ), Ross Callon ( Wellfleet ), Brian Carpenter ( CERN ), Dave Clark ( MIT ), John Curran ( NEARNET ), Steve Deering ( Xerox ), Dino Farinacci ( Cisco ), Paul Francis ( NTT ), Eric Fleischmann ( Boeing ), Mark Knopper ( Ameritech ), Greg Minshall ( Novell ), Rob Ullmann ( Lotus ), and Lixia Zhang ( Xerox ).

* 1974 – Brian Harvey, English singer ( East 17 )

* 1981 – Brian Joo, American-born Korean singer ( Fly to the Sky )

* 1975 – Brian Fair, American singer and musician ( Shadows Fall and Overcast )

* 1974 – Edsel Dope ( Brian Charles Ebejer ), American singer ( Dope )

* 1943 – Brian Hyland, American singer

* 1957 – Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor

* 1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor

Lead singer of The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon, has stated several times that without The Replacements there would be no Gaslight Anthem, as they are heavily influenced by their music, particularly ' Left of the Dial '.

** Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer

* June 20 – Brian Wilson, American singer, composer / producer, musical innovator ( The Beach Boys )

* August 8 – Brian Harvey, English singer ( East 17 )

** Brian Conley, English TV presenter, comedian, singer & actor

* April 10 – Brian Setzer, American rock guitarist and singer

Numan did win on the overall leaderboard, though he lost the final race to AC / DC lead singer Brian Johnson.

* Brian Howe ( singer )

Catherine Wheel formed in 1990, comprising singer / guitarist Rob Dickinson, guitarist Brian Futter, bassist Dave Hawes, and drummer Neil Sims.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

When Armstrong auditioned to play with Brian Rossi and the Golden Eagles, Morrison went along and was hired as a blues singer.

Texas composer and singer Brian Burns wrote and recorded a song about the collision, The Crash at Crush, in 2001.

* East 17, British pop boy band, including singer / song writer Brian Harvey.

* 2008: Broadway singer Brian Stokes Mitchell and actor Edward Herrmann

* Brian Dales, singer of The Summer Set