In his book, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy, Chris Hayes has attributed what he calls the ' Fail Decade ' — which includes 9 / 11, the Enron scandal, the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the subprime crisis and the Great Recession — to the deterioration of America's meritocratic system into one of plutocracy.

* Up with Chris Hayes, a television program on MSNBC

In 1979, the band wooed guitarist Chris Hayes and moved to Chrysalis Records.

In early 2000, Chris Hayes left the News to spend more time with his family, though he performed on their 2001 album Plan B. Stef Burns replaced Hayes, although guitarists Tal Morris and James Harrah have also filled in when Burns has had other commitments.

*" The Power of Love " ( from the film Back to the Future ), earned Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla and Huey Lewis ( the songs composers ), an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song in 1986.

* Disgraced disc jockey Chris Denning was born in Hayes

* Chris Finnegan ( 1944 – 2009 ), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes

* Boxer Kevin Finnegan ( 1948 – 2008 ), brother of Olympic gold medalist Chris, lived in Hayes

* Concerts: Bryan Adams, Irina Allegrova, Backstreet Boys, James Blunt, The Bravery, Sarah Brightman, Cascada, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Toto Cutugno, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Flyleaf, Foreigner, Good Charlotte, Gregorian, Darren Hayes, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Judas Priest, Patricia Kaas, Mark Knopfler, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Avril Lavigne, Limp Bizkit, Lordi, Vanessa-Mae, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Metallica, Kylie Minogue, Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, P! nk, Placebo, The Prodigy, Suzi Quatro, Rammstein, R. E. M., Chris Rea, REO Speedwagon, Rihanna, Demis Roussos, Roxette, Ruslana, Sade, Scorpions, Seal, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Smokie, Sting, Styx, Sweet, t. A. T. u., Adam Tensta, Underworld, Vanilla Ninja, Vaya Con Dios, Whitesnake & Yes

Alumni of the program include Jacob Hacker, Megan McArdle, Katherine Boo, Robert Wright, Tim Wu, Chris Hayes, Romesh Ratnesar and Dayo Olopade.

Past LBC presenters include: Adrian Allen ; Carol Allen ; Dominic Allen ; Mike Allen ; Toby Anstis ; Dickie Arbiter ; Tre Azam ; Phillip Bacon ; Bill Bailey ; David Bassett ; * Jeni Barnett ; Simon Bates ; Jeremy Beadle ; Alison Bell ; Bill Bingham ; Therese Birch ; Frank Bough ; Tommy Boyd ; Gyles Brandreth ; Bill Buckley ; Paul Callan ; Douglas Cameron ; Mike Carlton ; Mike Carson ; Clare Catford ; Marcus Churchill ; Nick Conrad ; Andy Crane ; Jamie Crick ; Jono Coleman ; Steve Crozier ; Tim Crook ; Gino D ' Acampo ; Dan Damon ; Peter Deeley ; Anne Diamond ; Mike Dickin ; Richard Dallyn ; Jenny Eclair ; Richard Fairbrass ; Caroline Feraday ; John_Forrest_ ( Producer-Director ); Mariella Frostrup ; George Gale ; Krishnan Guru-Murthy ; Boy George ; Charlie Gibson ; Charles Golding ; Angie Greaves ; Eric Hall ; Bob Harris ; Brian Hayes ; Chris Hawkins ; Phillip Hodson ; Bob Holness ; Eamonn Holmes ; Jon Holmes ; Fred Housego ; Rufus Hound ; Howard Hughes ; Sue Jameson ; Bob Johnson ; Bryn Jones ; Steve Jones ; Barry Jordan ; Charlie Jordan ; Lesley Judd ; Henry Kelly ; Allan King ; Gary King ; Jenny Lacey ; Iain Lee ; Richard Littlejohn ; Wendy Lloyd ; Sir Nicholas Lloyd ; Adrian Love ; Dave Luddy ; Kelvin MacKenzie ; Richard Mackney ; Mike Mendoza ; Daisy McAndrew ; Rod Lucas ; Carol McGiffin ; Monty Modlin ; Nathan Morley ; Douglas Moffatt ; Bel Mooney ; Jane Moore ; Elliot Moss ; Pete Murray ; Paddy O ' Connell ; Rod Lucas ; Tom Parker-Bowles ; Michael Parkinson ; Frank Partridge ; John Perkins ; David Prever ; Martin Popplewell ; Gill Pyrah ; Anna Raeburn ; Angela Rippon ; Rowland Rivron ; Richard Robbins ; Paul Ross ; Kenny Sansom ; Adrian Scott ; Valerie Singleton ; Penny Smith ; Jon Snow ; Julia Somerville ; Laurence Spicer ; Dr Pam Spurr ; Janet Street-Porter ; Peter Stringfellow ; Carol Thatcher ; Sandi Toksvig ; Petroc Trelawny ; Michael Van Straten ; Robbie Vincent ; Becky Walsh ; Sandy Warr ; Brian Widlake ; James Williams, Matthew Wright, and Martin Young ;.

* Huey Lewis and the News ( Sean Hopper, Bill Gibson, Johnny Colla, Mario Cipollina, and Chris Hayes )

** Back to the Future – Johnny Colla ; Chris Hayes ; Huey Lewis ; Lindsey Buckingham ; Alan Silvestri ; Eric Clapton ; Sean Hopper

It most recently faced a by-election in March 2005, when Labor's Chris Hayes was elected with over 55 % of the vote, in a 16-candidate race which saw no other candidate poll above 8 %.

Some of the called-up D-League players that went on to have successful NBA careers include Rafer Alston, Louis Amundson, Chris Andersen, Kelenna Azubuike, Matt Barnes, Devin Brown, Will Bynum, Matt Carroll, Eddie Gill, Stephen Graham, Jason Hart, Chuck Hayes, Anthony Johnson, Dahntay Jones, Jamario Moon, Mikki Moore, Smush Parker, Bobby Simmons, Ime Udoka, Von Wafer, C. J. Watson, and Mike Wilks.

Chris Adams, who stayed with the NWA following their buyout with the UWF, abruptly left the NWA over a money dispute ( reportedly against the wishes of Michael Hayes to stay ), and returned to World Class soon thereafter.

On a February 2012 edition of Up with Chris Hayes on which Gallagher appeared for a segment on the revival of the " culture wars ", Gallagher was asked by The Nation editor Richard Kim about her support of gay reparative therapy.

* Chris Appelgren ; Aaron Cometbus ; Rich Gargano ; David Hayes – artwork

Chris Denning ( born 10 May 1941 in Hayes, Middlesex ) is an English disc jockey.

In 1997, when Hayes retired from the House after unsuccessfully running for the Senate, his House seat was taken by Democrat Chris John of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish.

There ’ s a heaven and there ’ s a star for you .” A number of notable musicians and people in the music world made statements mourning the loss of Linkous, including Patti Smith, Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla, Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips, Steve Albini, Gemma Hayes, and the Jesus Lizard's David Wm.

The film stars Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe Howard, Sean Hayes as Larry Fine, and Will Sasso as Curly Howard, and was released on April 13, 2012.

* Chris Carter ( left-handed hitter ) ( born 1982 ), American baseball player nicknamed " The Animal "

* Chris Duncan ( born 1981 ), American baseball player

Others such as department store magnate James Cash Penney, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, actor / martial artist Chuck Norris, wrestlers Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Ted DiBiase and wrestler Sting, and actors Jesse McCartney, Kirk Cameron, and Mr. T are also mentioned as being born again.

Chris Sarandon ( born July 24, 1942 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Sarandon was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of restaurateurs Cliffie ( née Cardullias ) and Chris Sarandon, Sr. His mother is of Greek descent and his father, whose surname was originally " Sarondonethes ", was a Greek immigrant.

* Chris Mole ( Christopher David Mole, born 1958 ), UK Labour Member of Parliament

* 1851 – Chris von der Ahe, German born entrepreneur ( d. 1913 )

* Chris Orion ( born 1976 ), American radio personality

* Chris Martin ( cricketer ) ( born 1974 ), New Zealand cricketer dubbed " The Phantom " in jest for his inability to remain not-out for long while batting

They had two sons: Chris, born in 1956, and Theodore, born in 1958.

* Rachel Jones, the current live producer of BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show, was born in the town.

* Chris Cuthbert ( born 1957 ), Canadian sportscaster

* Chris von Rohr ( born 1951 ), rock star

Hip Hop artists are known to use stage names but at times do advertise or bring out their real names such as rappers Jay-Z ( born Shawn Carter ), 50 Cent ( born Curtis Jackson ), Diddy ( born Sean Combs ), Ludacris ( born Chris Bridges ), and Lil ' Wayne ( born Dwayne Carter Jr .).

* Abyss ( wrestler ) ( born 1973 ), ring name of TNA wrestler Chris Park

* Chris Lowell ( born 1984 ), actor

* Chris Jasper ( born 1951 ), an American musician and former member of the Isley Brothers

* Chris Weber ( born 1966 ), American musician

* Chris Singleton ( musician ) ( born 1977 ), Irish musician

* Chris Singleton ( American football ) ( born 1967 ), American football player