The characterisation of neuroblasts and their development in Drosophila melanogaster was widely achieved by Chris Doe, Corey Goodman and Mike Bate.

At the moment Mike Bate is working on the genetic basis of myoblast recruitment and fusion and on an electrophysiological and structural analysis of the way in which functional properties are acquired by embryonic neurons.

* Mike Bate ( born 1943 ), English professor of biology

* Mike Duxbury, footballer, was born in the town

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.

* Mike Commodore ( born 1979 ), a Canadian ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the United States.

* Mike Darwin ( born 1955 ), American writer and activist

Michael Kenneth Moore, ONZ ( known as Mike Moore, born 28 January 1949 ) is a politician from New Zealand who has served both as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

* Mike Seal ( born 1970 ), the Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Wonder Mike ( born Michael Anthony Wright on April 30, 1957 ) is an old school rapper, famous for being a member of The Sugarhill Gang, the first hip hop act to produce a record, " Rapper's Delight ".

* Mike Reid ( actor / comedian, born in Hackney )

Burton also adopted Taylor's daughter by the late producer Mike Todd, Elizabeth Frances " Liza " Todd Burton ( born 6 August 1957 ).

* Mike Quick ( born 1959 ), American Football player

* Mike Howard ( born 1958 ), baseball player

Washington Nationals pitcher Scott Olsen and Chicago White Sox first baseman and gold glove winner Mike Squires was born in Kalamazoo.

* Mike Meade, NFL player born in Dover

* Mike Elgin ( born 1983 ), offensive guard for the New England Patriots

* Mike Lowell ( born 1974 ), baseball player for the Boston Red Sox

* Mike Sherman ( born 1954 ), American football coach

* Mike Sheridan ( born 1991 ), Danish producer of electronic music

* Mike Salisbury ( born 1942 ), a British television producer of nature documentaries

* Mike Salisbury ( born 1966 ), a leading advocate of the natural burial movement in Canada

* Mike Singleton ( born 1951 ), British programmer

Former head coach Mike Brown ( basketball, born 1970 ) | Mike Brown, who was NBA Coach of the Year for 2008 – 09, and was the head coach of the Eastern Conference for the 2009 NBA All Star Game | 2009 All Star Game.

On November 8, 2007, Mike Modano became the top American born point scorer of all time finishing off a shorthanded breakaway opportunity on San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov.

Billie Joe Armstrong ( born February 17, 1972 ) is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt.

* Mike Mentzer, former IFBB bodybuilder, born in Germantown, but raised in Ephrata

* 1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball player

* 1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and composer ( The Electric Flag ) ( d. 1981 )

* 1943 – Mike Peters, American cartoonist

* 1943 – Mike Barnicle, American newspaper columnist

* Mike Bloomfield ( 1943 – 1981 ), American guitarist

Vivian Stanshall ( born Victor Anthony Stanshall ; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995 ) was an English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

* Mike Leigh ( born 1943 ), film and theatre director, screenwriter

Artist Mike Chaplin, known to many as resident art expert on Watercolour Challenge was born in the village in 1943.

Michael Bartley Peters ( born October 9, 1943 ), better known as Mike Peters, is an American cartoonist, who draws editorial cartoons and his popular, long-running comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm.

John Michael " Mike " McConnell ( born July 26, 1943 ) is a former vice admiral in the United States Navy.

Michael Bernard " Mike " Bloomfield ( July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981 ) was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969 – 70.

* Mike Manning ( 1943 – 2008 ), activist / economist

* Mike Mansfield – U. S. Representative ( 1943 – 1953 ); U. S. Senator ( 1953 – 1977 ); Senate Majority Leader ( 1961 – 1977 ).

Michael " Mike " Barnicle ( born October 15, 1943 ) is an award-winning American social and political commentator and a print and broadcast journalist.

* Mike Smith ( Dave Clark Five ) ( 1943 – 2008 ), English singer-songwriter ( The Dave Clark Five )

* Mike Kelly ( tight end ) ( born 1943 ), tight end in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints, 1970 – 1973

In February, Gabreski brought into the 56th two Polish pilots with whom he had flown in 1943 while serving with the RAF, including future USAAF ace Squadron Leader Boleslaw " Mike " Gladych.

Mike Dickin ( 28 September 1943 – 18 December 2006 ), was a late-night host on the British radio station talkSPORT.

The C & O's " Big Mike " # 2705, a 2-8-4 Class K-4 " Kanawha " built by American Locomotive Company | Alco in 1943, at the B & O Railroad Museum in 2008

* Mike Marshall ( pitcher ) ( born 1943 ), American Major League Baseball pitcher, 1967 – 1981

Myron Bradford " Mike " Kreidler ( born 28 September 1943 ) is an American politician who currently serves as the Washington Insurance Commissioner.

The Social Deviants were founded by singer / writer Mick Farren ( born Michael Anthony Farren, 3 September 1943, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire ) in 1967 out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground community, featuring Pete Munro on bass ; Clive Muldoon on guitar, Mike Robinson on guitar and Russell Hunter on drums ( born Barry Russell Hunter, 26 April 1946, in Woking, Surrey ).

* Mike " SuperJew " Epstein ( born 1943 ), MLB first baseman

* Mike Andrews ( born 1943 ), baseball player