Born Vincent Rodney Cheesman in Reading, Berkshire, he was influenced by Graham Bond, and in 1967 teamed up with Arthur Brown in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

Born Angela Pearson in Reading.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, he studied Natural Sciences at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge graduating with an upper-second, and then History of Science at Darwin College, Cambridge.

Born in Clapham, Prestwich was educated in Paris and Reading before entering University College, London where he studied chemistry and natural philosophy.

Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, Piggott was educated at Churcher's College and on leaving school in 1927 took up a post as assistant at Reading Museum where he developed an expertise in Neolithic pottery.

Born in Oxford, Webb studied at Aynho in Northamptonshire and was then articled to firms of builder-architects in Wolverhampton and Reading, Berkshire.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, England, she took the stage name of Benjamin after her brother.

Born in Reading, Berkshire and educated at Uppingham School, Chapman established a reputation as a talented school cricketer and was named one of Wisden's schoolboy Cricketers of the Year in 1919.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, he was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and at both he was regarded as a batting prodigy.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up in the Reading suburb of Shillington, strongly influenced by American popular culture.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Wagner debuted with the Boston Red Sox on April 19, 1938.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Soares came up through the Crystal Palace academy, playing in central midfield.

* Born: Kate Winslet, British film actress ( Titanic ), in Reading, Berkshire ; Parminder Nagra, British film actress ( Bend It Like Beckham ), in Leicester ; and Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese television actress, in Beijing

Born in Wimbledon to Nick Humble and Diana Carter, she grew up in Bray in Berkshire and attended the Abbey School in Reading.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet is the third of four children born to Sally Anne ( née Bridges ), a barmaid, and Roger John Winslet, a swimming pool contractor.

Born on May 18, 1973 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Marshall graduated from Reading High School.

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Elliott was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Born Horace Edgar Dollery in Reading, Berkshire, and playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire at the age of 15, Dollery joined Warwickshire in 1934, and was a mainstay of the team until retirement in 1955.

Born in Reading, Massachusetts, Peabody taught himself to play the violin, mandolin, guitar and banjo while very young.

Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Carrel was raised in a devout Catholic family and was educated by Jesuits, though he no longer practiced his religion when he entered the university.

Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician.

Born in McComb, Mississippi, as Ellas Otha Bates, he was adopted and raised by his mother's cousin, Gussie McDaniel, whose surname he assumed, becoming Ellas McDaniel.

Born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della ( Garaventa ) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic.

Born in Exeter, England, and raised on cricket, Chadwick was one of the prime movers in the rise of baseball to its unprecedented popularity at the turn of the 20th century.

Born Farrokh Bomi Bulsara to Indian parents in Zanzibar, he was raised in Panchgani near Mumbai.

Born in Canton, China and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou.

Born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, the twelfth and last child of Thomas Wedgwood and Margret Wedgwood ( née Stringer ; d. 1766 ), Josiah was raised within a family of English Dissenters.

Born and raised in Jerusalem, Josephus was educated alongside his brother.

Born in Hornell, New York, United States, Freas ( pronounced like " freeze ") was the son of two photographers, and was raised in Canada.

Born into a life of luxury, he was raised next door to the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Born John Smith Hurt in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi, he learned to play guitar at age nine.

Born and raised in Iran, Saidi went to the United States in 1931 and attended college there.

Born and raised in Mbewuleni, what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Mbeki is one of four children of Epainette and Govan Mbeki.

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, and raised in the midwestern states of Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois, Admiral Clark graduated from Evangel College and earned a Master's Degree of Business Administration ( MBA ) from the University of Arkansas.

Born and raised in Brantford, Ontario, Gretzky honed his skills at a backyard rink and regularly played minor hockey at a level far above his peers.

Born in Osaka Prefecture, he was raised in Tottori Prefecture from the age of four.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

* Born and raised in Hamburg, Schmidt is regarded in Germany as an embodiment of hanseatic values, according to which he has never accepted a medal or an order of merit ( not even the Federal Republic's Federal Cross of Merit ).

Born and raised in Damascus, he died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem.

Born in Louisiana and raised in Florida, Lincks was inspired to write the play after visiting the Pleasant Hills Shaker village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, a restored community that the Shakers occupied for more than a century, before abandoning it in 1927 because of the inability of the sect to attract new converts.

Born and raised in Chicago's South Side, Margulis, along with her three siblings, attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

Born and raised in East Donegal.

Born and raised in Burt.

A staunch supporter of Scottish independence, he was a member of the S. N. P .. Born in Glasgow to Donegal parents, he was raised at Glencar in Letterkenny and was educated at St. Eunan's College.