This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM ( born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a former West Indian international cricket player.

Listen to Me: Buddy Holly is being produced by Peter Asher and includes contributions from Stevie Nicks, The Fray, Cobra Starship, Jeff Lynne, Train's Pat Monahan, Patrick Stump, Jackson Browne, Chris Isaak, Natalie Merchant, Imelda May, Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Zooey Deschanel, Brian Wilson and more.

In May 2006 a team of scientists led by Dr. Luigi Naldini and Dr. Brian Brown from the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy ( HSR-TIGET ) in Milan, Italy reported a breakthrough for gene therapy in which they developed a way to prevent the immune system from rejecting a newly delivered gene.

* 1947 – Brian May, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and author ( Queen and Smile )

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his Prime Minister's Questions of 3 May 2006 made a shorthand reference to the types of political groups, " Judean People's Front " or " People's Front of Judea ", lampooned in Life of Brian.

Passengers and crew who made calls include Sandra Bradshaw, Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, Peter Hanson, Jeremy Glick, Barbara K. Olson, Renee May, Madeline Amy Sweeney, Betty Ong, Robert Fangman, Brian David Sweeney, and Ed Felt.

In August 2007, Brian May, lead guitarist with the band Queen, handed in his PhD thesis Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud 36 years after starting it and then abandoning it in favour of a musical career.

* May 2 – Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer

* May 21 – Brian Lenihan, Irish politician ( d. 2011 )

* May 22 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler ( d. 1997 )

* May 25 – Brian Urlacher, American football player

* May 29 – Brian Kendrick, American wrestler

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of the late Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals, piano ), Brian May ( guitar, vocals ), John Deacon ( bass guitar ), and Roger Taylor ( drums, vocals ).

Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell.

In 1968, guitarist Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and bassist Tim Staffell decided to form a band.

It drew little mainstream attention, and the lead single " Keep Yourself Alive ", a Brian May composition, sold poorly.

After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis.

alt = l-r: John Deacon, Brian May, and Freddie Mercury seen live in 1978 In 1978, the band released Jazz, which included the hit singles " Fat Bottomed Girls " and " Bicycle Race " on a double-sided record.

Brian May stated: " I'd never seen anything like that in my life and it wasn't calculated either.

Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers.

alt = l-r: Paul Rodgers, Roger Taylor, and Brian May live in 2005 for the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour.

On 15 August 2006, Brian May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a " secret location ".

At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.

Brian Russell De Palma ( born September 11, 1940 ) is an American film director and writer.

* 1947 – Brian Daley, American science-fiction writer ( d. 1996 )

* 1954 – Brian Morton, Scottish writer

Brian Aldiss, another British science fiction writer, has disparagingly labelled some of them as " cosy catastrophes ", especially his novel The Day of the Triffids.

* 1961 – Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director

Brian Moynahan, in his book God's Messenger: William Tyndale, Thomas More and the Writing of the English Bible, takes a similarly critical view of More, as does the American writer Michael Farris.

** Brian Moore, Irish-born writer ( b. 1921 )

* June 15 – Brian Jacques, British writer ( d. 2011 )

** Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.

* September 17 – Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter, and publisher

** Brian Moore, Northern Irish-born writer ( died 1999 )

* The Angel's Command, a children's adventure novel by British writer Brian Jacques, is set in the year 1628.

While in 2006 Rolling Stone writer Brian Hiatt described Pearl Jam as having " spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame ," he noted the band developed a loyal concert following akin to that of the Grateful Dead.

Based on the original radio scripts, it was adapted by Brian Cooke, the last surviving writer from the series, and directed by Michael Kingsbury.

* Saga ( comics ), comic book series created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, and published monthly by Image Comics

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.

Lastly, writer Brian Lynch teamed up with Franco Urru to produce the story arc Spike: Asylum ( 2006-7 ), depicting Spike's stay in a supernatural medical facility.

* Flann O ' Brien, a pen name used by Irish writer Brian O ' Nolan ( 1911 – 1966 )

According to Brian Doherty, writer for Reason magazine, " Malatesta could get tens of thousands, sometimes more than 100, 000, fans to show up whenever arrived in town.

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

* Brian Reed, comic book writer

* Brian Lynch ( born 1973 ), writer and director of films including Big Helium Dog.

* Brian Metcalf, film director, producer, writer and artist.

* Brian Hargrove, television writer / producer.

However, ancillary characters are also prominently featured, among them Jerry, the show's head writer for the first and second seasons ; Phil, the head writer beginning in season two ; Beverly, Larry's assistant ; Darlene, Hank's assistant until the fourth season ; Brian, Hank's assistant beginning in the fourth season ; Paula, the show's booker until the fifth season ; and Mary Lou, the assistant booker and then booker starting in the fifth season.