* 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer, songwriter and actor ( The Monkees )( d. 2012 )

Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy ( and Davie ) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularised.

David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.

Jones and Ilene of " Sunday's Child " in the 1972 ABC special Pop Goes Davy Jones

He also collaborated with musical director Doug Trevor on a one-hour ABC television special entitled ‘’ Pop Goes Davy Jones ’’, which featured new artists The Jackson Five and The Osmonds.

His second solo album, Davy Jones ( 1971 ) was notable for the song " Rainy Jane ", which reached # 52 in the Billboard charts.

To promote the album, Jones performed " Girl " on an episode of The Brady Bunch entitled " Getting Davy Jones ".

The Big One " ( his appearance was meant to be a pun on Davy Jones ' Locker ).

In tribute to Jones, Lingfield Park announced that the first two races on the card for 3 March 2012 would be renamed the " Hey Hey We're The Monkees Handicap " and the " In Memory of Davy Jones Selling Stakes " with successful horses in those races accompanied into the Winners ' Enclosure by some of The Monkees ' biggest hits.

Main Article: Davy Jones Discography

* 2012 – Davy Jones, English singer, songwriter and actor ( The Monkees ) ( b. 1945 )

* December 30 – Davy Jones, English actor and singer ( The Monkees ) ( d. 2012 )

Tork claimed later that he had not been asked, although a Christmas single ( credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork ) was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976.

Dolenz also played one of Alan Matthews ' bandmates in the sitcom Boy Meets World, and later joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the 3rd season ( titled " Rave On "), although they did not play themselves.

1977 saw him performing with former band-mate Davy Jones in a stage production of the Harry Nilsson musical The Point!

Peter Tork joined ' Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart ' onstage for a guest appearance on their concert tour on July 4, 1976 at Disneyland, and following on from this later that year he reunited with his fellow former bandmates Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz in the studio for the recording of the single " Christmas Is My Time of The Year " b / w " White Christmas ", which saw a limited release for fan club members that holiday season.

( Later, Davy Jones, The Ramones and others would follow in his footsteps.

*" Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

The Lavoisier definition was held as absolute truth for over 30 years, until the 1810 article and subsequent lectures by Sir Humphry Davy in which he proved the lack of oxygen in H < sub > 2 </ sub > S, H < sub > 2 </ sub > Te, and the hydrohalic acids.

Boron was not recognized as an element until it was isolated by Sir Humphry Davy and by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard.

Examples include ‘ The Streets of Laredo ’, which was found in Britain and Ireland as ‘ The Unfortunate Rake ’; however, a further 400 have been identified as originating in North America, including among the best known, ‘ The Ballad of Davy Crockett ' and ' Jesse James '.

One of the first studies of condensed states of matter was by English chemist Humphry Davy, when he observed that of the forty chemical elements known at the time, twenty-six had metallic properties such as lustre, ductility and high electrical and thermal conductivity.

This was confirmed by Sir Humphry Davy in 1810, who named it chlorine, from the Greek word χλωρος ( chlōros ), meaning " green-yellow.

It was not isolated until 1808 in England when Sir Humphry Davy electrolyzed a mixture of lime and mercuric oxide.

Davy was trying to isolate calcium ; when he heard that Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius and Pontin prepared calcium amalgam by electrolyzing lime in mercury, he tried it himself.

When he was a 16-year-old pupil at St Paul's School in London, the lines about Humphry Davy came into his head during a science class.

The first ever clerihew was written about Sir Humphry Davy:

It was invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.

For it, Davy was awarded the Society's Rumford Medal.

The first trial of a Davy lamp with a wire sieve was at Hebburn Colliery on 9 January 1816.

Brady Bunch co-star Maureen McCormick commented that " Davy was a beautiful soul.

At the same time, Cornishman Sir Humphry Davy, the eminent scientist was also looking at the problem.

This was a month before Davy presented his design to the Royal Society.

For his invention Davy was awarded £ 2, 000, whilst Stephenson was accused of stealing the idea from Davy.

Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, on 17 December 1778.

The English born member of The Monkees Davy Jones was regularly featured in all time teen idol lists.

John Crockett, father of Davy Crockett settled in the county near Limestone, and Davy was born there in 1786.

* David " Davy " Crockett: famed frontiersman and statesman, born at nearby Limestone

* Davy Crockett – Pioneer ; grew up in and around Morristown, born in nearby Greene County, Tennessee.

* David " Davy " O ' List: Guitar, vocals ( 1967 – 68 ) — ( born 13 December 1948, Chiswick, London )

* David Bowie ( David Robert Jones, born 1947 ), British musician, often cited as changing his name to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees

* Davy DMX, born David Reeves, pioneer of hip hop music

* David " Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) Famed frontiersman and statesman, born in Greene County

* Davy Tweed ( born 1959 ), Irish rugby player

* May 29-Humphry Davy ( born 1778 ), chemist.

Lavender was born into an aristocratic family in the early 1850s, we are given to understand that she led a somewhat promiscuous youth, having many affairs, including with Boris the Crown Prince ( later King ) of Dalmatia ( Davy Kaye ).

Davy was born in Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England, son of Thomas Davy ( medical practitioner and house surgeon at Guy's Hospital, London ).

The site of the fort is believed to be in the vicinity of the David Crockett Birthplace State Park ... the park preserves the site of the original farm of John Crockett ; his son David ( aka Davy Crockett ) was born at this property in 1786.

* Davy Sims broadcaster and writer, former head of BBC Northern Ireland New Media was born and raised in Holywood

Nadia Davy ( born December 24, 1980 ) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.

* Davy Walsh ( born 1923 ), Irish footballer

* John Davy ( cricketer ) ( born 1974 ), Irish cricketer

Together with Peter Farrell, Con Martin, Bill Gorman, Tommy Eglington, Alex Stevenson and Davy Walsh, he was one of seven players born in the Irish Free State to play for the IFA XI that day.

*** Davy Sardou ( born 1978 ), a French actor ; Son of Michel Sardou

John Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall.