Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television, by various actors, including John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and David Suchet.

Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.

Fellow actor and friend, Sir Ian McKellen, said that Charleson played Hamlet so well it was as if he had rehearsed the role all his life ; McKellen called it " the perfect Hamlet ".

Sir Ian Murray McKellen,

Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE ( born 24 November 1955 ) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator.

* 1853 – Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander ( d. 1947 )

Also notable are the 1995 film version starring Sir Ian McKellen, set in a fictional 1930s fascist England, and Looking for Richard, a 1996 documentary film directed by Al Pacino, who plays the title character as well as himself.

In the James Bond novels and short stories by Ian Fleming and others, Assistant Commissioner Sir Ronald Vallance is a recurring fictional character who works for Scotland Yard.

* Ian Ogilvy as Colonel Sir William Howe DeLancey

Characters who underwent these crude lobotomies ( including Sir William Gull played by Ian Holm ), were depicted with shaved heads and in vegetative states.

" Mr. Montagu, Dr. Macnamara, Mr. McCurdy, Mr. Ian Macpherson, Sir A. Mond.

Sir Ian McKellen portrayed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001 – 2003 ) directed by Peter Jackson, though Sean Connery was also offered the role.

* Sir Ian Botham

The metaphor of the fourth wall has been used by the actor Sir Ian McKellen with regard to the work of the painter L. S. Lowry:

It featured Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Ian McKellen and Sting in the role of the soldier.

* Sir Ian Whitchurch ( played by John Barron ), Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security

* Sir Ian Holm, actor lived in Belitha Villas.

Actor Sir Ian Holm was born at Goodmayes Hospital on 12 September, 1931, to Scottish parents, Jean Wilson Holm and James Harvey Cuthbert.

Contemporary residents include the actor Sir Ian McKellen, Matthew Parris, and comedy actress Cleo Rocos, actor Steven Berkoff, comedian Lee Hurst, as well as politician Lord David Owen .< ref >< cite > David Owen biography accessed 28 March 2007 </ ref > Limehouse was also the home of the late film director Sir David Lean.

* Sir Ian Brownlie

RADA has a number of notable associate members including Jane Asher, Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Bourne, Kenneth Branagh, Jon Cryer, Richard Digby Day, Trevor Eve, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Fox, Iain Glen, Gerald Harper, Sir Ian Holm, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patricia Kneale, Paul McGann, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Trevor Nunn, Peter O ' Toole, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Lord Snowdon, Shelley Thompson, Alan Rickman, Timothy Dalton and Sir Roger Moore.

* Sir Ian Holm ( born 1931 ), film, stage and television actor

* The Wars of the Roses, adaptation of the Henry VI and Richard III plays, directed by Sir Peter Hall 1963-64 with Ian Holm, Peggy Ashcroft and David Warner

Between 1991 and 2001 she was married to Sir Ian Holm ( and in 1998 after he was knighted she became Lady Holm ) and they appeared together as Pod and Homily in the BBC's 1993 adaptation of The Borrowers.

In a 2001 film adaptation of the graphic novel From Hell, Sir William Gull is portrayed by Sir Ian Holm.

He features as a main character, played by Sir Ian Holm, in the 1991 BBC TV feature, The Last Romantics.

Schools in the area include Chigwell Primary School, Limes Farm Infants & Junior School, West Hatch High School and most notably Chigwell School, a public school, which was founded from a bequest by Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York, in 1629, among whose many famous past pupils are William Penn, who later went on to found Pennsylvania, and actor Sir Ian Holm.

* Sir Ian Holm, actor

Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan ( though the name Tarzan is never used in the film's dialogue ) and Andie MacDowell as Jane ; the cast also includes Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE ( born 12 April 1939 ) is a prolific English playwright.

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Sir Robert " Bobby " Charlton CBE ( born 11 October 1937 ) is an English former football player.

The professional head of the British Army is the Chief of the General Staff, currently General Sir Peter Wall KCB CBE ADC Gen.

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Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE ( 8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001 ) was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice.

* November 3 – Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE, Austrian-born art historian ( b. 1909 )

Sir Walter Winterbottom CBE ( 31 January 1913 – 16 February 2002 ) was the first manager of the England football team, serving from 1946 until 1962.

* Sir Herbert Alker Tripp CBE ( aka Sir Alker Tripp ) 1883-1954, Assistant Police Commissioner “ B ” of the Metropolitan Police 1932-47.

Sir Michael Caine, CBE ( born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite on 14 March 1933 ) is a British actor and author.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 New Year Honours he was knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE.

Sir Robert William " Bobby " Robson, CBE ( 18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009 ) was an English footballer and manager, who managed seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.

Sir David Lean, CBE ( 25 March 190816 April 1991 ) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ),

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears CBE ( ;

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE ( 5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001 ) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

There are 17 people on the Commission including Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe CBE, Ms Maria Adebowale and John Walker CBE.

* Sir Simon Rattle, CBE, FRSA — prominent conductor, currently the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ( 2002 —)

* General Sir ( Hugh ) Michael Rose, KCB, CBE, DSO, QGM

* Sir Terence Rattigan CBE

* Major Sir Edward Atkinson KCB CBE

* Sir Holburt Jacob Waring Bt CBE FRCS Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1922-24