The 2009 novel Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy takes its title from Housman's poem " Reveille ", and a line from Housman's poem XVI " How Clear, How Lovely Bright ", was used for the title of the last Inspector Morse book The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter.

Compositions for four double basses exist by Gunther Schuller, Jacob Druckman, James Tenney, Robert Ceely, Jan Alm, Bernhard Alt, Norman Ludwin, Frank Proto, Joseph Lauber, Erich Hartmann, Colin Brumby, Miloslav Gajdos and Theodore Albin Findeisen.

Other names connected to the city include Max Born, physicist and Nobel laureate ; Charles Darwin, the biologist who discovered natural selection ; David Hume, a philosopher, economist and historian ; James Hutton, regarded as the " Father of Geology "; John Napier inventor of logarithms ; chemist and one of the founders of thermodynamics Joseph Black ; pioneering medical researchers Joseph Lister and James Young Simpson ; chemist and discoverer of the element nitrogen, Daniel Rutherford ; mathematician and developer of the Maclaurin series, Colin Maclaurin and Ian Wilmut, the geneticist involved in the cloning of Dolly the sheep just outside Edinburgh.

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

More infrequent visitors included Percy Bates, Charles Leslie Wrenn, Colin Hardie, James Dundas-Grant, John David Arnett, Jon Fromke, John Wain, R. B. McCallum, Gervase Mathew, and C. E. Stevens.

* Fuse ( Colin James album ), a 2000 album by Colin James

* Timms, Colin, Nigel Fortune, Malcolm Boyd, Friedhelm Krummacher, David Tunley, James R. Goodall, and Juan José Carreras.

The cast includes Margaret Colin ( Lady Croom ), Billy Crudup ( Bernard Nightingale ), Raúl Esparza ( Valentine Coverly ), Glenn Fleshler ( Captain Brice ), Grace Gummer ( Chloë Coverly ), Edward James Hyland ( Jellaby ), Byron Jennings ( Richard Noakes ), Bel Powley ( Thomasina Coverly ), Tom Riley ( Septimus Hodge ), Noah Robbins ( Gus Coverly / Augustus Coverly ), David Turner ( Ezra Chater ), and Lia Williams ( Hannah Jarvis ).

As of 2012, the selection committee consists of: co-chairmen James M. Gregory and Pat Quinn as well as Scotty Bowman, David Branch, Brian Burke, Colin Campbell, John Davidson, Eric Duhatschek, Mike Emrick, Michael Farber, Marc de Foy, Mike Gartner, Anders Hedberg, Igor Larionov, Lanny McDonald, Serge Savard, Peter Stastny and Bill Torrey.

* Colin James Townsley-London Fire Brigade station officer

* 1982: Blues Alive VHS ( re-released on DVD in 2004 as Jammin ' With the Blues Greats ), a concert filmed in June 1982 at New Jersey's Capitol Theater with a lineup of Mayall, Mick Taylor, John McVie, and Colin Allen, and guests Etta James, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Albert King

** James Mallinson ( producer ), Simon Rhodes ( engineer ), Colin Davis ( conductor ), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Les Troyens

** James Mallinson ( producer ), Simon Rhodes ( engineer ), Colin Davis ( conductor ), Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner, Petra Lang, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens

There is a statue of him ( leaning over his desk ) by James Walter Butler ( bronze, 18 September 1998 ) located in the canal basin by Leicester Row, Coventry, and another by Colin Melbourne ( bronze, 20 July 1990 ) in Lower Bedford Street, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, at the junction of the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Caldon Canal, opposite Etruria Industrial Museum.

* " The Diceman " is the alias used for certain projects of Colin James ( Jolly James, Gregg Retch, formerly of Meat Beat Manifesto )

" Kim Wilson, Jeff Healey, Charlie Sexton, ZZ Top, Colin James, and Buddy Guy attended the event.

Cover artists of Moondance songs include: The Allman Brothers Band, Michael Bolton, Michael Bublé, Vicki Carr, Paul Carrack, Joe Cocker, Rita Coolidge, The Dead, Glen Hansard, Colin James, Helen Reddy, Rod Stewart and The Wallflowers.

* Merlin ( TV series ), also known as The Adventures of Merlin, starring Colin Morgan and Bradley James

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Production was suspended indefinitely by 24 January, but in February actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell signed on to continue Ledger's role, transforming into multiple incarnations of his character in the " magical " world of the film.

Colin Farrell

** Colin Farrell, Irish actor

Also in 2011, Aniston starred in the comedy movie Horrible Bosses, with Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jamie Foxx, directed by Seth Gordon.

The Special Olympics movement has attracted the support of a number of international sportsmen and other celebrities, including Rafer Johnson, Bono, Joe Jonas, Derek Poundstone, Padraig Harrington, Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, Yao Ming, Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, Vanessa Williams, Mary Alice Pearce DeVane, Colin Farrell and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hanks will be playing Walt Disney in the film Saving Mr. Banks co-starring Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell and directed by John Lee Hancock.

* The New World ( 2005 film ), a 2005 film by Terrence Malick, starring Colin Farrell, about the founding of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia

In the 2008 film In Bruges, the opening shots of Touch of Evil can be seen playing in the background during the scene when Harry ( Ralph Fiennes ) instructs Ken ( Brendan Gleeson ) to kill Ray ( Colin Farrell )— in a six minute continuous take.

A project Towne had long sought to bring to the screen came to fruition in 2006 with Ask the Dust, a romantic period piece set in Los Angeles based on the acclaimed novel by John Fante and starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek.

* It appears in the 2005 film The New World with Colin Farrell.

The story has been the subject of two film adaptations, 1990's Total Recall, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the story's protagonist ; and 2012's same-titled remake with Colin Farrell in the same role.

The film features Colin Farrell as the hero, also named Quaid.

* Joel Schumacher's film Tigerland, starring Colin Farrell ;

* Colin Farrell ( not to be confused with the Irish actor of the same name ) as Harry Smith

Alongside Watson and Brennen, the play starred Barry Stanton as York and Colin Farrell as Gloucester.

Colin Farrell dated English actress ( now singer ) Amelia Warner from July to November 2001.

Colin and US model Kim Bordenave became parents of James Padraig Farrell, born in 2003, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

One year after the birth of their son, Alicja Bachleda Curus and Colin Farrell decided to end their relationship.

Bradford has recorded a song entitled " Colin Farrell is My Bitch " and has self-published a book called Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy.

Byrne was cast in a film adaptation of Flann O ' Brien's metafictional novel At Swim-Two-Birds, alongside Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy.

Barney Bubbles ( born Colin Fulcher, 30 July 1942 – 14 November 1983 ) was a radical English graphic artist whose work encompassed graphic design and music video direction.

Denis Colin Leary ( born August 18, 1957 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer.

* November 27 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician ( born 1854 )

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, Ph. D., FBA, FSA, HonFSAScot ( born 25 July 1937 in Stockton-on-Tees ) is a prominent British archaeologist and highly regarded academic, noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.

Mackintosh was born in Inverness, the daughter of Colin Mackintosh and Josephine ( née Horne ).

* Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer, was born in Leytonstone but schooled in Walthamstow.

England international footballers Sol Campbell, Tony Cottee, Martin Peters and Rob Lee were born in Plaistow, as was Arsenal physiotherapist Colin Lewin.

** Colin Thatcher ( born 1938 ), his son, former Saskatchewan cabinet minister, convicted of killing his ex-wife

* Colin Ferrell ( born 1984 ), defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, who played collegiate football at Kent State University.

Colin Baker ( born 8 June 1943 ) is a British actor, who is best known as Paul Merroney ( 1974-76 ) in The Brothers and as the 6th incarnation ( 1984-86 ) of The Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to Rochdale with his family early in his life.

Colin Cowdrey was born in Bangalore, British India.

Colin Ferguson ( born January 14, 1958 ) is a mass murderer who was convicted of murdering six people and injuring nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

Colin Ferguson was born in Kingston, Jamaica on January 14, 1958, to Von Herman and May Ferguson.

Colin Tudge ( born 22 April 1943 ) is a British science writer and broadcaster.

* Colin Norris ( born 1976 ), Scottish nurse and serial killer

Colin Needham ( born 26 January 1967, Manchester, England ) is one of four founding partners < ref > of the Internet Movie Database ( IMDb ), and has served as General Manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon. com in 1998.

Written by Dublin born playwright, Colin Teevan, Following the play's successful outing in London's West End it toured England to great acclaim.

* Colin Edwin ( born 1970 ) Bass player with Porcupine Tree was educated and lived in Hemel Hempstead.

Sir Colin Earl Meads, KNZM, MBE ( born 3 June 1936 ), is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

Colin Earl Meads was born to Vere Meads and Ida Meads ( née Gray ) on 3 June 1936, in the village of Cambridge in the Waikato region.

Colin McMillan ( born 12 February 1966 ) is an English retired professional boxer.

He was born Colin Macliver, the eldest of the four children of John Macliver, a carpenter in Glasgow, Scotland, and his wife Agnes Campbell.