Famous First Names

Lionel Hampton

(1908-2002), an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist and bandleader.

Grace Patricia Kelly

(1929 - 82), American movie actress. She appeared in a number of movies including "Mogambo", "Dial M for Murder" and "The Country Girl". In 1956 she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and gave up her career.

Gary Sobers

[Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers], (1936-), West Indian cricketer. He is regarded as one of the finest all-rounder cricketers of all time. During his career he played in 93 Test Matches - 39 of them as captain.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

(1908 - 73), American Democrat statesman. In 1963, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he became the 36th president of the USA.

Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

(1890 - 1970), French general and statesman. An opponent of the Vichy regime led by Petain, he fled to Britain in 1940, where he led the Free French forces. In 1958 he became the first president of the Fifth Republic.

Joseph Addison

(1672 - 1719) English essayist and poet. In 1711 with his friend Richard Steele he founded 'The Spectator' magazine.

William Wordsworth

(1770 - 1850), English poet. In 1843 he became poet laureate. His poems include "Tintern Abbey", "The Prelude" and "Intimations of Immortality".

Robert Burns

(1759 - 96), Scottish poet. He wrote many poems and songs. Some of his most famous are:- the poems, 'To a Mouse' and 'Tam o'Shanter' and the songs, 'Auld Lang Syne', and 'Comin' Thro' the Rye'.

Karl Heinrich Marx

(1818 - 83), German philosopher. He wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels in 1848. His study of the economics of capitalism "Das Kapital", first appeared in 1867.

Louis Aragon

(1897 - 1982) French poet, essayist and novelist. He was one of the founders of Dadaism and Surrealism.