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Martin McGuinness, Chuck Berry, Sir Derek Walcott, Salome Karwah, Colin Dexter
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a poet, an Ebola survivor, a writer.

John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a writer, an artist, a microbiologist, a singer.

Sir Nigel Rodley, Sir Cosmo Haskard, Louise Hulton, Pete Overend Watts
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a bass player, a maternal health expert, a governor.

Gerald Kaufman, Dick Bruna, Desmond Connell, Rita Barberá, Frank Delaney
Julian Worricker on two politicians, a cardinal, a writer, an illustrator.

Stanley Bard, Norma McCorvey, Michael Ember, Peter Skellern
Kate Silverton on a hotelier, a campaigner, a radio producer and a singer-songwriter.

Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer.

Alan Simpson, Brunhilde Pomsel, Sir Ken Morrison, Buchi Emecheta
Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a secretary, a businessman and an author.

Sir John Hurt, Margaret Pereira CBE, Sir Christopher Bland, Emma Tennant, Mary Tyler Moore
Matthew Bannister on two actors, a forensic scientist, a chairman, a writer.

Tam Dalyell MP, Victor Lownes, Babette Cole, Zhou Youguang, Gorden Kaye
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a playboy, a children's author, a linguist, an actor.

Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Una Kroll, William Peter Blatty, Sir James Mancham
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, two presidents, a campaigner, a writer.