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A British composer, a Northern Irish MP, a Romanian architect, a German mayor and a British supercentenarian
Sir John Tavener, Manfred Rommel, Anca Petrescu, Eddie McGrady and Grace Jones.

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ political editor, a naturalist, a landscape architect, a Sultan and a union leader
John Cole, John Cloudsley-Thompson, Georgina Livingston, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and more

A film director, a property developer, a radio operator, an actor and a rock legend
Matthew Bannister on Antonia Bird, Paul Reichmann, Robert Ford, Nigel Davenport, Lou Reed.

A sculptor, a comedian, a social worker and Yugoslavia's First Lady
Matthew Bannister recalls Sir Anthony Caro, Jovanka Broz, Felix Dexter and Olive Stevenson

A Buddhist leader, a cookery writer, a Motown stylist, an Australian criminal and a whisky distiller
Aasmah Mir on Choje Akong Rinpoche, Marcella Hazan, Maxine Powell and Mark 'Chopper' Read.

Maria de Villota, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Dr Ruth Patrick, Kathleen Watkins, Phil Chevron
Matthew Bannister remembers Maria de Villota, General Vo Nguyen Giap and Dr Ruth Patrick.

A thriller writer, a musician, the Kabbalah Centre founder and a Hammer Horror producer
Matthew Bannister on Tom Clancy, Lindsay Cooper, Rabbi Philip Berg and Anthony Hinds.

A Ghanaian poet, an addiction counsellor, a beat writers' muse and a special branch officer
Matthew Bannister remembers Kofi Awoonor, Peter Kay, Carolyn Cassady and Ferguson Smith.

An RAF air marshal, a cancer care centre founder, a chocolate maker, a singer and a broadcaster
Sir John Curtiss, Pat Pilkington, Brian Sollitt, Joan Regan, Tom Vernon, Franco de Gemini.

An inventor, an autogyro pilot, a photographer, a science fiction writer and a circus performer
Matthew Bannister on Ray Dolby, Wing Cdr Kenneth Wallis, Frederick Pohl and Lydia Gridneff