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An architect, a fox hunter, a publisher, a star of musicals, a pioneering sociologist and the last surviving Andrews Sister
On John Hopkins, Lizbeth Webb, Peter Carson, Mary McIntosh and Migs Greenall.

A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star
Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart.

A broadcaster, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, medical missionary, Nobel-winning economist and nun-turned-sex-columnist
Matthew Bannister on Robert Kee, Claude Nobs, George Patterson and James Buchanan.

A Nobel-winning scientist, a French mountaineer, a sociologist, a former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ DG and the voice of Listen With Mother
Matthew Bannister on Alasdair Milne, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Maurice Herzog, Stanley Cohen.

An American General, a legendary radio producer, a former Times editor, a British composer, a cricket commentator
Matthew Bannister on General Norman Schwarzkopf, Charles Chilton, Lord Rees Mogg and more.

A Russian opera diva, a famous British housebuilder, a reluctant union leader and a '60s trendsetter called 'Mr Freedom'
Matthew Bannister on Sir Lawrie Barratt, Galina Vishnevskaya, Jack Hart and Tommy Roberts.

An astronomer, a sitar player, a surgeon, an engineer, a singer and a newsreader
Matthew Bannister on Ravi Shankar, Joseph Murray, Sir Patrick Moore and Alex Moulton.

Brazil's most famous architect, an eminent jazz musician, an outrageous boxer and a radical Indian politician
Matthew Bannister on Oscar Niemeyer, Dave Brubeck, Bal Thackeray, Hector Camacho.

William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay, Kenneth Cragg, Sir Philip Ledger
Matthew Bannister on William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay and Kenneth Cragg.

Sir Rex Hunt, Valerie Eliot, Duke Vin, Susan Jeffers, Joe Melia
Matthew Bannister on Sir Rex Hunt, Valerie Eliot, Duke Vin, Susan Jeffers, Joe Melia.