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Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Christina Hodson

Christina Hodson

British screenwriter

Christina Hodsonis a British screenwriter, known for Bumblebee (2018) and Birds of Prey (2020). Her 2016 film Shut In appeared on the 2012 Black List, an annual list of Hollywood's best-liked unproduc...

Peter Holbrook

Peter Holbrook

Chief Executive of Social Enterprise UK

Peter Holbrookis hungry for social justice and believes that social enterprise provides one of our very best hopes of achieving it. Prior to SEUK, Peter was chief executive of Sunlight Development Tru...

Amanda Holden

Amanda Holden

English actress and media personality

Date of Birth: 16 February 1971
Age: 55

Amanda Louise Holdenis an English actress and media personality. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She currently co-hosts the Hear...

Richard John Holden

Richard John Holden

Member of Parliament for North West Durham

Date of Birth: 11 March 1985
Age: 41

Richard John Holden(born 11 March 1985) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham since the 2019 general election. Holden is the...

Tom Holder

Tom Holder

Media and Communications Lead at British Retail Consortium (BRC)

Tom Holderis Media and Communications Lead at British Retail Consortium (BRC). Career Media and Communications Lead British Retail ConsortiumHead of External Communications Understanding Animal Resear...

Thomas Holland

Thomas Holland

English actor

Date of Birth: 1 June 1996
Age: 29

Thomas Stanley Hollandis an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award and three Saturn Awards. He featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list of 2019. Some publications have...

Anthony Holland

Anthony Holland

British actor and television screenwriter

Date of Birth: 18 January 1940
Age: 67

Anthony John Hollandwas a British actor and television screenwriter, best known as a writer and co-creator (with Julia Smith) of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Early life Holland was the oldest of thr...

Alan Holland

Alan Holland

Business Unit Director at Slough Estates Group (Segro)

Alan Hollandis Business Unit Director at Slough Estates Group (Segro). Career Business Unit Director Segro PLCJoint Ventures Director Segro PLC Education Land Management ( Real Estate) at University o...

John Holland-kaye

John Holland-kaye

Chief Executive Officer at the Heathrow Airport

John Holland-Kayewas appointed CEO with effect from 1 July 2014. He joined the company as Commercial Director in May 2009. From November 2012, John was Development Director and was responsible for del...

Charles (Buddy Holly) Holley

Charles (Buddy Holly) Holley

American singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 7 September 1936
Age: 22

Charles Hardin Holley, known asBuddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family...

Kevin Hollinrake

Kevin Hollinrake

British Conservative Party politician

Date of Birth: 28 September 1963
Age: 62

Kevin Paul Hollinrakeis a British Conservative Party politician and businessman who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thirsk and Malton since 2015. He has served as Shadow Secretary of S...

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood

Television personality

Date of Birth: 1 March 1966
Age: 60

Paul John Hollywoodis an English celebrity chef, baker and television personality. He is best known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, a role he has held since the show launched in 2010. Hollyw...

Gary Holman

Gary Holman

Director for the Capital Regional District

Gary Holmanis a Canadian politician, currently Salt Spring Island Director for the Capital Regional District. He served formerly Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2013 to 2017. He represen...

Ruth Holmes

Ruth Holmes

English television presenter

Date of Birth: 17 March 1960
Age: 66

Ruth Wendy Holmesis an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows, including This Morning (1999–2022), Gift Wrapped (2014), How the Other Half Lives (2015–present), and R...

Eamonn Holmes

Eamonn Holmes

Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist

Date of Birth: 3 December 1959
Age: 66

Eamonn HolmesOBE is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He co-presented the breakfast television show GMTV (1993–2005) for ITV, before presenting Sunrise (2005–2016) for Sky News. Holmes co-p...

Kate Holmes

Kate Holmes

American actress

Date of Birth: 18 December 1978
Age: 47

Kate Noelle Holmesis an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). Holmes made her film debut with a supporting role in Ang Lee's The...

Daniel Hooker

Daniel Hooker

New Zealand professional mixed martial artist

Date of Birth: 13 February 1990
Age: 36

Daniel Preston Hookeris a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Hooker was ...

Rosie Hooper

Rosie Hooper

Financial Planner at Quilter

Rosie Hooperis Financial Planner at Quilter. Career Rosie started in Financial Services in 1999 and is a highly regarded Chartered Financial Planner and a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Rosie...

Margaret Hoover

Margaret Hoover

American author

Date of Birth: 11 December 1979
Age: 46

Margaret Colleen Hooveris an American author who primarily writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres. She is best known for her 2016 novel It Ends with Us. Many of her works were sel...

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor

Date of Birth: 31 December 1937
Age: 88

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkinsis a Welsh actor. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, i...