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

Madonna Ciccone

Madonna Ciccone

American singer

Date of Birth: 16 August 1958
Age: 67

Madonna Louise Cicconeis an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", Madonna has been widely recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, s...

Samuel Claflin

Samuel Claflin

British actor

Date of Birth: 27 June 1986
Age: 39

Samuel George Claflinis a British actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swif...

Mike Clancy

Mike Clancy

British trade union leader

Mike Clancyis a British trade union leader. Clancy grew up in Liverpool and studied law before pursuing a career in industrial relations. He undertook further study at the University of Warwick, then ...

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Date of Birth: 30 March 1945
Age: 81

Eric Patrick Claptonis an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rollin...

Arnold Clark

Arnold Clark

Scottish billionaire businessman

Date of Birth: 27 November 1927
Age: 89

Sir John Arnold Clarkwas a Scottish billionaire businessman. Clark opened a showroom in Glasgow in 1954 and found some success selling cars. He expanded his business and Arnold Clark Automobiles becam...

Wendy Clark

Wendy Clark

Interim Chief Executive at National Health Service Blood and Transport

Wendy Clarkis an experienced digital technology leader and CIO with a track record of delivering transformation. Career Wendy has worked across the private and public sectors and multiple industries, ...

Gregory David Clark

Gregory David Clark

Politician

Date of Birth: 28 August 1967
Age: 58

Gregory David Clark(born 28 August 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells since 2005. Clark was born in Middlesbrough and stud...

Richard (Rylan Clark) Clark

Richard (Rylan Clark) Clark

English broadcaster

Date of Birth: 25 October 1988
Age: 37

Ross Richard Clark, known professionally asRylan Clarkor mononymously as Rylan, is an English broadcaster. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, and the following yea...

Gary Clark

Gary Clark

American musician

Date of Birth: 15 February 1984
Age: 42

Gary Lee Clark Jr.is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011 Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and relea...

Wyndham Clark

Wyndham Clark

American professional golfer

Date of Birth: 9 December 1993
Age: 32

Wyndham Robert Clarkis an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In May 2023, he won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour win; the following month, he won his first maj...

Morfydd Clark

Morfydd Clark

Welsh actress

Date of Birth: 17 March 1990
Age: 36

Morfydd Clarkis a Welsh actress, best known for playing Galadriel in the Amazon Prime series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–). She received a number of accolades for her performance i...

Noel Clarke

Noel Clarke

English actor

Date of Birth: 6 December 1975
Age: 50

Noel Anthony Clarkeis an English actor, writer, director, and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who (2005–2006, 2008, 2010), he received critical acclaim for writing, d...

Victoria Clarke

Victoria Clarke

Irish journalist and writer

Date of Birth: 11 January 1966
Age: 60

Victoria Mary Clarkeis an Irish journalist and writer who has written for newspapers and magazines in Britain and Ireland; she has also appeared on Irish reality television shows. She is known for her...

Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke

English actress

Date of Birth: 23 October 1986
Age: 39

Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarkeis an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received nominat...

Simon Clarke

Simon Clarke

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Date of Birth: 28 September 1984
Age: 41

Simon Richard Clarkeis a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since 2022. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022. A member...

Brendan Clarke-smith

Brendan Clarke-smith

British Conservative Party politician

Date of Birth: 17 August 1980
Age: 45

Brendan Clarke-Smithis a British Conservative Party politician and former teacher serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office between September and October 2022. He served as Parliamenta...

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson

English broadcaster

Date of Birth: 11 April 1960
Age: 66

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarksonis an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes Top Gear and The Grand Tour alo...

Sabrina Claudio

Sabrina Claudio

American singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 19 September 1996
Age: 29

Sabrina Claudiois an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, Confidently Lo...

Jonny Clayton

Jonny Clayton

Welsh professional darts player

Date of Birth: 4 October 1974
Age: 51

Jonny Claytonis a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 7. Nicknamed The Ferret, he won the PDC World Cup of Dar...

Adam Clayton

Adam Clayton

English-Irish musician

Date of Birth: 13 March 1960
Age: 66

Adam Charles Claytonis an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1...