Famous People Born In Reading

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Kate Winslet

(Actress)

1027

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: October 5, 1975

Sun Sign: Libra

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

(The Duchess of Cambridge)

134

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: January 9, 1982

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Ricky Gervais

(Actor, Comedian)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: June 25, 1961

Sun Sign: Cancer

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

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(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 11, 1982

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

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Birmingham, England

Hertfordshire, England

Surrey, England

Pippa Middleton

(Socialite, Author)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: September 6, 1983

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Charlie Brooker

(Critic, Humourist, Screenwriter)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: March 3, 1971

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

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(British Historian Best Known as a Presenter of BBC Television Series on Historical Topics)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: December 18, 1973

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Mike Oldfield

(Composer, Guitarist, Songwriter)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: May 15, 1953

Sun Sign: Taurus

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(Actor, Comedian)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: June 15, 1970

Sun Sign: Gemini

Jeremy Kyle

(Television Presenter)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: July 7, 1965

Sun Sign: Cancer

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

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(Television presenter, Radio personality)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: October 10, 1946

Sun Sign: Libra

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Richard Burns

(Race car driver)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: January 17, 1971

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: November 25, 2005

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(Guitarist)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: July 29, 1959

Sun Sign: Leo

Timothy Carlton

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: October 4, 1939

Sun Sign: Libra

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: July 27, 1981

Sun Sign: Leo

Alec Bedser

(Cricketer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: July 4, 1918

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: April 4, 2010

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Plymouth, England

Brighton, England

Bradford, England

Peter Barker Howard May

(Cricketer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: December 31, 1929

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: December 27, 1994

Ian Waite

(Dancer)

Listed In: Dancers

Birthdate: January 29, 1971

Sun Sign: Aquarius

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Croydon, England

Lincolnshire, England

Norwich, England

Keith Floyd

(Television producer, Chef, Author, Autobiographer)

Listed In: Food Experts

Birthdate: December 28, 1943

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: September 14, 2009

William Laud

(Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–1645))

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: October 7, 1573

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: January 10, 1645

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Warwickshire, England

Portsmouth, England

Bath, England

Chris Mears

(Diver)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: February 7, 1993

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

John Soane

(Architect, Archaeologist)

Listed In: Architects

Birthdate: September 10, 1753

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: January 20, 1837

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(film director, screenwriter)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 21, 1973

Sun Sign: Gemini

Michael Sprott

(Boxer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: January 16, 1975

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

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(Table tennis player, Sportscaster)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: November 2, 1970

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

(Cardinal)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 24, 1932

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: September 1, 2017

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(Programmer, Engineer, Computer scientist)

Listed In: Engineers

Birthdate: April 22, 1962

Sun Sign: Taurus

Ken Barrington

(Cricketer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: November 24, 1930

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: March 14, 1981

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

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Suffolk, England

Norfolk, England

Buckinghamshire, England

Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

(Admiral)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: April 25, 1725

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: October 2, 1786

Charles Simeon

(Clergyman)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 24, 1759

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: November 13, 1836

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(Rower)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: October 18, 1973

Sun Sign: Libra

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Ronald Millar

(British actor and writer)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: November 12, 1919

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Died: April 16, 1998

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Stockport, England

Nottinghamshire, England

Wimbledon, England

Alexander Ross Clarke

(Geodesist)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: December 16, 1828

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: February 11, 1914

Robert Havell

(Engraver)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: November 25, 1793

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: November 11, 1878

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Wolverhampton, England

Wiltshire, England

York, England

Hugh Allen

(Musician)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: December 23, 1869

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: February 20, 1946

Hugh Burgess

(Inventor)

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birthdate: 1825 AD

Died: February 23, 1892

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Bury, England

South Shields, England

Guildford, England