I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share.
Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together.
| Italo Calvino, Journalist (1923) |
| Jane Darwell, Actress (1879) |
| Paige Davis, Actress (1969) |
| Sarah Ferguson, (1959) |
| John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist (1908) |
| Lee Iacocca, Businessman (1924) |
| Tito Jackson, Musician (1953) |
| Abdul Kalam, Statesman (1931) |
| Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity (1959) |
| Linda Lavin, Actress (1937) |
| Vincent Canby, Critic (2000) |
| Mata Hari, Dancer (1917) |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coach (1852) |
| Randall Jarrell, Poet (1965) |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Poet (1838) |
| Pierre Laval, Politician (1945) |

