Considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, Ginger Baker played with the bands Cream and Blind Faith. He is known for using two bass drums in his kit.
1939-
Guitarist Syd Barrett helped found the psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. After a mental break forced his departure, he spent 30 years as a painter and recluse.
1946-2006
Jeff Beck is a guitarist best known for his recordings and performances with The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, and as a solo artist.
1944-
Involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, Ronnie Biggs became the world's most famous fugitive. He avoided capture for more than 30 years.
1929-
Jack Bruce is considered one of greatest bassists of all time. As the lead singer and bass guitarist for the band Cream, he wrote and sang "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room," among several other hits.
1943-
Michael Caine is a beloved Oscar-winning actor known for his roles in films like Alfie, Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules.
1933-
Bobby Charlton is best known for being one of England's most accomplished soccer player of all time.
1937-
Actress Julie Christie won an Academy Award for her role in Darling, and earned a second nomination for her performance in McCabe & Mrs. Miller.
1941-
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton's 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" became a top five hit. It was written about the death of his son.
1945-
Roger Daltrey is a rock musician and singer who’s the former lead vocalist of The Who. He’s also a film and TV actor.
1944-
Legendary guitarist Dave Davies played in The Kinks with brother Ray Davies, penned hits like "Death of a Clown," and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1947-
Lead singer for The Kinks, Ray Davies is known for his decades-long career in rock, hits like ‘Lola,’ and ongoing feuds with brother and bandmate Dave Davies.
1944-
Nicknamed "The Ox," bass guitarist John Entwistle was a founding member of the legendary rock band the Who.
1944-2002
David Gilmour was the guitarist and singer for the British rock band Pink Floyd. He is also an aviator and philanthropist.
1946-
Irish actor Richard Harris is best known for his performances as King Arthur in Broadway's Camelot and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.
1930-2002
George Harrison was lead guitarist of The Beatles as well as a singer-songwriter on many of their most memorable tracks.
1943-2001
Benny Hill, the British comedian, is best known for his long running comedy series that would play in 109 countries.
1924-1992
As the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger has become a rock legend for his gritty, blues-influenced songs and for his charismatic stage presence.
1943-
Brian Jones was a guitarist for rock-and-roll band the Rolling Stones.
1942-1969
John Lennon, pop star, composer, songwriter and recording artist, founded the Beatles, a band that impacted the music scene like no other before or since.
1940-1980
Nick Mason was a founding member and drummer of the British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd.
1944-
British vocalist, songwriter, musician, and composer, Paul McCartney was a member of the Beatles as well as one of the most popular solo performers of all time.
1942-
Keith Moon was a legendary drummer for the rock band the Who before his untimely death by accidental drug overdose in 1978.
1946-1978
Roger Moore is a British actor best known for his role as James Bond in seven films from 1973-'85.
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1944-
Harold Pinter is a renowned British playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
1930-2008
Called “the greatest actress of our time” by Tennessee Williams, Vanessa Redgrave is an acclaimed actress of stage and screen.
1937-
Keith Relf was a founding memeber of the Yardbirds, one of the pivotal British rock bands of the 1960s. Relf is also remembered for his unusual, untimely death.
1943-1976
Guitarist Keith Richards is one of the driving forces behind the Rolling Stones, the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band."
1943-
British actor Peter Sellers was incredibly versatile, playing Chief Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films with as much ease as Clare Quilty in Lolita.
1925-1980
Jean Shrimpton is known for being one of the world's first supermodels, the highest-paid model of the 1960s and the face of "Swinging London," as well as for popularizing the miniskirt.
1942-
Hailed as Britain's "best ever pop singer" by Rolling Stone, the English-born Dusty Springfield charted several 1960s hits, including "Son of a Preacher Man."
1939-1999
Ringo Starr first rose to fame in the early 1960s as the drummer for the legendary rock group the Beatles.
1940-
British fashion icon John Stephen is considered the leader of the 1960s male "peacock revolution."
1934-2004
Ian Stewart was one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones, later serving as their road manager and pianist.
1938-1985
Pete Townshend is best known as the guitarist and songwriter for the band the Who as it grew to be one of the most influential bands of the 1960 and '70s.
1945-
In the mid-1960s, Twiggy became one of the world's first supermodels and the face of London's "mod" scene.
1949-
Roger Waters was the singer, songwriter and bassist for the British rock band Pink Floyd. He also has had an extensive solo career.
1943-
Charlie Watts is best known for playing drums as part of the famed rock 'n' roll group the Rolling Stones. He is also a noted jazz musician.
1941-
English rocker Ron Wood became the Rolling Stones' guitarist in the mid-1970s, and is now a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
1947-
Bill Wyman is best known for being the bass player for The Rolling Stones with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
1936-