A look at 2020 London Power 100 (From 100-1)
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Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE
Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe launched the British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) 14years ago to promote black directors, actors and screenplays – building on work he started while making and promoting film as a student in Ealing. In 2019 he was recognised in the New Year’s honours list with an MBE for ‘services to the Black and minority ethnic film industry’.
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Zayn Bux
17 year old Zayn Bux is a former FC Barcelona footballer and the owner & CEO of leading digital channel London TV & Manchester TV, Bux has vowed to provide a platform for local businesses and personalities. Bux is currently signed to AFC Wimbledon.
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Nikki Henderson
Nicola Henderson is a British professional yachtswoman. In 2018, she became the youngest ever skipper to lead a team in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race at the age of 25.In November 2019 she accompanied the environmental activist Greta Thunberg on her return voyage to Europe aboard the catamaran La Vagabonde.
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Angelica Malin
Angelica Malin is Editor-in-Chief of About Time Magazine and Founder of the About Time Academy. She was shortlisted for BSME Editor’s Editor of the Year 2019, voted WeAretheCity’s Rising Star 2019 and host of #SheStartedItLIVE, Angelica is passionate about entrepreneurship and female empowerment.
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Peter Estlin
Sir Peter Estlin was the 691st Lord Mayor of the City of London. He is an alderman of the City of London Corporation where he represents the ward of Coleman Street. Having served as a Sheriff of the City of London for 2016–17, he was elected as the Lord Mayor of London in 2018.
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Anthony Robb
Anthony ‘Antz’ Robb is the founder and CEO of IMJUSTBAIT. Imjustbait, launched in 2014, outperforms some of the UK’s best-known influencers online, which has prompted Robb to sign promotional agreements with people like Uber and his rival Kapten.
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Jess Glynne
Jessica Glynne is a London born singer and songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records, she rose to prominence in 2014 as a featured artist on the singles “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit and “My Love” by Route 94, both of which reached number one in the UK. At the 2019 Brit Awards Glynne received five nominations, including Best British Female and Best British Single.
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Letitia Wright
Actress LETITIA Wright is making quite a name for herself following her roles in ground-breaking films like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. Wright was named EE Rising Star at 2019’s BAFTAs. Wright will appear in 2020’s Death on the Nile. She has also been cast in Steve McQueen’s upcoming mini-series Small Axe.
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Sir Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor, producer and author. He has appeared in more than 130 films in a career spanning 70 years and is considered a British film icon. Known for his cockney accent, Caine was born in Southeast London.
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Yianni Charalambous
Yianni Charalambous is the founder and owner of Yiannimize who specializes in designing custom cars for celebrities. A TV star in his own right, YIanni is known for the television series Yianni: Supercar Customiser, originally broadcast on the British television channel Dave.
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Asa Butterfield
Asa Butterfield is a London born actor. He became known for playing the main character Bruno in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, for which he received nominations. In 2019, Butterfield began playing Otis Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education.
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Amber Atherton
Amber is the director and owner of My Flash Trash, a London based charm jewellery brand. She has a famous customer base including Rihanna and Cara Delevigne, and also featured on the reality TV show Made in Chelsea.
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Ian Wright MBE
Ian Wright, MBE is an English former professional footballer and television and radio personality. He is currently a commentator for BBC Sport and ITV Sport. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter.
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Tom Hiddleston
Though Tom Hiddleston is a London born actor who has been active in the movie and entertainment industry since 2001, he shot to fame after his role as Loki in Marvel’s Avengers and Thor in 2011. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
86
Richard Gnodde
Richard Gnodde is a London-based South African investment banker. He is the vice chairman of Goldman Sachs and the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs International.
85
Dele Alli
Bamidele “Dele” Alli is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. In each of his first two campaigns at White Hart Lane, Alli was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year and made the PFA Team of the Year.
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Susie Ma
Susie Ma is a London based skincare entrepreneur, philanthropist and Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree. She is known for her appearances on the seventh season of the BBC television series The Apprentice in 2011, where despite coming in third place, she secured investment from Lord Alan Sugar.
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Dame Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBE is an English actress, author, and columnist. She made her stage debut at the age of nine, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
In March 2019 she guest-starred in an episode of the new Hawaii Five-O TV-series. In October 2019 she worked on the feature film The Loss Adjuster opposite Luke Goss, for release in 2020. In 2019 she won the ATTITUDE icon Award.
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Justine Roberts CBE
Justine Juliette Alice Roberts CBE is the founder and chief executive of British websites Mumsnet and Gransnet. Roberts was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to the economy.
81
Jamie Oliver MBE
A face known to millions nationally and internationally is Jamie Oliver’s, renowned for his Naked Chef television series and books and his more recent programmes, Jamie’s Kitchen and Jamie’s School Dinners. In June 2003 Oliver was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Mo Gilligan
Mo Gilligan is a stand-up comedian known for his observational comedy. He previously co-hosted The Big Narstie Show, which debuted in 2018 on Channel 4. He currently hosts The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 2019 on Channel 4.
79
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is a British politician and broadcaster. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the South East England constituency since 1999 and since 2019 has sat as a member of the Brexit Party. Since March 2019 he has been the new Leader of the Brexit Party
78
Mike Soutar
Media veteran Mike Soutar is a former editor of FHM and co-founder of Shortlist Media, in 2019 he was appointed chief executive of The Evening Standard.
77
Rita Ora
Rita Ora is a singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh’s single “Hot Right Now”, which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studio album, Ora, released in August 2012, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. In September 2019, Ora was announced as a judge for the UK version of the music game show, Masked Singer, which aired on ITV in January 2020.
76
Micheal Ward
Since his breakout role in Netflix’s 2019 reboot of Top Boy, actor Michael Ward has gone from strength to strength. Not only has he scored himself some impressive acting gigs, he’s also been recognised by the EE Bafta Rising Star award.
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Sarah Mullally
Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, DBE is a British Anglican bishop and former nurse. The Rt Hon & Rt Revd Dame Sarah Mullally is the 133rd Bishop of London. Bishop Sarah was a senior civil servant in the Department of Health before ordination.
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Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn is a supermodel and actress. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006, She began appearing on international runways in early 2007. In February 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade. She appeared on the February cover of British Vogue in 2015, becoming the first solo Black model to grace the cover in 12 years.
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Lady Michelle Mone OBE
As one of the United Kingdom’s most celebrated Entrepreneurs, Lady Michelle Mone is a shining example of how flair and true grit can lead to global success. Lady Mone founded successful lingerie brand Ultimo in 1996, selling the majority of her stake in November 2014. She has since gone on to become a peer in the House of Lords.
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Dan Wootton
Dan Wootton is a journalist and broadcaster. In February 2016, he became associate editor of The Sun and in March 2018 was promoted to executive editor.
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Young Adz & Dirtbike LB
Hailing from South London, D-Block Europe are a collective of artists led by Young Adz and Dirtbike LB. Their debut solo mixtape, Home Alone, was released on February 15 2019 and peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart followed by their second mixtape of 2019, PTSD, which was their most successful release debuting at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings is a senior British political strategist, and currently serves as Chief Special Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Cummings has claimed to have never been a member of a political party. Despite this, he was second in a list by LBC of the ‘Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives of 2019′.
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Dame Carolyn McCall DBE
Dame Carolyn McCall is a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Carolyn is the first female Chief Executive of ITV, joining in early 2018. She was previously Chief Executive of easyJet for 7 years. Under her leadership easyJet achieved record passenger numbers and record profits. Prior to joining easyJet, Carolyn was Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group plc.
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Baroness Karren Brady
Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge CBE is one of the most influential, high profile and respected female business leaders in the UK. Lady Brady is CEO of West Ham United Football Club.
Lady Brady was made a life peer by the Prime Minister, entering the House of Lords in 2014 and received a CBE from the Queen for her services to business, entrepreneurship and women in business.
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Dina Asher-Smith
Dina Asher-Smith is a British sprinter. She is the 2016 and 2018 European champion at 200 metres and the 2018 European champion at 100 metres. On 2 October 2019 Asher-Smith became the World Champion in the 200m, setting a personal best and new British record of 21.88 seconds.
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Dave
David Orobosa Omoregie, known professionally as Dave, is a London born rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Dave released his debut EP Six Paths in 2016, after the release of a number of successful singles such as “JKYL+HYD” and “Thiago Silva” with AJ Tracey.
Dave made his acting debut in the third season of the Netflix series Top Boy, which was released in September 2019. In September 2019, Dave won the 2019 Mercury Prize with his debut studio album Psychodrama.
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Gina Miller
Gina Miller became the figurehead of the legal fight to get Parliament to vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. Ms Miller is an investment manager and philanthropist.
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Baroness Shriti Vadera
In 2014 Baroness Vadera was appointed as the first woman to chair a major UK bank, she was created a life peer on 11 July 2007 as Baroness Vadera, of Holland Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Prudential recently announced it was hiring Baroness Vadera as its first woman chairman.
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Micky Flanagan
Micky Flanagan is a comedian. Flanagan has toured Britain with stand-up shows! The London based star has appeared on various TV shows including Mock the Week, A League of Their Own, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Was It Something I Said? and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
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Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and current television pundit for BT Sport. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011. Ferdinand recently filmed documentary ‘Rio and Kate: Becoming a Stepfamily’ together with his wife.
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Amit Bhatia
Amit Bhatia is a British-Indian businessman. He is currently the owner of Swordfish Investments and chairman of football club Queens Park Rangers. Bhatia serves on the Advisory Board of Metro Bank.
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William Shu
William Shu is a businessman, the co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo. Shu still regularly delivers food to customers near his home in Notting Hill.
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Tom Parker Bowles
Tom Parker Bowles is a British food writer and food critic. Parker Bowles is the author of several cookbooks and in 2010 won the Guild of Food Writers 2010 award for his writings on British food.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang is a professional footballer who plays as a forward and is the captain of Premier League club Arsenal. He is considered to be one of the best strikers in the world, known for his pace, finishing, and off-ball movement.
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Naomie Harris
Naomie Harris is a British actress best known for her Oscar-nominated role in Moonlight (2016) and performances in 28 Days Later (2002), After the Sunset (2004), the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Skyfall (2012).
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Tej Lalvani
Tej Lalvani is a businessman and the CEO of the UK’s largest vitamin company Vitabiotics, founded by his father Kartar Lalvani. He is best known for being one of the dragons on the BBC television series Dragons’ Den. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in May 2019, he has a net worth of £390 million.
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Jeremy Corbyn MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015. He has been Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.
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Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale is a London born singer, songwriter, musician, and actor, and is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. Rossdale has previously been awarded in the Ivor Novello Awards.
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Suella Braverman MP
Sue-Ellen Cassiana “Suella” Braverman is a British politician serving as Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland since February 2020 and has been the Member of Parliament for Fareham since 2015.
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Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr is an English stand-up comedian and television actor known for hosting the U.K.’s 8 out of 10 Cats. Carr was born in Isleworth, London
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Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall is a British actor and comedian who started his career on TV and then gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. Since 2018, Whitehall has been the host of the BRIT Awards.
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Baroness Martha Lane Fox
In 1998, Martha Lane Fox founded Lastminute.com with former work colleague Brett Hoberman. When the company was sold in 2005, Martha’s shares were worth £13m. Since then, she’s had a number of prominent positions and has been made a life peer in the House of Lords.
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Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne is a model and actress, Cara Delevinge is currently the face of ves Saint Laurent Beauté and recently won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.
Last year, Delevingne co-founded EcoResolution with her friend, The aim of EcoResolution is to highlight issues regarding the climate crisis and to put forward ways that people can become more eco-conscious as part of their daily lives.
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Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales, is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and he is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.
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Krept & Konan
Krept and Konan are an English rap duo from London. As of 2018 they owned Crepes and Cones – a South Croydon eatery where you can try a menu of chicken wings, beef hot dog and cinnamon crumble crepes.
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Dillian Whyte
Dillian Whyte is a professional boxer. He has held the WBC interim heavyweight title since July 2019. He has held multiple regional heavyweight championships, including the WBC Silver title from 2017 to 2019, the WBO International title from 2018 to 2019, and the British title from 2016 to 2017.
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Shaun Bailey
Shaun Bailey is a British politician and youth worker who is the candidate of the Conservative Party for the 2020 London mayoral election. He has been a member of the London Assembly since 6 May 2016. Before entering politics, Bailey co-founded the youth charity My Generation.
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Edward Enninful OBE
Edward Enninful OBE is a British fashion stylist, and editor-in-chief of British Vogue magazine, taking the helm of the magazine on August 1, 2017. In just over two years as editor-in-chief of the famed publication, he has helped shape a new vision for fashion media — not just in the UK, but globally — where he has placed a “diversity of perspective” at its core.
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Ella Mai
Ella Mai Howell is a London born singer and songwriter. Her singing career began at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in London in 2014, during which time she auditioned as part of a trio on the 11th season of The X Factor.
Her self-titled debut studio album was released in October 2018 and featured the singles “Boo’d Up” and “Trip”, which were released on 20 February 2018 and 3 August 2018, respectively. In 2019, “Boo’d Up” was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Song of the Year and Best R&B Song, winning for the latter, as well as Mai herself being nominated for British Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Brit Awards. At the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, she won three awards, including the award for Top R&B Artist.
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Cressida Dick CBE
Cressida Dick CBE is a police officer who in 2017 was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London. She has been a long-time advocate for an increase in the number of female police officers
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Jameela Jamil
Jameela Alia Burton-Jamil is an English actress, radio presenter, model, and writer. She began her career on T4, where she hosted a pop culture series from 2009 until 2012. She then became the radio host of The Official Chart, and was co-host of The Official Chart Update alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1.
She has modelled for both British and American Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Teen Vogue, and has written for The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, and Company.[5]
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Dame Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren is a revered, award-winning actress who’s film and TV work includes ‘Prime Suspect,’ ‘Caligula,’ ‘Shadowboxer,’ ‘Elizabeth I’ and ‘The Queen.’
In 2003, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. In 2013, Mirren was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,[5] and in 2014, BAFTA announced that Mirren would be the recipient of the Academy Fellowship.
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Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa is an English pop singer known for her singles “New Love,” “Be the One,” “New Rules” and “IDGAF.”
She originally gained popularity singing covers on YouTube. In 2018, Lipa won the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
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Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis, OBE is an actor known for playing U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, and he also portrayed U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland. He currently plays Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series Billions (2016–present), and portrayed actor Steve McQueen in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Lily Allen
Islington born Lily Allen is an English singer and songwriter. Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards, the Brit Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross OBE is a London born television and radio presenter, film critic, actor and comedian best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross during the 2000s. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting.
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Benedict Cumberbatch CBE
Benedict Cumberbatch is an actor best known for playing Sherlock Holmes on the crime drama series Sherlock. Cumberbatch is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust.
Cumberbatch has received numerous accolades, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Frankenstein and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Sherlock. His performance in The Imitation Game earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014 Time magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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The Lord Lloyd-Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway.
London born Lord Lloyd-Webber has received a number of awards, including a knighthood in 1992, followed by a peerage from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Arts, six Tonys, three Grammys (as well as the Grammy Legend Award), an Academy Award, fourteen Ivor Novello Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, a Brit Award, the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors, the 2008 Classic Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and an Emmy Award.
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Kate Moss
Kate Moss is most know as the fashion model who popularized the heroin chic fashion trend of the 1990s. She received an award at the 2013 British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to fashion over 25 years. Moss is also a contributing fashion editor for British Vogue.
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Diane Abbott MP
Diane Abbott MP is a British politician serving as the Shadow Home Secretary in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn since 2016, and who has served as Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987.
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Davina McCall
Davina Mccall rose to prominence after getting the opportunity of being a presenter in the maiden edition of Big Brother
She has also hosted Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop, Five Minutes to a Fortune and The Jump as well as ITV’s Long Lost Family and This Time Next Year. In 2020, McCall appears on the judging panel on ITV’s The Masked Singer.
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Naga Munchetty
Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah, better known as Naga Munchetty, is a British Indian television presenter and journalist. She regularly presents BBC Breakfast, Newsnight and Victoria Derbyshire.
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The Most Revd – Justin Welby
The Most Revd Justin Welby is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England.
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Jacqueline Gold CBE
Jacqueline Summers Gold CBE is a British businesswoman who is Chief Executive of Gold Group International, Ann Summers and Knickerbox. Gold is estimated to be the 16th richest woman in Great Britain. Gold is worth £470 million, according to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019.
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Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich is a billionaire businessman and the owner of Chelsea Football Club.
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Idris Elba OBE
Idris Elba is a DJ and actor, he is best known for his roles as drug kingpin Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire and Detective John Luther on BBC’s Luther.
He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik is singer and songwriter. Malik was part of boy band One Direction, Malik split from the group in March 2015 to pursue a solo career.
Adopting a more alternative R&B music style with his debut studio album Mind of Mine (2016) and its lead single, “Pillowtalk”, Malik became the first British male artist to debut at number one in both the UK and US, with his debut single and debut album.
Malik is the recipient of several accolades, including an American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and MTV Video Music Award. In December 2018, he released his second studio album, Icarus Falls.
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Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is a supermodel and singer. Campbell earned the status of the most famous black model of her time.
In 2018, as every year, the international fashion community honors the best and brightest in American design at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Naomi Campbell has received the prestigious Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA’s ceremony on 4 June.
In 2019, Campbell received the first beauty contract of her career, with NARS Cosmetics.
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Lord Tony Hall
Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead is the Director-General of the BBC. Previously he was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London from 2001 until March 2013, and Director of News at the BBC between 1993 and 2001
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Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry is an actor and game show host. Stephen Fry shot to fame in the sketch show A Bit Of Fry And Laurie. Fry was born in Hampstead, London.
Fry is also known for his voice-overs, reading all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the UK audiobook recordings, narrating the LittleBigPlanet and Birds of Steel series of video games, as well as an animated series of explanations of the laws of cricket
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Mark Makepeace
Mark Makepeace is Group Director of Information Services of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Chief Executive of FTSE Russell, the global index provider. He is a member of LSEG’s Executive Committee.
Mark has been a long‐time supporter of the children’s charity UNICEF.
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, KCVO ADC is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. The Duchess of Sussex, born Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry at St George’s Chapel, Windsor in May 2018.
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Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy is a billionaire businessman and the current chairman of Premier League football side Tottenham Hotspur. He has held this post since 2001, making him the longest-serving chairman in the Premier League.
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Lady Scotland
Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC QC, is a British Labour Party politician and barrister who served in ministerial positions within the UK Government, most notably as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland.
At the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting she was elected the 6th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and took office on 1 April 2016. She is the first woman to hold the post
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Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg is a British journalist. In July 2015 she became political editor of BBC News, the first woman to hold the position. Kuenssberg was named in the Evening Standard’s 2019 list of the top 20 ‘most influential Londoners’.
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Sir Mo Farah
Sir Mohamed Farah, CBE OLY is a British distance runner. The most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history, he is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m. Farah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to athletics
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David Lammy MP
David Lindon Lammy PC FRSA is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Tottenham since 2000.
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Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is a billionaire businessman, he became known as the CEO and chairman of ArcelorMittal, the largest steelmaking company in the world. Mittal also holds an 11% stake in Queens Park Rangers F.C.
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Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan, is a journalist currently working as a presenter on Good Morning Britain. Morgan has written eight books, including four volumes of memoirs.
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David and Simon Reuben
David Reuben and Simon Reuben are billionaire businessmen and philanthropists. They are also known for their philanthropic activities. They founded Reuben Foundation in 2002 with an initial endowment of $100 million.
According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2019, David and Simon Reuben and their family had an estimated personal net worth of £18.664 billion, an increase of £3.568 billion on the previous year. This makes them Britain’s second wealthiest family.
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Evgeny Lebedev
Evgeny Lebedev is the owner of London Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live. In 2019, Lebedev announced that both the Evening Standard and The Independent would launch a multiple-year campaign to tackle homelessness in London and around the world.
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Anthony Joshua OBE
Anthony Joshua, OBE is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time unified heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019 and previously between 2016 and June 2019.
As of December 2019, Joshua is ranked as the world’s best active heavyweight by BoxRec and third by The Ring magazine and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
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Harry Styles
Harry Styles is a singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010, when he auditioned for the British singing competition The X Factor. He was eliminated early on, but he was brought back to form the boy band One Direction
His second album, Fine Line (2019), broke a record as the biggest sales debut from an English male artist in the US.
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David Beckham OBE
David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE is a former professional footballer, the current president of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City.
Leytonstone born Beckham was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2008. A global ambassador for the sport, Beckham is regarded as a British cultural icon.
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Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Aman Khan is a British politician who has served as the mayor of London since 2016. He was previously a member of Parliament for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. He has been included in the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world.
In 2018, he became an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Institute of British Architects and in 2019, Khan became an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple Inn.
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S. P. Hinduja
Srichand Parmanand Hinduja is an Indian born British billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the primary shareholder and chairman of Hinduja Group of companies.
In 2019, Hinduja was the UK’s wealthiest person, with an estimated wealth of GBP 22 billion ($27.7 billion) according to the Sunday Times Rich List
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Sir David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in the UK.
His most recent awards include:
2019: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
2019: Landscape Institute Medal for Lifetime Achievement
2019: Landscape Institute Honorary Fellow (HonFLI)
2020: David Attenborough honored with 25th Annual Crystal Awards 2019 by World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Duke & Duchess of Cambridge – The Duke of Cambridge (Prince William) is the second in line to the throne and the elder son of The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness is married to The Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, with whom he has three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
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Stormzy
Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he garnered attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats.
In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single with “Vossi Bop” and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime in London. His second album, Heavy Is the Head, was released on 13 December 2019. Stormzy recently won BRIT Award for Male Solo Artist
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Boris Johnson (please remove MP on this)
Boris Johnson is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
The Prime Minister is the leader of Her Majesty’s Government and is ultimately responsible for the policy and decisions of the government.
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HM The Queen
The Queen has ruled for longer than any other Monarch in British history, becoming a much loved and respected figure across the globe. Her extraordinary reign has seen her travel more widely than any other monarch, undertaking many historic overseas visits. Known for her sense of duty and her devotion to a life of service, she has been an important figurehead for the UK and the Commonwealth during times of enormous social change.
Her Majesty continues to carry out a full programme of engagements, from visits to charities and schools, to hosting visiting Heads of State, to leading the nation in Remembrance and celebratory events – all supported by other members of the Royal Family.
The Queen sees public and voluntary service as one of the most important elements of her work. The Queen has links – as Royal Patron or President – with over 600 charities, military associations, professional bodies and public service organisations. These vary from well-established international charities to smaller bodies working in a specialist area or on a local basis only.
On 9th September 2015 The Queen became Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch. 6 February 2017 marked 65 years since The Queen acceded to the throne, becoming the first British Monarch to mark their Sapphire Jubilee.