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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davis Evan Davis], economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davis Evan Davis], economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC  
 
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8126000/8126215.stm]
 
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Adrian Scarborough, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)
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Gwen Taylor, actress (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)
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Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)
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Jamie de Courcey, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)
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Lyndsey Marshal, actress (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)
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Seamus Whitty, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)

Revision as of 11:29, 28 September 2011

The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung:

Kate Barker, economist [1]

John Betjeman, poet (email from Bryan McCahey)

Jo Brand, comedian [2]

John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress" [3]

Ian Hay Davison, former chief Executive of Lloyds of London [4]

John Harrison, clockmaker, "Longitude". [5]

Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)

Philip Hollobone, MP [6]

Robin McKinley, author [7]

Timmy Mallett, television performer [8]

Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister [9]

Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer (pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998)

Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4 (email from Jim Shepherd)

Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)

Paul Revere, American revolutionary [10]

Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)

Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener [11]

Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian [12]

People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only

Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC [13] Adrian Scarborough, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead) Gwen Taylor, actress (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead) Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead) Jamie de Courcey, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead) Lyndsey Marshal, actress (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead) Seamus Whitty, actor (Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead)