Coventry Hall of Fame

Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remis...

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Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 - 3 July 2001) was a British musician and composer who was a pioneer of electronic music. She is probably best known for her electronic r...

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The Enemy are a British rock band. They are signed to Warner Brothers Records UK. They first gained acclaim when they where mentioned in NME as a breakthrough act for ...

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Terry Hall (born 19 March 1959, in Coventry, England) is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vega...

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He first sang professionally in a public house, when he was just fifteen. But the decision to become a full time musician came after he had worked as baker, teamster (tru...

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Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA award winning English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. In 2005, O...

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John Kemp Starley (1854 - 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered to be the inventor of the modern bicycle, and also originator of the na...

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Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force officer and is seen as the father of jet propulsion....

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