Top Celebrity Names Starting With Ian

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   Ian McKellen

   Age 73 Male
   

   Actor

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   Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE, CH is an English actor. He has won multiple Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known for film roles such as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Magneto in the X-Men films, and as Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code.… read more

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   Ian Kinsler

   Age 29 Male
   

   Major, Headliner, Second Baseman

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   Ian Michael Kinsler is a Major League Baseball All-Star second baseman for the Texas Rangers. Despite having been drafted in only the 17th round out of college, Kinsler has risen to become a two-time All Star, and a member of the Sporting News' 2009 list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. He is known as a five-tool player, hitting for average and power, and excelling in baserunning, throwing, and fielding.… read more

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   Ian Thorpe

   Age 29 Male
   

   Swimmer

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   Ian James Thorpe OAM, nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship.… read more

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   Ian Gillan

   Age 66 Male
   

   Rock Singer

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   Ian Gillan is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan also fronted his own band, had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath, and sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.… read more

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   Ian Kennedy

   Age 27 Male
   

   Pitcher, Baseball Player

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   Ian Patrick Kennedy is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is 6' 0" tall and weighs 190 pounds. He throws a fastball around 90 mph (tops out at 95 mph), knuckle-curve, cutter, and above-average changeup.… read more

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   Ian Hislop

   Age 51 Male
   

   Satirical Comedian, Editor, Television and Radio Presenter

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   Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist, comedian, writer, broadcaster and editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, most notably as a team captain on the BBC current affairs satirical quiz Have I Got News for You.… read more

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   Ian Botham

   Age 56 Male
   

   Professional Cricketer

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   Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy". While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.… read more

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   Ian Smith

   1919 - 2007 Male
   

   Politician, Author, Prime Minister

   
   

   Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979.… read more

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   Ian Paisley

   Age 86 Male
   

   Northern Ireland Political and Religious Leader

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   Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and former church minister from Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007. Paisley retired from religious ministry on 27 January 2012.… read more

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    Ian Brown

    Age 49 Male
    

    Musician, Best Known As the Former Lead Singer of the Alternative Rock Band the Stone Roses

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    Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has led a successful solo career. His latest studio album My Way was released on 28 September 2009.… read more

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    Ian Holm

    Age 80 Male
    

    Actor

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    Sir Ian Holm, CBE is an English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire.… read more

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    Ian Paice

    Age 63 Male
    

    Producer, Songwriter, Musician

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    Ian Dury

    1942 - 2000 Male
    

    Singer, Lyricist, Actor

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    Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader, artist, and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. He is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, who were one of the groups of the New Wave era in the UK.… read more

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    Ian Meckiff

    Age 77 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Ian Meckiff is a former cricketer who represented Australia in 18 Tests between 1957 and 1963.

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    Ian Hunter

    Age 73 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Musician

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    Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and he continued in this vein after he left the band.… read more

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    Ian Blair

    Age 59 Male
    

    Politician, Commissioner, Mayor

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    Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, QPM is a retired British police officer who held the position of commissioner of police of the metropolis from 2005 to 2008 and was the highest ranking officer within the Metropolitan Police Service. On 2 October 2008 Blair announced that he would officially step down from the post on 1 December after disagreements with Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London. He was succeeded by Sir Paul Stephenson on 28 January 2009.… read more

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    Ian Johnson

    1917 - 1998 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Ian William Geddes Johnson was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an average of 22.92 runs per dismissal. He captained the Australian team in 17 Tests, winning seven and losing five, with a further five drawn.… read more

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    Ian Charleson

    1949 - 1990 Male
    

    Actor, Singer, Musician

    
    

    Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi.… read more

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    Ian Roderick Macneil

    1929 - 2010 Male
    

    Baron, Lister, Theorist

    
    

    Ian Roderick Macneil of Barra, The Macneil of Barra, Chief of Clan MacNeil also known as Clan Niall and 26th of Barra, also Baron of Barra. He was born 20 June 1929 and died 16 February 2010. Macneil was the son of Robert Lister Macneil. He was educated at the University of Vermont, USA, and Harvard where he studied contracts under the noted theorist Lon L. Fuller. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.… read more

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    Ian Fleming

    1908 - 1964 Male
    

    Author and Journalist

    
    

    Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer. Fleming is best known for creating the fictional spy James Bond and the series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character. Fleming was from a wealthy family, connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. and his father was MP for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917.… read more

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    Ian Chappell

    Age 68 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother also captained Australia—Chappell made a hesitant start to international cricket playing as a right-hand middle-order batsman and spin bowler.… read more

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    Ian Craig

    Age 77 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Ian David Craig is a former Australian Test cricketer who represented Australia in 11 Tests between 1953 and 1958. A slightly built right-handed batsman, Craig holds the record for being the youngest Australian to make a first-class double century, gain Test selection and captain his country. Burdened by the public expectation of being the "next Bradman", Craig's career did not fulfil its early promise.… read more

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    Ian Richardson

    1934 - 2007 Male
    

    Actor

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    Ian William Richardson CBE was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor.… read more

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    Ian Rush

    Age 50 Male
    

    Soccer Player, Director, Teacher

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    Ian James Rush, MBE, is a Welsh former footballer. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic. Rush made 73 appearances for the Wales national football team and he remains the record goalscorer for Wales with 28 goals between 1980 and 1996.… read more

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    Ian Khama

    Age 59 Male
    

    President of Botswana

    
    

    Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama is a Botswana politician who has been the President of Botswana since 2008; he is also the Paramount Chief of the Bamangwato tribe. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force, he entered politics and served as Vice-President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008, then succeeded Festus Mogae as President on 1 April 2008.… read more