People in the News: 1990s

Texas oilfield firefighter, achieved worldwide fame for his exploits from the 1960s to the 1990s (including Piper Alpha in 1988, and following the first Gulf War in 1991)			Paul 'Red' Adair
Taxman jailed for 5 years for fraud in 1997			Michael Allcock
Nurse, found guilty of murdering four babies at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, 1993			Beverley Allitt
Lost eight babies, in 1996, after refusing to have an abortion			Mandy Allwood
Blue Peter presenter, sacked in 1998 for having taken drugs			Richard Bacon
Found alive on a mortuary slab, January 1996			Daphne Banks
Wishaw butcher at centre of the 1996 E–Coli outbreak			John Barr
Won £1 million on Chris Evans's Virgin Radio show, December 1999			Claire Barwick
Journalist hanged in 1990 for allegedly spying in Iraq			Fazad Barzoft
PLO supporter's daughter from whom David Mellor accepted free holidays – leading to his resignation in Sep 1992 (after he survived the da Sancha "affair")			Monica Bauwens
Essex girl, died after taking ecstasy on her 18th birthday, 1995			Leah Betts
Won a legal battle for the right to be impregnated by the sperm of her dead husband, 1997/8			Diane Blood
Belgian footballer who won freedom of contract for EU players, 1995			Jean–Marc Bosman
Sheffield clergyman who ran the 'Nine O'Clock Service' – defrocked for 'extra–mural activities', 1996			Christopher Brain
Prostitute, of committing a lewd act with whom Hugh Grant was convicted (1995)			Divine Brown
Photographed kissing the Duchess of York's toes in 1992			John Bryan
British yachtsman rescued from Southern Ocean by HMAS Adelaide, 1997			Tony Bullimore
Died in Arles, France, 1997, aged 122 – the oldest confirmed person ever			Jeanne Calment
Settled out of court with Michael Jackson, in 1994, after alleging sexual abuse			Jordan Chandler
Chief Prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson trial (1995)			Marcia Clarke
British Private soldier, imprisoned for life in 1995 for shooting a civilian in Northern Ireland			Lee Clegg
O. J. Simpson's chief defence attorney: told the jury "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" (1995 – died in 2005, aged 67)			Johnnie Cochran
13–yr–old Essex girl, married an 18–yr–old Turk, January 1996			Sarah Cook
French prime minister, 1991–2: alleged that 25% of Anglo–Saxon males were homosexual			Edith Cresson
Lottery regulator, not sacked for accepting free flights from GTEC, 1995			Peter Davis
Parliamentary 'researcher' with whom David Mellor admitted in July 1992 to having had an affair			Antonia de Sancha
UNICEF worker shot dead in Somalia, Jan 1993 – subject of the film The dying of the light			Sean Devereux
Former US presidential candidate, took part in adverts for viagra following its approval for sale in 1998			Bob Dole
Former chief aide to Peter Mandelson and Daily Express columnist, at the centre of the 'cash for access' row (1998)			Derek Draper
Glenn Hoddle's "faith healer" (1998 World Cup)			Eileen Drewery
Egyptian owner of Harrods department store, who in 1994 accused parliamentary lobbyist Ian Greer of paying MPs Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith to table parliamentary questions on his behalf at £2,000 a time			Mohamed (Al–)Fayed
Night club singer, claimed in 1992 (during his Presidential campaign) to have had a long–term affair with Bill Clinton; after initially denying it, he admitted it in 1998			Gennifer Flowers
Childhood friend and "sometime beau" of Princess Diana, whose clandestinely–taped telephone conversations with her were exposed by The Sun in 1992, leading to the so–called 'Squidgygate' scandal			James Gilbey
British yachtsman awarded the Legion d'Honneur, 1997, for rescuing a French ditto			Pete Goss
Shot dead sixteen children and one teacher, then himself, in the Primary School at Dunblane, near Stirling, 1996			Thomas Hamilton
Army officer and riding instructor with whom Diana, Prince of Wales, admitted adultery (1995)			James Hewitt
US special envoy, negotiated with Slobodan Milosevic 1998–9			Richard Holbrooke
British–born murderer, executed in Georgia USA, April 1995			Nick Ingram
Arkansas state employee, accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment (1994)			Paula Jones
Northern Irish teacher at the American University of Beirut, held hostage 1986–90			Brian Keenan
14–year old who ran away to Singapore, in February 1995, on his 59–year–old father's passport and credit card			Peter Kerry
African–American man, beaten with batons by Los Angeles police in 1991 – subsequent acquittal of the officers (despite filmed evidence) resulted in riots			Rodney King
Leader of the Branch Davidian Sect, based in Waco, Texas (at the time of their mass suicide, in 1993, under federal siege)			David Koresh
London Headmaster fatally stabbed outside his school, December 1995			Philip Lawrence
Derivatives trader blamed for the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995			Nick Leeson
Former TV executive, sacked by Michael Howard as head of prison service, Oct 1995; received £215,000 compensation for wrongful dismissal, 1996			Derek Lewis
Russian TV presenter and executive, shot dead outside his apartment, 1995			Vladyslav Listyev
Appeared on TV with Saddam Hussein, 1990, aged 5			Stuart Lockwood
First female firefighter killed in action in Britain (1996)			Fleur Lombard
Britain's longest–held hostage in Beirut – 1986–91 (journalist)			John McCarthy
32–year–old who went back to school as Brandon Lee, 1995			Brian McKinnon
Convicted 1979 of the murder of Lord Mountbatten; released 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement			Thomas McMahon
John McCarthy's fiancée, campaigned for Government action to secure his release from captivity in Beirut 1986–91			Jill Morrell
Chairman of textiles group Polly Peck (who turned it into a FTSE 100–listed company in the 1980s): fled to his native Cyprus in 1993 to escape charges of fraud and theft following its collapse in 1991; returned to Britain in 2010, to be found guilty on ten counts of theft totalling £29m; sentenced in 2012 to 10 years in prison			Asil Nadir
Lead singer of Chumbawamba, poured cold water over John Prescott at the 1998 Brit Awards ceremony (real name Nigel Hunter)			Danbert Nobacon
Former MP and Times columnist, 'outed' Peter Mandelson on BBC2's Newsnight, 1998			Matthew Parris
Fan of Steffi Graf who stabbed Monica Seles (then the world's no. 1) while she was playing a match in the WTA Hamburg tournament, April 1993			Gunter Parche
Driver of the car in which Princess Diana and Dodie Al Fayed were killed (1997); also killed			Henri Paul
Computer virus writer, nicknamed The Black Baron, arrested 1995			Christopher Pile
Nursery nurse, awarded the George Medal after suffering severe injuries while protecting children from a machete attack in Wolverhampton in 1996 (when she was 21 years old)			Lisa Potts
British businessman – Chief Executive of the jewellery retailer that bore his family's name: became a textbook example of how not to talk about your business, in 1991, when he described some of their goods as "total crap"; also described a pair of earrings as "cheaper than a prawn sandwich from Marks & Spencer, but I have to say the earrings probably won't last as long"			Gerald Ratner
Swedish–born packaging manufacturer, named Britain's richest resident 1999			Hans Rausing
Bodyguard who survived the car crash that killed Princess Diana and Dodie Al Fayed (1997)			Trevor Rees–Jones
Former Eurovision Song Contest winner, stood for President of Ireland 1997			Dana Rosemary Scallon
Crystal Palace fan attacked by Eric Cantona after the latter was sent off (1995)			Matthew Simmons
Camelot director successfully sued for libel by Richard Branson, 1998			Guy Snowden
Replaced Willy Claes as secretary–general of NATO, 1995			Javier Solana
Owned up in 1993 (aged 90) to having perpetrated the 1933 Loch Ness Monster hoax			Christian Spurling
1996: fifth person to be granted honorary US citizenship, and only the second (after Winston Churchill) in their lifetime; died on 5 September 1997, six days after Princess Diana			Mother Teresa
Recorded telephone conversations in which Monica Lewinsky confided about her affair with President Clinton – handed them over to lawyer Kenneth Starr, 1998, in exchange for immunity from prosecution			Linda Tripp
Fashion designer, shot dead in Miami in 1997 – one of at least five victims of 'spree killer' Andrew Cunanan			Gianni Versace
Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy, kidnapped in Beirut 1987 and held until 1991			Terry Waite
British tourist, murdered in a Kenyan game reserve 1998			Julie Ward
Loyalist terrorist, shot dead in the Maze prison, 1997			Billy Wright

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People in the News: 1990s