Portal:Biography/Did you know/19


 * ... that prolific food writer and reality TV judge Mary Berry first job was to visit consumers' homes to show them how to use their own electric cookers?
 * ... that Indonesian director Wim Umboh, who won nine Citra Awards, began his career in the film industry as a janitor?
 * ... that Eduardo Iturrizaga became Venezuela's first and only chess grandmaster, at the age of 19?
 * ... that Tsholofelo Thipe, who represented South Africa in the 400 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, failed drug tests in 2012 due to her contraceptive?
 * ... that Dr. Fred Conklin received the Legion of Merit for setting up a mobile hospital in New Caledonia and later presented a medal to John F. Kennedy for heroism on the PT 109?
 * ... that Sean Hughes MP got Scottish MPs to give him their free tickets to the 1986 English FA Cup Final so his constituents could watch the Everton–Liverpool Merseyside derby?
 * ... that Pulney Andy was the first Indian to receive a British medical degree when he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of St. Andrews in 1860?