THE SAINT

Some iconic English "Georges" (fact or fiction, past or present, living or dead) for St George's Day. Each one represents something quintessentially English.

Pictured above: George Sanders (1906-72), actor. Sanders was born in St Petersburg, Russia of English parents. While he was a child the family returned to Britain with the advent of the Russian Revolution. His most famous movie role was as Simon Templar - "The Saint". How much more appropriate could we get today? Sanders was honoured with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for Motion Pictures at 1636 Vine St, and for Television at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. Appropriate, again, since the Leicester Walk of Fame is being dedicated this weekend.

GEORGIE FAME

Some iconic English "Georges" (fact or fiction, past or present, living or dead) for St George's Day. Each one represents something quintessentially English.

Pictured above: Georgie Fame (b. Clive Powell, 1943), rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. Fame's version of the song "Yeh Yeh", released January 1965, spent two weeks at number one on the UK singles chart. "Get Away", released July 1966, was also a number one hit single. Fame's greatest chart success was "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, and No.7 in the United States. Both "Yeh Yeh" and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs.

Highly appropriate to have Georgie Fame here, since, as well as being the weekend-long St George's Day Festival, this weekend also sees the unveiling of the Leicester Walk of Fame in the city's Cultural Quarter.