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Beyonce KnOWLESCArTEr, 36. The American singer- songwriter (right), who gave birth to twins rumi and Sir in June, helped popularise the word bootylicious, thanks to a single of that name she sang with Destiny’s Child. It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004. She also has a species of horsefly named after her, Scaptia beyonceae, due to the unique golden hairs on its abdomen. researchers who discovered and named it in 2012 described it as the ‘all-time diva of flies’. DAVID renwick, 66. The Bafta-winning television writer from Luton, Bedfordshire, is the author of TV’s comedy- drama Jonathan Creek and sitcom One Foot In The Grave. Inspiration for Creek, who creates stunts for a stage magician, came from his childhood as his father took him to a magic festival every year.