Hardcastle

Article summary

Hardcastle is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: *The Hardcastle family, principal characters in Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer *Alex Hardcastle (born 1972), British television director and producer *Bill Hardcastle (1874–1944), New Zealand-Australian rugby player *Daniel Hardcastle (born 1989), British YouTuber *Diana Hardcastle (born 1949), British actress *Douglas Hardcastle (1886–1915), English footballer *Edgar Hardcastle (1900–1995), British theorist of Marxist economics *Edward Hardcastle (1826–1905), British businessman and Conservative politician *Ernest Hardcastle (1898–1973), English military aviator *Frances Hardcastle (1866–1941), English mathematician *Frank Hardcastle (1844–1908), British industrialist and Conservative politician *Joseph Hardcastle (disambiguation), several people *Leslie Hardcastle (1926–2023), British arts administrator, later controller of the British Film Institute *May Hardcastle (1913–2002), Australian tennis player *Michael Hardcastle (1933–2019), British author of children's sports fiction *Paul Hardcastle (born 1957), British composer and radio presenter *Rick Hardcastle (born 1956), Texas politician *Sally Hardcastle (1945–2014), British journalist and radio presenter *Sarah Hardcastle (born 1969), English swimmer *Sexton Hardcastle, ring name of pro wrestler Adam Copeland (born 1973) *Sony…

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1972 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275681644