Jeremy Leggett is a British green-energy entrepreneur, author and activist who is founder and chairman of Solarcentury, the UK?s largest independent solar electric company, founder and chairman of the charity SolarAid and Chairman of the Carbon Tracker Initiative. He is the author of four books spanning energy, climate change, and oil depletion. Leggett advocates embracing renewable energy and a rapid managed withdrawal from fossil fuels in the media and is a contributor to the Financial Times and the Guardian. He has been described in the Guardian as ?Britain?s most respected green energy boss." [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1954 in (Age 70)