Eddie Izzard – Wikipedia

Early life. Edward John Izzard was born in Aden (then in Aden Colony and now in Yemen) on 7 February 1962, the child of English parents Dorothy Ella Izzard (1927–1968) and Harold John Michael Izzard (1928–2018). Her surname is of French Huguenot origin. Her mother was a midwife and nurse, while her father was an accountant who was working in Aden for British Petroleum at the time of her birth.

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