Richard Desmond

Richard Clive Desmond is a British publisher, businessman, and former pornographer. According to the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 107th richest person in the United Kingdom. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, a publisher known for running The Health Lottery and for having owned a variety of pornographic titles and of celebrity magazines, Britain's Channel 5, pornographic television network Portland, and Express Newspapers.

8 December 1951

Born on the same birth date (8 December 1951): Bill Bryson • Jan Eggum

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Born in the same month (December 1951): Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven • Aykut Barka • Chris Jasper • Ernesto Zedillo • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster • Jim Brewer (basketball) • Johnny Rodriguez • Lasse Bengtsson • Mike Flanagan (baseball) • Morgan Brittany • Nick Rose (runner) • Ray Candy • Robben Ford • Steve Perryman • Yvonne Elliman