English motor industry executive (1928–2012)
John Attenborough
Born
John Michael Attenborough
(1928-01-01 ) 1 January 1928
Isleworth , Middlesex , England
Died
9 November 2012(2012-11-09) (aged 84)
Poole , Dorset , England
Alma mater
Clare College, Cambridge
Occupations
Executive
financial advisor
Spouse
Janet Cleverdon
(
m. 1956)
Children
2
Father
Frederick Attenborough
Relatives
Richard Attenborough (brother)
David Attenborough (brother)
Sheila Sim (sister-in-law)
Michael Attenborough (nephew)
Jane Attenborough (niece)
Charlotte Attenborough (niece)
Tom Attenborough (great-nephew)
Will Attenborough (great-nephew)
John Michael Attenborough (; 1 January 1928 – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial adviser.[ 1] He was the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough , and the naturalist Sir David Attenborough .[ 2]
Early life
Attenborough was born on 1 January 1928 in Isleworth . Like his brothers, he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester .[ 3] After National Service , he studied modern languages at Clare College, Cambridge .[ 2] [ 3]
Career
He worked in the motor trade and became a managing director of Mann Egerton , heading their Rolls-Royce division in Berkeley Street . He then became the head of the British operations of Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo . He finally ran a distribution business for motor cars in Dorset before retiring from the motor trade and becoming a financial adviser .[ 4]
Death
He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and died at his home in Poole , Dorset , on 9 November 2012, aged 84.[ 3]
References
Richard Attenborough
Films directed
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Young Winston (1972)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Magic (1978)
Gandhi (1982)
A Chorus Line (1985)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Chaplin (1992)
Shadowlands (1993)
In Love and War (1996)
Grey Owl (1999)
Closing the Ring (2007)
Family
Sheila Sim (wife)
Michael Attenborough (son)
Jane Attenborough (daughter)
Charlotte Attenborough (daughter)
Frederick Attenborough (father)
David Attenborough (brother)
John Attenborough (brother)
Tom Attenborough (grandson)
Will Attenborough (grandson)
David Attenborough
filmography
things named after
The Life series
Life on Earth (1979)
The Living Planet (1984)
The Trials of Life (1990)
Life in the Freezer (1993)
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
The Life of Birds (1998)
The Life of Mammals (2002)
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
Life in Cold Blood (2008)
The Planet series
The Blue Planet (2001)
Planet Earth (2006)
Frozen Planet (2011)
Planet Earth II (2016)
Blue Planet II (2017)
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
The Green Planet (2022)
Frozen Planet II (2022)
Planet Earth III (2023)
Blue Planet III (2026)
Other BBC series
and programmes
Series
Zoo Quest (1954–63)
The People of Paradise (1960)
The World About Us (1967–86)
The Miracle of Bali (1969)
The Tribal Eye (1975)
Wildlife on One (1977–2005)
Natural World (episodes ) (1984–2019)
The First Eden (1987)
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
BBC Wildlife Specials (1995–2008)
State of the Planet (2000)
Nature's Great Events (2009)
Life (2009)
First Life (2010)
Madagascar (2011)
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
Africa (2013)
Life Story (2014)
The Hunt (2015)
Great Barrier Reef (2015–16)
Dynasties (2018)
A Perfect Planet (2021)
Life in Colour (2021)
Dynasties II (2022)
Wild Isles (2023)
Asia (2024)
Parenthood (2025)
Kingdom (2025)
Secret Garden (2026)
One-off
programmes
A Blank on the Map (1971)
Attenborough in Paradise (1996)
The Song of the Earth (2000)
The Lost Gods of Easter Island (2000)
Life on Air (2002)
The Amber Time Machine (2004)
Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)
Attenborough and the Giant Egg (2011)
Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (2016)
Life That Glows (2016)
Climate Change – The Facts (2019)
Extinction: The Facts (2020)
The Year Earth Changed (2021)
Dinosaurs: The Final Day (2022)
Other networks
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (episodes ) (2013–17)
When Björk Met Attenborough (2013)
Our Planet (2019)
Wild Karnataka (2019)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Breaking Boundaries (2021)
The Year Earth Changed (2021)
Prehistoric Planet (2022–23)
Our Planet II (2023)
3D programmes
and films
Flying Monsters 3D (2010)
The Penguin King (2011)
Kingdom of Plants (2012)
Galapagos 3D (2013)
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D (2015)
Radio
David Attenborough's Life Stories (2009–11)
Tweet of the Day (2013–14)
Books
Life on Air (2002)
A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Family
Frederick Attenborough (father)
Richard Attenborough (brother)
John Attenborough (brother)
Michael Attenborough (nephew)
Jane Attenborough (niece)
Charlotte Attenborough (niece)
Tom Attenborough (great nephew)
Will Attenborough (great nephew)