Person    | Male  Born 1/8/1938 

Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE

Categories: Commerce, Philanthropy

Countries: France

Textile manufacturer and philanthropist. His family fled from France after the Nazi occupation and he was naturalised as a British subject on 1 November 1948. In 1986 he merged his Nottingham Manufacturing Company with others to form Coats Viyella. He has founded many venues in Nottingham, including the Djanogly City Academy and the Djanogly Theatre.

Harry Djanogly was born on 1 August 1938 in France, a son of Simon Djanogly (1913-1980) and Geula Djanogly née Tchikvashvi (1918-2021). 

He married Carol Ann Gold (1945-2018) in the 1st quarter of 1964 in the Paddington registration district, London. They had three children: Johnathan Simon Djanogly (b.1965); Joanne Kate Djanogly (b.1967) and Simone Esther Djanogly (b.1967).

He was appointed as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List and created as a Knight in the 1993 New Year Honours List for charitable purposes.

His Wikipedia page gives much information about the man.

He and his wife are shown as 'Harry and Carol Djanogly' on The Bridge of Aspiration memorial in Floral Street, London, WC2.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.

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Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE

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Bridge of Aspiration

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