Billy Connolly
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11/23/1942
Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow in 2001. |
| Dropped out of school at age 15. |
| Nicknamed "The Big Yin." |
| Longtime supporter of the Glasgow Celtic Football Club. |
| Became a welder after a five-year apprenticeship and had landed a job building an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria. |
| In 1975, he had a No. 1 song in the UK called "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." |
| Formed a folk band in 1965 called The Humblebums. |
