James May

James May is a television presenter and journalist best known as the co-presenter of the popular motoring show Top Gear from 2003 to 2015. He also co-presented the BBC television program Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure from 2006 to 2007. Outside television, he worked as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph. From 2003 to 2011, he wrote a weekly column on the paper’s motoring section.

In the early 1980s, he worked with the British automobile magazine Autocar and several other publications. His career as a television presenter came in 1999, when he landed the job of co-presenting the original Top Gear series.

He started a romantic relationship with Sarah Frater in 2000.

He ate rotten shark and animal penises on the show The F Word.

James May is a famous English journalist and television host, who was born on January 16, 1963. As a person born on this date, James May is listed in our database as the 5th most popular celebrity for the day (January 16) and the 15th most popular for the year (1963).

People born on January 16 fall under the Zodiac sign of Capricorn, the Sea Goat. James May is the 113th most popular Capricorn.

Aside from information specific to James May's birthday, James May is the 113th most famous English and ranks 1st in famous people born in Bristol, England, UK.

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