David Attenborough was born in 1926 and was brought up in Leicester.
Sir David Attenborough has been a broadcaster for many years - he is famous for his landmark natural history series on the BBC.
Attenborough won a scholarship to Cambridge in 1945.
Attenborough studied zoology at Cambridge and in 1954 he made his first journey to West Africa to film animals.
He then made annual trips.
He was appointed controller of BBC2 in 1965.
Sir David Attenborough's numerous awards include a Bafta Fellowship lifetime achievement award in 1980.
In 2009, Sir David Attenborough won the Bafta for best specialist factual programme for Life in Cold Blood.
It was 48 years after Sir David Attenborough had received his first Bafta.
