A RETIRED St Albans headteacher features among famous names in the newly-published edition of Who's Who.

The biographies of the most influential people in the world including US President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela are published in the book so it is an accolade for Sue Dunkerley to be alongside the likes of Brad Pitt and Ricky Gervais.

In her Who's Who entry Mrs Dunkerley confirms that for 11 years, from 1998 until she retired in the summer, she was head of Wheathampstead House at St Albans High School for Girls.

The mother-of-two also lists her interests as textile art, scrap-booking and choral singing.

Mrs Dunkerley's entry is only 13 lines long - however, it is the same number as President Obama's entry and just two more than Nelson Mandela's.