BBC held a poll earlier in the year. The objective, to find the 100 greatest Britons.
The top 100, in alphabetical order
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Alfred the Great Julie Andrews King Arthur David Attenborough Jane Austen Charles Babbage Lord Baden Powell Douglas Bader Neville Barnes Wallis David Beckham Alexander Graham Bell Tony Benn Tim Berners Lee Aneurin Bevan Tony Blair William Blake William Booth Boudicca David Bowie Richard Branson Robert the Bruce Isambard Kingdom Brunel Richard Burton Donald Campbell William Caxton Charlie Chaplin Geoffrey Chaucer Leonard Cheshire Winston Churchill James Connolly Captain James Cook Michael Crawford Oliver Cromwell Aleister Crowley Charles Darwin Diana, Princess of Wales Charles Dickens Francis Drake King Edward I Edward Elgar Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Michael Faraday Guy Fawkes Alexander Fleming Bob Geldof Owain Glyndwr George Harrison John Harrison Stephen Hawking King Henry II King Henry V King Henry VIII Paul Hewson (Bono) Edward Jenner TE Lawrence |
John Lennon David Livingstone David Lloyd George John Logie Baird John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) James Clerk Maxwell Paul McCartney Freddie Mercury Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery Bobby Moore Thomas More Eric Morecambe Admiral Horatio Nelson Isaac Newton Florence Nightingale George O’Dowd (Boy George) Thomas Paine Emmeline Pankhurst John Peel Enoch Powell Walter Raleigh Steve Redgrave King Richard III Cliff Richard JK Rowling Robert Falcon Scott Ernest Shackleton William Shakespeare George Stephenson Marie Stopes Margaret Thatcher William Tindale JRR Tolkien Alan Turing Unknown soldier Queen Victoria William Wallace James Watt Duke of Wellington John Wesley Frank Whittle William Wilberforce Robbie Williams Ten who missed out Roger Bannister Emily Bronte Robert Burns Prince Charles John Constable John Keats Mary, Queen of Scots Laurence Olivier Lord Reith JMW Turner |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2209468.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,778652,00.html
