Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

male, deceased (1965) (United Kingdom)
World War II political leader, Time Magazine Person of the Year, orator, anti-communist, British, Légion d'honneur recipient…100GreatestBritons
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as...
John Lennon

John Lennon

male, deceased (1980)
The Beatles, English, singer, Songwriter, Murdered entertainer, From Liverpool…100GreatestBritons
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980), was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, singer,...
William Blake

William Blake

male, deceased (1827)
Romantic poet, Established church, 100GreatestBritons, visionary, Fantastic art, English poet
William Blake was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered...
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

male, deceased (1658)
Independent, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, political, member of parliament, Long (1640-49) Parliaments, Heads of state…100GreatestBritons
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and...
Alfred The Great

Alfred The Great

male, deceased (899)
Patron of literature, From wantage, Patrons of literature, From Oxfordshire, From berkshire, anglo-saxon…100GreatestBritons
Alfred (also "Ælfred" from the Old English: "Ælfrēd" //) (c. 849 - 26 October 899) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871...
Edward I of England

Edward I of England

male, deceased (1307)
Longshanks, edward the lawgiver, Hammer of the Scots, buried at Westminster Abbey, Anglo-Norman in Wales, 100GreatestBritons
Edward I, popularly known as Longshanks, also as "Edward the Lawgiver" because of his legal reforms, and as "Hammer of the Scots", achieved fame as...
Tristram Hunt

Tristram Hunt

male, 35 years old
channel 4, signature, Queen Mary, University of London, BBC Radio 4, Institute for Public Policy Research, New Labour…100GreatestBritons
Tristram Hunt (born 1974), is a British historian, broadcaster and newspaper columnist. He also lectures at Queen Mary, University of London. Hunt...
Henry V of England V of England

Henry V of England V of England

male, deceased (1422)
buried at Westminster Abbey, Pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France, 100GreatestBritons, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, from Monmouthshire, king of england
Henry V of England (16 September 1387 - 31 August 1422) was one of the great warrior kings of the Middle Ages. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, 16...
King Arthur Arthur

King Arthur Arthur

male, 1609 years old
monarch, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Thomas Mallory, Annales Cambriae, the once and future king, mabinogion…100GreatestBritons, Britons of the Southwest
King Arthur is an important figure in the legends of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship both in war and peace. He is...
Fanni Luukkonen

Fanni Luukkonen

female, deceased (1947)
Greatest Finn, Suojeluskunta, Greatest Finns, Order of the Cross of Liberty, Lotta Svärd, 100GreatestBritons
Fanni Luukkonen was the longtime leader of the Finnish Lotta Svärd, a voluntary auxiliary organisation for women. Fanni Luukkonen was chosen as t...