People

Lists

Top 10 Great Britons
*As voted by the British Public in 2002
100 Most Influential Figures in American History
*Selected by The Atlantic magazine in 2006

Scientists

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879)
Charles Darwin (1809 – 1892)

Politicians

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013)
Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)

Kings, Queens, and Royalty

King Cnut (c. 985 – 1035)Edward VIII (1894 – 1972)
Henry VIII (1491 – 1547)

Engineers

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 – 1859)

Writers

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)Jane Austen (1775 – 1817)

Musicians and Singers

John Lennon (1940 – 1980)Kurt Cobain (1967 – 1994)
Jimi Hendrix (1942 – 1970)

Sports Figures

Mohammad Ali (1942 – 2016 )Stephen Hendry (1969 – )
Michael Jordan (1963 – )

Magicians

Harry Houdini (1874 – 1926)