Top 100 Great Britons [BBC, 2002]

Historical Heroes

Missing: * Cheshire, Leonard (#31) * Booth, William (#71) * Unknown Warrior (#76)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

39

1

Winston Churchill

World Leader

43.24% (16 of 37 votes)

96

2

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Craftsman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

3

Princess Diana Spencer

Royalty

52.22% (200 of 383 votes)

91

4

Charles Darwin

Scientist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

41

5

William Shakespeare

Playwright

36.00% (18 of 50 votes)

75

6

Isaac Newton

Scientist

0% (0 of 6 votes)

13

7

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

Monarch

77.78% (7 of 9 votes)

16

8

John Lennon

Vocalist

60.25% (535 of 888 votes)

85

9

Horatio Nelson

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 1 votes)

10

10

Oliver Cromwell

Military Personnel

100% (2 of 2 votes)

58

11

Ernest Shackleton

Explorer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

89

12

James Cook

Explorer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

86

13

Robert Baden-Powell

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

81

14

King Alfred

Monarch

0% (0 of 2 votes)

80

15

Arthur Wellesley

Royalty

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

16

Margaret Thatcher

World Leader

46.81% (44 of 94 votes)

93

17

Michael Crawford

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

18

Queen Victoria

Monarch

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

19

19

Paul McCartney

Vocalist

59.24% (375 of 633 votes)

77

20

Alexander Fleming

Scientist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

46

21

Alan Turing

Mathematician

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

84

22

Michael Faraday

Scientist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

67

23

Owain Glyndwr

Monarch

0% (0 of 0 votes)

22

24

Queen Elizabeth II Windsor

Monarch

57.96% (91 of 157 votes)

20

25

Stephen Hawking

Scientist

58.95% (112 of 190 votes)

68

26

William Tyndale

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 1 votes)

11

27

Emmeline Pankhurst

Advocate

100% (1 of 1 votes)

72

28

William Wilberforce

Advocate

0% (0 of 2 votes)

42

29

David Bowie

Vocalist

35.29% (12 of 34 votes)

33

30

Guy Fawkes

Military Personnel

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

66

32

Eric Morecambe

Comedian

0% (0 of 0 votes)

40

33

David Beckham

Soccer Player

42.01% (71 of 169 votes)

90

34

Thomas Paine

Philosopher

0% (0 of 1 votes)

76

35

Boudicca

Monarch

0% (0 of 1 votes)

4

36

Steve Redgrave

Athlete

100% (1 of 1 votes)

31

37

Thomas More

Philosopher

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

97

38

William Blake

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

39

John Harrison

Craftsman

100% (1 of 1 votes)

17

40

King Henry VIII

Monarch

60.22% (56 of 93 votes)

92

41

Charles Dickens

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

29

42

Frank Whittle

Inventor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

94

43

John Peel

Radio Personality

0% (0 of 0 votes)

32

44

John L. Baird

Inventor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

2

45

Aneurin Bevan

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

36

46

Boy George

Vocalist

48.00% (12 of 25 votes)

8

47

Douglas Bader

Aviator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

83

48

William Wallace

Patriot

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

49

Francis Drake

Explorer

100% (2 of 2 votes)

71

50

John Wesley

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 1 votes)

34

51

King Arthur

Monarch

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

51

52

Florence Nightingale

Nurse

31.51% (23 of 73 votes)

30

53

T.E. Lawrence

Military Personnel

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

5

54

Robert Falcon Scott

Explorer

100% (1 of 1 votes)

64

55

Enoch Powell

Politician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

88

56

Cliff Richard

Vocalist

0% (0 of 3 votes)

50

57

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor

31.68% (32 of 101 votes)

25

58

Freddie Mercury

Vocalist

51.90% (437 of 842 votes)

43

59

Julie Andrews

Actress

33.33% (19 of 57 votes)

44

60

Edward Elgar

Composer

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

18

61

Queen Mother Elizabeth II Windsor

Royalty

59.70% (40 of 67 votes)

26

62

George Harrison

Musician

51.76% (88 of 170 votes)

74

63

David Attenborough

TV Personality

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

64

James Connolly

Advocate

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

61

65

George Stephenson

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

54

66

Charlie Chaplin

Actor

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

27

67

Tony Blair

World Leader

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

59

68

William Caxton

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

69

Bobby Moore

Soccer Player

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

82

70

Jane Austen

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

52

72

King Henry V

Monarch

31.28% (56 of 179 votes)

56

73

Aleister Crowley

Astrologer

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

79

74

Robert the Bruce

Monarch

0% (0 of 1 votes)

53

75

Bob Geldof

Musician

30.36% (17 of 56 votes)

28

77

Robbie Williams

Vocalist

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

73

78

Edward Jenner

Doctor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

78

79

David Lloyd George

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

87

80

Charles Babbage

Mathematician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

57

81

Geoffrey Chaucer

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

48

82

King Richard III

Monarch

32.00% (72 of 225 votes)

21

83

J.K. Rowling

Author

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

95

84

James Watt

Craftsman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

85

Richard Branson

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

23

86

Bono

Vocalist

57.50% (46 of 80 votes)

45

87

John Lydon (Rotten)

Vocalist

33.33% (24 of 72 votes)

12

88

Bernard Law Montgomery

Military Personnel

100% (1 of 1 votes)

70

89

Donald Campbell

Athlete

0% (0 of 2 votes)

47

90

King Henry II

Monarch

32.34% (65 of 201 votes)

55

91

James Clerk Maxwell

Scientist

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

38

92

J.R.R. Tolkien

Author

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

7

93

Walter Raleigh

Explorer

100% (1 of 1 votes)

49

94

King Edward I Plantagenet

Monarch

32.00% (32 of 100 votes)

69

95

Barnes Wallis

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

60

96

Richard Burton

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

63

97

Tony Benn

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

98

David Livingstone

Explorer

100% (1 of 1 votes)

62

99

Tim Berners-Lee

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

65

100

Marie Stopes

Sex Researcher

0% (0 of 0 votes)