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King William I The Conqueror 1028-1087

William I the Conqueror also known as William the Bastard - Duke of Normandy since 1035 under the name William II, King of England since 1066, organizer and leader of the Norman conquest of England, one of the largest political figures in Europe of the XI century.

Guy Fox 1570-1606

An English Catholic nobleman, born in York, the most famous participant in the Gunpowder plot against the English and Scottish King James I in 1605. In 2002, Fox was ranked thirtieth in the BBC's "100 Greatest Britons" poll.

James Cook

1728-1779

James Cook, (born October 27, 1728, Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England—died February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii), British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada (1759 and 1763–67) and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand.

Horatio Nelson 1758-1805

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte [a] KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

American statesman and politician, the 16th President of the United States and the first from the Republican Party, a national hero of the American people. He grew up in a poor farmer's family.

An American lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.

Queen Victoria 1819-1901

Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death. Empress of India since May 1, 1876. Victoria was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III.

Florence Nightingale 1820-1910

Florence Nightingale is a philanthropist, reformer and creator of modern nursing. Florence is an aristocrat who left the bohemian world for medicine to help ordinary people.

Nightingale became widely known for writing textbooks for nurses, as well as charity. Her name has become a household name for a kind and selfless person.

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919

26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government in support of the public interest in conflicts between big business and labour and steered the nation toward an active role in world politics, particularly in Europe and Asia.

Representative of the Republican Party, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

Evangeline Booth 1865-1950

Evangeline Cory Booth, OF (December 25, 1865 – July 17, 1950) was a British evangelist and the 4th General of The Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. She was the first woman to hold the post. She was born in South Hackney, London, England, the seventh of eight children born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, who had earlier in the year founded The Christian Mission, which became The Salvation Army in 1878. Catherine Booth had recently read Uncle Tom's Cabin and wanted to name her baby 'Evangeline...  

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1874-1965

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies.

Journalist, writer, artist, honorary member of the British Academy, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Amy Johnson 1903-1941

A female pilot of Great Britain, the first woman in the world to make a single flight from England to Australia. Participant of the world's first one-day flight from London to Moscow and the Macrobertson Prize car race. She was married to the Scottish pilot James Allan Mollison. Amy Johnson died in a plane crash during World War II.

Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013

British statesman and politician. Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1979-1990, leader of the Conservative Party in 1975-1990, Baroness since 1992. The first woman to hold this post, as well as the first woman to become Prime Minister of a European state. Thatcher's premiership was the longest in the XX century. Having received the nickname "iron Lady" for her harsh criticism of the Soviet leadership, she implemented a number of conservative measures that became part of the policy of so-called "Thatcherism".

Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth. Realms from the Windsor dynasty, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Great Britain, Supreme Ruler of the Church of England, head of the Commonwealth of Nations from February 6, 1952 until his death on September 8, 2022. At the time of her death, she was the monarch in fourteen independent states besides Great Britain: Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Jamaica; during her life, she was the queen of 17 other states, which subsequently abandoned the monarchy.