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Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

British statesman, army officer and writer. Born in Blenheim, Oxfordshire (Yousuf Karsh, Wikimedia Commons)

Queen Elizabeth II

(UK Open Government Licence v3.0)

Charles, Prince of Wales

Born in London in 1948. (Jose Dias, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

Diana, Princess of Wales

(John Matthew Smith, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

(Frankie Fouganthin, Wikimedia CCA 4.0)

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Born in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1982 (Northern Ireland Office, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Born in London in 1984. (Dutch Ministry of Defence, OTRS)

David Bowie (1947-2016)

English singer, songwriter and actor. Born in London. (Adam Bielawski, Wikimedia CCA 3.0)

Michael Crawford

English actor, comedian and singer. Born in Salisbury in 1942 (Eva Rinaldi, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

Sir David Attenborough

English broadcaster and natural historian. Born in Isleworth, Middlesex in 1926. (John Cairns, Wikimedia CCA 4.0)

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)

Baroness Thatcher was the first woman to become British Prime Minister. Longest serving British prime minister in the 20th century.. Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. (Margaret Thatcher Foundation, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Richard Branson

Founder of the Virgin Group including Virgin Airlines and Virgin Galactic. Born in London in 1950. (Chatham House, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

John Lennon (1940-1980)

English singer, songwriter and peace activist. Founder of the Beatles. (Joost Evers Anefo, Wikimmedia Commons)

Sir Paul McCartney

Singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Born in Liverpool in 1942 (Raph PH, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

George Harrison (1943-2001)

Musician, singer and songwriter. Member of the Beatles. Born in Liverpool, England (David Hume Kennerly, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Richard Starkley (Ringo Starr)

English musician, singer, songwriter. Drummer for the Beatles. Born in Liverpool in 1940. (dearMoon, Wikimedia CCA 3.0)

Sir Steven Redgrave

British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire in 1962. (Phil Guest, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling. British writer, philanthropist and film producer. Author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. Born in 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England (Daniel Ogren, Wikimedia CCA 2.0)

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)

Physician and microbiologist who discovered the enzyme leader to pencillin. Born in Darvel, (Scotland Imperial War Museum, Wikimedia Commons)

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996)

Royal Air Force Officer who Invented the turbojet engine. Born in Coventry, England (Imperial War Museum, Wikimedia Commons)

Stephen Hawking (1942-2019)

Theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author. Born in Oxford. (NASA Wikimedia Commons)

T.E. Lawrence (1888 1935) Known as Lawrence of Arabia Soldier and author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom Born in Tremadog Wales WC

Thomas Edward Lawrence. Known as Lawrence of Arabia .Soldier and author of “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.” Born in Tremadog, Wales Wikimedia Commons)

Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979)

British Royal Navy officer and statesman. First governor general of independent India. Born in Berkshire, (Allan_Warren, Wikimedia .CCA 3.0)

General Sir Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976)

Commanded the British Eighth Army in North Africa and Sicily during World War II. Born in Kennington, Surrey, England (Imperial War Museum, Wikimedia Commons)

Alan Turing (1912-1954)

English mathematician, computer scientist and cryptanalyst. Born in London. (Wikimedia Commons)

Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960)

Welsh Labour Party politicaian who spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Born in Tredegar, Wales (Howard Coster, Wikimedia Commons)

John Ronald Tolkien (1892-1973)

English writer poet and academic. Author of “The Lord of the Rings.” Born in South Africa. (Wikimedia Commons)

Sir CharlesSpencer Chaplin (1889-1977)

English comic actor and film maker. Born in London. (Strauss-Peyton Studio, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Physician and writer Author of the “Sherlock Holmes” stories. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland (Arnold Genthe, Wikimedia Commons)

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Naturalist. Originator of the theory of evolution through he tnatural selection of species. Born in Shrewbury, England (Wikimedia Commons)

David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Scottish physician and Christian missionary.. Explorer in East Africa. (Thomas Annan, Wikimedia Commons)

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

English novelist and author of “David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities.” Born in Landport, Hamphshire.(Jeremiah Gurney, Wikimedia Commons)

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Organized the UK suffragette movement helping women win the right to vote. Born in Manchester (Matzene, Wikimedia Commons)

Lord Robert Baden Powell

British Army officer, writer and founder of the Scout Movement. Born in London. (Francis Henry Hart, Wikimedia Commons)

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

English scientist who contributed to the study of elecgromagnetism. Born in Newington Butts (Thomas Phillips (Wikimedia Commons)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

English general and statesman who led the Parliament of England’s armies against King Charles I during the English Civil War. (Samuel Cooper, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)

Led 3 British expeditions to the Antarctic. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland (Wikimedia Commons)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Her reign of 63 years during the Victorian era was longer than that of any of her predecessors. Born in London. (Bassano, Wikimedia Commons)

Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

Defeated the Spanish navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England .(Lemuel Francis Abbott, Wikimedia Commons)

Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Playwright and poet. Born in Stratford upon Avon. (John Taylor, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

British statesman and military leader. Defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Born in Dublin (Apsley House ,Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)

English naval officer and explorer. Circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition from 1577 to 1580. Born in Tavistock, Devon, England (Marcus Gheeraerts, Wikimedia Commons)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

Playwright and poet. Author of “Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.” Born in Stratford-upon-Avon. (John Taylor, Wikimedia Commons)

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

The last of the five monarchs of the House of Tutor. Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. Born in Greenwich, England (Wikimedia Commons)

King Henry VIII (1491-1547)

Married 6 times. Church of England separated from.the Pope. Born in Greenwich, Kent (Hans Holbein the Younger, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Walter Ralegh (1552-1618)

Tried to establish a colony in Virginia but never went there himself. Led an expedition to Venezuela. Popularized tobacco smoking in England. Born in Devon, England (Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Born in Kensington, Middlesex. (Godfrey Kneller, Wikimedia Commons)

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

English lawyer, social philosopher and author. Patron saint of statesmen and politicians. Born in London (Hans Holbein the Younger, Wikimedia Commons)

Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

English-born American political activist during the American Revolution . Born in Thetfor, Norfolk (Laurent Dabos, Wikimedia Commons)

William Blake (1757-1827)

Poet, painter, printmaker. Born in London (Thomas Phillips, Wikimedia Commons)

William Tyndale (1494-1536)

English scholar who translated the Bible into English. Leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. Born in Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire (Foxes Book of Martyrs, Wikimedia Commons)

William Wilberforce (1759-1833)

British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England. (Anton Hickel, Wikimedia Commons)

Captain James Cook (1728-1779)

British explorer. First recorded European contact with Australia. Born in Marlon, Yorkshire (Nathaniel Dance Holland, Wikimedia Commons)

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic. Born in Plymouth, England. (Henry Maull, Wikimedia Commons)

Geoffrey Chaucer (1340s-1400)

English poet and author of “The Canterbury Tales .”Born in London. (Wikimedia Commons)