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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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