In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to discover the 100 Greatest Britons of all time. The poll resulted in some unlikely candidates including Guy Fawkes, Aleister Crowley, Boy George, and Robbie Williams. It also included two living Irish nationals (Bono and Bob Geldof) and James Connolly, the Irish nationalist who was executed by the British in 1916. The highest-placed Scottish entry was Alexander Fleming in 20th place, with the highest Welsh entry Owain Glyndwr in 23rd. The resulting series, Great Britons, included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Voters at the voting booths in the United States in 1945. ... Guy Fawkes Guido Fawkes (April 13, 1570—January 31, 1606), most commonly called Guy Fawkes and sometimes rendered as Faukes, who also used the pseudonym John Johnson, was a member of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to assassinate King James I and all the members of both... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a British occultist, mystic, writer, poet, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, drug addict, painter, mountain climber, and social critic. ... Boy George George Alan ODowd (born June 14, 1961), better known as Boy George, is a famous gay singer, musician, and DJ who gained a degree of fame with his group Culture Club in the 1980s. ... Album cover for Williams 2004 Greatest Hits Robert Peter Williams (born February 13, 1974 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a British pop singer. ... Bono Paul David Hewson (born May 10, 1960, Dublin, Ireland), nicknamed Bono Vox, stage name Bono, is the lead singer of the Irish rock band, U2. ... Robert Frederick Xenon Bob Geldof, KBE (born October 5, 1951 or 1954 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter and political activist. ... For the Olympic athlete, see James Connolly (athlete) James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish nationalist and Labour leader. ... Nationalism is an ethno-political ideology that sustains the concept of a nation-identity for an exclusive group of people. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Owain Glyndŵr, sometimes anglicised as Owen Glendower (1359–c. ...

Other editions

Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and South Africa all produced copies of the show locally. Germany ran it on ZDF and called it Unsere Besten (Our Best). The CBC ran The Greatest Canadian in 2004. KRO (part of Omroep) ran the De Grootste Nederlander [1] (http://www.degrootstenederlander.nl/start.php) (The Greatest Dutchman). The South African Broadcasting Corporation ran the Great South Africans. In Finland, YLE made a copycat called Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns)[2] (http://www.yle.fi/suuretsuomalaiset/). The US held one in May 2005 called The Greatest American [3] (http://tv.channel.aol.com/greatestamerican). France has a version of the show, called Le Plus Grand Français (The Greatest Frenchman) on France 2. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), loosely translated to Second German Television Service, is a public service German language television network based in Mainz. ... Unsere Besten (Our Best) was a television series shown in German public television (ZDF) in 2003. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television service. ... Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a project by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, to find who is the greatest ever Canadian. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Publieke Omroeps logo Publieke Omroep is the Dutch broadcasting company that is responsible for the Dutch TV Channels Nederland 1, Nederland 2 & Nederland 3. ... In 2004, the broadcasting company, KRO (Publieke Omroep) conducted a vote to discover the greatest Dutchmen/Dutchwomen of all time (De Grootste Nederlander). ... The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state owned broadcaster in South Africa, and was for many years the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. ... Top 100 Great South Africans In September 2004, thousands of South Africans took part in an informal nationwide poll to determine the 100 Greatest South Africans of all time. ... Yleisradio (YLE), or the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is a national publicly-funded radio and television broadcaster based in Finland, it was founded in 1926. ... The term copycat (also written as copy-cat or copy cat) refers to the tendency of humans to duplicate the behavior of others, as expressed in the saying, monkey see, monkey do. ... Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns) is a Finnish copycat-version of the 100 Greatest Britons programme on the BBC. Made by the national broadcaster YLE over October to December 2004. ... The Greatest American is a public vote, modeled after the 100 Greatest Britons competition, in which citizens of the United States are being asked to nominate, and then later vote for, the Greatest American. The competition is being conducted by AOL and the Discovery Channel. ... Le Plus Grand Français de tous les temps (The Greatest Frenchman of all Time) was a France 2 program broadcast during early 2005! It was based on the original series Great Britons on the BBC. The show asked the French viewers who they thought was the Greatest Frenchman or Frenchwoman. ...

See also: Greatest Britons spin-offs

The Greatest Britons List

Due to the nature of the poll used to select and rank the Britons, the results are of dubious statistical quality. They are as follows:

1. Sir Winston Churchill
2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Diana, Princess of Wales
4. Charles Darwin
5. William Shakespeare
6. Sir Isaac Newton
7. Queen Elizabeth I
8. John Lennon
9. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
10. Oliver Cromwell
11. Ernest Shackleton
12. Captain James Cook
13. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
14. King Alfred the Great
15. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
16. Margaret, Baroness Thatcher
17. Michael Crawford
18. Queen Victoria
19. Sir Paul McCartney
20. Sir Alexander Fleming
21. Alan Turing
22. Michael Faraday
23. Owain Glyndwr
24. Queen Elizabeth II
25. Professor Stephen Hawking
26. William Tyndale
27. Emmeline Pankhurst
28. William Wilberforce
29. David Bowie
30. Guy Fawkes
31. Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire of Woodall
32. Eric Morecambe
33. David Beckham
34. Thomas Paine
35. Boudicca
36. Sir Steve Redgrave
37. Sir Thomas More
38. William Blake
39. John Harrison
40. King Henry VIII
41. Charles Dickens
42. Sir Frank Whittle
43. John Peel
44. John Logie Baird
45. Aneurin Bevan
46. Boy George
47. Sir Douglas Bader
48. Sir William Wallace
49. Sir Francis Drake
50. John Wesley
51. King Arthur
52. Florence Nightingale
53. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
54. Sir Robert Falcon Scott
55. Enoch Powell
56. Sir Cliff Richard
57. Sir Alexander Graham Bell
58. Freddie Mercury
59. Dame Julie Andrews
60. Sir Edward Elgar
61. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
62. George Harrison
63. Sir David Attenborough
64. James Connolly
65. George Stephenson
66. Sir Charlie Chaplin
67. Tony Blair
68. William Caxton
69. Bobby Moore
70. Jane Austen
71. William Booth
72. King Henry V
73. Aleister Crowley
74. King Robert the Bruce
75. Bob Geldof
76. The Unknown Warrior
77. Robbie Williams
78. Edward Jenner
79. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George
80. Charles Babbage
81. Geoffrey Chaucer
82. King Richard III
83. J.K. Rowling
84. James Watt
85. Sir Richard Branson
86. Bono
87. John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)
88. Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
89. Donald Campbell
90. King Henry II
91. James Clerk Maxwell
92. J.R.R. Tolkien
93. Sir Walter Raleigh
94. King Edward I
95. Sir Barnes Wallis
96. Richard Burton
97. Tony Benn
98. David Livingstone
99. Sir Tim Berners-Lee
100. Marie Stopes

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MARGARET THATCHER IS A WAR CRIMINAL. ARREST HER IMMEDIATELY. ... Michael Crawford as the Phantom of the Opera, wearing the now famous half-mask, in the 1986 musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber. ... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, née Hanover) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... Paul McCartney, as photographed by John Kelley for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). Sir James Paul McCartney, KBE, MBE (born June 18, 1942), better known as Paul McCartney, is a British musician, composer, and producer, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum. ... Alan Turing, often considered the father of modern computer science. ... 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William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 - 29 July 1833) was an English parliamentarian and leader of the campaign against the slave trade. ... David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. ... Guy Fawkes Guido Fawkes (April 13, 1570—January 31, 1606), most commonly called Guy Fawkes and sometimes rendered as Faukes, who also used the pseudonym John Johnson, was a member of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to assassinate King James I and all the members of both... Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire VC OM DSO and 2 Bars DFC (September 7, 1917 - July 31, 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that... 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Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave, or more commonly Steve Redgrave (born 23 March 1962 in Marlow, England), is a British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. ... Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478–6 July 1535), posthumously known also as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, writer, and politician. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker, or Author & Printer, as he signed many of his books. ... For the recipients of the Victoria Cross, see either John Harrison (VC 1857) or John Harrison (VC 1917) See also the author M. John Harrison; John Harrison Mayor of North Tyneside John Harrison. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Charles Dickens used his rich imagination, sense of humour and detailed memories, particularly of his childhood, to enliven his fiction. ... Sir Frank Whittle (June 1, 1907 - August 9, 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine in England while Hans von Ohain was inventing the same in Germany. ... John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey and radio presenter. ... John Logie Baird (August 14, 1888 – June 14, 1946) was a Scottish engineer, who is best known for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. ... Aneurin Bevan, usually known as Nye Bevan (November 15, 1897–July 6, 1960) was a Welsh Labour politician regarded as a hero of the left, primarily for his formation of the National Health Service. ... Boy George George Alan ODowd (born June 14, 1961), better known as Boy George, is a famous gay singer, musician, and DJ who gained a degree of fame with his group Culture Club in the 1980s. ... Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (February 10, 1910 (St Johns Wood, London) - September 5, 1982), was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. ... Sir William Wallace (c. ... Sir Francis Drake, c. ... John Wesley was an 18th century preacher and the founder of the Methodist denomination of Protestant Christianity. ... King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... A young Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was the pioneer of modern nursing. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or Al-Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... Captain Sir Robert Falcon Scott (June 6, 1868 - March 29, 1912) was a British Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. ... Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998), British politician. ... Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb in Lucknow, India, on October 14, 1940) is the stage name of one of the UKs most popular singers. ... Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847–August 2, 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and founder of the Bell Telephone Company, known as the father of the telephone. ... Freddie Mercury - Live at Wembley 1986 Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991) was a singer and the lead vocalist of the British Rock band Queen. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music. ... Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, Worcestershire, to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Windsor, née Bowes-Lyon) (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. ... George Harrison MBE (February 24, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British songwriter, musician and film producer best known as a member of the Beatles. ... Attenborough with a pair of albatrosses in the series Life in the Freezer Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, born May 8, 1926 in London, (the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough), is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries... For the Olympic athlete, see James Connolly (athlete) James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish nationalist and Labour leader. ... George Stephenson. ... Chaplin in his costume as The Tramp Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema, and later also a notable director. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... William Caxton (c. ... Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea Bobby Moore, OBE (April 12, 1941 - February 24, 1993) was an English footballer whose place in footballing history is secure as the captain of West Ham and the English 1966 World Cup-winning team. ... Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum) Jane Austen (December 16, 1775–July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. ... William Booth Statue of Booth outside the Salvation Army headquarters in London General William Booth (April 10, 1829 - August 20, 1912) was a prominent Methodist evangelist and the founder of The Salvation Army. ... Henry V Henry V, (August 9 or September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422), King of England, son of Henry IV by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in September 1387. ... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a British occultist, mystic, writer, poet, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, drug addict, painter, mountain climber, and social critic. ... Robert I, King of Scots, usually known as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329, reigned 1306 – 1329), was, according to a modern biographer (Geoffrey Barrow), a great hero who lived in a minor country. ... Robert Frederick Xenon Bob Geldof, KBE (born October 5, 1951 or 1954 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter and political activist. ... The British tomb of The Unknown Warrior holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield during World War I. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, London on November 11, 1920, the earliest such tomb honoring the unknown dead of World War I. Even the battlefield the Warrior came... 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King Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was the King of England from 1483 until his death and the last king from the House of York. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... This article is about the Scottish engineer and inventor. ... Sir Richard Branson KBE (born July 18, 1950) a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations. ... Bono Paul David Hewson (born May 10, 1960, Dublin, Ireland), nicknamed Bono Vox, stage name Bono, is the lead singer of the Irish rock band, U2. ... John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ... Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (November 17, 1887 - March 24, 1976) was a British Army officer, most noted for his involvement in World War II and often referred to as Monty. ... Donald Malcolm Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. ... Henry II of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry II (March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189), ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland... 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Great Britons series

British game show host Anne Robinson hosted the ten Great Britons documentaries. Each show reviewed the life of one of the top ten Britons, concluding with a debate on the merits of each selected Briton, with another British celebrity supporting their "candidate": Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a British television presenter, most famous for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link. ...

The Right Honourable Marjorie Mo Mowlam (born September 18, 1949) is a British politician and served as a Labour MP. She was born in Watford but grew up in Coventry, attending the Coundon Court Comprehensive school, and then studied at the Universities of Durham and Iowa. ... Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960 in Doncaster) is a British motoring journalist and television presenter. ... Rosel Marie Boycott (born 1951), better known as Rosie Boycott, is a British journalist. ... Andrew Marr (born 31 July 1959) works as a British journalist and political commentator. ... Fiona Shaw (born 10 July 1958) is a leading Irish stage actress who regularly appears in London theatre. ... Tristram Hunt (born 1974) is a controversial British historian and broadcaster, who lectures at the University of London. ... Michael Portillo Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (born May 26, 1953) is a journalist and was a British Conservative politician. ... This article is about the actor. ... Professor Edward Richard Holmes CBE (born March 29, 1946) is a noted military historian, particularly well-known through his many television appearances. ...

See also

• 100 Worst Britons
• UK topics

In 2003, British TV station Channel 4 conducted a vote to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. ... Shortcut: UK topics This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• BBC Great Britons Website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons.shtml)
• BBC Great Britons book and links at National Portrait Gallery (http://www.npg.org.uk/live/greatbritop100.asp)
• 100 great British heroes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2208671.stm) - BBC News article, dated Wednesday, August 21, 2002 (contains the top 100, sorted alphabetically)
• BBC reveals 100 great British heroes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2208532.stm) - BBC News article, dated Thursday, August 22, 2002
• Ten greatest Britons chosen (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2341661.stm) - BBC News article, dated Sunday, October 20, 2002