POLITICS AND HISTORY
CINEMA
MUSIC
LITERAUTRE
OTHER AREAS
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an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, naval officer, and politician, who is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 + awarded a knighthood in 1581 by Elizabeth I
Francis Drake
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an English actor and producer best known for playing Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series during his adolescence and early adulthood
Daniel Radcliffe
100
a British singer, songwriter, actress, model, and activist who achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music
Leona Lewis
100
an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, his proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science
Charles Darwin
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a British politician and stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990, she was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office + nicknamed the "Iron Lady"
Margaret Thatcher
100
an English actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor inn 2010 by portrayaing King George VI in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech + appeared in films such as Kingsman, Bridget Jones's Diary, The English Patient
Colin Firth
100
an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer who gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles + his songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history
Paul McCartney
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The creator of the fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes who refers to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories and is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
100
an English former professional footballer, who played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team + is married to one of the singers from Spice Girls
David Beckham
100
the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087 who came from Normandy and launched the Norman conquest of England bringing French words into the English language
William the Conqueror
100
an English actor and film producer, who makes romantic movies, such as Notting Hill and Love Actually
Hugh Grant
100
an English singer, songwriter, pianist, composer and one of the best-selling music artists of all time + has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s + wears funny glasses and wigs
Elton John
100
an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
100
an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death
Stephen Hawking
100
a British statesman, army officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955
Sir Winston Churchill
100
an English actress who is particularly known for her work in period dramas, and often portrays angst-ridden women + she is the recipient of various accolades, including three British Academy Film Awards, and is among the few performers to have won Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Awards + she appeared next to Leonardo Dicaprio in the film "Titanic"
Kate Winslet
100
an English singer and songwriter known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz + plagued by drug and alcohol addiction, she died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27
Amy Winehouse
100
an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816)
Jane Austen
100
a British chef and restaurateur known for his approachable cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants + he opened a campaign, Feed Me Better, to introduce schoolchildren to healthier foods, which was later backed by the government
Jamie Oliver
100
King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547 who is best known for his six marriages, and, in particular, his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled + separated the Church of England from papal authority
Henry VIII
100
an English actor best known for portraying James Bond in the eponymous film series, beginning with Casino Royale (2006), which brought him international fame
Daniel Craig
100
an English singer-songwriter and entertaine who found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, but achieved greater commercial success with his solo career, beginning in 1996, his famous songs include "Angel" or "Cnady"
Robbie Williams
100
an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher ...
Mary Shelley
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a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director, active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique
Banksy
