Monarchs of England
Prime ministers
Literary figures
Scientists and Inventors
Explores and Adventures
100

Who was known as the Virgin Queen

Elizabeth 1

100

who was leader during WWII

Winston Churchill

100

The author of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet

William Shakespeare

100

He formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation

Who is Sir Isaac Newton

100

This explorer claimed Australia for Britain

James Cook

200

who was the monarch while world war 2

King George VI

200

The first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister in the UK

Margaret Thatcher

200

This Victorian author wrote "A Christmas Carol" and "Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

200

Known for his theory of evolution by natural selection, presented in "On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

200

He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

Sir Francis Drake

300

This queen reigned over the British Empire for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901

Queen Victoria

300

Prime Minister known for his "New Labour" policies and leadership from 1997 to 2007

Tony Blair

300

Known for the poem "Paradise Lost," published in 1667

John Milton

300

This scientist discovered penicillin in 1928

Alexander Fleming

300

This explorer searched for the source of the Nile River

John Hanning Speke

400

This king's abdication in 1936 led to his brother George VI becoming king

King Edward VIII

400

The youngest Prime Minister in UK history, taking office at the age of 24

William Pitt the Younger

400

This author created the world of Middle-earth in "The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

400

Inventor of the telephone, granted a US patent for it in 1876

Alexander Graham Bell

400

This explorer is credited with discovering Newfoundland and claimed it for England in 1497.

John Cabot

500

Who was the monarch that was on the thorne the longest time

George III

500

who was prime minister in world war 1

David Lloyd George

500

The Brontë sister who wrote Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

500

This chemist is known as the father of modern chemistry and discovered several elements including oxygen

Joseph Priestley

500

The explorer who founded the first permanent English colony in America at Jamestown, Virginia

Captain John Smith