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Some of the BBC's "Greatest Britons"

In 2002 the BBC broadcast their list of 100 of the greatest Britons to have lived. The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history. Sentiment obviously played a great part in some of these selections. I mean, Boy George over Charlie Chaplin?
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
2
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
3
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
4
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
5
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
6
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I
7
John Lennon
John Lennon
8
Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson
9
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
10
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
11
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook
12
Robert Baden Powell
Robert Baden Powell
13
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
14
Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington
15
Margaret Thatcher, United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher, United Kingdom
16
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
17
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
18
Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Paul McCartney
19
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
20
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
21
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
22
Owain Glyndŵr
Owain Glyndŵr
23
Queen Elizabeth II 1952-
Queen Elizabeth II 1952-
24
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
25
William Tyndale
William Tyndale
26
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
27
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
28
David Bowie
David Bowie
29
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes
30
Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire
31
Eric Morcombe
Eric Morcombe
32
David Beckham
David Beckham
33
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
34
Boudica
Boudica
35
Sir Steve Redgrave
Sir Steve Redgrave
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Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More
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William Blake
William Blake
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John Harrison
John Harrison
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII
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