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Top Ten Historical Characters
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To avoid debates about whether they really existed,
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Alastair Taylor's List

  1. William Shakespeare - 1564-1616
  2. Henry VIII - 1491-1547
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 1756-1791
  4. Elizabeth I - 1533-1603
  5. Winston Churchill - 1874-1965
  6. Albert Einstein - 1880-1952
  7. Martin Luther King - 1929-1968
  8. Vincent Van Gogh - 1853-1890
  9. Mahatma Gandhi - 1869-1948
  10. Sir Isaac Newton - 1642-1727

Mike Letts' List

  1. Winston Churchill - 1874-1965
  2. John Logie Baird - 1888-1946
  3. Martin Luther King - 1929-1968
  4. Mahatma Gandhi - 1869-1948
  5. Genghis Khan - 1162-1227
  6. Oliver Cromwell - 1599-1658
  7. Albert Einstein - 1880-1952
  8. Sir Francis Drake - 1588-1637
  9. Jules Verne - 1828-1905
  10. Jack Daniels - 1850-1911

Brian Johnston's List

  1. Jack Daniels - 1850-?
  2. Pablo Escobar - 1949-1993
  3. Bruce Lee - 1945-1973
  4. Genghis Khan - 1165-1227
  5. Brian Boru - 940-1014
  6. John F Kennedy - 1917-1963
  7. Prince Vlad III Dracula - 1431-1476
  8. Nelson Mandela - 1918-Present
  9. Karl Marx - 1818-1883
  10. William James ("Willie John") McBride - 1940-Present

Lance Hill's List

  1. Queen Boudicca - Unknown-60 AD
  2. Richard I - 1157-1199
  3. Captain James Cook - 1728-1779
  4. Horatio Nelson - 1758-1805
  5. Duke of Wellington - 1769-1852
  6. Henry VIII - 1491-1547
  7. Queen Elizabeth I - 1533-1603
  8. Winston Churchill - 1874-1965
  9. Charles Dickens - 1812-1870
  10. Edawrd "Black Beard" Drummond - c.1680-1718


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