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  1. Alan Turing, mathematician and pioneering computer scientist. Invented the Turing Test and devised cryptanalytical techniques, including those which cracked the Enigma machine.
  2. Michael Faraday, physicist. Discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
  3. Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler, the last native “prince of Wales”
  4. Elizabeth II, reigning monarch (1952–present).
  5. Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist. Achieved groundbreaking work in the field of quantum gravity and theoretical cosmology. Author of A Brief History of Time .
  6. William Tyndale, scholar. Translated the Bible into English.
  7. Emmeline Pankhurst, activist for women’s rights. Helped achieve women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
  8. William Wilberforce, politician and activist. Led the anti-slavery movement.
  9. David Bowie, musician ( Space Oddity , Ziggy Stardust , Heroes , Let’s Dance )
#302

This is the last bunch for today, will break down the top 20 tomorrow

#303

Until @ruffers.

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#304

That’s an annoyingly normal set of choices. Missing the wild card. Shove someone like dr Crippen or pierce brosnan in there please.

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#305

We could rehash the Bowie was a predator argument if you like

#306

Turing :clap:

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#307

The man who turned “nasal discharge” into history.

#308

Amazing that he pre-empted the future treatment of syphillis by calling his invention penis-illin’

Top comrade too

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#309

BORING

#310

s’not

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#312

Better than boy George? I don’t think so.

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#313

Boy George never wrote Mull of Kintrye (I fucking love Mull of Kintyre)

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#314

I know this isn’t the place for serious discussion and I may also be a little biased given that I used to walk over the Greenwich meridian outside my office back in the day when I used to go to an office, but Harrison’s clocks were the focus of “a big deal”. It wasn’t just that sailors fancied telling the time; an accurate maritime clock was essential for measuring longitude, so basically his invention paved the way for accurate navigation and mapping of the globe, which is quite a thing.

But no I’ve never heard of Leonard Cheshire.

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#315

I think it’s entirely reasonable that Macca should be in the top 20 greatest Britons but there’s no way Lennon deserves to be higher up

#316

This thread is absolutely accepting of Harrison stans.

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#317

We haven’t had Ringo yet.

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#318

Just outside the top 100 wasn’t he?

#319

Yes, he’s not actually in the top 100.

Must be a bit gutting that your three band members all made it in but you didn’t.

#320

Weird isn’t it just how much the amazing minds and inventions in British history have been used to subjugate & exploit & extract & oppress

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