Famous Britons

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Credited with the discovery of Penicillin

Current reigning monarch

Only Prime Minister ever to be assassinated

World War II fighter pilot who lost both legs

Executed for High Treason for making pro-Nazi propaganda radio broadcasts to Britain during World War II

Founder of the Scout Movement

Famous TV naturalist who presented, among others, "Life on Earth" and "Blue Planet"

Tyrannical Tudor king who had six wives

Doctor _____________ I presume?

Leading Parliamentarian who served as Lord Protector

Gave the "Rivers of Blood" speech

Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Most famous Elizabethan and Jacobean playwright

Discovered evolution

Wrote "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas Carol" and "David Copperfield"

Creator of Poirot and Miss Marple

Defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

British officer who was key in establishing British East India Company Rule in Bengal

Inventor of the telephone

Mystery serial killer who struck at least five times in Whitechapel in 1888

Suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the King's racehorse at Epsom in 1913

First sitting female MP in Britain

British commander in the Anglo-Zulu war. In command during the battles of Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi

Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered on the orders of king Henry II

All-rounder who captained the England Cricket Team and played between 1998 and 2009. Nickname Freddie.

Rapper who sings "Dance wiv me" and "Bonkers"

Beatle who was assassinated in New York

Hangman who executed at least 400 people between 1932 and 1956

Popular Princess killed in a car crash in 1997

Footballer whose hat-trick won England the 1966 World Cup

Caught trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament

Prime Minister during World War II (May 1940-July 1945)

Legendary admiral in the Royal Navy who was killed at Trafalgar in 1805

Iceni Queen who led revolt against Roman rule in c.60 AD

Royal Navy captain famous for his voyages of exploration on HM Bark Endeavour

Famous actor who played, among other things, Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings"

Poet Laureate who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Mythical King of Camelot

Last Anglo-Saxon king defeated by William the Conqueror

Leading anti-slavery campaigner

Braveheart

First female Prime Minister

Composer of "The Planets"

Somali-born athlete who won 10,000m and 5000m gold at the 2012 Olympics

Queen who saw the huge development of technology and the expansion of the British Empire