Historical Britons

Many people throughout history define it by their actions, beliefs, and works. Can you name 22 historical people from England?

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Creator of Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet and MacBeth	William Shakespeare
Queen during the defeat of the Spanish Armada	Elizabeth I
First person to communicate with people on Hawaii & Australia	James Cook
1st Lord and Protector of England	Oliver Cromwell
WW2 Prime Minister (after Chamberlain)	Winston Churchill
Author of the "Origin of Species"	Charles Darwin
Originator of the laws of classical mechanics and laws of motion	Issac Newton
Famously had 6 wives and founder of the church of England	Henry VIII
Improved the steam engine to be utilized in factories	James Watt
Famously cracked the Enigma machine	Alan Turing
Designer of the Great Western Railway and revolutionized public transportation	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Won the Battle of Trafalgar against Napoleon	Horatio Nelson
Queen of the United Kingdom that had an era named after her	Victoria
Invented the Telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
Novelist of "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"	Jane Austen
Founder of modern nursing and humanitarian activist	Florence Nightingale
Famous activist and sung the song "Imagine"	John Lennon
Explorer who made great contribution to the discovery of Antarctica	Ernest Shackleton
First person to translate the bible into English	William Tyndale
Famous archeologist and diplomat who is known for his role in the Arab Revolt in WW1	T. E. Lawrence
"Hammer of the Scots" who turned the longbow into England's most deadly weapon	Edward I
Invented the first programmable mechanical computer	Charles Babbage

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Apr 21, 2021

Great quiz. Glad to see that you've included Shackleton in there to rub shoulders with the likes of Newton, Darwin and Shakespeare. I hope to visit his grave next year.

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