Posted January 5, 200718 yr Robbie is 77th! Higher then Bono who is at 86th! :o :) 1. Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British prime minister when the allied forces won World War II 2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), engineer, creator of Great Western Railway and other significant works 3. Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), first wife of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (1981–1996) and mother of Princes William and Harry of Wales. 4. Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection and author of The Origin of Species. 5. William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and playwright, thought of by many as the greatest of all writers in the English language. 6. Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), physicist 7. Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603), monarch, (reigned 1558–1603) 8. John Lennon (1940–1980), musician with The Beatles 9. Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), naval commander 10. Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector 11. Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer 12. Captain James Cook (1728–1779), explorer 13. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides 14. Alfred the Great (849?–899), King of Wessex, (reigned 871–899) 15. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), military commander and statesman 16. Margaret Thatcher (*3) (born 1925), Prime Minister (1979–1990) 17. Michael Crawford (born 1942), actor 18. Queen Victoria (1819–1901), monarch (reigned 1837–1901) 19. Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), musician with The Beatles 20. Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), pharmaceutical innovator 21. Alan Turing (1912–1954), pioneer of computing 22. Michael Faraday (1791–1867), scientist 23. Owain Glyndŵr (1359–1416), Prince of Wales 24. Queen Elizabeth II (*10) (born 1926), reigning monarch (1952–present) 25. Professor Stephen Hawking (born 1942), theoretical physicist 26. William Tyndale (1494–1536), English translator of the Bible 27. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), suffragette 28. William Wilberforce (1759–1833), humanitarian 29. David Bowie (born 1947), musician 30. Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English revolutionary 31. Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (1917–1992), aviator and charity organiser 32. Eric Morecambe (1926–1984), comedian 33. David Beckham (*91) (born 1975), footballer 34. Thomas Paine (1737–1809), political philosopher 35. Boudica (died c.60), leader of Celtic resistance to the Roman Empire 36. Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), Olympic rower 37. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), English lawyer and politician 38. William Blake (1757–1827), author and printer 39. John Harrison (1693–1776), clock designer 40. King Henry VIII of England (1491–1547), monarch (reigned 1509–1547) 41. Charles Dickens (1812–1870), author 42. Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996), jet engine inventor 43. John Peel (1939–2004), broadcaster 44. John Logie Baird (1888–1946), television pioneer 45. Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960), politician 46. Boy George (born 1961), musician with Culture Club 47. Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), aviator and charity campaigner 48. Sir William Wallace (c.1270–1305), Guardian of Scotland 49. Sir Francis Drake (c.1540–1596), English naval commander 50. John Wesley (1703–1791), Methodist leader 51. King Arthur, legendary Celtic monarch 52. Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), nurse and charity campaigner 53. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888–1935), Arabist and soldier 54. Sir Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), polar explorer 55. Enoch Powell (1912–1998), politician 56. Sir Cliff Richard (*29) (born 1940), musician 57. Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), telephone pioneer 58. Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), musician with Queen 59. Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935), actress and singer 60. Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer 61. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900–2002), Queen consort 62. George Harrison (1943–2001), musician with The Beatles 63.Sir David Attenborough (born 1926), broadcaster 64.James Connolly (1868–1916), Irish revolutionary 65. George Stephenson (1781–1848), railway pioneer 66. Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), comic actor 67.Tony Blair (*1) (born 1953), Prime Minister (1997-present) 68. William Caxton(c.1415~1422–c.1492), English printer 69. Bobby Moore (1941–1993), footballer 70. Jane Austen (1775–1817), author 71. William Booth (1829–1912), founder of the Salvation Army 72. King Henry V of England (1387–1422), monarch (reigned 1413–1422) 73. Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), occultist, writer, and social provocateur; founder of Thelema 74. Robert I (1274–1329), King of Scots 75. Bob Geldof (born 1951), Irish musician 76. The Unknown Warrior, soldier of the Great War 77. Robbie Williams (*17) (born 1974), musician and former member of Take That 78. Edward Jenner (1749–1823), pioneer of vaccination 79. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George (1863–1945), prime minister (1916–1922) 80. Charles Babbage (1791–1871), mathematician and pioneer of computing 81. Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400), English author 82. King Richard III of England (1452–1485), monarch (reigned 1483–1485) 83. J.K. Rowling (born 1965), author 84. James Watt (1736–1819), developer of the steam engine 85. Sir Richard Branson (*86) (born 1950), businessman and adventurer 86. Bono (born 1960), musician, philanthropist—Actually Irish. 87. John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) (born 1956), musician 88. Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887–1976), military commander 89. Donald Campbell (1921–1967), water speed world record challenger 90. King Henry II of England (1133–1189), monarch (reigned 1154–1189) 91. James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), physicist 92. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), author and philologist[born in South Africa] 93. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618), English explorer 94. King Edward I of England (1239–1307), monarch (reigned 1272–1307) 95. Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), aviation technology pioneer 96. Richard Burton (1925–1984), actor 97. Tony Benn (born 1925), politician 98. David Livingstone (1813–1873), missionary and explorer 99. Sir Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), Internet pioneer and Inventor of the World Wide Web 100. Marie Stopes (1880–1958), promoter of birth control Some of these are marked * at the rank they appeared also on the 100 worst Britons, including Robbie. <_< Liam Gallagher is on the worst list at (#11) but is not on the best list at all. Edited January 5, 200718 yr by Supreme
January 5, 200718 yr How did they make this? According to what? :unsure: 84. James Watt (1736–1819), developer of the steam engine 99. Sir Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), Internet pioneer and Inventor of the World Wide Web 100. Marie Stopes (1880–1958), promoter of birth control Aren't these more important than entertainment? :unsure: We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for #99 for example... :P
January 5, 200718 yr Author hold on ill put the link in here, and you can also read the worst list from the link. But I know it was derived from public voting! :) Edited January 5, 200718 yr by Supreme
January 5, 200718 yr I don't think its purely about entertainment, its about achievements, but of course you are right, there are far more important people below him.. The Worst Brit list will now balance it all out..he always appears on both..drats.
January 5, 200718 yr :lol: :lol: :lol: true... :( what if he's higher on the Worst list than on the Best list? :huh: :lol:
January 5, 200718 yr Why are there Irish people on the list? :unsure: And yes, James Watt should be much higher. He developed the steam engine. Without him there would have been no industrial revolution. Without him we'd all still be travelling around on donkeys. And he was Scottish. :cheer: Oh and how the feck is Princess Diana higher than Alexander Fleming (another Scot) who discovered penicillin and saved millions of lives. Some people have really strange priorities in life. :rolleyes:
January 5, 200718 yr Author ok this is the page I found the list, and at the bottom you can find the link to the worst list....at the top it explains how they went about getting this list! I was reading about queen elizabeth the 1st when i came across this list last night! :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons
January 5, 200718 yr Author Why are there Irish people on the list? :unsure: And yes, James Watt should be much higher. He developed the steam engine. Without him there would have been no industrial revolution. Without him we'd all still be travelling around on donkeys. And he was Scottish. :cheer: Oh and how the feck is Princess Diana higher than Alexander Fleming (another Scot) who discovered penicillin and saved millions of lives. Some people have really strange priorities in life. :rolleyes: Irish and scotts are considered british too, as far as ive been told! You can not say the british lost the world cup to portugal, because ireland and scotland have their own teams! :)
January 5, 200718 yr Why are there Irish people on the list? :unsure: And yes, James Watt should be much higher. He developed the steam engine. Without him there would have been no industrial revolution. Without him we'd all still be travelling around on donkeys. And he was Scottish. :cheer: Oh and how the feck is Princess Diana higher than Alexander Fleming (another Scot) who discovered penicillin and saved millions of lives. Some people have really strange priorities in life. :rolleyes: Exactly what I was thinking ^_^ You just say it better B) It's silly, no matter how much we love Robbie, things would have been very different if there hadn't been for some of these people.. :rolleyes:
January 5, 200718 yr Yeah. Incredibly stupid people! :lol: Northern Irish people are British. Southern Irish (like Bono and Geldof) are not. ^_^
January 5, 200718 yr Yeah. Incredibly stupid people! :lol: Northern Irish people are British. Southern Irish (like Bono and Geldof) are not. ^_^ Yaaaaaaaaay! I learnt that in primary school! :yahoo: Where's Scotty from btw? :unsure: :blush: Is he from Southern Ireland? :unsure:
January 5, 200718 yr Author all i know is i was talking to an english girl once and i said, so britain lost the world cup huh, and she said, no not britain....england, all of UK is considered briton....so i dont know lol ^_^ Edited January 5, 200718 yr by Supreme
January 5, 200718 yr Author I'm surprised Jimmy Hendrix wasnt on the list, because he became famous in england, and he was like theirs! :)
