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Journalist Camilla Wright nominates the war reporter Martha Gellhorn for greatness.
Alan Davies nominates actor Richard Beckinsale who tragically died aged just 31.
Actor Victor Spinetti explains his iration for director Joan Littlewood.
Scientist and broadcaster Kathy Sykes chooses the iconic physicist, Albert Einstein.
Feminist campaigner Lesley Abdela discusses the extraordinary suffragist leader.
Joe Boyd shines a spotlight on the career of record producer John H Hammond.
Businessman and academic Adair Turner talks about the life of Charles Darwin.
Joanna Macgregor nominates the chanteuse and civil rights activist Nina Simone.
Former minister Lord John Biffen nominates Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Elaine Showalter nominates the 19th-century American writer Julia Ward-Howe.
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden.
Civil liberties lawyer Helena Kennedy nominates Eleanor Roosevelt.
Garry Bushell nominates the 'cheeky chappie' who portrayed the voice of the working class
Christopher Hitchens nominates Leon Trotsky, hero of the Russian Revolution.
News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy nominates his illustrious predecessor Robin Day.
Piers Morgan nominates W G Grace as the greatest English cricketer of all time.
Broadcaster and agony aunt Anna Raeburn nominates the ballerina Tamara Karsavina.
Writer s Cairncross nominates the forgotten hero of medicine Ignaz Semmelweis.
Athlete Duncan Goodhew nominates the athlete-turned-actor Johnny Weissmuller.
Ivan Massow nominates the great jazz singer, with expert advice from Cleo Laine.
Matthew Parris presents Craig Brown's nomination of Sigmund Freud.
Matthew Parris presents Julian Clary's nomination of Noel Coward.
Jeff Randall explores the life of the businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Penelope Keith champions the achievements of one of the most famous comic duos of all time
DJ Annie Nightingale champions the greatness of manic-eyed comic Marty Feldman.
Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.
Historian and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis nominates the author Nevil Shute.
Fiona Reynolds, former director of the National Trust, chooses writer Beatrix Potter
Historian and author Derek Wilson proposes 16th century politician Thomas Cromwell.
Robert Thomson maps the rise and fall of the reforming Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang.
