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Matthew Henson, who may have been the first person ever to set foot on the North Pole.
Frederick the Great, the most surprising king of Prussia.
Broadcaster Qasa Alom picks his hero Arthur Ashe.
Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh chooses the iconic American writer Zora Neale Hurston
Kurt Cobain is nominated by comedian Chris McCausland.
Nick Hayes, author of the Book of Tres, nominates Roger Deakin.
Matthew Parris is ed by the president of the National Farmers' Union, Minette Batters.
Presenter Bob Harris champions Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.
Slade frontman Noddy Holder champions the life of rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry.
Writer Olivia Laing nominates the gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd.
Cookbook author and activist Olia Hercules nominates the Ukrainian painter Alla Horska.
Bonnie Greer nominates the women of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.
Cressida Cowell on her hero Astrid Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Soprano Lesley Garrett celebrates the life of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
Chef Romy Gill celebrates a poet whose work was heavily influenced by Partition.
Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA.
Sir John Timpson picks Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw.
Bobby Seagull picks Ravi Shankar.
Holly Walsh picks BS Johnson, fiery sixties novelist
Pat Nevin picks Johan Cruyff, the Dutch footballer who changed how the game was played.
Ethel Gumm, better known as Judy Garland, picked by Susie Boyt.
Anna Maxwell Martin proposes Joan Rhodes, variety artiste and strongwoman
Comedian Rob Newman nominates one of his heroes, President Franklin D Roosevelt.
Terry Christian from The Word on Tony Wilson of Factory Records and The Hacienda.
Joe Swift on Gil Scott-Heron
Lolita Chakrabarti on actor Ira Aldridge.
Blue Peter's Janet Ellis champions a children's publishing sensation.
Donald Macintyre on Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post and Drum.
Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
Comedian and poet Henry Normal picks his comedy hero - Spike Milligan.
