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- Adolphus, Gustavus:
King of Sweden
- Agricola, Cn�us Julius: Roman
General
- Alcuinus, Flaccus: Learned
theologian
- Ali, Mehemet: Paella of Egypt
- Alleyn,
Edward: Founder of Dulwich College
- Andre, John:
Major, Spy
- Anne of Austria: Queen of Louis XIII of
France
- Anselm: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Aram, Eugene: Murderer
- Arthur: King of the Britons
- Arkwright, Richard:
Inventor of the roller machine for spinning cotton
- Ascham, Roger: Instructor
of Queen Elizabeth I
- Astley, Philip: Founder of
Astley�s amphitheatre
- Atterbury, Francis:
Bishop
- Audubon, John James: Ornithologist
- Augustus,
Philip: King of France
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- Bacon, Francis: Lord Verulam
- Bacon, Rodger: Scientist
- Baird, David:
General, hero of Seringapatam
- Barbauld, Anna Letitia
(Aiken): Writer of books for the young
- Barclay, Robert:
Celebrated Scottish Quaker
- Barrett, Elizabeth:
Poetess
- Beat, Nash: Propitiator of the
Bath bath House
- Becket, Thomas: Archbishop
of Canterbury
- Beckford, William:
Author of Vathek
- Belisarius: Roman General in fifth
century AD
- Bell, Rev. Dr. Andrew:
Originator of the Madras System of Juvenile Education
- Belzoni,
Giovanni: Explorer of Egyptian antiquities
- Benbow, John: British admiral
- Bentham, Jeremy: Writer on legal and
political reform
- Bernardi, John: Solder
- Birkbeck, George:
Applicator of science to the practical arts
- Berkeley, George: Mathematician and
ideal philosopher
- Bernouilli, Daniel: Mathematician
- Berry, Mary: Authoress
- Betty, William Henry
West: The Young Roscius, Boy actor
- Bewick, Thomas:
Celebrated wood engraver
- Bodley, Sir Thomas:
Founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford
- B�hme, Jacob: Celebrated
mystical writer
- Boleyn, Anne: Queen of
England
- Bonaparte, Napoleon:
French emperor
- Boswell, James: Author of
Life of Dr. Johnson
- Bowyer, William:
Artist
- Boyse, John: Translator of
the Bible
- Bramah, Joseph: Lock
maker, Inventor of the Bramah press
- Brandon, Richard: Royal Executioner
- Britton,
Thomas: The 'Musical Coalman'
- Brookes,
Joshua: Eccentric clergyman
- Bronte, Charlotte:
Author of Jane Eyre
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Browne, Thomas: Antiquary and philosopher
- Brunel, Mark Isambard: Engineer
of the Thames Tunnel
- Buckler,
Johann: Robber and notorious Brigadoon
- Bunyan, John: Author of the Pilgrim's
Progress
- Burbage, Richard:
Original performer in Shakspeare's plays
- Burdnet,
Francis: political character
- Burke, Edmund: Statesman,
thinker, philosopher, writer
- Burns, Robert: Scottish
poet
- Burton, Robert: Author of
the Anatomy of Melancholy
- Butler, Alban: Author of
Lives of the Saints
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- C�sar, Julius: Roman
Emperor
- Cagliostro, Alexander:
Remarkable impostor
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Calas, Jean: Shopkeepr - broken at the wheel
- Calhoun, John
Caldwell: American statesman
- Calvin, John: Theologian
- Campbell, Thomas: Poet
- Canning, George: Statesman
- Cardan, Jerome: Physician
- Carlos, Don: Son of Philip II of Spain
- Carey, Henry: Musician and a
music-composer
- Catherine of
Braganza: Wife of Charles II
- Cavendish, Henry:
Amateur chemist
- Caxton, William: First
printer of books in 'English'
- Cecily, Duchess of
York: Mother of kings
- Centlivre, Susanne:
Dramatist
- Cicero, Marcus
Tullius: Roman orator
- Chambers, William: Architect
- Charles II: King of England
- Chatterton, Thomas: Poet
- Chaucer, Geoffrey: Poet
- Chudleigh,
Elizabeth: Duchess of Kingston
- Churchill, Charles: Satirical
poet
- Cinq-Mars: Favourite of
Louis XIII
- Clay, Henry: American
statesman
- Cleveland, John: Poet
- Clifford, Henry: The Shepherd Lord
- Cobbett, William:
Political writer
- Coleridge, Samuel
Taylor: Poet
- Colley, Arthur:
Duke of Wellington
- Collins, William: poet
- Collingwood: Admiral
- Combe, George: Phrenologist
- Cook, James, Captain: Explorer
- Cooper,
Astley Paston: Bart., Sergeant-surgeon to the Queen
- Cotton, Charles: Poet
- Cotton,
Robert: Book Collector
- Crab, Roger: Crazy sectary
- Cranmer, Thomas: Archbishop during the
reign of Henry VIII
- Craven,
William: founder of charitable institutions
- Crompton, Samuel:
Inventor of spinning machine
- Cromwell, Elizabeth: Widow of Oliver
Cromwell
- Cromwell, Richard:
ex-Protector of the three kingdoms
- Cromwell,
Thomas: Earl of Essex
- Crosse, Andrew:
Electrician
- Cruden, Alexander:
Author of the Concordance
- Curran, John
Philpot: Celebrated Irish orator
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- d'Ark,
Joan - a.k.a. Joan of Arc: Savor of France
- d'Eon,
Chevalier: French Ambassador to court of George III
- Dalton, John: Eminent
chemist
- Daniell,
John Frederick: Chemist and meteorologist
- Danton, George James:
Revolutionary leader
- Darling, Grace: The
Heroine of the Fame Islands
- Darwin, Erasmus: Poet
and physiologist
- Davenant, William: Poet laureate
- Day, Thomas: Author of
Saudford and Merton
- de Bourbon, Constable: French General
- de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel:
Author of Don Quixote
- de Condorcet, Marquis:
Philosophical writer
- de Fontenelle, Bernard:
Philosopher
- de Laval, Giles:
The original Bluebeard
- de Lenclos, Ninon:
Celebrated beauty and wit
- de Mandeville, John:
Eastern traveller
- de Medici,
Marie: Queen of France
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de Merton, Walter: Founder of Merton College
- de Montaigne, Michael:
Essayist
- de Montfort, Simon:
Earl of Leicester
- de Montfaucon,
Bernard: Antiquary
- de Noves, Laura: The
subject of Petrarch's amatory poetry
- de Quincey, Thomas:
miscellaneous writer
- de Saavedra, Michael Cervantes:
Author of Don Quixote
- de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon,
Francois: Favorer of doctrines of the Quietists
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Saussure: Researcher on the natural history of the Alps
- de Sevign�, Madame:
Writer
- de Wykeham, William:
Founder of
Oxford's
New College & Builder of Windsor Castle
- di Rienzi, Nicolo: The last of the
Roman patriots
- Digby,
Kenelm, Sir.: Philosopher
- Disraeli, Isaac:
miscellaneous writer
- Dolet, Stephen: Eminent
scholar and typographer
- Dodd William:
Chaplain to George III
- Domitian:Roman
emperor
- du Guesclin ,
Bertrand: Constable of France, illustrious warrior
- Dunton, John: Author and Bookseller
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- Farquhar, G.: Dramatist
- Foote, Samuel: Humorous
writer
- Fontenelle: Writer
- Foscolo, Ugo: Italian
republican and writer
- Fox, Charles James:
Statesman
- Fourier, Francois M. C.: French
socialist
- Francis Earl of
Ellesmere
- Francis, Philip -
Reputed author of the Letters of Junius
- Franklin, Benjamin:
Writer, Printer, American Statesman
- Frederick the
Great: Prussian Leader
- Fry, Elizabeth:
Philanthropist
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- Gabrini, Nicolo: 14th century
Roman Tribune
- Galilei, Galileo:
Astronomer
- Galland, Antoine: Translator
of the Arabian Nights
- Garrick, David: Actor
- Gay,
John: Poet and dramatist
- Gibbon, Edward: Author of
the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Gillray, James: Caricaturist
- Girard, Stephen:
Financier of the War of 1812
- Glendower, Owen: Welsh
patriot
- Goethe, Johann
Wolfgand: German poet and prose writer
- Goldsmith, Oliver:
Poet and miscellaneous writer
- Gordon, George: Lord Byron
- Chief of the English poets of his day
- Gray, Thomas: Poet
- Gregory, John: Scholar
- Gresham, Thomas:
Founder of the London State Papers
- Grimm, Jacob Ludwig
Carl: Professor of early German History
- Guy, Thomas: Founder of Guy's
Hospital
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- Haines, Joe: Celebrated
comedian
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Hampden, John: Illustrious patriot
- Henry Hallam: Historian
- Hamilton, Alexander:
Vice-president of United States
- Handel, George Frederick: Composer
- Hauser, Kaspar: Mysterious
foundling
- Heidegger, John
James: Master of the Revels to George II
- Henley, John: Preacher,
Orator
- Henry of Beaufort:
Second son of John of Gaunt
- Henslow, John Stevens:
Botanist
- Herrick, Robert: English
poet
- Herschel, Caroline
Lucretia: Astronomer
- Hill, Aaron: Poet
- Hill, John - Botanist and
natural historian
- Hill, Rowland: Eminent
divine
- Hobbes, Thomas: Philosophical
writer
- Hobson,
Thomas: Cambridge Horse Carriage Operator
- Hollar, Wentzel:
Celebrated engraver
- Home, John: Author of
Douglas
- Hood, Robin: Celebrated
outlaw of Sherwood Forest
- Hook, Theodore: Novelist
- Hogarth, William:
Painter and engraver
- Horner, Francis:
Politician
- Howard, John: Philanthropist
- Howard,
William: 'Belted Will' - Lord
- Howie, John: Author of The
Scots Worthies
- Hudson,
Henry: Navigator
- Hume, David: Philosopher
and historian
- Hunt, Leigh: Poet, critic,
miscellaneous writer
- Hunter, John:
Eminent surgeon
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- Lacordaire, Dominic:
Priest and French orator
- Lamb, Charles:
Poet and essayist
- Laud, William:
Archbishop of Canterbury
- Law, John:
Speculative financier
- Leibnitz, Gottfreid Wilhelm:
Mathematician, moral philosopher
- Lee, Henry: Queen
Elizabeth's knight and champion
- Lennox, Lady Sarah:
Her relationship with King George III
- l'Estrauge, Roger:
Translator of classic authors
- Linne Charles (Linnaeus): Illustrious
naturalist
- Logan, John: Poet
- Longinus: Roman guard at Christ's
crucifixion:
- Lord St. Vincent: Great
naval commander
- Low, David: Bishop of Ross
- Loyola, Ignatius: Founder of the
Jesuits
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- Macadam, John
Londoun: Improver of roads
- Macaulay, Catharine:
Historian
- Macartney, George: Ambassador to China
- Machiavelli, Nicolas:
Statesman and political writer
- Macklin, Charles:
Comedian
- Maclean,
Elizabeth: Poetess
- Maginn,
William: Miscellaneous writer
- Malthus: Celebrated writer on
population growth
- Marat, Jean Paul: French
Revolutionary leader and writer
- Margaret, Maid of Norway:
Granddaughter of Scotland's Alexander III
- Marvell, Andrew: Poet and
politician
- Mathew, Theobald: Irish
apostle of temperance
- Mead, Dr.
Richard: Physician to George II
- Metcalfe, Charles: Peer of
the realm
- Mezzofanti,
Cardinal: Extraordinary linguist
- Miller, Joseph: Comedian
- Moders, Mary:
Adventuress, 'the German Princess'
- Monk, Anne Clarges: wife of
General Monk
- Montagu, Mary:
Celebrated letter-writer
- Montague, Mary
Wortley: Celebrated letter-writer, Pioneer in inoculation
- Moore, John: General
- Mordaunt,
Charles: Celebrated commander in Spain
- More, Thomas: Chancellor
of England
- Mortimer,
Roger: Paramour of Isabella, Edward II's queen
- Nostradamus,
Michael
- Mortier,
Marshal: Duke of Treviso
- Mozart, Johann: Celebrated
composer
- Murray,
William: Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice
- Myddleton,
Hugh: Engineer
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- Palmer, John:
Post-reformer
- Paoli, General: Corsican patriot
- Parkyns, Thomas: Cornish Wrestler
- Parr, Samuel: Writer
- Parr, Thomas
- Pascal, Plane: French religious
writer
- Paulet,
William: First Marquis of Winchester
- Payne, Roger: Celebrated
bookbinder
- Penn, William: Coloniser
of Pennsylvania
- Pepys, Samuel:
Diarist, Secretary to the Admiralty
- Percy,
Henry: Marshall of England, aka Hotspur
- Peter the
Great
- Peter the Hermit: Preacher of the first
Crusade
- Petty, William:
Political economist
- Pfeiffer, Ida: Celebrated
traveller
- Phillip, Duke of Wharton
- Pitt, William:
Statesman
- Richard Plantagenet:
Son of Richard III
- Poe, Edgar Allan:
American poet
- Pole, Reginald:
Eminent ecclesiastic
- Pope, Alexander: Poet
- Porson, Richard: Eminent
Greek scholar
- Prescott, William
Hickling: Historian:
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- Rabelais, Francis: French romancist
- Radcliffe, Anne:
Novelist
- Radcliffe, John: Founder of
the Radcliffe Library
- Raleigh, Walter:
Soldier and poet, sailor and historian, court favourite
- Raspe, Rodolph
Eric: Author of the Barron Munchausen books
- Reynolds, Joshua: Painter
- Richard Coeur-de-lion aka, Richard the
Lion Hearted, King of England
- Ritson, Joseph: Antiquary
- Rizzo,
David: Italian secretary of Mary of Scotland
- Robespierre, Maximilian
Isidore: Terrorist autocrat
- Roderick, Don: Last of
its Gothic kings
- Roland, Manon Philipon:
Revolutionist
- Romilly, Samuel:
Lawyer and politician
- Rosslyn, Alexander, Earl
of: Lord Chancellor
- Rowe, Harry: Trumpet-major to
the high-sheriffs of Yorkshire
- Rufus, William: King of England
- Russel,
John: First Earl of Bedford, Advisor to Henry the Eight
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- Sacheverell,
Henry:
Bombastic Preacher
- Saladin: Sultan of Egypt and Syria
- Sancho, Ignatius: Author
- Saxe, Marshal: French
Commander
- Schamyl:
Patriotic imaum of Circassia
- Schiller, Frederick: Illustrious German
poet
- Selden, John: Politician, and
legal writer
- Selwyn, George: Celebrated
wit
- Seneca, Lucius Ann�us: Roman
philosopher
- Servetus, Michael:
Promoter of Unitarian Religious thought
- Severus, Lucius Septimus: Roman Emperor
- Shakspeare, William:
Playwright
- Shebbeare, John: Doctor
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe: Poet
- Sheridan, Richard
Brinsley: Writer of comedy
- Sheridan, Thomas:
Irish scholar, translator of Persius
- Sidney, Philip: Poet
and hero
- Skelton, John: Poet
- Sloane, Hans: Eminent
physician and naturalist
- Smith, Sydney: Wit
and litt�rateur
- Solander, Daniel:
Naturalist
- Southcott, Joanna:
Female enthusiast and prophet
- St. Ambrose: Bishop of Milan
- St. Andrew: apostle
- St. Anthony: Patriarch of monks
- St. Anthony, or Antonio, of Padua:
Patron saint of animals
- St. Augustine: Apostle of the English
- St. Benedict: Father of Western
monachism
- St. Bernard: Abbot of
Clairvaux
- St. Boniface: Apostle of Germany
- St. Bridget of
Sweden
- St. Cecilia - Patroness of
church music
- St. Chad: Introduced Christianity among
the East Saxons
- St. Columba, or Columkille: Abbot and
Apostle of the Picts
- St. Cuthbert: Bishop of Lindisfarne
- St. Cyprian
- St. David: Titular saint of Wales
- St. Dunstan: Archbishop of Canterbury,
reformer
- St. Elphege: Archbishop of Canterbury
- St. Francis of Assisi:
Confessor, founder of the Friar Minors
- St. Francis Xavier:
Catholic missionary
- St. Fillan
- St. George: Patron St. of England
- St. Genevi�ve
- St. Giles
- St. Gregory the Great
- St. Gudula: Patroness-saint
of the city of Brussels
- St. Guthlac: Old Saxon anchoret
- St. James the
Great: Patron saint of Spain
- St. Macarins of Alexandria
- St.
Margaret: Queen of Scotland
- St. Martin: Bishop of Tours
- St. Michael: Archangel
- St. Nicholas: Confessor,
archbishop of Myra
- St. Oswald: Brought about the subjection
of the Church of England to Rome
- St. Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
- St. Raymond of Pennafort
- St. Simeon Stylites: Founder of an order
of monks called pillar-saints
- St. Stephen: The first
martyr
- St. Swithin: Bishop
- St. Theodosius, the C�nobiarch
- St. Thomas: Apostle
- St. Wereburge - Patroness of Chester
- St. Wulstan: Bishop of Worchester
- St. Veronica
- Stephenson, Robert:
Engineer
- Stewart, Charles Edward: Younger
Pretender
- Stuart,
Elizabeth: Electress-Palatine of the Rhine
- Stow, John: Historian
- Stuart,
Arabella
- Stukeley,
William: Writer on Roman and British antiquities
- Stukely, Thomas:
Adventurer
- Suckling, John: Courtier of Charles the
First
- Swift, Dean Jonathan:
Humorous and political writer
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- Talleyrand: Napoleon's
minister for foreign affairs
- Talma, Francis Joseph: Great
French tragedian
- Tarleton, Richard:
Celebrated comedian
- Tarrat,
Isaac: Fortune-teller
- Throckmorton, Nicholas: Chief butler of
England
- Townshend,
Charles: Minor celebrity
- Tradescant, John:
Collector of exotic things
- Trenk, Friederich von:
Author of the Memoirs
- Tull, Jethro: speculative
experimenter in agriculture
- Turner, Anne: Murderer
- Turner, Joseph Mallord
William: Painter
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- Waghorn, Thomas: His
role in improving postal communications
- Wallace, William:
Scottish hero
- Wellesley,
Arthur: The Duke of Wellington
- Wallenstein, Count:
Commander of the Emperor's armies - Thirty Years' War
- Waller, Edmund: English poet
- Walpole, Horace: Earl of
Orford
- Walter, John: Proprietor and conductor
of The Times newspaper
- Wanley,
Humphrey: Learned scholar
- Warton, Dr. Thomas: Poet,
Professor of Poetry, Oxford
- Washington, George: President of the
United State
- Watt, James: Improver of the
steam engine
- Wedderburn,
Alexander: Earl of Rosslyn
- Wedgwood, Josiah:
Earthenware manufacture
- Welby, Henry
The Hermit of Grubb Street
- Wellesley,
Arthur: The Duke of Wellington
- Wesley, John: Founder of Methodism
- Wesley, Samuel:
Musician:
- Whiston, William:
Celebrated divine and translator of Josephus
- White, Gilbert:
Naturalist
- Whitaker, Thomas
Dunham: English antiquary
- White, Henry Kirke:
Poet
- White, Joseph Blanco: Miscellaneous
writer
- Whitefield,
George: Celebrated preacher
- Wilberforce,
William: Philanthropist
- Willis,
Browne: Antiquary
- Wilson, James: Founder of
the Economist newspaper
- Wolfe, General
- Wombwell, George:
Celebrated menagerie proprietor
- Woolstonecroft,
Mary: Authoress of Rights of Woman
- Wotton, Henry: Provost of Eton College
- Wren,
Christopher: Architect of St. Paul�s
- Wycliffe, John: Early
religious reformer
- Wycherley, William:
Poet
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