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- Adolphus, Gustavus: King of Sweden
- Agricola, Cnæus 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
- Böhme, 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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- Cæsar, 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 Saavedra, Michael Cervantes: Author of Don Quixote
- de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, Francois: Favorer of doctrines of the Quietists
- de Saussure: Researcher on the natural history of the Alps
- de Sevigné, Madame: Writer
- di Rienzi, Nicolo: The last of the Roman patriots
- de Wykeham, William: Founder of
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New College & Builder of Windsor Castle
- 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 Annæus: 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 littérateur
- 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. Geneviève
- 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 Cænobiarch
- 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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