Top 10

[tiggerblue10]

Who would you put in you top 10 of famous or indeed infamous Britians. Past or present.

[JockSporran]

Winston Churchill
Sir Sean Connery
Queen Victoria
The Queen (Elizabeth II)
John Lennon
Jack the Ripper
Oliver Cromwell
William Wordsworth
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII

[JockSporran]

Sorry to go over the 10, but can I add another? William Wallace of course!

[helpmetoo]

horatio nelson,

had a particularly good day at the office by slapping convincingly the french and their mates at that time the spanish all over cape trafalgar on 21st october 1805,

he got fatally shot leading from the front but ensured that england ruled the waves, at least for the next 100 years or so,

he was flawed in his personal life and had an ego the size never before seen but put his efforts where his mouth was and delivered as promised and required,

he had courage, commitment and skill un-rivalled in our military history.

[JockSporran]

Did you know that Horatio Nelson was only 5 feet 1 inch in height? The same height as Ronnie Corbett, but an immortal hero who beat Napoleon, conqueror of Europe. Good on him! Goes to show that size doesn't matter.

[jake-the-peg]

Famous isn't the same as great

Fame tends to be pretty fleeting - and needs constant updating.

I doubt many people in say China or India would know who Wordsworth or Nelson were or even Churchill.

I'd imagine that a whole lot more would know David Beckham and probably half the Manchester United team.

Ask again in 10 years time it might be a very different set of answers.

Depends who you ask

[Tom Braider]

Napoleon was only 5 foot 2.

[tiggerblue10]

Sorry Jake. You're right, I should have written "Great" Britons.

[zzxxee]

1. queen elizabeth the 1st 2. jack the ripper. 3. henry the 8th 4. robin hood. 5. oliver cromwell 6. cliff richard sad i no but my mum swears hes god...... 7. winston churchill 8.... the sick moors murderers myra hindley and ian brady.... 9 florence nightingale 10.. sir walter raleigh

[tiggerblue10]

Lol @ Cliff Richard. Well if your mum says he's god then he's god! Hehe