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Walt Disney
Gerald Scarfe chooses an icon who created icons.
Michel de Montaigne
Professor Robert Winston chooses a famous writer from the French Renaissance.
Winston Churchill
Lord Digby Jones chooses wartime leader, Winston Churchill.
Golda Meir
Edwina Currie discusses the life of former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir.
Simone Weil
Eleanor Bron discusses the life of French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.
Mary Carpenter
Camila Batmanghelidjh discusses the life of her Victorian equivalent, Mary Carpenter.
Richard Nixon
Historian Dominic Sandbrook discusses the life of Richard Nixon.
Sappho
Greek poet Sappho - intellectual or vamp?
John Lennon
John Lennon is the life nominated by writer John Harris. Matthew Parris presents.
Arthur Wharton
Viv Anderson champions the life of Arthur Wharton, the first black professional footballer
