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Sir Edward Elgar
Charity founder Marjorie Wallace chooses composer Edward Elgar.
Marvin Gaye
Innovative soul singer Marvin Gaye is the choice of historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow.
Burt Lancaster
Broadcaster Gerry Anderson chooses Hollywood legend, Burt Lancaster.
Leonard Woolf
4 Extra Debut. Jilly Goolden nominates writer and political thinker Leonard Woolf.
Vivien Leigh
Barrister Christina Gorna chooses Oscar-winning Vivien Leigh.
Robert FitzRoy
Baroness Margaret Jay chooses pioneering meteorologist Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Dillie Keane chooses the musical duo Gilbert and Sullivan.
Joseph Banks
Scientist Lord Robert May nominates the naturalist and botanist, Joseph Banks.
Benjamin Disraeli
Kenneth Clarke chooses the Victorian politician, Benjamin Disraeli.
Anton Chekhov
Theatre director Sir Richard Eyre nominates Russian writer Anton Chekhov.
