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Dr Samuel Johnson
Poet Kit Wright chooses author and creator of the English dictionary, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Noel Coward
TV producer Peter Bazalgette chooses the actor, lyricist and playwright, Noel Coward.
Elizabeth I
Broadcaster and campaigner Esther Rantzen chooses Queen Elizabeth I.
David Lloyd George
Athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson chooses her Welsh compatriot, politician David Lloyd George.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Military historian Richard Holmes nominates the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask.
GK Chesterton
Richard Ingrams nominates author and journalist GK Chesterton for regularly being right.
James Hogg
Geneticist Steve Jones chooses 19th-century fiddle-playing shepherd and writer James Hogg.
Bob Marley
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores the life of reggae legend Bob Marley.
Rachmaninov
Conductor Leonard Slatkin proposes composer Sergei Rachmaninov for great life status.
Scott of the Antarctic
Author Beryl Bainbridge selects explorer Robert Falcon Scott as a hidden romantic.
