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Walk in the footsteps of 250 Great Britons!"Walk in the footsteps of famous Britons"

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Great Britons: 250 Lives

 

"Britain Unlimited" covers 250 of Great Britain's most famous people. Taken from English history, Scottish history, Welsh history and Irish history it tells you who they were, what they did, where they went and what inspired them, so that you too can follow in their footsteps for research or purely for pleasure.

Select one of the menus below for details of the person you wish to find or just visit the Full List of 250.

Surname of Person

Subject of Fame

On this site you'll find museums dedicated to their memory, places they lived in or visited and examples of the works they achieved. You'll find lists of the books they wrote and the pictures they painted. In fact everything you need to know to get a flavour of the people that made Britain great. This site is dedicated to individual people so you will not find Kings and Queens here. There is a wealth of material elsewhere on the Internet to cover this subject, however visit the timeline if you want to relate a person to a particular reign. Follow the links in the left margin for further information about Great Britain itself and the organisations and companies that can help you.

Who are the top ten most popular British characters with our readers over the years?

Grace Darling kept her top spot in 2008 with 20,000 people reading this page.

The lists below are taken from Britain Unlimited's website hits.


2008

1. Grace Darling
2. William Somerset-Maugham
3. Edmund Burra
4. Boadicea
5. Alexander Graham Bell
6. Ben Nicholson
7. Richard Arkwright
8. Isaac Newton
9. Lewis Carroll
10. Ford Maddox Brown

2007

1. Grace Darling
2. William Somerset-Maugham
3. Edward Burra
4. Alexander Graham Bell
5. Robert Falcon Scott
6. Boadicea
7. Ben Nicholson
8. Henry Moore
9. Lewis Carroll
10. Robert Clive

 

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Think you are related to someone famous? Try our Genealogy page.


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