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Wednesday, 21 August, 2002, 23:48 GMT 00:48 UK
100 great British heroes
David Beckham celebrates scoring the opening goal for England against Argentina in World Cup 2002
David Beckham is one of just two living sportsmen
Johnny Rotten, David Beckham and Enoch Powell are among the top 100 British heroes according to a nationwide BBC poll.

Here is the list in full, sorted alphabetically:

    A

    Alfred the Great, Julie Andrews, King Arthur, David Attenborough, Jane Austen

    B

    Charles Babbage, Lord Baden Powell, Douglas Bader, David Beckham, Alexander Graham Bell, Tony Benn, Tim Berners Lee, Aneurin Bevan, Tony Blair, William Blake, William Booth, Boudicca, David Bowie, Richard Branson, Robert the Bruce, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Richard Burton

    C

    Donald Campbell, William Caxton, Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Chaucer, Leonard Cheshire, Winston Churchill, James Connolly, Captain James Cook, Michael Crawford, Oliver Cromwell, Aleister Crowley

    D

    Charles Darwin, Diana, Princess of Wales, Charles Dickens, Francis Drake

    E

    King Edward I, Edward Elgar, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

    F

    Michael Faraday, Guy Fawkes, Alexander Fleming

    G

    Bob Geldof, Owain Glyndwr

    H

    George Harrison, John Harrison, Stephen Hawking, King Henry II, King Henry V, King Henry VIII, Paul Hewson (Bono)

    J

    Edward Jenner

    L

    T E Lawrence, John Lennon, David Livingstone, David Lloyd George, John Logie Baird, John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)

    M

    James Clerk Maxwell, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, Bobby Moore, Thomas More, Eric Morecambe

    N

    Admiral Horatio Nelson, Isaac Newton, Florence Nightingale

    O

    George O'Dowd (Boy George)

    P

    Thomas Paine, Emmeline Pankhurst, John Peel, Enoch Powell

    R

    Walter Raleigh, Steve Redgrave, King Richard III, Cliff Richard, J K Rowling

    S

    Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, William Shakespeare, George Stephenson, Marie Stopes

    T

    Margaret Thatcher, William Tindale, J R R Tolkien, Alan Turing

    U

    Unknown soldier

    V

    Queen Victoria

    W

    William Wallace, Barnes Wallis, James Watt, Duke of Wellington, John Wesley, Frank Whittle, William Wilberforce, Robbie Williams

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