The people know…
I’m sure most of you are now aware of last Sunday’s countdown for The Top 100 Great Britons here in the UK, (sorry, computer problems have delayed some of my postings) but if you aren’t, read on.
We first mentioned the story back in August (08/22/02 NEWS: BOWIE SHORTLISTED IN 100 GREATEST BRITONS) when we posted the top 100 Britons that were nominated by 30,000 people. These things are always controversial and really rather silly, but they’re also fun, and I guess they’re guaranteed to create high viewing figures for the BBC.
Whatever your opinion of the final positions (I’m saying nothing) David Bowie did manage a very impressive number 29, not bad when you consider how many Britons have lived and died, (Probably loads!) and even better when you consider the only musicians with a higher placing were Lennon and McCartney.
Anyway, You can see the full run down
30 Guy Fawkes
29 David Bowie
28 William Wilberforce
27 Emmeline Pankhurst
26 William Tyndale
25 Professor Stephen Hawking
24 Queen Elizabeth II
23 Owain Glyndwr
22 Michael Faraday
21 Alan Turing OBE
20 Sir Alexander Fleming
19 Sir Paul McCartney
18 Queen Victoria
17 Michael Crawford
16 Margaret Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher)
15 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
14 King Alfred the Great
13 Lord Baden-Powell
12 Captain James Cook
11 Ernest Shackleton
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Winston Churchill
Oliver Cromwell
Charles Darwin
Elizabeth I
John Lennon
Horatio Nelson
Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare
Diana, Princess of Wales
Please note, the last ten positions aren’t numbered, as voting is still going on to decide the final positions of the top ten. So you can now join in by voting for the greatest Briton