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Lord Kitchener, 5 June 1916
V. I. Lenin, Dictator of Soviet Russia. World revolution as goal. 21 January 1924
Giacomo Puccini, A famous opera composer 29 November 1924
Rudolf Valentino, A film 'star' 23 August 1926
Claude Monet, The great painter of light 5 December 1926
Emmeline Pankhurst, A pioneer of woman suffrage 14 June 1928
D. H. Lawrence, A writer of genius 2 March 1930
Nellie Melba, A great prima donna 23 February 1931
Sir Edward Elgar, The laureate of English music 23 February 1934
Marie Curie, The discoverer of radium 4 July 1934
Sigmund Freud, Psycho-analysis 23 September 1939
Amy Johnson, A great airwoman 6 January 1941
Virginia Woolf, Novelist, essayist, and critic 28 March 1941
David Lloyd George, National leadership in war and peace. A pioneer of social reform. 26 March 1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four times chief executive of United States. Service in freedom's cause. 12 April 1945
Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany. Twelve years of force and tyranny. 30 April 1945
General G.S. Patton, Brilliant American war leader 21 December 1945
John Maynard Keynes, A great economist 21 April 1946
Henry Ford, Motor manufacturer and idealist 7 April 1947
Mahatma Gandhi, Apostle of independence 30 January 1948
George Orwell, Criticism and allegory 21 January 1950
George Bernard Shaw, A prophet in the theatre 2 November 1950
Arnold Schoenberg, Beyond chromaticism 13 July 1951
Joseph Stalin, Dictator of Russia for 29 years 5 March 1953
Alan Turing, 17 June 1954
Henri Matisse, A master of modern French painting 3 November 1954
Sir Alexander Fleming, Discoverer of penicillin 11 March 1955
Albert Einstein, Father of nuclear physics 18 April 1955
Humphrey Bogart, An actor of authority 14 January 1957
Arturo Toscanini, A legendary musical figure 15 January 1957
Christian Dior, A master of couture design 24 October 1957
Dorothy L. Sayers, Christian apologist and novelist 17 December 1957
Frank Lloyd Wright, One of the world's outstanding architects 9 April 1959
Aneurin Bevan, A brilliant and controversial Labour leader 6 July 1960
Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor, impresario and benefactor of music 8 March 1961
Ernest Hemingway, An outstanding creative writer 2 July 1961
Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood legend 5 August 1962
John F. Kennedy, Courage and idealism at the White House 22 November 1963
Lord Beaverbrook, Quest for power in press and politics 9 June 1964
Ian Fleming, The creator of James Bond 12 August 1964
T. S. Eliot, The most influential English poet of his time 4 January 1965
Sir Winston Churchill, The greatest Englishman of his time. World leader in war and peace. 24 January 1965
Le Corbusier, The outstanding architectural figure of his time 27 August 1965
Earl Attlee, Presiding figure over the post-war years of social revolution 8 October 1967
Yuri Gagarin, First man to fly in space 27 March 1968
Martin Luther King, Baptist minister who championed Negro rights 4 April 1968
Enid Blyton, Froebel teacher who became author of best-selling children's books 28 November 1968
Walter Gropius, Influential modern architectural philosopher 5 July 1969
Bertrand Russell, Philosopher who sought involvement with problems of the age 2 February 1970
Jimi Hendrix, A key figure in the development of pop music 18 September 1970
President Nasser, Creator of modern Egypt 10 September 1970
Coco Chanel, Famous French fashion designer 6 January 1971
Igor Stravinsky, The most influential composer of his time 6 April 1971
Louis Armstrong, The greatest jazz trumpeter of his time 6 July 1971
Duke of Windsor, King who gave up a throne to marry the woman he loved 28 May 1972
Sir Noel Coward, Playwright and actor who was a master of comedy 26 March 1973
Otto Klemperer, A conductor of international renown 6 July 1973
Pablo Picasso, Most influential artist of his age 8 April 1973
Samuel Goldwyn, One of the fathers of the American film industry 31 January 1974
Charles Lindbergh, First non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris 26 August 1974
P. G. Wodehouse, Creator of a timeless fairyland 14 February 1975
Agatha Christie, A subtle narrative gift 12 January 1976
Howard Hughes, 5 April 1976
Field Marshal Montgomery, Soldier who became victor of El Alamein and a legend in his own lifetime 24 March 1976
Mao Tse-tung, Revolutionary leader who inspired the regeneration of China 9 September 1976
Benjamin Britten, A major contribution to English music 4 December 1976
Elvis Presley, 'The king' of rock and roll music 16 August 1977
Maria Callas, Operatic star of genius 16 September 1977
Charlie Chaplin, Comic genius of the cinema screen 25 December 1977
Jesse Owens, Memorable performance at the Berlin Olympics 30 March 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre, A leading original thinker of the twentieth century 14 April 1980
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Master of screen suspense 29 April 1980
Mae West, Film humorist who made sex a shared joke 22 November 1980
John Lennon, Dominant role in a pop music revolution 8 December 1980
Bob Marley, 11 May 1981
Glenn Gould, 4 October 1982
Sir Douglas Bader, Showing the way to the disabled 5 September 1982
Orson Welles, Formidable and inventive actor and producer 10 October 1985
Henry Moore, Sculptor of international reputation 31 August 1986
Andy Warhol, Art for publicity's sake 22 February 1987
Jacqueline du Pré, 19 October 1987
Sir Frederick Ashton, Great choreographer and founder-figure of British ballet 18 August 1988
Laurence Olivier, Player of spellbinding power and versatility 11 July 1989
Sugar Ray Robinson, Supreme exponent of pugilistic skills 12 April 1989
Ayatollah Khomeini, Cleric who led Iran to the past 3 June 1989
Herbert von Karajan, Master conductor of opera, orchestra, and recordings 16 July 1989
Samuel Beckett, Unassuming genius who probed the quandary of human existence 22 December 1989
Margot Fonteyn, 21 February 1991
Peggy Ashcroft, 14 June 1991
Miles Davis, 28 September 1991
Robert Maxwell, 5 November 1991
Menachem Begin, 9 March 1992
Francis Bacon, 28 April 1992
Elizabeth David, 22 May 1992
Willy Brandt, 8 October 1992
Rudolf Nureyev, 6 January 1993
Richard Nixon, 22 April 1994
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 19 May 1994
Fred Perry, 2 February 1995
Harold Wilson, 24 May 1995
Jacques Cousteau, 25 June 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, 31 August 1997
Mother Teresa, 5 September 1997
Frank Sinatra, 14 May 1998
Iris Murdoch, 8 February 1999
Stanley Kubrick, 7 March 1999
Yehudi Menuhin, 12 March 1999
Sir Alf Ramsey, 28 April 1999
Raisa Gorbachev, 20 September 1999
Sir Stanley Matthews, Footballer whose ability to fox his opponents dazzled crowds for decades and earned him the game's first knighthood 23 February 2000
Barbara Cartland, Queen of the romantic novel and the world's bestselling author, who lived in a fluffy pink world all of her own invention 21 May 2000
Sir John Gielgud, Fastidious performer with a matchless voice, who stood centre stage through the whole history of modern British theatre 21 May 2000
Sir Alec Guinness, Versatile and self-effacing actor who turned anonymity into an art form and himself into an international star 5 August 2000
Don Bradman, Australian maestro whose remarkable batting achievements are unlikely to be eclipsed 25 February 2001
Spike Milligan, Goon, solo comic, and writer who contributed to Hitler's downfall and fascinated generations of children with his fantasy fictions 27 February 2002
Christiaan Barnard, Bold and skilful surgeon who carried out the world's first human heart transplant operation and relished the celebrity it brought him 2 September 2001
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 30 March 2002
Barbara Castle, Labour firebrand who introduced child benefit and the Breathalyser - and launched a brave but doomed attempt at trade union reform 3 May 2002
Alistair Cooke, The ultimate professional, whose evergreen 'Letter from America' embraced most of the key events in post-war American history 30 March 2004
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States whose optimism gave America new pride and whose vision brought the Cold War to an end 5 June 2004
Francis Crick, Biologist whose discovery of DNA in 1953 unlocked the 'secret of life' but who continued his voyage of scientific discovery 28 July 2004
Yassir Arafat, Palestinian leader who inspired his people's struggle for a homeland but lacked the political clout to make their dream a reality 11 November 2004
Pope John Paul ii, 2 April 2005.
V. I. Lenin, Dictator of Soviet Russia. World revolution as goal. 21 January 1924
Giacomo Puccini, A famous opera composer 29 November 1924
Rudolf Valentino, A film 'star' 23 August 1926
Claude Monet, The great painter of light 5 December 1926
Emmeline Pankhurst, A pioneer of woman suffrage 14 June 1928
D. H. Lawrence, A writer of genius 2 March 1930
Nellie Melba, A great prima donna 23 February 1931
Sir Edward Elgar, The laureate of English music 23 February 1934
Marie Curie, The discoverer of radium 4 July 1934
Sigmund Freud, Psycho-analysis 23 September 1939
Amy Johnson, A great airwoman 6 January 1941
Virginia Woolf, Novelist, essayist, and critic 28 March 1941
David Lloyd George, National leadership in war and peace. A pioneer of social reform. 26 March 1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four times chief executive of United States. Service in freedom's cause. 12 April 1945
Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany. Twelve years of force and tyranny. 30 April 1945
General G.S. Patton, Brilliant American war leader 21 December 1945
John Maynard Keynes, A great economist 21 April 1946
Henry Ford, Motor manufacturer and idealist 7 April 1947
Mahatma Gandhi, Apostle of independence 30 January 1948
George Orwell, Criticism and allegory 21 January 1950
George Bernard Shaw, A prophet in the theatre 2 November 1950
Arnold Schoenberg, Beyond chromaticism 13 July 1951
Joseph Stalin, Dictator of Russia for 29 years 5 March 1953
Alan Turing, 17 June 1954
Henri Matisse, A master of modern French painting 3 November 1954
Sir Alexander Fleming, Discoverer of penicillin 11 March 1955
Albert Einstein, Father of nuclear physics 18 April 1955
Humphrey Bogart, An actor of authority 14 January 1957
Arturo Toscanini, A legendary musical figure 15 January 1957
Christian Dior, A master of couture design 24 October 1957
Dorothy L. Sayers, Christian apologist and novelist 17 December 1957
Frank Lloyd Wright, One of the world's outstanding architects 9 April 1959
Aneurin Bevan, A brilliant and controversial Labour leader 6 July 1960
Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor, impresario and benefactor of music 8 March 1961
Ernest Hemingway, An outstanding creative writer 2 July 1961
Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood legend 5 August 1962
John F. Kennedy, Courage and idealism at the White House 22 November 1963
Lord Beaverbrook, Quest for power in press and politics 9 June 1964
Ian Fleming, The creator of James Bond 12 August 1964
T. S. Eliot, The most influential English poet of his time 4 January 1965
Sir Winston Churchill, The greatest Englishman of his time. World leader in war and peace. 24 January 1965
Le Corbusier, The outstanding architectural figure of his time 27 August 1965
Earl Attlee, Presiding figure over the post-war years of social revolution 8 October 1967
Yuri Gagarin, First man to fly in space 27 March 1968
Martin Luther King, Baptist minister who championed Negro rights 4 April 1968
Enid Blyton, Froebel teacher who became author of best-selling children's books 28 November 1968
Walter Gropius, Influential modern architectural philosopher 5 July 1969
Bertrand Russell, Philosopher who sought involvement with problems of the age 2 February 1970
Jimi Hendrix, A key figure in the development of pop music 18 September 1970
President Nasser, Creator of modern Egypt 10 September 1970
Coco Chanel, Famous French fashion designer 6 January 1971
Igor Stravinsky, The most influential composer of his time 6 April 1971
Louis Armstrong, The greatest jazz trumpeter of his time 6 July 1971
Duke of Windsor, King who gave up a throne to marry the woman he loved 28 May 1972
Sir Noel Coward, Playwright and actor who was a master of comedy 26 March 1973
Otto Klemperer, A conductor of international renown 6 July 1973
Pablo Picasso, Most influential artist of his age 8 April 1973
Samuel Goldwyn, One of the fathers of the American film industry 31 January 1974
Charles Lindbergh, First non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris 26 August 1974
P. G. Wodehouse, Creator of a timeless fairyland 14 February 1975
Agatha Christie, A subtle narrative gift 12 January 1976
Howard Hughes, 5 April 1976
Field Marshal Montgomery, Soldier who became victor of El Alamein and a legend in his own lifetime 24 March 1976
Mao Tse-tung, Revolutionary leader who inspired the regeneration of China 9 September 1976
Benjamin Britten, A major contribution to English music 4 December 1976
Elvis Presley, 'The king' of rock and roll music 16 August 1977
Maria Callas, Operatic star of genius 16 September 1977
Charlie Chaplin, Comic genius of the cinema screen 25 December 1977
Jesse Owens, Memorable performance at the Berlin Olympics 30 March 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre, A leading original thinker of the twentieth century 14 April 1980
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Master of screen suspense 29 April 1980
Mae West, Film humorist who made sex a shared joke 22 November 1980
John Lennon, Dominant role in a pop music revolution 8 December 1980
Bob Marley, 11 May 1981
Glenn Gould, 4 October 1982
Sir Douglas Bader, Showing the way to the disabled 5 September 1982
Orson Welles, Formidable and inventive actor and producer 10 October 1985
Henry Moore, Sculptor of international reputation 31 August 1986
Andy Warhol, Art for publicity's sake 22 February 1987
Jacqueline du Pré, 19 October 1987
Sir Frederick Ashton, Great choreographer and founder-figure of British ballet 18 August 1988
Laurence Olivier, Player of spellbinding power and versatility 11 July 1989
Sugar Ray Robinson, Supreme exponent of pugilistic skills 12 April 1989
Ayatollah Khomeini, Cleric who led Iran to the past 3 June 1989
Herbert von Karajan, Master conductor of opera, orchestra, and recordings 16 July 1989
Samuel Beckett, Unassuming genius who probed the quandary of human existence 22 December 1989
Margot Fonteyn, 21 February 1991
Peggy Ashcroft, 14 June 1991
Miles Davis, 28 September 1991
Robert Maxwell, 5 November 1991
Menachem Begin, 9 March 1992
Francis Bacon, 28 April 1992
Elizabeth David, 22 May 1992
Willy Brandt, 8 October 1992
Rudolf Nureyev, 6 January 1993
Richard Nixon, 22 April 1994
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 19 May 1994
Fred Perry, 2 February 1995
Harold Wilson, 24 May 1995
Jacques Cousteau, 25 June 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, 31 August 1997
Mother Teresa, 5 September 1997
Frank Sinatra, 14 May 1998
Iris Murdoch, 8 February 1999
Stanley Kubrick, 7 March 1999
Yehudi Menuhin, 12 March 1999
Sir Alf Ramsey, 28 April 1999
Raisa Gorbachev, 20 September 1999
Sir Stanley Matthews, Footballer whose ability to fox his opponents dazzled crowds for decades and earned him the game's first knighthood 23 February 2000
Barbara Cartland, Queen of the romantic novel and the world's bestselling author, who lived in a fluffy pink world all of her own invention 21 May 2000
Sir John Gielgud, Fastidious performer with a matchless voice, who stood centre stage through the whole history of modern British theatre 21 May 2000
Sir Alec Guinness, Versatile and self-effacing actor who turned anonymity into an art form and himself into an international star 5 August 2000
Don Bradman, Australian maestro whose remarkable batting achievements are unlikely to be eclipsed 25 February 2001
Spike Milligan, Goon, solo comic, and writer who contributed to Hitler's downfall and fascinated generations of children with his fantasy fictions 27 February 2002
Christiaan Barnard, Bold and skilful surgeon who carried out the world's first human heart transplant operation and relished the celebrity it brought him 2 September 2001
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 30 March 2002
Barbara Castle, Labour firebrand who introduced child benefit and the Breathalyser - and launched a brave but doomed attempt at trade union reform 3 May 2002
Alistair Cooke, The ultimate professional, whose evergreen 'Letter from America' embraced most of the key events in post-war American history 30 March 2004
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States whose optimism gave America new pride and whose vision brought the Cold War to an end 5 June 2004
Francis Crick, Biologist whose discovery of DNA in 1953 unlocked the 'secret of life' but who continued his voyage of scientific discovery 28 July 2004
Yassir Arafat, Palestinian leader who inspired his people's struggle for a homeland but lacked the political clout to make their dream a reality 11 November 2004
Pope John Paul ii, 2 April 2005.