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15 minutes of fameMargaret MacMillan chooses Babur

Kleisthenes is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BCE. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as 'The Father of Athenian Democracy'. (Picture by Alamy)

15 minutes of fameMichael Scott chooses Kleisthenes

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

Coloured engraving of Malintzin

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15 minutes of fameCaroline Dodds Pennock chooses Malintzin

15 minutes of fameRana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu

Historian Fern Riddell

15 minutes of fameFern Riddell chooses Charley Wilson

Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fameMarc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fameHakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch

Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

Marie Tharp stands at a table, drawing her map of the Atlantic Ocean's floor

15 minutes of fameJerry Brotton chooses Marie Tharp

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fameJoyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye

Hildegard of Bingen

15 minutes of fameJanina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian

Marguerite de Navarre

15 minutes of fameSuzannah Lipscomb chooses Marguerite de Navarre

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.

15 minutes of fameTom Holland chooses Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

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A group of men in front of cannon with a ruined building behind them and rubble on the street

The war Britain won in 38 minutes