15 minutes of fame

General Early Modern

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

15 minutes of fameRediscovering forgotten figures.

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

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

BaburDynasty founder and diarist.

Coloured engraving of Malintzin

General Early Modern

15 minutes of fameCaroline Dodds Pennock chooses Malintzin

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller.

KleisthenesFather of Athenian democracy.

Aina Forbes BonettaQueen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter.

MalintzinAztec interpreter.

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.

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

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian.

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian.

Historian Fern Riddell

15 minutes of fameFern Riddell chooses Charley Wilson.

15 minutes of fameHakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch.

Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fameMarc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fameJoyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye

Charley WilsonVictorian transgender working-class man.

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

15 minutes of fameJerry Brotton chooses Marie Tharp.

15 minutes of fameRana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu.

Hildegard of Bingen

15 minutes of fameJanina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen.

Marguerite de Navarre

15 minutes of fameSuzannah Lipscomb chooses Marguerite de Navarre.

Queen TiyeOvershadowed ancient Egyptian royal.

Marie TharpGround-breaking cartographer.

Franz NopcsaHungarian adventurer and palaeontologist.

St WilfridQuarrelsome church reformer.

Alice KinlochPan-African activist.

Tsiang Ting-fuChinese historian and diplomat.

Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath.