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