History hero

Celebrities and popular figures choose their heroes from history. Browse these interviews to find out more about the people they chose…

Isabel Allende and Inés Suárez

My history heroIsabel Allende chooses Inés Suárez.

Katya Adler and Rita Levi-Montalcini

My history heroKatya Adler chooses Rita Levi-Montalcini.

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Tommy Flowers

My history heroDame Stephanie Shirley chooses Tommy Flowers

Richard Coles and Lorenzo Da Ponte

My history heroRichard Coles chooses Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Pauline Black and Billie Holiday

My history heroPauline Black chooses Billie Holiday.

Danny Robins and Harry Price

My history heroDanny Robins chooses Harry Price

My history heroMichael Buerk chooses Robert FitzRoy.

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov.

My history heroJoan Armatrading chooses Charles Dickens.

My history heroMary Archer chooses Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier.

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare.

Iain Duncan Smith and Robert Peel

My history heroIain Duncan Smith chooses Robert Peel.

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie.

Ruby Turner and Sister Rosetta Tharpe

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle and William Lenthall with a purple background.

My history heroSir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall.

My history heroNatasha Kaplinsky chooses Eglantyne Jebb.

My history heroSteve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace.

My history heroAnthony Horowitz chooses Colin Gubbins.

Natalie Haynes and Phryne

My history heroNatalie Haynes chooses Phryne.

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin.

My history heroEd Davey chooses Æthelstan.

Deborah Meaden and Lady Hester Stanhope

My history heroDeborah Meaden chooses Lady Hester Stanhope.

My history heroCommonwealth secretary-general Baroness Scotland chooses Ulric Cross.

My history heroDame Rachel de Souza chooses Ignatius of Loyola

My history heroAshley John-Baptiste chooses Walter Tull

My history heroSir Keir Starmer chooses Eleanor Roosevelt.

My history heroChris Hadfield chooses Michael Collins.

My history heroMichelle Gayle chooses James Baldwin.

My history heroTim Dunn chooses John Betjeman.

My history heroMonica Ali chooses Richard Burton.