History hero

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

Pauline Black and Billie Holiday

My history heroPauline Black chooses Billie Holiday. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Danny Robins and Harry Price

My history heroDanny Robins chooses Harry Price

My history heroMichael Buerk chooses Robert FitzRoy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroJoan Armatrading chooses Charles Dickens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroMary Archer chooses Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Iain Duncan Smith and Robert Peel

My history heroIain Duncan Smith chooses Robert Peel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ruby Turner and Sister Rosetta Tharpe

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle and William Lenthall with a purple background.

My history heroSir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroNatasha Kaplinsky chooses Eglantyne Jebb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroSteve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroAnthony Horowitz chooses Colin Gubbins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Natalie Haynes and Phryne

My history heroNatalie Haynes chooses Phryne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroEd Davey chooses Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deborah Meaden and Lady Hester Stanhope

My history heroDeborah Meaden chooses Lady Hester Stanhope. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroCommonwealth secretary-general Baroness Scotland chooses Ulric Cross. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroMichelle Gayle chooses James Baldwin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroTim Dunn chooses John Betjeman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroMonica Ali chooses Richard Burton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroPhil Tufnell chooses Denis Compton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Micheal Rosen and Émile Zola

My history heroMichael Rosen chooses Émile Zola. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reeta Chakrabarti and Janusz Korczak

My history heroReeta Chakrabarti chooses Janusz Korczak. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroIain Dale chooses Ronald Reagan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.