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

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.

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

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.

My history heroSam Naz chooses Noor Inayat Khan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroJeremy Bowen chooses Vincent Sheean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroPaterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroAdam Henson chooses Robert Bakewell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroIan Hislop chooses Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroSarah Smith chooses Eleanor of Aquitaine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroCraig Charles chooses Muhammad Ali. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroRoss Kemp chooses Jesse Owens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroRory Stewart chooses Thomas More. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroLaura Mvula chooses Thelonious Monk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroJackie Weaver chooses Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroNisha Katona chooses Samuel Pepys (1633–1703). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroNihal Arthanayake chooses Ashoka the Great (c304–c232 BC). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroSteven Berkoff chooses Laurence Olivier (1907–89)

History heroWilliam Boyd chooses Anton Chekhov (1860–1904). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroDan Walker chooses Eric Liddell (1902–45). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroAnita Anand chooses Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroElla Al-Shamahi chooses Cândido Rondon (1865–1958). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroBobby Seagull chooses Stephen Hawking (1942–2018). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroJulia Donaldson chooses Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny (d1650). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

History heroSimon Farnaby chooses Félix Kir (1876–1968)

History heroAndrew Marr chooses Charles Darwin (1809–82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroGillian Burke chooses George Washington Carver (c1864–1943). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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