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History hero

Freddie Mercury – born Farrokh Bulsara – on stage at Brondby Hallen, Denmark. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns/Getty Images)
20th Century

My history hero: Aled Jones chooses Freddie Mercury (1946–91)

Designer duo, husband and wife Robin and Lucienne Day, 1955. The pair “were perhaps the greatest British man and wife design team there has ever been”, says Wayne Hemingway. (Photo by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo)
20th Century

My history hero: Robin Day (1915–2010) and Lucienne Day (1917–2010)

Charlie Chaplin, in a still from his 1936 film 'Modern Times’. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)
20th Century

My history hero: Charlie Chaplin

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Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)
Second World War

History hero Barbara Taylor Bradford chooses Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

American novelist John Updike
20th Century

My history hero: John Updike (1932-2009)

Field Marshal Bill Slim
20th Century

My history hero: Field Marshal Bill Slim (1891-1970)

A portrait of Charles Dickens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
General Modern

My history hero: Charles Dickens

Georgian

History hero Jeremy Corbyn chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97)

Gertrude Bell. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

My history hero: Gertrude Bell (1868–1926)

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Bob Marley performs live on stage with the Wailers in Holland
General Modern

My history hero: Bob Marley (1945–81)

Italian writer Primo Levi sitting at a desk in his study. Turin, 1981. (Photo by Sergio del GrandeMondadori PortfolioMondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Second World War

My history hero: Primo Levi (1919–87)

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 1797. Artist: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (1760-1802)
Georgian

My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758–1805)

Front and profile views of the bust of Roman dictator Julius Caesar (c50 BC) on display in the British Museum. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Roman

The Library Nick Knowles chooses Julius Caesar (100–44 BC)

Swiss psychiatrist Dr Carl Jung in his library at home. (Photo by Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
20th Century

My history hero: Carl Jung (1875–1961)

Portrait of Richard Wagner, 1883. (Photo By DEA/A Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)
Victorian

My History Hero: Richard Wagner (1813–83)

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