History hero

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

Two overlapping circular portraits against a teal background: a Renaissance painting of Isabella d’Este on the left and a photograph of author Sarah Dunant on the right

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"She made an impact without being sexually attractive": why this Renaissance fashionista is my history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two pictures of women, one modern day one looking at the camera, the other Victorian facing towards the right sit in circular frames against an orange background

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My history hero: Rain Newton-Smith chooses Helen Keller (1880-1968). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Isabel Allende and Inés Suárez

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My history heroIsabel Allende chooses Inés Suárez. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Katya Adler and Rita Levi-Montalcini

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My history heroKatya Adler chooses Rita Levi-Montalcini. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Tommy Flowers

20th Century

My history heroDame Stephanie Shirley chooses Tommy Flowers

Richard Coles and Lorenzo Da Ponte

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My history heroRichard Coles chooses Lorenzo Da Ponte. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pauline Black and Billie Holiday

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

Danny Robins and Harry Price

20th Century

My history heroDanny Robins chooses Harry Price

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

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

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

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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

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

Iain Duncan Smith and Robert Peel

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

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

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

Ruby Turner and Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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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.

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

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

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

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

Natalie Haynes and Phryne

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

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

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

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

Deborah Meaden and Lady Hester Stanhope

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

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

Medieval

My history heroDame Rachel de Souza chooses Ignatius of Loyola

20th Century

My history heroAshley John-Baptiste chooses Walter Tull

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My history heroSir Keir Starmer chooses Eleanor Roosevelt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroChris Hadfield chooses Michael Collins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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