Outstanding British people

1. Outstanding British people

2. William Shakespеare (1564-1616) 

William Shakespеare (1564-1616)
Great English playwright,
poet, actor. At a young age
he became an actor, then a
playwright in London. The
author of such plays as
"Romeo
and
Juliet",
"Hamlet" and others

3. John Ronald  Tolkien (1892-1973)

John Ronald Tolkien (1892-1973)
British
writer,
poet,
translator, linguist and
philologist. Veteran of the
First World War. Author of
the trilogy "The Lord of the
Rings"

4. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

English writer and
publicist. Known primarily
as the author of the novel
«Robinson Crusoe»

5. Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

English naturalist and
traveler. Author of the
theory of human evolution

6. Joseph Mallord William Turner

English painter, master of
romantic
landscape,
watercolourist
and
engraver. Predecessor of
the French Impressionists.
The artist's legacy consists
of more than 550 oil
paintings,
2,000
watercolours and 30,000
works on paper.

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8.            Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
British actor, film director,
screenwriter,
composer,
producer and editor.

9. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

English writer of Irish
descent,
author
of
numerous
adventure,
historical,
journalistic,
fantasy and humorous
works. He created the
character Sherlock Holmes
in 1887

10. Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

British
politician,
statesman, military leader,
and writer who served as
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom twice:
from 1940 to 1945 during
World War II and from
1951 to 1955

11. Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

English
writer
and
playwright. She is one of
the world's most famous
authors of detective fiction.
She create such detective
characters as Miss Marple
and Hercule Poirot

12.         Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher
British statesman and
politician. Prime Minister
of Great Britain from 1979
to 1990, leader of the
Conservative Party from
1975 to 1990. She was the
first female Prime Minister
in the history of Great
Britain

13. Mark Twain (1835-1910) 

Mark Twain (1835-1910)
American writer, humorist,
journalist
and
public
figure. Author of the
stories about Tom Sawyer
and Huckleberry Finn

14. John Lennon (1940-1980)

British rock musician,
singer, poet, composer,
artist, writer and activist,
who achieved worldwide
fame as the founder, cowriter, lead vocalist and
rhythm guitarist of the
band The Beatles

15.  Pamela Travers (1899-1996)

Pamela Travers (1899-1996)
English actress and writer,
best known as the author
of the Mary Poppins
children's book series