| 1. | Sir Winston Churchill, (1874–1965), Prime Minister during the Second World War, statesman, soldier, author, orator, artist |
| 2. | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (1806–1859), engineer, creator of Great Western Railway and other significant works |
| 3. | Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), first wife of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (1981–1996) and mother of Princes William and Harry of Wales |
| 4. | Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection and author of On the Origin of Species |
| 5. | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and playwright, thought of by many as the greatest of all writers in the English language |
| 6. | Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science |
| 7. | Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603), monarch, (reigned 1558–1603) |
| 8. | John Lennon (1940–1980), musician with The Beatles, philanthropist, peace activist, artist |
| 9. | Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), naval commander |
| 10. | Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector |
| 11. | Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer |
| 12. | Captain James Cook (1728–1779), explorer |
| 13. | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides |
| 14. | Alfred the Great (849?–899), King of Wessex, (reigned 871–899) |
| 15. | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), military commander, statesman and Prime Minister 1828–1830 and 1834 |
| 16. | Margaret Thatcher (*3) (born 1925), Prime Minister (1979–1990) |
| 17. | Michael Crawford (born 1942), actor and singer |
| 18. | Queen Victoria (1819–1901), monarch (reigned 1837–1901) |
| 19. | Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), musician with The Beatles |
| 20. | Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), pharmaceutical innovator |
| 21. | Alan Turing (1912–1954), pioneer of computing |
| 22. | Michael Faraday (1791–1867), scientist |
| 23. | Owain Glyndwr (1359–1416), Prince of Wales |
| 24. | Queen Elizabeth II (*10) (born 1926), reigning monarch (1952–present) |
| 25. | Professor Stephen Hawking (born 1942), theoretical physicist |
| 26. | William Tyndale (1494–1536), English translator of the Bible |
| 27. | Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), suffragette |
| 28. | William Wilberforce (1759–1833), humanitarian |
| 29. | David Bowie (born 1947), musician |
| 30. | Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English revolutionary |
| 31. | Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (1917–1992), aviator and charity organiser |
| 32. | Eric Morecambe (1926–1984), comedian |
| 33. | David Beckham (*91) (born 1975), footballer |
| 34. | Thomas Paine (1737–1809), political philosopher |
| 35. | Boudica (died c.60), leader of Celtic resistance to the Roman Empire |
| 36. | Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), Olympic rower |
| 37. | Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), English lawyer and politician |
| 38. | William Blake (1757–1827), author/poet, painter and printer |
| 39. | John Harrison (1693–1776), clock designer |
| 40. | King Henry VIII of England (1491–1547), monarch (reigned 1509–1547) |
| 41. | Charles Dickens (1812–1870), author |
| 42. | Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996), jet engine inventor |
| 43. | John Peel (1939–2004), broadcaster |
| 44. | John Logie Baird (1888–1946), television pioneer |
| 45. | Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960), politician |
| 46. | Boy George (born 1961), musician with Culture Club |
| 47. | Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), aviator and charity campaigner |
| 48. | Sir William Wallace (c.1270–1305), Guardian of Scotland |
| 49. | Sir Francis Drake (c.1540–1596), English naval commander |
| 50. | John Wesley (1703–1791), founder of Methodism |
| 51. | King Arthur, legendary Celtic monarch |
| 52. | Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), nurse and charity campaigner |
| 53. | T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888–1935), Arabist and soldier |
| 54. | Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), polar explorer |
| 55. | Enoch Powell (1912–1998), politician |
| 56. | Sir Cliff Richard (*29) (born 1940), musician |
| 57. | Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), telephone pioneer, placed 9th in the Canadian version |
| 58. | Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), musician with Queen |
| 59. | Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935), actress and singer |
| 60. | Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer |
| 61. | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900–2002), Queen consort |
| 62. | George Harrison (1943–2001), musician with The Beatles |
| 63. | Sir David Attenborough (born 1926), broadcaster |
| 64. | James Connolly (1868–1916), the Scottish born leader of the Irish 1916 rising |
| 65. | George Stephenson (1781–1848), railway pioneer |
| 66. | Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), comic actor |
| 67. | Tony Blair (*1) (born 1953), Prime Minister (1997–2007) |
| 68. | William Caxton (c.1415~1422–c.1492), English printer |
| 69. | Bobby Moore (1941–1993), footballer and Captain of England 1966 World Cup winning team |
| 70. | Jane Austen (1775–1817), author |
| 71. | William Booth (1829–1912), founder of Salvation Army |
| 72. | King Henry V of England (1387–1422), monarch (reigned 1413–1422) |
| 73. | Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), occultist, writer, and social provocateur; founder of Thelema |
| 74. | Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), King of Scots |
| 75. | The Unknown Warrior, soldier of the Great War |
| 76. | Robbie Williams (*17) (born 1974), musician and former member of Take That |
| 77. | Edward Jenner (1749–1823), pioneer of vaccination |
| 78. | David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George (1863–1945), Prime Minister (1916–1922) |
| 79. | Charles Babbage (1791–1871), mathematician and pioneer of computing |
| 80. | Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400), English author |
| 81. | King Richard III of England (1452–1485), monarch (reigned 1483–1485) |
| 82. | J.K. Rowling (born 1965), author |
| 83. | James Watt (1736–1819), developer of the steam engine |
| 84. | Sir Richard Branson (*86) (born 1950), businessman and adventurer |
| 85. | John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) (born 1956), musician |
| 86. | Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887–1976), military commander |
| 87. | Donald Campbell (1921–1967), water speed world record challenger |
| 88. | King Henry II of England (1133–1189), monarch (reigned 1154–1189) |
| 89. | James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), physicist |
| 90. | J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), author and philologist |
| 91. | Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618), English explorer |
| 92. | King Edward I of England (1239–1307), monarch (reigned 1272–1307) |
| 93. | Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), aviation technology pioneer |
| 94. | Richard Burton (1925–1984), actor 1 |
| 95. | Tony Benn (born 1925), politician |
| 96. | David Livingstone (1813–1873), missionary and explorer |
| 97. | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), Internet pioneer and inventor of the World Wide Web |
| 98. | Marie Stopes (1880–1958), promoter of birth control |
| 99. | John Cleese (born 1939), comedian and actor |
| 100. | Sir Clive Sinclair (born July 30, 1940), entrepreneur and inventor |