The most influential Elizabethans

Another vote for the Watson, Crick, Franklin team, although I think that Watson wasn't a Brit- but even better, the group showing that science transcends geography.
Sad that Rosalind Franklin didn't get the credit she should have, but that's for another thread, perhaps.

Mamie

Delia Smith - she certainly influenced the way people cooked.

That’s a great call!

Malcolm McLaren
Vivienne Westwood
The Monty Python lot
The Beatles
David Steel

……,off the top of my head. But there’s probably 100’s.

Grayson Perry. He makes art which many people like.
David Attenborough. I feel as though everything I know about nature I learned from him.

Chocolatelovinggran

Another vote for the Watson, Crick, Franklin team, although I think that Watson wasn't a Brit- but even better, the group showing that science transcends geography.
Sad that Rosalind Franklin didn't get the credit she should have, but that's for another thread, perhaps.

Franklin wasn't in Watson and Crick's team. They used her research and din't acknowledge what she'd done.

growstuff

Chocolatelovinggran

Another vote for the Watson, Crick, Franklin team, although I think that Watson wasn't a Brit- but even better, the group showing that science transcends geography.
Sad that Rosalind Franklin didn't get the credit she should have, but that's for another thread, perhaps.

Franklin wasn't in Watson and Crick's team. They used her research and din't acknowledge what she'd done.

growstuff ?

Victoria Beckham, she just keeps going no matter the criticism and I
Like many of her sensible dress designs

How about Enid Blyton, I think she certainly influenced our generation as children.

Oh definitely Whitewavemark2 - I absolutely loved her books. And Agatha Christie as I grew up.

Some names mentioned here, resonate on a personal level, definitely Enid Blyton I think I read all of hers throughout my childhood before moving on to Agatha Christie in my teens.

The Beatles of course! and to a lesser extent a lot of the others around the same era, later on David Bowie.

Mary Quant (although she was somewhat unaffordable regrettably when she was at her peak and I was still at school Later on though Barbara Hulanicki founder of Biba, I did buy a few things at that store and loved the whole unique look that she established.

Terence Conran, I loved Habitat in it's heyday and Anita Roddick's Body Shop products.

Delia Smith, particularly her three part guide to cooking, that was around the time I had my first home and became interested in producing meals.

Simon Schama for that wonderful series on the history of Britain.

David Steel, is there another one? other than the Liberal leader who knew all about what Cyril Smith got up to, shocking!

TerriBull, I was just writing a piece for local history about making up MQ patterns - I think she designed some paper patterns for home sewing - if not, her designs influenced what we did make!
There was a cricketer called David Steel, but I don't think we'd put him in 'great Elizabethans' (apologies to nay of his family / cricket fans)
I can't really think of any individuals, but am loving this thread.
Some women I do think made a big difference were more about collective efforts. I am thinking of:
The trawlermens' wives who set up a safety campaign in 1968
The Dagenham girls
The Grunwick women
The Belfast peace activists
There have been many more, working at local level.

David Attenborough

David Steel the politician was responsible for bring the 1967 Abortion Act to parliament, when abortion was made legal up to 28 weeks.

I agree David Attenborough has to take top prize for working for the natural world and the environment for so many years. The length of time is relevant I think.

Peter Blake

There was a cricketer called David Steel, but I don't think we'd put him in 'great Elizabethans' (apologies to nay of his family / cricket fans)

I think most people would think of tge David Steel who became Lord Steel of Aikwood, former and indeed final leader of the Liberal party who introduced the Abortion Act of 1967 rather than David Steele the cricketer!

Elizabeth 1st

Indeed Maw, but someone asked, was there another one?

Nannarose

Indeed Maw, but someone asked, was there another one?

Sorry - I must have missed that. The cricketer is of course Steel with an “e”