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The most influential Elizabethans

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TerriBull Fri 03-Jun-22 08:41:20

Robert Winston I think he's a Lord now. Made it possible for many people to become parents.

growstuff Fri 03-Jun-22 08:36:01

Pantglas2

If it doesn’t need to be a Brit then I’d go with Germaine Greer otherwise, Marie Stopes.

Both had a huge influence during the last century.

I was going to include both in my list.

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Jun-22 08:03:27

Elizabethans do most definitely need to be British, I would have thought.

Greer being born in Australia has lived and worked in Britain for a very long time, so I’m not sure.
She certainly feels very British!

I will second Lady Thatcher.
As a life long Labour supporter and more recently a member of the party, I still firmly believe that she was an exceptional woman in her achievements; and that she was very much of our time.

Pantglas2 Fri 03-Jun-22 06:15:10

If it doesn’t need to be a Brit then I’d go with Germaine Greer otherwise, Marie Stopes.

Both had a huge influence during the last century.

growstuff Fri 03-Jun-22 05:47:49

Mary Quant
Terence Conran

grandMattie Fri 03-Jun-22 05:44:22

Magdi Yakoub for heart transplants

The in vitro fertilisation team

nanna8 Fri 03-Jun-22 05:38:17

Margaret Thatcher, very influential whether you like her or despise her.

DaisyAnne Fri 03-Jun-22 00:16:38

The Labour Party after the war.

Chestnut Thu 02-Jun-22 23:51:16

Sorry, Elvis is American so probably doesn't count. We should be looking at Brits.

Chestnut Thu 02-Jun-22 23:50:29

Johnny Rotten (only joking)!

What about Elvis?

paddyann54 Thu 02-Jun-22 23:37:10

Professor Ian Donald Glasgow Obstetrician creator of Ultrasound scans in pregnancy ,one I have reason to be grateful to

Maggiemaybe Thu 02-Jun-22 22:18:09

Dame Sarah Gilbert.

Callistemon21 Thu 02-Jun-22 22:11:06

Rosalind Franklin

hazel93 Thu 02-Jun-22 20:23:50

Watson and Crick.

Kate1949 Thu 02-Jun-22 19:59:33

The Beatles. (Well I would say that grin).)

boheminan Thu 02-Jun-22 19:52:24

Jack Monroe - telling it how it really is.....

Callistemon21 Thu 02-Jun-22 19:41:43

Sir David Attenborough

Tim Peake

TerriBull Thu 02-Jun-22 19:25:46

Sir Tim Berners Lee (The World Wide Web)

Whitewavemark2 Thu 02-Jun-22 19:15:05

Just watching Marr’s programme, about influential people since the beginning of the Queens reign.

I’ll kick off.

Someone local to me

The Body Shop - Anita Roddick. Because she was the first to introduce ethical consumerism and promoted so many issues. Like the destruction of the rain forest, animal cruelty and recycling. She was years ahead of her time. And her first shop was opened in Brighton?. I frequently visited her headquarters near Littlehampton during my working life and I found her attitude to her staff outstanding. They ran a Body Shop charity with huge enthusiasm, there was a nursery on site for all her staff, training and atmosphere was exemplary.