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Marvin Gaye
Innovative soul singer Marvin Gaye is the choice of historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow.
Burt Lancaster
Broadcaster Gerry Anderson chooses Hollywood legend, Burt Lancaster.
Leonard Woolf
4 Extra Debut. Jilly Goolden nominates writer and political thinker Leonard Woolf.
Vivien Leigh
Barrister Christina Gorna chooses Oscar-winning Vivien Leigh.
Robert FitzRoy
Baroness Margaret Jay chooses pioneering meteorologist Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Dillie Keane chooses the musical duo Gilbert and Sullivan.
Joseph Banks
Scientist Lord Robert May nominates the naturalist and botanist, Joseph Banks.
Benjamin Disraeli
Kenneth Clarke chooses the Victorian politician, Benjamin Disraeli.
Tom Paine
Writer and political activist George Monbiot chooses 18th-century revolutionary Tom Paine.
Tchaikovsky
Economist Ruth Lea chooses the great Russian composer. Stephen Johnson adds his expertise.
