Historical people

Black History MonthThe slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson: a tale of tragedy and survival in the Antarctic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

The Napoleon of Fleet Street. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coloured engraving of Malintzin

General Early Modern

15 minutes of fameCaroline Dodds Pennock chooses Malintzin

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mussolini salutes in front of the statue of the Roman emperor Nerva, in the 1930s

How Italian dictator Benito Mussolini became the first face of fascism

Why we should remember…the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

KleisthenesFather of Athenian democracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aina Forbes BonettaQueen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MalintzinAztec interpreter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Writer JRR Tolkien smokes a pipe

JRR TolkienThe making of Middle Earth

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.

15 minutes of fameTom Holland chooses Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robin Hood: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Fern Riddell

15 minutes of fameFern Riddell chooses Charley Wilson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portraits of William III and Mary II, the only joint sovereigns in British history

Your guide to William and Mary, the only joint sovereigns in British history

Is Queen Henrietta Maria’s rotten reputation deserved?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Leanda de Lisle photographed at her home with her dog Millie

Leanda de Lisle“Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

15 minutes of fameHakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War poets: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fameMarc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

A portrait of Moses Roper, the first African-American fugitive from slavery to make a home in Britain

Moses Roper: the story of an American fugitive from slavery in Britain

Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosalind Franklin as seen in a 1956 photo

Why we should remember…Rosalind Franklin’s pioneering scientific career

Marie Tharp stands at a table, drawing her map of the Atlantic Ocean's floor

15 minutes of fameJerry Brotton chooses Marie Tharp. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.