History hero

Celebrities and popular figures choose their heroes from history. Browse these interviews to find out more about the people they chose…

Isabel Allende and Inés Suárez

My history heroIsabel Allende chooses Inés Suárez

Katya Adler and Rita Levi-Montalcini

My history heroKatya Adler chooses Rita Levi-Montalcini

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Tommy Flowers

My history heroDame Stephanie Shirley chooses Tommy Flowers

Richard Coles and Lorenzo Da Ponte

My history heroRichard Coles chooses Lorenzo Da Ponte

Pauline Black and Billie Holiday

My history heroPauline Black chooses Billie Holiday

Danny Robins and Harry Price

My history heroDanny Robins chooses Harry Price

My history heroMichael Buerk chooses Robert FitzRoy

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov

My history heroJoan Armatrading chooses Charles Dickens

My history heroMary Archer chooses Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare

Iain Duncan Smith and Robert Peel

My history heroIain Duncan Smith chooses Robert Peel

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie

Ruby Turner and Sister Rosetta Tharpe

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sir Lindsay Hoyle and William Lenthall with a purple background.

My history heroSir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall

My history heroNatasha Kaplinsky chooses Eglantyne Jebb

My history heroSteve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace

My history heroAnthony Horowitz chooses Colin Gubbins

Natalie Haynes and Phryne

My history heroNatalie Haynes chooses Phryne

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin

My history heroEd Davey chooses Æthelstan

Deborah Meaden and Lady Hester Stanhope

My history heroDeborah Meaden chooses Lady Hester Stanhope

My history heroCommonwealth secretary-general Baroness Scotland chooses Ulric Cross

My history heroDame Rachel de Souza chooses Ignatius of Loyola

My history heroAshley John-Baptiste chooses Walter Tull

My history heroSir Keir Starmer chooses Eleanor Roosevelt

My history heroChris Hadfield chooses Michael Collins

My history heroMichelle Gayle chooses James Baldwin

My history heroTim Dunn chooses John Betjeman

My history heroMonica Ali chooses Richard Burton