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[8] [9] In 2004, two years after the 100 Greatest Britons list was voted on, social campaigner Patrick Vernon created a similar poll exclusively voted upon by members of the black British community, with Mary Seacole being named the greatest black Briton for her actions during the Crimean War with Russia. [10]
A mean of the scores was calculated and a league table based on the mean scores. [2] The five Labour prime ministers were, on average, judged to have been the most successful, with a mean of 6.0 (median of 5.9). The three Liberals averaged 5.8 (median of 6.2) and the twelve Conservatives 4.8 (median of 4.1).
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (/ ˈ ɪ z ə m b ɑːr d ˈ k ɪ ŋ d ə m b r uː ˈ n ɛ l / IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859 [1]) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer [2] who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", [3] "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", [4] and "one of the greatest ...
100 Great Black Britons is a poll that was first undertaken in 2003 to vote for and celebrate the greatest Black Britons of all time. It was created in a campaign initiated by Patrick Vernon in response to a BBC search for 100 Greatest Britons, together with a television series (2002), which featured no Black Britons in the published listing. [1]
Great Greeks (Greek: Μεγάλοι Έλληνες, Megali Ellines) is a television program, produced and broadcast by the Greek television network Skai TV, based on the BBC's equivalent show 100 Greatest Britons.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, a 1978 book; 100 Greatest Britons, a BBC series about historical figures from the United Kingdom; Great South Africans, a South African TV series to determine the "100 Greatest South Africans" Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the American world
Il più grande italiano di tutti i tempi ("The greatest Italian of all times") was an Italian television show based on the British 100 Greatest Britons transmitted on Rai 2 in January and February 2010. It was presented by Francesco Facchinetti and Martina Stella, in four sessions. The winner was Leonardo da Vinci. The show was widely ...
100 greatest may refer to: 100 Greatest, a Channel 4 TV strand in the United Kingdom; 100 Greatest African Americans, a biographical dictionary; 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll, a television special that aired on VH1 in 1998; 100 Greatest of All Time, a TV series ranking the greatest tennis players; 100 Greatest Britons, a BBC TV programme