Philippa Perry on the Italian educator Maria Montessori
First Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Caroline Quentin nominates Sir John Vanbrugh
Laura Marling on Lou Andreas-Salome
Robinson Crusoe
Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells
Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir
Shirley Collins on Alan Lomax
Jeremy Deller on The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein
Caroline Criado-Perez on Jane Austen
Kirill Gerstein on Ferruccio Busoni
Malcolm Lowry, nominated by Ian McMillan
Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, chosen by Tom Holland
Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton
Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury
Rohan Silva on Colin Chapman
Suzanne O'Sullivan on Oliver Sacks
Nikesh Shukla on the Great Gama
Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner
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