50 Greatest Britons

[Martino Knockavelli]

All footballers disqualified on account of the Great Belgian Hipster Football craze of World Cup 2014.

 

[Aberstone]

Where's Tintin Carel?

 

[HertsWolf]

1 Tom Boonen
2 Rene Magritte
3 Chantel Akerman
4 Georges Simenon
5 Peter Paul Rubens
6 Anna Boch
7 Rik Van Looy
8 Johan Museew
9 Brueghel The Elder
10 Peter van Petegem
11 CJ Bolland
12 Paul Delvaux
13 Jean-Pierre Dardennes
14 Luc Dardennes
15 Joris de Laet
16 Eddie Merckx
17 Claude Lévi-Strauss
18 Luce Irigaray
19 Eugene Boch
20 Herge
21 Jacques Brel
22 Nicaise de Keyser
23 Harry Kümel
24 Olivier Smolders
25 Victor Horta
26 Helene Cattet
27 Bruno Forzani
28 Jolien D'Hoore
29 Roger de Vlaeminck
30 Praga Khan
31 Albert Huybrechts
32 Jacky Ickx
33 Darío de Regoyos
34 Jef Lambeaux
35 Wim Mertens
36 Guillaume Vogels
37 Jean-Luc De Meyer
38 Fernand Khnopff
39 Andre Delvaux
40 Théo van Rysselberghe
41 Jacqueline Fontyn
42 Ann Demeulemeester
43 Jaco Van Dormael
44 Marc Moulin
45 Thierry Zéno
46 James Ensor
47 Lara Fabian
48 Vick De Cooremeter
49 Patrick De Meyer
50 André Franquin

Thanks.

Told you. Thank goodness for the bicycle.

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

1 Tom Boonen
2 Rene Magritte
3 Chantel Akerman
4 Georges Simenon
5 Peter Paul Rubens
6 Anna Boch
7 Rik Van Looy
8 Johan Museew
9 Brueghel The Elder
10 Peter van Petegem
11 CJ Bolland
12 Paul Delvaux
13 Jean-Pierre Dardennes
14 Luc Dardennes
15 Joris de Laet
16 Eddie Merckx
17 Claude Lévi-Strauss
18 Luce Irigaray
19 Eugene Boch
20 Herge
21 Jacques Brel
22 Nicaise de Keyser
23 Harry Kümel
24 Olivier Smolders
25 Victor Horta
26 Helene Cattet
27 Bruno Forzani
28 Jolien D'Hoore
29 Roger de Vlaeminck
30 Praga Khan
31 Albert Huybrechts
32 Jacky Ickx
33 Darío de Regoyos
34 Jef Lambeaux
35 Wim Mertens
36 Guillaume Vogels
37 Jean-Luc De Meyer
38 Fernand Khnopff
39 Andre Delvaux
40 Théo van Rysselberghe
41 Jacqueline Fontyn
42 Ann Demeulemeester
43 Jaco Van Dormael
44 Marc Moulin
45 Thierry Zéno
46 James Ensor
47 Lara Fabian
48 Vick De Cooremeter
49 Patrick De Meyer
50 André Franquin

Thanks.

Dispute your inclusion of anyone who died before 1830 tbh.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

I know, but there's fewer techno types than I had initially thought so I had to fudge it a bit.

 

[Stagat]

No JCVD?

 

[Pliny Harris]

Naturally, I'm having a leftie #meltdown over Clement Attlee/Aneurin Bevan's no-show despite forming the NHS and all.

Don't get what Prince William's done to deserve the accolade yet. Sure his charitable work is fab, but hundreds of thousands do similar.

The Reynolds Girls are conspicuous in their absence too.

 

[blade1889]

Paine or Tolkein?
Tolkein may have been born in South Africa (errr......not America), but his English family returned to England when he was three. He was brought up British and remained British until his death.
Paine was also brought up British and lived much of his adult life in the UK. His support (promotion even) of American independence doesn't preclude him from being a great Briton.

My bad, south Africa not america...its far too early for brain functioning correctly haha. Ad obvs meant Tolkein with the LOTR reference

 

[Craig]

1. William Wilberforce
2. Margaret Clitherow
3. Brian Blessed
4. Tommy Taylor
5. Robert Aske
6. Ted Hughes
7. James Cook
8. Sean Bean
9. J.B Priestley
10. Amy Johnson
11. John Stones
12. Brian Glover
13. Robinson Crusoe
14. Jarvis Cocker
15. Dominic West
16. Kate Rusby
17. Joseph Locke
18. Gordon Banks
19. Shaun Dooley
20. Percy Shaw
21. Richard III
22. Charles Laughton
23. Guy Fawkes
24. Neil Redfearn
25. Diana Rigg
26. Dickie Bird
27. Geoffrey Boycott
28. David Hirst
29. Arthur Scargill
30. Nicola Adams
31. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
32. Tom Maguire
33. Jeremy Paxman
34. Harry Ramsden
35. Frank Wormald
36. Billy Casper
37. Helen Fielding
38. Martin Frobisher
39. Ethel Lang
40. Dorothy Hyman
41. Dynamo
42. Ade Edmondson
43. Naseem Hamed
44. Patrick Stewart
45. Zayn Malik
46. Darren Gough
47. Ed Clancy
48. Graham Ibbeson
49. Joseph Tetley
50. Joseph Bramah

Ta.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

I would lose Dynamo for Ian Hutchinson.

 

[Craig]

He would deffo have made a top 100.

 

[merseyboyred]

No King Alfred The great? A shocking omission considering without him we'd all be talking Norse.

We do talk a lot of Norse.

 

[SALTIRE]

1. William Wiberforce
2. Margaret Clitherow
3. Brian Blessed
4. Tommy Taylor
5. Robert Aske
6. Ted Hughes
7. James Cook
8. Sean Bean
9. J.B Priestley
10. Amy Johnson
11. John Stones
12. Brian Glover
13. Robinson Crusoe
14. Jarvis Cocker
15. Dominic West
16. Kate Rusby
17. Joseph Locke
18. Gordon Banks
19. Shaun Dooley
20. Percy Shaw
21. Richard III
22. Charles Laughton
23. Guy Fawkes
24. Neil Redfearn
25. Diana Rigg
26. Dickie Bird
27. Geoffrey Boycott
28. David Hirst
29. Arthur Scargill
30. Nicola Adams
31. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
32. Tom Maguire
33. Jeremy Paxman
34. Harry Ramsden
35. Frank Wormald
36. Billy Casper
37. Helen Fielding
38. Martin Frobisher
39. Ethel Lang
40. Dorothy Hyman
41. Dynamo
42. Ade Edmondson
43. Naseem Hamed
44. Patrick Stewart
45. Zayn Malik
46. Darren Gough
47. Ed Clancy
48. Graham Ibbeson
49. Joseph Tetley
50. Joseph Bramah

Ta.

Have a like for including Brian Glover!

 

[Stevencc]

You should retract that like for him calling William Wilberforce William Wiberforce.

Sorry Craig.

 

[mnb089mnb]

As you say it's from a red top. Mo Farah ahead of Darwin and Shakespeare?

On his deathbed Darwin confessed that he'd never even ran 10k. As for Shakespeare it was Marlowe who ran most of his middle distance races for him!!

 

[Veggie Legs]

1. William Wiberforce
2. Margaret Clitherow
3. Brian Blessed
4. Tommy Taylor
5. Robert Aske
6. Ted Hughes
7. James Cook
8. Sean Bean
9. J.B Priestley
10. Amy Johnson
11. John Stones
12. Brian Glover
13. Robinson Crusoe
14. Jarvis Cocker
15. Dominic West
16. Kate Rusby
17. Joseph Locke
18. Gordon Banks
19. Shaun Dooley
20. Percy Shaw
21. Richard III
22. Charles Laughton
23. Guy Fawkes
24. Neil Redfearn
25. Diana Rigg
26. Dickie Bird
27. Geoffrey Boycott
28. David Hirst
29. Arthur Scargill
30. Nicola Adams
31. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
32. Tom Maguire
33. Jeremy Paxman
34. Harry Ramsden
35. Frank Wormald
36. Billy Casper
37. Helen Fielding
38. Martin Frobisher
39. Ethel Lang
40. Dorothy Hyman
41. Dynamo
42. Ade Edmondson
43. Naseem Hamed
44. Patrick Stewart
45. Zayn Malik
46. Darren Gough
47. Ed Clancy
48. Graham Ibbeson
49. Joseph Tetley
50. Joseph Bramah

Ta.

No Mick McCarthy? No thanks.

 

[blade1889]

Sean Bean should be top

 

[Craig]

@Veggie, Again, easily top 100.

 

[SALTIRE]

Jordan should be included too I reckon. She's done more for the nation than the effin Queen anyway.

 

[Son of Cod]

18 DJ Brisk

:thumb:

 

[spireite]

No Mick McCarthy? No thanks.

The only man who could make Shakespeare sound like a list of building materials. Legend.

 

[The Hand of Dom]

This many posts and Alan Titchmarsh hasn't even been fucking mentioned.

Disgrace.

 

[TomPNE94]

1. William Wilberforce
2. Margaret Clitherow
3. Brian Blessed
4. Tommy Taylor
5. Robert Aske
6. Ted Hughes
7. James Cook
8. Sean Bean
9. J.B Priestley
10. Amy Johnson
11. John Stones
12. Brian Glover
13. Robinson Crusoe
14. Jarvis Cocker
15. Dominic West
16. Kate Rusby
17. Joseph Locke
18. Gordon Banks
19. Shaun Dooley
20. Percy Shaw
21. Richard III
22. Charles Laughton
23. Guy Fawkes
24. Neil Redfearn
25. Diana Rigg
26. Dickie Bird
27. Geoffrey Boycott
28. David Hirst
29. Arthur Scargill
30. Nicola Adams
31. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
32. Tom Maguire
33. Jeremy Paxman
34. Harry Ramsden
35. Frank Wormald
36. Billy Casper
37. Helen Fielding
38. Martin Frobisher
39. Ethel Lang
40. Dorothy Hyman
41. Dynamo
42. Ade Edmondson
43. Naseem Hamed
44. Patrick Stewart
45. Zayn Malik
46. Darren Gough
47. Ed Clancy
48. Graham Ibbeson
49. Joseph Tetley
50. Joseph Bramah

Ta.

fuck off yorkshire

 

[blade1889]

fuck off yorkshire

I feel its missing a Michael Parkinson and Michael Palin amd Seb Coe tbh

Surprised a Barnsley fan could forget Parkinson to be perfectly honest.

 

[eightiesrobin]

Brian Close and Joe Johnson are shocking omissions IMO

 

[Craig]

Cont... (by popular demand)

51. Ralph Ineson
52. Mick McCarthy
53. Ben Kingsley
54. Alex Turner
55. Michael Parkinson
56. Danny Rose
57. Katherine Kelly
58. Emily Bronte
59. Anne Bronte
60. Charlotte Bronte
61. Rick Savage
62. Louis Tomlinson
63. Nell McAndrew
64. Ian Hutchinson
65. Fred Trueman
66. Barbara Taylor Bradford
67. Alan Bennett
68. Barry Hines
69. Joe Johnson
70. Michael Palin
71. James Milner
72. Alistair Brownlee
73. Jonathan Brownlee
74. Johnny Nelson
75. Fred Hoyle
76. John Fisher
77. David Hockney
78. David Seaman
79. John Barry
80. The Kestrel from Kes
81. Ryan Sidebottom
82. Dean Windass
83. Hilda of Whitby
84. James Henry Atkinson
85. Helen Sharman
86. Joanne Harris
87. William Bateson
88. Robin Hood
89. Joanne Fletcher
90. Ashley Jackson
91. James Henry Atkinson
92. George Robledo
93. Edward Victor Appleton
94. Ricky Wilson
95. Toby Kebbell
96. David Bradley
97. Joanne Froggatt
98. Julian Sands
99. Marco Pierre White
100. Vic Reeves

 

[Aber gas]

Finally Fred trueman and marco Pierre White. Their omission had been concerning.

 

[blade1889]

Still no Seb Coe or Jess Ennis? May as well put them in alphabetical order, be just as good.

 

[Craig]

The list could go on and on and on and on.,.. and Coe still wouldn't make it.

 

[silkyman]

Churchill had his (many) faults but he's exactlly what we needed in that war, I think that's why he's fondly remembered

Churchill was a bastard. But we were at war with a much bigger bastard and so a bastard was what was needed.