Name 1 historical person you admire

[Guinness Guzzler]

Do they have to be dead, or can it just be anyone throughout history. I reckon President Xi. If they have to be dead then maybe Mandela

 

[englishman abroad]

Ghandi

 

[cluffy]

Katharine Hepburn

 

[safcrob]

Napoleon.

 

[PNEFC111]

I’ve read Zigzag and one other which was WW2 with lots of different spy stories.

Any other recommendations from him as loved those two?

Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and The Traitor - stunning books.

 

[bobpc30]

Lloyd christmas

That who Christmas is named after?

 

[70YearsOfHurt]

Napoleon was defeated by bad weather.

... and the Austrians. That Blucher !!!

That who Christmas is named after?

No, it's the bank that it's named after.

 

[MickeyV]

John Lilburne. Local lad.

 

[lostinfrance]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Built the North Dock at Roker which is now the Marina.

 

[Kevj]

Built the North Dock at Roker which is now the Marina.

I believe he also had a part to play in the master plan for the south dock. He wasn’t credited as another engineer changed the final layout.

 

[PJH]

Joseph.

Stuck by his mentally ill wife after she tried to pass of her pregnancy as an act of God and raised the child as his own and stuck by him, even when the kid started to believe his mothers delusions.

 

[S.S.R..]

T E Lawrence

 

[bobpc30]

Mother Theresa, fooled everyone.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Albert Pierrepoint

 

[Amnorrageordie]

Thomas Telford.

 

[Wilfy]

Albert Pierrepoint

His biography is a cracking read.

 

[shadowplay]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He wrote a song called 'Lick my arse" and kept a pet starling.

 

[rudd]

My friend who works as a nurse in Leeds.

I'm seriousness, John Locke, not the one from Lost though.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Do they have to be dead, or can it just be anyone throughout history. I reckon President Xi. If they have to be dead then maybe Mandela

What do you admire about Xi?

 

[PNEFC111]

Built the North Dock at Roker which is now the Marina.

Engineering legend - fearless and talented.

By god sir , we need him these days- HS2 would be up and running.