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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Anne Boleyn
Royalty
c. 1507 19-May-1536 Wife of English King Henry VIII
Hubert de Burgh
Judge
? 1243 Chief Justiciar of England
Thomas Cromwell
Government
c. 1485 28-Jul-1540 Advisor to Henry VIII
Everard Digby
Criminal
16-May-1578 30-Jan-1606 Gunpowder Plot
King Edward V
Royalty
4-Nov-1470 c. 1483 King of England, 1483
Queen Elizabeth I
Royalty
7-Sep-1533 24-Mar-1603 The Virgin Queen
Guy Fawkes
Criminal
13-Apr-1570 31-Jan-1606 Tried to blow up British Parliament
Lady Jane Grey
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 12-Feb-1554 Queen of England for nine days
King Henry VI
Royalty
6-Dec-1421 21-May-1471 King of England, 1422-61
Rudolf Hess
Government
26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Ralph Hopton
Military
1596 Sep-1652 Royalist commander, English Civil War
James I
Royalty
1394 20-Feb-1437 King of Scotland, 1406-37
Reg Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 1-Oct-2000 Kray brothers
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
William Laud
Religion
7-Oct-1573 10-Jan-1645 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45
Henry Laurens
Politician
24-Feb-1724 8-Dec-1792 Captured negotiating treaty with Holland
Margaret of Anjou
Royalty
23-Mar-1430 25-Aug-1482 Consort of English King Henry VI
Sir Thomas More
Philosopher
7-Feb-1477 6-Jul-1535 Utopia
William Penn
Government
14-Oct-1644 30-Jul-1718 Founder of Pennsylvania
Samuel Pepys
Author
23-Feb-1633 26-May-1703 London diarist
Sir Walter Raleigh
Explorer
c. 1552 29-Oct-1618 Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
King Richard II
Royalty
6-Jan-1367 14-Feb-1400 King of England 1377-99
William Wallace
Military
1272 23-Aug-1305 Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart
Robert Walpole
Head of State
26-Aug-1676 18-Mar-1745 UK's first Prime Minister




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