Top 20 Greatest Britons

In 2002 there was a public vote for the 100 Greatest Britons. Guess (a) which were the Top 20 selected and (b) which 20 were guessed by the greatest number of Jetpunk quizzers.
% = % of quizzers naming that person in the Top 100 Britons quiz
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Last updated: January 2, 2016
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Actual Top 20
1
PM
Winston Churchill
2
engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3
royalty
Princess Diana
4
naturalist
Charles Darwin
5
playwright
William Shakespeare
6
physicist
Isaac Newton
7
royalty
Queen Elizabeth I
8
singer
John Lennon
9
military
Horatio Nelson
10
political leader
Oliver Cromwell
11
explorer
Ernest Shackleton
12
explorer
Capt James Cook
13
scouting founder
Robert Baden-Powell
14
ancient royalty
Alfred the Great
15
military
Duke of Wellington
16
PM
Margaret Thatcher
17
actor & singer
Michael Crawford
18
royalty
Queen Victoria
19
singer
Paul McCartney
20
scottish biologist
Alexander Fleming
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Top 20 Guessed by Jetpunkers
1
99
PM
Winston Churchill
7
96
royalty
Queen Elizabeth I
24
96
royalty
Queen Elizabeth II
61
96
royalty
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
3
91
royalty
Princess Diana
4
91
naturalist
Charles Darwin
5
88
playwright
William Shakespeare
6
86
physicist
Isaac Newton
16
82
PM
Margaret Thatcher
18
77
royalty
Queen Victoria
58
76
musician
Freddie Mercury
9
73
military
Horatio Nelson
83
72
author
J.K. Rowling
67
70
PM
Tony Blair
40
65
royalty
King Henry VIII
72
65
royalty
King Henry V
90
65
royalty
King Henry II
92
65
author
JRR Tolkien
57
63
inventor
Alexander Graham Bell
70
62
author
Jane Austen
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Jan 3, 2016
Nice quiz layout!