FAMOUS PEOPLE

OF GREAT
BRITAIN
Michael Matveev 9D
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
William Shakespeare is a world-
famous playwright, poet and writer.
Many of his works have been
translated into Russian. William
Shakespeare, whose biography
contains many mysteries and riddles,
is the author of many plays, such as
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello
and others.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874—1965)
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one
of the outstanding British political figures, a
military man, a writer who received the Nobel
Prize in Literature in 1953. He served as
Prime Minister of Great Britain twice. His
activities are still evaluated ambiguously.
Churchill became a favorite of the British
during the Second World War, it was at this
time that he raised the spirits of the
inhabitants of the country who did not believe
in victory and were waiting for the German
invaders.
 Diana, Princess of Wales (1961—1997)
Diana, Princess of Wales, was one of the most
adored members of the British royal family. She
was the youngest daughter of Viscount Althorp,
later the Eighth Earl Spencer. Diana was
married to Prince Charles, gave birth to two
children from him - Prince William and Prince
Harry, but in this marriage she never found her
love and happiness. The role of Princess Diana
in charity and global activities has brought her
well-deserved popularity and love all over the
world.
Sir Isaak Newton (1643—1727)
Isaac Newton is a great English scientist,
physicist, mathematician, alchemist and
astronomer, who made a great
contribution to the formation of classical
mechanics and modern physics. Newton's
most famous discovery was the law of
universal gravitation. In addition, he
described all physical phenomena based
on mechanics and explained the
movement of the planets around the Sun
and the Moon around the Earth.
Queen Elizabeth II (1926 - present. time)

Elizabeth II is considered one of the

most authoritative and influential
women in the world. She comes from
the Windsor dynasty, and today Queen
Elizabeth II is the longest reigning head
of state in the history of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland. He is a respected
personality on the world stage, who has
achieved universal respect and
recognition through hard work.
John Lennon (1940—1980)

British rock musician, singer,

poet, composer, artist, writer and
activist. One of the founders and a
member of The Beatles, one of
the most popular musicians of the
XX century. After the breakup of
The Beatles, he began a solo
career, but in 1980 he was killed
by a former fan of the band.
Margaret Thatcher (1925—2013)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher is a British
politician, Prime Minister of Great
Britain from 1979 to 1990, leader of
the British Conservative Party.
Margaret Thatcher was the first
woman to hold the post of prime
Minister (the equivalent of the
president in other countries) of Great
Britain.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881—1955)
British microbiologist. He discovered
lysozyme and for the first time isolated
penicillin from mold fungi Penicillium
notatum - historically the first antibiotic.
Both discoveries occurred in the 1920s and
mostly by accident. The Nobel Prize in
Physiology and Medicine in 1945 was
awarded to Alexander Fleming together
with Cheyne and Flora "for the discovery
of penicillin and its therapeutic effect in
many infectious diseases."
 Stephen Hawking (1942 – 2018)
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and
astrophysicist, writer, director of scientific Work at
the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at the
University of Cambridge. Author of a number of
scientific papers, including joint work with Roger
Penrose on the theorems of the gravitational
singularity in the framework of general relativity and
the theoretical prediction of the emission of radiation
by black holes, often referred to as Hawking
radiation. Hawking was the first to present a
cosmological theory that combined the concepts of
general relativity and quantum mechanics.