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Petra Kelly
Green MP Caroline Lucas nominates Petra Kelly, the German Green superstar politician.
Lewis Carroll
Writer Lynne Truss chooses the creator of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
Kathleen Ferrier
Broadcaster Sue MacGregor nominates singer Kathleen Ferrier who died tragically young.
Simone de Beauvoir
Actress Diana Quick selects philosopher Simone de Beauvoir for Great Lives.
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses Leonard Bernstein.
Thomas Edison
Sir Clive Sinclair discusses fellow inventor Thomas Edison with Matthew Parris.
Marcus Garvey
Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah on Marcus Garvey, the inspirational 20th-century black leader.
Mary Stott
Katharine Whitehorn chooses journalist and campaigner Mary Stott.
Gertrude Bell
Physicist Jim al-Khalili nominates Gertrude Bell who shaped modern-day Iraq.
JB Priestley
Comedian Barry Cryer nods to his Yorkshire roots by choosing JB Priestley.
