Who is your favorite historical person from your country and why?

Napoleon 😏

Has to be Aneurin Bevan; has probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives with his policy to implement the NHS.

Winston Churchill. Not only a Great War prime minister and leader, who helped defeat the evil Nazi regime, but his gift as a writer and orator is excellent. I started his “The English Speaking Peoples,” many years ago, and was blown away by it. Unfortunately, I never got that far because some crisis or another happened, and my focus was on that more than reading. I moved house, and think the book was donated, like many I had to leave behind.

Astrid Lindgren. Thanks to her I grew up to great children's stories and movies. She was also moving equality into her characters. For example Pippi Longstock or what she's called in English. A super physically strong independent girl. I learned early about the gap between rich and poor thanks to her movies and they're all so well made.

I find Eleanor Roosevelt quite admirable.

I know and it's sad people are going to be offended by this one but Churchill springs to mind.

Some idiots call him a fascist.... but wait until they hear about the guy he was fighting!

Probably Sir Issac Newton.
A man from long long ago who without the aid of much in terms of scientific equipment (certainly by today's standards) took theoretical ideas; tested them and produced scientific facts on which much of physics has evolved ever since

Emil Cioran his nihilistic and bleak philosophy helps me go on

I have loads so it would be hard to choose. At the moment Patrick Pearse.

Way too many to list, but being the movie fan I am, here is my pick: Carl Laemmle....a Jewish immigrant who created Universal Studios, but that's not why I chose him.
During WW2 he was responsible for sponsoring many of those endangered by Hitler and his Nazis, and securing their safe passage and entrance to the US.

Eugene V Debs should have been president.

I don't have a favourite but I'll say George Papanikolaou. Due to his dedication to his research- and it's important to mention the help of his wife and lab partner- many women have been saved.

Kennedy he was our last true president of the USA. He exposed so much and he was killed 6 days later by our own government

Gordon Lightfoot. I remember seeing him on TV sometime in the 80s where he says he's not a politician and doesn't have the experience or training to comment on such things. And here I am thinking, [i]Who is this guy? Isn't he from a generation w/all the answers???[/i]

Moliere ...the art of taking the piss out of the rich and famous

Diana. Unfairly treated and died far too soon.

John Olinger. He rocks the casbah!

Agüeybaná II

Pierre Elliot Trudeau for his leadership style particularly in dealing with the Quebec separatist movement. He implemented the War Measures Act in 1970 during the October Crisis, a controversial move to address domestic terrorism in Quebec.

Jackie Kennedy..
I think she is a very smart and beautiful lady

Sitting Bull, because he led his People to fight oppression.