Greatest living Englishman.

[CharlieH]

Andy Murray or Rory mcilroy. There English when there winning

Just banter by the way

Yes, and Celtic were a British team when they won the European cup.

The greatest ever Scotsman Jock Stein.

The greatest ever Irishman. Michael Collins.

The greatest ever Welshman. No! not Tom Jones,

what about John Hartson?

Greatest Welshman would have to be Dylan Thomas

or probably most popular would be Harry Secombe (apologise for off topic slightly).

[Crazy chef 1]

Without thinking twice, I would say Margaret Thatcher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

Sorry, she's dead, but still she is the greatest for me.

I agree on Maggie 100%. But one of the real greatest was Winston Churchill without him I really think the Germans would have got us.

Fink without the Americans they would have, not WC..........

let's be honest-without the Russians...

[Soutpeel]

Andy Murray or Rory mcilroy. There English when there winning

Just banter by the way

Yes, and Celtic were a British team when they won the European cup.

The greatest ever Scotsman Jock Stein.

The greatest ever Irishman. Michael Collins.

The greatest ever Welshman. No! not Tom Jones,

what about John Hartson?

Greatest Welshman would have to be Dylan Thomas

or probably most popular would be Harry Secombe (apologise for off topic slightly).

Max Boyce ?

Not off topic at all Charlie,

The Welshers are honorary Englishmen anyway, even if they do talk funny and have carnal relations with sheep..

[CharlieH]

Andy Murray or Rory mcilroy. There English when there winning

Just banter by the way

Yes, and Celtic were a British team when they won the European cup.

The greatest ever Scotsman Jock Stein.

The greatest ever Irishman. Michael Collins.

The greatest ever Welshman. No! not Tom Jones,

what about John Hartson?

Greatest Welshman would have to be Dylan Thomas

or probably most popular would be Harry Secombe (apologise for off topic slightly).

Max Boyce ?

Not off topic at all Charlie,

The Welshers are honorary Englishmen anyway, even if they do talk funny and have carnal relations with sheep..

Not "welshers" Souty, commonly referred to as "Taffs" , where men are men, and sheep are nervous (allegedly)

ps. before anyone jumps on this post, I am allowed to say it, as I am Welsh.

[kinmaew]

Ozzy Ozbourne

[Soutpeel]

Not "welshers" Souty, commonly referred to as "Taffs" , where men are men, and sheep are nervous (allegedly)

ps. before anyone jumps on this post, I am allowed to say it, as I am Welsh.

I must confess I am being a little hard on the "Taffs"

below is Wales greatest ever export as far as I am concerned, and any day she wants to kick in the old wrinkly Michael Douglas, she can come and live with Uncle Soutie...

[kinmaew]

Hrundi V Bakshi

[OmarZaidMD]

My Vote's for Rowen Atkinson

[backstairs]

Michael Morpurgo - children's author - War Horse.

Jonathan Miller - doctor, actor, director, raconteur

Nicholas Winton - humanitarian - got 1000s of Jewish kids out of Europe.

David Starkey - wit, pundit, polemicist and scourge of the Left

Theodore Dalrymple - doctor of medicine, writer, prison worker and intellectual ignored in the UK

[Moonlover]

Without any hesitation: Sir David Attenborough.

[CapeThai]

What is this ? Perhaps make me feel good English Day ? The greatest ever Englishmen.... My IQ count is extremely high but this one will take me some time to figure out....as I don't know of any.....at this moment

[transam]

What is this ? Perhaps make me feel good English Day ? The greatest ever Englishmen.... My IQ count is extremely high but this one will take me some time to figure out....as I don't know of any.....at this moment

Aaaaaaaaaah, your Nigerian.........?

[rotary]

Mr Bean...........

[roo860]

What is this ? Perhaps make me feel good English Day ? The greatest ever Englishmen.... My IQ count is extremely high but this one will take me some time to figure out....as I don't know of any.....at this moment

Aaaaaaaaaah, your Nigerian.........?

Wanna buy a passport?

[rgs2001uk]

Biggles

Amos Brearly

Hilda Ogden

Roy Chubby Brown

Julia Gillard.

Ronnie The Rocket Osullivan

Jonjo Oneill.

Del Boy and the entire cast of Fools and Horses.

Edited March 22, 2015 by rgs2001uk

[winstonc]

Idea purloined from another forum and aimed at English TVF members

However, all members welcome to comment but please keep it civil, this is a fun thread and not an excuse for English bashing or racism.

So, who would you say is the greatest living Englishman (or English woman), who is our greatest national treasure.

It impossible for me to put them in the correct order but my top 5 has to be:

Sir Ranulph Fiennes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph_Fiennes

Brian Blessed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blessed

Sir David Attenborough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough

Stephen Hawking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

Sir Steven Redgrave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Redgrave

As you ask for a living person. There's none.

Only good Pommie is a dead one....???

i thought pommie was ...prisoner of mother england....not sure about the other m

[silver sea]

Others have already nominated David Attenborough. He would get my vote too as GLE.

On his death, the GLE will be Sebastian Coe.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Coe

Success on the track; winning the nomination for London to host the Olympics ( the French thought they had it in the bag); and delivering a successful Olympics in 2012 ( plenty of people predicted it would fail). In time, he will become President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Edited March 22, 2015 by silver sea

[tharae]

Without thinking twice, I would say Margaret Thatcher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

Sorry, she's dead, but still she is the greatest for me.

I agree on Maggie 100%. But one of the real greatest was Winston Churchill without him I really think the Germans would have got us.

Err, no. Without the US army Corps the Germans would have "got you". In case you hadn't noticed you have been paying for it ever since. That's (one ) of the reasons why the UK is a basket case today.

[MW72]

Blessed and Fiennes are both amazing characters who have achieved so much. For me Attenborough tops them both. One of the most respected naturalists of our era. I am sure more people around the world would know of him than Blessed or Fiennes. Hawking is an inspiration even without being one of the top physicists of the last few decades.

I would add Richard Dawkins to the list.

Edited March 22, 2015 by MW72

[roo860]

Paul Calf.

[Jedsada3]

Eden Hazard

Hercules Poirot

and Eddy Merckx

[northernphil]

Rolf Harris.

Yep Gr8 on the inside but a 'kin Oz !

[northernphil]

Basil Fawlty.

[MW72]

Karl Pilkington

[neverdie]

Rolf Harris.

Yep Gr8 on the inside but a 'kin Oz !

Nope. British. The ozzies disowned the creep and he's in ur gaol. ?

[neverdie]

Not "welshers" Souty, commonly referred to as "Taffs" , where men are men, and sheep are nervous (allegedly)

ps. before anyone jumps on this post, I am allowed to say it, as I am Welsh.

I must confess I am being a little hard on the "Taffs"

below is Wales greatest ever export as far as I am concerned, and any day she wants to kick in the old wrinkly Michael Douglas, she can come and live with Uncle Soutie...

Capture1.PNG

Yes. I would tap that.....if she asked nicely.

[CharlieH]

Catherine Zeta Jones comes from the same area as Anthony Hopkins, just near Port Talbot in South Wales.

[Soutpeel]

Karl Pilkington

Funny you mention him, when I read posts from some TV members, its Karl Pilkington's image that forms in my head for some reason LOL

[Soutpeel]

Congratulations chaps and our sheep <deleted> colonial friends

this is the 150th post in this thread and other than some minor skirmishes, we have resisted a US invasion and don't believe I have seen one post which starts ... "Well in Iowa, or Oregon"

[jaywalker]

EASY!

Richard Branson!