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1. Elizabeth I
For giving women hope.

2. Maximillien Robespierre
He led the French Revolution that Britain still so desperately needs.

3. Queen Victoria
For presiding over an empire from which we in Britain are all still trying to recover.

4. Adolf Hitler
For defining evil - we must be eternally vigilant to quell.

5. Mahatma Gandhi
His leadership was an example of simplicity and passive resistance.

6. Martin Luther King
He identified the rights of all men.

7. Jimmy Carter
For laying the groundwork for putting human rights at the very centre of international relations.

8. Mikhail Gorbachev
He led Russia out of the dark ages and liberated the Eastern bloc.

9. Nelson Mandela
For restoring faith in the human spirit.

10.Kofi Annan
For restoring hope in the United Nations.

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Jon Snow
Jon Snow is the award-winning presenter of the highly acclaimed Channel 4 news programme, produced by Britain's Independent Television News (ITN).

Mr Snow joined ITN in 1976 after working in local radio and was made Washington correspondent in 1984. He was then appointed Diplomatic Editor, during which time he reported on all the major stories around the world.

Mr Snow has covered a variety of momentous stories around the globe for ITN, including the Falklands reports war, the American Shuttle disaster and President Nelson Mandela's release from prison.

He also regularly presents special edition programmes on Channel 4, recently fronting a three-hour marathon from Washington on the night President Clinton gave his State of the Union address amidst allegations of sexual misconduct.

Mr Snow has won numerous awards for his journalism over the years, including the Royal Television Society's 1979 News Feature Award; the Monte Carlo Television Festival's 1979 Golden Nymph top news award for 'Eritrea Air Attack'; and the 1981 Valiant for Truth Media Award.