This document provides brief biographies of several famous British figures from literature, politics, theater, music and film, including Agatha Christie, Rowan Atkinson, Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, Freddie Mercury, A.A. Milne, Hugh Grant, H.G. Wells, Gordon Brown, and John Lennon. It summarizes their most notable works and achievements in their respective fields.

2.  British novelist.
Author of more than a
hundred short stories,
17 plays and more
than 70 crime novels
have been translated
into dozens of
languages.

3.  The British actor,
comedian, known to
the world the role of
Mr. Bean in the series.
Atkinson's career
began in 1978, when
Rowan was the host,
writer and actor of
the main radio show.

4.  British statesman,
orator and writer, the
British Prime Minister
in 1940-1945 and
1951-1955 years.

5.  The great British
playwright and poet,
one of the most
famous playwrights of
the world, the author
of 12 tragedies, 16
comedies, six
historical chronicles,
poems, and four
cycles of 154 sonnets.

6.  British musician,
made ​popular by the
rock band Queen. He
was known for his
vocal talent and a
bright image. Mercury
wrote many world-
known songs.

7.  Writer, poet,
playwright, a classic
of English literature
of the twentieth
century, the author of
the famous "Winnie-
the-Pooh."

8.  British actor. Mainly
shot in romantic
comedies and
melodramas. Known
his film - "Four
Weddings and a
Funeral," "Sense and
Sensibility," "Notting
Hill".

9.  Herbert Wells is
considered a master
of critical realism and
the founder of
science fiction. Wells'
career began in 1895,
when he wrote his
famous novel "The
Time Machine".

10.  British Prime Minister.
From 1997 to 2007,
Brown worked as
Chancellor of the
Exchequer in the
Labour government of
Tony Blair. Appointed
as head of
government, the
06/27/07.

11.  Was a British rock
musician, singer,
painter, writer and
actor. gained
worldwide recognition
as the founder of the
"Beatles" and the
group leader.