James Braidwood is regarded as the "Father of the British Fire Service". The first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment, he is also credited as the pioneer of the scientific approach to fire-fighting.

James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien (1805-1864) was an Irish born, British radical, and a leading figure in the Chartist movement of the 1830s-40s.

William and Catherine Booth - founders of the Salvation Army

Frank and Susannah Bostock, famous for travelling the world with an amazing menagerie.

Welsh nurse Betsi Cadwaladr, 'the forgotten Florence Nightingale'.

Joanna Vassa, daughter of Olaudah Equiano (alias Gustavus Vassa), Britain's first Black activist.

Margaret Graham was a famous aeronaut and the first British woman to make a solo balloon flight in 1826.

Mary Hays was an autodidact intellectual who published essays, poetry, novels and several works on famous (and infamous) women.