Time for a game...

[nikharwood]

Charles de Gaulle for me...

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

[barbarian]

Emperor Hadrian. 

[nikharwood]

Emperor Hadrian. 

I don't think you put the year in 

[barbarian]

[Tommy Atkins]

Sir Herbert Henry Edmund Craster.

Strangely apt for me.

[Steve J]

Heinrich Krampf (1 September 1888 â€" 16 November 1963) born in Würzburg was commander of the 16. Infanterie-Division and the 304. Infanterie-Division during World War II.

At least it's the right period for most of my wargaming...

[Nosher]

Vice Admiral John Gregory Grace!!!

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

[GordonY]

I knew it, I always knew it

http://www.nndb.com/people/593/000114251/

Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled..............

Time for me to start building some barricades

[Sandinista]

His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan, and of Darfur

[Techno]

Two people I've never heard of. 
Cheers - Phil.

[Luddite]

Doris Blackburn, Australian politician

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

I guess that's where i get my rabid socialism from.   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Renato Anselmi - Italian Sabre fencer!

I used to fence a lot... 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Anselmi

[OldenBUA]

Heinz-Günter Amelung, a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II and an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-G%C3%BCnter_Amelung

Never heard of this person, and can't say that I have ever wanted a career in flying, I have quite a bad fear of heights.

[nikharwood]

Never heard of this person...

I think that's the fun of it - it throws up some interesting characters from history that are lesser known...

Two people I've never heard of. 
Cheers - Phil.

Pick the first one Phil & let us know...

[Leon]

Well, that's rather disappointing...

"Nigel Patrick (born Nigel Dennis Wemyss; 2 May 1912 - 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family."