People in History Menu (including People in the News)

This category is about people in history that don't fit into any other category (other categories including Kings & Queens, national leaders, members of parliament, clergymen, etc.)

When it comes to more recent times, I feel it's necessary to make a distinction between people in history and people in the news.  Basically, the former are people whose place in history I feel is assured; the latter are people whose fame will, in my humble opinion, prove to be fleeting (but who will keep cropping up in quizzes for some time yet!).

Incidents that involve people who have a place in history, but are themselves relatively trivial and/or particularly newsworthy (e.g. John Prescott sticking one on a member of the public) are classed as News.

The sub–categories I've chosen are:

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