Winston Churchill

British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
At various times a soldier, journalist, author, and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in British and world history.
He won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature.
In a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002 to identify the "100 Greatest Britons", participants voted Churchill to be history's "greatest" Briton.
Churchill's legal surname was Spencer-Churchill, but starting with his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, his branch of the family always used just the name Churchill in public life.