Are the British the most illustrious people in history?

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They had the largest and greatest empire the world has ever known, also they created and shaped the modern world we live in today.

Great Britain was the world's first developed and industrialized country in the world.

They established countries like Israel,America,Canada,New Zeland,Australia.

Britain has produced some of the most amazing scientists like Issac Newton,Charles Darwin,Michael Faraday.

Also some of the greatest literary writers such as William Shakespeare,Charles Dickens,Bronte Sisters,Agatha Christie,Enid Blyton.

And practically invented everything!

Internal Combustion Engine - Samuel Brown
Jet Engines - Sir Frank Whittle
Locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Periodic Table - John Newlands
Penicillin - Alexander Fleming
Periscope - Sir Howard Grubb
Polyester - John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson
Radar Locating of Aircraft - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
Radio (Underlying Principles) - James Clerk Maxwell
Television - John Logie Baird
Thermos - Sir James Dewar
World Wide Web (internet) - Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Electric Motor - Michael Faraday
Electromagnet - William Sturgeon
Aircraft Carrier - Royal Navy (worlds first Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus)
Tank - British Army
Harrier Jump Jet - Royal Navy
Submarine - Royal Navy
Destroyer - Royal Navy
BBC - Worlds first Broadcasting Corporation (Home of television)
Radio - BBC
Worlds First Police Force,Metropolitan Police - Robert Peel
Vaccination - Edward Jenner
Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
Worlds first Computer 'Colossus' - Tommy Flower
Plastic - Alexander Parkes
Sandwich - John Montagu
Railway - George Stephenson
Vacum Cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth
Golf - Scottish
Football (soccer) - English
Rugby - English
Hockey - Eaton College
Tennis - Major Thomas Harry Gem
Hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell
Rubber - Thomas Hancock

Do you think they are?
 
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