Considered the greatest ever Briton in a BBC poll, he was captured while working as a war correspondent in South Africa.
He escaped the camp and travelled over 400 km to return home.
A great orator, he is the highest-profiled Prime Minister of Britain and is considered the pillar of strength for the country during the Second World War.
Kites rise highest against the wind-not with it
- Sir Winston Churchill
All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever.
Steve Wozniak, Apple