Queen Victoria was born in 1819 in Kensington Palace in London. Her name was Alexandrina Victoria.  When Princess Victoria was 18 years old her uncle King William died and she became queen. Victoria married her handsome cousin Albert a young prince from Germany (She had proposed to him). She reigned as Queen of England from 1837 - 1901.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917)
The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain. She founded a hospital for poor women and children in London.
Mrs. Isabella Beeton 1836-1865
An English writer  whose "Book of Household Management" was a bestseller  for many years. 
William Booth (1829-1912)
A Methodist minister who founded The Salvation Army in 1878 to preach and give help, shelter and food to poor people.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1806-1859
Brunel was an engineer who specialized in railway traction, tunnels, steam ships and bridges. He designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge and was engineer to the Great Western Railway. He built the SS Great Eastern, the largest 19th century ship.
Lewis Carroll(1832-1898)
His real name Charles L. Dodgson.  He was the author of Alice in Wonderland (1865).
Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Great novelist of the Victorian age. His novels were outstandingly popular in his time and are still popular now. His books include stories about thieves, convicts and schoolboys. He wrote about ordinary people, and how they lived, about terrible prisons, bad schools, and the workhouse. His famous characters include Oliver Twist, Scrooge and David Copperfield.
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
An English naturalist who was famous for his famous theory of "natural selection". As a young scientist in 1831 he set sail on the sea-going vessel "Beagle".  He came back with observations on varieties of fossils and living animals which made him question the Bible's story of creation. His findings were published in "The Origin of Species" in 1859. This theory caused a real stir and copies of the work sold out right away.
Benjamin Disreali (1804-1881)
Prime Minister of England, as well as author. Disraeli wore fancy clothes and loved to make fun of  Gladstone.
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
He created the character Sherlock Holmes.
Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880)
She wrote a number of books under the pen name "George Eliot". Her well known books include Silas Marner and Middlemarch.
William Gladstone (1809-1898) 
A liberal politician who was Prime Minister four times. He was a very religious man who turned down a career in the church to become a politician. He had a strong sense of right and wrong, and believed people should be judged on their merits, not on their wealth.
W.G. Grace (1848-1915)
An all-round cricketer who broke many cricketing records and made the game widely popular.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
An English novelist and poet, born in Dorset. He wrote many stories based in the fictitious county of Wessex. These included Tess of the Durbervilles, and The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
A Scottish surgeon who realized the importance of keeping wounds and equipment clean and germ free during operations.
David Livingstone (1813-1873)
A missionary who made three long explorations of East Africa. He wrote the story of his amazing three year journey across the African continent from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. He was the first European to see the Victoria Falls.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
"The lady with the lamp". The founder of modern nursing. In 1854 she took charge of nursing soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. She organized the cleaning of the filthy, rat infested military hospital and organized proper nursing. The death rate fell dramatically.
Robert Peel (1788-1850)
Twice Prime Minister of England and responsible for the repeal of the Corn Laws.
 Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
A Scottish author who wrote Treasure Island  and Kidnapped which are two of the most popular children's stories ever written.
 

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
The most famous Victorian poet.  He wrote many poems about major events such as The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.

 
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
English novelist and poet famous for such works as Salome, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.  He was an incredibly imaginative, witty and poised writer.