Henry the Navigator

King Henry the Navigator was a King of Portugal, who had explorers round the Cape of Good Hope, the farthest any European had gone yet! He also started a university in the capital of Lisbon covering all the major sciences.
One of his ancestors was an English king, King James II.

Matthew C. Perry

 Matthew C. Perry landed in Japan in 1853 officially starting the opening of Japan to the rest of the world(although missionaries and traders came to japan beforehand). When he was directed to go to Nagasaki(the port open to the Netherlands) he refused and threatened to blow stuff up if the Japanese would not read his letter from the President , he even demonstrated with a few buildings.  A year latter he returned and the Japanese had done what the letter asked.  Matthew C. Perry died of Liver Cirrhosis due too too much drinking.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the first  American to win a Nobel Peace prize. As a child he was sickly and had asthma but when he got older, he took up boxing and became very fit. He was a president of the U.S. and had 6 children. When he wanted to be elected again ,he started the Bull Moose party. The reason I thought he was interesting was that he had quite a lot of pets.

Boudica

Boudica was a Celtic queen who rebelled against the Romans invading Britain, with her daughters. She was said to be tall and very intelligent. Around AD 61 she with the aid of other Celtic tribes struck out at the Roman outpost of Camulodunum, where they defeated the poorly armed Roman infantry. She was  probably defeated at the battle of Watling Street.