Tim Smit
Shami Chakrabarti CBE
JK Rowling
Jonathan Ive
This year's winners Morgan Stanley Great Britons have been announced. Click here to find out who has won.
We asked you to nominate those who you feel have contributed exceptional achievements to their field this year, in a distinctly British way. Nominations were made across the following categories: Arts, Business, Creative Industries, Campaigning & Public Life, Environment, Science & Innovation and Sport.
From your nominations a shortlist of three individuals were chosen from each category by panels of judges, who are experts in their fields. A final judging panel then chose the winners, who were announced at the Awards dinner in January 2008.