National Treasures
Below is a leader board of the top national treasures as agreed by consensus amongst visitors to this site. Please vote or add new entries using the form below.What makes a national treasure?
The subject of what constitutes a National Treasure is hotly debated. Although there is universal agreement that the following are required for eligibility:- Person X must be a living UK national citizen
- Person X must be a public person who has been famous in the UK for several years
- The vast majority of the general public would whole-heartedly agree that Person X is an all-round good egg
- Has humility about themselves. They don't take themselves seriously and nobody else does either
- Is well liked and popular with the press and the general public
- Has a clean cut image. Unlikely to be involved in a scandal
- Talented, and always tries hard but somehow doesn't ever attain first place
- Embodies some aspect of British culture
- Makes you proud to be British
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Current leaderboard
| Votes For | Votes Against | Score | |
| Francisco Garcia de Paredes | 37 | 3 | 43 |
| Gary Linekar | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| David Attenborough | 19 | -1 | 17 |
| Queen Elizabeth II | 18 | -4 | 10 |
| Stephen Fry | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Tony Robinson | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Judy Dench | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Delia Smith | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Ant and Dec | 21 | -8 | 5 |
| Craig Phillips | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| Michael Palin | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| John Simpson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sir Isaac Newton | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Odie | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| David Dimbleby | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Wogan | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Nick Park | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Venebales | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mary Berry | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Forsyth | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Jordan | 10 | -4 | 2 |
| Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sue Barker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| David Frost | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Henman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan Bates | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| WfSsFCnY | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Fish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronnie Corbett | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicholas Parsons | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Parkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Paxman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nichols Cage | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philip Schofield | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Cliff Richard | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Nick Bateman | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| John Peel | 6 | -4 | -2 |
| Tasmin Archer | 2 | -2 | -2 |
| Judy Finnigan | 1 | -2 | -3 |
| Richard Madeley | 1 | -2 | -3 |
| Adam Hart-Davies | 10 | -7 | -4 |
| Boris Johnson | 2 | -4 | -6 |
| Susan Boyle | 1 | -4 | -7 |