Whom did the people of britain call "the greatest briton" during the bbc contest in 2002, "100 great britons"?

Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill (full name: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill) was a prime minister of the United Kingdom from years 1940-1945, and 1951-1955. He was a statesman, writer, and army officer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, and led Britain to victory in World War II, especially in defending the country from Hitler's attempts to invade.