List of people from the real world that appeared in Doctor Who

The following is a list of people from the real world that appeared in Doctor Who, or any of its spin-offs, including historical figures and people who played themselves.
The first historical figure to appear in Doctor Who is a Venetian explorer Marco Polo, in appropriately named story Marco Polo (1964). Doctor Who of the 1960s introduced these characters in "pure historical" stories, where they never encountered anything extraterrestrial, besides the Doctor and his companions. The first example of a "pseudo historical" can be found in The Chase (1965), where the crew of the Mary Celeste encounters the Daleks. Such stories became common since Doctor Whos revival in 2005.
The first person to play themselves in Doctor Who was Kenneth Kendall, a newsreader in The War Machines (1966). Another newsreader, Jason Mohammad, holds the record for the most appearances in television media of any real world personality.
The Gunfighters (1966), The Myth Makers (1965) and The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020) have the record number of historical figure appearances - 11, 9 and 8, respectively.
== Television ==
Name 	Actor 	Period 	Story
Several appearances 	Several appearances 	Several appearances	Several appearances
Elizabeth I 	Vivienne BennettAngela PleasenceJoanna Page	1590s15991562 	The Chase (1965)The Shakespeare Code (2007)The Day of the Doctor (2013)
William Shakespeare 	Hugh WaltersDean Lennox Kelly 	1590s1599 	The Chase (1965)The Shakespeare Code (2007)
Albert Einstein 	Tom O'LearyNickolas Grace 	1940s 	Time and the Rani (1987)Death Is the Only Answer (2011)
Elizabeth II 	Mary ReynoldsJessica Martin 	19882008 	Silver Nemesis (1988)Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Charles Dickens 	Simon Callow 	1869 	The Unquiet Dead (2005)The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Winston Churchill 	Ian McNeice 	1940s 	The Beast Below (2010)Victory of the Daleks (2010)The Pandorica Opens (2010)The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Vincent van Gogh 	Tony Curran 	1890 	Vincent and the Doctor (2010)The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Richard Nixon 	Stuart Milligan 	1969 	Prequel (2011)The Impossible Astronaut (2011)Day of the Moon (2011)
Henry Avery 	Hugh Bonneville 	1699 	Prequel (2011)The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)A Good Man Goes to War (2011)
Single appearance 	Single appearance 	Single appearance 	Single appearance
Marco Polo 	Mark Eden 	1289 	Marco Polo (1964)
Kublai Khan 	Martin Miller 	1289 	Marco Polo (1964)
Empress 	Claire Davenport 	1289 	Marco Polo (1964)
Maximilien Robespierre 	Keith Anderson 	1794 	The Reign of Terror (1964)
Paul Barras 	John Law 	1794 	The Reign of Terror (1964)
Napoléon Bonaparte 	Tony Wall 	1794 	The Reign of Terror (1964)
Nero 	Derek Francis 	64 AD 	The Romans (1965)
Tigilinus 	Brian Proudfoot 	64 AD 	The Romans (1965)
Poppaea 	Kay Patrick 	64 AD 	The Romans (1965)
Locusta 	Anne Tirard 	64 AD 	The Romans (1965)
Richard the Lionheart 	Julian Glover 	1190s 	The Crusade (1965)
Saladin 	Bernard Kay 	1190s 	The Crusade (1965)
Saphadin 	Roger Avon 	1190s 	The Crusade (1965)
Joanna 	Jean Marsh 	1190s 	The Crusade (1965)
Abraham Lincoln 	Robert Marsden 	1863 	The Chase (1965)
Francis Bacon 	Roger Hammond 	1590s 	The Chase (1965)
Albert C. Richardson 	Dennis Chinnery 	1872 	The Chase (1965)
Benjamin Briggs 	David Blake Kelly 	1872 	The Chase (1965)
Achilles 	Cavan Kendall 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Hector 	Alan Haywood 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Odysseus 	Ivor Salter 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Agamemnon 	Francis De Wolff 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Menelaus 	Jack Melford 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Priam 	Max Adrian 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Paris 	Barrie Ingham 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Cassandra 	Frances White 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Troilus 	James Lynn 	c. 1200 BC 	The Myth Makers (1965)
Bing Crosby 	Robert Jewell 	20th century 	The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
Charlie Chaplin 	uncredited cameo 	20th century 	The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
Charles IX 	Barry Justice 	1572 	The Massacre (1966)
Catherine de Medici 	Joan Young 	1572 	The Massacre (1966)
Gaspard de Coligny 	Leonard Sachs 	1572 	The Massacre (1966)
Gaspard de Saux-Tavannes 	André Morell 	1572 	The Massacre (1966)
Charles de Teligny 	Michael Bilton 	1572 	The Massacre (1966)
Ike Clanton 	William Hurndell 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Phineas Clanton 	Maurice Good 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Billy Clanton 	David Cole 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Kate Fisher 	Sheena Marshe 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Wyatt Earp 	John Alderson 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Doc Holliday 	Anthony Jacobs 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Bat Masterson 	Richard Beale 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Pa Clanton 	Reed De Rouen 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Johnny Ringo 	Laurence Payne 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Warren Earp 	Martyn Huntley 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Virgil Earp 	Victor Carin 	1881 	The Gunfighters (1966)
Grey 	David Garth 	1746 	The Highlanders (1966)
Ravensworth 	Terence Alexander 	19th century 	The Mark of the Rani (1985)
George Stephenson 	Gawn Grainger 	19th century 	The Mark of the Rani (1985)
H. G. Wells 	David Chandler 	1885 	Timelash (1985)
Hypatia 	uncredited cameo 	5th century 	Time and the Rani (1987)
Louis Pasteur 	uncredited cameo 	19th century 	Time and the Rani (1987)
Queen Victoria 	Pauline Collins 	1879 	Tooth and Claw (2006)
Madame de Pompadour 	Sophia Myles, Jessica Atkins 	1727-1764 	The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Louis XV 	Ben Turner 	1727-1764 	The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Richard Burbage 	Jahaal Hartley 	1599 	The Shakespeare Code (2007)
Will Kempe 	David Westhead 	1599 	The Shakespeare Code (2007)
Peter Streete 	Matt King 	1599 	The Shakespeare Code (2007)
Agatha Christie 	Fenella Woolgar 	1926 	The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
Barack Obama 	uncredited 	2009-2010 	The End of Time (2009-10)
Gachet 	Howard Lee 	1890 	The Pandorica Opens (2010)
Jane Grey 	Amber Beattie 	1553 	Lost in Time (2010)
Ellen 	Elizabeth Rider 	1553 	Lost in Time (2010)
Marilyn Monroe 	off-screen cameo 	1952 	A Christmas Carol (2010)
Charles II 	Paul Critoph 	17th century 	The Impossible Astronaut (2011)
Adolf Hitler 	Albert Welling 	1938 	Let's Kill Hitler (2011)
Mata Hari 	uncredited cameo 	19th century 	Pond Life (2012)
Nefertiti 	Riann Steele 	1334 BC 	Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012)
Henry VIII 	off-screen cameo 	16th century 	The Power of Three (2012)
Robin Hood 	Tom Riley 	1190 	Robot of Sherwood (2014)
Rosa Parks 	Vinette Robinson 	1955 	Rosa (2018)
James Blake 	Trevor White 	1955 	Rosa (2018)
Raymond Parks 	David Rubin 	1955 	Rosa (2018)
Martin Luther King 	Ray Sesay 	1955 	Rosa (2018)
Fred Gray 	Aki Omoshaybi 	1955 	Rosa (2018)
James I 	Alan Cumming 	17th century 	The Witchfinders (2018)
Ada Lovelace 	Sylvie Briggs 	1834 	Spyfall (2020)
Charles Babbage 	Mark Dexter 	1834 	Spyfall (2020)
Noor Inayat Khan 	Aurora Marion 	1943 	Spyfall (2020)
Nikola Tesla 	Goran Višnjić 	1900s 	Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Thomas Edison 	Robert Glenister 	1900s 	Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Dorothy Skerrit 	Haley McGee 	1900s 	Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
Mary Shelley 	Lili Miller 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
George Gordon Byron 	Jacob Collins-Levy 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
Claire Clairmont 	Nadia Parkes 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
John Polidori 	Maxim Baldry 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
Percy Shelley 	Lewis Rainer 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
Fletcher 	Stefan Bednarczyk 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
Elise 	Sarah Perles 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
William Shelley 	uncredited 	1816 	The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
Likeness 	Likeness 	Likeness 	Likeness
D'Artagnan 	John Greenwood 	Fiction 	The Mind Robber (1969)
Cyrano de Bergerac 	David Cannon 	Fiction 	The Mind Robber (1969)
Blackbeard 	Gerry Wain 	Fiction 	The Mind Robber (1969)
Kamelion as John of England	Gerald Flood 	1215 	The King's Demons (1983)
Davinadroid 	Davina McCall 	200,100 	Bad Wolf (2005)
Anne Droid 	Anne Robinson 	200,100 	Bad Wolf (2005)
Trine-E 	Trinny Woodall 	200,100 	Bad Wolf (2005)
Zu-Zana 	Susannah Constantine 	200,100 	Bad Wolf (2005)
Played themselves 	Played themselves 	Played themselves 	Played themselves
Kenneth Kendall 	Kenneth Kendall 	1966 	The War Machines (1966)
Alex MacIntosh 	Alex MacIntosh 	1970s 	Day of the Daleks (1972)
Courtney Pine 	Courtney Pine 	1988 	Silver Nemesis (1988)
Matt Baker 	Matt Baker 	2006 	Aliens of London (2005)
Andrew Marr 	Andrew Marr 	2006 	Aliens of London / World War Three (2005)
Jason Mohammad 	Jason Mohammad 	circa 2000s 	The Christmas Invasion (2005)Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (2007)The Lost Boy (2007)Voyage of the Damned (2007)Turn Left (2008)The Stolen Earth (2008)
Huw Edwards 	Huw Edwards 	2012 	Fear Her (2006)
Derek Acorah 	Derek Acorah 	2007 	Army of Ghosts (2006)
Alistair Appleton 	Alistair Appleton 	2007 	Army of Ghosts (2006)
Trisha Goddard 	Trisha Goddard 	2007 	Army of Ghosts (2006)
Gethin Jones 	Gethin Jones 	circa 2000s 	Invasion of the Bane (2007)
Konnie Huq 	Konnie Huq 	circa 2000s 	Invasion of the Bane (2007)
Sharon Osbourne 	Sharon Osbourne 	2008 	The Sound of Drums (2007)
McFly 	McFly 	2008 	The Sound of Drums (2007)
Ann Widdecombe 	Ann Widdecombe 	2008 	The Sound of Drums (2007)
Nicholas Witchell 	Nicholas Witchell 	2008 	Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Richard Dawkins 	Richard Dawkins 	circa 2000s 	The Stolen Earth (2008)
Paul O'Grady 	Paul O'Grady 	circa 2000s 	The Stolen Earth (2008)
Lizo Mzimba 	Lizo Mzimba 	2009 	Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
Patrick Moore 	Patrick Moore 	2008 	The Eleventh Hour (2010)
Sian Williams 	Sian Williams 	2011 	The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Bill Turnbull 	Bill Turnbull 	2011 	The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Meredith Vieira 	Meredith Vieira 	2011 	The Wedding of River Song (2011)
Brian Cox 	Brian Cox 	2010s 	The Power of Three (2012)A Night with the Stars (2013)
Alan Sugar 	Alan Sugar 	2010s 	The Power of Three (2012)
Nick Hewer 	Nick Hewer 	2010s 	The Power of Three (2012)
Sophie Raworth 	Sophie Raworth 	2010s 	The Power of Three (2012)
Jenny Hill 	Jenny Hill 	2010s 	In the Forest of the Night (2014)
Davina McCall 	Davina McCall 	2020s 	The Church on Ruby Road (2023)
== Audio ==
Name 	Actor 	Period 	Story
Several appearances 	Several appearances 	Several appearances	Several appearances
Queen Victoria 	Deborah WatlingLizzie RoperRowena Cooper 	1890s 	The Barnacled Baby (2001)The Wax Princess (2014)6 appearances (2016-2020)
William Shakespeare 	Jem BassettMichael Fenton-Stevens 	15721597 	The Time of the Daleks (2002)The Kingmaker (2006)
Sieur d'Eon 	Jo CastletonNickolas Grace 	17621791 	Sabbath Dei / In the Year of the Cat (2003)The Sword of the Chevalier (2017)
The Duke of Wellington 	Ron MoodyGranville Saxton 	18511815 	Other Lives (2005)The Curse of Davros (2012)
Jane Austen 	Maureen O'Brien (narrator)Nathalie Buscombe	18141800 	Frostfire (2007)False Coronets (2018)
Napoléon Bonaparte 	Peter Purves (narrator)Jonathan Owen 	18121815 	Mother Russia (2007)The Curse of Davros (2012)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 	John SessionsTeddy Kempner 	1791 	My Own Private Wolfgang (2007)A Requiem for the Doctor (2018)
Mary Shelley 	Julie Cox 	1816 	Mary's Story (2009), The Silver Turk, The Witch from the Well, Army of Death (2011)
Christopher Marlowe 	Matt AddisRick Yale 	1590 	Point of Entry (2010)The Death of Captain Jack (2018)
Alexander the Great 	John DorneyAly Cruickshank 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)The Death of Captain Jack (2018)
Hephaeston 	William Russell (narrator)Luke Williams 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)The Death of Captain Jack (2018)
Henry VIII 	Paul Shearer— 	153616th century 	Recorded Time (2011)Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (2019)
Harry Houdini 	Tim BeckmannJohn Schwab 	1920s1917 	Smoke and Mirrors (2013)Harry Houdini's War (2019)
Sigmund Freud 	Adrian LukisDavid Sibley 	1894 	Return of the Repressed (2013)Conflict Theory (2020)
Frederick Abberline 	Adrian Rawlins 	1894 	The Monstrous Menagerie, Murder at Moorsey Manor, The Wax Princess (2014)
Winston Churchill 	Ian McNeice, Iain Batchelor 	1890s, 1940s, 1950s	11 appearances (2016-2020)
Jeremy Thorpe 	Tim TreloarNicola Walker (narrator) 	1970s 	Damascus (2016)The World Beyond the Trees (2017)
Single appearance 	Single appearance 	Single appearance 	Single appearance
Alessandro di Cagliostro 	John Wadmore 	18th century 	Birthright (1999)
Mary I 	Anah Ruddin 	1555 	The Marian Conspiracy (2000)
Charles Darwin 	Miles Richardson 	1835 	Bloodtide (2001)
Fitzroy 	George Telfer 	1835 	Bloodtide (2001)
John Houseman 	Jonathan Rigby 	1938 	Invaders from Mars (2002)
Orson Welles 	David Benson 	1938 	Invaders from Mars (2002)
Edward the Confessor 	Lennox Greaves 	1055 	Seasons of Fear (2002)
Edith 	Sue Wallace 	1055 	Seasons of Fear (2002)
Anne of France 	Nicola Bryant 	1626 	The Church and the Crown (2002)
Louis XIII 	Andrew Mackay 	1626 	The Church and the Crown (2002)
Richelieu 	Michael Shallard 	1626 	The Church and the Crown (2002)
George Villiers 	Marcus Hutton 	1626 	The Church and the Crown (2002)
De Chevreuse 	Wendy Albiston 	1626 	The Church and the Crown (2002)
John Montagu 	Michael Chance 	1762 	Sabbath Dei / In the Year of the Cat (2003)
George III 	Eric MacLennan 	1762 	Sabbath Dei / In the Year of the Cat (2003)
Earl of Bute 	Mark Grieg 	1762 	Sabbath Dei / In the Year of the Cat (2003)
Amenhotep II 	William Franklyn 	c. 1300 BC 	The Roof of the World (2004)
Daft Jamie 	David Tennant 	1828 	Medicinal Purposes (2004)
Mary Patterson 	Glenna Morrison 	1828 	Medicinal Purposes (2004)
William Burke 	Kevin O'Leary 	1828 	Medicinal Purposes (2004)
Billy Hare 	Tom Farrelly 	1828 	Medicinal Purposes (2004)
Elizabeth I 	Kate Brown 	1588(alternate) 	A Storm of Angels (2005)
Francis Drake 	Cameron Stewart 	1588(alternate) 	A Storm of Angels (2005)
John Dee 	Ivor Danvers 	1588(alternate) 	A Storm of Angels (2005)
Constantine I 	David Bamber 	325 	The Council of Nicaea (2005)
Fausta 	Claire Carroll 	325 	The Council of Nicaea (2005)
Arius 	Steve Kynman 	325 	The Council of Nicaea (2005)
Athanasius 	Martin Parsons 	325 	The Council of Nicaea (2005)
Robin Hood 	Duncan Wisbey 	12th century 	Wildthyme at Large (2005)
Max Miller 	Roy Hudd 	1936 	Pier Pressure (2006)
George, Duke of Clarence 	Arthur Smith 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
Richard III of England 	Stephen Beckett 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
Edward V 	Katie Wimpenny 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
Richard 	Linzi Matthews 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
Earl Rivers 	Jon Culshaw 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
James Tyrell 	Chris Neill 	1483-1485 	The Kingmaker (2006)
Oliver Cromwell 	Clive Mantle 	1649 	The Settling (2006)
Socrates 	Paul Shelley 	430 BC 	The Oracle of Delphi (2006)
Plato 	Scott Handcock 	430 BC 	The Oracle of Delphi (2006)
Marcel Proust 	— 	1913 	Year of the Pig (2006)
Isaac Newton 	David Warner 	17th century 	Summer (2007)
Vlad III 	James Purefoy 	1462 	Son of the Dragon (2007)
Radu 	Douglas Hodge 	1462 	Son of the Dragon (2007)
Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder	Will Thorp 	101 BC 	100 BC (2007)
Aurelia 	Lucy Paterson 	101 BC 	100 BC (2007)
Julia Caesar 	— 	101 BC 	100 BC (2007)
Clara Harris 	Lysette Anthony 	1865 	Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
John Parker 	Eric Loren 	1865 	Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
Henry Clay Ford 	Alan Marriott 	1865 	Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
John Wilkes Booth 	Paul Dubois 	1865 	Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
Thomas Eckert 	Mikey O'Connor 	1865 	Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
Dick Turpin 	Nicky Henson 	1738 	The Doomwood Curse (2008)
Margaret Thatcher 	Nadine Cox 	1980s 	The Ultimate Adventure (2008)
Howard Carter 	Benedict Cumberbatch 	1902 	False Gods (2008)
Joseph Banks 	Ian Hallard 	1770 	The Transit of Venus (2009)
James Cook 	William Russell (narrator) 	1770 	The Transit of Venus (2009)
Florence Nightingale 	Jeany Spark 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
Sidney Herbert 	Hugh Bonneville 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
Nicholas I 	Hugh Bonneville 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
William Russell 	John Paul Connolly 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy 	John Albasiny 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
Hamilton Seymour 	Sean Brosnan 	1854 	The Angel of Scutari (2009)
Percy Shelley 	Anthony Glennon 	1816 	Mary's Story (2009)
George Gordon Byron 	Robert Forknall 	1816 	Mary's Story (2009)
John Polidori 	Ian Hallard 	1816 	Mary's Story (2009)
Claire Clairmont 	Katrina Cooke 	1816 	Mary's Story (2009)
James II 	Andrew Fettes 	1688 	The Glorious Revolution (2009)
Mary of Modena 	Frazer Hines (narrator) 	1688 	The Glorious Revolution (2009)
James Stuart 	Frazer Hines (narrator) 	1688 	The Glorious Revolution (2009)
George of St Albans 	Joe Thomas 	1199 	Castle of Fear (2009)
Qin Shi Huang 	Deborah Watling (narrator) 	210 BC 	The Emperor of Eternity (2010)
Francis Walsingham 	Ian Brooker 	1590 	Point of Entry (2010)
Edgar Allan Poe 	Eric Loren 	19th century 	Nevermore (2010)
Sitric Silkbeard 	Terrence Hardiman 	1006 	The Book of Kells (2010)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 	Mark Meadows 	1894 	The Demon of Paris (2010)
Ptolemy Lagus 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Antipater 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Calanus 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Seleucus 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Cleitus 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Iollas 	William Russell (narrator) 	323 BC 	Farewell, Great Macedon (2010)
Michael Faraday 	Nigel Lambert 	1854 	The Four Doctors (2010)
Jumbo 	— 	1885 	The Wondrous Box (2011)
Tom Thumb 	— 	1885 	The Wondrous Box (2011)
Nikola Tesla 	Duncan Wisbey 	1890s 	Chronoclasm (2011)
Anne Boleyn 	Laura Molyneux 	1536 	Recorded Time (2011)
Oscar Wilde 	Alan Cox 	1890s 	Beautiful Things (2012)
Marshal Ney 	Robert Portal 	1815 	The Curse of Davros (2012)
Boudica 	Ella Kenion 	60 	The Wrath of the Iceni (2012)
Grigori Rasputin 	Tim Chipping 	1903 	The Wanderer (2012)
John White 	Philip Pope 	1590 	Voyage to the New World (2012)
Wanchese 	Ramon Tikaram 	1590 	Voyage to the New World (2012)
Walter Raleigh 	Mark Lockyer 	1590 	Voyage to the New World (2012)
Eleanor Dare 	Emerald O'Hanrahan 	1590 	Voyage to the New World (2012)
Francis Drake 	William Russell (narrator) 	1587 	The Flames of Cadiz (2013)
Hypatia 	Susan Franklyn 	5th century 	The Library of Alexandria (2013)
Æthelfrid 	Rachel Atkins 	918 	The Lady of Mercia (2013)
Ælfwynn 	Catherine Grose 	918 	The Lady of Mercia (2013)
Earl of Wessex 	Stephen Critchlow 	918 	The Lady of Mercia (2013)
Fritz Haber 	Carole Ann Ford (narrator) 	1933 	The Alchemists (2013)
Christopher Columbus 	Cameron Stewart 	1492 	Trouble in Paradise (2013)
Laika 	Samantha Béart 	1963 	1963: The Space Race (2013)
Arthur Conan Doyle 	Steven Miller 	1894 	The Monstrous Menagerie (2014)
Jack the Ripper 	Patrick Drury 	1894 	The Wax Princess (2014)
Aristophanes 	Samuel West 	421 BC 	Mask of Tragedy (2014)
Cleon 	Alisdair Simpson 	421 BC 	Mask of Tragedy (2014)
Geoffrey Chaucer 	Gareth Armstrong 	1400 	The Doctor's Tale (2014)
Henry IV 	Joseph Kloska 	1400 	The Doctor's Tale (2014)
Tom Chaucer 	Joseph Kloska 	1400 	The Doctor's Tale (2014)
Isabella 	Alice Haig 	1400 	The Doctor's Tale (2014)
Thomas Arundel 	John Banks 	1400 	The Doctor's Tale (2014)
H. G. Wells 	Hugh Ross (narrator) 	20th century 	The Piltdown Men (2014)
Bronisław Huberman 	Stephen Critchlow (narrator) 	1936 	String Theory (2015)
Antonio Stradivari 	Stephen Critchlow (narrator) 	18th century 	String Theory (2015)
Benjamin Franklin 	Peter Purves (narrator) 	1894 	The Founding Fathers (2015)
Hatshepsut 	Sakuntala Ramanee 	Distant past 	The Eye of Horus (2015)
Tutmosis 	Matthew J Morgan 	Distant past 	The Eye of Horus (2015)
Theodora 	Sarah Woodward 	540 	The Secret History (2015)
Procopius 	Tony Millan 	540 	The Secret History (2015)
Flavius Belisarius 	Giles Watling 	540 	The Secret History (2015)
Justinian 	Tim Wallers 	540 	The Secret History (2015)
Richard the Lionheart 	Stephen Critchlow (narrator) 	12th century 	The Warren Legacy (2015)
Galileo Galilei 	John Woodvine 	1639 	The Galileo Trap, The Satanic Mill (2015)
Rembrandt van Rijn 	Richard James 	1658 	The Waters of Amsterdam (2016)
Julius Caesar 	Alistair Petrie 	55 	Living History (2016)
Maurice Ravel 	Andy McKeane 	1890s 	Maurice (2016)
Bram Stoker 	Jonathan Forbes 	1890s 	The Woman in White (2016)
Henry Irving 	Edward de Souza 	1890s 	The Woman in White (2016)
Michelangelo 	Matthew Kelly 	1511 	Fallen Angels (2016)
Thomas Cromwell 	John Shrapnel 	1538 	The Eighth Piece / The Doomsday Chronometer (2016)
Alexander III 	— 	19th century 	The Torchwood Archive (2016)
Robert W Paul 	Nigel Whitmey 	1890s 	The Flickermen, School of Blood (2016)
Niccolo Machiavelli 	Mark Frost 	1514 	The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
Guiliano de Medici 	Jamie Ballard 	1514 	The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
Leo X 	Robert Hands 	1514 	The Ravelli Conspiracy (2016)
Emily Brontë 	Laura Riseborough 	1845 	The Window on the Moor (2017)
Douwemout Van Der Meer 	Giles New 	1756 	The Behemoth (2017)
Clara 	— 	1756 	The Behemoth (2017)
Constanze Mozart 	Rosanna Miles 	1791 	A Requiem for the Doctor (2018)
Catherine the Great 	Marilyn Le Conte 	1785 	The Death of Captain Jack (2018)
Ian Fleming 	Gyuri Sarossy 	1941 	Human Conflict (2018)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel 	James MacCallum 	1828 	Iron Bright (2018)
Marc Brunel 	Christopher Fairbank 	1828 	Iron Bright (2018)
Franz Kafka 	Tim Bentinck 	1920s 	Whodunnit? (2018)
Salvador Dalí 	Gethin Anthony 	1922 	Muse of Fire (2018)
Elissa 	Ajjaz Awad 	Distant past 	The Phoenicians (2019)
Pygmalion 	Jo Ben Ayed 	Distant past 	The Phoenicians (2019)
Bitias 	Youssef Kerkour 	Distant past 	The Phoenicians (2019)
Hiarbas 	Raad Rawi 	Distant past 	The Phoenicians (2019)
Aphra Behn 	Neve McIntosh (narrator) 	1666 	The Astrea Conspiracy (2019)
Nell Gwyn 	Neve McIntosh (narrator) 	1666 	The Astrea Conspiracy (2019)
Ada Lovelace 	Finty Williams 	1852 	The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
Colonel Wildman 	Andrew Havill 	1852 	The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
Edvard Scheutz 	Glen McCready 	1852 	The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
Wilhelm Grimm 	Arthur Hughes 	19th century 	L.E.G.E.N.D. (2019)
Jacob Grimm 	Leighton Pugh 	19th century 	L.E.G.E.N.D. (2019)
Marcus Tullius Cicero 	Samuel Barnett 	63 BC 	Tartarus (2019)
Terentia 	Laura Riseborough 	63 BC 	Tartarus (2019)
Marcus Minor 	— 	63 BC 	Tartarus (2019)
Duleep Singh 	Paul Bazely 	1893 	Fortitude (2020)
Mary Seacole 	Mandi Symonds 	1855 	The Charge of the Night Brigade (2020)
Georges Melies 	Frazer Hines (narrator) 	1908 	Deleted Scenes (2020)
Nicholas II 	Leighton Pugh 	1918 	Last of the Romanovs (2020)
Anastasia Romanov 	Alex Tregear 	1918 	Last of the Romanovs (2020)
Yakov Yurovsky 	Dan Starkey 	1918 	Last of the Romanovs (2020)
Grigory Nikulin 	George Weightman 	1918 	Last of the Romanovs (2020)
H. P. Lovecraft 	Alan Marriott 	1937 	The Lovecraft Invasion (2020)
Likeness 	Likeness 	Likeness 	Likeness
Rob Roy MacGregor 	Charlie Ross 	Fiction 	City of Spires, Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
Demon as Claudius 	Nigel Anthony 	46 	The Relics of Time (2010)
Nostradamus 	David Schofield 	Duplicate 	The Doomsday Quatrain (2011)
George Gordon Byron 	Glen McCready 	Apparition 	The Enchantress of Numbers (2019)
Marilyn Monroe 	Mark Reynolds (narrator) 	Manifestation 	Decline of the Ancient Mariner (2020)
Played themselves 	Played themselves 	Played themselves 	Played themselves
Tony Blackburn 	Tony Blackburn 	1997 	The Rapture (2002)
Angela Rippon 	Angela Rippon 	1980 	Doctor Who and the Star Beast (2019)
== Footnotes ==
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