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From today, the face of Adam Smith replaces that of Edward Elgar on the $20 note, despite the fact that three quarters of Britons have no idea who he is.

Smith was an 18th- century philosopher and political economist, who played a key role in the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment.

In a recent poll conducted by Virgin Money, Churchill won the vote with 52% among male contenders, with Professor Stephen Hawking in 2nd place with 8%.

On the female list the top contender was Emmeline Pankhurst, one of the founders of the British Suffragette movement.

Surprisingly the late Princess of Wales did not come out on 1st place.

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