Finding the last century's heroes was harder than we expected. For many hundreds and thousands of years, our heroes have been clearly defined for us. During the time of the Ancient Greeks, the archetypal hero was created. Courageous men, strong and brave in the face of danger, were the heroes of that society, while women played an inferior role never able to aspire to be someone's hero. Now things have changed, as we realise that killing lions with our bare hands isn't as common as it needs to be to fill our dreams. Now, thanks to the shift in the way society thinks about heroic acts, a metamorphosis of the term hero has come about.

Due to many of the social complexities which have ruled over our societies at particular times in history, both social and historical conditions, we have had our heroes clearly defined for us. But when we dig deeper now at the beginning of a new millennium, we find many people in our recent history that aren't as celebrated as they deserve to be. They have remained hidden: thanks to the social norms they confronted and tore down in their time.

We find here a collection of people that maybe aren't rich and famous, who will be names you know and some you don't. On this site you will find short biographies on all of the people we deem to be heroes. You will come to realise through reading these that while they accept the challenge that life throws them, they are normal people like you and me, but who aspired to greatness.