David Attenborough

English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author, presenter. 

He wrote and presented a series documentaries ( Life collection, The Living Planet,  Planet Earth,  Natural World and others). 

He  was a senior manager at the BBC, served as controller of BBC Two (1965–1969) and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.

President of the Royal Society for Nature Conservation (1991–1996)

He is the only person to have won BAFTAs in all of the categories black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolutions.

In 2018 and 2019 he received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator

A key figure in the build up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)

A British polar research ship was named RRS Sir David Attenborough in his honour. 

At least 20 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour.