The historical figures we wish had been around for Twitter

Mark Twain (1830-1910)

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Gore Vidal (1925-2012)

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)

Spike Milligan (1918-2002)

WC Fields (1880-1946)

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

Socrates (c.470-399BC)

Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Billie Holiday (1915-1959)

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)