In 2003, Channel 4 conducted a poll to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. The rules dictated that the winner had to be British and alive and not currently in prison or pending trial. The results were as follows:
... (1584-1622), explorer
Willem Barents, (1550?-1597), Dutch, died on Nova Zembla seeking the Northeast Passage[?]
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, (1304?-1377?), ...