I was pretty young at the time, but Helen Sharman was a really big deal back then, Twitter or no Twitter. I imagine most British people in their early thirties

I was pretty young at the time, but Helen Sharman was a really big deal back then, Twitter or no Twitter. I imagine most British people in their early thirties or older would remember the name with only a bit of prompting (though I concede it would be a moderately challenging "pub quiz" trivia question).