Famous People with Name Common

Alf Common            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Alf Common: was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000.Common played for South Hylton and Jarrow in North East England before joining Sunderland in 1900.

Andrew Ainslie Common            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Andrew Ainslie Common: was an English astronomer born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.Among other things, he observed the satellites of Mars and Saturn. He worked on astrophotography, making a celebrated early photograph of the Orion Nebula in 1883. He also worked on telescope making, building a 60-inch reflector.

Barry Commoner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barry Commoner: is an American biologist, college professor, and eco-socialist. He ran for president of the United States in the 1980 US presidential election on the Citizens Party ticket. He was also editor of Science Illustrated magazine.

Kristian Arron "Kris" Commons            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Kristian Arron "Kris" Commons: an English born Scottish International winger who currently plays for Derby County in the Football League Championship.Commons started his football career at Stoke City. He signed a professional contract with the club on his 17th birthday and made his debut in a 3-2 Football League Trophy defeat away to Blackpool on October 16, 2001. However, shortly after making his first team debut, he was out injured for a year due to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Commons managed to come back from this and made a total of 46 appearances for the club in all competitions (22 of which were starts),