British Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an English former footballer.Powell began his career as an apprentice at Wolverhampton Wanderers,

Is an English former footballer.Powell began his career as an apprentice at Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his first team debut on 10 March 1973 in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. He featured regularly over the next two seasons, and appeared as a substitute in their 1974 League Cup Final win over Manchester City at Wembley.

Is a former professional English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for eleven clubs. He is now t

Is a former professional English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for eleven clubs. He is now the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest in Football League One.

Fast bowling allrounder, doing the cricketers double (1000 runs & 100 wickets in a season) four time

Fast bowling allrounder, doing the cricketers double (1000 runs & 100 wickets in a season) four times, including the fastest in modern times, (two and a half months). Winner of the World Single Wicket Title at Lords in 1964, beating 19 other famous allrounders including the great Sir Garfield Sobers. First professional coach in Australia, starting in 1970 at an indoor facility in Sydney. First cricket coach to use video analysis, which led to his coaching over the past 37 years, some 20 Test players including Allan Border, the Waugh twins, Brett & Shane Lee, Adam Gilchrist, John Dyson, Andrew Hilditch and scores of NSW representatives. He has coached over 20,000 young cricketers since 1970 and is still involved in school holiday programmes and Mosman CC in Sydney. He holds an ACB level 3 coaching certificate and also an MCC (UK) coaching certificate.

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Siddall began his career with Bolton Wanderers

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Siddall began his career with Bolton Wanderers in 1972. In four years with the Burnden Park club he made 137 league appearances.

Is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a l

Is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer one at Leyton Orient (1981-1985).He also played for Hereford United (1974-1976), Crystal Palace (1976-1978), Plymouth Argyle (1978-1979), Luton Town (on loan 1979), Brentford (1980), Queens Park Rangers (1980-1981), Southend United (1985-1986) and Crewe Alexandra (1986).

Is a former cricketer who played 12 Tests for England as an opening batsman as well as 13 One Day In

Is a former cricketer who played 12 Tests for England as an opening batsman as well as 13 One Day Internationals.

Was an English professional footballer, who played at full back.A native of Brantham, Basil Acres be

Was an English professional footballer, who played at full back.A native of Brantham, Basil Acres began his career in his home town, before signing with Ipswich Town F.C. in July 1951. In all, he spent nine seasons at the club, finally retiring in 1960, having made 109 appearances there, and scoring six goals. After the end of his football career, he remained with the club, in various working capacities, for many years.

Was a British racehorse trainer. The son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshir

Was a British racehorse trainer. The son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire, and May Matilda Boughey,[1] he was educated at Eton College.[2] He ran a mixed stable from the family seat at Longstowe and then Newmarket and was the j

Was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Br

Was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966.[1] He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading p

Was an artist born in London. He was a prominent and leading member of the Irish art group, the Whit

Was an artist born in London. He was a prominent and leading member of the Irish art group, the White Stag, along with Kenneth Hall.His style varies greatly as he believed to explore psychological aspects of his work. As a result, his painting have a very mordernist yet unique style that is only repeated within the group he formed and ran, The White Stag.

Is a retired cricketer. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured'

Is a retired cricketer. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket. He captained South Africa's national non-white cricket team, and also played football for the non-white national side.[1]

Is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tranmere Rovers. He is known for his tradema

Is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tranmere Rovers. He is known for his trademark moonwalk goal celebration, which has gained cult fame on TV's Soccer AM.

After leaving school, Grylls considered joining the Army[14] and spent a few months hiking in the Hi

After leaving school, Grylls considered joining the Army[14] and spent a few months hiking in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal. However, he eventually joined the Territorial Army, and served for three years tasked as a Specialist Combat Survival Instructor and Patrol Medic[15] with the SAS Special Forces unit, 21 SAS Regiment (Artists Rifles). His military service ended in 1997 due to a parachuting accident suffered the previous year during a training exercise in Kenya. His canopy ripped at 16,000 feet (4500 m), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which broke three vertebrae, and left him struggling to feel his legs

Was an English footballer who played for Barnsley, Manchester United and Bradford City.

Was an English footballer who played for Barnsley, Manchester United and Bradford City.

Is an English journalist and broadcaster born in Liverpool.In the early seventies, Mooney wrote for

Is an English journalist and broadcaster born in Liverpool.In the early seventies, Mooney wrote for the New Statesman and was for many years she was a regular columnist for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Listener.

Was an English actress.

Was an English actress.

A professional Polish football player for Metalist Kharkiv who plays as a left sided defender.Gancar

A professional Polish football player for Metalist Kharkiv who plays as a left sided defender.Gancarczyk started to play footbal in his early teens, and after progressig through all junior teams he made his way to a second division club Podkarpacie Pustynia, after several seasons there and after a short spel at first Polish division club Hetman Zamo??, Gancarczyk made his way to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, where he joined local Arsenal Kyiv. Having also briefly performed for west Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk, Gancarczyk was transferred to Metalist Kharkiv, where he has remained since, and has reached a position of vice-captain at the club.

Is a young English footballer who plays for Leeds United. He is a defender in the left back position

Is a young English footballer who plays for Leeds United. He is a defender in the left back position though can also play at centre-back or in midfield, who has had loan spells with Bradford City and Darlington.

Is an England rugby union international.Cohen has spent the bulk of his professional career with Nor

Is an England rugby union international.Cohen has spent the bulk of his professional career with Northampton Saints, although he now plays for Brive in the Top 14 competition in France alongside fellow former Northampton team mate, Steve Thompson. [1] His usual playing position is on the wing.Though his surname is typically Jewish, Cohen only has distant Jewish ancestry. ôMy familyÆs not Jewish,ö he said in an interview on his official website, ôbut a few generations back they used to be. I think it was my great grandfather that married a non-Jewish girl and broke with tradition.ö

Ben Daniels was born on 10 June 1964[1] in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England.[2] His father was an e

Ben Daniels was born on 10 June 1964[1] in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England.[2] His father was an engineer at Rolls-Royce and later a grocer, while his mother owned a children's clothes shop. He has an older and a younger sister. Daniels has recalled: "I

Is an English association footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays club football for Mancheste

Is an English association footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays club football for Manchester United in the Premier League.

On 3 December 2006, the British Foreign Office confirmed that Freeman has been charged with raping a

On 3 December 2006, the British Foreign Office confirmed that Freeman has been charged with raping a British 16 year old woman while on holiday on the Caribbean island of Barbados.[2] Freeman, his stepfather and other members of his family had been staying at the Almond Beach Village resort, where the girl was also staying.[3]The alleged incident took place on the night of Wednesday 29 November, at a pool-side sun lounger at the resort that both parties were staying at. Freeman left the Almond Beach Village the next day, while the 16-year-old girl stayed on until she and her family returned to the UK on Sunday 3 December

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for League Two club Bury F.C.. He is more fa

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for League Two club Bury F.C.. He is more famous for playing for Lincoln City between 2002 and 2005, and is the son of former Grimsby Town defender Paul Futcher.

Was a football player, manager and trainer, who played as a centre half.Hall's playing career saw hi

Was a football player, manager and trainer, who played as a centre half.Hall's playing career saw him represent Grimsby Town, Derby County, Leicester Fosse and South Shields before World War I. After the war he worked as a trainer for Huddersfield Town before being appointed as Bristol Rovers' first Football League manager in 1920.

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is a fullback.Herd began his ca

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is a fullback.Herd began his career as a trainee at Watford. He signed his first professional contract with the club, but was released a year later having never played a game for his local club.