British Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. His most famous co

Was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for the television series Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza. In addition, Rose was musical director for the Red Skelton show during its 21-year-run on the CBS and NBC networks. He was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music.

Is an English former footballer.He played in the 1992 FA Cup Final with Sunderland, which they lost

Is an English former footballer.He played in the 1992 FA Cup Final with Sunderland, which they lost 2–0 against Liverpool.

Was a professional football player. He was a member of the famous 'invincibles' of Preston North End

Was a professional football player. He was a member of the famous 'invincibles' of Preston North End.

Is an English former football player. He was a skilful central defender who could also play usefully

Is an English former football player. He was a skilful central defender who could also play usefully in midfield or even as a forward. He is currently chairman of the Manchester United Former Players' Association.

Is an English football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for the Harrisburg City Islanders of

Is an English football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division.Whilst at Long Island University, Schofield was a three-time all conference pick and also played for England Schoolboys Under-18s.

Is a Glasgow-based artist. Born in Macclesfield on September 17, 1968, he grew up in Oadby, Leiceste

Is a Glasgow-based artist. Born in Macclesfield on September 17, 1968, he grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, England. He attended City of Leicester Polytechnic's Art and Design course in 1987-1988, and subsequently studied Environmental Art at the Glasgow

Is a former footballer, who played at left back for Southampton F.C. in the FA Cup Final 1976.Peach

Is a former footballer, who played at left back for Southampton F.C. in the FA Cup Final 1976.Peach played briefly as an associate schoolboy for Chelsea, before moving to Gillingham as an apprentice in May 1966, turning pro in February 1969. He also played minor counties cricket for Huntingdonshire.

Is a retired English football midfielder who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League a

Is a retired English football midfielder who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and Premier League and won 10 caps for the England under-21 team.David Smith started his career at Coventry City after signing professional terms with the club in 1986.

Is a former English footballer who played for Grimsby Town, but retired in 2006 due to a persistent

Is a former English footballer who played for Grimsby Town, but retired in 2006 due to a persistent injury problem that hampered most of his playing career.

Is an English footballer who plays for Rugby Town FC as a midfielder. David initially joined on a sh

Is an English footballer who plays for Rugby Town FC as a midfielder. David initially joined on a short-term loan from Nuneaton Borough in March 2007 and made an immediate impact with a Star Man performance in his debut against Yate Town. He made the switch permanent ahead of the 2007/8 season.

Was an English international cricketer. Tony Greig picked him for the English cricket team in 1975 w

Was an English international cricketer. Tony Greig picked him for the English cricket team in 1975 when he was close to retirement from county cricket for Northamptonshire. He played for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1981.

In 1999 he returned to his first love of escapology and sideshow performance. Developing his own dar

In 1999 he returned to his first love of escapology and sideshow performance. Developing his own daredevil escapology style, for which he is now well known. Both amongst other escapologists, and by the public as a whole. He is the featured artist in this year's Ripleys Believe It Or Not book, and is currently filming his own one hour television special. He is also notable as one of the few sword swallowers in the world. The current number of real life sword swallowers is estimated to be around 75.

Is a British porn baron and newspaper proprietor. He graduated in Economics from Queen Mary College,

Is a British porn baron and newspaper proprietor. He graduated in Economics from Queen Mary College, University of London. Since 1986 he has been the owner of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport. In 2004, Sullivan was named by the Sunday Times as Britain's 68th richest man, with assets valued at over £500 million

Is an English film, television and stage actor, as well as a writer.

Is an English film, television and stage actor, as well as a writer.

Is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with

Is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Mama Cass Elliot. Mason's best known song is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and covered by dozens of artists, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969

Is a former English cricketer who played in five Tests and one ODI from 1988 to 1992. Lawrence was a

Is a former English cricketer who played in five Tests and one ODI from 1988 to 1992. Lawrence was a powerfully-built fast-bowler before an horrific knee injury curtailed his career.

Is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching "who and wh

Is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching "who and what is really controlling the world." A former professional football player, reporter, television sports presenter, and spokesman for the Green Party, he is the author of 20 books explaining his views.

Is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular as well as classical music.Bed

Is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular as well as classical music.Bedford studied music at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, and later in Venice under Luigi Nono

Is a retired hammer thrower from Great Britain, who represented the United Kingdom in the men's hamm

Is a retired hammer thrower from Great Britain, who represented the United Kingdom in the men's hammer throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he failed to reach the final, having thrown 69.32 metres in the qualifying round.

Was an influential British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photog

Was an influential British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with such noted directors as Richard Lester, Peter Brook, Tony Richardson, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack.

Is an English footballer who plays for Boston United as a midfielder. Farrell made over 400 appearan

Is an English footballer who plays for Boston United as a midfielder. Farrell made over 400 appearances in the Football League for Wycombe Wanderers, Peterborough United and Boston United between 1995 and 2007.

Is a former English professional footballer.Mead played for several local clubs, most notable Totten

Is a former English professional footballer.Mead played for several local clubs, most notable Tottenham Hotspur schoolboys before moving to Leytonstone and then was signed by Leyton Orient in 1958. After being released in 1962, Mead stayed in the local area with Tooting until moving to Essex in the early 1970s.

Was a former professional footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.Dave Needham started his career at Notts

Was a former professional footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.Dave Needham started his career at Notts County in 1966. He spent eleven years at the Magpies and was signed by Queens Park Rangers in the close season of 1977 for £90,000.

His first known TV appearance was as Lesley Luncheonmeat on Sky One's show Games World in 1993. He a

His first known TV appearance was as Lesley Luncheonmeat on Sky One's show Games World in 1993. He appeared alongside Alex Verrey, who played Big Boy Barry, every Tuesday evening. After that he went on to be "The Lift" on the first series of the CBBC game

Was a children's author and illustrator.He attended the University of Maryland, College Park but qui

Was a children's author and illustrator.He attended the University of Maryland, College Park but quit after one semester to join the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, graduating in 1973. For several years he worked as a clown, later fou