British Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a professional football striker, currently playing for Leyton Orient on loan from Luton Town.Morg

Is a professional football striker, currently playing for Leyton Orient on loan from Luton Town.Morgan started his career with Colchester United, before making the move to Reading. However, he couldn't command a regular place in the first team, so was released in 2005.

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Derby County. He went to Ashburton Community School

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Derby County. He went to Ashburton Community School in Croydon where he was coached by Peter Yates. In his early days Dean was a striker, scoring a remarkable 1 goal in 134 appearances. He plays primarily as a centreback, although he is currently being used as a defensive midfielder, and is of Barbadian descent.

Is a football player who currently plays for Milton Keynes Dons. He is the son of former Watford man

Is a football player who currently plays for Milton Keynes Dons. He is the son of former Watford manager Ray Lewington.

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rushden & Diamonds in the Conference N

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rushden & Diamonds in the Conference National.McDonald was noticed for his skill rather than size when signed by Ipswich Town from Arsenal where he started his career as a youth player. He opened his account with Ipswich against Crewe Alexandra, with the Tractor Boys going on to win the game 2-1.

Is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charlton Athletic.His career started at Norwich, where

Is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charlton Athletic.His career started at Norwich, where he came through the youth system before joining Barnet in August 2004. A memorable event in Sinclair's career was the goal he scored against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Carling Cup on the 26 October 2005, whilst Barnet were 3-0 down.

Is a British freestyle swimmer.Milwain represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the

Is a British freestyle swimmer.Milwain represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle swimming event.

Is a English professional footballer who currently plays for Exeter City.Moxey is a winger who plays

Is a English professional footballer who currently plays for Exeter City.Moxey is a winger who plays primarily on the left side of midfield, although he is also able to play as a left back or full-back. He has been capped by England at semi-professional level.

Is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for a variety of Midlands clubs. He made

Is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for a variety of Midlands clubs. He made more than 350 appearances in the Football League.

Is an English footballer who plays for Ipswich Town.He made his first team debut at just 16 when he

Is an English footballer who plays for Ipswich Town.He made his first team debut at just 16 when he came off the bench against arch-rivals Norwich City and played a pivotal role in winning the game. He quickly rose to fame the following season, becoming the youngest Ipswich player to score a hat-trick against Watford and winning admirers nationwide.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Ebbsfleet United.Pooley was previously at Millwall, m

Is an English footballer currently playing for Ebbsfleet United.Pooley was previously at Millwall, making one senior appearance for the club in a Championship game against Burnley in April 2006.

Is a former English footballer. He is youth team coach at Bradford City.He moved to Wolverhampton Wa

Is a former English footballer. He is youth team coach at Bradford City.He moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £1,850,000 in March 1995 to further his career, although ironically Bradford reached the Premiership before Wolves.

Is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional caree

Is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom

Is a midfielder currently playing for Peterborough United.Beginning his career with his hometown clu

Is a midfielder currently playing for Peterborough United.Beginning his career with his hometown club, Keates was a key member of the Saddlers' midfield in their rise to Division One in 1999. He moved to Hull City in 2002, and on to Kidderminster and Lincoln City before returning to Walsall in 2006.

Is a retired English footballer who is currently assistant manager at Leyton Orient. He played as a

Is a retired English footballer who is currently assistant manager at Leyton Orient. He played as a central defender.He started his playing career at Walsall and was later sold for £80,000 to Hereford United. This remains the record transfer fee that the Bulls have paid for a player in their entire history.

Is an English former professional footballer who played either as a striker or a defender. After ret

Is an English former professional footballer who played either as a striker or a defender. After retiring as a player he became a physiotherapist for Shrewsbury Town.

Is an English former professional football forward.Edwards was born in Wolverhampton and began his c

Is an English former professional football forward.Edwards was born in Wolverhampton and began his career as an apprentice with Shrewsbury Town, turning professional in February 1980. He played only 13 times, scoring once for the Shrews before joining Finnish side Kuopion Palloseura.

He comes from a famous cricketing family, being the son of Ron Headley and grandson of George Headle

He comes from a famous cricketing family, being the son of Ron Headley and grandson of George Headley. He was the first test cricketer to be both the son and grandson of test cricketers. He was educated at Old Swinford Hospital and then Royal Grammar School Worcester where he excelled at rugby union and cricket.

Athlete who was the first North American woman to clear 6 feet, at age 16. Her unique reverse jumpin

Athlete who was the first North American woman to clear 6 feet, at age 16. Her unique reverse jumping style was called the "Brill Bend". She is an eleven-time national champion of Canada.

King made her debut appearance in film at the age of 4 in Pink FloydÆs movie The Wall. After gradua

King made her debut appearance in film at the age of 4 in Pink FloydÆs movie The Wall. After graduating high school and receiving a Bachelor's Degree in History, in 2003 she began TV presenting as a young reporter, and worked as a researcher and Assistant Producer for Granada TVÆs This Morning, Planet 24Æs The Big Breakfast, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel and BBC1Æs "A Family of My Own". As a young reporter, King was sent to interview leading politicians such as Ken Livingstone and Glenda Jackson.

Thrower's TV credits include newscasting for the BBC, BBC South Today and Songs of Praise. She and c

Thrower's TV credits include newscasting for the BBC, BBC South Today and Songs of Praise. She and colleague Fred Dinenage were (and still are) presenters of Meridian Tonight (South) when it first aired in 1993. In addition, she was the first person seen

Is a British actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Docto

Is a British actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who.Beginning as a child actress,notably as the niece of Peter Brady in the 1958 series The Invisible Man,

And later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his

And later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s. Steeped in wordplay, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs, and his music has drawn on dozens of genres. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image".

Is an English football player currently playing for Norwich City in the English Championship.Rudd jo

Is an English football player currently playing for Norwich City in the English Championship.Rudd joined the academy at Norwich City at the age of nine and has been with the club ever since. He has been capped for England at Schoolboy and Under-17 level but has not played for the Norwich first team yet.

Is an English Footballer who plays for Rugby Town FC as a Defender. Having previously played for Rus

Is an English Footballer who plays for Rugby Town FC as a Defender. Having previously played for Rushden & Diamonds and Kettering Town FC, Delroy followed former Rugby manager Billy Jeffrey from Stamford FC but initially had to play in the unfamilar right wing-back role but demonstrated his versatility superbly, banging in 11 goals during the season, also winning the Players' Player award.

Is a British-Grenadian professional footballer, who plays for Notts County. He plays as a centre for

Is a British-Grenadian professional footballer, who plays for Notts County. He plays as a centre forward.Facey began his career at Huddersfield Town, joining as an apprentice in April 1996 and turning professional in May 1997.