British Famous Names Starting with Letter D

He played cricket for both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and England. A right handed batsman, Ami

He played cricket for both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and England. A right handed batsman, Amiss was a brilliant stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket - his two favourite areas to score runs. He was an accomplished batsman in all forms of the game. He averaged 42.86 in first-class, 35.06 in List-A, 46.30 in Tests and 47.72 in One Day Internationals. In first-class cricket he scored 103 centuries.

Is a former professional footballer, and is best known for being the last player to score a league h

Is a former professional footballer, and is best known for being the last player to score a league hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Bailey netted three times for Queens Park Rangers as part of a 4-1 scoreline on New Year's Day 1992. The only other player to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford since then is the Brazilian star Ronaldo, who managed a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid in the 2002-03 season.

Was an English footballer and distinguished captain of Aston Villa.Mortimer began his career with Co

Was an English footballer and distinguished captain of Aston Villa.Mortimer began his career with Coventry City, where he came through the ranks and made over 200 appearances as a promising midfielder. It was his accomplished displays for Coventry which attracted the attention of several top clubs, and he joined Villa in 1975.

Is an English footballer of Caribbean descent , who formerly played at professional level and is now

Is an English footballer of Caribbean descent , who formerly played at professional level and is now playing as a semi-professional. His most notable position is left-back.He began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa on leaving school in 1991, but never made a first-team appearance and signed for local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1995. He only made a handful of appearances at Molineux before his transfer to Notts County in 1997.

Is an English former football (soccer) player and manager.A defender, Hunt joined Gillingham in 1958

Is an English former football (soccer) player and manager.A defender, Hunt joined Gillingham in 1958 after being discovered whilst playing football for the army. He went on to make over 320 appearances for the Kent club in a ten-year stay at Priestfield Stadium before moving on to Brentford in 1968.

Is a former professional football player, who spent most of his playing career with Leicester City b

Is a former professional football player, who spent most of his playing career with Leicester City before spending many years in various coaching capacities at Southampton.

Is a retired male judoka from Great Britain, who competed for the United Kingdom at the 1988 Summer

Is a retired male judoka from Great Britain, who competed for the United Kingdom at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Is a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom and was a Member of Parliament from 19

Is a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom and was a Member of Parliament from 1987 until 2005.Turner was elected member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East at the 1987 general election. He never held high office, serving as an opposition whip then as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clare Short at the Department for International Development

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Harrogate Town F.C.He played as a defender for Scarb

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Harrogate Town F.C.He played as a defender for Scarborough F.C. up to their dissolution on 20 June 2007. He originally joined Scarborough F.C. on March 18, 2000 playing against Woking F.C. having joined from Hartlepool United F.C.. He made over fifty first team appearances for Scarborough F.C. before joining Northwich Victoria F.C., he then moved to Forest Green Rovers F.C. for a season before joining Halifax Town F.C. in 2004.

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Edmonton, London and played as a midfie

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Edmonton, London and played as a midfielder.Derek 'The Dude' Dawkins began his career as an apprentice with Leicester City, turning professional in November 1977 and making his league debut the same season.

British organic chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate.

British organic chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate.

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Derek Bellotti began his career as an apprenti

Is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Derek Bellotti began his career as an apprentice with Queens Park Rangers in September 1963. He turned professional and spent two seasons on loan to Bedford Town before being released at end of the 1965-66 season without making his debut for QPR.

Is an English former professional footballer who spent the majority of his career at Oxford United.H

Is an English former professional footballer who spent the majority of his career at Oxford United.He is the third of five footballing brothers (Allan, Frank, Kelvin and Wayne Clarke) who played in the English Football League.

Is an English former footballer.Hales joined Gillingham as a youth team player in 1968 but failed to

Is an English former footballer.Hales joined Gillingham as a youth team player in 1968 but failed to gain a professional contract and drifted into non-League football. In 1972 Luton Town paid £2,000 to sign him from Dartford, but just over a year later he was sold for £4,000 to Charlton Athletic.

Was an English football player, manager and chairman, He lived in Sheffield for the majority of his

Was an English football player, manager and chairman, He lived in Sheffield for the majority of his life taking roles at both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United becoming revered by both sets of fans.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He was part of the Bolton Wanderer

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He was part of the Bolton Wanderers side that won the 1958 FA Cup Final against Manchester United.

Is a former English footballer. He was the Clubman of the Year for York City in the 1982–83 season

Is a former English footballer. He was the Clubman of the Year for York City in the 1982–83 season.

Is a former English footballer who played at defensive left-back. He played for West Bromwich Albion

Is a former English footballer who played at defensive left-back. He played for West Bromwich Albion, Southampton, Walsall and Stoke City.

Was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer.Jarman first became known as a stag

Was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer.Jarman first became known as a stage designer getting a break into the film industry as production designer for Ken Russell's The Devils (1970), and later made his debut in "overground" narrative filmmaking with the groundbreaking Sebastiane (1976), arguably the first British film to feature positive images of gay sexuality, and the first film entirely in Latin.

Is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United,

Is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Millwall and Chester City. He played mainly as a central defender, but also operated in midfield.

Is a British politician, and Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup. He became involved in c

Is a British politician, and Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup. He became involved in controversy in January 2008, after it emerged that he had employed his son, a full-time student at Newcastle University, as a political researcher, with his wages paid from public funds. A Commons standards committee said there was no record his son doing any work at Westminster.[1] On 29 January, Conservative party leader David Cameron withdrew the whip from Conway, effectively expelling him from the Parliamentary Conservative group.

He was one of the foremost spin bowlers in the world for over a decade starting from the late 1960s.

He was one of the foremost spin bowlers in the world for over a decade starting from the late 1960s. Not a classical spinner, Underwood bowled at around medium pace and was often unplayable on seaming English wickets, particularly "sticky wickets", earning his nickname "Deadly" and accounting for the saying that England would "carry Underwood like an umbrella, in case of rain". His inswinging "arm ball" was particularly noted for dismissing batsmen leg before wicket.

Was a footballer who played in the position of winger for Sheffield United.Hawksworth started his ca

Was a footballer who played in the position of winger for Sheffield United.Hawksworth started his career with Bradford Park Avenue in 1946, before moving to Huddersfield Town, although he never made an appearance for either club. In 1948, he moved to Bradford City and made 75 appearances with 20 goals for the West Yorkshire side.

Is an English former football player, who played as a centre-back.His time at top-flight clubs Evert

Is an English former football player, who played as a centre-back.His time at top-flight clubs Everton and subsequently Aston Villa were where he gained most fame, as both clubs enjoyed successful periods and pushed for honours during his time there.

Is an English former footballer. He played as an inside-forward, but later switched to half-back.Par

Is an English former footballer. He played as an inside-forward, but later switched to half-back.Parker joined West Ham United from Grays Athletic in October 1944. He made a total of 199 League appearances for the East London club between 1946 and 1957. He also made eight cup appearances, and over 200 Football Combination appearances with the reserve team.