British Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former professional footballer.Parkin holds the record for most senior appearances by a player

Is a former professional footballer.Parkin holds the record for most senior appearances by a player for Wolverhampton Wanderers — 609, including 501 League games, also a club record. He played 50 or more competitive matches in a season for Wolves no fewer than five times — another record — and in seasons 1968-69 and 1969-70, he took part in every single league and cup match played by the club.

He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He played for Essex between 19

He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He played for Essex between 1978 and 1993. He was a member of the successful sides of the 1980s and early 1990s alongside cricketers such as Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, John Lever and Neil Foster. Pringle as an undergraduate played for Cambridge University and was called up for England, whilst he was captain in 1982. Pringle went on to play 30 Test matches until 1992, scoring 695 runs and taking 70 wickets. He also played in 44 One Day Internationals between 1982 and 1993. He appeared in two World Cups including England's losing 1992 final team.

Is a former British professional ice hockey player. He played his entire playing career with the Mur

Is a former British professional ice hockey player. He played his entire playing career with the Murrayfield Racers between 1964 and 1984. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team 19 times at three World Championships scoring 10 goals

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and is currently assi

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and is currently assistant-manager of Curzon Ashton.Hall began his career as an apprentice with Coventry City, turning professional in October 1982 and making his only league appearance for the Sky Blues later that season.

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Saunders played

Is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Saunders played primarily as a wing-half and started his career with amateur side Walthamstow Avenue. He joined Chelsea in June 1953 and immediately turned professional, making his club debut against Sheffield United.

Was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-clas

Was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in 7 Tests for England. As of 2007, he has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who began his career after the Second World War. He holds the record for the most first-class wickets taken by any Hampshire player.

Is an English former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. He earned 14 cap

Is an English former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. He earned 14 caps for the England national football team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Belfast-born British television actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long ru

Is a Belfast-born British television actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long running series Casualty. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was a regular in BBC and ITV dramas, including Softly Softly, Play for Today, Harry's Game and the 1977 series of Rock Follies.

Is an English former footballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.D

Is an English former footballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.Derek Fazackerley made a record 539 League appearances for Blackburn in 17 years between 1969 and 1986, passing Ronnie Clayton's record of 529. Including cup games, he made a total 674 appearances for Rovers.

Is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and England in the late 197

Is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and England in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Known to cricket fans as Arkle after the famous racehorse, but always Rags to himself, his impact as a batsman went far beyond what his career figures might suggest. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980.

Reeve played for Hong Kong in the 1982 ICC Trophy, averaging 34.50 with the bat and 15.71 with the b

Reeve played for Hong Kong in the 1982 ICC Trophy, averaging 34.50 with the bat and 15.71 with the ball. He signed for Sussex for the 1983 English season, and took 42 wickets in the County Championship at 29.35 apiece, although he was less successful with the bat and did not reach fifty in his 20 innings that year. He remained with Sussex for six seasons, his most successful being 1987 when he managed a batting average of over 40 and took 42 wickets at under 30.

Is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV

Is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads (2003-2008) and Treasure Hunt (2002-2003). He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as reg

(born on 5 May 1955) is an English golfer

(born on 5 May 1955) is an English golfer

Is a retired English professional footballer.Hamilton came through the youth ranks at Bradford City

Is a retired English professional footballer.Hamilton came through the youth ranks at Bradford City as a promising youngster. He made his debut, aged 17, in the league at home to Barnet on 3 May 1994 scoring in a 2–1 win.

Is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist, but is also known as a surrealist artist

Is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist, but is also known as a surrealist artist and author.He was educated at Dauntsey's School, an independent school in West Lavington, Wiltshire. After military service, he attended the University of Birmingham where he graduated in 1951 with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954, he was awarded a D.Phil. from Oxford University for his doctoral thesis on the Reproductive Behaviour of the Ten-spined Stickleback, supervised by Niko Tinbergen. He then was employed by the Zoological Society of London as Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo, which he left in 1966 in frustration about stagnation at the zoo.

Was a British politician and journalist who was noted for moving from the left to the right wing and

Was a British politician and journalist who was noted for moving from the left to the right wing and for his resistance to following party lines (he was a member of four different political parties during the course of his career, and moved between partie

Is a presenter on British television and radio.He has hosted television coverage of high profile eve

Is a presenter on British television and radio.He has hosted television coverage of high profile events for many years. He has presented the popular shows, Grandstand, Match of the Day, Holiday, How Do They Do That? and Countdown.

Was a British racing driver from Northern Ireland. He participated in one Formula One World Champion

Was a British racing driver from Northern Ireland. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on July 14, 1956. He scored no championship points. He also competed in several non-Championship Grand Prix.

Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he

Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984 and qualifying to play for England in 1987. He played in 40 Test matches for his adopted country, but his short-sightedness and poor fielding (although he had a powerful throw), his perceived profligacy with the ball and his undoubted ineptitude with the bat (although he was able to strike the ball powerfully and scored some sixes at Test match level, especially against slow bowlers), meant that he took part in just ten One Day Internationals.

An English actor, best known for his lead role as Spike Thomson in the British TV comedy Press Gang,

An English actor, best known for his lead role as Spike Thomson in the British TV comedy Press Gang, alongside Julia Sawalha.He trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School.[1] Fletcher's first film part was as Baby Face in Bugsy Malone (1976). He made his stage debut the following year in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a child actor Fletcher was a regular feature in British productions in the early 1980s such as The Long Good Friday, The Elephant Man, and The Bounty. As an adult,

Was an English actress and sex symbol. She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England. She was co

Was an English actress and sex symbol. She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England. She was considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood

Known professionally as Diana Darvey, was a British actress, singer and dancer, who is most famous f

Known professionally as Diana Darvey, was a British actress, singer and dancer, who is most famous for her appearances on The Benny Hill Show.

Is an English actress. She is probably best known for her portrayals of Emma Peel in The Avengers an

Is an English actress. She is probably best known for her portrayals of Emma Peel in The Avengers and Tracy Bond in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Was an English football player. He played as a half back.Duckworth came up through the Manchester Un

Was an English football player. He played as a half back.Duckworth came up through the Manchester United youth system and played his first senior level game for the club on 19 December 1903 against Gainsborough Trinity.

Was an English footballer who played at right-back. He started playing football at Parkfield Central

Was an English footballer who played at right-back. He started playing football at Parkfield Central as a forward or Outside Right. He then joined Tonge, where he started playing as a right-back. In May 1904, Holden joined Manchester United, and spent most of his first season at United in the Reserves. In the season 1905-06, an injury to Bob Bonthron allowed Holden to play for the first-team.