British Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1929 to 1930.

Was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1929 to 1930.

Was an English football (soccer) halfback who played in the Southern New England Soccer League and t

Was an English football (soccer) halfback who played in the Southern New England Soccer League and the National Association Football League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Is an English former professional footballer.Fred Binney was raised in the Barbican area of Plymouth

Is an English former professional footballer.Fred Binney was raised in the Barbican area of Plymouth. He was a prolific goalscorer in junior football whilst playing for CM Department juniors and was signed by South Western League side Launceston.

Was an English footballer.Fred Blackburn played for his home-town club of Blackburn Rovers, playing

Was an English footballer.Fred Blackburn played for his home-town club of Blackburn Rovers, playing as an outside left, and featured for the team at the age of 17.He was capped three times for England, making his international debut against Scotland in 1901. He also represented the English League against the Scottish League and played in a North versus South fixture.

Is an English former football goalkeeper, who later became a manager.Davies joined Wolverhampton Wan

Is an English former football goalkeeper, who later became a manager.Davies joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1957 but had to wait five years before making his debut on 27 January 1962 in an FA Cup tie against rivals West Brom.

Was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards, and was one of the most popular

Was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards, and was one of the most popular personalities in the game.

Was a professional footballer, who played as an inside forward for Preston North End in the late 19t

Was a professional footballer, who played as an inside forward for Preston North End in the late 19th century. He also made 9 appearances for England between 1886 and 1889, scoring 11 goals.

Is a former footballer and manager.Ford played for a number of clubs before becoming the manager of

Is a former footballer and manager.Ford played for a number of clubs before becoming the manager of Bristol City in 1960, he had previously also coached the England B team and Under-23 side. He remained in charge of City until 1967 when he moved to Swindon Town for the first time as a coaching assistant.

Was a professional footballer whose career as a centre forward was spent at Bradford City.Rhodes' fo

Was a professional footballer whose career as a centre forward was spent at Bradford City.Rhodes' four year career with Bradford City started when he was signed from non-league club Liversedge in December 1922. He did not make his debut until 10 February 1923 against Wolverhampton Wanderers but he played the final 16 games of the season scoring five goals to be the club's joint top goal-scorer in 1922–23.

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a defender.Hall arrived at Sunderland from Bl

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a defender.Hall arrived at Sunderland from Blackburn Rovers in 1946, and made his debut for the club on 31 August 1946 against Derby County in a 3–2 at Roker Park.

Was a football player for Darlington, Man United and Liverpool.Hopkin was born in Dewsbury Yorkshire

Was a football player for Darlington, Man United and Liverpool.Hopkin was born in Dewsbury Yorkshire, England. The left-winger played for Darlington and bitter rivals Man United before he was signed for £2,800 by Liverpool manager David Ashworth in May 1921, he made his debut on the 27 August 1921 at Roker Park, unfortunately it wasn't the debut he would have envisaged as Sunderland beat Liverpool 3-0. Hopkin had to wait until the 3 March 1923 for his debut goal, it came in the 49th minute of the game against Bolton at Anfield, a game that the Reds won 3-0.

As an English astronomer primarily remembered today for his contribution to the theory of stellar nu

As an English astronomer primarily remembered today for his contribution to the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and his often controversial stance on other cosmological and scientific matters, in particular his rejection of the Big Bang hypothesis.

Was an English football inside forward who began his career in England before finishing it in the Am

Was an English football inside forward who began his career in England before finishing it in the American Soccer League.Morley began his career with Reading F.C. of the Southern Football League. In 1909, he transferred to Blackpool F.C., then in the second division. He saw time in eighty league games before leaving the team in 1912.

Was a professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in The Football League for six clubs

Was a professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in The Football League for six clubs.Morris began his playing career with non-league Oswestry Town before joining Walsall in May 1950.He made more than 200 league appearances for the Saddlers before moving to Mansfield Town in March 1957 for £1,500.

Root played his early first-class cricket for that county, making his debut in 1910. He played for f

Root played his early first-class cricket for that county, making his debut in 1910. He played for five seasons for Derbyshire before cricket was suspended in England because of World War I, doing very little apart from a couple of promising performances in 1913. Root was hit in the chest while serving as a dispatch rider, but recovered and resumed his cricketing career after the war.

Is a former English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and E

Is a former English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford and in 1907 became the only professional footballer to play for the Corinthians.

Was an English serial killer. Between 1967 and 1987, he and his wife Rosemary tortured, raped and mu

Was an English serial killer. Between 1967 and 1987, he and his wife Rosemary tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young women, many at the couple's homes

Was a British child actor, popular in 1930s Hollywood films.Born in Dublin, Ireland, Bartholomew was

Was a British child actor, popular in 1930s Hollywood films.Born in Dublin, Ireland, Bartholomew was abandoned by his parents while a baby, and was raised in London by his aunt, whose name he took. While visiting the United States, Bartholomew was reportedly seen by film producer David O. Selznick who was soon to film Charles Dickens' David Copperfield (1935). Selznick had already cast American boy David Holt in the role, but after meeting Bartholomew realised that the character would benefit from being played by a British actor. The all-star film was a success and Bartholomew was cast in a succession of prestigious film productions with some of the most popular stars of the day.

Is a former English football player and manager. He played in the position of half back. Goodwin sig

Is a former English football player and manager. He played in the position of half back. Goodwin signed as a trainee from Cheshire Schoolboys by Manchester United on 1 October 1953 as part of the Busby Babes.

Was a Zanzibar-born British musician, best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band

Was a Zanzibar-born British musician, best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001).

English boxer, who was the world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950

English boxer, who was the world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950

Is an English professional footballer who is currently playing for Marine in the Conference North. H

Is an English professional footballer who is currently playing for Marine in the Conference North. He plays as a full back.Potter came through the youth ranks with Chester City and signed a professional contract in 2006. Unfortunately, he was quickly one of three players released by the Blues to help them meet Football League salary capping regulations .

Is an English comedian who shot to fame after his appearance in the 1970 Royal Variety Performance.

Is an English comedian who shot to fame after his appearance in the 1970 Royal Variety Performance. He is also a veteran impressionist and singer, with a chart album (After The Laughter) and UK top 10 single (It's You in March 1974) to his credit. [1]

He claimed that from seeing Peter Pan his only thought was to go on the stage. He began his career i

He claimed that from seeing Peter Pan his only thought was to go on the stage. He began his career in 1931 at the Casino de Paris with Josephine Baker. He co-found the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet and was founder director of the National Ballet in Washington.

Was a British entomologist.Moore was an assistant curator in the East India Company Museum, London.

Was a British entomologist.Moore was an assistant curator in the East India Company Museum, London. He continued until the museum was disbanded in 1879. He wrote the Lepidoptera indica (1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South Asia in 12 volumes, which was completed after his death by Charles Swinhoe.