British Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey, Northamptonshire and England.

Was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey, Northamptonshire and England. He was educated at The Leys School Cambridge.

Was a lightweight boxer. At the 1908 Olympic Games he became British and European professional champ

Was a lightweight boxer. At the 1908 Olympic Games he became British and European professional champion. After the Games, Grace went on to win four ABA lightweight titles between 1909 and 1920. However, boxing was banned from the 1912 Olympics in Stockhol

Was a British boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was eliminated in the secon

Was a British boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was eliminated in the second round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to David Baan.

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.At the 1930 Empire Games he

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.At the 1930 Empire Games he won the silver medal with the English team in 4×200 yards freestyle relay competition. In the 400 yards freestyle he finished fifth.

Was a British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first

Was a British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Andy Scrivani.

Was an English composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England.

Was an English composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England.

Was an English professional footballer, playing as a forward in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He w

Was an English professional footballer, playing as a forward in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in Poplar, London.Fred Avey joined Fulham from Leyton in April 1928, making his league debut in a 1-0 win away to Reading on 28 April 1928. He soon became a regular goalscorer for Fulham, hitting 15 league goals in his first full season. After this promising start, he was not a first-team regular during the following seasons, though was still a regular scorer in the games he played.

Is an English former goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach with Bolton Wanderers and wit

Is an English former goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach with Bolton Wanderers and with Northern Ireland.He began his playing career with local club Darlington, making his debut for them back in the 1982-1983 season.

Was an English footballer and manager. He played as a forward for, among others, Blackburn Rovers, Q

Was an English footballer and manager. He played as a forward for, among others, Blackburn Rovers, Queens Park Rangers, Middlesbrough F.C. and England. However he is best remembered for his career as a manager in Spain where he coached several clubs including Athletic Bilbao and Athletic Madrid.

Was an English professional footballer. He was born in Chesterfield.Beedall, an inside-forward, join

Was an English professional footballer. He was born in Chesterfield.Beedall, an inside-forward, joined Chesterfield in 1932 from Ling's Row Primitives. He made seven league appearances for Chesterfield before moving to Torquay United in 1934. He quickly became a regular in the Torquay side, making his debut in the second game of the 1934-35 season, a 3-2 defeat away to eventual champions Charlton Athletic.

Is a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. In Austria and German

Is a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. In Austria and Germany he is known as Bernhard von Neumann.Educated at The Royal Hospital School, and Birmingham University. Author of several papers, reports and books. Formerly Professor of Mathematics at the City University, London, and Chief Mathematician in the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Was an English footballer who played for England as a midfielder in the first international match ag

Was an English footballer who played for England as a midfielder in the first international match against Scotland, as well as winning two FA Cup medals with Oxford University in 1874 and with The Wanderers in 1876.

Was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.

Was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.

Is an English former footballer.George supported Arsenal as a boy and played for Islington Schoolboy

Is an English former footballer.George supported Arsenal as a boy and played for Islington Schoolboys before joining his favoured club in May 1966. He turned professional in 1968 and made his first-team debut for the club on 9 August 1969 against Everton, on the first day of the 1969-70 season; Arsenal lost 1-0.

Was an English football (soccer) player.He was born in Sheppey, and played professionally for clubs

Was an English football (soccer) player.He was born in Sheppey, and played professionally for clubs including Watford and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances.

Was an English Association football player who played professionally for Gillingham and Sheffield We

Was an English Association football player who played professionally for Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday. He made over 200 Football League appearances for the former club.

Was a footballer who played as a centre forward for Stoke City and was a former England internationa

Was a footballer who played as a centre forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, following his retirement from playing.

Is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United.Sears attended Hacton Primar

Is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United.Sears attended Hacton Primary school during his younger years where he was already impressing with his football skill by playing in the football team of the older years showing a keen eye for goal already at this early age and was signed by West Ham United Academy at the age of 11.

Was a chess master who won the British Chess Championship six times. He was not one of the top playe

Was a chess master who won the British Chess Championship six times. He was not one of the top players, but could be very dangerous, as shown by his victories over Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Akiba Rubinstein, and Milan Vidmar. However, he had minus sco

Was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, during which time he visited Rome and met

Was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, during which time he visited Rome and met the Pontiff, in company with Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, future Cardinal of England and Wales.Born in Highgate, London, England, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and St. John's College, Cambridge. He studied Oriental Languages from 1928 to 1931 and took a first in both parts of the tripos, achieving a rare and distinguished double first. Coggan then took up a post as a lecturer in Semitic languages at the University of Manchester from 1931 to 1934, a professor of the New Testament at Wycliffe College in Toronto from 1937 to 1944, and principal of London College of Divinity from 1944 to 1956.

Was an English cricketer who played five Test matches for England in the mid-1960s. He is also notab

Was an English cricketer who played five Test matches for England in the mid-1960s. He is also notable for having played almost exclusively in one-day cricket for the last five years of his career. Purely a bowler, his batting was very poor and he did not reach fifty once in more than 200 first-class innings.

Was a footballer who played in the position of full-back for Sheffield United.Furniss started his fo

Was a footballer who played in the position of full-back for Sheffield United.Furniss started his footballing career with Hallam, and was given his chance to play for United in Wartime (1941), along with Albert Nightingale, in a 3-3 draw against Everton at Goodison Park.

Known as Sir Frederick Banbury, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1924, was a British businessman and Conser

Known as Sir Frederick Banbury, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1924, was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament.

English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaa

English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.