British Famous Names Starting with Letter F

English biochemist and a two time Nobel laureate in chemistry. He is the fourth person (and only liv

English biochemist and a two time Nobel laureate in chemistry. He is the fourth person (and only living) to have been awarded two Nobel Prizes.

Is an English biochemist.He originally intended to study medicine, but became interested in biochemi

Is an English biochemist.He originally intended to study medicine, but became interested in biochemistry because some of the leading biochemists in the world were at Cambridge at the time. He completed his PhD in 1943 under A. Neuberger, on lysine metabolism and a more practical problem concerning the nitrogen of potatoes. He went on to discover the structure of proteins, most famously that of insulin protein. He also contributed to the determination of base sequences in DNA

Was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. Know

Was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. Known as Fiery Fred, he was first man to take 300 Test wickets, and later became a popular and outspoken radio summariser.

Was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Shinton was born in Wednesbury. He turned p

Was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Shinton was born in Wednesbury. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in April 1905 and remained with them until November 1907, when he joined Leicester Fosse for £150.

Soddy was born in Eastbourne, England. He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to s

Soddy was born in Eastbourne, England. He went to school at Eastbourne College, before going on to study at University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at Merton College, Oxford. He was a researcher at Oxford from 1898 to 1900. He married Winifred Beilby in 1908.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, h

Was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, he played for hometown club Great Marlow before signing for Small Heath. He went on to make 93 appearances in the FA Cup, Football Alliance and the Football League for the club in the early days of its history.

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 18

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 1877 and 1878. He also made one appearance for England in 1876.

Was an English footballer, chiefly associated with the foundation of Arsenal Football Club.Beardsley

Was an English footballer, chiefly associated with the foundation of Arsenal Football Club.Beardsley started working at a government munitions factory in Chilwell. In his spare time he was a keen goalkeeper, and played for Nottingham Forest as an amateur.

Was an English amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Chapman was

Was an English amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Chapman was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Fulham in the 1900

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Fulham in the 1900s.Mouncher was born in Southampton and played as an amateur with local sides Fitzhugh Rovers and Southampton Cambridge. He started his professional career in the summer of 1903 at The Dell where he teamed up with his former colleague at Fitzhugh Rovers, Fred Harrison.

Was an English cricketer who played in one Test in 1902. This was the famous match at Old Trafford w

Was an English cricketer who played in one Test in 1902. This was the famous match at Old Trafford which England lost by 3 runs, and with it the series. Tate had the misfortune to drop a crucial catch. England lost their ninth wicket in their second innings with eight wanted for victory. Tate joined Rhodes and edged his first ball for four, but the fourth ball he received from Saunders bowled him.

Was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Burb

Was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Burbidge's first job was as a gardener at Kew Gardens. From 1877 to 1878, however, he was an employee of Messrs Veitch and made many expeditions to South-east

Is an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum

Is an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and nuclear engineering. He is a lifelong opponent of nationalism and a proponent of nuclear disarmament and international cooperation. Dyson is a member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent who is best known for playing Martha Jones, fo

Is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent who is best known for playing Martha Jones, former companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and its related spin-off Torchwood.When Agyeman began her professional acting career, she chose to use a different spelling of her birth name, Frema, as her professional name, to avoid pronunciation problems.[5 Before securing the part of Martha Jones, Agyeman's most famous television role was playing the character of Lola Wise in the revived series of ITV soap opera Crossroads.[6] She also had small guest roles in other TV series such as Casualty, Mile High and The Bill. In 2005, she played the character Mary Ogden in an episode of Silent Witness. She starred as the character Nana in the independent film Rulers and Dealers, written and directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson.[7]

Was an English Academy Award-winning film and stage actor.Donat was born in Withington, Manchester,

Was an English Academy Award-winning film and stage actor.Donat was born in Withington, Manchester, England, of English, Polish and German descent. He made his first stage appearance in 1921 and his film debut in 1932 in Men of Tomorrow. His first great screen success came with The Private Life of Henry VIII, playing Thomas Culpepper. He had a successful screen image as an English gentleman who was neither haughty nor common. That made him something of a novelty in British films at the time, and he was likened by critics to Hollywood's Clark Gable and Gary Cooper

Was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a

Was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939.As a composer, Spiegl scored a popular success with the original theme from the TV series Z-Cars, based on "Johnny Todd", a Liverpool sea shanty. He also composed the original theme for the Z Cars spin-off series Softly, Softly; the song was also released as a single on Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate record label in 1966. His BBC Radio 4 UK Theme, in which national songs from each of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are ingeniously combined, sometimes in counterpoint with each other, and was heard on Radio 4 at the beginning of each morning's broadcasting until April 2006.