British Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an English actor. His most famous role was that of Sergeant Benton of UNIT on the television seri

Is an English actor. His most famous role was that of Sergeant Benton of UNIT on the television series Doctor Who.He was working in a men's clothing store on Regents Street in London when Telly Savalas encouraged him to sign up as an actor for The Dirty Dozen.

Is an English composer of classical music.Gardner was educated at Eagle House, Wellington College an

Is an English composer of classical music.Gardner was educated at Eagle House, Wellington College and Exeter College, Oxford. An important figure in his early life was Hubert Foss of Oxford University Press, who published the Intermezzo for Organ in 1936 and introduced him to the composer Arthur Benjamin to whom Gardner dedicated his Rhapsody for Oboe and String Quartet (1935).This work had its first performance at the Wigmore Hall in February 1936. The String Quartet No.1(1938) was broadcast from Paris by the Blech Quartet in 1939, and the anthem The Holy Son of God most High (1938) was also published by OUP. At Oxford Gardner was friendly with Theodor Adorno with whom he played piano duets.

Was a very strong British chess player. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the

Was a very strong British chess player. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the Hastings Chess Congress 1961/2. Littlewood launched a fearsome attack which Botvinnik was able to defend only by means of a tactical finesse. Botvinnik chose to include the game in his autobiographical Best Games 1947-1970.

Was a British sound engineer, record producer and founder of Southern Studios, as well as a former m

Was a British sound engineer, record producer and founder of Southern Studios, as well as a former member of EXIT and co-founder of the Southern Records distribution company with his wife Sue. He was also the studio engineer of choice for Crass Records, a

Was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, p

Was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom.Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades - 1979, 1987 and 1993.

Is an English football player who currently plays in the MLS for the San Jose Earthquakes.After post

Is an English football player who currently plays in the MLS for the San Jose Earthquakes.After posting remarkable scoring totals at NCAA Division II Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, and in the USL Premier Development League, for Boulder Rapids Reserve, Cunliffe was one of the leading prospects at the MLS combine prior to the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.

Was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell.

Was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 1721, cutting short a brief career in the House of Commons, where he had represented Rutland as a Whig.

Is an English football player, currently playing for Watford as a central-midfielder.Eustace was a t

Is an English football player, currently playing for Watford as a central-midfielder.Eustace was a trainee at Coventry City but found life difficult and in his seven years at the club he only recorded 86 appearances, so when he went out on loan to Dundee United.

Is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One over 12 years, w

Is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One over 12 years, winning five races. He is also a journalist and ex-sportscar racer.

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stevenage Borough. Martin began his career wi

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stevenage Borough. Martin began his career with Leyton Orient, making over 90 League appearances, before dropping into non-league football with Farnborough Town, Grays Athletic and later Stevenage.

Is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and singer.

Is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and singer.

Was an English professional cricketer. Wrote Harry Altham of him in that truly magisterial work, A H

Was an English professional cricketer. Wrote Harry Altham of him in that truly magisterial work, A History of Cricket, "Maurice Read had been recognised as a dashing player up to Test Match form, to say nothing of being a wonderful fielder in the country." A hard-hitting and, according to Lord Hawke, "magnificent batsman who never had pretensions to be even a moderate change bowler", Read did little trundling except in 1883, when he claimed 27 first-class wickets including his career best of 6-41 against Kent.

Was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer

Was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he then took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.B.S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution and theorized on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.

Is a former professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wand

Is a former professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.McAlle joined Wolves as an apprentice in July 1965, turning professional in February 1967. After a period playing in the reserve league, he made his first team debut on April 29, 1968 in a 0-1 defeat at Chelsea.

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Port Vale.McCombe joined Huddersfi

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Port Vale.McCombe joined Huddersfield Town as a trainee, making his league debut on May 3, 2003 as a late substitute for Jon Stead in the 1–1 draw at home to Oldham Athletic. He then had to wait until September 2004 for his next first team appearance.

Is a former English footballer. McDermott, who is a right-back, has played his entire career at Grim

Is a former English footballer. McDermott, who is a right-back, has played his entire career at Grimsby Town, and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played 647 league games, 754 games overall for the Mariners. He is one of only 17 players in the history of English football to play more than 600 Football League matches for a single club.

Is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years,

Is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years, missing only the 1976-77 season due to injury. He played as a defender, replacing Billy Bonds as right-back after the latter had switched to midfield.

Is a British actor and writer.He appeared, most notably, co-starring to Jean-Pierre Cassel and Claud

Is a British actor and writer.He appeared, most notably, co-starring to Jean-Pierre Cassel and Claude Jade in G

Is a Swedish alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpin

Is a Swedish alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She is also the reigning Olympic champion in the slalom, after her victory at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.PSrson was introduced to ski racing by her sister, Frida, and is now trained by her father, Anders. Her first World Cup race was a giant slalom at the World Cup Finals at Crans-Montana, Switzerland on (March 15, 1998). She qualified for that race as the new junior World Champion but only finished 25th in last place. She won her first World Cup race, a slalom at Mammoth Mountain, California

Is an English footballer who is an experienced central defender. He was educated in Liverpool at the

Is an English footballer who is an experienced central defender. He was educated in Liverpool at the all-boys' De La Salle School.Having been the linchpin of Ipswich's rise to premiership success, and playing European football John was released after injury and signed for the Clarets in the summer of 2004.

Was an English professional association football player. He played for Gillingham and Crystal Palace

Was an English professional association football player. He played for Gillingham and Crystal Palace between 1930 and 1933.

Is an English former footballer.A full-back who joined Preston North End in 1965 as a fifteen year o

Is an English former footballer.A full-back who joined Preston North End in 1965 as a fifteen year old, he made his first team debut on 6 October 1970 in a League Cup tie against West Bromwich Albion.

Is an English former professional footballer who played in midfield.John Matthews began his career a

Is an English former professional footballer who played in midfield.John Matthews began his career as an apprentice with Arsenal, having previously played for Islington Schools. He turned professional in August 1973 and made his league debut early the following season against Leicester City on August 17, 1974.

Is an English former professional footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday, C

Is an English former professional footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Gillingham and AFC Bournemouth during a 13-year professional career.

Is an English singer. Referred to by many as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal",[3] Osbourne's career ha

Is an English singer. Referred to by many as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal",[3] Osbourne's career has now spanned four decades. He rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum, award-winning solo career.