British Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English footballer.Ritchie is Stoke City's top marksman of all-time having scored 176 goals i

Was an English footballer.Ritchie is Stoke City's top marksman of all-time having scored 176 goals in 343 games during two spells at the club, from June 1962 to November 1966, and from July 1969 to May 1975.

Was an English footballer.Middlemas played for Herrington Swifts and Blyth Spartans before joining H

Was an English footballer.Middlemas played for Herrington Swifts and Blyth Spartans before joining Hull City in March 1922. After making 10 league appearances for Hull, he joined York City in the summer of 1923.

Is an English professional footballer. Brough made well over 200 league appearances for Shrewsbury T

Is an English professional footballer. Brough made well over 200 league appearances for Shrewsbury Town, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town.

Was an English novelist and essayist.Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son of G

Was an English novelist and essayist.Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son of Gladys Richards and Robert John Fowles. Robert Fowles came from a family of middle-class merchants in London. Robert's father Reginald was a partner in the firm Allen & Wright, a tobacco importer. Robert's mother died when he was 6. At age 26, after receiving legal training, Robert enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company and spent three years in the trenches of Flanders during World War I leaving him with memories that haunted him for the rest of his life. Robert's brother Jack died in the war, leaving a widow and three children. In 1920 the year Robert was demobilized, his father Reginald died. Robert became responsible for five young half-siblings and the children of his brother, and though he had hoped to practice law, the obligation of raising an extended family forced him into the family trade of tobacco importing. Though always successful, the financial strain of so many dependents meant Robert Fowles would never be wealthy.

Is a British academic currently working at Swansea University in Wales. He is primarily known for wr

Is a British academic currently working at Swansea University in Wales. He is primarily known for writing books on Classics, and for contributing to a number of journals, often with colourful views. J. R. Morgan attended Lincoln College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1975, where he achieved both M.A. and D.Phil qualifications. Morgan's research interests include ancient narrative literature, in particular the Greek and Roman novel. He has published many articles, chapters and books on the Classics. He is perhaps best known as being the co-editor of Greek Fiction in 1994, alongside Richard Stoneman, used at numerous universities.

Is an English former professional football player who played as a central defender.He started his ca

Is an English former professional football player who played as a central defender.He started his career at Bristol Rovers before earning a move to Wimbledon in July 1987 after just two seasons at his original club. He became part of the Wimbledon crazy gang that graced the top flight of English football and that won the FA Cup in the famous 1988 final.

Was a British politician, who sat as a Labour Member of Parliament before co-founding the Scottish L

Was a British politician, who sat as a Labour Member of Parliament before co-founding the Scottish Labour Party (SLP) in 1976.Robertson was a toolmaker and engineer and was assistant divisional organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union 1954-61 and se

Was an English professional football player. He played as a defender, but also played as a centre-fo

Was an English professional football player. He played as a defender, but also played as a centre-forward on occasion.Craven made his professional debut at left-back in Blackpool's 4–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on August 27, 1965.

Was an English professional football player. He played as a defender, and could switch from centre-h

Was an English professional football player. He played as a defender, and could switch from centre-half to full-back.Crosland was signed by Blackpool manager Joe Smith from Ansdell Rovers during World War II. After being unable to break into the first team due to the form of Ron Suart and Harry Johnston, he made his debut on September 18, 1946, in a defeat at Brentford.

A trained chemist and physicist, is a prominent science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 ye

A trained chemist and physicist, is a prominent science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 years.Sir John Maddox studied chemistry and physics at Christ Church, Oxford and King's College London. From 1949 to 1955 he lectured in theoretical physics at the University of Manchester. He then became the science correspondent at the Manchester Guardian, apost he held until 1964. From 1964 to 1966 he was the coordinator of the Nuffield Science Teaching Project, after which he was appointed as the editor of Nature, a role he held twice, from 1966-1973 and 1980-1995. He was director of Nuffield Foundation from 1975 to 1979. Maddox was knighted in 1995 and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2000. He is currently a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and a Trustee of Sense About Science.

Is a retired English footballer who played in England for Gorleston, Ipswich Town, Colchester United

Is a retired English footballer who played in England for Gorleston, Ipswich Town, Colchester United, Southend United and Birmingham City, in the Netherlands for Fortuna Sittard, NAC Breda, FC Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Dordrecht and ADO Den Haag, and in Switzerland for FC Zürich.

Is a former professional footballer who predominantly played as a full-back.Ryan had a professional

Is a former professional footballer who predominantly played as a full-back.Ryan had a professional career that lasted more than 20 years. He first joined Arsenal from non-league side Maidstone United in 1964, though he never played a first team game for Arsenal, instead playing in the reserves before being released in 1965. He went on to have spells with Fulham (1965-69), Luton Town (1969-76), Norwich City (1976-80), Sheffield United (1980-82), Manchester City (1982-83), Stockport County (1983), Chester City (1983-84) and Cambridge United (1984-85), where he also had a spell as manager.

Is a former British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) who sat as an independent MP for his last

Is a former British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) who sat as an independent MP for his last year in the House of Commons.

Was a British Conservative politician and soldier.He was Commandant-General of the Police Forces and

Was a British Conservative politician and soldier.He was Commandant-General of the Police Forces and Inspector-General of Volunteers in Rhodesia from 1898 until 1903. In 1921, he was elected Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey at a by-election

Was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest before the advent of Leag

Was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest before the advent of League football, and made one appearance for the England national team.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in The Football League for Liverpool a

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in The Football League for Liverpool and Chester.Sealey began his career playing as an amateur for non-league side Warrington Town, before he moved to Liverpool in 1962 . His solitary appearance came in Liverpool’s final game of the 1964–65 season.

Is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster.The son of a missionary who was also a

Is a British television and radio journalist and broadcaster.The son of a missionary who was also a distinguished linguist, he is of Russian origin on his mother's side[1]. Sergeant's early life meant that he followed his father's work, and was raised in

Was an English sportsman of outstanding talent who is most famous for his 9 year playing career at E

Was an English sportsman of outstanding talent who is most famous for his 9 year playing career at Everton F.C. from 1900-09 which saw him win two caps for his country as well as being a gifted cricketer who played in 3 Tests for England in 1909.

Was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the firs

Was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the first years of the official cricket County Championship. However, because softer and more primitive wickets meant backup bowlers were often unnecessary, Sharpe could never get into form once Lockwood began developing as a bowler late in 1891, and his county career was, for his time, quite short despite some notable successes in Australia.

Is an award winning British-born illustrator, particularly noted for his work in Japan.From 1987-200

Is an award winning British-born illustrator, particularly noted for his work in Japan.From 1987-2008 Shelley lived in Tokyo, illustrating for advertising and publishing. He rose to prominence following a series of posters for Parco, the fashion branch of

Was a former professional footballer, who played for North Shields and Huddersfield Town. He was bor

Was a former professional footballer, who played for North Shields and Huddersfield Town. He was born in Seahouses.

Is an English bass-baritone.He made his operatic debut in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Gl

Is an English bass-baritone.He made his operatic debut in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1961, and has been prominent in performing and recording the vocal works of Benjamin Britten. These have included the premiere performances of Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi and Death in Venice. The latter part was written specially for him, and involves multiple roles as protagonist to the character of Gustav von Aschenbach. In 1977 he created the role of Lev in Sir Michael Tippett’s The Ice Break at Covent Garden.

Is an English actor.Shrapnel was born in Birmingham, the son of MaryLillian Myfanwy (n

Is an English actor.Shrapnel was born in Birmingham, the son of MaryLillian Myfanwy (n

Was a cricketer who played for England and Surrey in the late 19th century. He is best remembered fo

Was a cricketer who played for England and Surrey in the late 19th century. He is best remembered for captaining Surrey to a string of wins in the County Championship around the time it became official in 1890, aided by the bowler George Lohmann and back up by John Sharpe and William Lockwood. Shuter first led Surrey to the County Championship in 1887. They then came first in 1888, tied with Lancashire and Nottinghamshire in 1889, and won again in 1890, 1891 and 1892. Shuter was a batsman and chiefly an off-side player.

Was an English professional footballer born in Southwick, Sunderland, who played as a fullback. He m

Was an English professional footballer born in Southwick, Sunderland, who played as a fullback. He made 101 appearances in the Football League playing for Sunderland, Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Small Heath.