British Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Generally known as Ken or Kenny, was an English cricketer who played for the English Test team and S

Generally known as Ken or Kenny, was an English cricketer who played for the English Test team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional leg break bowler.

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. He made 120 Football League appearances

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player. He made 120 Football League appearances for Gillingham between 1971 and 1974.In 1974, he moved to the Baltimore Comets of the North American Soccer League, then played for the Washington Diplomats in 1977.

Was an English actor.On his return, a family friend, Vivian Van Damm, took him on as assistant manag

Was an English actor.On his return, a family friend, Vivian Van Damm, took him on as assistant manager at the Windmill Theatre, where his job included spotting audience members misbehaving or using opera glasses to look at the nude players during its Revudeville variety shows.[1] He was soon promoted to playing straight man in the Revudeville comedy routines. This led to regular work in repertory, including Newcastle and Wolverhampton, until World War II. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, seeing active service aboard the cruiser HMS Aurora and the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, returning to acting in 1946. After various roles in the West End, he attracted particular attention through his performance as Freddie in Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea.

Is an English former football (soccer) player.A striker, Price joined Southend United from non-leagu

Is an English former football (soccer) player.A striker, Price joined Southend United from non-league Dudley Town in 1976 but made only one appearance for the Essex club before moving on to Gillingham. He spent seven years at Priestfield Stadium and clocked up over 250 Football League appearances, scoring nearly 80 goals.

Is an English former footballer. He holds the record number of caps for an England national football

Is an English former footballer. He holds the record number of caps for an England national football team full back, having appeared 86 times for his country between 1979 and 1988.

Is an English former footballer who played as a half back for Manchester City and Wrexham. On the bo

Is an English former footballer who played as a half back for Manchester City and Wrexham. On the books of Birmingham City as a youth, Barnes began his football career at amateur level. Upon completion of his national service in 1947 he joined semi-pro Stafford Rangers.

Is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Stockport County, Manchester City, Shrewsbur

Is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Stockport County, Manchester City, Shrewsbury Town and Crewe Alexandra.Mulhearn started his career as an apprentice at Everton but did not make the first team, and moved into the lower divisions with Stockport County, where he made 100 appearances.

Is a former English football player and manager.Shellito spent his entire playing career at Chelsea,

Is a former English football player and manager.Shellito spent his entire playing career at Chelsea, signing for the club from Chelsea Juniors at the age of 17 and making his professional debut two years later against Nottingham Forest. He featured in Tommy Docherty's re-built Chelsea side of the early 1960s as an attacking full-back, helping the club win promotion from the Second Division in 1962-63.

Is a retired British broadcaster. He was a contemporary of Richard Baker and Robert Dougall. Althoug

Is a retired British broadcaster. He was a contemporary of Richard Baker and Robert Dougall. Although he worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC, he is perhaps best known as the host of the game show Treasure Hunt.Kendall was born in South India and educated at Felsted School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He served as a Captain in the Coldstream Guards during World War II and was injured on D-Day. He joined the BBC in 1948 as a radio newsreader and transferred to television in 1954. Though he was not the first person to read the news on BBC television, Kendall was the first newsreader to appear in vision. From 1961 to 1969 he was a freelance newsreader, working occasionally for ITN and presenting Southern Television's Day By Day. He appeared in a cameo role as a newsreader in 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as in the Doctor Who episode The War Machines. He rejoined the BBC in 1969 and retired from newsreading in 1981, allowing him to work on Treasure Hunt throughout its first run (1982-1989).

Is an English television and film director. He is known for his naturalistic, social realism directi

Is an English television and film director. He is known for his naturalistic, social realism directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness (e.g., Cathy Come Home) and labour rights (e.g., Riff-Raff).

Regarded as the most graceful English batsman of the so-called "Golden Age" of English cricket befor

Regarded as the most graceful English batsman of the so-called "Golden Age" of English cricket before the First World War, Hutchings was a member of the Kent team that won the County Championship in 1906, 1909 and 1910. He played just seven Test matches for England, with a highest score of 126 at Melbourne on the 1907/08 tour of Australia.

Was an English author, museum director, broadcaster, and one of the most famous art historians of hi

Was an English author, museum director, broadcaster, and one of the most famous art historians of his generation. In 1969, he was catapulted to international fame as the writer, producer and presenter of the BBC Television series, Civilisation: A Personal View.

Was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn and Treasure maga

Was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn and Treasure magazines.

Was an influential and often controversial British theatre critic and writer.Tynan was 12 when World

Was an influential and often controversial British theatre critic and writer.Tynan was 12 when World War II broke out. By the time the war ended, he had earned a scholarship to Oxford. Well before then he had adopted a fairly colourful set of views (and wardrobe items). During school debates he advocated repealing laws against homosexuality and abortion. He also gave a speech on the pleasures of masturbation, entitled "This House Thinks The Present Generation Has Lost The Ability To Entertain Itself."

Is a retired English professional football goalkeeper.Kenny Allen began his career as an amateur wit

Is a retired English professional football goalkeeper.Kenny Allen began his career as an amateur with Hartlepool United, who he joined in August 1968 from non-league Tow Law Town, a side later to produce Chris Waddle

Is a British socialist [2] politician. He has twice held the chief executive office in London local

Is a British socialist [2] politician. He has twice held the chief executive office in London local government: firstly as leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, and secondly as the first Mayor of London, a post he held from its creation in 2000 until 2008. He also served as Labour Party Member of Parliament for Brent East between 1987 and 2001.

Is a former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the

Is a former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.

Is an English professional footballer playing for Swedish side AIK.Pavey made his debut at local clu

Is an English professional footballer playing for Swedish side AIK.Pavey made his debut at local club Affenley FC before moving to his boyhood favourite club Millwall FC. He ended his junior years at Sittingbourne FC where he also made his debut at senior level.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1959 to 1964. He was renowned as a good pla

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1959 to 1964. He was renowned as a good player of spin and was one of the best cover fielders of his generation while his medium pace 'darts' broke many a stubborn partnership for his captains Ray Illingworth and Brian Close.

Was an English football defender . Famous for his bouffant hairstyle, he played in two spells at Man

Was an English football defender . Famous for his bouffant hairstyle, he played in two spells at Manchester City F.C. between 1971 and 1979 and between 1985 and 1988. He appeared 225 times in total for the blue team, scoring only one goal.

Is a former English footballer. He is most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom h

Is a former English footballer. He is most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played from 1968 to 1984.Hibbitt joined Wolves from his home town club Bradford Park Avenue for £5,000 in November 1968. He finally made his club debut as a substitute in a 0-1 defeat to rivals West Bromwich Albion on April 12, 1969, aged just 18.

Is an English former professional footballer who played for ten clubs in English league and non-leag

Is an English former professional footballer who played for ten clubs in English league and non-league football as well as a stint in Australia. He also later managed Gateshead and Barrow before he returned to Australia to work in football in Perth.

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday.Lunt is one of many

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday.Lunt is one of many players to emerge from the Crewe Alexandra Academy - alongside Dean Ashton, Rob Hulse and Danny Murphy - nurtured by then manager, Dario Gradi.

Is a British aspirant UIAGM mountain guide and experienced alpinist. He was nominated alongside clim

Is a British aspirant UIAGM mountain guide and experienced alpinist. He was nominated alongside climbing partners for the Piolet d'Or award in 2003 for a route on Annapurna III. He also led polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes on a successful attempt of the

Is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back for Leicester City in League One on l

Is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back for Leicester City in League One on loan from Premier League side Arsenal. His given name is pronounced /'k?ri/ "Kerry".