British Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is an English former footballer who played as a striker.Mike began his career with Manchester City a

Is an English former footballer who played as a striker.Mike began his career with Manchester City and made two substitute appearances. Loan spells at Oxford United and Halifax Town followed before Mike moved to Aberdeen in February 2002 but was released from the Dons fifteen months later.

Is an English footballer, who plays for Bradford City. He is a striker.Osborne made his league debut

Is an English footballer, who plays for Bradford City. He is a striker.Osborne made his league debut for Bradford City when he came on as substitute in the final ten minutes of City's 2–2 draw with Millwall on the final game of the 2006–07 season.

Is a English-Turkish[1] professional football player currently playing for Everton. He grew up in Sk

Is a English-Turkish[1] professional football player currently playing for Everton. He grew up in Skelmersdale and Huyton. He also went to Upholland High School and Winstanley College.

Is a professional footballer with West Bromwich Albion in English Premier League. Although primarily

Is a professional footballer with West Bromwich Albion in English Premier League. Although primarily a central defender, he has also played at left back, right back, centre midfield and up front.

An English pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and the winner of the third series of the United Kingdom t

An English pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and the winner of the third series of the United Kingdom television talent show The X Factor. Her UK debut single, "A Moment Like This", broke a world record after it was downloaded over 50,000 times within 30 minutes.Her second single, "Bleeding Love", was the biggest-selling single of 2007 in the UK, topped over thirty national singles charts and became a number one single on the first week in France and number one in the United States.Her debut album, Spirit, was released in Europe in 2007 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in both the United Kingdom and Ireland.[3][4] Released in North America in 2008, Spirit debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the chart with a debut album.[

Was an English footballer.Goulden began his career with Chelmsford City, before moving to Leyton and

Was an English footballer.Goulden began his career with Chelmsford City, before moving to Leyton and then West Ham United in 1933. He remained with the Hammers for six years, making over 250 appearances and scoring 55 goals from his inside forward position. He was an ever-present, along with Joe Cockroft, during the 1936-37 season.

Len Braund was an all-rounder, a versatile batsman who could defend or attack according to the needs

Len Braund was an all-rounder, a versatile batsman who could defend or attack according to the needs of the game and a leg break bowler who used variation more than accuracy to take wickets. He was also regarded by contemporaries as the best slip fielder of his time.

Was a British composer and conductor.Lambert was the son of Russian-born Australian painter George L

Was a British composer and conductor.Lambert was the son of Russian-born Australian painter George Lambert. Educated at Christ's Hospital and the Royal College of Music, Lambert was a prodigy, writing orchestral works from the age of 13, and at 20 received a commission to write a ballet for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (Romeo and Juliet).

Is a British historian, cookery expert and novelist, perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRE

Is a British historian, cookery expert and novelist, perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a famous film starring Michael Caine.Deighton's interest in spy stories may have been partially inspired by the arrest of Anna Wolkoff, which he witnessed as an 11-year-old boy. Wolkoff was a British citizen of Russian descent who was a Nazi spy. She was detained on May 20, 1940, and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act for attempting to pass secret documents to the Nazis.

Was an English footballer of the post-World War II period.His career started at Arsenal where he was

Was an English footballer of the post-World War II period.His career started at Arsenal where he was signed as an amateur and was employed as a member of the club's ground staff during the summer of 1938. He made one appearance for Arsenal's A team in the Southern League, scoring one goal.

Is an English football goalkeeper who is currently at Woking on loan from Millwall.Initially signed

Is an English football goalkeeper who is currently at Woking on loan from Millwall.Initially signed up by Chelsea since the opening of the 2002-03 season, he was loaned out to Watford between September 2003 and May 2004, a deal initially intended to last for two months, but extending to the end of the season.

Was an English football player who played for Notts County and Leicester City, as well as the Englis

Was an English football player who played for Notts County and Leicester City, as well as the English national side. He was born in Nottingham.

Was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976

Was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Commonly known as Jim Callaghan (and nicknamed 'Sunny Jim' or 'Big Jim'), Callaghan is the only person to have served in all four of the Great Offices of State: Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary.

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1897 to 1900 and Middle

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1897 to 1900 and Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1899 to 1909. He also played four Test matches for England against South Africa in 1905-06.

Len Coldwell was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who was, for a few years in the early to mid-1960s,

Len Coldwell was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who was, for a few years in the early to mid-1960s, half of the most feared new-ball partnership in English county cricket. With his bowling partner Jack Flavell, Coldwell was the attacking force behind the unprecedented success of Worcestershire which brought the county its first successes in the County Championship in 1964 and 1965.

Was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1938 to 1939.

Was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1938 to 1939.

"The Guv'nor", was a famed East End of London bareknuckle fighter, bouncer, former criminal, author,

"The Guv'nor", was a famed East End of London bareknuckle fighter, bouncer, former criminal, author, television presenter, and actor; McLean was often referred to as "the hardest man in Britain".

Better known as Len Millard, was an English footballer who played the majority of his career at left

Better known as Len Millard, was an English footballer who played the majority of his career at left back.Millard was born in Coseley and joined West Bromwich Albion as an amateur in May 1937. He turned professional in September 1942, having already made his debut during the previous month against Northampton Town in the Football League South.

Is a British Conservative politician.He was elected Member of Parliament for Mitcham in 1950 and ser

Is a British Conservative politician.He was elected Member of Parliament for Mitcham in 1950 and served there until 1974 when the seat was merged and he moved to Carshalton. In Edward Heath's government he served as Secretary of State for Employment and was responsible for the Industrial Relations Act 1971, which balanced the introduction of compensation for unfair dismissal with curbs on the freedom to strike and the virual abolition of closed shop agreements.

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with the Wanderers in 1873 and made one appearance as a

Was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with the Wanderers in 1873 and made one appearance as a full back for England in the second international match.Howell was born in Herne Hill and educated at Winchester College whom he represented at various sports, including "soccer", cricket and athletics, winning the 100 yds, 300 yds and 110 yds hurdles in 1866.

Was an English footballer.Astill began his career with hometown club Wolves, who he made just 2 appe

Was an English footballer.Astill began his career with hometown club Wolves, who he made just 2 appearances for (in April/May 1935), before joining Blackburn Rovers for £3,000 in 1936.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Staines Town.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Staines Town.

Is an English-born Sierra Leonean football coach. He is a former professional footballer whose clubs

Is an English-born Sierra Leonean football coach. He is a former professional footballer whose clubs included Fulham, Queens Park Rangers (for whom he appeared as a substitute in the 1986 League Cup Final), Bristol City and West Ham United.

Is an English poet. He is most well known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular songs, howe

Is an English poet. He is most well known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular songs, however he has also produced some very serious thought-provoking written work.

Is an English former professional footballer, making the third-all-time record appearances for Fulha

Is an English former professional footballer, making the third-all-time record appearances for Fulham of 487 starts and 4 substitutions.