British Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a footballer currently playing for Swindon Town. He can play either as a midfielder or a striker.

Is a footballer currently playing for Swindon Town. He can play either as a midfielder or a striker.Born in the Reading suburb of Tilehurst,[2] he attended Downsway Primary School. and later went to Denefield School. Cox joined his home town club, Reading, at the age of nine.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Port Vale.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Port Vale.

Is an English footballer most noted for his career with Crystal Palace.Rodger was signed by Palace f

Is an English footballer most noted for his career with Crystal Palace.Rodger was signed by Palace from Bognor Regis in 1990 for £1000. He would play for Palace for the next 12 years (having brief loan spells at Manchester City and Stoke City).

Is a retired English football goalkeeper.He represented England at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Champio

Is a retired English football goalkeeper.He represented England at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Is an English former footballer, who is currently a coach at Norwich City. He was a left-back who co

Is an English former footballer, who is currently a coach at Norwich City. He was a left-back who could also play as a left-sided central defender or occasionally in midfield.

Was a British chess player, an International Master, and a chess writer.

Was a British chess player, an International Master, and a chess writer.

An English footballer, currently playing for Plymouth Argyle.Walton started his career at hometown c

An English footballer, currently playing for Plymouth Argyle.Walton started his career at hometown club Leeds United. He came to attention after being sent off in a pre-season friendly against Valencia in 2004, whilst still just sixteen. He was likened to former Elland Road heroes Alan Smith and David Batty, with whom he shares tenacity and "Leeds blood" in his veins.[citation needed] He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2004 against Derby County

Is a British judoka. She attended Raine's Foundation School in Bethnal Green.

Is a British judoka. She attended Raine's Foundation School in Bethnal Green.

British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his developmen

British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.[1]

British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Was a politician in the United Kingdom who was elected both as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament

Was a politician in the United Kingdom who was elected both as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and as a Conservative Party MP.

Was an English Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor.He returned to the Old Vic in 1946 and st

Was an English Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor.He returned to the Old Vic in 1946 and stayed until 1948, playing Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, the Fool in King Lear opposite Laurence Olivier in the title role, DeGuiche in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Ralph Richardson in the title role, and finally starring in an Old Vic production himself as Shakespeare's Richard II. After leaving the Old Vic, he had a success as the Uninvited Guest in the Broadway production of T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party (1950, revived at the Edinburgh Festival in 1968), but his second attempt at the title role of Hamlet,

Was a British soldier and politician.Sprot was commissioned into the Royal Lanarkshire Militia, wher

Was a British soldier and politician.Sprot was commissioned into the Royal Lanarkshire Militia, where he reached the rank of Lieutenant. In 1874 he was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1876, Captain in 1

Known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor particularly known for his warm exp

Known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor particularly known for his warm expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk." Gielgud is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

Was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert, in

Was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert, including the still-popular H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Sullivan's artistic output included 23 operas, 13 orchestral works, eight choral or oratorio works, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, parlour ballads, part songs, carols, and piano and chamber pieces.[1]

A British actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenboroug

A British actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor.

Was an English fashion and portrait photographer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume desi

Was an English fashion and portrait photographer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.Beaton was born in Hampstead the son of Ernest Beaton, a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife Etty Sissons. His grandfather had founded the family business of Beaton Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents, and his father followed into the business. Ernest Beaton was also an amateur actor and had met his wife, Cecil's mother, when playing the lead in a play. She was the daughter of a Cumbrian blacksmith who had come to London to visit her married sister. Cecil Beaton was educated at Heath Mount School and St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, where his artistic talent was quickly recognised. Both Cyril Connolly and Henry Longhurst report in their autobiographies being overwhelmed by the beauty of Beaton's singing at the St Cyprian's school concerts. When Beaton was growing up his Nanny had a Kodak 3A Camera, a popular model which was renowned for being an ideal piece of equipment to learn on. Beaton's nanny began teaching him the basics of photography and developing them in his basement. He would often get his sisters and mother to sit for him. When he was sufficiently proficient, he would send the photos off to London society magazines, often writing under a pen name and ‘recommending’ the work of Beaton.

Was an Academy Award-winning English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epic

Was an Academy Award-winning English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India. Widely acclaimed and winning the praise of directors such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and George Lucas, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the BFI "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002.

Was a British accountant, company director and politician. From a Scottish family, he represented fi

Was a British accountant, company director and politician. From a Scottish family, he represented first a constituency in London and then the Scottish highlands constituency of Caithness and Sutherland. He was an expert on the fishing industry and his com

Was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge.ailey was knighted in 1946 for his brid

Was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge.ailey was knighted in 1946 for his bridge design. By this time he was living quietly in Southbourne in Bournemouth, Dorothy Barnes, one of the girls at the Southbourne Crossroads bank, which he used regularly was surprised to learn that her unassuming customer had been knighted. Sir Donald died in Bournemouth in 1985. His 1940s home was demolished c 2004 and replaced by flats, however he also had other addresses in Bournemouth, being recorded in 1974 at 14 Viking Close, as Bailey, Sir Donald C. OBE, JP.

Was a British politician.Educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke

Was a British politician.Educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1934. He served there throughout World War II, rising to the rank of major. In 1941, he was liaison office

Was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma

Was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies, instrumental concertos, and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Was a British barrister and Liberal politician.He was educated at University College, Aberystwyth, t

Was a British barrister and Liberal politician.He was educated at University College, Aberystwyth, the University of London and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read law and was President of the Cambridge Union. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple

As a German-born British biochemist,Chain was born in Berlin to a Russian father who moved from his

As a German-born British biochemist,Chain was born in Berlin to a Russian father who moved from his birthland to study chemistry abroad, and a German Berliner mother. In 1930, he received his degree in chemistry from Friedrich Wilhelm University. After the Nazis came to power, Chain knew that he, being a Jew, would no longer be safe in Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and moved to England.

A retired English heavyweight boxer and was the British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champ

A retired English heavyweight boxer and was the British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970. Cooper was also the only British boxer to win three Lonsdale Belts outright.