British Famous Names Starting with Letter S

English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.

English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.

Was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".

Was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack". He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian Hampstead. Although he claimed he failed his degree at Oxford University, his early ability in writing poetry and interest in architecture supported him throughout his life. Starting his career as a journalist, he ended it as British Poet Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.

Is a British collector and historian of Italian art. Considered to be one of the few art collectors

Is a British collector and historian of Italian art. Considered to be one of the few art collectors who is also a respected scholar, he is generally credited with bringing Italian Baroque painters to the attention of the public and scholars throughout the English-speaking world.

Was an English actor, who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.Mills was born

Was an English actor, who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.Mills was born at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk, England, and grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk. He was educated at Norwich High School for Boys (which since its move after World War II to Langley Park, Loddon, is known as Langley School), where it is said that his initials can still be seen carved into the brickwork on the side of the building in Upper St Giles Street. He made his acting debut on the stage of the Sir John Leman School in Beccles in a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream when he played the part of Puck.

Was General Officer Commanding in Scotland. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots D

Was General Officer Commanding in Scotland. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1972 and mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1974 during The Troubles. He became Commander of 7th Armed Brigade in

Was one of the most important and influential economists and Religious Inclusivists of the twentieth

Was one of the most important and influential economists and Religious Inclusivists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model, which summarised a Keynesian view of macroeconomics. In 1972, Hicks was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics with Kenneth Arrow for "pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory."

Was a Polish-born and British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fallout was a major contrib

Was a Polish-born and British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fallout was a major contribution to the agreement of the Partial Test Ban Treaty. A signatory of the Russell-Einstein manifesto, he was secretary general of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from its founding until 1973.

Was an English cricketer, who dominated the national and international cricket scene for the decade

Was an English cricketer, who dominated the national and international cricket scene for the decade after the Second World War and was honoured with the England team captaincy, breaking an age-old tradition (see Amateur and professional cricketers) that the position could be held only by an amateur.

As an English surgeon and scientist principally remembered for his research into organ transplantati

As an English surgeon and scientist principally remembered for his research into organ transplantation. Though born in London, Woodruff spent his youth in Australia, where he earned degrees in electrical engineering and medicine. Having completed his studies shortly after the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Australian Army Medical Corps, but was soon captured by Japanese forces and imprisoned in the Changi Prison Camp. While there, he devised an ingenious method of extracting nutrients from agricultural wastes to prevent malnutrition among his fellow POWs.

Was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century.Although he enjoyed his childhood, aft

Was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century.Although he enjoyed his childhood, after losing their hotel business in southern France, his parents decided to travel through and live on the Continent, and Michael and his brother attended boarding schools in England. At that time, Tippett won a scholarship and studied in Fettes College, Edinburgh, but he soon moved to Stamford School after some extremely unhappy personal experience. This, combined with his discovering his homosexuality, contributed to making Tippett's teenage years lonely and rather stressful. Although he was open about his sexual orientation, it seems that he started to feel emotional strain from a rather early age, and this later became a major motivation to his composition. Before his time at Stamford, Tippett hardly had any contact with music at all, let alone formal musical training. He recalled that it was in Stamford, where he had piano lessons and saw Malcolm Sargent conducting, that he decided to become a composer, although he did not know what it meant nor how to start.

Is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief

Is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972.

Was an English actor, author, director and manager.Redgrave was born in Bristol, England the son of

Was an English actor, author, director and manager.Redgrave was born in Bristol, England the son of the silent film actor Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. He never knew his father, who left when Michael was only six months old, to pursue a career in Australia. His mother subsequently married Captain James Anderson, a tea planter, but Redgrave greatly disliked his stepfather.

Was a British physicist.Mott's parents were (Charles) Francis Mott and his wife, Lilian Mary, née R

Was a British physicist.Mott's parents were (Charles) Francis Mott and his wife, Lilian Mary, née Reynolds; his sister Joan was two years younger. He was born in Leeds and grew up first in the village of Giggleswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where his father had been the Senior Science Master at the local school. It was a generally secular childhood. The family moved (due to his father's jobs) first to Staffordshire, then to Chester and finally Liverpool, where his father had been appointed Director of Education. Mott was at first educated at home by his mother, who was a Cambridge Mathematics Tripos graduate. His parents had actually met in the Cavendish Laboratory, when both engaged in Physics research. At ten years of age he began formal education at Clifton College in Bristol, then at St. John's College, Cambridge.

Was a British actor, writer and dramatist of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian and Ethiopian ancestry.

Was a British actor, writer and dramatist of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian and Ethiopian ancestry.Ustinov was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter.A noted wit and raconteur, he was, for much of his career, a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits, as well as a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for Unicef and President of the World Federalist Movement.

British physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries

British physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The Nobel Prize was shared with Paul Lauterbur, who also contributed to the development of MRI. Sir Peter is a professor at the University of Nottingham.

Was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sportsman.Scott was born in London, the on

Was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sportsman.Scott was born in London, the only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died when he was three years old. He famously left instructions to his wife, sculptor Kathleen Bruce, to "try and make the boy interested in natural history if you can". His mother remarried and had another child, Wayland Young (Lord Kennet). Scott's godfather was Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie. He was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge, initially reading Natural Sciences but graduating in the History of Art in 1931.

Was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.He was educated at Lanci

Was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.He was educated at Lancing College and went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, but left without taking his degree. He later studied voice for two terms at the Royal College of Music.

Is an English politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959

Is an English politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. He was a long-standing member of the Conservative Monday Club and came second in its 1972 election for chairman.

1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [1] for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids.

1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [1] for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. He was the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University from 1930 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

He was ranked Joint First in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses, and following Alb

He was ranked Joint First in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses, and following Albert Hofmann's death he is now solely first. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, and he is a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial

Was an English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica

Was an English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958.Fuchs was the son of the German immigrant Ernst Fuchs from Jena and of his British wife Violet Watson. Fuchs was born in 1908 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, and attended Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. Fuchs was educated as a geologist, and considered the profession a means to pursue his interest in the outdoors. His first expedition was to Greenland in 1929 with his tutor James Wordie. After graduation in 1930, he traveled with a Cambridge University expedition to study the geology of east African lakes with respect to climate fluctuation. Next, he joined anthropologist Louis Leakey on an expedition to Olduvai Gorge. In 1933, Fuchs married his cousin, Joyce Connell. A world traveller in her own right, Joyce accompanied Vivian on his expedition to Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) in 1934. The findings from this expedition, in which two of their companions were lost, brought Fuchs his Ph.D from Cambridge in 1937.

Was a British novelist, poet.Golding was born at his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mountwise, St

Was a British novelist, poet.Golding was born at his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mountwise, St Columb Minor, Newquay, Cornwall, and he spent many childhood holidays there. He grew up at his family home in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where his father was a science master at Marlborough Grammar School (1905 to retirement). Alec Golding was a socialist with a strong commitment to scientific rationalism, and the young Golding and his elder brother Joseph attended the school where his father taught (which should not to be confused with Marlborough College, the "public" boarding school). His mother, Mildred, kept house at 29, The Green, Marlborough, and supported the moderate campaigners for female suffrage. In 1930 Golding went to Oxford University as an undergraduate at Brasenose College, where he read Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English Literature

Was a British composer and conductor.

Was a British composer and conductor.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Luton Town.Davis is a tough tackling left back who pl

Is an English footballer currently playing for Luton Town.Davis is a tough tackling left back who played over 130 times for Swindon Town before being transferred to Luton Town in August 2002 and bought by then manager Joe Kinnear.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Aberdeen. Born in Birmingham and of Nigerian backgrou

Is an English footballer currently playing for Aberdeen. Born in Birmingham and of Nigerian background, he is a forward and has been capped by England at all levels up to under-19. His older sister, Eniola, is also a footballer who plays for England at full international level.