British Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for the English club Sheffield Wednesday.W

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for the English club Sheffield Wednesday.Wade Small trained at the Wimbledon F.C. academy and made his debut for the Dons on 15 October 2003 in a 1-0 defeat away at Coventry City. (Note: Wimbledon officially changed their name to Milton Keynes Dons while Small was at the club.)

Is a footballer English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football

Is a footballer English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for four clubs, with the majority of his appearances coming for hometown club Northampton Town.

Was an English professional footballer. Born in Birmingham, he played as an outside right for Birmin

Was an English professional footballer. Born in Birmingham, he played as an outside right for Birmingham and Walsall in the Football League during the 1920s. Released by Birmingham due to health problems, he retired not long afterwards and died in a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, aged 33.

Was an English footballer who played for six clubs during his career, including three league clubs.S

Was an English footballer who played for six clubs during his career, including three league clubs.Smith was born in the Allerton area of Bradford in 1883. He moved to Northamptonshire with his family when he was five-years-old.

Was a professional English football player, from Swinton, South Yorkshire.He played as a striker and

Was a professional English football player, from Swinton, South Yorkshire.He played as a striker and was most prominent at Nottingham Forest where he holds the record, for most goals scored in a season at the club. The record he set was 36 goals in the 1950-1951 season.

Was a professional footballer from 1945 until 1960.In 1945, after leaving the Army, Fielding was sig

Was a professional footballer from 1945 until 1960.In 1945, after leaving the Army, Fielding was signed by Everton manager Theo Kelly having been a youth amateur player for Charlton Athletic F.C.

As an English professional footballer who played for Small Heath, Everton and Burnley. For Small Hea

As an English professional footballer who played for Small Heath, Everton and Burnley. For Small Heath he played at inside-left and scored 66 goals in 85 appearances in all competitions for the club. In season 1898–99 he scored a club record 42 goals of which 34 came in 34 League games.

Was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.Annis joine

Was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.Annis joined the club in August 1898 from Stafford Road (the town's railway works side), making his league debut on 14 March 1899 in a 2-0 win at Bury. He went on to make 147 appearances in total for Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring one goal.

Was a professional footballer who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United . He als

Was a professional footballer who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United . He also played on the losing side in the 1901 FA Cup final. He was also in the United team humiliated by Burslem Port Vale in the F A cup in 1898

Is an English former footballer.

Is an English former footballer.

Brearley was a fast bowler with what Wisden described as "a rolling gait"[2] who put his full – an

Brearley was a fast bowler with what Wisden described as "a rolling gait"[2] who put his full – and substantial – weight into achieving pace and swing. He played county cricket only from the age of 26, but his abity to make the ball rise sharply on the somewhat fiery Old Trafford wickets became noticed the following year, but after the wickets became less difficult he was dropped from the side. The following year, his bowling was a valuable part of Lancashire's finest season in county cricket (sixteen wins and no losses) but his inability to play late in the season attracted the notice of Wisden.

Was an English plant collector, who collected in South America for James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, L

Was an English plant collector, who collected in South America for James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London.He remained in South America for three years, during which time he crossed the Andean Cordilleras in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia at least twenty times

Was an English football player who earned three caps for the national team between 1935 and 1938. He

Was an English football player who earned three caps for the national team between 1935 and 1938. He played club football for West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Notts County and Scunthorpe United.

Was a British politician and businessman. He was assassinated in Cairo by the Zionist group Lehi, kn

Was a British politician and businessman. He was assassinated in Cairo by the Zionist group Lehi, known in the UK as the Stern Gang.

Was an English amateur football player who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well

Was an English amateur football player who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well as making one appearance for the English national side, when he scored three goals. He subsequently became an ordained minister in the Church of England

Was an English footballer.Bottrill was York City's top scorer for the 1929–30 season, with a total

Was an English footballer.Bottrill was York City's top scorer for the 1929–30 season, with a total of 20 goals.

Was a German-British actor, known for his role as General Gogol, head of the KGB, in the Bond films.

Was a German-British actor, known for his role as General Gogol, head of the KGB, in the Bond films.Gotell was born in Bonn, Rhenish Prussia. He started in films as early as 1942, usually playing German henchmen, but others role also, in films like The African Queen (1951), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), 55 Days At Peking (1963), Lancelot And Guinevere (1963), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965), Black Sunday (1977), The Boys From Brazil (1978), and Cuba (1979).

Was a British automobile engineer.His first job was in Bentley Motors. ( He was employee #14) workin

Was a British automobile engineer.His first job was in Bentley Motors. ( He was employee #14) working under the head of experimental department ( Today's R&D) Frank Clement. Later he involved with Bentley Racing and he was a riding mechanic in some races.

British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whilst wo

British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whilst working at Birmingham University.

Was an English footballer, who played for Sheffield United between 1892-1897.Hammond was a small but

Was an English footballer, who played for Sheffield United between 1892-1897.Hammond was a small but dangerous outside-left who started his career with non league Edge Hill. He was signed by Everton in 1891, but only made one appearance for the Merseyside team.

Is an English former football player and manager. He is currently a first team coach at Reading. He

Is an English former football player and manager. He is currently a first team coach at Reading. He is related to the boxer Terry Downes.Downes started out as an apprentice with Wimbledon and was one of the instigators of the Crazy Gang spirit at the club as it rose from the Fourth to the First Division inside a decade.

Was an English football player who played for Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the English national sid

Was an English football player who played for Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the English national side.

Was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played in 4 Tests in 1930 and played county cricket fo

Was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played in 4 Tests in 1930 and played county cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. His nickname of Tich alluded to the fact that he stood barely five feet tall.[1]

So known as Ginger Lynch, was an English footballer.Lynch joined the original York City in 1914, whi

So known as Ginger Lynch, was an English footballer.Lynch joined the original York City in 1914, which eventually disbanded in 1917. He played for hometown club Castleford Town before joining First Division side Bradford City in July 1920.[

Was the principle bowler for Essex during their first two decades as a first-class county. As a memb

Was the principle bowler for Essex during their first two decades as a first-class county. As a member of the Lonrd's ground staff, he was also after J.T. Hearne the most important bowler for MCC and Ground, who in those days played quite a number of first-class matches.