British Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sheffield United and Small Heat

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sheffield United and Small Heath (renamed Birmingham in 1905).He made over 100 appearances for Sheffield United and scored the third goal in their 4–1 defeat of Derby County in the 1899 FA Cup Final.

Was an English football player and manager.Crayston played for local school sides and Ulverston Town

Was an English football player and manager.Crayston played for local school sides and Ulverston Town before moving to Third Division North Barrow in 1928. He spent two seasons there before moving to Second Division Bradford (Park Avenue), where he developed into a strong and aerially powerful right-half.

Is a former English professional footballer.A youth player at Manchester United, Anderson spent four

Is a former English professional footballer.A youth player at Manchester United, Anderson spent four years as understudy to George Best and only appeared in twelve first team games for the club, including two cup semi-finals, before being allowed to join Aston Villa for £20,000 in January 1967

Was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games f

Was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games for Aston Villa.Kirton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Kirton was a member of the Temperance Society and played for Pandon Temperance before joining Leeds City in May 1919. After only playing one game for the club he was transferred to Aston Villa for £500 in October 1919.

Was an English professional football left winger.Billy Bell began his career with Chopwell Institute

Was an English professional football left winger.Billy Bell began his career with Chopwell Institute, later moving to Blyth Spartans. In 1923 he had an unsuccessful trial with Aston Villa and the following year joined Lincoln City. He scored 3 times in 20 league games for Lincoln before joining non-league Mansfield Town.

Was a British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.County Mayo,Ireland his family mo

Was a British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.County Mayo,Ireland his family moved in 1914 to Bolton, Lancashire, England, where he attended Saint Peter and Paul's School. Naughton worked as a weaver, coal-bagger and lorry-driver before he started writing. Naughton's preferred environment was working class society. Although Alfie is the play with which he will always be associated, mostly because of the British film starring Michael Caine in the eponymous role, he was a prolific writer, with both plays, novels, short stories and children’s books to his name. At least two of his other plays have been transferred onto the cinema screen as well. These are Spring and Port Wine, which had James Mason starring in the role of Rafe Crompton, and The Family Way, which starred John Mills. His work also includes the novel One Small Boy (1957), and the collection of short stories The Goalkeeper's Revenge: And Other Stories (1961). Had many of his plays performed at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton town Centre and has a theatre named after him.

Was an English footballer who played for England, firstly as a forward and later in goal, in the fir

Was an English footballer who played for England, firstly as a forward and later in goal, in the first international match against Scotland.He was selected to play as a forward for England's first ever international match against Scotland on 30 November 1872 but at some point in the game he switched places with Robert Barker in goal and, like Barker, kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw.

Was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs the Corinthi

Was a Victorian era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs the Corinthians and Casuals, and captained the England team once, in a match against Ireland in 1901.

Was a British geologist. He was professor at University College, Bristol, Trinity College, Dublin an

Was a British geologist. He was professor at University College, Bristol, Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.

Was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both World

Was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both World War I and World War II. He was wounded in action three times during his career.

Was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both World

Was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both World War I and World War II. He was wounded in action three times during his career.

Is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently first team coach at Championship club P

Is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently first team coach at Championship club Preston North End.

A strong junior player, Thorne became national under-16 champion at both snooker and English billiar

A strong junior player, Thorne became national under-16 champion at both snooker and English billiards in 1970. He never really converted this early promise into professional success, however, only ever winning one ranking snooker tournament (the Classic in 1985). The same year, he reached the UK Championship final against the then dominant Steve Davis, and seemed to have built himself an unassailable 13-8 lead. But a miss on a straightforward blue off its spot during the first frame of the final session allowed Davis to take the frame and

Popularly known as Jix, was a British Conservative Party politician, most known for his tenure as Ho

Popularly known as Jix, was a British Conservative Party politician, most known for his tenure as Home Secretary during which he gained a reputation for strict authoritarianism.

Is a footballer with Coca-Cola League 1 side Crewe Alexandra. A defender, he was Exeter's first sign

Is a footballer with Coca-Cola League 1 side Crewe Alexandra. A defender, he was Exeter's first signing of the 2005 pre-season, re-uniting with Alex Inglethorpe, whom he had worked with during his time in Leyton Orient's youth setup.

Better known as Billy Lee, was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Lee was born in

Better known as Billy Lee, was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Lee was born in West Bromwich. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in September 1901. In 1903 he joined Bournemouth Wanderers on loan.

Was an English politician of the Civil War period, Speaker of the House of Commons.

Was an English politician of the Civil War period, Speaker of the House of Commons.

Was an English amateur footballer who, generally playing as a full back, helped the Wanderers win th

Was an English amateur footballer who, generally playing as a full back, helped the Wanderers win the FA Cup in 1876, 1877 (when he scored the winning goal) and 1878 and made one appearance for England in 1877. He also played cricket for Surrey between 1876 and 1882.

Is an English professional footballer currently playing a striker role at Sheffield United.Sharp sta

Is an English professional footballer currently playing a striker role at Sheffield United.Sharp started at Rotherham United as a schoolboy in the Academy after leaving his Sunday league team in his hometown of Dronfield, Derbyshire, but opted to join the Sheffield United Academy after Rotherham turned him away.

Was a British zoologist and museum director. He was the son of Philip Lutley Sclater, and was named

Was a British zoologist and museum director. He was the son of Philip Lutley Sclater, and was named after his paternal grandfather, also William Lutley Sclater.

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British team which finished eighth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches.

Was an early twentieth century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the UK and the

Was an early twentieth century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the UK and the latter part in the United States. He wrote a number of highly influential textbooks, and was particularly important in the development of the theory of instinct and of social psychology in the English-speaking world. He was an opponent of behaviorism and stands somewhat outside the mainstream of the development of Anglo-American psychological thought in the first half of the twentieth century; but his work was very well known and respected among lay people.

Billy Idol lived in Worthing, England before attending Sussex University for only one year before jo

Billy Idol lived in Worthing, England before attending Sussex University for only one year before joining the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans. Idol first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees (before the band had decided on a name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist. However, he and Chelsea bandmate Tony James soon quit that group and co-founded Generation X, with Idol switching from guitar to lead singer.

Was an English footballer who played as an inside left.Moore was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne a

Was an English footballer who played as an inside left.Moore was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear and played for Sunderland, where he partnered Henry Martin on the left, having previously played for Seaton Delaval.

Was an English football player. He played for several Sheffield clubs but in his later career played

Was an English football player. He played for several Sheffield clubs but in his later career played mainly for Sheffield Wednesday before finally settling at United. He was capped for England 9 times, scoring 3 goals between 1878 and 1882. Both were records at the time.