English Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from England, who participated in three Summer Olympics for Grea

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from England, who participated in three Summer Olympics for Great Britain: 1992, 1996 and 2000.Luckes played club hockey for Surbiton and East Grinstead. He also helped in UK 2012 Olympic bid and is now in charge of Spo

Is an English cricketer, as a recognised wicket-keeper. Pipe made his first-class debut for Worceste

Is an English cricketer, as a recognised wicket-keeper. Pipe made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Oxford University in May 1998, recording two catches and a stumping. In 2009 it was announced that he would be retiring at the end of the se

Is an English former professional footballer and football manager. David has a son, Daniel Webb, who

Is an English former professional footballer and football manager. David has a son, Daniel Webb, who is also a professional footballer and currently plays for Wimbledon.

Is an English footballer, who plays for Middlesbrough. He is a central defender with a penchant for

Is an English footballer, who plays for Middlesbrough. He is a central defender with a penchant for scoring from set-pieces. He has developed a reputation for being a "no nonsense" defender and has often been compared to the likes of Gary Pallister and Terry Butcher.

Is an English cricketer. Balcombe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. Balcomb

Is an English cricketer. Balcombe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. Balcombe spent his early first-class career with Durham UCCE, where he played several matches against County Championship teams, his first coming against Somerset in April 2005. Despite being an expensive bowler in his early games, Balcombe occasionally hit successful patches with the ball, achieving his first five-wicket innings in July of the same year. In the meantime, Balcombe had already represented the Surrey Second XI during 2004, though he moved to Hampshire for 2005, where he took a six-wicket haul in his first game for the Second XI. An occasional player for the following two months, Balcombe played most frequently during 2006.

Is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultu

Is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society. He was a

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1960 and for Cambridge Univ

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1960 and for Cambridge University from 1957 to 1959. His first County Championship appearances for Derbyshire came at the age of 17 during the 1953 season. He remained a force in the

Is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and

Is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington. Tipped for England honours early in his career, he played for the Under 19's whilst in his last year of compulsory education and made the step

Is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Leicestershire and Worcestershire, being

Is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Leicestershire and Worcestershire, being capped by Worcestershire in 1978. He was born in Alveley, Shropshire.

Is a former English cricketer. Mordaunt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.

Is a former English cricketer. Mordaunt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. In 1958, Mordaunt made his first-class debut for Sussex in the against Oxford University.

Is a former English cricketer. Rock was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. R

Is a former English cricketer. Rock was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. Rock made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1970 County Championship against Surrey. Rock played in three County Championship matches during that s

Is an English professional golfer.Russell was born in Birmingham. He turned professional in 1973 and

Is an English professional golfer.Russell was born in Birmingham. He turned professional in 1973 and spent many years on the European Tour, making the top one hundred on the Order or Merit twelve times between 1979 and 1992, with a best ranking of 24th in

Is a distinguished British statistician. He is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk

Is a distinguished British statistician. He is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College. He divides his work between the Statistical Laboratory (three fifths) and the Medical Res

Is a first class cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left arm orthodox sp

Is a first class cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left arm orthodox spin bowler who has also played for British Universities and Loughborough UCCE. He was educated at Hemsworth High School and Loughborough University and is n

Is an English cricketer playing for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. He is a left-handed batsman and bow

Is an English cricketer playing for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. He is the son of former England cricketer and current international umpire Peter Willey. David was selected in the England U19 cricket squad for the t

Has been the England and Wales Cricket Board's National Spin Bowling Coach since 27 January 2006. On

Has been the England and Wales Cricket Board's National Spin Bowling Coach since 27 January 2006. On 6 December 2007 Parsons was appointed ECB Performance Director replacing Peter Moores who was promoted to the role of England head coach. Parsons implemen

Is an English former professional footballer.Tong began his career at his hometown club, Blackpool,

Is an English former professional footballer.Tong began his career at his hometown club, Blackpool, making his debut against Norwich City on the opening day of the 1974-75 season. He left the club in September 1978 to sign for Shrewsbury Town and went on to play in nearly two hundred matches for the club before being released in 1982.

Is an English singer-songwriter.Born to a mother from Montserrat and a father from Calcutta, Jordan

Is an English singer-songwriter.Born to a mother from Montserrat and a father from Calcutta, Jordan has been writing pop-rock songs since he was 11 (after his parents split). Growing up his music idol was Prince.[1] After spending the first nine years of

Was a British ornithologist and biologist.After Cambridge, he became a schoolmaster at Dartington Ha

Was a British ornithologist and biologist.After Cambridge, he became a schoolmaster at Dartington Hall School, Devonshire until Summer 1938 when he took a year off to study bird behaviour on the Galapagos Islands. He was only in the Galapagos for part of that year, starting August 1938. April to August 1939 was spent at the California Academy of Sciences and at Ernst Mayr's home in New Jersey. He returned home in September 1939, after the outbreak of war.[4]During World War II Lack served in the British Army working on radar research. After hostilities ended he was made Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at Oxford University (1945-1973)

Was a First Class and List A cricketer and champion fencer from England. He was part of the successf

Was a First Class and List A cricketer and champion fencer from England. He was part of the successful Essex team of the late seventies and early eighties and formed a famous county spin partnership with Ray East. He was a right arm off break bowler and right hand tail end batsman. He played for Cambridge University from 1966 to 1968 and Essex from 1966 to 1986. He also appeared for MCC in 1973/74 and 1974. He was awarded his Essex cap in 1970 and had his Essex benefit season in 1981. After retiring he remained in the game and served on the ECB's management committee. Acfield was also an Olympic fencer, taking part in the 1968 and 1972 Games, and also won a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.

Was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was an active member of the Socialist Medica

Was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was an active member of the Socialist Medical Association before he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central from 1964 to 1970, when he stood down. He later served as a County Cou

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class c

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket between 1992 and 1996. He was born in Oxford. Ligertwood's career began during the 1990 Minor Counties Championship season, in which he played for H

A theoretical physicist and author. He has worked at Cambridge University and the Fermi National Acc

A theoretical physicist and author. He has worked at Cambridge University and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and been an editor at Nature, Science, and Science News.a theoretical physicist and author. He has worked at Cambridge University and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and been an editor at Nature, Science, and Science News.

Played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and

Played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and 1902. Evans was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional fast-medium right-arm bowler. Evans made his first-class debut at Lord's in the Middl

Is an English former footballer who played for Southampton, Manchester United, Millwall, Birmingham

Is an English former footballer who played for Southampton, Manchester United, Millwall, Birmingham City and Wycombe Wanderers. He won one full cap for England. His football career was ended prematurely by the effects of multiple sclerosis.