English Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire between 1937-1939. A left-handed batsman and occas

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire between 1937-1939. A left-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper Walker played 73 first class games for Hampshire. In 1937 during a County Championship match played against Sussex, at the United Servic

Was an English rugby union footballer and coach. He was educated at Wellingborough grammar school, a

Was an English rugby union footballer and coach. He was educated at Wellingborough grammar school, and at the age of 17 made his debut for Northampton, playing at prop. He made his Test debut for England in 1947 against Wales as flanker. He played 13 more

Was an East African cricketer. He represented East Africa in two One day Internationals in the inaug

Was an East African cricketer. He represented East Africa in two One day Internationals in the inaugural 1975 World Cup. He was born in Lancashire but moved to Kenya as a landscape consultant in the late 1950s.

Was a cricketer who played for Glamorgan. One of the great county bowlers, he took more first-class

Was a cricketer who played for Glamorgan. One of the great county bowlers, he took more first-class wickets, 2,218 at just 21.32, than any other player who never played Test cricket.

An English astrophysicist, best known for his theories that galaxies contain massive black holes at

An English astrophysicist, best known for his theories that galaxies contain massive black holes at their centre, and that such black holes are the principal source of energy in quasars. Lynden-Bell has been the president of the Royal Astronomical Society. He currently works at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge; he was the Institute's first director. Educated at the University of Cambridge, in 1962 he published research with Olin Eggen and Allan Sandage arguing that our galaxy originated through the dynamic collapse of a single large gas cloud. In 1969 he published his theory that quasars are powered by massive black holes accreting material. From counting dead quasars, he deduced that most massive galaxies have black holes at their centres.

Was a British speed record breaker who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. He re

Was a British speed record breaker who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). Campbell began his speed record attempts using his father's o

Is a former cricketer who played 13 first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1954. The highlight of

Is a former cricketer who played 13 first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1954. The highlight of Harkness' short career came against Cambridge University in late June 1954, when he hit 163, by a long way his highest score in first-class cricket. Worce

Was a professional Cricketer who spent his career between Trinidad and Northamptonshire. Ramsamooj s

Was a professional Cricketer who spent his career between Trinidad and Northamptonshire. Ramsamooj started his career and played five first-class games for Trinidad during a five year spell before moving to England to join Northamptonshire. While at North

Is a former England international rugby union player. He was also the first ever Technical Director

Is a former England international rugby union player. He was also the first ever Technical Director of the Rugby Football Union at Twickenham, becoming Director of Rugby where he served with distinction from 1969 - 1999.He won fourteen caps for England, t

Was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher.Potter developed as a wood carver, producin

Was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher.Potter developed as a wood carver, producing totem poles, gates and gateways. By the age of twenty, the head of the Scouts, Baden-Powell himself, realized he was an expert craftsman. Potter camped a

Is a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

An English television presenter, singer and actress.She attended the Drama school at First Act in Go

An English television presenter, singer and actress.She attended the Drama school at First Act in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. She went along with Jill Halfpenny, Ant & Dec and Dale Meeks. She is a former student of Gosforth High School[1].She became famous as an actress on the CBBC series Byker Grove and later became a presenter of several shows, including for a time, the Big Breakfast. She has also acted in an episode of BBC TV comedy Operation Good Guys. She has a reputation of being a vacuous blonde, not helped by her memorably asking Irish family group The Corrs how they met. She poked fun at this image by founding Airhead Productions. Air appeared in the movie The Mummy Returns and has presented on MTV. Air is currently filming a British independent movie called Bad Day[citation needed].

Is an English former international women's football defender. She was a member of the England squad

Is an English former international women's football defender. She was a member of the England squad for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals. Smith was a member of the England squad for the 1995 Women's World Cup, but failed to make an appearance.

Is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the controversial punk rock band Tower

Is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the controversial punk rock band Towers of London. [2] He first became famous after appearing in the 2007 edition of Celebrity Big Brother.

Was a British Labour Party politician.Gaitskell was delegate at the UN General Assembly and member o

Was a British Labour Party politician.Gaitskell was delegate at the UN General Assembly and member of the All Party Committee for Human Rights from 1977 to 1989. She was also Trustee of the Anglo-German Federation.

Was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Honnywill competed at the 19

Was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Honnywill competed at the 1908 Games in the only archery event open to women, the double National round competition. She took fifth place in the event with 587 points.

A contemporary British social scientist and geographer, and currently serving as Professor of geogra

A contemporary British social scientist and geographer, and currently serving as Professor of geography at the Open University [1].Massey was born in Manchester and studied at Oxford and Philadelphia, beginning her career with a thinktank, the Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) in London. CES contained several key analysts of the contemporary British economy, and Massey established a working partnership with Richard Meegan, among others. CES was closed down and she moved into academia at the OU. After a distinguished career, she won the Prix Vautrin Lud (the ‘Nobel de Géographie’) in 1998. [2].

Is an English professional bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times beginnin

Is an English professional bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times beginning in 1992. His reign ended with his retirement, prompted in large part by an accumulating list of chronic and career-threatening acute injuries; Yates had

Was an English breaststroke swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an English breaststroke swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a female tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She married

Was a female tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She married engineer Wilfred Shepherd-Barron. One of their children was John Shepherd-Barron, credited as the inventor of the Automated teller machine.

Was a British figure skater.Greenhough-Smith won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the f

Was a British figure skater.Greenhough-Smith won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics where figure skating was contested.

Was an English author, poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth,

Was an English author, poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close for all of their lives. Dorothy Wordsworth did not set out to be an author, and her writings comprise a series of letters, diary en

Was a British chemist, credited with the discovery of protein crystallographyShe pioneered the techn

Was a British chemist, credited with the discovery of protein crystallographyShe pioneered the technique of X-ray crystallography, a method used to determine the three dimensional structures of biomolecules. Among her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin that Ernst Boris Chain had previously surmised, and then the structure of vitamin B12, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1969, after 35 years of work and five years after winning the Nobel Prize, Hodgkin was able to decipher the structure of insulin. X-ray crystallography became a widely used tool and was critical in later determining the structure of many biological molecules such as DNA where knowledge of structure is critical to a understanding of function.

Was an English cricket player played five test matches for the England women's team between 1948 and

Was an English cricket player played five test matches for the England women's team between 1948 and 1951.

As a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing

As a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to Ivor Armstrong Richards.