English Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831. He was mainly ass

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831. He was mainly associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 9 known appearances in first-class matc

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire just after the Firs

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire just after the First World War. Two of these games were friendlies in 1919 against HK Foster's XI, while the other — Nesfield's only County Championship outing — came the fol

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and Gloucestershire, and was captain of Somerset in first-cl

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and Gloucestershire, and was captain of Somerset in first-class matches in the 1885 season. Sainsbury was a right-handed batsman who sometimes opened but mainly batted in the middle order, and an underarm slow bowle

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1838 to 1842. A right-handed ba

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1838 to 1842. A right-handed batsman and right arm slow roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Sussex, he made 24 known ap

Was an English mountaineer and author, and a founding member of the Alpine Club.During an ascent of

Was an English mountaineer and author, and a founding member of the Alpine Club.During an ascent of the Finsteraarhorn on 13 August 1857,[2] Kennedy discussed the formation of a national mountaineering club with William Mathews, who had corresponded with

Was a British Conservative Party politician. Stanhope was the second son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Ear

Was a British Conservative Party politician. Stanhope was the second son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, by his wife Emily Harriet, daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet. Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope was his elder brother and P

Was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played 32 first-class matches for Worcestershire in th

Was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played 32 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1930s. Baker attended, and played for, King Edward's School in Birmingham. He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in 1933, taking two catches and scoring 0 and 5. In 1934 Baker was Worcestershire's regular wicket-keeper, a deliberate decision made by the county to allow Bernard Quaife to play as a specialist batsman. Baker played 28 times that summer, and ended the year with 38 dismissals (33 caught; five stumped), although in any single match he never claimed more than the four dismissals (all caught) he managed against Somerset in June.

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1925. He found n

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1925. He found no success in any of these games.

Was a famous patron of English cricket, particularly of Kent county cricket teams, in the early 18th

Was a famous patron of English cricket, particularly of Kent county cricket teams, in the early 18th century.

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and captained the side in the seasons just before the First

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and captained the side in the seasons just before the First World War. A right-handed middle-order batsman and a very occasional bowler of unknown style, Poyntz was the seventh child and youngest son of the Chief Co

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was bor

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was born in Brompton-Ralph and died in Penarth.Sweet-Escott had begun playing for Glamorgan during the 1902 Minor Counties Championship season, in which he played

Was an English cricketer. Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Tate mad

Was an English cricketer. Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Tate made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Yorkshire in the 1898 County Championship, where on debut Tate took 5/83 in Yorkshire's first innings, thus g

Is an English author and journalist, and former professional cricketer. Smith has played three home

Is an English author and journalist, and former professional cricketer. Smith has played three home Test matches for England versus South Africa in 2003. He made 64 on debut, but put together 23 runs in his next four innings, and was dropped for the subse

Is an English footballer goalkeeper who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge. He signed for Dagenham & Red

Is an English footballer goalkeeper who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge. He signed for Dagenham & Redbridge from Wingate & Finchley in the summer of 2007, after impressing in a number of pre-season friendly matches.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1837. He was mainl

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1837. He was mainly associated with Kent and Sussex. He made 25 known appearances in first-class matches including 1 for the Players in 1827.

Was an English cricketer. Tolfree made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the touring West

Was an English cricketer. Tolfree made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the touring West Indians at the County Ground, Southampton. This was the only first-class match Tolfree played for Hampshire in the 1906 season.

Was a British instrument maker born in Corney, Cumberland who was notable for making telescopes and

Was a British instrument maker born in Corney, Cumberland who was notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments.In 1779 he became a partner with his brother John, and soon established himself as the top maker of navigational, surveying and astronomical instruments in Britain. He created the Groombridge Transit Circle in 1806, which Stephen Groombridge used to compile his star catalogue. He did not merely build instruments, but designed and invented new ones.

Is an English musician, singer (as Eddie Tenpole), TV presenter, and actor.Tudor-Pole formed the ban

Is an English musician, singer (as Eddie Tenpole), TV presenter, and actor.Tudor-Pole formed the band Tenpole Tudor in 1974, and eventually came to prominence after appearing in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle as a possible replacement for Johnny

Was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett.Be

Was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett.Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822 he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological society in connection with the Linnean Society. This in turn became the starting point of the Zoological Society of London, of which Bennett was Secretary from 1831 to 1836.His works included The Tower Menagerie (1829) and The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society (1831). He also wrote, in conjunction with G. T. Lay, the section on Fishes in the Zoology of Beechey's Voyage (1839).

A British academic, and an authority on Semitic languages and Ethiopia. He is now Professor Emeritus

A British academic, and an authority on Semitic languages and Ethiopia. He is now Professor Emeritus at SOAS, where he was Professor of Ethiopian Studies and then of Semitic Languages,.He was previously Reader in Semitic Languages at the University of St. Andrews, Professor of Semitic Languages at the University of Manchester, and Professor of Ethiopic at the University of Oxford.

Was an English astronomer best remembered for his study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle tha

Was an English astronomer best remembered for his study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle that led to his identification of the period from 1645 to 1715 that is now known as the Maunder Minimum.He observed Mars and was a sceptic of the notion of Martian canals. He conducted visual experiments using marked circular disks which led him to conclude, correctly, that the viewing of canals arose as an optical illusion. Also he was convinced that there cannot be life "as in our world" on Mars, as there are no temperature-equating winds and too low mean temperatures. Craters on Mars and Moon were named in his and his wife Annie's honours.

Was an English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire as a professional bet

Was an English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire as a professional between 1903 and 1907. Solly made his debut against Cambridge University in early June 1903, taking a single wicket, that of Leonard Harper.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow underarm bowler. He was one of th

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow underarm bowler. He was one of the last cricketers to use this bowling style. Whalley-Tooker played two first-class matches for Hampshire. Whalley-Tooker made his first-class debut against

Was an English cricketer. Ted Pooley's greatest claim to fame is that he should have been England's

Was an English cricketer. Ted Pooley's greatest claim to fame is that he should have been England's first Test match wicket keeper. The story is a good one, but it overshadows the fact that he played cricket for Surrey and Middlesex between 1861 and 1883,

Was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Somerset. Bastard batted left-handed, but is no

Was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Somerset. Bastard batted left-handed, but is notable as a fine slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played 37 first-class cricket games between 1882 and 1885 and was good enough to be selected for the Gentlemen against the Players in his last game.