English Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Is a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Ed Dunlop was born to British champion trainer John Dun

Is a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Ed Dunlop was born to British champion trainer John Dunlop and his wife. Educated at Eton, he began his career on stud farms in Ireland and Kentucky before completing the National Stud student course in Sydney,

Was a famous English cricketer who played for Hampshire county cricket teams organised by the Hamble

Was a famous English cricketer who played for Hampshire county cricket teams organised by the Hambledon Club. Aburrow was a right-handed batsman and useful change bowler. He was a mobile outfielder with a strong throw. Curry is known to have played in 44 first-class matches from 1772 to 1782 but his career with Hambledon began in the 1760s.

Was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist.he developed

Was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist.he developed a love of the countryside, natural history and drawing from an early age. He was sent as a boarder to a Preparatory School in Clifton, Bristol, but after failing to gain a scholarship to Public School, he attended Cheltenham College for Boys as a day pupil. His mother was a poultry breeder and he spent much of his youth at The Crippetts farm, Leckhampton near Cheltenham. By the age of nine he had announced to his parents that he was going to become a naturalist. With encouragement and tuition from his father, he started to draw pictures of the wildlife and fauna in the fields around the farm.

Is an English actor and singer.Originally a Shakespearian stage actor, he is best known for his role

Is an English actor and singer.Originally a Shakespearian stage actor, he is best known for his role in the 1960-1970s spy series, Callan, for the 1973 film The Wicker Man and his lead role in the 1980s American television series The Equalizer.

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Peckham, London. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a usefu

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Peckham, London. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a useful right-handed batsman, he played for Surrey from 1933 to 1949. After his cricket career, he ran a sports shop.

Is an English artist and sculptor.He studied at Lancaster College of Art 1968-71, the Central Saint

Is an English artist and sculptor.He studied at Lancaster College of Art 1968-71, the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London 1971-74 and the Royal College of Art 1983-84.

Was an amateur English cricketer. English was a right-handed batsman. English made his first-class d

Was an amateur English cricketer. English was a right-handed batsman. English made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Lancashire in the 1898 County Championship. English represented Hampshire in 18 first-class matches from 1898 to 1901.

Was a British geographer and Labour Party politician.In 1934 Shackleton organised the Oxford Univers

Was a British geographer and Labour Party politician.In 1934 Shackleton organised the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition and choose Gordon Noel Humphreys to lead it. Shackleton accompanied the party as the assistant surveyor to Humphreys. The exp

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches, both for Worcestershire in the space of

Was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches, both for Worcestershire in the space of a few days in 1928. He had very little success, taking no wickets from a total of 13 overs and making scores of 3, 0 and 19 with the bat.

Was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.Milne was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. He attend

Was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.Milne was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. He attended Hymers College and from there he won an open scholarship in mathematics and natural science to study at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1914, gaining the largest number of marks which had ever been awarded in the examination. He was a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1919–1925, being assistant director of the solar physics observatory, 1920–1924, mathematical lecturer at Trinity, 1924–1925, and university lecturer in astrophysics, 1922–1925. He was Beyer professor of applied mathematics, Victoria University of Manchester, 1924–1928, before his appointment as Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics and to a fellowship at Wadham College, Oxford,

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Clifton, Bristol and died in

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Clifton, Bristol and died in Tonbridge, Kent. Ball made three first-class appearances for Gloucestershire between the 1880 and 1881 season, but failed to score a single run in the three innings in which he batted.

Was an English cricketer. Barrett made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1885. Barrett played t

Was an English cricketer. Barrett made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1885. Barrett played two first-class matches for Hampshire in 1885 against Surrey and Sussex.

English ornithologist. He was the son of Abraham Dee Bartlett.Bartlett accompanied Henry Baker Trist

English ornithologist. He was the son of Abraham Dee Bartlett.Bartlett accompanied Henry Baker Tristram to Palestine in 1863-64, and collected in the Amazon basin and Peru in 1865-69. He was curator at the Maidstone Museum from 1875 to 1890, and curator of the Sarawak Museum from 1893 to 1897.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born and died in Shireoaks. Blagg made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1948 season, against Leicestershire. From the tailend, Blagg did not bat in the match, but bowled four overs, conceding 20 runs.

Was an English zoologist and pharmacist. He was one of the founders of Indian zoology.Blyth was born

Was an English zoologist and pharmacist. He was one of the founders of Indian zoology.Blyth was born in London in 1810. In 1841 he travelled to India to become the curator of the museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. He set about updating the museum's catalogues, publishing a Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society in 1849. He was prevented from doing much fieldwork himself, but received and described bird specimens from Hume, Tickell, Swinhoe and others. He remained as curator until 1862, when ill-health forced his return to England. His The Natural History of the Cranes was published in 1881.

Was an English cricketer. Frederick was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. Frederick

Was an English cricketer. Frederick was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. Frederick made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Leicestershire during the 1903 County Championship. In 1907 Frederick represented the Europeans (India), m

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.

Was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played first-class c

Was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played first-class cricket with Gloucestershire and Hampshire. He also played three first-class cricket matches, appearing one for Hampshire in 1875 and twice as a wicket-keep

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was born in Hammersmith and died in Torquay. C

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was born in Hammersmith and died in Torquay. Causton made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1919 season, against Essex. From the lower-middle order, he scored 21 runs in the only innings in which he batted.

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played first-c

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for Sussex and Cambridge University between 1928 and 1933 and also represented the Egypt national cricket team in 1936. Edward Cawston was educated at Lancing College and Cambridge University. After his cricket career, he became headmaster of Orwell Park School. He died in Maidstone in 1998. Cawston made his first-class debut for Sussex in a County Championship match against Derbyshire in the 1928 English cricket season whilst he was still at school. He played three more County Championship matches over the next two seasons before playing first-class matches for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931, his last two matches for Sussex. In the 1932 season, his first first-class match for Cambridge University was, perhaps ironically, against Sussex. He played six more first-class matches for the university that season, gaining his blue when he played against Oxford University at Lord's in July.

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1815 un

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1815 until 1819. He was the elder brother of Frederick Woodbridge. Edward Woodbridge was mainly associated with Surrey.

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-c

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1912 and 1921. Baker made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against the Free Foresters in June 1912. Later the same month, he played against Cambridge University for Sussex. The following month, he played for Cambridge University against the MCC at Lord's, following which he gained his blue when he played against Oxford University at the same ground. Baker played three first-class matches for Cambridge University in 1913 and played ten for them in 1914. He played his first County Championship match for Sussex that year against Middlesex. In the first season of cricket after the First World War, Baker played six matches for Sussex. In 1921 he played a match for Somerset against Cambridge University. In 1923, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States.

Was an English cricketer. Lee was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Lee made

Was an English cricketer. Lee was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Lee made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1896 County Championship against Yorkshire at St George's Road, Harrogate. Lee played 46 first-class matches for

Was a British First World War flying ace. Mannock was probably born in Ireland, though of English an

Was a British First World War flying ace. Mannock was probably born in Ireland, though of English and Scottish parentage. Mannock was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, and may have been the highest-scoring British Empire ace of all time, and is reg

Is a British sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Is a British sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.