English Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1924 and 1931 and also represented the Egypt national cricket team. Francis Rogers first played for Gloucestershire in the 1924 English cricket sea

Was an English cricketer. Foster was a right-handed batsman. Foster made a single first-class appear

Was an English cricketer. Foster was a right-handed batsman. Foster made a single first-class appearance Hampshire in 1876 against Derbyshire. Foster scored 12 runs in the match.

Was an English cricketer. Arkwright was a right-handed batsman. Arkwright played in four first-class

Was an English cricketer. Arkwright was a right-handed batsman. Arkwright played in four first-class matches, representing Hampshire in three of those during the 1923 County Championship season. He made his first-class debut for the club against Lancashire, playing two further games that season for the club against Yorkshire, with his final match for Hampshire coming against Lancashire. Arkwright played one further first-class match in 1925 for the Army against Cambridge University.

Was an English cricketer. Turner was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. Turner represent

Was an English cricketer. Turner was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. Turner represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1914 against Cambridge University.

Was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy i

Was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768 and later its first librarian.A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London, but could also turn his hand to portraits, landscapes, and scenes from history and literature.Combining some of these, he contributing 31 pictures to a 1744 edition of Shakespeare's plays by Sir Thomas Hanmer, and later portrayed many leading contemporary actors in Shakespearean roles, including David Garrick as Richard III (1760). He also illustrated the novels of Samuel Richardson.

Was a Sunderland-born tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Aitchison was born in

Was a Sunderland-born tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Aitchison was born in Sunderland in 1881, the eldest daughter of shipbuilder James Aitchison and his wife Mary, of Grange Terrace, later The Cedars. She competed in the County C

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Somerset. He was born in Tims

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Somerset. He was born in Timsbury and died in Saskatoon. Hill made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1882 season, against Hampshire.

Was an English cricketer. Bacon was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm slow bowler. Bacon fi

Was an English cricketer. Bacon was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm slow bowler. Bacon first played for Hampshire in 1894, the season in which the county club regained its first-class status, although Bacon made no first-class appearances for the county that season. The following season Bacon made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Somerset. Bacon's final match for Hampshire came in the 1911 County Championship against Lancashire at Old Trafford in Manchester. In Bacon's 75 first-class matches for the county he scored 1,909 runs at a batting average of 15.77, with five half centuries and a single century which gave Bacon his highest score of 110 against Leicestershire in 1907. Bacon also took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 31.66, with best figures of 2/23.

Was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Wellington and the Marlborough Nomads a

Was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Wellington and the Marlborough Nomads and international rugby for England. In 1890 Fox became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club. Fox first came to note as a rugby playe

Was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, he played firs

Was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1905 and 1911, mainly for Cambridge University. Mugliston's first recorded cricket match was for the Straights Se

Was a first class cricketer. He played 5 games for Yorkshire CCC in 1924. A right-handed batsman an

Was a first class cricketer. He played 5 games for Yorkshire CCC in 1924. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler, he found success hard to come by, scoring just 33 runs with a highest score of 12. He later played for Scotland in 1935.

Was an English statistician. Born in Hove, he was educated at Cambridge University. After wartime se

Was an English statistician. Born in Hove, he was educated at Cambridge University. After wartime service, he joined Rothamsted Experimental Station for two years before returning to Cambridge to lecture. He moved to Princeton University in 1956, and beca

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

Was an English cricketer. Wyatt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Wyatt was educated at Dulwich College and Glenalmond College. Wyatt made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1904. In

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1883 and between 1886 and 1893, for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885, for MCC between 1889 and 1893 and for Otago New Zealand from 1903 to 1905. Shacklock may have been the inspirat

Was an English classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1899 a

Was an English classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1899 and held a university teaching post from 1902. He became Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy in 1931 and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in

Was an English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match, for Worcestershire against Hampsh

Was an English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in 1902. He made a duck in his only innings, but did take one catch, to dismiss Arthur Webb off the bowling of George Alfred Wilson.

Was an English photographic artist.He made a living as a portrait photographer, working first in Tun

Was an English photographic artist.He made a living as a portrait photographer, working first in Tunbridge Wells, Kent then for the rest of his life in Whitby, North Yorkshire. His father had brought him into contact with prominent figures in the world of Art such as John Ruskin, and he resented having to prostitute his art taking photographs of holiday-makers.

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 11 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1815 un

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 11 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1815 until 1830.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1830. He was mainly ass

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 23 known appearances in first-class matches including 6 fo

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Glamorgan. He had debuted in 1919 for Hampshire

Was an English first-class cricketer who played for Glamorgan. He had debuted in 1919 for Hampshire and played two seasons for the county. In 1921 he joined the Lancashire Leagues and impressed the Glamorgan recruiters who signed him up for the following

Was an English cricketer for Hampshire. A right-arm fast bowler, Fenner took 176 wickets for his cou

Was an English cricketer for Hampshire. A right-arm fast bowler, Fenner took 176 wickets for his county at 19.00 from his 54 first-class appearances from 1829 until 1856. He established Fenner's cricket ground in 1848 on land which he had leased. The grou

Was an English cricket player. He did not play much of a part in the only match against France as h

Was an English cricket player. He did not play much of a part in the only match against France as he was not out for zero in the first innings and didn't bat in the second, nor did he bowl or take a catch. Nothing is known of his career outside the Olympics.

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed tail-end batsman and wicket-keeper who played 57 times for

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed tail-end batsman and wicket-keeper who played 57 times for Worcestershire in the 1920s, making over 80 dismissals.

Was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but

Was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but in menial work, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years. A married couple read his poetry and rescued him, publishing his first book,

Was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred cont

Was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms.