English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Attempted to swim the English Channel from 1906 to 1913 in 22 attempts. The closest attempt was in 1

Attempted to swim the English Channel from 1906 to 1913 in 22 attempts. The closest attempt was in 1911 by yards. Three other occasions were by under a mile. He died in 1943.

Is a professional poker player of mixed English/French descent. Arama is known for his large range o

Is a professional poker player of mixed English/French descent. Arama is known for his large range of sunglasses (over 300 pairs) and aggressive playing style which is referred to by poker commentators as Jac Attack. This led to several appearances on the Late Night Poker television show. In his first appearance he finished fourth, outlasting both Dave Welch and Joe Beevers. On his second attempt he finished third, outlasting John Duthie, but unable to overcome Ram Vaswani.

Is an English professional cricket player currently playing for Northamptonshire CCC after a success

Is an English professional cricket player currently playing for Northamptonshire CCC after a successful spell at Oxfordshire in the minor counties. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast bowler who can also bat. He made his professional debut against the Australian tourist team taking the wickets of Andrew McDonald and Mitchell Johnson. On his Northants debut, he took 4/76 against Derbyshire. He signed a two-year contract extension on 2 September 2009, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. During the 2010 season, Brooks was a regular in the team opening the bowling.

Known by the stage name Just Jack, is an English stage musician.

Known by the stage name Just Jack, is an English stage musician.

Is a Rugby Union player in the Guinness Premiership for Exeter Chiefs. He came in from the academy i

Is a Rugby Union player in the Guinness Premiership for Exeter Chiefs. He came in from the academy in the summer of 2010. His position of choice is Prop.

Is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal. He plays as an attacking midfielder and is left-foot

Is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal. He plays as an attacking midfielder and is left-footed. Despite usually playing in the 'hole' behind the striker for the academy and reserve sides, he plays as a left or right midfielder for the first team.

Was an English cricketer and administrator. Jack represented Essex and Oxford University as a right-

Was an English cricketer and administrator. Jack represented Essex and Oxford University as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler in 112 first-class matches between 1953 and 1958. He took 347 wickets at an average cost of 21.62 per wicket. His best bowling performance was 8/24. He toured Canada with MCC in 1959. He succeeded Billy Griffith as Secretary of the MCC in 1974, following a spell as Assistant Secretary. He resigned in controversial circumstances in 1987, following a dispute over the ceding of further power to the Test and County Cricket Board.

Is the current Talksport radio cricket correspondent, and was, for many years, a BBC television cric

Is the current Talksport radio cricket correspondent, and was, for many years, a BBC television cricket commentator. He had previously played professionally on the county scene for Warwickshire as a fast-medium bowler, taking 1198 first-class wickets in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1969. Against the Combined Services cricket team for Warwickshire at the Mitchells and Butlers ground in Birmingham, Bannister took all 10 Services wickets in an innings for 41 runs. These remain the best bowling figures in an innings for Warwickshire. During the 1995 South Africa vs England test match series in South Africa, he promised he would eat a piece of cardboard if South Africa won. He eventually did, when South Africa won. Following his cricket career, whilst working as a Bookmaker in Wolverhampton, he was instrumental in setting up the Professional Cricketer's Pension Scheme.

Was an English light heavyweight professional boxer, whose birth name was Sol Blumenfeld, and who wa

Was an English light heavyweight professional boxer, whose birth name was Sol Blumenfeld, and who was also known as "Basking" Jack Bloomfield during his career. He took part in the first ever boxing event to be held at Wembley Stadium. He lived in Islingt

Is a retired English professional boxer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Bodell started ou

Is a retired English professional boxer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Bodell started out as a Light heavyweight, winning the 1961 ABA championships and a bronze medal at the European amateur championships the same year. He won the British hea

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played four first-class match

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played four first-class matches, all for different teams. He scored 12 runs in eight innings and made five dismissals: one stumping and four catches. His debut came for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1908; he had a quiet match, taking only one catch and scoring 0 and 1 with the bat. The following year he played for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University, for Worcestershire against the same opposition, and finally for Oxford against Surrey.

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. Shantry played for Shropshire U

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. Shantry played for Shropshire Under-17s as early as July 2004, scoring 64 at the top of the order against Yorkshire Under-17s. In 2007 and 2008, Shantry progressed to a mixture of senior

Was both an English first class cricketer and a professional footballer. He started his sporting car

Was both an English first class cricketer and a professional footballer. He started his sporting career as a footballer and spent four seasons with Manchester City during which time he played 62 matches and scored 26 goals. One of those goals came in thei

Was an English cricketer, rugby union player and psychologist. He was an all-round academic and spor

Was an English cricketer, rugby union player and psychologist. He was an all-round academic and sportsman. He played cricket for Kent as an off-spinner during the summer holidays and rugby union for Blackheath F.C. in the winter. In the early 1950s, he re

Was a boxer born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Was a boxer born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Was a vocalist for British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. He sang lead vocals on 'D

Was a vocalist for British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. He sang lead vocals on 'Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)' on the album I Robot (1977), and the single 'Pyramania' taken from the Grammy-nominated[1] Pyramid (1978). He also sang

Is an English musician, who is best known for forming the popular 1980s British new wave band, Wang

Is an English musician, who is best known for forming the popular 1980s British new wave band, Wang Chung. In addition to forming Wang Chung, Hues also was a member of the one-off band, Strictly Inc, which featured Tony Banks from Genesis.

Was an English footballer. Lee, was born in Sileby and died in Rugby, and was also a first-class cri

Was an English footballer. Lee, was born in Sileby and died in Rugby, and was also a first-class cricketer with Leicestershire. At cricket, Lee was right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He made a single first-class appearance for Leices

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler and wicket-keeper who played for Essex. He was born in Woodford Green. Having originally played for Essex's Second XI during the 1948 Minor Counties Championship, it

Was a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, h

Was a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. He was the author of 'Kayak to Cape Wrath' published in 1951 by William McLellan which details the s

Is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the

Is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black. In the 2008/2009 season he was runner-up in the sixth event of In

Is an English footballer.Wilkinson managed to break into the reserve team at Hartlepool United and w

Is an English footballer.Wilkinson managed to break into the reserve team at Hartlepool United and went out on loan to Scarborough, Whitby and Bishop Auckland in order to gain match practice. Jack who was the first of the two to break in the first team when he was rewarded by manager Neale Cooper for his performances.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace off-break bowler who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Blean and died in Battersea. Nash left Cardiff in 1911, moved to Lancashire, to play for Haslington, and later to

Was a Welsh boxer, who held the British heavyweight boxing title on two separate occasions. He was b

Was a Welsh boxer, who held the British heavyweight boxing title on two separate occasions. He was born John Charles Peterson in Cardiff, the son of Thomas Peterson, a massage specialist and his wife Melinda Laura Rossiter. He took up amateur boxing as a

Was an English cricketer. He appeared just once in first-class cricket, playing for Worcestershire a

Was an English cricketer. He appeared just once in first-class cricket, playing for Worcestershire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in May 1953, taking 3/25 in Cambridge's first innings. Among his victims was the university's captain Robin Marlar.