English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a cricketer who is currently contracted to Sussex County Cricket Club. He was educated in Lancash

Is a cricketer who is currently contracted to Sussex County Cricket Club. He was educated in Lancashire before going to Loughborough University where Warwickshire spotted him playing for the University. He made his debut for the Bears against Somerset in April 2005 and played fairly often throughout the season, a season which included a hat trick which helped the Bears to beat Somerset in a Twenty20 game. He spent time on loan at Surrey in the 2009 season after losing his place in the Warwickshire side and signed a two-year deal with Sussex in November 2009.

Was a scientist, teacher, explorer and mine developer. Along with William R. James, Sr. he discovere

Was a scientist, teacher, explorer and mine developer. Along with William R. James, Sr. he discovered the high-grade iron ore deposits of Quebec and Labrador. He is remembered for his important contributions in the fields of stratigraphy and Pleistocene geology.Dr. James Gill began at the University of Rochester as Assistant Professor in 1925. After three years he moved to Montreal to teach at McGill. While at McGill he introduced the Master's of Applied Science in Mineral Exploration program and established an analytical laboratory for the application of geochemistry to mineral exploration. Gill focused his studies on the structural geology of ore deposits. He formulated the concept of a "structural province" and used it to define the fundamental subdivisions of the Canadian Shield. He published over 50 technical papers

Is an English cricketer. Schofield is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Sch

Is an English cricketer. Schofield is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Schofield made his Hampshire debut in 2001 and made a total of four first-class appearances and one List-A appearance. At the end of the 2002 season Schofield

Is an English cricketer who is contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left-ha

Is an English cricketer who is contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Lee played first-class cricket for Yorkshire during the 2006 season. He remains a part of the Second XI t

Was an English conservative industrialist who built his businesses through the process of leveraged

Was an English conservative industrialist who built his businesses through the process of leveraged buyouts through Hanson plc.Lord Hanson and Gordon White (later Lord White of Hull) formed a partnership in the 1960s, whereby they founded a greetings card business. The two men also began buying other companies, in such diverse industries as fertilisers and bricks, which all sat under the umbrella of a listed entity called Hanson Trust (later renamed simply Hanson).

Was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He made more than 250 appearances in the

Was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League for Small Heath/Birmingham, Chelsea and Middlesbrough, and played eight times for England.

Now living in LA, is a singer/songwriter and co-founder of the two former Pop punk bands Son of Dork

Now living in LA, is a singer/songwriter and co-founder of the two former Pop punk bands Son of Dork and Busted.Bourne, who moved from Rochford to Southend-on-Sea in Essex at age ten months, was born to Peter and Maria Bourne, and has three siblings - Nick, Chris and Melissa. Chris, his youngest brother, appeared in the music video for "Year 3000" as the neighbour who builds the time machine. Nick appeared in a few Busted videos such as "Who's David" and "You Said No". James Bourne attended Thorpe Hall Private School in Southend-On-Sea.

Is a second XI cricketer currently with Kent County Cricket Club, he is a right hand top order batsm

Is a second XI cricketer currently with Kent County Cricket Club, he is a right hand top order batsman, and right arm medium pace bowler, who is currently enrolled in the Kent Academy system. He toured to India with the first team squad, and scored a hund

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batmsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Dorset. He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Elliot-Square, who made his debut Minor Counties Championship appearance for Dorset during the 2001 sea

Was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm slow bowler who occas

Was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm slow bowler who occasionally played as a wicketkeeper. Evans made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1913 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. The following season Evans pl

Is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper.Competing for England and Great Britain

Is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has 33 caps representing England and 13 caps repr

Was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s.

Was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s.

Was an amateur English cricketer. Fellowes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-roun

Was an amateur English cricketer. Fellowes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-roundarm. Fellowes made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1870 against Cambridge University. Later that same year Fellowes played his se

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Gloucesters

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Bristol and died in Southampton. Fewings made his debut in August 1872 against Nottinghamshire, against whom he scored a single run in

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who played for Ke

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who played for Kent during the 1996 season. He was born in Pembury. Ford was an emergency addition to the Kent squad which faced Oxford University in the summer of 1996, on

Is a British backstroke swimmer. Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in th

Is a British backstroke swimmer. Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events. Goddard also represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he fini

Was an English entomologist.Stephens was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and studied at Christ's Hospital. [

Was an English entomologist.Stephens was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and studied at Christ's Hospital. [1] He was employed in the Admiralty office, Somerset House, from 1807 to 1845. In his spare time he assisted William Elford Leach in arranging the insect collection at the British Museum (In 1818 he was seconded to the British Museum, and on completion of his work returned to the Admiralty).He made a large insect collection, which contains many type specimens. After his retirement this collection was purchased by the British Museum.

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club in

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club in the 1896 season.

Was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for

Was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions. Byrne made a century on debut, in his maiden first-class innings, against Leicestershire at Edgbaston in 1897. A full-back, Byrne played his initial rugby with Moseley, whom he captained. He had a safe pair of hands, considerable pace, could punt the ball long as was solid in defence. Often used as a place-kicker, Byrne was able to put the ball through the posts from the half-way mark of the ground.

Is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur

Is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club. As a boy he soon acquired the nickname Chunky a name that has followed

Was an English cricketer. Sutcliffe represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1911 against W

Was an English cricketer. Sutcliffe represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1911 against Worcestershire at New Road, Worcester.

Played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler for Lancashire

Played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler for Lancashire and Somerset between 1949 and 1962. Lomax was a regular member of the 1948 Lancashire Second Eleven which won the Minor Counties Championship.

Is a former English cricketer. Tizzard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.

Is a former English cricketer. Tizzard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. Tizzard made a single List-A appearance for Dorset in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001 against Scotland.

Is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the

Is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Kent. He was born in Canterbury. Though he made his debut in 1995, his Second XI career kicked off in 1997. Following a consistent season, Golding wa