English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English cricketer and footballer. Cope was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Ellesmere P

Was an English cricketer and footballer. Cope was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, although he was brought up in Ebbw Vale. Cope's debut in county cricket came for Monmouthshire in 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Cope made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1935 against Kent. During the 1935 County Championship, he played 2 further first-class matches for the county against Hampshire and Lancashire. In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 27 runs at a batting average of 6.75, with a high score of 14*. Cope was also a footballer. He played initially for Llanelli A.F.C.. before signing a professional contract with Bury Town and later Ipswich Town.

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898. Bourne, with fellow

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1898. Bourne, with fellow one-timer William Prince, played one match for Derbyshire in the 1898 season which was against Nottinghamshire in July. He was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and took three wickets in over 40 overs during the match. As a left-handed batsman, he batted for just a single innings in the tailend to make 6 runs.

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was 17th in the four-

Is a British bobsledder who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was 17th in the four-man event at Königssee, Germany in 2008.

Was an English ornithologist.Bonhote was born in London and educated at Harrow School and Trinity Co

Was an English ornithologist.Bonhote was born in London and educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed private secretary to the Governor of the Bahamas in 1897, and was sub-director of the Zoological Gardens at Giza from 19

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1830. He was mainly ass

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 13 known appearances in first-class matches.

known as Jack, was an English cricketer who played 80 first-class games in two spells: he was with

known as Jack, was an English cricketer who played 80 first-class games in two spells: he was with Gloucestershire from 1911 to 1920, though he played only 18 times for the county in those years. He made the bulk of his appearances, 62, for Worcestershire between 1926 and 1928. Bowles made his first-class debut for that county in late July 1911 against Nottinghamshire, and took two wickets, his first being that of Notts' opener George Gunn. After retirement, Bowles became an umpire. He had already stood in one first-class game, when he umpired a game between Glamorgan and HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1926, but his umpiring career proper spanned a single year, 1931, and lasted for 24 more matches.

Was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at clu

Was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union club, and sin

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1903. He debuted for Derbyshire

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1887 and 1903. He debuted for Derbyshire against Marylebone Cricket Club in May 1887, and took two wickets in the second innings.

Was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work rec

Was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work received constant critical attacks from periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson has been immense. Elaborate word

Played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in the 1969 and 1970 seasons. A right-handed tail

Played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in the 1969 and 1970 seasons. A right-handed tail-end batsman and a left-arm medium pace bowler. Roberts played in six County Championship matches, with his best bowling performance being four for 38 runs

Was an English cricketer who played for and captained Gloucestershire. Ken Graveney was a lower orde

Was an English cricketer who played for and captained Gloucestershire. Ken Graveney was a lower order left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler of outswingers. He played in a few matches for Gloucestershire in both 1947 and 1948, and then reg

Is an English singer, bass guitarist and guitarist.Born in Willington, Derbyshire, Wetton grew up in

Is an English singer, bass guitarist and guitarist.Born in Willington, Derbyshire, Wetton grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset. He has been a professional singer/songwriter/musician since the late 1960s as a member of such progressive rock bands as Mogul Thrash

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1832. Kettleband m

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1832. Kettleband made nine known appearances for Nottingham Cricket Club in first-class matches, all of them against Sheffield Cricket Club.

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 12 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1794 to

Was an English amateur cricketer who made 12 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1794 to 1810. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

A British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology. He has authored several t

A British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology. He has authored several textbooks on ecology and population biology.He served as president of the British Ecological Society (1967) and of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (1993-1995).The British Ecological Society awards the John L. Harper Young Investigator's prize annually to the best paper in Journal of Ecology by a young author.[1] He is a member of the British Humanist Association.[2]

Was a British philosopher of language, born in Lancaster and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balli

Was a British philosopher of language, born in Lancaster and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford University. Austin is widely associated with the concept of the speech act and the idea that speech is itself a form of action. His work in the 1950s provided the early underpinnings for the modern theory of speech acts developed subsequently by the Oxford-educated American philosopher John R. Searle and his followers.After serving in MI6 during World War II, Austin became White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He occupies a place in philosophy of language alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order to elucidate meaning. Unlike many ordinary language philosophers, however, Austin disavowed any overt indebtedness to Wittgenstein's later philosophy.[2] His main influence, he said, was the exact and exacting common-sense philosophy of G. E. Moore.

Was an educator, mountain climber, and broadcaster.As a mountaineer, he is remembered for his heroic

Was an educator, mountain climber, and broadcaster.As a mountaineer, he is remembered for his heroic actions during the 1933 expedition to Mount Everest led by Hugh Ruttledge, in which he brought down 8 Sherpas from Camp 6 (above 27,000ft) in a whiteout.

Was a diminutive Yorkshire-born all-round cricketer whose middle or lower order batting and leg-brea

Was a diminutive Yorkshire-born all-round cricketer whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after the Second World War. Leeds, on 29 March 1911, Lawren

Is a rock and roll and blues vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and

Is a rock and roll and blues vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and the Les Humphries Singers.Lawton began his musical career in North Shields, UK, in the early '60s with The Deans, a bunch of kids who decided at random tha

Was an Irish-born singer and actor best remembered for his portrayal of the comic baritone roles in

Was an Irish-born singer and actor best remembered for his portrayal of the comic baritone roles in the Savoy Operas.As a young actor, Le Hay traveled with a minstrel troupe, where his gift for ventriloquism was soon evident. He was engaged by Edgar Bruce

Is a English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" (

Is a English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek[1]), which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.

An English classical pianist.Lill studied at the Royal College of Music and with Wilhelm Kempff. His

An English classical pianist.Lill studied at the Royal College of Music and with Wilhelm Kempff. His talent emerged at an early age, as he gave his first piano recital at the age of nine.[1] At age 18, he performed Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto under Sir Adrian Boult. This was followed by his much-acclaimed 1963 London debut playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 at the Royal Festival Hall. In 1970 he won the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Was an English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. Lillywhite was an all-rounder who batted ri

Was an English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. Lillywhite was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm roundarm, both slow and fast. At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Lillywhite was one of the 12 players who took

Was an English botanist.Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley,

Was an English botanist.Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley, author of A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, owned a nursery garden. He was educated at what was then Norwich Grammar School. His first publication, in 1819, a translation of the Analyse du fruit of L. C. M. Richard, was followed in 1820 by an original Monographia Rosarum, with descriptions of new species, and drawings executed by himself, and in 1821 by Monographia Digitalium, and by "Observations on Pomaceae", contributed to the Linnean Society. Shortly afterwards he went to London, where he was engaged by J. C. Loudon to write the descriptive portion of the Encyclopaedia of Plants.

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Kent. Jack Bryan was a left-handed opening b

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Kent. Jack Bryan was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional bowler of highly-spun leg breaks and googlies. Bryan faded from the first-class cricket scene in the early 1930s, making his final appearance for Kent in 1932 and playing his last first-class match the following year. In all, he scored more than 8,000 first-class runs at an average of 36 runs per innings.