English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English cricketer who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Greenford, Ealing, Middlesex. Live

Was an English cricketer who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Greenford, Ealing, Middlesex. Livermore, who made a single appearance for Leicestershire Second XI in 1963, represented Oxfordshire and later Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship. L

A British phonetician and Professor of Phonetics at the University of York. He was one of the creato

A British phonetician and Professor of Phonetics at the University of York. He was one of the creators of the experimental Yorktalk non-segmental speech synthesis system which employed techniques of Firthian Prosodic Analysis (FPA), an approach to phonology developed by J.R. Firth and members of the London School of linguistics. His book Doing Phonology written with John Kelly provides a radical contemporary take on FPA. Arising out of work which combined detailed phonetic analysis and Conversation Analysis (French and Local 1983) his recent research has explored the interactional functioning of phonetic detail and phonetic variation in talk-in-interaction (Local and Walker 2005). According to Ford and Couper-Kuhlen (2004), Local's work 'has been seminal in founding a phonology for conversation. ... his studies have revealed dimensions of patterned sound production in talk-in-interaction hitherto unfathomed' (2004:13).

Was a prominent English cricket enthusiast who was a co-founder of the I Zingari nomadic cricket clu

Was a prominent English cricket enthusiast who was a co-founder of the I Zingari nomadic cricket club on 4 July 1845. He was also a sports and games rules enthusiast, writer of the first standardized rules for badminton in 1868 and editor of "The Laws of

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Oxfordshire. He was born in Oxford and died in Devon. Having represented Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship since 1958, Love made a single List A appearance for the side, d

Was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer

Was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V o

Was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His Engl

Was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England. Lyly's linguistic style, originating in his first books, is known as Euphuism.

Was a first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1973 and 1979. A wicket-keeper and a l

Was a first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire between 1973 and 1979. A wicket-keeper and a lower order right-handed batsman, Lyon played for Lancashire's second eleven in the Minor Counties Championship and the Second Eleven Championship from 1970

Was an English painter and sculptor.John Macallan Swan was born in Brentford, Middlesex in 1847. He

Was an English painter and sculptor.John Macallan Swan was born in Brentford, Middlesex in 1847. He received his art training first in England at the Worcester and Lambeth schools of art and the Royal Academy schools, and subsequently in Paris, in the stu

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 30th in the K-1 event at t

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 30th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is an award-winning English-American actor known for playing Martin "Marty" Crane, the retired polic

Is an award-winning English-American actor known for playing Martin "Marty" Crane, the retired police officer father of Kelsey Grammer's Dr. Frasier Crane, in the popular American TV series Frasier (NBC, 1993-2004).

Was a British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He was one of the most prominent portr

Was a British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation.Collier was from a talented and successful family. His grandfather, John Collier, was a Quaker merchant who became a Member of Parliament. His father (who was a Member of Parliament, Attorney General and, for many years, a full-time judge of the Privy Council was created the first Lord Monkswell. He was also a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. John Collier's elder brother, the second Lord Monkswell, was Under-Secretary of State for War and Chairman of the London County Council.

Played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season. A right-handed midd

Played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season. A right-handed middle-order batsman, Jewell played in the first first-class match of the West Indies tour, scoring 4 and 24 and taking two catches as Worcestershire won the m

Was an Argentine-born English cricketer who played for Essex. He was born in Rosario and died in She

Was an Argentine-born English cricketer who played for Essex. He was born in Rosario and died in Sherwood, Nottingham. Marston made two first-class appearances, the first during a 1923 West Indian tour of England, against whom Marston played in the tailen

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Der

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1960. He was playing for Bacup as a teenager in 1938 and 1939, and again in 1946 after World War II. Also in 1946 he played a match fo

Was an English botanist.Martyn's is best known for his Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728-1737), and

Was an English botanist.Martyn's is best known for his Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728-1737), and his translation, with valuable agricultural and botanical notes, of the Eclogues (1749) and Georgics (1741) of Virgil. On resigning the botanical chair at Cambridge he presented the university with a number of his botanical specimens and books.Martyn was born in London, the son of a merchant. He attended a school in the vicinity of his home, and when he turned 16, worked for his father, intending to follow a business career. He abandoned this idea in favour of medical and botanical studies. His interest in botany came from his acquaintance with an apothecary, John Wilmer, and Dr. Patrick Blair, a surgeon-apothecary from Dundee who practiced in London. Martyn gave some botanical lectures in London in 1721 and 1726,

Was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the Un

Was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for South Kerry 1900-1918. He was the first Olympic champion in te

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. Matthews made a single first-class appearan

Was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. Matthews made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1872 season, against Sussex.

Is an English cricketer. Earlier in his career he represented England in U19 test cricket, and parti

Is an English cricketer. Earlier in his career he represented England in U19 test cricket, and participated in a U19 World Cup in India, but a stomach illness limited his game time.

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s. Richardson won the 1873 and 1874 Grand Nationals riding Disturbance and Reugny respectively. Both were

Was a rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Cambridge University and international rugby fo

Was a rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Cambridge University and international rugby for England.Batten first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Cambridge University while at St John's College. He won four sporting 'Blues' for

Is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career span

Is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career spans over fifty years but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s. He was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and has been inf

Was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern econom

Was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies. He advocated interventionist government policy, by which the government would use fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions, depressions and booms. He is one of the fathers of modern theoretical macroeconomics and often considered to be the most influential economist of the 20th century. [1] [2] [3]

Was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, have had a major impact on modern e

Was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, have had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies. He advocated interventionist government policy, by which the government would

Was an English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer. In 1844 he developed a process for treatin

Was an English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer. In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton, mercerization, that improves many of its qualities for use in fabrics.John Mercer never went to school, he learned basic reading and writing from his neighbour. He was very fond of dyeing. With the help of a chemistry textbook he taught himself the basics of the dyeing process. He continued to experiment, until he discovered Antimony orange. Later on he developed the mercerization process.