English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a British Conservative Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Ealing North from 1955 u

Was a British Conservative Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Ealing North from 1955 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1964 general election.

Was an English cricketer who played 46 first-class matches in the 1920s, the bulk of these for Oxfor

Was an English cricketer who played 46 first-class matches in the 1920s, the bulk of these for Oxford University and Worcestershire. Greenstock made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire at Worcester in August 1924, but was not

Is a professional soccer player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) and t

Is a professional soccer player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) and the Singapore national football team.He was called up to the national team (consisted of 32) for a series for friendly matches against North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Australia. He debuted in the second half against North Korea and even got an assist.

Was an English cricketer who, though he made only five known first-class appearances, had a signific

Was an English cricketer who, though he made only five known first-class appearances, had a significant impact on the game's history and development. Willes played for Kent county cricket teams and was a fast underarm or, when he could get away with it, r

Was a Hong-Kong-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket in both India and England from

Was a Hong-Kong-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket in both India and England from the late 1920s until shortly after the Second World War. After some games for Buckinghamshire in the 1927 Minor Counties Championship whilst Stephenson wa

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896. He made his cricketing debut in

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896. He made his cricketing debut in a match for Cheshire against Leicestershire during the 1893 season, scoring 38 runs in the Cheshire innings from tenth in the batting lineup, and only outscored by team-mate Alexander Mere Latham. Bennett played two further matches for Cheshire during the 1894 season before being picked up at the beginning of the 1895 season by Derbyshire. Bennett was a slow left-arm bowler and took 35 first class wickets at an average of 20.02 and a best performance of 5 for 38. He was a right-handed batsman and played 25 innings in sixteen first class matches with an average of 11.17 and a top score of 43.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the tea

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871. He took part in Derbyshire's first-ever match as a county side, an innings victory over Lancashire, and four further matches between the two sides within the next two seasons. Burnham's final match as a first-class player, was a match against Kent, in which he was bowled out by Test cricketer Charlie Absolom.

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920. He is recorded as ha

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920. He is recorded as having performed prodigiously for Quorn Cricket Club. He played one match for Derbyshire during the 1920 season. This was in August against Essex when he ma

Is a former English cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, he played on

Is a former English cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, he played only once at first-class level, when he appeared for Worcestershire against the Combined Services at New Road in 1952.

Was an English cricketer who played ten first-class matches for Worcestershire between 1959 and 1965

Was an English cricketer who played ten first-class matches for Worcestershire between 1959 and 1965, although he played for the county's Second XI as late as 1971. He made his first-class debut against Somerset aged just 17, though then did not play at t

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

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

Was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Surrey, Worcestershire and Scotland aro

Was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Surrey, Worcestershire and Scotland around the turn of the 20th century. He later stood twice as an umpire: in Scotland's home matches against the Australians and South Africans in 1912.

Was an English cricketer who played 48 first-class matches for Worcestershire and Leicestershire in

Was an English cricketer who played 48 first-class matches for Worcestershire and Leicestershire in the late 1920s. He was the nephew of another John King, who played one Test for England. King made his debut in May 1927, for Worcestershire against Sussex

Generally known as Jack Lee, was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1925 to 1936, hav

Generally known as Jack Lee, was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1925 to 1936, having played one match for Middlesex in 1923. He was an all-rounder, scoring six centuries and taking ten wickets in a match on two occasions by the end of h

Was a British judge.He was educated at Harvard and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was President of

Was a British judge.He was educated at Harvard and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1919. He was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1921 and joined the Northern Circuit. He became a KC in 1925. He was also

Was an English naturalist, geologist, and palaeontologist.Salter was apprenticed in 1835 to James De

Was an English naturalist, geologist, and palaeontologist.Salter was apprenticed in 1835 to James De Carle Sowerby, and was engaged in drawing and engraving the plates for Sowerby's Mineral Conchology, the Supplement to his English Botany, and, other Natural History works. In 1842 he was employed for a short time by Adam Sedgwick in arranging the fossils in the Woodwardian Museum at Cambridge, and he accompanied the professor on several geological expeditions (1842-1845) into Wales.

Was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the firs

Was a bowler who was George Lohmann's partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the first years of the official cricket County Championship. Sharpe bowled fast-medium and could make the ball break back to an unusual degree on hard pitches.

Is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox who playe

Is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox who played county cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club. Southern made his Hampshire debut in 1975 and went onto play for the club for 8 seasons until 1983. Sou

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

Was an English cricketer. Moore was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Moore made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship against Sussex. Moore played infrequently for Hampshire between 1910 and 1913. Outs

Was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from mythol

Was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from mythology and literature. He belonged to the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.In 1874, at the age of twenty-five, Waterhouse submitted the classical allegory Sleep and His Half-Brother Death to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. The painting was very well received and he exhibited at the RA almost every year afterwards until his death in 1917. In 1883 he married Esther Kenworthy, the daughter of an art schoolmaster from Ealing who had exhibited her own flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire in 1927. His only

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire in 1927. His only achievement in the match, played against Lancashire at Dudley, was to bowl Ernest Tyldesley.

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894. Young appeared in tw

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894. Young appeared in two matches which were not part of the County Championship but qualified as first-class matches. These were against Yorkshire and Leicestershire and Derbyshi

Was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy po

Was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.Rochester was born in Ditchley, Oxfordshire. His father, Henry, Viscount Wilmot, a hard-drinking Royalist from Anglo-Irish stock, had been named Earl

Was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy po

Was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.Because his interest in poetry was not professional, Rochester's poetic work varies widely in form, genre, and content. He was part of a "mob of gentl

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979 and for Durham between

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1978 and 1979 and for Durham between 1983 and 1988. Lister was born in Darlington, and made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1978 season, when he opened in a victory against Nottin