English Famous Names Starting with Letter K

He had been playing in the Mansfield youth leagues and making quite a name for himself. The then Man

He had been playing in the Mansfield youth leagues and making quite a name for himself. The then Mansfield Manager Raich Carter signed him for Mansfield Town in 1960 and immediately put him in the first team squad, for whom he made his league debut on 30 August 1960 in a 2–1 victory over Rochdale with 'Waggy' netting both goals, he then went on to make a further 27 appearances that season scoring 7 goals.

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.As an amateur, Wright played for Cambridge City be

Was an English footballer who played as a forward.As an amateur, Wright played for Cambridge City before joining West Ham United. He signed pro forms with the East London club in 1946, playing for them for three seasons before leaving in 1949. He was the club's top scorer for the 1948-49 season with 11 goals.

Is a former netball player for England. She had been part of the England national netball team betwe

Is a former netball player for England. She had been part of the England national netball team between 1987 and 1997. She has represented her country on 128 occasions. She is one of the few netball players that is featured in the Guinness Book of Records

Was an English wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics and was also a whale ship crewma

Was an English wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics and was also a whale ship crewman before he got into the gong business. He stayed fit enough into old age to win medals for rollerblading and windsurfing in his 60s.

Is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, who at club level h

Is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, who at club level has played for Wakefield Trinity, and Leeds, playing at Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 6, or 7. Ken Rollin played Stand-off/Five

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1959 to 1964. He was renowned as a good pla

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1959 to 1964. He was renowned as a good player of spin and was one of the best cover fielders of his generation while his medium pace 'darts' broke many a stubborn partnership for his captains Ray I

Was an English sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-clas

Was an English sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-class cricket for Sussex. As a right-handed specialist batsman, Sellar appeared in 19 first-class matches and made 616 runs at 19.87. Many of those matches wer

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1896 and for Derbys

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1896 and for Derbyshire in 1909.

Is a veteran English comedian and singer songwriter, famous for selling over 100 million records, hi

Is a veteran English comedian and singer songwriter, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or "tickling stick"), and his catchphrases, often playing on the 'tickled' motif, ex: "How tickled I am!". He wo

Is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford University between 1949 and

Is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford University between 1949 and 1951 and for Derbyshire in 1949. He played minor county cricket for Cornwall in 1947 and for Derbyshire second XI in 1948. He made five appearances as wick

Was a leading English sportsman, aviator, explorer and author. Born at his parents' home in Regent's

Was a leading English sportsman, aviator, explorer and author. Born at his parents' home in Regent's Park, London, Gandar-Dower was the fourth and youngest son of independently wealthy Joseph Wilson Gandar-Dower and his wife Amelia Frances Germaine. Two o

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1930s. After the Second World War, he p

Played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1930s. After the Second World War, he played Minor Counties cricket for Devon. After the Second World War, he played successfully as a batsman and occasional bowler for Devon in the Minor Counti

Is a former Namibian born English cricketer. Yates was a right-handed batsman who played primarily a

Is a former Namibian born English cricketer. Yates was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Keetmanshoop in what was then South-West Africa. In 1961, Yates played a single first-class match for Cambridge University

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1955 and 1961, and later appeared in List A cricket

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1955 and 1961, and later appeared in List A cricket matches while playing Minor Counties cricket for Durham between 1962 and 1972. He was born in Chingford, Essex and died at his home in Amberley, Gloucestershire. Ken Biddulph was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. Having played for the Somerset second eleven in 1954, Biddulph made his first-class debut in two matches during the 1955 season, taking three wickets in his first match against Worcestershire. There were seven first-class matches in 1956 and three in 1957. He was active in cricket coaching in the West Country almost up to his death.

Is an English cricket administrator and former first-class cricketer. David Smith represented Warwic

Is an English cricket administrator and former first-class cricketer. David Smith represented Warwickshire County Cricket Club as a right-handed batsman in 197 first-class matches (1973–1985) passing 1,000 runs four times and 108 ListA matches (1975–1984

Was an English cricketer. Kenneth Smith was a right-handed batsman who played regularly for Leiceste

Was an English cricketer. Kenneth Smith was a right-handed batsman who played regularly for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1951 and 1952. He made an unbeaten 70 at Northampton in 1950.

Was an English cricketer. Paver represented Hampshire in two first-class matches, making his debut a

Was an English cricketer. Paver represented Hampshire in two first-class matches, making his debut against Northamptonshire in the 1925 County Championship. Paver's second and final appearance for the county came in the 1926 County Championship against So

Was an economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientis

Was an economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. He was cofounder of General Systems Theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was married to Elise M. Boulding.Boulding was president of numerous scholarly societies including the American Economic Association, the Society for General Systems Research, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was not only a prolific writer and a creative integrator of knowledge, but an academician of world stature -- indeed, a magisterial figure in the discipline of social science. For Boulding, economics and sociology were not social sciences -- rather, they were all aspects of a single social science devoted to the study of human persons and their relationships (organizations). Boulding spearheaded an evolutionary (instead of equilibrium) approach to economics. See Kenneth Boulding's Evolutionary Perspective.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Essex in 1961. He was born in Croydon and died at the age of 58 in Majorca. Moore made just one first-class appearance, against Cambridge University.

Was an English cricketer. He was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm

Was an English cricketer. He was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm bowler. His first-class career with Sussex lasted from 1949 to 1971. He played in 612 first-class matches. This included an unbroken sequence of 423 conse

Was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer who was killed in action during World

Was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer who was killed in action during World War I. He was a Right-hand batsman and bowled Right-arm fast. He played for Hampshire (1912-1913), Cambridge University (1913-1914), and Sussex (1914).

Was an English comedian and businessman. He starred in the BBC radio programmes Much-Binding-in-the-

Was an English comedian and businessman. He starred in the BBC radio programmes Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, with Richard Murdoch (1944-53), Beyond Our Ken (1958-64) and Round the Horne (1965-68), in the last two supported by Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick,

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 Dorset. He was born in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Having made his Minor Counties Championship debut in 1962, House made a single List A appearance,

Was an English linguist and a translator who specialised in the Celtic languages. He demonstrated ho

Was an English linguist and a translator who specialised in the Celtic languages. He demonstrated how the text of the Ulster Cycle of tales, written down around 1100, preserves an oral tradition of some six centuries earlier and reflects Celtic Irish society of the third and fourth century AD. His Celtic Miscellany is a popular standard.He married Janet Dall Galloway on 12 August 1936. Their two children Alaster and Stephenie were born in the USA but brought up in Scotland. In retirement, Jackson continued his work on place-names and Gaelic languages. However he suffered a stroke in 1984 that restricted his work.

Is an English former cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Not

Is an English former cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire.