English Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is an English singer-songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout. Allmusic describes him as "one

Is an English singer-songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout. Allmusic describes him as "one of the most underrated lyricists of the '80s".McAloon has also written songs that have been recorded by Kylie Minogue ("If You Don't Love Me"), Cher ("The

Is a Scottish ice dancer who competed internationally representing Great Britain. She competed with

Is a Scottish ice dancer who competed internationally representing Great Britain. She competed with Jonathon O'Dougherty, and the couple won the gold medal at the 2002 British Ice Figure and Dance Championships.

Is a former East Anglia and International XI women international cricketer. She was part of the Engl

Is a former East Anglia and International XI women international cricketer. She was part of the England side that toured South Africa in 1960–61, and played three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for International XI women.

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated from the semi finals

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated from the semi finals of the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, and currently plays for Woking.Vernazza started his ca

Is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, and currently plays for Woking.Vernazza started his career at Arsenal but struggled to break into the first team. He made his first-team debut in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on 14 October 1997 but only made a handful of appearances for Arsenal over the next three years.

Was an English cricketer: a right-arm medium-pace bowler who also batted right-handed. Mirza played

Was an English cricketer: a right-arm medium-pace bowler who also batted right-handed. Mirza played two games for Warwickshire's second team in 1990 before appearing for Worcestershire's second team later that summer. For the next few years he made sporad

Was a Light-middleweight boxer, originally from Saint Kitts and Nevis, who took British citizenship

Was a Light-middleweight boxer, originally from Saint Kitts and Nevis, who took British citizenship and won two British boxing titles in the 1970s and 80s. After leaving Saint Kitts, Thomas settled in Cardiff in Wales, and is recognised as a Welsh fighter

An English actress and singer.She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 196

An English actress and singer.She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat. She has also appeared in The Royal, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Boon and Dancin' Thru the Dark.Penrose has made several attempts to break into the music industry. She has released two singles – "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1996) and "Don't Wanna Be Alone" (2000); neither of which was especially successful. In 2002 she reached the final of A Song for Europe (the competition to select the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry) but did not win. She has also sung a number of times on Heartbeat.

From Hull, England was the first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. She t

From Hull, England was the first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. She took part in the 1957 contest, held in Frankfurt, and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song All, the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision. According to The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor [1] at 1:52, this is the shortest performance in the history of the contest.In 1959 she starred in the British comedy film Left, Right & Centre with Ian Carmichael. The following year Patricia had a leading part in another film, the period adventure The Treasure of Monte Cristo, and starred with Sid James in the Desert Mice[2].

Is a British Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Ol

Is a British Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. She finished seventh in the K-1 500 m eve

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. She finished seventh in the K-1 500 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Is a retired boxer from Great Britain. Cowdell now lives just over the border from Smethwick in Oldb

Is a retired boxer from Great Britain. Cowdell now lives just over the border from Smethwick in Oldbury. Pat runs four professional dinner shows a year at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham's city centre. He recently (February 2007) returned to putting s

Was an English professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Charlton Athletic, Newport

Was an English professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Charlton Athletic, Newport County, Swansea City, Gillingham, Northampton Town, Millwall, Reading, Swindon Town and Brentford.

Played first-class cricket in three matches for Essex in the 1977 English cricket season. He also ap

Played first-class cricket in three matches for Essex in the 1977 English cricket season. He also appeared for the England Under-19 cricket team in two One-Day International matches against Australia in England in the same cricket season. Hector was a rig

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex in t

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex in the 1922 season. He was born in Plaistow and died in Adstock. Barrow had previously played four Minor Counties Championship matches for Dorset between 1913 and 1920, but got his only opportunity for first-class cricket in the 1922 season, playing against the Combined Services. From the lower order, Barrow scored a duck in the first innings, and took just one wicket with the ball.

Was a British male tennis player and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the mother of Elizabeth II. Bowe

Was a British male tennis player and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the mother of Elizabeth II. Bowes-Lyon was Scottish tennis champion in 1885, 1886 and 1888. In 1887 he and Herbert Wilberforce won the doubles in Wimbledon. As a younger brother of Claude

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Cornwall. He was born in St. Austell. Coombe, who represented Cornwall in the Minor Counties Championship between 1971 and 1990, and made a single appearance for Gloucestershire Second XI in the 1973 season, made a single List A appearance, during the 1980 Gillette Cup, against Devon. From the lower-middle order, he scored a duck.

Is an English singer-songwriter, and was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Strangelove.Pa

Is an English singer-songwriter, and was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Strangelove.Patrick Duff was born in Bristol, England. He was the lead singer of the band Strangelove, releasing three critically acclaimed albums between 1991 and 1998.

Was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.Frank Hadow attended Harrow

Was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.Frank Hadow attended Harrow School along with six of his seven brothers who were known as the "Harrow Hadows". Hadow represented Harrow at rackets and the brothers were well known as distinguished cricketers. Hadow's oldest brother Douglas Robert Hadow died during the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played a single first-class match, for Worceste

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire in July 1936. Leeson bowled right arm off-breaks, but never sent down a delivery in first-class cricket.

Was a cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Somerset in 1930. He was a right-handed bat

Was a cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Somerset in 1930. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, though he bowled only five overs in first-class cricket, without success. He went to Cambridge University but did

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Cambridgeshire. He was born i

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Cambridgeshire. He was born in Downham Market. Holman, who represented Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1969 and 1978, made a single List A appearance for the

Was a professional Cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. Watts made his Northam

Was a professional Cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. Watts made his Northamptonshire debut as an eighteen-year-old in 1959, and reached 1,000 runs in each of his first four seasons, receiving his county cap in 1962. When he retire

Was a lead guitarist/vocalist from the Merseybeat-era. With an early 1960s band of his, Steve Bennet

Was a lead guitarist/vocalist from the Merseybeat-era. With an early 1960s band of his, Steve Bennett and the Syndicate, he appeared at The 2i's Coffee Bar in 1961. He was also member of Faron's Flamingos, The Big Three, The Krew, The Eyes (with Gibson Kemp and Lewis Collins) that evolved to Paddy, Klaus and Gibson when Klaus Voormann replaced Collins. They were managed by Brian Epstein. After they had to split in May 1966, he joined The Escorts.

Was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman. Hall made his first-class debut for Oxfor

Was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman. Hall made his first-class debut for Oxford University in 1919 against the Free Foresters, where on debut Hall made his maiden and only century with a score of 101. In the same season Hall made his