English Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a retired English football defender.He represented England at the under-21 level.

Is a retired English football defender.He represented England at the under-21 level.

Was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium.In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupit

Was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium.In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975.The asteroid 676 Melitta, the only one he discovered, is named after him, in a way. Its name is in fact the Attic form of the Greek Melissa, the bee, but its resemblance with the discoverer's name is not fortuitous.The conspicuous star cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation is commonly designated Mel 111 since it appeared in Melotte's 1915 catalog of deep sky objects but not in Charles Messier's famous catalogue or in the New General Catalogue since it was not proved to be a true cluster until 1938.[1]

Was an English cricketer who played for Somerset throughout his career. He was a right-handed openin

Was an English cricketer who played for Somerset throughout his career. He was a right-handed opening batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He was part of the NatWest Trophy winning team of 1983. He made his first-class debut against Sussex in May 197

Was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as a university librarian a

Was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as a university librarian and was offered the Poet Laureateship following the death of John Betjeman but declined the post. Larkin is commonly regarded as one of the greatest English

Was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Durham. A right-handed middle order batsman and a

Was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Durham. A right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, Bainbridge was an important member of the Gloucestershire team throughout the 1980s, contributing useful runs, initially at No 5 or 6, and bowling deceptively innocuous-looking medium pace seamers. A determined cricketer, he seemed to make runs and take wickets when most needed. He made 1,644 runs at an average of more than 56 runs per innings as Gloucestershire rose from the bottom of the County Championship table to challenge for the title. He was then made captain for 1994, and the side finished 16th, the first time it had not been bottom in the County Championship. But Bainbridge's own form suffered, and he was replaced as captain for 1995 and retired finally from first-class cricket the following year.

Was an English botanist.Webb who was born to a wealthy aristocratic family studied languages, botany

Was an English botanist.Webb who was born to a wealthy aristocratic family studied languages, botany, and geology at Harrow and Oxford. He collected plants in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and was the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco. En route to Brazil he made what was intended to be a brief visit to the Canary Islands, but he ended up stopping for a considerable time, returning after his Brazil expedition. The results can be seen in the nine-volume L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, which he coauthored with Sabin Berthelot.In company with Berthelot, who had lived on the islands for some time Webb collected specimens on the islands between 1828 and 1830

Is a British sailor and Olympic Champion.

Is a British sailor and Olympic Champion.

Was a British butterfly swimmer.Hubble represented Great Britain in swimming events at the 1980 and

Was a British butterfly swimmer.Hubble represented Great Britain in swimming events at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal in 1980 in the men's 200 m butterfly.

Is a former English cricketer turned television personality. As a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler

Is a former English cricketer turned television personality. As a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler he played 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for England between 1990 and 2001, and 316 first-class matches, mainly for Middlesex. Following hi

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

Is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cheshire. He was born in Birkenhead. Cottrell, who played two games for the team in the Minor Counties Championship in 1999 and 2000, made a single List A appearance for the team, in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From the lower order, he scored 11 not out, and took figures of 1-84 from nine overs of bowling.

Is an English[2][3][4] singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead sing

Is an English[2][3][4] singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of English progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist.

Is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for Castres and has previously played for England.

Is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for Castres and has previously played for England.He studied Geography at Loughborough University, for whom he played in a BUSA final. In 2000, he took a year out of his studies playing for Brive and repre

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.

Is an English cricketer. A fast-medium bowler, Edwards made five first-class appearances for Cambrid

Is an English cricketer. A fast-medium bowler, Edwards made five first-class appearances for Cambridge University in 2004 and 2005, taking five wickets at a bowling average of 99. Since then, he has made numerous appearances in the Second XI Championship

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Cheshire. He was born in Sandbach, Cheshire. Dunkley, whose career began with Liverpool in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition in 1971, and who played in the Second XI Champ

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1985. Russell was born at I

Is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1985. Russell was born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He began playing in the Derbyshire Second XI in 1964, and made his first-class debut at the end of the 1965 season, in a victory again

Was a British logician and follower of Bertrand Russell.He was born in Ashbourne in Derbyshire[1] on

Was a British logician and follower of Bertrand Russell.He was born in Ashbourne in Derbyshire[1] one of a large family belonging to Emily Clay and his father Francis Jourdain (who was the vicar at Ashbourne).[2] He was partly disabled by Friedreich's ata

Was an Indian born English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played first-class cricket

Was an Indian born English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played first-class cricket in India in 1918 and in England in 1925 and played four times for the Egypt national cricket team. He played a match for England against India later in th

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 Oxfordshire. He was born in Oxford. Evans continued to represent the team in the Minor Counties Championship until 2006.

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Northampt

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire in 1946. He scored 1 in his only innings.

Is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He li

Is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He lives in Bristol and has taught creative writing at Bath Spa University College. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class

Was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket between 1924 and 1927, mostly for Oxford University. Stewart-Brown made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Lancashire in May 1924

Was an English naturalist and popularizer of natural science, virtually the inventor of the seawater

Was an English naturalist and popularizer of natural science, virtually the inventor of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. Gosse is perhaps best known today as the author of Omphalos, an attempt to reconcile the immense geological ages presupposed by Charles Lyell with the biblical account of creation. After his death, Gosse was also caricatured as a despotic and fanatically religious father in Father and Son (1907), the literary masterpiece of his son, poet and critic Edmund Gosse.[2]

Is an ex-English footballer who played for and managed Liverpool.Phil Taylor played for his hometown

Is an ex-English footballer who played for and managed Liverpool.Phil Taylor played for his hometown club Bristol Rovers as an apprentice (in 21 league matches, scoring twice) before he was signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson for £5000 plus Ted Hartill in March 1936, he made his debut on the 28th of the same month in a league game at the Baseball Ground, Liverpool shared the points with Derby County in a 2-2 draw with Taylor scoring a late equaliser, his first goal for the club.

He was also an English Unitarian theologian (son of a Unitarian clergyman), classicist, medievalist,

He was also an English Unitarian theologian (son of a Unitarian clergyman), classicist, medievalist, and literary critic.Wicksteed was educated at University College, London and Manchester New College. In 1867 he received his master's degree with a gold medal in classics. Following his father into the Unitarian ministry in 1867, Wicksteed embarked on an extraordinarily broad range of scholarly and theological explorations.