English Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a former British sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechag

Is a former British sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Basil Pratt was married on the 19th of December 1992 at the age of fifty four. He had a son

Is a retired English professional player of snooker and English billiards. Williams was an excellent

Is a retired English professional player of snooker and English billiards. Williams was an excellent junior player, both of snooker and of billiards. His professional career initially coincided with a period of decline in snooker. In the 1960s, when the W

Was an English cricketer. Born in Hammersmith, he was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-

Was an English cricketer. Born in Hammersmith, he was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He participated in the 1999 and 2000 County Championships, the 2001 Cricinfo championship and the Frizzell County Championships of 2002 and 2003 before giving up first-class cricket. Anderson also played in one Twenty20 Cup match in June 2003 for Northamptonshire, having also represented Essex during two non-consecutive tenures throughout a short career. In total, throughout his career, he made eight five-wicket innings, and bowled one ten-wicket match.

Is a Barbados-born former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket between the ea

Is a Barbados-born former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Ellcock missed the entire 1990 season, but returned to play a few matches for Middlesex in 1991. Despite glimmers of hope, s

Better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer.Rikrok's parents migrated from Jamaica to

Better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer.Rikrok's parents migrated from Jamaica to England in the mid 1960s in search of greater economic opportunities but never lost touch with their roots. Jamaican music played a great role in Rikrok’s

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1760s and 1770s in t

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1760s and 1770s in the heyday of the Hambledon Club. A genuine all-rounder and the earliest known left-hander of note, Nyren was the captain of Hampshire (aka Hambledon) when

Was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Tests between 1946 and

Was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Tests between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. Pollard made his first-class debut for Lancashire in a rain-affected, end-of-

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset. A lower-order rig

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset. A lower-order right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, Brooks won a Blue for cricket in 1967, and was then offered a contract with Somerset, the county having just parted company with its regular wicketkeeper Geoff Clayton. Brooks kept wicket tidily for Somerset for the whole of the 1968 season, but at the end of it he was offered a teaching post at Bradfield College and gave up the first-class game.

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire and at club level for Old Hill.

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire and at club level for Old Hill. He played for Worcestershire's Second XI as early as August 2004 (when he was 17) and appeared a number of times for them in 2005 and 2006. He was included

Was an English writer and poet.Aldington was best known for his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel D

Was an English writer and poet.Aldington was best known for his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel Death of a Hero, and the controversy arising from his 1955 Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Inquiry.

Is an English field hockey defender, who made his international senior debut for the national squad

Is an English field hockey defender, who made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa.Alexander has been part of the England team since he made his debut, alongside five others, on the January 2005 tour o

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1896 to 1899. He was a right-handed batsman a

Was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1896 to 1899. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper and was educated at Eton College. He toured with Plum Warner's team in September and October 1897 that played matches against New York and Philadelphia and was the captain of a team that toured the West Indies in 1901-02.

Is an English-born cricketer and cricket coach. Richard Pybus' cricketing ambitions as a right-hande

Is an English-born cricketer and cricket coach. Richard Pybus' cricketing ambitions as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler were thwarted by injury. He played once for the minor county Suffolk in 1986, and once for Worcestershire's 2n

Is an English first-class cricket umpire, and former cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matche

Is an English first-class cricket umpire, and former cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Middlesex. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He was appointed to the ECB list of firs

Also known as Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, is a significant figure in

Also known as Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, is a significant figure in the video game industry. He was originally a game designer and programmer, but now engages in various aspects of computer game development. On October 12,

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1872 and

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1872 and 1874. Allsop was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in 1872 against Lancashire. His highest score of 33 came when playing for Derbyshire against Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1873.

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Oxford University Cricket Club and the Free Fores

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Oxford University Cricket Club and the Free Foresters. His highest score of 14 came when playing for Oxford University in the match against Free Foresters. He also played for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

Was a wealthy English born merchant, Royal customs officer and Sheriff of Welsh descent. He was the

Was a wealthy English born merchant, Royal customs officer and Sheriff of Welsh descent. He was the principal owner of John Cabot's ship Matthew during his voyage of exploration to North America in 1497[1]. Amerike is chiefly remembered because of old documents rediscovered in 1955, proving the discovery of Newfoundland in 1479 prompting Columbus's voyage of discovery in 1492. It is speculated that "America" is derived from his name, owing to his sponsorship of the voyages to Newfoundland, rather than from Amerigo Vespucci, the map-maker.

Was an English astronomer.He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars

Was an English astronomer.He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major).He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. His final estimate, in 1873, was 24h 37m 22.713s, reasonably close to the modern value of 24h 37m 22.663s.[1][2][3] Nevertheless, Frederik Kaiser's value of 24h 37m 22.622s is closer.

Is a Singaporean born former English cricketer. Pyman was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-ar

Is a Singaporean born former English cricketer. Pyman was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Pyman was educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team in 1986. Pyman made his first-class debut for Cambridge Univ

Was a British botanist. He was born in Leeds, England, the son of Richard Markham. He changed his la

Was a British botanist. He was born in Leeds, England, the son of Richard Markham. He changed his last name to Salisbury following a supposed financial arrangement for support in his studies. This arrangement was claimed to have been made with a Mrs. Anna Salisbury, related by marriage to his grandmother, but this was apparently a fiction.He married Caroline Staniforth in 1796. Only one child, Eleanor, was born to the couple, in 1797. The two separated shortly thereafter. Apparently Salisbury had misrepresented his finances to Caroline when he had proposed marriage. By the times of his daughter's birth, he was deeply, hopelessly in debt. He was subsequently arrested for his financial misrepresentations. He apparently recovered financially by 1802, when he bought a house.

Was an English first-class cricketer with Middlesex.

Was an English first-class cricketer with Middlesex.

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

Was an English cricketer. Carty was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Carty made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Oxford University in the 1949 season. On debut Carty scored his maiden first-class half century with a score of 53 as well as taking 5/47 in the Universities second innings. Carty's County Championship debut came a match later against Warwickshire.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1883. Mitchell was a ri

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1883. Mitchell was a right-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and right arm medium pace roundarm bowler. Mainly associated with Oxford University and Marylebone Cricket Clu

Is a former first-class cricketer who played two matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1932. H

Is a former first-class cricketer who played two matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1932. He also appeared in two first-class matches in India in the late 1930s, playing for Mysore in the Ranji Trophy and for the Europeans in the Bombay Pentangular Tournament. He was a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler. Ashley made his first-class début for Somerset in June 1932, making 9 runs in his solitary innings and claiming bowling figures of 1/0 off two overs as Somerset drew with Leicestershire.[1] He appeared again at the end of the same month, making 16 runs and not bowling in the innings and 74 run victory over Essex at Leyton.