English Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing v

An English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.Saint Etienne was originally to be an indie/dance act featuring various vocalists. After Moira Lambert sang on their initial 1990 single "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and Donna Savage was heard on the follow-up single "Kiss and Make Up," Cracknell lent her vocals to "Nothing Can Stop Us" and ended up doing the rest of the singing on their debut album Foxbase Alpha. Cracknell has been Saint Etienne's permanent vocalist since then.

A backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth, and also fronts her own band, Angtoria.Her career started at

A backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth, and also fronts her own band, Angtoria.Her career started at the age of eleven at the Queen's theatre. "Summertime" was her first performance ever in a band or to an audience, performing one more time at the age of thirteen. She then took a big leap from jazz into punk, where she secured a position as a co-vocalist. It took one show with "Mad Dog" and a lot of punks spitting to realise that punk was not for her. She went on to write her own lyrics and later recorded a demo. At the age of sixteen her singing career took another leap, this time into metal.

A pop music, jazz, rock and R&B singer and songwriter.In 1982, Morris joined The Republic as lead si

A pop music, jazz, rock and R&B singer and songwriter.In 1982, Morris joined The Republic as lead singer. A London-based Afro-Caribbean-Latin band with leftish tendencies, they received enormous publicity from the music press including cover stories with NME and City Limits and a documentary for Granada TV. But the band was deemed too political for radio play, with the honourable exception of Capital Radio. The Republic were signed to Charlie Gillet's Oval Records Ltd and released an EP entitled Three Songs From The Republic and two singles entitled One Chance and My Spies. Success did not follow and the band split up in 1984.

An English cricketer. She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening

An English cricketer. She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. She plays county cricket for Sussex. In the Super 4s she is playing for the Emeralds for 2008.Taylor's and Holly Colvin's inclusion in the Brighton College boys' team caused some controversy within the MCC.[1]On August 8 2008, she broke the record for the highest stand in women's one-day international cricket with a first wicket partnership of 268 with Caroline Atkins at Lord's for England against South Africa. She went on to score 129.[2]

Is a British swimmer, track and road cyclist, multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games, an

Is a British swimmer, track and road cyclist, multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games, and twice British national track champion.

Is a British professional sailor and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Webb joined the Royal Yachting

Is a British professional sailor and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Webb joined the Royal Yachting Association's youth squad and competed in the Laser Radial Class in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 1995 and 1996.

Is an English professional sailor. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Sum

Is an English professional sailor. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Webb, and another gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2008 Summer Olympics in

An English female rapper, singer and producer better known by her stage name of GoldieLocks.Akwisomb

An English female rapper, singer and producer better known by her stage name of GoldieLocks.Akwisombe records and produces her music using Logic Studio and Microkorg, which are two kinds of music software on her Mac laptop to make beats and sounds and a microphone to record her voice.[2] Since then, she has released songs on her MySpace, the most notable being "Waste Man", a song about a man who cheated on her sister. She has stated she doesn’t exactly know what style her music is, but has said her music is "a bit of electro, a bit of grime, a bit of garage, a bit of pop and a bit of hip hop."[3]

An international cricketer . She was born on March 28, 1982 in Croydon, Surrey and played 6 one day

An international cricketer . She was born on March 28, 1982 in Croydon, Surrey and played 6 one day internationals for the England Women's team from her debut against Scotland in August 2001 to her last game to date against India at Pune in January 2002. She made a top score of 66 not out against Scotland in the European cup and took 5 wickets at 16.8 with her leg spin bowling, including a spell of 4 for 15 against Ireland in the same competition. Her best bowling figures of 6 for 17 for her club side Redoubtables came came in the ECB Cup semi-final of 2001 against North Riding WCC .

A singer best known from the British TV series Pop Idol.In 2003 she released two singles "When I Los

A singer best known from the British TV series Pop Idol.In 2003 she released two singles "When I Lost You" and "Automatic" which both landed in the Top 20 of the charts. Whatmore was writing for fellow Idol alumni and spent time working on her debut record, Living Proof.A third single failed to materialize and the release of "Living Proof" was cancelled. Several recordings were leaked over the years including "Close To Me" and "Don't Let Me Go". Many wrote Whatmore off as another casuality of reality talent TV.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from England.Twelve years later she competed at the 1996 Summer Olympi

Is a former freestyle swimmer from England.Twelve years later she competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and qualified for the 800 m freestyle final.

A British singer songwriter, best known as the vocalist in Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album,

A British singer songwriter, best known as the vocalist in Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album, Sing, Memory, was released on 19 February 2007.Whilst working as a backing vocalist for the folk band Balloon, Sarah Nixey was discovered by John Moore (who had been the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain) and Luke Haines (frontman of The Auteurs), who had formed a duo and were looking for a vocalist. The duo convinced Nixey to join them by promising her that she would become famous, and in 1998, Black Box Recorder released their first album, England Made Me to critical acclaim.

A former cricketer who played seven Test matches and eight One-Day Internationals for the England Wo

A former cricketer who played seven Test matches and eight One-Day Internationals for the England Women's team between 1984 and 1987. She currently writes on women's cricket for The Times.[1] She was a left-arm fast bowler and a middle order batsman. She scored 360 runs in Tests at an average of 32.72, and took 8 wickets at 48.00, She scored one Test century, an innings of 102 against India at Worcester in the Third Test in 1986.[2]She is the daughter of the dramatist Dennis Potter.[3] She was her father's secretary, and head of the Whistling Gypsy production company for TV dramas, most of which were written by her father.[4] She wrote a novelization of his TV play Brimstone and Treacle, published by Quartet Books in 1982.

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters Bar club, and turned professional aged fifteen. She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50 m backstroke. She also swam for Barnet Copthall Swimming Club, before ending her career at Loughborough University.

Is a member of the British Liberal Democrats. She contested the Watford constituency at the 2005 and

Is a member of the British Liberal Democrats. She contested the Watford constituency at the 2005 and 2010 General Elections.

Is a British-Greek pop singer of half Greek Cypriot and half Lebanese ancestry. He is well-known in

Is a British-Greek pop singer of half Greek Cypriot and half Lebanese ancestry. He is well-known in Cyprus and Greece for his debut single, Se Pira Sovara, with guest appearance by Irini Merkouri which rose him to fame, and his following albums Paraxeno Synesthima, Sahara and Kati San Esena

Is a British swimmer who competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions, winning eleven medals.

Is a British swimmer who competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions, winning eleven medals.

Was an English animal painter.Apprenticed to the marine painter Samuel Scott of Covent Garden, Sawre

Was an English animal painter.Apprenticed to the marine painter Samuel Scott of Covent Garden, Sawrey came to specialise in painting animals, particularly horses and dogs, which he sometimes added to backgrounds by other artists, including Philip Reinagle, George Barret and J. M. W. Turner. He was patronised by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Gilpin was Director and President of the Society of Artists, and a member of the Royal Academy from 1796.Sawrey Gilpin married Elizabeth Broom; their son William Sawrey Gilpin also became an artist, and in later life a landscape gardener.

Is an English cricketer, who was educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift. He is a left-handed ba

Is an English cricketer, who was educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was selected in 2003/04 to attend the ECB national academy and toured subsequently to India. In May 2005, he m

Is an English footballer currently playing for Charlton Athletic.Wagstaff joined Charlton at the age

Is an English footballer currently playing for Charlton Athletic.Wagstaff joined Charlton at the age of 8 after being spotted at a Charlton Athletic Community course, in January 2008 he was given a two-and-a-half year professional contract by Charlton manager Alan Pardew he then captained Charlton's Under 18s on their run to the FA Youth Cup quarter finals.

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who plays for Durham. He

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who plays for Durham. He was born in Sunderland. Borthwick played in the North East Premier League for Philadelphia during the 2005 campaign, and played sporadic matches for Durham's Second XI in 2006. Borthwick played for Durham Academy in the North East Premier League 2007 and 2008 competitions. He also represented Tynemouth Cricket Club, as their Durham contract player for the 2009 season, with his performances safeguarding them from relegation. Borthwick made his Twenty20 debut for Durham against Lancashire, and despite not batting, he bowled four overs, taking 3-23. In May 2009 Borthwick took two catches while fielding as substitute for England in the second Test against the West Indies at the Riverside Ground.

Is a retired former professional footballer, who most notably played for Reading.Taylor started his

Is a retired former professional footballer, who most notably played for Reading.Taylor started his career as a trainee with Reading, going on to make over 200 first team appearances for the club. While at Reading, he was part of the team that narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the 1994-95 season, losing 4-3 after extra time in the playoff final against Bolton Wanderers.

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for Lewes.Taylor started his professional ca

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for Lewes.Taylor started his professional career at Millwall where he played 28 games before being signed by Bolton for £150,000 in March 1996. Taylor failed to break into the Bolton side and, after loan spells at Rotherham and Blackpool, signed for Tranmere in October 1998 for a fee of £350,000.

Is a pop singer and is most noted for having been a member of the boy band Five. Scott lived in Pits

Is a pop singer and is most noted for having been a member of the boy band Five. Scott lived in Pitsea and has two older sisters, Nicola Jayne Najella Robinson and Hayley Louise Joanna Robinson. Scott attended Chalvedon Comprehensive School in Pitsea, Ess

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Colchester United. His position is as a striker.Ver

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Colchester United. His position is as a striker.Vernon began his career at Oldham where he was most notable for a goal he scored in the FA Cup that put Premiership side Manchester City out in the third round. He was a popular player under Ian Dowie but struggled to find a game with both Brian Talbot, who loaned him to Blackpool, and then Ronnie Moore, who swapped him for Blackpool midfielder Richie Wellens in 2005.