British Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an English football player.Groves played as a forward (either as inside forward or centre forwar

Was an English football player.Groves played as a forward (either as inside forward or centre forward). He started his career at Glossop North End before moving to Woolwich Arsenal as an amateur in August 1912, turning professional in October 1913.

Was an English professional football (soccer) player.Cheesmur's clubs included Charlton Athletic, Gi

Was an English professional football (soccer) player.Cheesmur's clubs included Charlton Athletic, Gillingham and Sheffield United. While playing for Gillingham in a match against Merthyr Town on 26 April 1930, he scored six goals, a club record haul for a single match at a professional level which stands to this day.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for various clubs in the 1900s and 19

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for various clubs in the 1900s and 1910s.He started his career with local sides Fitzhugh Rovers and Bitterne Guild in Southampton often playing in matches on Southampton Common where he was spotted by Joe Turner who recommended him to the Southampton directors as a "fast goal-getter with a deadly shot"

Is an English former footballer who played for Bolton. He also earned two caps for the England natio

Is an English former footballer who played for Bolton. He also earned two caps for the England national team.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for various clubs in the 1920s.Foxall

Was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for various clubs in the 1920s.Foxall was born in Stourbridge, and signed for Aston Villa in 1914, but was prevented from making any first team appearances as a result of the First World War.

Was a English professional footballer who played as a inside-forward. He was Birmingham's top scorer

Was a English professional footballer who played as a inside-forward. He was Birmingham's top scorer in 1908–09, despite only joining the club half way through the season.

Was a British businessman and politician.

Was a British businessman and politician.

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Doncaster Rovers and Gi

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham between 1955 and 1960.

Was an English tennis and table tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. He was the World No

Was an English tennis and table tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. He was the World No. 1 player for five years, four of them consecutive, 1934 to 1938, the first three years as an amateur. He was the last Englishman to win the Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and Australian Open Men's Singles

Was an English cricketer whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known f

Was an English cricketer whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin (though at first he bowled medium pace as well), he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder. Outside cricket, Titmus was also a good footballer, and played professionally for Watford[citation needed], having earlier played as an amateur for Chelsea.

Was a British Labour Party politician and peer.

Was a British Labour Party politician and peer.

Was a former professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednes

Was a former professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers, Southend United & Nuneaton Borough.

Was a British and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which

Was a British and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties poets" which included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and C. Day Lewis; nicknamed 'MacSpaunday' as a group. His body of work was widely appreciated by the public during his lifetime, due in part to his relaxed, but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly (or simplistically) political as some of his contemporaries, his work shows a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his Irish roots.

Was born in Ireland, but played cricket for the England cricket team in 14 Test matches. He also pla

Was born in Ireland, but played cricket for the England cricket team in 14 Test matches. He also played for Essex, Oxford University and London County.

Was a Kent left-arm spinner who was that county's leading bowler in the early years of the County Ch

Was a Kent left-arm spinner who was that county's leading bowler in the early years of the County Championship. Quicker than most bowlers of his type, and without the subtle flight of Johnny Briggs or Bobby Peel's variation of pace, Martin relied more than anything on his amazing accuracy of length. At his peak in the early 1890s, Martin had as much spin as any of his rivals in county cricket, but, from 1892, he lost much of it and was generally only dangerous when the pitches gave him a good deal of assistance — something which became less and less frequent as, in dry weather, they improved rapidly through the 1890s. In his early days, Martin was a very poor batsman, but, by the end of his career, he had developed into a handy lower-order player, especially in an emergency. He hit one score of ninety against Nottinghamshire in 1897.

Was a footballer who played for Hartlepool United and Barnsley.He was a goalkeeper.Fred Mearns joine

Was a footballer who played for Hartlepool United and Barnsley.He was a goalkeeper.Fred Mearns joined Hartlepool United in 1908 for their inaugaral season in the North Eastern League where they came fourth. In the summer of 1909 he joined Barnsley.

Was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished fourth

Was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he finished fourth with the British team in the Olympic tournament.

Was an English football player and manager.Pagnam was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and star

Was an English football player and manager.Pagnam was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and started at Blackpool Wednesday before having spells at Huddersfield Town (though he never played for the club) and Southport Central. He joined Blackpool in 1913 and after a season there moved to Liverpool in 1914.

Was an English professional footballer, who was one of three members of the same family who started

Was an English professional footballer, who was one of three members of the same family who started his professional career with Derby County before joining Nottingham Forest and going on to play for England, for whom he made three appearances (scoring three goals).

Better known as Fred Buck, was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward and centre-half

Better known as Fred Buck, was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward and centre-half.Buck was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He joined Stafford Wesleyans in August 1895, moving on to Stafford Rangers in July 1897.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1951 to 1952.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1951 to 1952.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.Roberts was born in Greets Green, Wes

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.Roberts was born in Greets Green, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He signed for Birmingham in 1933, and in his first season, 1933–34, was the club's top scorer, though with only eight goals in a struggling side.

Was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town for 16 years and played 25 games for

Was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town for 16 years and played 25 games for England, 12 as captain. In 1945, he became manager of Mansfield Town.

(Field Marshal Lord Cavan) was brought back from retirement at 48 in 1914 and rose to become one of

(Field Marshal Lord Cavan) was brought back from retirement at 48 in 1914 and rose to become one of the British Army's more successful commanders during the First World War.

Was an English football goalkeeper.He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he playe

Was an English football goalkeeper.He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he played over 100 Football League matches) and Brentford during the 1920s and 1930s,and also gained one cap for England.