British Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Walsall in the English Football League 1. Ibe

Is a football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Walsall in the English Football League 1. Ibehre signed for Orient in March 2000, having previously been a trainee at the club. Ibehre has since made over 100 appearances for the club, making his 99th start on February 11, 2006. Ibehre scored 30 goals whilst with the club. On the 6 May 2008 he was released by Leyton Orient F.C.

Was an English football player.He played for his home town club Newcastle United between 1931 and 19

Was an English football player.He played for his home town club Newcastle United between 1931 and 1934. He played up front as a striker and managed to score 41 goals in 90 appearances for Newcastle. Perhaps the most important of those goals were scored in the 1932 FA Cup Final, in which Newcastle beat Arsenal 2–1 with both goals coming from Allen.

Is a footballer who plays as centre back and captain for the New Zealand national under-20 football

Is a footballer who plays as centre back and captain for the New Zealand national under-20 football team and who is currently a free agent.

Was a footballer who played Centre Forward, for Liverpool Football Club.Balmer played for Collegiate

Was a footballer who played Centre Forward, for Liverpool Football Club.Balmer played for Collegiate Old Boys and Everton, where he was an amateur, before he was signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson who gave him his first professional contract on the 23 August 1935, the 19 year old made his debut on the 21 September 1935 at Elland Road against Leeds in a 1st Division match, however, it wasn't a day to remember as the Reds lost 1-0, his first goal came on the 7 December the same year in a league game at Anfield, the 81st minute strike turned out to be the winner in a 2-1 victory over Preston.

Was an English professional footballer.Bentley, born in Liverpool, played outside right and started

Was an English professional footballer.Bentley, born in Liverpool, played outside right and started his career at Everton making only one league appearance in the 1960/61 season. He moved to Stockport County for the 61/62 season and made 49 appearances over the next two years, scoring 5 goals. In 1963 he moved to Telford United (known at the time as Wellington Town F.C.), where he enjoyed an immensely successful 14 years, scoring 431 goals in 835 appearances.

Birkenshaw played a single County Championship match for Yorkshire at the age of 17 in 1958, taking

Birkenshaw played a single County Championship match for Yorkshire at the age of 17 in 1958, taking the wicket of Jim Parks in both innings, but did not make another first-class appearance until 1959. That year he took 40 wickets at an average of 27.39, and also played for Minor Counties against the touring Indians; he made a second and final Minor Counties appearance against the South Africans the following year. In all he played 30 games for Yorkshire, but failed to win his county cap, and in 1961 he went to Leicestershire in search of better things.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Charlton Athletic.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Charlton Athletic.

Was an English association football goalkeeper. He played professionally for Gillingham, making over

Was an English association football goalkeeper. He played professionally for Gillingham, making over 50 appearances,[1] and was in goal for the club's first ever match in the Football League in 1920.

Is an Academy Award-winning English cinematographer, director and photographer.His career spans the

Is an Academy Award-winning English cinematographer, director and photographer.His career spans the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor (and, less successfully, Smell-o-vision), to filmmaking in the 21st century. He is best known for his influential cinematography for directors such as Powell, Huston and Hitchcock.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Everton.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Everton.

Was a British film director who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen.His last featur

Was a British film director who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen.His last feature film, the British-made The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987), featured a superb performance by Maggie Smith as a spinster who struggles with the emptiness of her life; it won Clayton critical plaudits for the first time in many years. He reteamed with Smith in 1992 for a television film Memento Mori, based on the novel by Muriel Spark, for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.

Was a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Huddersfield Town & Bristol City b

Was a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Huddersfield Town & Bristol City before becoming a coach at Everton.

Was one of the best all-rounders of the 1900s, although he habitually played in spectacles.

Was one of the best all-rounders of the 1900s, although he habitually played in spectacles.

Was an English football player. He was a goalkeeper for Manchester United in 1944-1956. He helped Un

Was an English football player. He was a goalkeeper for Manchester United in 1944-1956. He helped United win the 1948 FA Cup and 1952 league championship. Crompton retired in 1956, but remained as goalkeeping coach for many years afterwards and in May 1981 was interim manager between the dismissal of Dave Sexton and the appointment of Ron Atkinson.

Is an English footballer, currently playing as a defender for Swindon Town.Smith began his career as

Is an English footballer, currently playing as a defender for Swindon Town.Smith began his career as a trainee at Watford, where his father had been head of the academy, and went on to make 25 first team league appearances for the Hornets. His older brother Tommy, had also graduated from the club's youth system a few years earlier.

Was a footballer who played centre forward for Bradford City.Deakin came to Bradford City from Altof

Was a footballer who played centre forward for Bradford City.Deakin came to Bradford City from Altofts WRC in October 1936, scoring on his debut in a 2–2 draw with Aston Villa. He played in just three more league that season scoring one more goal as the club was relegated from Division Two. But for each of the following two seasons he was the club's top goal-scorer.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Bury.Dorney started his career with Bury in 2007 and

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Bury.Dorney started his career with Bury in 2007 and made his first-team debut in a 3–1 defeat against Chesterfield on 7 September 2007.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half or inside forward for Birmingham, S

Was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half or inside forward for Birmingham, Swansea Town and Bury in the Football League.

Was an English footballer who played at left-back. He was born in Fenton, Staffordshire. He joined W

Was an English footballer who played at left-back. He was born in Fenton, Staffordshire. He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in May 1929, but only made six appearances for the club. He then joined Bolton Wanderers in 1932, but did not make much of an impact as he had several injuries.

Was a British actor who specialised in supporting roles, mainly in TV comedy.Haig was born and died

Was a British actor who specialised in supporting roles, mainly in TV comedy.Haig was born and died in London. He was seen in a long list of British TV favourites: Hugh and I, Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, Terry and June and others. He was in Crossroads soap opera in the 1960s and a couple of cinema films. He achieved his greatest success as Monsieur LeClerc in BBC's 'Allo 'Allo!, a role he played until his death. His last appearance was in episode 26 at the end of series 5, where he appeared as a Flamenco dancer with an Enigma code machine hidden is his accordion.

Is an English former football (soccer) player. He made over 250 Football League appearances for Manc

Is an English former football (soccer) player. He made over 250 Football League appearances for Manchester City, Gillingham and Southport in an eleven-year professional career.

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C between 1950 and 1959 whom he joined from

Was an English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C between 1950 and 1959 whom he joined from Everton, following a short spell as a renegade transfer to a Columbian club. A key player in the days when Sunderland was known as the "Bank of England Club" Hedley played right-back alongside the football transfer record breaking Trevor Ford and Len Shackleton.

A professional English football player, currently playing for Leicester City on a season long loan f

A professional English football player, currently playing for Leicester City on a season long loan from Liverpool. He plays as a defender (football) or defensive midfielder.From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Moulton Harrox from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Moulton Harrox a few years later when he joined Lincoln City. Whilst at Lincoln City he was allowed to play for Spalding Athletic for one season at under 13.Hobbs quickly made an impression in the youth set-up and, at the age of 14, scored his first goal in his fourth appearance for the Lincoln City U19 side in a 1-1 draw with Bradford City U19 on 22 March 2003.[1] In March 2004 he was offered and accepted a three-year scholarship with the Imps, commencing at the start of the 2004-2005 season.[2] His progress continued to be rapid and

Was a former professional footballer who gained 3 caps for England in the late 1940s.

Was a former professional footballer who gained 3 caps for England in the late 1940s.

Is an English professional footballer for West Ham United.Jeffery was born on 13 September 1989 in G

Is an English professional footballer for West Ham United.Jeffery was born on 13 September 1989 in Gravesend, Kent and joined West Ham United in 2004, where he is known as "JJ" by his team mates.