British Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is an award-winning English actor best known for his television work, roles in Citizen Smith, My Fam

Is an award-winning English actor best known for his television work, roles in Citizen Smith, My Family and Hornblower.

Is a Welsh born former England international footballer who made his name whilst he was with Liverpo

Is a Welsh born former England international footballer who made his name whilst he was with Liverpool.The right-back settled quickly, quietly going about his defensive duties until being spotted during the 1991/92 season , accidentally, by Liverpool manager Graeme Souness who was at Gresty Road looking at a different player. Jones' performance was so good that it prompted Souness to act straight away, he put in an offer of £300,000 which was accepted, so on the 4th October 1991, a month before his 20th birthday, he became a Liverpool player.

Is a retired English football player.Lee came through the academy of Charlton Athletic and establish

Is a retired English football player.Lee came through the academy of Charlton Athletic and established himself in the first team by the 1984–85 season. He rapidly became the Addicks' star player playing as a winger and helping Charlton to promotion to the First Division at the end of the 1985–86 season.

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. After starting his career at Dumbarton, he later

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. After starting his career at Dumbarton, he later moved to the English club Burnley where he made three appearances. In 1921, he moved to First Division side Stoke City where he made 511 appearances as a full-back. He later became a football manager, following his retirement from playing. McGrory spent 17 years at Stoke City as manager, before leaving in 1952.

Better known as Bobby McNeal, was an English footballer who played as a left-half.McNeal was born in

Better known as Bobby McNeal, was an English footballer who played as a left-half.McNeal was born in Hobson, County Durham. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in June 1910 and in his first full season (1910–11) helped the club win the Second Division title.

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Portsmouth and Gillingh

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Portsmouth and Gillingham between 1960 and 1967 before moving to South Africa.

Is a retired English footballer who played professionally for Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers,

Is a retired English footballer who played professionally for Norwich City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City and Nottingham Forest before playing and coaching in the United States.

Is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament

Is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Castle Point in Essex, and was first elected in 1992. He lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001. He was deselected as a Conservative candidate in March 2008, and in April 2008 he defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party, becoming that party's first and currently only MP.[1

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British

Was a British water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British team which finished eighth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches.

Is an Independent politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West

Is an Independent politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby. Until November 2007 he was a Labour Member, but resigned the party whip following his deselection.

Was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image

Was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough-guy" roles. His films include Oliver!, The Trap, Women in Love, Hannibal Brooks, The Triple Echo, Sitting Target, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Crossed Swords, Castaway and Gladiator.

Was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter.Bolt was known for dramatic work

Was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter.Bolt was known for dramatic works that placed their protagonists in tension with the prevailing society. He won great renown for A Man for All Seasons, his first iteration of this theme, but he developed it in his existential script for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). In Lawrence, he succeeded where several before him had failed, at turning T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom into a cogent screenplay by turning the entire book on its head and making it a search for the identity of its author. Lawrence, by Bolt, is presented as a misfit both in English and Arab society.

Better known as Bob Pailor, was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Pailor was born

Better known as Bob Pailor, was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.Pailor was born in Stockton-on-Tees. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in October 1908, making his debut in January 1909 in a Division Two match against Bradford Park Avenue.

An English actor, model and musician, known for playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goble

An English actor, model and musician, known for playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He has been cast as Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight, a novel by Stephenie Meyer.Pattinson was born in London, England. He became involved in amateur theatre through the Barnes Theatre Company. After some backstage experience there, he took on acting roles. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and began looking for professional roles.Since then he has performed in an amateur version of Macbeth at the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre (also in West London), as well as trying his hand at modelling, for which he was sometimes credited as Robert Thomas-Pattinson.[1]

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as a goalkeeper. He ha

Is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as a goalkeeper. He has made one appearance for England.

Is a well-known English television and film actor, probably most famous for his title role in Jesus

Is a well-known English television and film actor, probably most famous for his title role in Jesus of Nazareth and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. His distinctive voice has become well known in advertisements and documentaries

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a tight back for Wycombe Wanderers.Rice joined Wycom

Is an English footballer who currently plays as a tight back for Wycombe Wanderers.Rice joined Wycombe as a trainee after being released by Fulham. He made his first appearance for Wycombe in a 1–0 defeat to Notts County at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Is a retired English footballer who played striker for Hull City, SC Cambuur, FC Wageningen, Willem

Is a retired English footballer who played striker for Hull City, SC Cambuur, FC Wageningen, Willem II Tilburg, FC Groningen, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Racing Jet de Bruxelles, Ikast FS, Newcastle United, Besiktas J.K. and BV Veendam.

Was a professional footballer who played for Sunderland, Manchester City and Stockport County.Marsha

Was a professional footballer who played for Sunderland, Manchester City and Stockport County.Marshall started his career with local team Hucknall Olympic. In 1920 he transferred to Sunderland of the First Division, the highest level of English football.

Is an English football defender who currently plays for Halifax Town.

Is an English football defender who currently plays for Halifax Town.

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. The midfielder made his first tea

Is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. The midfielder made his first team debut for Bolton in the 3rd Round of the 2005/06 FA Cup competition, against Watford at Vicarage Road, coming on as a substitute for Bruno N'Gotty, and is set for a promising career at the Reebok.

He was an actor who later worked at The Sunday Times circulation department for more than 20 years,

He was an actor who later worked at The Sunday Times circulation department for more than 20 years, becoming distribution manager; but is best known for his work as a writer for television.In the early 1970s he made a significant contribution to the science fiction programme Doctor Who on the BBC. Together with then producer Barry Letts, he wrote four stories for the Jon Pertwee era on the programme: The Daemons (credited as Guy Leopold); The Time Monster; The Green Death; and Planet of the Spiders, which was Pertwee's swan song. The first of these is often one of the most well-regarded in the programme's history; while the others contained strong moral messages, especially the focus on pollution and globalisation inherent in The Green Death. When The Green Death was released on DVD in 2004, Sloman contributed a feature on the writing of the story

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Aldershot, Gillingham,

Is an English former professional association football player. He played for Aldershot, Gillingham, Colchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Leyton Orient between 1990 and 1999.

Is a retired English footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue, Gainsborough Trinity, Bradford

Is a retired English footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue, Gainsborough Trinity, Bradford City, Preston and Rotherham. He also managed Gainsborough, Matlock and Guiseley.

Steadman was born in Chiswick, London and brought up in Basingstoke, Hampshire. He was a pupil at Ri

Steadman was born in Chiswick, London and brought up in Basingstoke, Hampshire. He was a pupil at Richard Aldworth School, before studying on the Pre-Professional Music Course at Cricklade College, Andover. In 1984 he gained an Associate of the Royal Coll