English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born in Eastbourne and died in Sandhurst. Mewet

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born in Eastbourne and died in Sandhurst. Mewett made a single first-class appearance, during the 1860 season, against England. With Kent fielding 16 players against England's 11, Kent were victorious b

Was a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, h

Was a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event.

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He was educated at Wa

Is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He was educated at Warminster School in Wiltshire, where he was a student from 2001-2007 before leaving to pursue a career as a professional cricketer. He is a right-handed mid

Is an English cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He is an all-rounder who bats right-

Is an English cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls off spin. Middlebrook made his first class debut in 1998, and in 2005 he plied his trade with Essex, taking 32 first class wickets and 20

Is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Northumberland in List A and M

Is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Northumberland in List A and Minor Counties cricket. He was born in North Shields. Miller started his career at the age of 18, playing for Benwell Hill in the Northumberland County Leag

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901. Oldknow made his fir

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901. Oldknow made his first class debut for Derbyshire in May 1901, in a game against Yorkshire, when he took 3 wickets for 123 in the first innings.

Is an English footballer, who currently plays for Everton F.C. He plays as a striker and represents

Is an English footballer, who currently plays for Everton F.C. He plays as a striker and represents England at Under-21 level. He is also the Premiership’s youngest goalscorer.

Was an English heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super

Was an English heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the British heavyweight champion from 1994 to 1996.

Was an English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for h

Was an English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be named Parkinson's d

Is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represe

Is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul and England at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games, picking up silver at the 1990 games.

Was the Sixth Officer of the RMS Titanic and the only junior officer of the ship to die in the disas

Was the Sixth Officer of the RMS Titanic and the only junior officer of the ship to die in the disaster. Along with the other junior officers, Moody received a telegram early in 1912 ordering him to report to White Star's Liverpool offices on 26 March. Fr

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1818 to 1822. Mainly assoc

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1818 to 1822. Mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 8 known appearances in first-class matches.

Was an English physicist and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat,

Was an English physicist and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work (see energy). This led to the theory of conservation of energy, which led to the development of the first law of thermodynamics. The SI derived unit of energy, the joule, is named after him. He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop the absolute scale of temperature, made observations on magnetostriction, and found the relationship between the current through a resistance and the heat dissipated, now called Joule's law.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Pyemont pla

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Pyemont played for Derbyshire and Sussex, as well as Cambridge UCCE and Cambridge University during a five-year top-level career.

Is a former English cricketer. Woodward was a right-handed batsman. Woodward made his List-A debut f

Is a former English cricketer. Woodward was a right-handed batsman. Woodward made his List-A debut for Huntingdonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against a Hampshire Cricket Board side.

Played first-class cricket for Somerset as a fast-medium bowler between 1948 and 1953. Redman was a

Played first-class cricket for Somerset as a fast-medium bowler between 1948 and 1953. Redman was a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm seam bowler, "only a little above medium pace". In 1951, he played in all but the first of Somerset's Coun

Was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.Rennell entered the navy as a mid

Was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.Rennell entered the navy as a midshipman in 1756 at the age of fourteen, and was present at the attack on Cherbourg (1758), and the disastrous action of St Cast in the same year. In 1760 he went out to the East Indian station, and served in the Grafton under Captain Hyde Parker (1714-1782) during the three following years, when he saw some active service, including a cutting-out expedition at Pondicherry. He soon mastered the theory and practice of marine surveying, and, on account of his proficiency in this regard, Parker lent his services to the East India Company. He served for a year on board one of the company's ships bound to the Philippines,

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Reynolds

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Reynolds' debut came in 1890, the inaugural County Championship season, in an innings victory for Kent. Reynolds' next cricketing appearance came in a Gentlemen v

Was an English photographer and gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, the Cr

Was an English photographer and gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, the Crimea and possibly India. He was one of the first war photographers.

Was an English first-class cricketer and Conservative politician. He played cricket for Oxford Unive

Was an English first-class cricketer and Conservative politician. He played cricket for Oxford University in 1864, and for MCC from 1865 to 1869. He played 34 innings in 22 first class matches with a highest score of 142 and an average of 16.85. Round pl

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm fast bowler who played two first-clas

Was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm fast bowler who played two first-class games for Worcestershire in midsummer 1922.

Is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain. He trained with the City

Is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain. He trained with the City of Edinburgh Swimming Club, Scotland.

Was a British painter specializing in portraits, and a member of the Royal Academy.Sant lived to the

Was a British painter specializing in portraits, and a member of the Royal Academy.Sant lived to the age of 96 and produced an astonishing number of canvases for exhibition at the Academy, some 250 of them, from 1840 through 1904. He was elected to the RA in 1870, and in 1872 Sant was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary (official portraitist) to Queen Victoria and the royal family. Sant resigned from the RA in 1914 to "make room for younger men." His work can be found at the Tate Gallery.

Was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was a noted left-handed batsman and an occasional w

Was an English cricketer in the 19th century. He was a noted left-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. According to Scores and Biographies, he was a "showy" batsman whose favourite shot was the square cut: S&B says that Saunders was "renowned"

Was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. Bowerbank was born in Bishopsgate, London, and succeed

Was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. Bowerbank was born in Bishopsgate, London, and succeeded in conjunction with his brother to his father's distillery, in which he was actively engaged until 1847.