English Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset. He s

Was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset. He studied theology at the University of Durham, and became a vicar in 1858, succeeding his father at Bloxworth in 1868. In 1857 he presented the Pickard-Cambridge Challenge Cup to University College BC,University of Durham for a skiff race; it was re-presented in 1895 for college second trial fours.His main interest was in spiders, though he wrote also on birds and lepidoptera (butterflys and moths). This passion for arachnids was probably fostered in 1854 in which year he both accompanied the entomologist Frederick Bond on a visit to the New Forest in Hampshire and was introduced to the writings of the arachnologist John Blackwall

Was an English cricketer. Longcroft was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicketkeeper. Longcro

Was an English cricketer. Longcroft was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicketkeeper. Longcroft made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1869. Longcroft made his second and final first-class appearance for Ham

Is a US-based British professional boxer of Nigerian heritage. He is a contender in the cruiserweigh

Is a US-based British professional boxer of Nigerian heritage. He is a contender in the cruiserweight division, listed as #9 in the Ring Magazine [1] as of March 2009 and holds a "interim World Boxing Organization title".

Was a British zoologist.Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,0

Was a British zoologist.Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and sub-species for the first time. He was appointed to the Museum Secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the Zoological Department in

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 and 19

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was an English freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an English freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. Cox has been associated with Wo

Is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. Cox has been associated with Worcestershire for some years, having played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, although not originally as a wicket-keeper. He captained the Under-17 side against Somerset U-17s in July 2009, scoring exactly 100.

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1844 to 1848. A right-handed ba

Was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1844 to 1848. A right-handed batsman who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 39 known appearances in first-class matches.

Was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a

Was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was one of the commanders of the New Model Army which defeated the royalists in the English Civil War. After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England, conquered Ireland and Scotland, and ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658.

Was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He was the son of Edward Wesley Janson and

Was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He was the son of Edward Wesley Janson and took over the family natural history and publishing business. Janson's early years were spent at Fortis Green, and he collected beetles there and at Finchley, Hampstead and Highgate. In 1906 he made an expedition to Iceland adding to the collections of the National Museum of Iceland During the First World War he made three trips to Ireland, particularly Co Kerry.

Is a former child actor, mostly known for his part as Ewan in the 2005 film The Adventures of Greyfr

Is a former child actor, mostly known for his part as Ewan in the 2005 film The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (USA: Greyfriars Bobby). He has now switched his focus to tennis, and was the youngest ever junior British number one. He is a Youth Olympic Gam

Was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numb

Was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations (later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of mathematics and science for years to come.

He played as a forward for Aston Villa before the Football League was formed between 1880 and 1888.

He played as a forward for Aston Villa before the Football League was formed between 1880 and 1888. He was part of Villa's first FA Cup final victory in 1887. He played in 26 FA Cup matches, scoring 15 goals.

Is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. Newby is a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the a

Is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. Newby is a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the ability to extract bounce from a cricket surface. He is a product of the Lancashire Academy and made his first-class debut for the county in the 2003 season

Is an English rugby union player who plays at fly-half or centre for Bath and England. Uniquely, Bar

Is an English rugby union player who plays at fly-half or centre for Bath and England. Uniquely, Barkley played for his country before making his full senior club début.Barkley was spotted by Andy Robinson and Brian Ashton while playing for Colston's in 1

Is an English professional golfer.After playing collegiately at Augusta State University, Wilson tur

Is an English professional golfer.After playing collegiately at Augusta State University, Wilson turned professional in 2003 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2004.

Is a German-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler wh

Is a German-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler who currently plays for Sussex. Rayner has represented the Sussex first-team since 2006, having been an occasional part of the Second XI team since his debut

Is an English cricketer. Ollie Hutton has represented Middlesex 2nd XI, Richmond Cricket Club and th

Is an English cricketer. Ollie Hutton has represented Middlesex 2nd XI, Richmond Cricket Club and the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who current

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for Derbyshire. Saffell made his Second XI debut against Yorkshire in June 2005, bowling 10 overs for 41 runs. Saffell's first-class debut took pl

A British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate,[1] credited with the invention of gel electro

A British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate,[1] credited with the invention of gel electrophoresis in 1950, and the simultaneous discovery, with Mario Capecchi, of the technique of homologous recombination of transgenic DNA with genomic DNA, a much more reliable method of altering animal genomes than previously used, and the technique behind gene targeting and knockout mice.From 1953 to 1960, Smithies worked in the Connaught Medical Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Canada, due to visa problems,[2] before he could return to his originally planned post as Assistant, Associate and Leon J. Cole and Hilldale Professor of Genetics and Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked from 1960 to 1988.[2

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He was bo

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He was born in Harrow. He made his first appearance for the team against Middesex in 2003, scoring 99 in his first innings, which would remain his first-class best for the entirety of his career. He made two further first-class appearances during 2003, and two appearances for Middlesex Second XI at the end of the University year. Anwar continued to appear for Oxford University throughout 2004 and 2005, playing for Stanmore in the Cockspur Cup for the first time in 2005. Anwar moved to Stanmore on a permanent basis in 2006 - and still makes occasional appearances for the team as of 2008.

Was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. Spencer-Smith

Was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. Spencer-Smith made his first-class debut in 1866 for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England, making 71 on debut.

Was an English naturalist.Salvin is best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americanum (1879-1

Was an English naturalist.Salvin is best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americanum (1879-1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyclopedia on the natural history of Central America.

Was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. He was one of the few people who readily climbed with A

Was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. He was one of the few people who readily climbed with Aleister Crowley, with whom he made an early expedition to K2. Crowley, in his Confessions, praises Eckenstein in several passages, mentioning his gymnastic