English Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2

Is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000.

Is an English female international football goalkeeper, currently playing her club football for Chel

Is an English female international football goalkeeper, currently playing her club football for Chelsea Ladies and internationally for England. Chamberlain progressed through the Youth ranks with England before making her senior debut against the Netherlands in September 2004.

Was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituen

Was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950.

Was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England who had a passion for amateur single-handed sailin

Was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England who had a passion for amateur single-handed sailing, for which he was ultimately knighted. Rose then modified the boat, including the addition of a mizzenmast, to sail single-handed around the world. He at

Was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Octobe

Was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964 (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home). He is the last member of the House of Lords to be appointed Prime Minister and the only Prime Minister t

Was an English colliery owner and manufacturer. He was an all-round cricketer who played for Derbysh

Was an English colliery owner and manufacturer. He was an all-round cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1920 to 1927. Jackson started his Derbyshire cricket career in 1920, making his debut for Derbyshire against Nottinghamshire, and playing one furt

Was a cavalry officer of the British Army, amateur sportsman, and later Governor of Malta. Post-war,

Was a cavalry officer of the British Army, amateur sportsman, and later Governor of Malta. Post-war, he was knighted in 1919, and went on to hold further command and administrative positions in the army. He was General Officer Commanding (GOC) Baluchistan

Edward Chandos Leigh’s cricketing career and first class stats might be considered average but he

Edward Chandos Leigh’s cricketing career and first class stats might be considered average but he was a popular choice as President of the MCC in its first centenary year in 1887 and the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria. At Oxford in 1852 he obtained

Was Mayor of Dover, Kent, England, from 1913 to 1919. Farley went to sea when he was twelve years ol

Was Mayor of Dover, Kent, England, from 1913 to 1919. Farley went to sea when he was twelve years old and sailed to India and China many times. He served on Dover Town Council for 27 years. For his services to Dover during the First World War he was appoi

Was a former British male tennis player. Lowe's best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1

Was a former British male tennis player. Lowe's best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1915. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor) in 1920. His father, Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet, w

Was an English astronomer primarily remembered today for his contribution to the theory of stellar n

Was an English astronomer primarily remembered today for his contribution to the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and his often controversial stance on other cosmological and scientific matters, in particular his rejection of the Big Bang hypothesis.near Bradford, where his father, George Hoyle, worked in the wool trade. His mother, Mabel Pickard, had studied music at the Royal College of Music in London. Hoyle was educated at Bingley Grammar School and read mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In addition to his work as an astronomer, Hoyle was a writer of science fiction, including a number of books co-authored with his son Geoffrey Hoyle. Hoyle spent most of his working life at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge and served as its director for a number of years. He died in Bournemouth, England, after a series of strokes.

Was a cricket administrator, who in 1929 became the second man ever to be knighted for cricket-relat

Was a cricket administrator, who in 1929 became the second man ever to be knighted for cricket-related activities. Unusually for a man who achieved such eminence in the game, he never played cricket at first-class level. He was Secretary of Leicestershire

Was a British businessman and fencer, as well as a descendant of George Burt and John Mowlem. Born i

Was a British businessman and fencer, as well as a descendant of George Burt and John Mowlem. Born in Westminster, he was educated at Clifton College, where he first took up fencing. He later competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1920 Sum

Was an English jockey, and is usually considered the world's greatest ever jockey.[citation needed]

Was an English jockey, and is usually considered the world's greatest ever jockey.[citation needed] He remains the only jockey to have been knighted.Gordon Richards was raised in the Shropshire village of Donnington Wood (now part of Telford). His father

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey as well as England. He was the

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey as well as England. He was the seventh son of Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower. He captained England in all three of the Test matches he played, winning one and losing two against

Was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and

Was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and one of the most influential men[5] in human history. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is considered to be the most influential book in the history of science. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries and is the basis for modern engineering. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation,

Was an English cricketer. Barker-Mill was the only Baronet of the Barker-Mill Baronets, a title he h

Was an English cricketer. Barker-Mill was the only Baronet of the Barker-Mill Baronets, a title he held from 16 March 1836 until his death. Barker-Mill made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club

Was a British soldier, and Olympic sailor. Laycock was the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1906.

Was a British soldier, and Olympic sailor. Laycock was the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1906. He was the first colonel of the Nottinghamshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery when it was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force. He funded th

Was an English cricketer, rower, judge and Liberal politician.

Was an English cricketer, rower, judge and Liberal politician.

Was an English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator, born in London, Engl

Was an English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator, born in London, England. He was the son of Henry Russell, noted composer of popular songs.He studied at the Royal College of Music, 1884-1890. He then worked at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and became conductor of Augustus Harris's touring company. In 1894, he toured the USA as accompanist for Nellie Melba. From 1900 he worked for the recording company The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd, predecessor of His Master's Voice (HMV), initially as pianist; he accompanied early recordings by distinguished singers such as Charles Santley and Adelina Patti. From 1908 he was principal conductor of the New Symphony Orchestra (known as the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra between about 1915 and 1928), with which he began to make records in 1909. He also worked with the Scottish Orchestra (afterwards the Royal Scottish National Orchestra) and in Birmingham, where (according to the local critic Sydney Grew) he was distinguished by his imaginative programme-building.

Was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and

Was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called Blue Bird. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding

Is an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20t

Is an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20th century.

An English biologist and science writer. Bateson is emeritus professor of ethology at Cambridge Univ

An English biologist and science writer. Bateson is emeritus professor of ethology at Cambridge University and president of the Zoological Society of London since 2004.Bateson's grandfather's cousin was the geneticist William Bateson. Patrick Bateson received his BA in zoology and Ph.D in animal behaviour from Cambridge University. Previous academic positions include a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford University[1] and ten years as head of the Cambridge sub-department of Animal Behaviour. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1983. He retired as the biological secretary to the Royal Society and Provost of King's College, Cambridge in 2003, but continues in his other roles. He was made a knight bachelor in 2003.

Featured in English politics at the end of the 18th century but he was best known for his involvemen

Featured in English politics at the end of the 18th century but he was best known for his involvement in cricket, particularly his part in the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787. Burrell has been called the third most influential member of the

Was an English cricketer and the 643rd Lord Mayor of London. Sir Peter Studd was the Lord Mayor of t

Was an English cricketer and the 643rd Lord Mayor of London. Sir Peter Studd was the Lord Mayor of the City of London between 1979–1980 and an executive of De La Rue, the banknote printing company; as a young man he was an outstanding cricketer, captainin