English Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. A determined batsman, with a

Is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred one day international appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's Wo

An English singer and entertainer from Liverpool, whose career in show business spanned the mid-1960

An English singer and entertainer from Liverpool, whose career in show business spanned the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Her recordings experienced a revival in the 1990s-2000s among devotees of English girl-group pop. She won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1971.Jean Owen started her career in 1961 as part of popular English vocal group The Vernons Girls. During her time with the group, the line-up went from sixteen members to just three girls. The Vernons Girls released several successful 45s, including "Lover Please", "Only You Can Do It," (also released by Françoise Hardy) and one of the first Beatles tribute songs, "We Love The Beatles". They also opened for The Beatles several times and appeared with them in a TV special, "Around The World With The Beatles"

Became known on British television in the mid-1960s as the “disc girl” on the BBC’s Top of the

Became known on British television in the mid-1960s as the “disc girl” on the BBC’s Top of the Pops. In 1968 she married Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Their daughter is the actress Ami Dolenz.Top of The Pops was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, conceived and produced by Johnnie Stewart (1917-2005). It was first broadcast from a converted church in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and lasted until 2006. Samantha Juste was assistant to Cecil Korer, the programme's assistant producer.

Is an English cricketer of Indian descent. He plays first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County C

Is an English cricketer of Indian descent. He plays first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He made his One Day International debut for England in August 2008. Patel represented England at under 15, under-17 and under-19 levels. He he

Was an English cricketer. Tubb was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast roundarm. Tubb m

Was an English cricketer. Tubb was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast roundarm. Tubb made his first-class debut in 1864 for Hampshire against local rivals Sussex. The match was Hampshire's first match with first-class status. Tubb played in

Was an English rugby union full-back who played international rugby for England and club rugby for M

Was an English rugby union full-back who played international rugby for England and club rugby for Moseley. He was a Wolverhampton school teacher by profession. Doble won only three caps for his country, but he was one of the game's most popular character

Was an English sculptor, artist, teacher, singer, wrestler and olympic bronze medalist.

Was an English sculptor, artist, teacher, singer, wrestler and olympic bronze medalist.

Was a famous English professional cricketer who played for Nottingham Cricket Club and Nottinghamshi

Was a famous English professional cricketer who played for Nottingham Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire CCC from the 1830 to the 1846 season. Redgate was an outstanding rightarm fast bowler using the roundarm style. He batted right-handed and sometimes pla

Was Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1841 to 1842 with William Henry Dra

Was Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1841 to 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Draper was a member of the Family Compact and Harrison was a moderate Reformer, the predecessor of the Liberal Party of Canada.In 1

Was an English professional cricketer. He was mainly associated with Surrey and he made 21 known app

Was an English professional cricketer. He was mainly associated with Surrey and he made 21 known appearances in first-class matches from 1804 to 1825 .

Is an English rugby union footballer who plays utility back (though his preferred position is full b

Is an English rugby union footballer who plays utility back (though his preferred position is full back) for Leicester Tigers. Vesty is an all-round sportsman, having played as a wicket-keeper/batsman for Leicestershire C.C.C.'s 2nd XI before having to gi

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for Leicestershire. Coe made a total of 448 appearances for his home county over a 27-year period, he also twice played for London County, once for the Players against Gentlemen in 1908 and once for an England XI against the touring Australians of 1909. Coe scored a total of 17,438 first-class runs at an average of 24.69 and passed 1,000 for a season seven times , his best seasonal total was 1,258 in 1914 which included his best innings of 252 not out against Nottinghamshire in four hours. This score was Coe's only double century and remained the county's highest score until beaten by Phil Simmons in 1994. Coe's bowling returned 335 wickets at 32.20, with a best of 6/38 against London County in 1903. He passed 50 wickets in a season once, when in 1905 he claimed 52 at 22.38.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who playe

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Lancashire. He was born in Withington and died in Rusholme, Manchester. Corlett's first-class debut, against Kent in 1871, saw him score 4 and 2 from his two innings. Corlett's second and final first-class appearance came four years later, against Derbyshire, though in an innings victory, he failed to score a run.

More commonly known as Preston, was the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an English pop band.Samuel

More commonly known as Preston, was the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an English pop band.Samuel Preston was born in Worthing, West Sussex. He was educated at Sompting Abbotts School and Bishop Luffa School. He is son to Anthony and Miranda Preston, a

Was a professional boxing pioneer. Dutch Sam is known as "the discoverer of the right hand uppercut.

Was a professional boxing pioneer. Dutch Sam is known as "the discoverer of the right hand uppercut. In his day it was called an undercut. Dutch Sam created havoc with the new blow until a new way was found to block it."

Was an English cricketer. In the University Match of 1871 he took all ten Cambridge University wicke

Was an English cricketer. In the University Match of 1871 he took all ten Cambridge University wickets in their first innings, the only time this has been achieved in the fixture, and (as of March 2009) the only time an Oxford bowler has taken ten wickets in any first-class innings. He took 106 wickets in his career at an average of 14.33, ten times taking five wickets or more in an innings and three times ten or more in a match. He was a negligible batsman, managing 256 runs at an average of 9.14, with a highest score of only 31.

Is a former Football player for Manchester City and England. He signed for the Manchester team along

Is a former Football player for Manchester City and England. He signed for the Manchester team along with Eric Brook from Barnsley F.C. and was part of the great City team that won both the FA Cup and the League Championship (Division 1) in the 1930s.

Is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party who is an MLA for Upper B

Is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party who is an MLA for Upper Bann.Gardiner was elected to Lurgan Borough Council (now Craigavon Borough Council) in 1963 and held office of Mayor in that borough in 1968. He was Mayor o

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset befor

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Somerset before he was released in 2007. Spurway started his career with Twenty20 cricket in 2005, following two years in the Second XI, before playing his debut first-c

Was a British scientist and mathematician. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He

Was a British scientist and mathematician. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to the magnetic compass. Some of his magnetic research was done in collaboration with Peter Barlow. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1826, and served as its Secretary from 1837 to 1853. In 1833 he published his 'diamond' method, the forerunner of the Wheatstone bridge, in a paper1 on the magnetic and electrical properties of metals, as a method for comparing the resistances of wires of different thicknesses. However, the method went unrecognised until 1843, when Charles Wheatstone proposed it, in another paper2 for the Royal Society, for measuring resistance in electrical circuits. Although Wheatstone presented it as Christie's invention, it is his name, rather than Christie's, that is now associated with the device.

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Manchester City.Williamson joined Mancheste

Is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Manchester City.Williamson joined Manchester City as a nine year old. He progressed to the Academy Under-18 side in 2005, and was part of the Manchester City team which reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2006. His performances for the youth team resulted in a professional contract, and he spent the next season playing for the reserves.

Was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Blackburn Rovers, Nelson, Huddersfield To

Was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Blackburn Rovers, Nelson, Huddersfield Town, Burnley and Lytham.He made nine appearances for England between April 1922 and October 1926, and was captain for his final four appearances.

Was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to Engli

Was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political c

Was a Major League Baseball player. White played in one game, for the Boston Braves in the 1919 seas

Was a Major League Baseball player. White played in one game, for the Boston Braves in the 1919 season. He went 0 for 1 in his only game. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Was an English professional golfer for 30 years, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.Kin

Was an English professional golfer for 30 years, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.King was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, a short distance from the Knole Golf Club, and lived there most of his life. His father was a charcoal burner at th