English Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is an English former footballer turned manager. He is currently first team coach at Aston Villa, the

Is an English former footballer turned manager. He is currently first team coach at Aston Villa, the position he took up when Martin O'Neill became manager at the club.Walford played as a centre half and started his playing career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1974, making only two appearances before being signed by Arsenal's former Spurs manager Terry Neill for £25,000 in 1977.

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who, in nearly six years as a

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who, in nearly six years as a first-class cricketer, has played for Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire and Worcestershire. Adshead's first-class best of 156 not out came against Essex in 2009. In all he scored 3077 runs, including 3 hundreds, at 32.05 and took 192 catches and completed 15 stumpings. He scored 1566 runs in 99 list A one day matches, taking 103 catches and 30 stumpings. He also played 49 twenty/20 matches.

A British economist and currently Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford.He was a postgraduate student a

A British economist and currently Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford.He was a postgraduate student at the London School of Economics, where he took the degree of Master of Science and was awarded the Ely Devons Prize. He worked at the London School of Economics from 1970 until 1984, and again from 1998 until 2006, initially as Lecturer (1970-77), Reader (1977-79), and Professor of Economics (1979-84).From 1984 until 1998 he was Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, Professor of Economics in the University of Oxford, and Director of the University of Oxford Institute of Economics and Statistics.

Is an English former professional footballer.Thornber, a midfielder, began his career as a junior wi

Is an English former professional footballer.Thornber, a midfielder, began his career as a junior with Halifax Town in 1983. He remained with the Shaymen for five years, making 104 league appearances and scoring four goals.

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing as a defender for Torquay United.Woods was

Is an English professional footballer, currently playing as a defender for Torquay United.Woods was born in Davenham, Cheshire and began his career as a trainee with Stoke City, turning professional in August 1994. He made his league debut in March 1998, coming on as first half substitute for Ally Pickering in a 2-1 defeat at home to Huddersfield Town. Later that month he joined Plymouth Argyle on loan, making 5 appearances before returning to Stoke.

Is an English football defender who currently plays for Coventry City.Wright joined Liverpool on a y

Is an English football defender who currently plays for Coventry City.Wright joined Liverpool on a youth contract in June 1996, choosing to join Liverpool over rivals Everton, the club he supported as a boy. Wright turned professional a year later in August 1997, and the following season was named as an unused substitute for the UEFA Cup clash with Celta Vigo on 24 November 1998 alongside Steven Gerrard.

Is an English former soccer goalkeeper and cricketer. Adlard played soccer at the professional level

Is an English former soccer goalkeeper and cricketer. Adlard played soccer at the professional level for several seasons in England. He was a member of the Nottingham Forest (first division) and Lincoln City (fourth division) teams, but never played at first-team level. As a cricketer, he played one match for Lincolnshire against Derbyshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup. From 1982 to 1986 Adlard was an Assistant Coach for the University of Evansville soccer team. From 1986 to 1988 he was the Head Coach of Davis and Elkins and then moved on to become Director of Soccer at UNC-Asheville from 1988 to 1991. During the same time, 1988-1991, he was the head coach of the 1972 classic division of the USYSA, The Asheville Highlanders. From 1991 to November 2005 he was the Head Coach at Marquette University.

Is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a

Is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, and Go. His deep singing voice is frequently mistaken to be that of a black musician.

Is a professional snooker-player from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, whose smooth cue action is reg

Is a professional snooker-player from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, whose smooth cue action is regarded by some pundits as the most natural in the game. He has won four ranking titles, and spent 10 seasons in the Top 16 of the world rankings (including

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 Northumberland. He was born in Corbridge. Lishman played for Northumberland between 1980 and 1989, having picked up a single appearance for Sussex Se

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for Buckinghamshire. He was born in Hillingdon. Lynch made his cricketing debut in the Minor Counties Championship in 1984, a competition in which he played until 2

Is an English singer/songwriter.McNally was a member of English pop group BBMak, along with Mark Bar

Is an English singer/songwriter.McNally was a member of English pop group BBMak, along with Mark Barry and Christian Burns. Together they sold nearly three million albums worldwide. In the beginning, the band's sound was a mixture of pop-rock, soul and fo

Is Head of the Computational Bioinformatics Laboratory at Imperial College London. He received his B

Is Head of the Computational Bioinformatics Laboratory at Imperial College London. He received his BSc in Computer Science (1982) and PhD in Artificial Intelligence (1986, supervised by Donald Michie) from the University of Edinburgh. He went on to work as a post-doctoral researcher at the Turing Institute in Glasgow (1987-1991) and later an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow at Oxford University Computing Laboratory (1992-1997).

Is a former English cricketer who played for Yorkshire from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1985, and

Is a former English cricketer who played for Yorkshire from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1985, and for Derbyshire in the intervening years 1980 to 1983. Oldham was born at High Green, Sheffield and made his debut for Yorkshire in the 1974 County Champion

Is a former English footballer who played as a striker. He was born in East Ham, London. He made mor

Is a former English footballer who played as a striker. He was born in East Ham, London. He made more than 450 league appearances, playing in the Football League and Premier League in England, the Swedish Allsvenskan and the Hong Kong First Division League. He went on to manage Colchester United.

Was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler for Lancashire and Derbyshire, from 1989 to 2

Was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler for Lancashire and Derbyshire, from 1989 to 2001. Coming through into the Lancashire first team at roughly the same time as contemporaries such as Mike Atherton and Graham Lloyd, he never made the run

Was a 19th century British inventor and businessman. His corporation was the Messers Perry and Co, R

Was a 19th century British inventor and businessman. His corporation was the Messers Perry and Co, Rubber Co Manuf London, which made early products from vulcanized rubber. On March 17, 1845, Perry patented the rubber band.[1]

Is a former English cricketer who played for several teams in the late 1970s and 1980s, mostly for W

Is a former English cricketer who played for several teams in the late 1970s and 1980s, mostly for Worcestershire, Cambridge University and Glamorgan. He began his cricketing career at Worcestershire, making his first-class debut in a County Championship

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Warwickshire and Worcest

Is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Warwickshire and Worcestershire during the 1970s and 1980s.

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has played List A cric

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has played List A cricket since 1999 and played Twenty20 cricket during the 2003 season, helping Gloucestershire to the semi-finals. In 2003 he also played in some first-class m

Was a geochemist, petrologist and winner of the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London.

Was a geochemist, petrologist and winner of the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London.He was educated at Ascham St Vincent's School, Eastbourne and at Felsted School where his interest in rocks already manifested itself. He then went to Manchester University and then took a PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Trinity College, and lectured in petrology at Cambridge. In 1957 he became Reader in Geochemistry at Cambridge, and Emeritus Reader. In 1959 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was also an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of India. In 1972 he retired from Cambridge and was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society. He published a leading work on petrology and a large number of papers in various journals as shown below.

Is a professional snooker player from Preston. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/1

Is a professional snooker player from Preston. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season.

Is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for the North East England. Representing

Is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for the North East England. Representing the Durham constituency between 1984 and 1999, Hughes was elected to its successor constituency in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009. In 2009 he took 2

The firstborn son of Barry (one third of the Bee Gees) and Linda (nee Gray, voted Miss Edinburgh 196

The firstborn son of Barry (one third of the Bee Gees) and Linda (nee Gray, voted Miss Edinburgh 1968) Gibb. Steve Gibb is at least a third generation musician via his father's side of the family. His paternal grandparents were involved in performing musi

Is an English footballer, who plays for North Ferriby United.Torpey had played for a number of clubs

Is an English footballer, who plays for North Ferriby United.Torpey had played for a number of clubs, before signing for Scunthorpe United from Bristol City in February 2000. He was Scunthorpe's record transfer signing, costing £175,000. Torpey broke the ten goal barrier in each of his first five seasons at Scunthorpe and represented the club over 250 times.