British Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He played in The Football League for Cheste

Is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He played in The Football League for Chesterfield and Chester City.Simpson began his playing career with hometown club Chesterfield, where he progressed through the youth ranks to make more than 40 league appearances. In the summer of 1981 he joined fellow Third Division side Chester for £6,000.

Is a professional footballer who plays for Brentford.Smith began his career as a trainee at Middlesb

Is a professional footballer who plays for Brentford.Smith began his career as a trainee at Middlesbrough. In a reserve match against Manchester United, a tackle from Smith badly injured promising footballer Ben Collett, ending his career.

Is a retired English footballer.Playing in midfield, Stanley started his career with Chelsea, making

Is a retired English footballer.Playing in midfield, Stanley started his career with Chelsea, making his debut in 1976. He remained with Chelsea until their relegation from the First Division in 1979, when he signed for Everton. After leaving Everton in 1981, Stanley had spells with Swansea City, Portsmouth, Bristol City and the Wichita Wings of the Major Soccer League.

Is a retired ice hockey player and coach. He played for Streatham Redskins between 1981 and 1987 bef

Is a retired ice hockey player and coach. He played for Streatham Redskins between 1981 and 1987 before joining Slough Jets, whom he played for until he retired at the end of the 1998–99 season. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey tea

Is an English former professional association football player. His clubs included Wimbledon, Crewe A

Is an English former professional association football player. His clubs included Wimbledon, Crewe Alexandra and Gillingham.

Is an English football player, who use to plays as a centre forward, but has played in an attacking

Is an English football player, who use to plays as a centre forward, but has played in an attacking midfield role and as a centre back.Jones has spent most of his career playing for clubs in the second tier of the English league.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for the League One club Yeovil Town, on loan from Crewe

Is an English footballer, currently playing for the League One club Yeovil Town, on loan from Crewe Alexandra. He plays as a central midfielder. He has played for England at Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 levels.

Is a former English professional footballer.Sargent, a forward, began his career with Norwich City.

Is a former English professional footballer.Sargent, a forward, began his career with Norwich City. After making just one appearance for the club (as a substitute against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 28 August 1971), Sargent was transferred to Scunthorpe United. He went on to play for Bedford Town, Peterborough United, Northampton Town and Irthlingborough.

Is a former British boxer and male model who later went into film acting. BORN NOVEMBER 4, 1968

Is a former British boxer and male model who later went into film acting. BORN NOVEMBER 4, 1968

Is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour.Boyd had a strong start

Is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour.Boyd had a strong start to the 2009 Challenge Tour season, recording his first win at the Tusker Kenya Open. He followed that by finishing as runner-up to Edoardo Molinari at the

Is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the En

Is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the England national team and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC.Lineker's sense of positioning and tap-ins earned him a reputation as one of England's most prolific strikers of all-time, although this style of play sometimes provoked accusations that he was a "goal hanger" always looking to capitalize on the efforts of others.

Known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent British Conservative politician. He held office

Known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent British Conservative politician. He held office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878.

A professional English football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers.

A professional English football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers. He is a defensive midfielder.Mahon was a trainee with Wolves but did not do enough to secure a professional deal with the club. He was signed on a free transfer by Hereford United in 1996 and spent two and a half seasons at Edgar Street .In all he made 83 competitive appearances and scored 4 goals for the Bulls, indeed he played in every league game in 1997-98. His performances impressed Brentford manager Ray Lewington who signed him for a nominal fee of ú50,000

Was a British poet best known for contributing to Geoffrey Grigson's New Verse at the age of sevente

Was a British poet best known for contributing to Geoffrey Grigson's New Verse at the age of seventeen.From the age of 17, when his poetry was first printed in Geoffrey Grigson's New Verse, he acquired a reputation for wit and accomplishment through such

Is an English footballer. He plays as a centre-back for AFC Telford United.Cowan began his career at

Is an English footballer. He plays as a centre-back for AFC Telford United.Cowan began his career at non-league Braintree Town and moved to Canvey Island in 2003. He fell out of favour with Canvey Island manager Jeff King and in early 2005 was sent out on loan to Nuneaton Borough.

Is an author and BBC television presenter, currently one of the five main presenters on BBC Two's fl

Is an author and BBC television presenter, currently one of the five main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight.

Is an English footballer.Having impressed in non-league football he made a £150,000 move from Confe

Is an English footballer.Having impressed in non-league football he made a £150,000 move from Conference side Kingstonian to the Premiership with West Ham United in November 1998. However he failed to break into the first team, making just one substitute appearance in the 2-2 with Liverpool at Anfield in February 1999.

Is an English former professional footballer. A defender or midfielder, he currently plays for Bury

Is an English former professional footballer. A defender or midfielder, he currently plays for Bury Town.ohnson started his career with nearby Ipswich Town, making his debut in a 2-0 win over Barnsley on 21 February 1989. He moved on to Luton Town in 1995, but was sold to Wigan Athletic for £15,000 in the same year. After three years at Wigan, he spent a season in Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic, before returing to East Anglia to join Colchester United in 1999.

Is a former English professional football player who played primarily in midfield but often as a str

Is a former English professional football player who played primarily in midfield but often as a striker. He then worked in the media as a pundit, and from September 2008 will relocate to Canada to study Christianity in order to have a future career in the church.

Is an English footballer currently playing for Histon.A youth player at Hull City, Gordon became the

Is an English footballer currently playing for Histon.A youth player at Hull City, Gordon became the second youngest player to ever play for them when he came on as a substitute against Coventry City in the Football League Cup.

Is a former British professional basketball player and current head coach for his hometown club Plym

Is a former British professional basketball player and current head coach for his hometown club Plymouth Raiders of the British Basketball League (BBL). Love was appointed head coach of the Plymouth Raiders during the summer of 2010, replacing his former

Is an English footballer. He played in The Football League for Chester City and is now playing non–league football for Warrington Town.Lynch was an apprentice with Everton before being released in March 2004. He moved to Chester City, where he was awarded his first-team debut as a late substitute for Michael Branch against Halifax Town in the FA Cup second round on December 4, 2004.

Is an all-round cricketer who played one Test for England and has appeared in a number of One Day In

Is an all-round cricketer who played one Test for England and has appeared in a number of One Day Internationals for Scotland.

Is a retired English footballer, who played for Arsenal and more notably for Luton Town in the Footb

Is a retired English footballer, who played for Arsenal and more notably for Luton Town in the Football League Championship as a defender.McGowan joined Arsenal's youth team in 1992[1] and was with the Premier League club for over 6 years and made 7 appearances (six in the Premier League, 1 in the FA Cup) for the London side.

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He has

Is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He has one England cap to his name, playing against Spain at Villa Park in 2001.