British Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired English professional footballer. His son, Clayton, is also a professional footballer.In

Is a retired English professional footballer. His son, Clayton, is also a professional footballer.In 1996, during his spell playing for Partick Thistle, McDonald received a yellow card for making the sign of the cross on entering the field of play.

Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelo

Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences--with Honours--from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry, going on to receive his Ph. D. in the field from the University of Cambridge in 1948.

Was an English biochemist.Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert P

Was an English biochemist.Born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences--with Honours--from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry, going on to receive his Ph.D. degree in the field from the University of Cambridge in 1948.

Is an English former footballer, who played for a number of clubs in Northern England.

Is an English former footballer, who played for a number of clubs in Northern England.

Better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He

Better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet of such a bird. He died after falling from the roof of his house, whilst trying to adjust the TV aerial in order to get a better picture for a football match he was keen to see.

He began drumming around the age of twelve, teaching himself by playing along with his favorite reco

He began drumming around the age of twelve, teaching himself by playing along with his favorite records. His first ambition was to become goalkeeper for English football club Aston Villa As a child he was taken to every home match by his father Hugh but a

Is a former footballer who is most notable for playing for Wimbledon and then going on to play for A

Is a former footballer who is most notable for playing for Wimbledon and then going on to play for AFC Wimbledon. Joseph's other clubs include Brentford, Millwall, Leyton Orient and West Bromwich Albion.

Has an impressive record as both player and manager. He made over 600 appearances for Kettering Town

Has an impressive record as both player and manager. He made over 600 appearances for Kettering Town before starting a successful managerial career at Irthlingborough Diamonds, Rushden Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Bedford Town, Grantham Town and Nuneaton Borough.

Was a British film and television actor.Some of his television appearances include Dad's Army, When

Was a British film and television actor.Some of his television appearances include Dad's Army, When The Boat Comes In, Department S, Doctor Who, serials (The Crusade and The Daleks' Masterplan, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Our Friends in the North and Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the films Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, The Likely Lads, Mutiny On The Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar amongst others.

Was a British chartered accountant-cum-actor.Though never a major star, he appeared in many televisi

Was a British chartered accountant-cum-actor.Though never a major star, he appeared in many television productions over a forty year period. He twice appeared in Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965) and as the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet (1986). Brierley appeared in the biopic based on the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and in the Granada television series Jeeves and Wooster as Sir Roderick Glossop. Later work included portraying John Biffen in the TV dramatisation of The Alan Clark Diaries (2004). He also played the hotel manager in Mr. Bean in Room 426.

Was a British actor, best known for his role as the Master in Doctor Who.He was born in Whitechapel,

Was a British actor, best known for his role as the Master in Doctor Who.He was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London - Delgado often remarked to Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee, a close friend, that this made him a true Cockney, as he was born within the sound of the Bow Bells - although his mother was Belgian and his father Spanish. He attended the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, a Roman Catholic secondary school in Holland Park.

Born on on 1 May 1959) is an English golfer.

Born on on 1 May 1959) is an English golfer.

Is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He is now chief scout at West Ham United.Cr

Is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He is now chief scout at West Ham United.Cross' association with West Ham began with his signing as an apprentice in July 1964. He was the reserve team top scorer in two consecutive seasons, but he failed to establish himself in the Hammers first team, and was loaned to Leyton Orient at one point.

Was an English football forward who played professionally in England, Belgium and the United States.

Was an English football forward who played professionally in England, Belgium and the United States. He currently provides radio commentary for Derby County games.

Is an English artist. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians, which he began pa

Is an English artist. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians, which he began painting in the late 1960s, and which usually feature exotic, fantastic landscapes.

Was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers.Roger Fenton was born in H

Was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers.Roger Fenton was born in Heywood, Lancashire. His grandfather was a wealthy cotton manufacturer and banker, his father a banker and Member of Parliament. Fenton was the fourth of se

Is an English former professional footballer. He represented England at Schools level.Gibbins, a mid

Is an English former professional footballer. He represented England at Schools level.Gibbins, a midfielder, began his career as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur, turning professional in December 1972. He spent a further two and a half seasons at White Hart Lane, but left in August 1975, to join Oxford United, without making his league debut.

Is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Roger Hansbury started his career with Norwich Cit

Is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Roger Hansbury started his career with Norwich City where he made 78 league appearances between 1974 and 1981. Unable to beat Chris Woods and Kevin Keelan for the starting lineup, he moved to Hong Kong to play for Eastern AA in the early 1980's.

Is an English rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of Eng

Is an English rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of film, theatre and television roles and also producing films.

Is an English professional football defender, who currently plays for Cardiff City in the Football L

Is an English professional football defender, who currently plays for Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.Johnson is a product of the Wycombe Wanderers youth set-up and made his first-team debut for Wycombe in the final game of the 1999/2000 season, aged just 17. He became a first-team regular and was awarded the captaincy of the club when John Gorman took over in November 2004.

Is an English former footballer.

Is an English former footballer.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1968 to 1969.

Is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1968 to 1969.

Was a British computer scientist.Needham began his undergraduate studies at the University of Cambri

Was a British computer scientist.Needham began his undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge in 1953, graduating with a B.A. in 1956 in mathematics and philosophy. His Ph.D. thesis was on applications of digital computers to the automatic classification and retrieval of documents.

Is an ex-footballer. He played for Manchester City and Oldham Athletic. He is the all-time leading g

Is an ex-footballer. He played for Manchester City and Oldham Athletic. He is the all-time leading goal-scorer at Oldham.Roger's career culminated in a superb run of success for Oldham, including appearances in the League Cup final at Wembley and FA Cup semi-finals.

Is an English former football player. He was known as "Ernie" - due to his father's name of Ernest -

Is an English former football player. He was known as "Ernie" - due to his father's name of Ernest - to avoid confusion with Liverpool and England striker Roger Hunt.