English Famous Boy Names with Letter L

Was a former English professional football player who played as a centre-forward, most noted for pla

Was a former English professional football player who played as a centre-forward, most noted for playing at Newcastle United.White started his career at Rotherham United and later joined Newcastle United in 1953 for £12,000 - a relatively high amount at the time. The signing of White came after two recent FA Cup successes for Newcastle.

Is a British bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. Competing in four Winter O

Is a British bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994. He now mentors young people in Ipswich at Copleston High School.

Is a British writer, comedian and actor.His earliest television appearance was on the New Faces tale

Is a British writer, comedian and actor.His earliest television appearance was on the New Faces talent show in 1976 where he repeatedly won. The following year he appeared in LWT's sitcom The Fosters alongside Norman Beaton, Britain's first comedy series

Is a former English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1939-1966. Harrison played 396 first cla

Is a former English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1939-1966. Harrison played 396 first class games, 387 of which were for Hampshire. A right-handed batsman, Harrison's primary role was as a wicketkeeper, though for several seasons after the Seco

A leading British pianist.He studied with Heather Slade-Lipkin at Chetham's School of Music in Manch

A leading British pianist.He studied with Heather Slade-Lipkin at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and with Eleanor Sokoloff at The Curtis Institute of Music in the United States, and latterly pianist Nina Milkina was a source of inspiration.He won the first prize in the Ninth International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna in 1993, and second prize in the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. He has given solo performances with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Leon McCawley has produced CD recordings of music by Samuel Barber, by Ludwig van Beethoven, and by Robert Schumann, as well as a complete edition of Mozart's piano sonatas and a world premier recording of the complete piano works of Hans Gál. Two of his recordings have earned the "Editor's Choice" award of the journal The Gramophone.

Is a British freestyle wrestler who is in the Great Britain national squad. He competed in the 96kg

Is a British freestyle wrestler who is in the Great Britain national squad. He competed in the 96kg class in the 2009 world championship, losing to Oldrik Wagner from Germany.

Is an English songwriter and writer of children's books. After his early involvement in the folk mus

Is an English songwriter and writer of children's books. After his early involvement in the folk music revival in Britain, he came to prominence, singing his own satirical songs, in the BBC's topical TV programme of the early 1960s, That Was The Week That

Is a British former competitive diver. He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to

Is a British former competitive diver. He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and only took up competitive diving when he was eight. By

Is a cruiserweight British boxer. He competed in the Prizefighter series in April 2010 losing in his

Is a cruiserweight British boxer. He competed in the Prizefighter series in April 2010 losing in his first bout to eventual winner Jon-Lewis Dickinson.

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and the Europeans in the 1940s. He

Was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and the Europeans in the 1940s. He also stood on one occasion as a first-class umpire. Blunt made his first-class debut on Boxing Day 1942, turning out for Europeans against Indians in the Madras Presidency Match; he took four wickets and made a duck in his only innings. After the end of the Second World War, Blunt played 14 first-class games for Worcestershire between 1946 and 1948, and he made a good start to his county cricket career by taking seven wickets (including his career best of 5-60) against Hampshire at Southampton on debut. Although he was not seen in the first-class game after 1948, Blunt continued to play for Worcestershire's Second XI for another year, and in the early 1950s produced some impressive performances in minor counties cricket for Cheshire. He took 8-20 against Yorkshire's Second XI in late May 1951, and had a remarkable run against Northumberland in July of the following year: in three consecutive innings, spread over two games, Blunt claimed 5-49, 6-49 and 6-46.

Was an English concert pianist especially associated with the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes

Was an English concert pianist especially associated with the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.a Staffordshire family, Leonard Borwick studied piano under Henry R. Bird, and violin and viola under Alfred Gibson until the age of 16. He then went to study piano under Clara Schumann at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, and also composition under Bernhard Scholz and Iwan Knorr, and violin and viola under Fritz Basserman. During the later 1880s, while on leave from Clara Schumann's school

Is an English former football player.Wills first played for the youth teams of non-league Eton Manor

Is an English former football player.Wills first played for the youth teams of non-league Eton Manor, before being signed by Arsenal in October 1949. For the next four years he played in the Gunners' reserve team, playing either at right half or right back.

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1958 and 1960. A left-handed lower order batsman and

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1958 and 1960. A left-handed lower order batsman and a slow left-arm spin bowler whose action was allegedly modelled on that of Tony Lock, Bryant played 15 matches for the Somerset side that finished third in the County Championship in 1958. However, he played only a handful matches in the drier summer of 1959 and in his first first-class game of 1960, against Gloucestershire at Bath, he was no-balled five times by umpire Hugo Yarnold for throwing.

Was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899. He mad

Was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899. He made his cricketing debut in 1887 for Gentlemen of Derbyshire vs. Gentlemen of Canada. He was ordained deacon at St Albans in 1893, and priest in 1894. From 1

Was an English sportsman and later journalist. He was most accomplished at golf and cricket as detai

Was an English sportsman and later journalist. He was most accomplished at golf and cricket as detailed below, but also played tennis to a very high standard and was an excellent ice-skater, a good rackets player and a fine shot.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He was born in Leyton and died in Kensington. A lower-order batsman, Graham made two appearances for the side during the 1926 season, scoring a total of 14 r

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882. He first played professionally

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1877 to 1882. He first played professionally in 1869, for the Breckfield Club in Liverpool. He then went to live in Sheffield where he was a metal-grinder and was playing at Wakefield in 1872 and 187

Is a former English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire either side of t

Is a former English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the Second World War. Oakley made his debut for Worcestershire against Middlesex at Worcester in late June 1935.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1908 and 1924. He made his debut for Derb

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1908 and 1924. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1908 season in a drawn match against Lancashire.

Was a English cricketer. Pitchford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was

Was a English cricketer. Pitchford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Wing, Buckinghamshire. Pitchford made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Monmouthshire in 1933 against the Warwickshire Second XI. Pitchfor

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played fo

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Warwickshire. Bates would go on play 200 first-class matches at the ground scoring over 8,000 runs. In total Bates represented his county 441 times between 1913 and 1935, he also made two appearances for 'The Rest' against England in 1927 and once for the Players against Gentlemen in 1925. Bates scored a total of 19,380 first-class runs at an average of 27.84, passing 1,000 runs in a season 12 times and three times passing 1,500. He scored 21 centuries, two coming against Kent at Coventry in 1927, his highest was a score of 211 against Gloucestershire in 1932. After retiring as a player in 1935 he fulfilled the role of coach and head groundsman at Christ's Hospital until 1963.

Was an English cricketer who played five first-class matches in the years after the First World War.

Was an English cricketer who played five first-class matches in the years after the First World War. He made his debut for Oxford University against Gentlemen of England in May 1919, making 2 in his only innings; this was the first first-class game to be

Was a professional footballer who played his entire career (at full-back) for Southampton from 1945

Was a professional footballer who played his entire career (at full-back) for Southampton from 1945 to 1958.

Is an English chess columnist and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School

Is an English chess columnist and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was a strong player, jointly winning the British Chess Championship in 1954 at Nottingham and representing England in the Chess Olympiads of 1952, 1954, 1960 and 1962. He also tied first with Jonathan Penrose in the 1958 British Chess Championship, but lost the subsequent play-off match by 1½-3½. He gave up playing chess in the early 1960s to concentrate on writing and journalism.