English Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a retired English heavyweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion from 19

Is a retired English heavyweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion from 1958 to 1959, and had two world heavyweight title fights. He was one of a quartet of British boxers, with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine and Dick Richardson who d

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Marvin started his career at the age of 18 with Buckinghamshire, for whom he played until 1978. Ha

Is a former English cricketer whose career with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire stretched over mo

Is a former English cricketer whose career with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire stretched over more than two decades. He was capped by Worcestershire in 1966 and by Gloucestershire in 1977. Brain was selected to make his first-class debut against Oxford University in late June 1959. He took five wickets in the match (his first being that of Oxford captain Alan Smith), but played only one further first-class game that season, against Somerset in the County Championship.

Is an English professional snooker player and coach. He is a former World Under-21 champion, and was

Is an English professional snooker player and coach. He is a former World Under-21 champion, and was among the top 32 players in the professional world rankings for several years. He reached the last 16 of the World Championship in 1994. He also qualified

Was a boxer from Swansea, Wales who was active from 1959 to 1966. He fought as a Welterweight, becom

Was a boxer from Swansea, Wales who was active from 1959 to 1966. He fought as a Welterweight, becoming British welterweight champion in 1960. He retired as undefeated champion and is the only welterweight to have won two Lonsdale Belts outright. The four

Is an English poet.Patten left school at fifteen, and was hired by a private newspaper called The Bo

Is an English poet.Patten left school at fifteen, and was hired by a private newspaper called The Bootle Times to write a column on popular music. One of his first articles was on Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who later joined Patten in forming the perf

Is an English former diver. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome at the age of 16, where

Is an English former diver. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome at the age of 16, where he took bronze in the 10 metre platform event. He was also Commonwealth gold medallist in the 1962 and 1966 games.

Of a Welsh father and English mother) is a musician and actor.Protheroe joined a local church choir

Of a Welsh father and English mother) is a musician and actor.Protheroe joined a local church choir when he was twelve years old, and started piano lessons at about the same time. The music of Cliff Richard and The Shadows inspired him to start learning t

Is a British computer scientist, and Emeritus Professor at the School of Computing Science, Newcastl

Is a British computer scientist, and Emeritus Professor at the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, U.K. He specializing in research in software fault tolerance and dependability, and is a noted authority on the early prior to 1950 history o

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cornwall. Read, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1957, made his only List A appearance during the 1970 season, his last a

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He also acted as assistant coach of Glamorgan. Born in Cantley, Norfolk, he died at Padstow in Cornwall, aged 86. Edrich played 181 first-class matches f

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1957 and 1966. Roe, a diminutive and defensive right

Played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1957 and 1966. Roe, a diminutive and defensive right-handed batsman, played mostly as an opener, and was a regular member of the Somerset side between 1961 and 1964. He was awarded his county cap in 1962.

Was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire. His father was cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were

Was a Cricketer for Northamptonshire. His father was cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele (the former cricketer for Northamptonshire and England who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1975) and John Steele (former

Is a former English cricketer. Timms was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeep

Is a former English cricketer. Timms was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Timms made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1959 against Cambridge University. Timms represented Hampshire in 208 first-class matches from 1959 t

Is a professional skateboarder for Reliance Skateboards, Truth Soul Armor Clothing, Airspeed skate s

Is a professional skateboarder for Reliance Skateboards, Truth Soul Armor Clothing, Airspeed skate shoes, Rocket Wheels, Independent Trucks, Ninja Bearings, Furnace skate shop, Project Hardware and Fender Guitars. Brian went pro after only a few years on

Was a successful jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Snow Knight to victory in

Was a successful jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Snow Knight to victory in the 1974 Epsom Derby. Taylor was born in Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, England. Among his other career wins were the Princess Margaret Stakes (1971), Cherry

Is a British former footballer and ex-manager. He was player-manager (later retiring from playing) o

Is a British former footballer and ex-manager. He was player-manager (later retiring from playing) of Bristol City F.C. from June 5, 2004 until September 11, 2005. He started as a left-back but later became a goal-scoring left-sided midfielder.

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League Firs

Is an English footballer, currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First Division, after starting his career at non-league Tow Law. He is a striker. Wake became somewhat of a cult hero with the fans when he got over a shaky start to steer the club clear of relegation with important goals and his all-action performances.

Is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He later undertook various coa

Is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He later undertook various coaching and scouting positions.

Is an English former football player, who played as a striker.Woodcock started his career at Notting

Is an English former football player, who played as a striker.Woodcock started his career at Nottingham Forest, whom he joined as an apprentice in 1974. After loan spells at Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers, Woodcock broke into the Forest first team in 1976-77, helping the team to promotion to the First Division.

A vocalist and performance artist who performed with Hawkwind from 1989 to 1991, appearing on the al

A vocalist and performance artist who performed with Hawkwind from 1989 to 1991, appearing on the albums Space Bandits, Palace Springs, California Brainstorm and Take Me to Your Future and, among others, the Nottingham 1990 video.She obtained BA in Fine Art from the prestigious Newport Art School (now part of the University of Wales, Newport) and an MFA from Reading University. She is a fellow of Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology (now University of Gloucestershire) and taught ceramic sculpture at Prior Park College, Bath.

Was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.He is best

Was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique [2] used by William S. Burroughs. With Ian Somerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device design

Was the long-serving Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1739 and 1768

Was the long-serving Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1739 and 1768.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Kent. He was born in Chipperfield. Having represented the Second XI team since 1949 in the Minor Counties Championship, Darvell made a single first-cla

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1912 and 1914. He was a rig

Played first-class cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1912 and 1914. He was a right-handed lower or middle order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He first appeared in first-class cricket in the Somerset match against the Sout