English Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Grammy winning, English pop singer-songwriter and Tony-nominated Emmy-nominated actor best know

Is a Grammy winning, English pop singer-songwriter and Tony-nominated Emmy-nominated actor best known as a member of The Monkees.Jones was born in Manchester, England on December 30, 1945, but is in the process of becoming a United States citizen.[citatio

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who plays for Glamo

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who plays for Glamorgan. He has played in List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket. He attended Millfield School in Somerset between 1991-96.

Is a former professional footballer and the ex manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albi

Is a former professional footballer and the ex manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albion.He represented QPR, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion as a player, before moving into coaching. He is the younger brother of the former England international Ray Wilkins and Chelsea defender Graham Wilkins.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Shropshire. He was born in Bedworth, Warwickshire. Marsh began his career with Warwickshire's Second XI, with whom he played for three seasons. Howev

Is an English professional snooker player. Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever

Is an English professional snooker player. Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, beating Dene O'Kane, another future professional, with a 2-frame aggregate score of 151–79.

Is a former corporal in the Corp of Royal Engineers and England Rugby Union Number 8, and was Head C

Is a former corporal in the Corp of Royal Engineers and England Rugby Union Number 8, and was Head Coach at Guinness Premiership side Gloucester Rugby.During his on-field career Ryan played for Saracens, Wasps, Newcastle and Bristol. Regarded as one of th

Is an English semi-professional football player, who currently plays for Corby Town in the Southern

Is an English semi-professional football player, who currently plays for Corby Town in the Southern League. He is best known as a right sided full-back, but can also play in midfield if needed.

Is a professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder, but has played at right-back. He is currentl

Is a professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder, but has played at right-back. He is currently captain of Premiership team Sunderland.Whitehead started his career with Abingdon Town's youth team, before joining the youth scheme of his local league club, Oxford United. He progressed through the ranks there, developing a reputation as a tough-tackling midfielder with good passing skills. After playing for the club for around 5 seasons, his contract expired and he turned down the offer of a new one from the club.

Is an English football player who currently plays for Stafford Rangers as a goalkeeper.Dean started

Is an English football player who currently plays for Stafford Rangers as a goalkeeper.Dean started his career when he signed for Birmingham City F.C. on schoolboy forms at 14. When he left school he was accepted as a trainee footballer on the YTS system and made first team appearances during this period and going onto full time term at age 18 he remained at the club until Terry Cooper's arrival when he cleared out everybody.

Is an English footballer who plays as a striker for his hometown club, Hull City.Windass' career has

Is an English footballer who plays as a striker for his hometown club, Hull City.Windass' career has come full circle, having started as a trainee at Hull and signing his first professional contract there. He has also played for Aberdeen, Oxford United, Bradford City, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.

Is a retired English football defender. He is currently commentating alongside Colin Slater for BBC

Is a retired English football defender. He is currently commentating alongside Colin Slater for BBC Radio Nottingham on there coverage of Notts County matches.He is now living in Burton Joyce close to the home ground of Notts County.

Is an English former international footballer. She was awarded an MBE in 1998 in recognition of her

Is an English former international footballer. She was awarded an MBE in 1998 in recognition of her services to women's football as both a player and a manager. Bampton made her England debut whilst still at school, playing against the Netherlands. She went on to win 95 caps for England.

A musician and photographer.1995 saw the release of "Feel the Sunshine" (Island Records) by Alex Ree

A musician and photographer.1995 saw the release of "Feel the Sunshine" (Island Records) by Alex Reece featuring Deborah Anderson (included on Reece's 1996 album So Far). The drum & bass single made #67 in the UK, and, on being re-released in 1996, #26.[3] It made the European dance charts in 1998.[1] This led to Anderson signing to Mo' Wax and her debut solo single, "Lonely Without You", was released in 1997.

A singer and occasional model. She is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie.Skin be

A singer and occasional model. She is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie.Skin began her music career in Skunk Anansie who were a band often grouped as part of the britrock movement in the UK. They were noted for being a multi-racial band, and having Skin, a black female as their lead singer. Joining Skin in the line up for the band were Ace on guitar, Cass on bass guitar, and Mark on drums.After forming in 1994, the band released three albums. Paranoid & Sunburnt, Stoosh and Post Orgasmic Chill sold over 4 million copies worldwide. They are best known for their single "Weak", but have had a series of other hits including "Charity", "Hedonism" and "Charlie Big Potato".

Charlesworth received a PhD in genetics from Cambridge University in 1968, and did postdoctoral work

Charlesworth received a PhD in genetics from Cambridge University in 1968, and did postdoctoral work at Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Liverpool University. She taught at the University of Chicago from 1988-1997, leaving to take up a Professorial Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.[2] She is best known for her work on the evolution of genetic self incompatibility in plants and is recognised as a leader in that field. Charlesworth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001 and of the Royal Society of London in 2005.[1] According to the Web of Science she has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals. These articles have been cited over 10.000 times and she has an h-index of 53.[3] She is married to the British evolutionary biologist Brian Charlesworth.

Is an English female rower, noteworthy for winning Silver Medals in the Quadruple Sculls at both the

Is an English female rower, noteworthy for winning Silver Medals in the Quadruple Sculls at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.

An English rock and blues vocalist and the sister of John Bonham, the late drummer for the band Led

An English rock and blues vocalist and the sister of John Bonham, the late drummer for the band Led Zeppelin. Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, she lived with her father in The Old Hyde farm, Cutnall Green, Worcestershire (the location where John Bonham's fantasy sequence[1] was filmed for The Song Remains the Same). While living there, she started playing and recording music with her nephew Jason Bonham who has played drums on her two most recent studio releases.

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. She finished seventh in the K-4 500 m even

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. She finished seventh in the K-4 500 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a former English international cricketer. A right-handed bat and right-arm off break bowler, she

Is a former English international cricketer. A right-handed bat and right-arm off break bowler, she played in seven Test matches and fifteen One Day Internationals for England women's cricket team between 1992 and 1996.

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She played 5 Test matche

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She played 5 Test matches and 27 One Day Internationals.

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She was born in 1962 and

An English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She was born in 1962 and played seven test matches and fifteen one day internationals.

Is an English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Roc

Is an English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Rochester, Kent. His grandfather was in a band, played several instruments, and took Galbraith to Fleadhs (concerts) he was participating in, and the mix of S

An English singer.Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she lef

An English singer.Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she left the group to work as a solo artist and also to join Paul Weller's new band, The Style Council. She was later married to Weller (but now divorced), and they have two children, Nathaniel and Leah.Following her departure from Wham!, Lee released her first solo single, "Selina Wow Wow", in 1983. Despite considerable airplay, the single failed to reach the top 40. In 1984, she then worked with The Style Council and appeared on their debut album Café Bleu (released as My Ever Changing Moods in North America). Lee can be heard on the tracks "Headstart for Happiness", "It Didn't Matter", "The Lodgers", "Walls Come Tumbling Down", and "Shout to the Top". Lee continued to record solo material during this time, but singles "Yippee Yi Yay!" and "Don't Do It Baby" failed to chart.

A musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving

A musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.After years working for other artists, Jackson released her first single - "Man of a Man" (1978), but this has not been included in any of her albums. The single did not get the public's attention. Her next attempt was the release of her biggest single ever, "Automatic Lover" (also 1978), a hit all over the world. A futuristic song about a robot who falls in love with an intergalactic girl, the song reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 in Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Germany and Japan. In Brazil the success was so huge that the Brazilian media produced its own version of Dee D. Jackson. A Brazilian girl (Regina Shakti) dressed like Jackson, and along with her robot and a meteor man, were introduced on TV programs there as the real Dee D. Jackson. Regina was introduced as D. Dee Jackson to avoid problems with royalties.[citation needed]

An English actress and former singer who now plays Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale. Since the departure

An English actress and former singer who now plays Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale. Since the departure of Leah Bracknell (Zoe Tate) in 2005, she is the show's longest serving female cast member.She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer as well as being in the novelty girl band Cats U.K.. Was also one of the dancers in Rock Follies of '77