English Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an English footballer. Born in Bishop Auckland, Wayman began his career in professional football

Was an English footballer. Born in Bishop Auckland, Wayman began his career in professional football as a winger with Preston North End in 1953, but never made any appearances for Preston's first team. In 1955, he joined Chester City, where he spent one season, playing 30 league games.

Was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire. Wicks made a single

Was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire. Wicks made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1912 season, against the touring South Africans.

Was a first class cricketer. A right arm medium fast bowler and right-handed tail end batsman, he pl

Was a first class cricketer. A right arm medium fast bowler and right-handed tail end batsman, he played 14 matches for Yorkshire CCC from 1937 to 1939.

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and was an integral part of the Essex coun

Was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and was an integral part of the Essex county side for ten years. He went on to become headmaster of one New Zealand's top independent schools and was awarded an OBE in 1955 for his services to educ

Was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1899. He died in the campaign to relieve Mafeking

Was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1899. He died in the campaign to relieve Mafeking during the Boer War.

Was a British Army officer who also played cricket, including two first-class games, for various mil

Was a British Army officer who also played cricket, including two first-class games, for various military teams between 1931 and 1954, also playing for the Straits Settlements in 1938 and 1939. He made his first-class cricket debut in August 1931, playing

Was a Rugby Union footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who played Rugby Union (RU) for Bradford RF

Was a Rugby Union footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who played Rugby Union (RU) for Bradford RFC, Keighley RUFC and Army Rugby Union, playing at Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and at representative level played Rugby Union (RU) for Yorkshire, and North Ea

Was an English football player and manager. He still holds the league appearances record for Birming

Was an English football player and manager. He still holds the league appearances record for Birmingham City playing 491 games and holds the league record for most games (511) by an outfield player without scoring a goal.

Was an English professional football centre-half in Wolverhampton.Wragge joined Wolverhampton Wander

Was an English professional football centre-half in Wolverhampton.Wragge joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1919, but left to join Oakengates Town without making his league debut. He rejoined Wolves in 1921, but again left for Oakengate having failed to make a first team appearance.

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899. Wright was born in I

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1899. Wright was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He was also identified as "Francis Moult Wright". Wright played just one first-class cricket match for Derbyshire during the 1899 seas

Was one of the pioneers of 20th century statistics. He was born in Manchester.Yates was the eldest o

Was one of the pioneers of 20th century statistics. He was born in Manchester.Yates was the eldest of five children, and the only boy, born to Edith and Percy Yates. His father was a seed merchant. He attended Wadham House, a private school, before gainin

A singer and voice teacher. She moved to Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire as a young child. She began singin

A singer and voice teacher. She moved to Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire as a young child. She began singing in a group with her brother singing Elvis Presley and Little Richard numbers, and in 1957 joined the Stort Valley Skiffle Group which a few years later changed its name to the Ceilidh Singers as its repertoire moved towards folk music. The group founded the Hoddesdon Folk Club.In 1963 she began working with Louis Killen and performing solo, then in 1964 she joined The Critics Group under Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger. In 1965 sang at the Edinburgh Festival "Poets In Public", with John Betjeman, Stevie Smith and Ted Hughes. Her first recording, in 1965, was at the invi

Is a British professional boxer from Birmingham who, whilst an amateur, won the gold medal at the 20

Is a British professional boxer from Birmingham who, whilst an amateur, won the gold medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships to become English boxing's first ever World Amateur champion.

A female British singer and occasional actress.She started her career in 2001 in the group S Club Ju

A female British singer and occasional actress.She started her career in 2001 in the group S Club Juniors, who were later known as S Club 8. The band split in 2003 but went on to shoot I Dream in Spain. In 2007 she joined the girl group The Saturdays, which includes Rochelle Wiseman (who had also been in S Club 8 alongside Sandford), Una Healy, Mollie King and Vanessa White.

Was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 recordings in h

Was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 recordings in his lifetime.He was born Frank Abelsohn to a Jewish family in Devon Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The name 'Vaughan came from a grandmother whose

Was an English music hall artist.Aged ten, after seeing Vesta Tilley, first visiting her sister who

Was an English music hall artist.Aged ten, after seeing Vesta Tilley, first visiting her sister who lived close to the shop, and later playing the lead in Dick Whittington at the Prince of Wales Theatre, that Fred became interested in the stage. His first notable performance was playing the Duke of Solihull in Cinderella at the Alexandra Theatre, in 1906.

Was an English cricketer and footballer. He was a right-hand opening batsman who played for Warwicks

Was an English cricketer and footballer. He was a right-hand opening batsman who played for Warwickshire. Gardner was playing for Birmingham when World War II came to Europe. He played 338 first-class matches for his home county between 1947 and 1961, he

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Worcestershire shortly af

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Worcestershire shortly after the Second World War. Cooper had played for Lancashire's Second XI as a teenager before the war, but his first-class debut came for that county against Oxford University in May 1946; he made 6 and 20 not out. In the 1949 and 1950 seasons, Cooper played only intermittently for the Worcestershire first team, spending a considerable amount of time turning out for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.

Was an English cricketer. A wicket-keeper and tail-end batsman, his first-class career extended from

Was an English cricketer. A wicket-keeper and tail-end batsman, his first-class career extended from 1899 to 1912. He was noted for protecting his chest with a copy of the South Western Railway timetable when keeping wicket. He played for Surrey from 1899

Was a footballer who played for Sheffield United and England.Tunstall started his footballing career

Was a footballer who played for Sheffield United and England.Tunstall started his footballing career with amateur side Darfield St George's, before joining Midland League side Scunthorpe & Lindsey United. In 1922, he signed for Sheffield United from Scunthorpe for £1,000.

Is a folk singer best known for his UK hit single, "The Oldest Swinger In Town".Wedlocks's albums in

Is a folk singer best known for his UK hit single, "The Oldest Swinger In Town".Wedlocks's albums include The Folker (1971) (notable for the title track parody of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel), Frolicks (1973), Out of Wedlock (1978), The Oldest Swin

Is a fly-half/fullback for Gloucester Rugby. He has been to the Gloucester rugby academy and joined

Is a fly-half/fullback for Gloucester Rugby. He has been to the Gloucester rugby academy and joined from Bath Rugby. So far he has played in 20 games scoring 74 points.He currently also plays for the England under 20s.Burns has since played many games at

Was an English comedian who remains a household name in Germany and Scandinavia because of his perfo

Was an English comedian who remains a household name in Germany and Scandinavia because of his performance in Dinner for One.Frinton was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the illegitimate child of a seamstress, and was raised by foster parents. He started wo

Was the singer, frontman and comical element in the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers.In the e

Was the singer, frontman and comical element in the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers.In the early years of the band, Garrity's official birthdate was given as 14 November 1940 to make him appear younger and therefore more appealing to the youth mar

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1884. Allsopp was bor

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1884. Allsopp was born at Hindlip Hall, Worcestershire, the son of the brewer Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip. He was educated at Cheltenham College. In 1884 he played two first class cricket matches for Marylebone Cricket Club His highest score of 34 came when playing for Marylebone Cricket Club in the match against Derbyshire County Cricket Club. His best bowling of 1/8 came in the same match.