English Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is the guitarist and vocalist with British alternative band The House of Love. Guy writes the majori

Is the guitarist and vocalist with British alternative band The House of Love. Guy writes the majority of the bands material, and brings it to the band to be developed. He is known for his quiet and almost monotonal singing voice when with the band. The House of Love split in 1993, and Chadwick reappeared as a solo artist in 1997, releasing the album, Lazy Soft and Slow in 1998.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902 and 1905. He played one first class match

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1902 and 1905. He played one first class match for Derbyshire in 1902 against W.G.Grace's London County but made little impact in the match. His second game came three years later against MCC when agai

Is the singer/guitarist to Manchester based, Mercury Music Prize winning band Elbow, as well as a pr

Is the singer/guitarist to Manchester based, Mercury Music Prize winning band Elbow, as well as a presenter (Sunday evenings 10-12 GMT) for BBC 6 Music and A&R manager of Skinny Dog Records. He previously presented a show on Sunday evenings on XFM.

Played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War

Played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War. He also played in India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand as a member of official Marylebone Cricket Club touring teams, though he did not play Test

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired British racehorse trainer. Harwood was born in Pulborough, West Sussex, in 1939. Harwoo

Is a retired British racehorse trainer. Harwood was born in Pulborough, West Sussex, in 1939. Harwood began riding at the age of 18 and won 40 point-to-point races and 14 National Hunt races over the next few years. He began training horses in 1965 under

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1938 to 1947,

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1938 to 1947, for Nottinghamshire from 1939 to 1948, for Scotland from 1948 to 1950 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1956. He was captain of Derbyshire from 1951 to 1954

Is a British multi-instrumentalist and singer best known for his own album work and for his membersh

Is a British multi-instrumentalist and singer best known for his own album work and for his membership of progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Tangent.

Was an English cricketer who played just once at first-class level, appearing for Worcestershire aga

Was an English cricketer who played just once at first-class level, appearing for Worcestershire against Oxford University at The University Parks in May 1911. He was bowled for a duck by Claude Burton in his only innings, and did not bowl, his only contr

Was an English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist.In 1961 he created t

Was an English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist.In 1961 he created the World Wide Fund for Nature (then the World Wildlife Fund) with Victor Stolan, Sir Julian Huxley, Sir Peter Scott and Max Nicholson.In 1972 he led the campaign to save the Bengal Tiger, persuading Indira Gandhi to create nine tiger reserves in India, with eight others in Nepal and Bangladesh.

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against the Combin

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against the Combined Services at Hereford in 1947. He scored 0 and 3 in a heavy Worcestershire defeat.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season. Sparrow made two County C

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season. Sparrow made two County Championship appearances for Derbyshire during June 1905. In his debut match against Northamptonshire he scored 67 in the first innings, and was off the mar

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936, being

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936, being captain for nine years. he was commissioned into the Derbyshire Yeomanry in October 1914. He served as a captain at Salonica in January 1918,and was awarde

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He played First-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, and also played for Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire's Second XI. Prior to beginning in first-class cricket, he played

Was a professional footballer who played as a wing half. He was a member of the Portsmouth team that

Was a professional footballer who played as a wing half. He was a member of the Portsmouth team that beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 in the 1939 FA Cup Final.Wharton began his professional career with Chester in 1934–35, after being spotted by manager Charlie Hewitt's wife playing local football . After 24 first team appearances (12 in the league), Wharton moved to First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers in May 1936. A year later he moved to Portsmouth, where he was to enjoy his FA Cup glory against his former employers. Wharton continued playing after the Second World War, leaving Pompey for Wellington Town in 1948 before concluding his league career with 39 appearances for Darlington.

Is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after

Is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after leaving the British Army. He spent the majority of his career at Portsmouth where he scored 99 times in 173 league appearances, including Pompey's all-time scoring record of 42 league goals in the 1992-3 season (48 in all competitions). He was known while at Fratton Park as "Corporal Punishment".

Was a British statistician and systems engineer . His most notable contribution was pioneering work

Was a British statistician and systems engineer . His most notable contribution was pioneering work with George Box on autoregressive moving average models, also called Box-Jenkins models, in time-series analysis.

Was an English cricketer. She played three Tests against the touring Australian women's cricket team

Was an English cricketer. She played three Tests against the touring Australian women's cricket team in 1937. She was born in England.