English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A British pianist and composer. He specializes in playing avant garde and Russian Romantic music.His

A British pianist and composer. He specializes in playing avant garde and Russian Romantic music.His repertoire is broad and ranges from Bach to many contemporary works (he is associated with composers as varied as Finnissy, White, Ambrosini, Staud and Sirodeau). He specialises in the late Romantic era, and made his first acquaintance with Sorabji's music, with which he has since become strongly associated, in 1984 through the radio broadcasts of Yonty Solomon and through the scores that were then still published and available through Curwen. He was encouraged to contact the composer, and obtained copies of several later works which he premiered starting in 1990, and has been recording and performing regularly.

Is a retired English cricketer. Ayling was a capable all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and a right

Is a retired English cricketer. Ayling was a capable all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. Ayling made his Hampshire one-day debut for the county against Somerset in 1987. Ayling made his first-class debut in the 1988 county season against Oxford University. Ayling is currently a coach at Hampshire.

Is a former English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He

Is a former English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was the co-founder, with Julian Millichamp, of cult cricket bat manufacturers Millichamp & Hall, operating in Perth, Western Australia, and Somerset, Engla

Is an English chess player, a Grandmaster, a mathematician, and a chess writer.Winner of the British

Is an English chess player, a Grandmaster, a mathematician, and a chess writer.Winner of the British Chess Championship in 1978, 1985, and 1986, Speelman is a regular member of the English Chess Olympiad team.

Is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. He has

Is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. He has previously played at Leeds United, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough as well as a spell in Spain with Real Madrid.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Shropshire. Whitney, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut in 2003, made a single List A appearance for the team, in the 2005 C&G Trophy, ag

Is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Norri

Is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Norris was also a wicketkeeper who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board. Norris made a single List-A appearance for the side, during the 2003 Cheltenham & Glo

Is a Welsh ice dancer who competed internationally representing Great Britain. He competed with Pam

Is a Welsh ice dancer who competed internationally representing Great Britain. He competed with Pam O'Connor, and They retired from competitive skating in 2005.

Is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist from Lancashire.Joni persuaded her non-music

Is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist from Lancashire.Joni persuaded her non-musical parents to buy her a violin for her 5th birthday. Aged 8, she was accepted into the Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music. Joni receives

Is a musician best known as the lead singer of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.He went to Thorns School and Com

Is a musician best known as the lead singer of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.He went to Thorns School and Community College in Quarry Bank, where he met Ned's bass player Matt Cheslin. Penney used to live in a house near the Swan Hotel in Stourbridge, where he use

Is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked pl

Is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain. Marray regularly competes in doubles competitions as well as in singles, pairing up with Richard Bloomfield, and left-hander Mark Hilton.

Is a British Singer-songwriter, currently living in North London. First achieving prominence aged 18

Is a British Singer-songwriter, currently living in North London. First achieving prominence aged 18 as a slow left-arm spinner for Middlesex County Cricket Club[2], he turned to poetry and finally to music, and had a song featured on the end credits of t

Was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor.

Was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor. She married the artist Delmar Banner in 1930. She lived in Cumbria much of her working life. Her most famous work includes Reconciliation at Coventry Cath

Is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. During his lengthy poker car

Is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. During his lengthy poker career, Beevers became one of the pioneers of poker on television by appearing in every series of Late Night Poker, where he made a record 3 grand finals. Beevers worked first for NatWest (as his father had done before him) then for Citibank in Hammersmith. He went on to attend Middlesex University as a mature student towards of the end of his 4 years playing regular blackjack, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honour's degree in Finance and Accounting at the age of 24.

Was a heavyweight boxer from the Butetown district of Cardiff, Wales. He was trained by Freddie Elvi

Was a heavyweight boxer from the Butetown district of Cardiff, Wales. He was trained by Freddie Elvin. In all, he won 45 of his 54 professional bouts, losing 8, with one drawn.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1837 to 1854. A right-hand

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1837 to 1854. A right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper who was mainly associated with Nottinghamshire, he made 149 known appearances in first-class matches. He represen

Was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 190

Was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 1907-08 and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914. Humphries was a wicket-keeper, who made his first-class

Was an English essayist and poet. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison, and later

Was an English essayist and poet. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison, and later the dean of Lichfield. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magaz

Is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. A right-handed opening bat

Is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. A right-handed opening batsman, Ormrod was a key member in Worcestershire's back to back Championship winning sides of 1964 and 1965.

Was an English cricketer who made ten first-class appearances between 1891 and 1896. He played five

Was an English cricketer who made ten first-class appearances between 1891 and 1896. He played five first-class matches for Somerset, and also appeared for the MCC and I Zingari. He also published a number of books, including A Cotswold Village; or, count

Was a British cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.Jos

Was a British cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.Joseph Aspdin (or Aspden) was the eldest of the six children of Thomas Aspdin, a bricklayer living in the Hunslet district of Leeds, Yorkshire. He was baptized on Christmas Day, 1788. He entered his father's trade, and married Mary Fotherby at Leeds Parish Church (the Parish Church of St Peter at Leeds) [1] on 21 May 1811.[1]By 1817 he had set up in business on his own in central Leeds. He must have experimented with cement manufacture during the next few years, because on 21 October 1824 he was granted the British Patent BP 5022 entitled An Improvement in the Mode of Producing an Artificial Stone, in which he coined the term "Portland cement" by analogy with the Portland stone, an oolitic limestone that is quarried on the channel coast of England, on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. See below for the text of the patent.

Was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wh

Was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Whitehaven constituency in Cumberland from 1959 until he stood down at the 1970 general election. He was an organiser of the Jarrow March and the first signa

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1930. He made hi

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire from 1909 to 1930. He made his debut for Derbyshire against Sussex in May 1909 when he made 6 and 14. Over the next four years he played about five games a year, but in 1914 he played 16 matches for the club. Cricket was interrupted by the First World War, and Bowden did not return to the first class game until 1921. In that season he scored his first century of 108 against Gloucestershire. He played steadily in 1922 and in 1923 scored 114 against Somerset. After good but uneventful years in 1924 and 1925, Bowden managed an average of 30.52 in 1926, clocking up 1221 runs and making 106 against Warwickshire. Bowden was a right-hand batsman and played 395 innings in 231 first class matches with an average of 20.57. He made over 7,600 runs and scored four centuries with a top score of 120. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler who took one wicket in 21 overs at an average of 54.00.

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896. He made his

Was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896. He made his debut for Derbyshire in August 1895 against Hampshire when he made 2 not out in the only innings he played. He played two more games in the 1895 season and two in the 1896 season. Brooks played seven innings in five first class matches with an average of 2,66 and a top score of 6. As last man in, he was only given out three times in his career. He was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and took 2 wickets at an average of 95.00.

Is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who

Is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who also plays as a wicket-keeper. Buttler enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school, sharing a record-breaking opening partnership while at King's College, Taunton in 2008, and the following season his school lost only one of seventeen matches under captaincy, and he was named 2009 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year. His performances led him to be selected to play for England at Under-19 level, touring Bangladesh, and then travelling to New Zealand for the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.