English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former English international rugby union and rugby league player. He played wing or fullback. I

Is a former English international rugby union and rugby league player. He played wing or fullback. In total he won fifty-one Rugby Union international test caps for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for England. T

Is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total,

Is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.Later he moved to Middleham to become a stable jockey to Mark Johnston. He is

Is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger.Wilcox grew up in a suburb of Bolton

Is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger.Wilcox grew up in a suburb of Bolton with his parents and brother, and he did so until moving to Blackburn aged sixteen after his father wrote to the Lancashire club asking for a trial. After training on Sunday, Wilcox signed a contract on Monday, after Blackburns Youth Team Manager, Jim Furnell, described him as "one of the best young wingers in English football."

Is a British comedian (declaring himself "world famous in Birmingham"), actor and TV presenter.In Fe

Is a British comedian (declaring himself "world famous in Birmingham"), actor and TV presenter.In Feb. 1969 he started his own folk club, "The Boggery", in Solihull with his friend Les Ward. There, he would perform folk songs as well as MC. Before long, h

Was the first cricketer known to have been killed while playing the game.

Was the first cricketer known to have been killed while playing the game.

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for Manchester City."Jav reminds me of Earl

Is an English professional footballer currently playing for Manchester City."Jav reminds me of Earl Barrett in many ways - he's a rubber man who bounces all over the place with great athleticism. He's played for England under 19s this year and, like the rest of the lads, he will benefit immensely from playing alongside senior players" said Jim Cassell in the Official Manchester City annual 2008.

A English singer. She is perhaps mostly famous for representing the UK at Eurovision Song Contest 20

A English singer. She is perhaps mostly famous for representing the UK at Eurovision Song Contest 2005 beating competition favourite model Katie Price for the ticket to Kiev. Hylton has also achieved a number of top 20 singles hits in the UK, Javine's song You've Got a Friend was theme song to Garfield: The Movie in 2004[2].In the summer of 2003, Hylton released her debut single "Real Things", which featured a sample of M.O.P.'s hit "Ante Up". The single charted inside the UK top 5 singles chart at Number 4[4] and remains her biggest hit to date. Three further top 20 hits from her debut album followed, "Surrender (Your Love)" (which sampled the Diana Ross hit "Surrender"), "Best Of My Love" and a cover of Jade's "Don't Walk Away", a double A-side with a cover of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend".

A singer who was formerly with the British pop group, Bucks Fizz. She was the youngest member of the

A singer who was formerly with the British pop group, Bucks Fizz. She was the youngest member of the group's original line-up.[1]Aston was one of the four original members of Bucks Fizz when they were formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. They won with "Making Your Mind Up" and the song went to No.1 in many countries, including the United Kingdom.The group went on to become one of the top selling groups of the 1980s and scored many hit single and albums over the next few years, including two more British No.1s; "The Land Of Make Believe" and "My Camera Never Lies". Aston's interest in fashion and design came into good use while with the group as she designed many of the group's stage outfits and created many memorable images. [3][4][5] In 1983 she performed the lead vocal to the song "When We Were Young", which went on to become one of the group's biggest hits.[6]

Is a British Asian Pop singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Stolen", "Eyes On You", "Ride It"

Is a British Asian Pop singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Stolen", "Eyes On You", "Ride It", and "Tonight". He has released two albums, Me Against Myself (2004) and My Own Way (2008). He is currently signed to Cash Money Records.

An artistic director who was known for began fame in the Liverpool punk and New Wave scene in the 19

An artistic director who was known for began fame in the Liverpool punk and New Wave scene in the 1970's and 1980's, with Big In Japan, Pink Military and Pink Industry, until about the 1990's.After she left home at 14, and being interested in Andy Warhol and Lou Reed[2], she joined one of the first punk bands in Liverpool, Big In Japan, in mid-1977. She was notorious for being a woman with shaved head, as image of the band. The band had different styles like punk, power-pop and post-punk during their two years of existence, splitting up in 1978, but reuniting for three Peel Sessions in early 1979. The group comprised future successful artists, like Holly Johnson, who later was the frontman of Frankie Goes To Hollywood; Bill Drummond, later member of The KLF; Ian Broudie, known for his britpop/alternative band The Lightning Seeds; and Budgie, drummer in Siouxsie And The Banshees in the 1980's and the 1990's, etc.

Is a Welsh football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the Welsh national team,

Is a Welsh football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the Welsh national team, of which she is the captain. Ludlow plays as a Midfielder.

Is a British ice dancer who with her skating partner Christopher Dean won a gold medal at the 1984 W

Is a British ice dancer who with her skating partner Christopher Dean won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.Barker was made a life peer as Baroness Trumpington,

Is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.Barker was made a life peer as Baroness Trumpington, of Sandwich in the County of Kent, in 1980. She was a Baroness-in-waiting from 1983 to 1985, and again from 1992 to 1997. She was a Minister of State in th

Was a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 she finished eighth in

Was a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 she finished eighth in the alpine skiing combined event.

Is a British figure skater.

Is a British figure skater.

Is a British Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Is a British Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a British bodybuilder, best known for playing Shadow in the ITV show Gladiators. Shadow was legen

Is a British bodybuilder, best known for playing Shadow in the ITV show Gladiators. Shadow was legendary for his icy stare and his record in the 'Duel' event. He once hit his opponent so hard in this event that the ends of the pugil stick were clearly dam

A member of the famous Wallsend Boys Club, Jeff Wrightson was a product of the Newcastle United yout

A member of the famous Wallsend Boys Club, Jeff Wrightson was a product of the Newcastle United youth set up which also gave us Ian Bogie and a certain Paul Gascoigne. Wrightson was however a classy centre back who despite his obvious talent never really lived up to his potential.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 400 appearances in

Was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League, and over 200 more in the Conference.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Wiltshire.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Wiltshire. Having made his cricketing debut 18 years previously for Surrey Young Cricketers at the age of 19, Cullip made two List A appearances, for Wiltshire, the f

A British-born theoretical physicist and an emeritus physics faculty at MIT Center for Theoretical P

A British-born theoretical physicist and an emeritus physics faculty at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.Goldstone was a research fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1956-60 and held visiting research posts at Copenhagen, CERN and Harvard. During this time, his research focus shifted to particle physics and he investigated the nature of relativistic field theories with spontaneously broken symmetries. With Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, he proved that in such theories zero-mass particles (Nambu-Goldstone bosons) must exist.

Is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death meta

Is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death metal / grindcore band Carcass for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the punk band the Electro Hippies. After the demise of Carc

Was an English bare-knuckle boxer and Champion of All England 1800-1805. Born in Bristol, Belcher be

Was an English bare-knuckle boxer and Champion of All England 1800-1805. Born in Bristol, Belcher beat Paddington Tom Jones in April 1799 in the Middleweight Championship of England.[1] He drew with champion Jack Bartholomew in a 51-round bout in 1799, a

Was an English boxing champion. He was born at Beeston, Norfolk. Although nicknamed "The Gypsy", he

Was an English boxing champion. He was born at Beeston, Norfolk. Although nicknamed "The Gypsy", he denied Romani ethnicity in his autobiography. A middleweight, he succeeded in outboxing heavier opponents thanks to his dancing style, clever defensive tac

Is an English model and professional wrestler. She is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainm

Is an English model and professional wrestler. She is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, set to train in their developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). She is also known by the name Inferno, which she used in the 2008 B