English Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former English professional footballer.Walsh began his career playing non-league football befor

Is a former English professional footballer.Walsh began his career playing non-league football before joining Arsenal as a an amateur in March 1949 before signing professional for the club five months later. He played a handful of friendlies for Arsenal before being called up for national service in 1950.

Is a songwriter and musician. He wrote songs for Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Jackie De Shannon ("Come

Is a songwriter and musician. He wrote songs for Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Jackie De Shannon ("Come On Down"), John Farnham, The Ace Kefford Stand ("This World's an Apple").

A British population geneticist. He is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Notti

A British population geneticist. He is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham, in the School of Biology.Brookfield is interested in how the genomes evolve and has recently focussed on the evolution of DNA sequences which control development, particularly in Drosophila, and on the evolution of transposable elements.

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1740s and 1750s. He

Was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1740s and 1750s. He was mainly associated with Bromley Cricket Club and Kent. Although information about his career is limited by a lack of surviving data, he is known to have made 19 single wicket and 13 first-class appearances between 1743 and 1756.

Was an English cricketer. Bulbeck made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire

Was an English cricketer. Bulbeck made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire against an early England team. In his two innings, Bulbeck made two ducks.

Was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Keyworth entered the double

Was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Keyworth entered the double York round event in 1908, taking ninth place with 622 points. He also competed in the Continental style event, placing twelfth at 190 points.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Leicestershire. He was born i

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Blaby and died in Melton Mowbray. Burdett made a single first-class appearance for the team, against Northamptonshire in 1919. From the middle order, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second.

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Sussex. He was born in Sutton

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Sussex. He was born in Sutton and died in Kensington. Butt made a single first-class appearance for the team, against the touring West Indians in 1923. Batting in the upper-middle order, he scored two runs in the first innings and eight runs in the second.

Was an English physician, and second founder of the present Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. C

Was an English physician, and second founder of the present Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Caius is a Latinized version of Kees or Keys and is thus pronounced /ki?z/.He was a physician in London in 1547, and was admitted as a fellow of the College

Is an English singer, songwriter and record producer.Carter met his future songwriting partner Ken H

Is an English singer, songwriter and record producer.Carter met his future songwriting partner Ken Hawker at school. They formed a skiffle band in the 1950s called LVI. It was then they began writing songs together: "We began to write real Buddy Holly take-offs. Which was good, it got us excited about songwriting." In 1960 the duo went to London and presented themselves under their songwriting pseudonyms John Carter and Ken Lewis. Terry Kennedy became their manager and convinced them to start their own band as an outlet for their songs.

Born John Cartledge Foster, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the 1878 season. H

Born John Cartledge Foster, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the 1878 season. He was born in Burton Joyce and died in Stoke Bardolph. Cartledge took part in a Derbyshire vs. All England Eleven fixture in 1878 in which Derbyshire lost by seven wickets. Nine of the players in the All England Eleven were past, present, or future Test cricketers, and Cartledge was dismissed by Alfred Shaw and Dick Barlow. He played as a lower-middle order batsman.

Was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, alon

Was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, along with Michael Ventris.After the war he was on the staff of the Oxford Classical Dictionary before beginning a Classics lectureship at Cambridge in 1952. That year he began working with Ventris on the progressive decipherment of Linear B, the two writing Documents in Mycenean Greek in 1956 following a controversial first paper three years earlier. Chadwick's philological skills were applied to Ventris' initial theory that Linear B was an early form of Greek rather than another Mediterranean language.

Was an English poet.Two songs by him are included in Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, and in 1683 app

Was an English poet.Two songs by him are included in Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, and in 1683 appeared Thealma and Clearchus. A Pastoral History in smooth and easie Verse. Written long since by John Chalkhill, Esq., an Acquaintant and Friend of Edmund

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1909 and 1920, and captained

Was an English first class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1909 and 1920, and captained the side from 1910 to 1912 and in 1920. In 1910 he was appointed captain and again against Warwickshire he made 165 putting on 283 for the 9th wicket with Arnold Warren. This remains record 9th wicket stand for Derbyshire and at least as of 1956 was a world record. Chapman was captain of Derbyshire again in 1911 and 1912. He was a right-hand batsman and played 210 innings in 113 first class matches with an average of 18.58 and a top score of 198. He took one first class wicket at the cost of 241 runs.

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He made over 300 appearances in the

Was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He made over 300 appearances in the top two divisions of the Football League for Birmingham, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

Better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and song writer who was a central figure in the

Better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and song writer who was a central figure in the English psychedelic movement, and an actor.Alder's career began in 1963 as a member of a rhythm and blues band from Colchester called Dane Stephens and th

Was a British motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a British motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club during a 25-year career. As a wicket-keeper, Hubble made over 200 stumpings during his career. After his retirement, he became a qual

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in East Grinstead an

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. He was born in East Grinstead and died in Westminster. Charlwood made three first-class appearances during the 1890 season, while he was still a mere nineteen years old - his debut coming against Marylebone Cricket Club. While Jesse Hide hit four wickets in four balls for Sussex, all but two batsmen in the entire match were stuck on single-figure scores.

Was an English sculptor, born in London. Brother of the sculptor Sir Henry Cheere, he was originally

Was an English sculptor, born in London. Brother of the sculptor Sir Henry Cheere, he was originally apprenticed as a haberdasher from 1725 to 1732. Among his works were a gilt equestrian statue of William III in St James's Square, London, made in 1739, a

He spent his childhood in Greece, but returned to England in 1938. With the outbreak of the war he j

He spent his childhood in Greece, but returned to England in 1938. With the outbreak of the war he joined the Royal Air Force, where he flew missions in the Far East.Back in London now 25 years old, he began painting and in 1949 had his first exhibition. In 1957 he moved to Paris and participated in a show together with Enrico Baj, Jorn and Mihailovitch at Galerie Rive Gauche.Collections include: Tate Gallery, London; Frissiras Museum, Greece; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries; Beaux Art Museum, Toulouse; Beaux Art Museum Nantes; Contemporary Art Society, London; Museum of 20th Century Art, Vienna; Kunst Museum, Randers, Denmark; Kunst Museum Silkeborg, Denmark; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris

A British phonetician and Esperanto teacher at University College London, where until his retirement

A British phonetician and Esperanto teacher at University College London, where until his retirement in 2006 he held the departmental chair in Phonetics.Wells is best known for his book and cassette Accents of English, the book and CD The Sounds of the IPA, Lingvistikaj Aspektoj de Esperanto and the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. He is the author of the most widely used English-Esperanto dictionary, and is also the inventor of the X-SAMPA ASCII phonetic alphabet. During the summer, Wells directs a two-week course which focuses on practical and theoretical phonetics as well as aspects of teaching phonetics. The course ends with written and oral examinations, for which the IPA Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English is awarded. A considerable part of Wells's research focuses on the phonetic description of varieties of English. From 2003 to 2007 he was president of the International Phonetic Association.

Was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the

Was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His rise to prominence began as a lowly page in the royal court of Stuart England, but his natural courage on the field of battle soon ensured quick promotion and recognition from his master and mentor James, Duke of York.

Was an English poet, in his time commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet", born the son

Was an English poet, in his time commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet", born the son of a farm labourer at Helpston (which, at the time of his birth, was in the Soke of Peterborough, which itself was part of Northamptonshire) near Peterbor

Also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman, was a sea captain. Monks was born in Syston/Siston nea

Also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman, was a sea captain. Monks was born in Syston/Siston near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1827. He is entombed at Perryman Cemetery, Maryland, USA, along with both his wives (first wife Mary and se