English Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a former English cricketer who played for Sussex and captained England under 19's in 3 tests and

Is a former English cricketer who played for Sussex and captained England under 19's in 3 tests and 3 ODI's earlier in his career. His performances won him selection for the Honourable Ivo Bligh's tour side to Australia in 1882/3 where he was part of the

Is an English television pundit and former football player.Webb joined Reading on leaving school in

Is an English television pundit and former football player.Webb joined Reading on leaving school in 1979 and made his first-team debut in February 1980. He became the youngest ever scorer for the team.

Is a former English cricketer. Thurgood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Is a former English cricketer. Thurgood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. In 1999, Thurgood made his debut and his List-A debut for Dorset against Scotland in the 2nd round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. Thurgood represented the co

Is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Durham CCC, Marylebone Cricket Club

Is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Durham CCC, Marylebone Cricket Club and Combined Universities. He began his career with Durham as a schoolboy in 1992, when he was selected for the first team squad on a tour to Zimbabwe. He

Is a former English cricketer who played in 7 ODIs from 1986 to 1996. He is the son of the former En

Is a former English cricketer who played in 7 ODIs from 1986 to 1996. He is the son of the former England test captain, M J K Smith.

Is a British amateur boxer who has won several medals in international tournaments at welterweight.

Is a British amateur boxer who has won several medals in international tournaments at welterweight. Southpaw Perkins fights for Kirkdale ABC in Liverpool. He failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA Eur

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Wiltshire. Prigent, who represented Wiltshire in Minor Counties cricket between 1990 and 1994, made a single List A appearance for the side, during the

Is a former English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. T

Is a former English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. Taylor made his debut for Dorset in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. From 1987 to 1993, Taylor represented Dorset in 42 Minor Counties Ch

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed specialist batsman with occasional right-arm medium-pac

Is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed specialist batsman with occasional right-arm medium-pace bowling. Turk received an official berth in the Sussex squad in 2005, though his debut for the county's second XI came in July 2002, and his debut for th

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Rainham, Essex. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-a

Was an English cricketer. He was born in Rainham, Essex. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Pook's first-class career spanned two games for two different teams, making his debut in 1988 for Essex and his second appearance, t

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mo

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events

Is an artist born in Kearsley, Lancashire, England, and resident in Northern Ireland since 1962. Pri

Is an artist born in Kearsley, Lancashire, England, and resident in Northern Ireland since 1962. Primarily a portrait painter, his subjects have included novelist Francis Stuart (for the Ulster Museum), former Lord Mayor of Belfast David Cook (for Belfast City Council), footballer Derek Dougan and fellow artists Colin Middleton and Terry Frost.

A British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Research Direc

A British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Research Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance. He is widely seen as one of the leading British economists of his generation.His work is predominantly on time series econometrics and financial econometrics. In recent years he has worked on the theory of the measurement of the variability of asset prices. He was an undergraduate at York University and did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (awarded in 1990) at the LSE where he was on the faculty from 1988 to 1993. He moved to Oxford in 1991, originally as the Gatsby Research Fellow in Econometrics. He became an Official Fellow in Economics in 1993, a position he held until 2006. He was Director of the Oxford Financial Research Centre from 2006 to 2007.

Is a retired footballer who played as a striker and is now the youth team manager at Grimsby Town. A

Is a retired footballer who played as a striker and is now the youth team manager at Grimsby Town. At Grimsby he has worked closely with manager Alan Buckley to bring some of his youth team players to become first team players.

Is an English former footballer who played in defence for Scarborough, Ipswich Town and Barnsley amo

Is an English former footballer who played in defence for Scarborough, Ipswich Town and Barnsley amongst others. Thompson subsequently became a football coach and had spells at York City, Scarborough and Boston United as player-manager. He currently works as Academy Manager of Leeds United.

Is an English former footballer.He was released by Leigh RMI in January 2003 and joined Kettering To

Is an English former footballer.He was released by Leigh RMI in January 2003 and joined Kettering Town in February. He signed for Halifax Town a month later.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Hertfordshire. He was born in Woolwich and died in Uttlesford. Vartan, who made his debut for Durham University in 1982, played for Hertfordshire in the Minor Countie

Is an English footballer who plays for Morecambe. His former clubs include Wrexham and Sunderland an

Is an English footballer who plays for Morecambe. His former clubs include Wrexham and Sunderland and Darlington.Wainwright began his career as a trainee at Wrexham in July 1996, making 11 league appearances in two season before joining Sunderland for a fee of £10,000 in July 1998.

Is a football manager, currently in charge of Crystal Palace. Warnock has been a lifelong supporter

Is a football manager, currently in charge of Crystal Palace. Warnock has been a lifelong supporter of hometown club Sheffield United Football Club, which he managed from 1999 to 2007.

Is a professional footballer.Neil Wikinson started his career in Hartlepool’s youth team. His perf

Is a professional footballer.Neil Wikinson started his career in Hartlepool’s youth team. His performances in both midfield and defence earned him the position of youth team captain. As youth team captain Wikinson lead his team to glory as they became the under 19 champions of the Dallas Cup.

Is a former international backstroke swimmer from England. He represented Great Britain twice at the

Is a former international backstroke swimmer from England. He represented Great Britain twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Willey won several medals (silver and bronze) in the 1990s as a member of the Br

Is a British figure skater.Neil Wilson is now a coach at BC Center of Excellence in Burnaby He coach

Is a British figure skater.Neil Wilson is now a coach at BC Center of Excellence in Burnaby He coaches figure skating and is also a choreographer.

Is an English footballer who is currently without a club, following his release by FK Željeznicar.

Is an English footballer who is currently without a club, following his release by FK Željeznicar. His predominant position is as a midfielder.Wood began his career with Manchester United, as a member of the reserve team but never made a senior team appearance. During his career with United, he was loaned out to Royal Antwerp in Belgium, Peterborough United, Burnley, Coventry City, and Blackpool.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender most notably for Bournemouth. He is an

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender most notably for Bournemouth. He is an older brother of Aston Villa defender, Luke Young.He played over 400 league games for Bournemouth, some as captain, after joining in 1994 from Tottenham Hotspur. He played primarily at right back although played at centre back in the latter part of his Bournemouth career.

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He wrote his PhD (1964) on the gramma

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London.He wrote his PhD (1964) on the grammar of Nupe, a language of Nigeria. Since then his research has encompassed theoretical syntax, language acquisition, the 'savant' syndrome, and general linguistic theory, particularly the work of Noam Chomsky.In the 1990s he began working with an autistic man, Christopher, in collaboration with Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli. According to Smith and Tsimpli, Christopher has a non-verbal IQ of between 60 and 70, but his English is comparable to that of normal native speakers, and he has an extraordinary ability to learn new languages.