English Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is an English singer-songwriter, pop singer and guitarist, based in Colchester, Essex. He first beca

Is an English singer-songwriter, pop singer and guitarist, based in Colchester, Essex. He first became well known through his appearances on television as a contestant on Fame Academy.Brame taught himself to play the guitar when he was 17, and performed in local pubs and clubs as a teenager, he also fronted the indie bands Ish whilst still at school and Hannahs Fallen during his University days. His musical influences include The Beatles, The Verve, The Libertines, Oasis and Radiohead.

A British marine geologist and geophysicist specializing in the geology of Asia and the western Paci

A British marine geologist and geophysicist specializing in the geology of Asia and the western Pacific. He is currently Kilgour Professor of Geology at the University of Aberdeen, where he has been since 2004.Clift is a geologist who applies marine geophysical, geochemical and classical geological methods to understand the history of geological basins over the last 50 million years. In particular, he works on understanding the relationships between mountain building in the Himalaya and Tibet Plateau and the intensification of the Asian monsoon. Clift has worked on evolution the Indus River, which he dated to being older than 45 million years. He has proposed that the Indus captured the four major rivers of the Punjab region into its basin after around 5 million years ago. Prior to this time the Chenab,

Is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well-known as the winn

Is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well-known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular Late Night Poker television series during his time living in the United Kingdom, where he defeated Austria's Jin Cai Lin in the final heads-up encounter to take the £60,000 first prize. He was formerly nicknamed "The Silver Fox", a nickname shared by fellow poker player Mel Judah.

Is an English singer-songwriter and occasional drummer, best known for being one half of the 1980s b

Is an English singer-songwriter and occasional drummer, best known for being one half of the 1980s blue-eyed soul duo Go West.As a child, Cox was a member of the prestigious Chapel Royal Choir,[citation needed] and at eighteen, he joined a soul band. It was whilst playing in clubs that he met Richard Drummie. For the next few years, Cox and Drummie tried to land a recording contract, but failed. It was when their manager, John Glover, suggested they recorded a few tracks with the help of a new record producer that Go West began to succeed.

Was an English sportsman who captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and earlier in his career

Was an English sportsman who captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and earlier in his career represented England at rugby union. After World War II he gave up on rugby and focused purely on cricket. While primarily a specialist batsman, Cranmer was also a decent medium pace bowler. He had been appointed captain of Warwickshire in 1938 and remained in the role until 1947 before he retired, citing business commitments. Cranmer was capped for England 16 times and took part in their Triple Crown winning Home Nations Championship campaigns of 1934 and 1937. A centre three-quarter, he also captained his country twice.

Is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pa

Is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He is a big hitting all-rounder who is capable of taking a one-day match away from opposing teams in the latter stages. He made his first-class

Is an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the gui

Is an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew

An English pianist. Born in Manchester, he studied at Chetham's School of Music and also at the Roya

An English pianist. Born in Manchester, he studied at Chetham's School of Music and also at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then with Yvonne Loriod in Paris.For a period he was engaged by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as an extra percussionist (having played with them in 1974 as one of the piano duettists in Camille Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony). It was as a pianist that he came to public attention, when he was awarded joint-second prize in the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition with Vladimir Ovchinnikov (no first prize was awarded that year).

Is a former England and Great Britain field hockey player, a member of the British squad at the 1960

Is a former England and Great Britain field hockey player, a member of the British squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and also a former first-class cricketer, usually known as Peter Croft.Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, where he attended the junior an

Was a British journalist, playwright, captain of the England national rugby union team and the head

Was a British journalist, playwright, captain of the England national rugby union team and the head of the spiritual movement Moral Re-Armament from 1961 to 1965. He represented Oxford University RFC in The Varsity Match in 1929 and 1930 and made his Engl

Was an English cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World Wa

Was an English cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire. Despite his short career, in 1946 he not only won his county cap for Northamptonshire, but al

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Oxfordshire. He was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire and died in Lanzarote. Having made his debut for the team in the Minor Counties Championship in 1969, h

Was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham from 1950

Was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham from 1950 to 1959. Remnant was first elected to Parliament in the 1950 general election for the newly recreated seat of Wokingham. He retired at the 1959 general ele

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and played for Middlesex and Glamorg

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and played for Middlesex and Glamorgan. In a career spanning 14 years, he appeared in 68 first-class matches. He is notable in cricket history for having recorded the fastest pair ever, at Ca

Was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition but also had a long solo

Was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition but also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He committed suicide in 1991.

Is a former football (soccer) player. He was the captain of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in W

Is a former football (soccer) player. He was the captain of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany. His nickname is Big Willie and his position was sweeper.

A mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory, and proved the no-gh

A mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory, and proved the no-ghost theorem.Goddard was educated at Emanuel School and the University of Cambridge, where he was a professor in DAMTP, founding deputy director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences and, until 2004, Master of St John's College. He has been Director of the Institute for Advanced Study since January 2004.He was elected to the Royal Society in 1989, was awarded the Dirac Prize and Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1997, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.

Is a British diver. His specialism is the 10 metre platform event, both as solo competitor and in th

Is a British diver. His specialism is the 10 metre platform event, both as solo competitor and in the synchronised event with his former partner Leon Taylor.

Is a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Lancashire. Lee was a right-arm fast-medium bowle

Is a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Lancashire. Lee was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who moved the ball off the seam and took a lot of wickets in English county cricket in the 1970s. In 1973 and again in 1975, he achieved the now-rare fea

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. Hacker ma

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. Hacker made his County Championship debut for Nottinghamshire in 1975, having played in a tour by the Pakistanis nearly a year previous. He had represented the Seco

An eminent British geographer and academic, Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow in Urban a

An eminent British geographer and academic, Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow in Urban and Regional Geography at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol.[2] In an academic career spanning half a century, Professor Haggett is noted for his significant research contributions to the field of human geography, and is the author or editor of over 30 books on geographical practice, theory and individual research topics. In the latter half of his career Haggett specialised in the geographical study of epidemiology and the spatial relationships and distribution of infectious diseases. He has held numerous teaching posts and visiting professorships at institutions around the world, but is most particularly associated with the University of Bristol where he has been a lecturer and professor of geography since 1966. Among the many awards and distinguished recognitions conferred,

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

Is a former English cricketer. Haslop was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Haslop made his only first-class debut for Hampshire against the touring Pakistanis in the 1962. Nine years after his last match for Hampshire, Haslop retur

Was the lead vocalist of Liverpool-based pop group The Farm. He was also one of its founder members

Was the lead vocalist of Liverpool-based pop group The Farm. He was also one of its founder members in the 1980s under the name 'Soul of Socialism'. Prior to his involvement in music, he had been a youth worker and edited the legendary magazine/ football

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire in the early 1930s.

Was an English cricketer who played three first-class matches for Worcestershire in the early 1930s.

Is an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist, best known for his work with comedy par

Is an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist, best known for his work with comedy partner Steve Punt.A skilled impressionist, Dennis did voices for Spitting Image and appeared with Punt as resident support comics on two TV series hosted on