English Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a former cricket player and is now a newspaper columnist and radio commentator. He studied law at

Is a former cricket player and is now a newspaper columnist and radio commentator. He studied law at Cambridge University, and was the captain of the English county side Somerset. He also captained an England one-day cricket team to defeat in Holland. Roe

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Bedfordshire. Taylor made a si

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Bedfordshire. Taylor made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1967 Gillette Cup, against Northamptonshire.

Is an English footballer and left-sided midfielder. He is currently playing for Cardiff City in the

Is an English footballer and left-sided midfielder. He is currently playing for Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.He made his first team debut on April 21, 2003 against Newcastle United, a second-half substitution for Gareth Barry, and made an immediate impact, seeing a powerful shot pushed over the bar by Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given, which earned plaudits from his team-mates.

Is a former English county cricketer. He played as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire and Sussex and

Is a former English county cricketer. He played as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire and Sussex and captained Sussex in 1997. He retired from first-class cricket in 1998 and took up coaching. Moores was a successful coach of Sussex leading the county to t

Is an English composer, musician, arranger and musical director who might be best known for the prev

Is an English composer, musician, arranger and musical director who might be best known for the previous theme tune of Grange Hill which was composed in 1990.

Is an English chess player who won the British Chess Championship in 1965. Born in London and educat

Is an English chess player who won the British Chess Championship in 1965. Born in London and educated at Exeter College, Oxford, he represented Oxford University in the Varsity chess matches of 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966, and represented England in the Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1968, and 1970. Later, he turned to contract bridge, at which he has also been highly successful: he won the English Bridge Union's National Pairs title in 2003, and captained the team that won the Gold Cup, the premier teams event in Britain.

Was an English-American linguist and phonetician who traveled the world to document the distinct sou

Was an English-American linguist and phonetician who traveled the world to document the distinct sounds of endangered languages and pioneered ways to collect and study data. He was active at the universities of Edinburgh, Scotland and Ibadan, Nigeria 1953–61. At Edinburgh he studied phonetics with David Abercrombie, who himself had studied with Daniel Jones and was thus connected to Henry Sweet.At the time of his death, he was Professor of Phonetics Emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he taught from 1962 to 1991. His book A Course in Phonetics is a common introductory text in phonetics, and The Sounds of the World's Languages (co-authored with Ian Maddieson) is widely regarded as a standard phonetics reference. Ladefoged also wrote several books on the phonetics of African languages.

Is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the succes

Is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits.The son of an accountant, Noone attended Wellacre Primary School in Flixton, Urmston and Stretford Grammar School ne

Is a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. As a spymaster in the early Cold

Is a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. As a spymaster in the early Cold War, he is noted for his resourceful use of telephone tapping in espionage. He was a member of the British international ski team from 1931 to 1937, and i

Is an English singer-songwriter. He fronts the recently re-formed 1970s English band, The Only Ones.

Is an English singer-songwriter. He fronts the recently re-formed 1970s English band, The Only Ones. Perrett lives in Forest Hill, South East London. The Only Ones often described as New Wave were noted for their musicianship during the Punk period. In fa

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Somerset and several amateur sides in a long fi

Was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Somerset and several amateur sides in a long first-class cricket career that stretched from 1900 to 1927. Johnson made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in a match against A. J. Webbe's XI

Is an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in London. He turned professional at an early ag

Is an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in London. He turned professional at an early age in 1974, working in a club job before embarking on a tournament career several years later. He made his first appearance on the European Tour in 1979 and

Is a British wheelchair tennis player. Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident at the age of 19, and w

Is a British wheelchair tennis player. Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He subsequently became a Paralympian, and was the first person ever to win a Paralympic medal for Britain in tennis when he took gold i

Better known as Marilyn, is a British pop singer who achieved international fame in the 1980s with h

Better known as Marilyn, is a British pop singer who achieved international fame in the 1980s with his hit song "Calling Your Name".Robinson was a part of the British New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s and was popularised in the very ea

Is an international businessman who is best-known for having nearly persuaded the Russian Space Agen

Is an international businessman who is best-known for having nearly persuaded the Russian Space Agency into permitting him to fly on the Space Station Mir in 1999. He had reportedly offered to pay $100 million for the privilege. When he was subsequently ousted from the project he claimed there had been a mistake. Numerous allegations of fraud noted for their elaborate nature have been made against Llewellyn in several jurisdictions (including the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and Australia).

A British pianist.He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 12, four years younger

A British pianist.He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 12, four years younger than the official entry age, where he studied under Harold Craxton. Katin made his debut at the Wigmore Hall on 13 December 1948 where the programme included works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Chopin. He went on to give concerts in England, Europe, Africa, the USA, and Japan.

Is an English singer-songwriter and pianist.Skellern's first hit song was "You're a Lady" in 1972. T

Is an English singer-songwriter and pianist.Skellern's first hit song was "You're a Lady" in 1972. The record reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number 50 in the United States. He followed this three years later with "Hold On To Love" which

Was a British politician and businessman.A Conservative Member of the House of Lords, he was created

Was a British politician and businessman.A Conservative Member of the House of Lords, he was created a life peer on 17 July 1990.He was chairman of the executive of the National Union of the Conservative Party from 1986 and 1991 and had previously chaired

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 Dorset. Having made his Minor Counties Championship debut four years previously, Stuckey made a single List A appearance for the team, against Bedfor

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 Norfolk. Thomas, who made his Minor counties Championship debut in 1982, made his sole List A appearance in the NatWest Trophy the following year. Si

Is a British philosopher. His areas of interest are the history of philosophy, philosophical logic,

Is a British philosopher. His areas of interest are the history of philosophy, philosophical logic, and the theory of identity.His Catholic perspective is integral to his philosophy. He is perhaps the founder of Analytical Thomism (though the current of t

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and then Leicestershire. He w

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and then Leicestershire. He was rated by Trevor Bailey as the most formidable English batsman without a Test cricket cap. An all-rounder, he played for Crompton in the Central Lancashi

Was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottin

Was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. More notably, he was a successful coach at Derby County and Nottingham Forest alongside Brian Clough.

Is a retired footballer who was a speedy, exciting winger and part of the first great Liverpool team

Is a retired footballer who was a speedy, exciting winger and part of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s.Thompson began his career at Preston North End after they had beat off 16 other clubs to the school leavers signature, he scored against Liverpool in an FA Cup tie in 1963, impressing manager Bill Shankly sufficiently to pay £40,000 for him later the same year.

Is a professional footballer, currently playing with Barrow in the Conference North as a striker.Tho

Is a professional footballer, currently playing with Barrow in the Conference North as a striker.Thomson began his career with Manchester amateur outfit Strand Athletic before joining Bury 1995.