English Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an English rugby union lock who played international rugby for Wales. He played his club rugby f

Was an English rugby union lock who played international rugby for Wales. He played his club rugby for Waterloo R.F.C. and Cambridge University.Bark-Jones' first international game was a historic Welsh victory over his birth country, England. Wales had fa

Was a British and American psychologist known for his exploration of a wide variety of substantive a

Was a British and American psychologist known for his exploration of a wide variety of substantive areas in psychology. These areas included: the basic dimensions of personality and temperament, a range of cognitive abilities, the dynamic dimensions of motivation and emotion, the clinical dimensions of personality, patterns of group and social behavior, applications of personality research to psychotherapy and learning theory, predictors of creativity and achievement, and many scientific research methods for exploring and measuring these areas. Cattell was famously productive throughout his 92 years, authoring and co-authoring over 50 books and 500 articles, and over 30 standardized tests. According to a widely-cited ranking, he was the 16th most influential and eminent psychologist of the 20th century.[1]

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two Summer O

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

Was a British cricketer and cricket writer. During his career, which lasted from 1920 to 1937, he to

Was a British cricketer and cricket writer. During his career, which lasted from 1920 to 1937, he took 464 wickets at 25.77 in first-class cricket, with best innings figures of 9-38. In 1933 he became cricket correspondent for the Morning Post. He later w

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 32nd in the K-1 event at t

Is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 32nd in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former English cricketer. Flood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Floo

Is a former English cricketer. Flood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Flood made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1956 County Championship against Essex.

Is a chess grandmaster, but is better known as a chess organiser, columnist and author.Keene won the

Is a chess grandmaster, but is better known as a chess organiser, columnist and author.Keene won the British Boys' title in 1964, and represented England at the 1965 Barcelona World Junior Chess Championship and the 1967 World Junior Chess Championship in Jerusalem. After education at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge (where he studied modern languages and graduated MA), Keene rose to prominence on the British chess scene in the early seventies.

Is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who p

Is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Cheshire. He was born in Liverpool. Digman represented Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1955 and 1972, and in 1970 joined Seft

Was an English mathematician specialising in quantum mechanics.The Ehrenberg-Siday effect, later kno

Was an English mathematician specialising in quantum mechanics.The Ehrenberg-Siday effect, later known as the Aharonov-Bohm effect, is a quantum mechanical phenomenon by which a charged particle is affected by electromagnetic fields in regions from which

Was an English cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club. One of the most popular character

Was an English cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club. One of the most popular characters to play county cricket in recent times, East is remembered as much for his on field wit as his fine slow left arm spin bowling. He played 405 matches for

Was a Manchester United goalkeeper who played in the 1956 and 1957 championship-winning teams. Wood

Was a Manchester United goalkeeper who played in the 1956 and 1957 championship-winning teams. Wood was a very fast player, he had the opportunity to be a professional sprinter but chose to play football, and was very agile, although he frequently had trouble with crosses. He played for England three times.

Is an English footballer who played for Southampton, Leeds, Stoke and latterly Witton Albion.Ray sig

Is an English footballer who played for Southampton, Leeds, Stoke and latterly Witton Albion.Ray signed for Southampton Football Club as an apprentice in 1986 along with his twin brother Rod Wallace. Elder brother Danny Wallace had already become an established member of the Southampton first team.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class c

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1973. Having played for the Second XI since 1971, Hanson made his one and only first-class appearance for the Derbyshire team agai

Is a British Olympic fencer.

Is a British Olympic fencer.

Was an English cricketer. Love was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Love rep

Was an English cricketer. Love was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Love represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1923 against local rival Sussex and Nottinghamshire.

Was a British Conservative Party politician.Mawby was Member of Parliament for Totnes from 1955 to 1

Was a British Conservative Party politician.Mawby was Member of Parliament for Totnes from 1955 to 1983. He was assistant Postmaster General from 1963 to 1964. During the debates over the legalisation of male homosexual acts (achieved in 1967) Mawby was a

Is a sculptor.He is known for his sculptures of tightly packed people made from clay, with works on

Is a sculptor.He is known for his sculptures of tightly packed people made from clay, with works on McGill College Avenue in Montreal; the Tuileries, Paris; Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; and Madison Avenue, New York. His controversial 1991 work, Forward!

Was an important post-war English art photographer.Born in Wallasey, then part of Cheshire, he serve

Was an important post-war English art photographer.Born in Wallasey, then part of Cheshire, he served in the RAF and then trained as a painter at the Royal College of Art. After graduating, he was asked to set up a photography department at Watford College. Moore became interested in photography at a time when photography was still viewed in Britain as an undistinguished craft rather than a serious art form.

Is a former cricketer who played two first-class matches as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire in 195

Is a former cricketer who played two first-class matches as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire in 1958. Seven of his eight catches came on debut against Derbyshire at Kidderminster. In the same match, he was the second wicket in a hat-trick by the Derbyshi

Is a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of

Is a British Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of René Paul, ex-husband of June Foulds-Paul, uncle of Barry Paul and father of Steven Paul.

Is an English actor, singer, and dancer. In 2006, he finished second in talent show The X Factor.Qui

Is an English actor, singer, and dancer. In 2006, he finished second in talent show The X Factor.Quinn attended Rudston Junior School in Childwall and Gateacre Comprehensive School, Liverpool.[citation needed] From a very young age a major influence in hi

Better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been perf

Better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present. He has worked with many of the notable guitarists of the English folk music revival, su

Is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 a

Is a former English cricketer and footballer. He played football for Arsenal between 1955 and 1957 and cricket for MCC in 1957. He then played football for Derby County between 1958 and 1963 and cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1963. Swallow was bo

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

Is a former English cricketer. Swann was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Stannington, Northumberland. Swann mde his debut in county cricket for Northumberland, in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshir

Was a cricket and rugby union player. He played cricket for Somerset's second team between 1962 and

Was a cricket and rugby union player. He played cricket for Somerset's second team between 1962 and 1971. But he made only one first-class cricket appearance. A right-handed middle order batsman and a successful bowler in club and second eleven cricket, R