English Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Played one List A Cricket match for Somerset in the 1985 season. Sully was a right-arm medium-pace b

Played one List A Cricket match for Somerset in the 1985 season. Sully was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman who had played occasional matches for Somerset's second eleven in the Minor Counties Championship and the Seco

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was eliminated in the

Is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later in Barcelona, Burgess was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket

Is an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club and HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. His highest score of 97 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Essex County Cricket Club. He also scored 97 when playing for Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University Cricket Club. His best bowling of 5/39 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, a friendly for Worcestershire agains

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, a friendly for Worcestershire against Warwickshire in 1919.

Was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especia

Was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier); however, he never experienced combat at first hand. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet William Bu

Is a former British skier of Basque descent, notable for competing in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics

Is a former British skier of Basque descent, notable for competing in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics games, in the Giant Slalom. He is also notable for being the first British Citizen to win the Skiing Kandahar Cup, and for being the captain of the British

Is a former English cricketer. Cox was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. Cox

Is a former English cricketer. Cox was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. Cox signed for Hampshire in 1990, making his first-class debut against Sussex and his List-A debut against Worcestershire.

Is an English musician and also a prolific producer in the synth pop era, helming albums by Kevin Ay

Is an English musician and also a prolific producer in the synth pop era, helming albums by Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Duncan Sheik, and Eleanor McE

A British former biochemist turned parapsychology researcher, and the author of a number of controve

A British former biochemist turned parapsychology researcher, and the author of a number of controversial books on topics such as animal and plant development and behaviour, memory, telepathy and perception.Sheldrake's ideas have often met with a hostile reception from scientists, including accusations that he is engaged in pseudoscience, though according to some reporters his ideas have been better received by elements of the general public.[1][2][

Is an English first class cricketer and List A cricketer who played First class games for Surrey Cou

Is an English first class cricketer and List A cricketer who played First class games for Surrey County Cricket Club and Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He played all his List A games for Surrey. His highest score in First class cricket of 12 came when playing for Surrey in the match against Leicestershire. He also played a total of 63 games for Surrey and Leicestershire second XI. and 39 Second XI cup games for surrey and Leicestershire second XI.

Is an English musician, comedian, and actor.The Russ Abbot Show showcased his talents as an all-roun

Is an English musician, comedian, and actor.The Russ Abbot Show showcased his talents as an all-round entertainer, attracting millions of viewers. This show was especially popular among younger viewers, prompting two annuals to be published in 1982 and 1983. These annuals featured comic strips based on popular characters, plus some publicity photos of Abbot in a variety of guises, including his well-known James Bond satire featuring characters named Basildon Bond and Miss Funnyfanny (based on the fictional MI6 spy duo James Bond and Miss Moneypenny).

Is an English singer-songwriter and musician.Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle &

Is an English singer-songwriter and musician.Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums. After a stint with The Roulettes, backing Adam Faith, he then went on to join Unit 4 + 2 in the early 1960s, before becoming the lead singer and guitarist of Argent, writing their hit "God Gave Rock and Roll to You",[1] which would later be covered by both Petra and Kiss.

Was an English singer and songwriter.Born as Ronald Hulme in Everton, Liverpool, he was one of the f

Was an English singer and songwriter.Born as Ronald Hulme in Everton, Liverpool, he was one of the first singer-songwriters of pop music to have come out of the city, and he was the first Liverpool artist to hit the United States music scene with his song

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 Devon in List A cricket between 1999 and 2003, having also played for Middlesex in Second XI cricket. Bryan also represented Middlesex in the Second XI trophy in 1999 and 2000. He retired from cricket in 2004 and is now a successful London businessman. He lives in Peckham, London.

Is a British Paralympic skier. Docker was paralysed from the chest down after he broke two vertebrae

Is a British Paralympic skier. Docker was paralysed from the chest down after he broke two vertebrae in his back in a five metre fall while on a skiing holiday in 1995. He has competed at three Winter Paralympic Games, his best finish was a 23rd place in

Was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Russell Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex.

Was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Russell Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex. He was the sixth of seven cricket playing brothers, who were influential in the establishing of the Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1864. Their cricket g

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Devon. He was born in Taunton. Having represented Devon in the 38-County Cup and Somerset Second XI in the Second XI Championship and AON Risks Trophy

Is an English comedian who has won several awards for his comedic talents, notably making Zoo magazi

Is an English comedian who has won several awards for his comedic talents, notably making Zoo magazine's top 10 list of "Britain's Funniest Comics 2005" at number 2 and winning "Best Compère" at the 2006 Chortle Awards. He was also nominated for an if.com

Is an English author of humour, science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, weblogs, graph

Is an English author of humour, science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, weblogs, graphic novels, comics, and films. His notable works include Morris Telford - A Salopian Odyssey weblog for the BBC and subsequent novel, Marlowe Bidforth's Bac

Is a former English cricketer who played regularly for Cambridge University in the mid-1990s. He was

Is a former English cricketer who played regularly for Cambridge University in the mid-1990s. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey and attended King's College School, Wimbledon. Cake made his first-class debut, for a Cambridge team captained by future England Test cricketer John Crawley, against Derbyshire in April 1993, scoring 1 and 10 not out. Cake returned to playing exclusively university cricket for 1995, and though he appeared only seven times he nevertheless scored over 500 first-class runs at an average in excess of 46, including 101 and 43 in a losing cause against Oxford University at Lord's.

Is an English television presenter and singer.Spencer is a television presenter, hosting shows such

Is an English television presenter and singer.Spencer is a television presenter, hosting shows such as the ITV1 game show Make Your Play. He was also anchor presenter three nights a week for The Great Big British Quiz on Five. Other presenting credits inc

Was an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches: one for Worcestershire in 1901, and a

Was an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches: one for Worcestershire in 1901, and another three for Warwickshire in 1909. He made his debut for Worcestershire against Cambridge University in late May 1901; he made 0 and 6 not out. It was

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Born in North

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Born in Northampton, he joined his home team Northamptonshire in 1992 and has played for them ever since.

Is an English football midfielder.

Is an English football midfielder.

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

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Wiltshire. Having made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1979, he made his only List A appearance during the 1983 NatWest Trophy, a