List of English people

This is a partial list of English people of note and of some notable individuals born there, alphabetically within categories:

Sportsmen/sportswomen

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• Harold Abrahams (1899-1978), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
• Tony Adams (Born 1966), football player
• Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
• Alan Ball (born 1945), 1966 football World Cup winner
• Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team
• David Beckham (born 1975), football player
• Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
• Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer
• Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), 1966 football World Cup winner
• Jack Charlton (born 1935), 1966 football World Cup winner
• Don Cockell (born 1928), heavyweight boxer
• Sir Henry Cooper (born 1934), heavyweight boxer
• John Deacon (1962-2001), motorcycle endurance racer
• Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater (ice dance)
• Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), athlete (triple jump)
• Godfrey Evans (1920-1999), cricketer (wicket-keeper)
• James Figg, Boxing's first world champion
• Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), boxing's first world champion in three divisions
• Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
• Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
• W. G. Grace (1848-1915), cricketer
• Naseem Hamed (born 1974), world champion featherweight boxer
• Ricky Hatton (born 1978), highly touted boxing prospect
• Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), 1966 football World Cup winner
• Len Hutton (1916-1990), cricketer
• Martin Johnson (born 1970), rugby player
• Dougie Lampkin, (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
• Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
• Gary Lineker (born 1960), football player
• George Mallory (1886-1924), mountaineer
• Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
• Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer
• Bobby Moore (1941-1993), captain of 1966 soccer World Cup winning team
• Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
• Fred Perry (1909-1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
• Martin Peters (born 1943), 1966 football World Cup winner
• Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), athlete (distance runner)
• Sir Gordon Richards (1904-1988), jockey
• Alan Shearer (born 1970), football player
• Nobby Stiles (born 1942), football World Cup winner
• Jayne Torvill (born 1957), figure skater (ice dance)
• Randolph Turpin (1928-1966), middleweight boxer
• Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer player
• Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player
• Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), rugby player
• Justin Wilson (Born 1978), Champ Car Racer
• Ian Wright (Born 1963), football player