Famous cricketers
Heroes of bat and ball. Ranked by how widely they are referenced across Wikidata.
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
English politician and entomologist (1843–1919)
Guy Thwaites
British physician, clinical microbiologist and former cricketer
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Heir apparent to George II of Great Britain (1707–1751)
Russell E. Morris
British chemist (born 1967)
C. Aubrey Smith
English cricketer and actor (1863–1948)
Gavin Wright (biochemist)
English molecular biochemist and former cricketer
John McGrady
English cricketer, chemist, academic
Terence Rattigan
British playwright and screenwriter (1911–1977)
Richard McDowell
New Zealand agricultural scientist
Imran Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993; 1997–1999; 2013–2017)
Alec Douglas-Home
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964
Richard Battye
British cosmologist
Joe Hart
English footballer (born 1987)
Ashleigh Barty
Australian former tennis player (born 1996)
Ralph Fowler
British mathematical physicist (1889–1944)
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
British statesman (1718–1792)
Lord George Hamilton
British politician (1845–1927)
Doug Coombs (geologist)
New Zealand geologist (1924–2016)
Thomas Hughes
English author and politician (1822–1896)
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Governor of New South Wales; Governor of Queensland; Viceroy of India (1868–1933)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
British statesman (1710–1771)
List of Bengal cricketers
Cricketers who have played for Bengal in senior matches
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Sachin Tendulkar
Indian cricketer (born 1973)
George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
English Conservative politician (1817–1876)
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
British politician
Francis Bell (New Zealand politician)
Prime minister of New Zealand in 1925
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
British politician (1818–1903)
James Morris (British politician)
British politician
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
British politician and peer
William Hart Dyke
English politician and tennis pioneer
Geoff Hurst
English former footballer (born 1941)
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
Illegitimate son of Charles II of England (1672–1723)
Lord William Bentinck
British military commander and politician (1774–1839)
Alfred Lyttelton
English politician and sportsman (1857–1913)
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
British peer, nobleman and Liberal Party politician
Edwin Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor
British politician
George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1813)
Royal Navy Admiral and politician (1813–1901)
William Bowyer-Smijth
English cricketer, baronet and politician (1814–1883)
William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton
British soldier and Conservative politician (1800–1876)
Stephen Daley (cricketer)
Australian cricketer, veterinarian
Kamisese Mara
Fijian former prime minister and president
Mizanur Rahman (cricketer)
Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1991)
Anthony Wilding
New Zealand tennis player
Michael Tomlinson
British politician (born 1977)
Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet
British baronet and Conservative Party politician
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham
British peer and politician (1842–1922)