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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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List of Bengal cricketers

Cricketers who have played for Bengal in senior matches

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)

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William Bowyer-Smijth

English cricketer, baronet and politician (1814–1883)

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William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton

British soldier and Conservative politician (1800–1876)

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Stephen Daley (cricketer)

Australian cricketer, veterinarian

Kamisese Mara

Fijian former prime minister and president

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Mizanur Rahman (cricketer)

Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1991)

Anthony Wilding

New Zealand tennis player

Michael Tomlinson

British politician (born 1977)

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Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet

British baronet and Conservative Party politician

Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham

British peer and politician (1842–1922)