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and
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
. The derivation is from the
Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old Englis ...
"fox", itself coming from the
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th ...
pre 7th century "fox". The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th century, with the first recorded spelling in 1273 to be that of John Fox in the "Hundred Rolls of
Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...
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Foxe Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (F.O.X.E., also known as FOXE) is a United States-based pornography fan organization founded by adult film actor, director, and critic William Margold and actress Viper.Foxx.


Some families with this name

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Fox sisters The Fox sisters were three sisters from Rochester, New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism: Leah (April 8, 1813 – November 1, 1890), Margaretta (also called Maggie), (October 7, 1833 – March 8, 1893) and Catheri ...
(19th century), American sisters credited as the creators of Spiritualism *
Robin Fox family The Fox family is a family with several members in the acting and related professions over a number of generations. Robin Fox (1913–1971), an actor and theatrical agent, and his wife Angela Worthington, actress and daughter of the English playwr ...
of English actors, including Edward, James, Emilia, Laurence and Lydia Fox * Fox-Strangways (originally Fox), family name of the
Earls of Ilchester Earl of Ilchester is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1756 for Stephen Fox, 1st Baron Ilchester, who had previously represented Shaftesbury in Parliament. He had already been created Baron Ilchester, of Ilchester in t ...
* Lane Fox, a double-barrelled English surname


Notable persons with this surname


Actors

* Anne-Marie Fox (born 1962), American model and actress *
Bernard Fox (actor) Bernard Lawson (11 May 1927 14 December 2016), better known as Bernard Fox, was a Welsh actor. He is remembered for his roles as Dr. Bombay in the comedy fantasy series ''Bewitched'' (1964–1972), Colonel Crittendon in the comedy series ''Hoga ...
(1927–2016), Welsh actor *
Colin Fox (actor) Colin Fox (born November 20, 1938) is a Canadian character actor. Career His acting credits include playing Jean Paul Desmond and Jacques Eloi Des Mondes (the latter speaking to his descendant from the portrait) in '' Strange Paradise'' (CBC/S ...
(born 1938), Canadian actor *
David Fox (actor) Charles James David Fox (March 24, 1941 – November 13, 2021), known professionally as David Fox, was a Canadian actor.
(1941–2021), Canadian actor *
Edward Fox (actor) Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English actor. He starred in the film '' The Day of the Jackal'' (1973), playing the part of a professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French pre ...
(born 1937), English actor *
Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film '' The Soul Keeper'' ( ...
(born 1974), English actress, daughter of actor Edward Fox *
Frank Fox (actor) Frank Fox may refer to: Sportspeople * Frank Fox (racing driver) (1877–1931), American auto racing driver * Frank Fox (Gaelic footballer) (1911–1940), Irish Gaelic footballer * Frank Fox (rugby league) (fl. 1960s and 1970s) rugby league footb ...
in the 1938 film '' Second Thoughts'' * Freddie Fox (actor) (born 1989), English actor *
Harry Fox Harry Fox (born Arthur Carringford; May 25, 1882 – July 20, 1959) was an American vaudeville dancer, actor, and comedian. Biography Fox is most notably famous for being related as name-source to the Fox Trot dance in New York. In "Dance Mad" ...
(1882–1959), American actor *
Jack Fox (actor) Jack Louis Fox (born 17 September 1985) is a British actor. He is part of the Fox family. He is the fourth son of James Fox and his late wife Mary, his uncles are Robert and Edward Fox. Fox began his career in television starring in the criti ...
(born 1985), English actor *
James Fox William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including '' King Rat'', '' The Servant'', ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and ''Performan ...
(born 1939), English actor *
Janet Fox Janet Fox (June 12, 1912 – April 22, 2002) was an American actress. Life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Fox was the niece of American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art after lea ...
(1912–2002), American actor *
Jorja Fox Jorja-An Fox ( ) is an American actress and producer. She first came to prominence with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical success in the recurring r ...
(born 1968), American actress * Kerry Fox (born 1966), New Zealand actress *
Laurence Fox Laurence Paul Fox (born 1978) is a political activist and former actor, most well-known for playing the supporting role of DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series '' Lewis'' from 2006 to 2015. A grandson of the actors Robin and Ange ...
(born 1978), English actor, son of actor James Fox *
Matthew Fox (actor) Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on '' Party of Five'' (1994–2000) and Jack Shephard on the drama series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), the latter of which earned h ...
(born 1966), American actor * Megan Fox (born 1986), American actress * Michael J. Fox (born 1961), Canadian-American actor, author, and activist * Morgan Fox (model) (born 1970), Canadian model and actress * Paul Fox (actor) (born 1979), British actor * Philip Fox (actor) English film and television actor * Robin Fox, father of actors Edward Fox and James Fox; see
Robin Fox family The Fox family is a family with several members in the acting and related professions over a number of generations. Robin Fox (1913–1971), an actor and theatrical agent, and his wife Angela Worthington, actress and daughter of the English playwr ...
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Sandy Fox Sandra Marie Fox (née Kessler; born July 13, 1963) is an American voice actress who has had numerous roles in various animated cartoon, anime and video games. She portrayed the live-action Betty Boop and has provided her voice for Universal Stu ...
(born 1963), American voice actress * Shayna Fox (born 1984), American voice actress *
Sidney Fox Sidney Fox (born Sarah Liefer; December 10, 1907 – November 15, 1942) was an American stage and film actress in the late 1920s and 1930s.Sidney Fox Beaha's age in some records is given as 30 or 31 when she died, including in the registry ...
(1907–1942), American actress *
Spencer Fox Spencer may refer to: People *Spencer (surname) **Spencer family, British aristocratic family ** List of people with surname Spencer * Spencer (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia *Spencer, New ...
(born 1993), voice actor * Templeton Fox (born 1913), American actress * Vivica A. Fox (born 1964), American actress


Arts (other)

* Aaron Fox (musicologist) (contemporary), American musicologist * Adam Fox (poet) (1883–1977), British poet *
Anna Maria Fox Anna Maria Fox (21 February 1816''Barclay Fox's journal''. See Sources above for bibliographical details. – 18 November 1897) was a promoter of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society and the artistic and cultural development of Falmouth in Corn ...
(1816–1897), English cultural promoter in Falmouth, Cornwall * Annie Fox (author) (born 1950), American author * Christopher Fox (composer) (born 1955), British composer * Sir
David Scott Fox Sir Robin David John Scott Fox (20 June 1910 – 25 January 1985) was a British diplomat and writer. Career David Scott Fox (Scott Fox is a double-barrelled surname) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, before entering the ...
(1910–1985), British diplomat and writer * David Fox, pseudonym of
Isabel Ostrander Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1883–1924) was a mystery fiction, mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used her own name and the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. Christopher B. Booth is sometimes (falsely) ...
* E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915), Australian painter * Edward Fox (author) (born 1958), American author * Ethel Carrick Fox (1872–1952), English-born painter better known as Ethel Carrick *
Everett Fox Everett Fox is a scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible. A graduate of Brandeis University, he is currently the Allen M. Glick Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies and director of the program in Jewish Studies at Clark University. Life ...
(contemporary), American scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible * Sir Frank Fox (author) (1874–1960), Australian journalist and author * Frank Fox (composer) for films including ''
The Master Detective ''The Master Detective'' (german: Der Meisterdetektiv) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Rudolf Platte who plays a private detective. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer and Arthur Schwarz. ...
'' * Frank Fox (writer), see ''
Screen Directors Playhouse ''Screen Directors Playhouse'' (sometimes written as ''Screen Directors' Playhouse'') is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcas ...
'' * Frederick A. Fox (1931–2011), American composer *
Gardner Fox Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC ...
(1911–1986), American writer * George Fox (singer) (born 1960), Canadian country music singer * Gill Fox (1915–2004), American cartoonist and animator * Greg Fox (author) (born 1961), American author and cartoonist * Hugo Fox (1897–1969), American bassoonist * James Fox (singer) (born 1976), Welsh musician and songwriter *
John Foxe John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of '' Actes and Monuments'' (otherwise ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the s ...
(1517–1587), English author *
Josh Fox Josh Fox is an American film director, playwright and environmental activist, best known for his Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning 2010 documentary, ''Gasland''. He is one of the most prominent public opponents of hydraulic fracturing and horizon ...
(contemporary) American director of documentaries *
Judy Fox Judy Fox is an American sculptor who was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1957. She studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1976, earned a BA from Yale University in 1978, studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des B ...
(born 1957), American sculptor * Levi Fox (1914–2006), director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, England *
Lucas Fox Lucas Fox is an English drummer who was a founding member of British rock band Motörhead and London punk rockers Warsaw Pakt. Motörhead In 1975, Fox picked up Lemmy from London Airport after he was sacked from Hawkwind. Lemmy, Fox and Pink ...
(contemporary), British heavy metal musician *
Margalit Fox Margalit Fox (born 1961) is an American writer. She began her career in publishing in the 1980s, before switching to journalism in the 1990s. She joined the obituary department of '' The New York Times'' in 2004, and authored over 1,400 obituari ...
, American author * Mary Fox (artist) (1922–2005), British artist *
Mem Fox Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and ...
(born 1946), Australian writer of children's books * Neil Fox (broadcaster) (born 1961), English radio and television presenter *
Oz Fox Richard Alfonso Martinez (born June 18, 1961), better known by the stage name Oz Fox, is the lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. Martinez' high school friends called him ''Oz'' in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to his ability to ...
Christian metal musician (born 1961) *
Paul Fox (musician) Paul Richard Fox (11 April 1951, Bermondsey, South East London – 21 October 2007) was a British singer and guitarist, best known from his work with the UK punk band, The Ruts. The Ruts' style combined punk with dub reggae, a sound tha ...
(1951–2007), British singer and guitarist *
Paul Fox (record producer) Paul Robert Fox (May 22, 1954 – December 25, 2022) was an American record producer, who was best known for producing such recording artists as Faker, The Green Children, Gene Loves Jezebel, 10,000 Maniacs, XTC, Phish, Texas, Sunfall Festival, ...
, American record producer *
Paul Fox (producer) Paul Robert Fox (May 22, 1954 – December 25, 2022) was an American record producer, who was best known for producing such recording artists as Faker, The Green Children, Gene Loves Jezebel, 10,000 Maniacs, XTC, Phish, Texas, Sunfall Festival, ...
, American record producer * Peter Fox (artist) (born 1962), American painter * Peter Fox (musician) (born 1971), singer Pierre Baigorry of the German band Seeed * Rik Fox (born 1955), Polish-American musician * Sally Fox (photographer) (1929–2006), American photographer and editor *
Samantha Fox Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English pop singer and former glamour model from East London. She rose to public attention aged 16, when her mother entered her photographs in an amateur modelling contest run by ''The Sunday Peopl ...
(born 1966), British glamour model and singer * Stephen Fox (author/educator) (born 1938), professor emeritus at Humboldt State University *
Steve Fox (musician) Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music. He got his break in 1995 ...
, Canadian country-music singer/songwriter *
Toby Fox Robert F. Fox (born October 11, 1991), known professionally as Toby Fox (previously Toby "Radiation" Fox), is an American video game developer and video game composer. He is known for developing the role-playing video games '' Undertale'' and ...
(born 1991), musician and video game designer *
Virgil Fox Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "H ...
(1912–1980), American organist


Military

* Cecil H. Fox (1873–1963), British naval officer *
Charley Fox Charles William Fox, DFC and Bar, CD (b. February 26, 1920, Guelph, Ontario; d.October 18, 2008, Tillsonburg, Ontario) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He attended Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institu ...
(1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II * David G. Fox, U.S. Army officer * Francis John Fox (1857–1902), New Zealand soldier and farmer * Francis Lane Fox (1899–1989), British Army officer and Yorkshire landowner * George Malcolm Fox (1843–1918), Inspector General of Gymnasia for the
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...
at Aldershot *
Gustavus Fox Gustavus Vasa Fox (June 13, 1821 – October 29, 1883) was an officer of the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War, and as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. Life and career Fox was born at Saugus, M ...
(1821–1883), American naval officer in the Civil War *
Josiah Fox Josiah Fox (1763–1847) was a British naval architect noted for his involvement in the design and construction of the first significant warships of the United States Navy. Early years Fox was born in Falmouth, Cornwall, Kingdom of Great Bri ...
(1763–1847), Cornish-American naval architect * Myles C. Fox (1918–1942), United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient * Paddy Fox (1933–2016), British recruiting sergeant and Chelsea Pensioner *
Wesley L. Fox Wesley Lee Fox (September 30, 1931 – November 24, 2017) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps colonel with 43 years of service. Fox was a combat veteran – receiving the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietna ...
(born 1931), American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor


Politics and peerage

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Arthur Aloysius Fox Arthur Aloysius Fox (22 October 1847 – 11 April 1901) was a landowner and politician in the colony of South Australia. He was the only son of Rundle Street auctioneer Arthur Fox (c. 1814 – 1 May 1853) and his wife Frances Ellen Fox née Nihi ...
(1847–1901), South Australian politician *
Ashley Fox Sir Ashley Fox (born 15 November 1969)''Who's who'' for second forename,birthplace, parents, marriage and family details is a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England & Gib ...
(born 1969), English Conservative MEP, elected 2009 * Black Fox (Cherokee chief) (died 1811), Cherokee chief *
Charles James Fox Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled '' The Honourable'' from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-ri ...
(1749–1806), British politician *
Charles Richard Fox General Charles Richard Fox (6 November 1796 – 13 April 1873) was a British army general, and later a politician. Background Fox was born at Brompton, the illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, through a liaison wi ...
(1796–1873), illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland *
Chauncey J. Fox Chauncey Johnston Fox (August 21, 1797 in Tolland County, Connecticut – February 11, 1883) was an American politician from New York. Life He was the son of Thomas Fox (1770–1811) and Chloe (Bradley) Fox (1777–1852). In August 1818, Ch ...
(1797–1883), New York politician *
Chloë Fox Chloë Catienne Fox (born 22 February 1971) is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bright from 2006 to 2014 for the Labor Party. Personal life Fox is the daughter of Australian children's aut ...
(born 1971), Australian politician * Claire Fox (born 1960), British political writer *
Colin Fox (politician) Colin Fox (born 17 June 1959, in Motherwell) is a national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region from 2003 to 2007. Described in '' The Herald'' as "one o ...
(born 1959), Scottish politician *
David Spencer Fox David Spencer Fox was a Michigan politician.
The History of Genesee County, MI.
Francis Fox Francis Fox (born December 2, 1939) is a former member of the Senate of Canada, Canadian Cabinet minister, and Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a ...
member of the Senate of Canada * Galen Fox (born 1943), Hawaii politician and convicted sex offender * Gary Fox (politician) (born 1943), Canadian politician from Ontario *
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC (28 September 1705 – 1 July 1774), of Holland House in Kensington and of Holland House in Kingsgate, Kent, was a leading British politician. He identified primarily with the Whig faction. He held the post ...
(1705–1774), English nobleman and statesman *
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 – 22 October 1840), was an English politician and a major figure in Whig politics in the early 19th century. A grandson of Henry ...
(1773–1840), English nobleman and politician * Jamie Fox (born 1964), Canadian politician * Jon Fox (1947–2018), American politician from Pennsylvania * Liam Fox (born 1961), British politician from Woodspring *
Marcus Fox Sir John Marcus Fox MBE (11 June 1927 – 16 March 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee between 1992 and 1997. Als ...
(1927–2002), British politician from Shipley *
Peter Fox (Canadian politician) Peter Fox (May 31, 1921 – July 3, 1989) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986. From 1971 to 1977, he served as Speaker of the legislature. ...
(1921–1989), Canadian politician * Sally Fox (politician) (1951–2014), American politician from Vermont * Stanley Fox (1906–1984), Canadian politician from Manitoba * Stanley H. Fox (contemporary), American politician from North Carolina * Stephen Fox (1627–1716), English politician from Wiltshire *
Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...
(born 1942), President of Mexico *
William Fox (politician) Sir William Fox (20 January 1812 – 23 June 1893) was the second premier of New Zealand and held that office on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his confiscation of Māori land rights ...
(1812–1893), Premier of New Zealand


Religion

* Edward Fox (bishop) (1496–1538), English churchman, Bishop of Hereford * Emmet Fox (1886–1951), Irish spiritual leader of the early 20th century * Francis Fox (divine) (1675–1738), English divine *
George Fox George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and ...
(1624–1691), English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends *
Joseph John Fox Joseph John Fox (August 2, 1855 – March 14, 1915) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1904 until his death in 1914. Biography Early life Joseph Fox was b ...
(1855–1915), American Roman Catholic bishop * Matthew Fox (priest) (born 1940), American priest and theologian * Peter Fox (bishop) (born 1952), British Anglican vicar and former bishop *
Richard Foxe Richard Foxe (sometimes Richard Fox) ( 1448 – 5 October 1528) was an English churchman, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, and became also Lo ...
(Prince Bishop, 1448–1528), English churchman, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford *
Tom Fox (Quaker) Thomas William Fox (July 7, 1951 – March 9, 2006) was an American Quaker peace activist, affiliated with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq. He was kidnapped on November 26, 2005, in Baghdad along with three other CPT activists, leadi ...
(1951–2006), Quaker peacemaker executed by insurgents in Iraq *
William Johnson Fox William Johnson Fox (1 March 1786 – 3 June 1864) was an English Unitarian minister, politician, and political orator. Early life Fox was born at Uggeshall Farm, Wrentham, near Southwold, Suffolk on 1 March 1786. His parents were strict C ...
(1786–1864), English religious and political orator


Science, technology, engineering, mathematics

* Annette Baker Fox (1912–2011), American international relations scholar *
Brian Fox (computer programmer) Brian Jhan Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer and free software advocate. He is the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989. He continued as the primary maintainer of bash until at least ...
(born 1959), software programmer * Sir
Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer) Sir Charles Fox (11 March 1810 – 11 June 1874) was an English civil engineer and contractor. His work focused on railways, railway stations and bridges. Biography Born in Derby in 1810, he was the youngest of five sons of Dr Francis Fox. I ...
(1810–1874), English civil engineer * Sir Charles Douglas Fox (1840–1921), British civil engineer * Charles_Fox_(mathematician) (1897–1977), introduced Fox–Wright function and Fox H-function * Cyril Fred Fox (1882–1967), English archaeologist *
Dixon Ryan Fox Dixon Ryan Fox (December 7, 1887 – January 30, 1945) was an American educator, researcher, and president of Union College, New York from 1934 until his death in 1945. Fox graduated from Columbia College in 1911. He took his Ph.D in history ...
(1887–1945), American educator and researcher * Fiona Fox (UK press officer) (born 1964), director of the UK Science Media Centre * Sir
Francis Fox (civil engineer) Sir Francis Fox (29 June 1844 – 7 January 1927) was an English civil engineer, who was responsible for the bridges over the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi and Sydney Harbour, the Mersey Railway Tunnel and the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and ex ...
(1844–1927), English civil engineer * J. G. Fox (1916–1980), known as Jack, American nuclear physicist * James Fox (engineer) (1780–1830), English machine tool maker *
John Fox (statistician) Anthony John Fox (born 25 April 1946) is a British statistician, who has worked in both the public service and academia. He was born on 25 April 1946, the son of Fred Frank Fox OBE. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, University College Londo ...
(born 1946), British statistician * Kate Fox, British social anthropologist * Mark S. Fox (born ca. 1952), Canadian computer scientist *
Marye Anne Fox Marye Anne Payne Fox (9 December 1947 – 9 May 2021) was an American physical organic chemist and university administrator. She was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In April 2004, Fo ...
(1947–2021), American chemist and university administrator * Ralph Fox (1913–1973), American mathematician * Robert Fortescue Fox (1858–1940), British physician *
Robin Fox Robin Fox (born 1934) is an Anglo-American anthropologist who has written on the topics of incest avoidance, marriage systems, human and primate kinship systems, evolutionary anthropology, sociology and the history of ideas in the social scien ...
(born 1934), anthropologist * Samson Fox (1838–1903), British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist * Sidney W. Fox (1912–1998), American biochemist * Theodore Fortescue Fox (1899–1989), British physician and medical journal editor * Wade Fox (1920–1964), American zoologist and herpetologist * Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962), British dermatologist and horticulturist *
William Darwin Fox The Reverend William Darwin Fox (23 April 1805 – 8 April 1880) was an English clergyman, naturalist, and a second cousin of Charles Darwin. Early life Fox was born in 1805 and initially raised at Thurleston Grange near Elvaston, Derbys ...
(1805–1880), English clergyman, naturalist, and cousin of Charles Darwin


Sports

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Adam Fox (ice hockey) Adam Fox (born February 17, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Fox was selected by the Calgary Flames, 66th overall, in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. In 2021, Fox won ...
(born 1998), player with New York Rangers *
Alicia Fox Victoria Crawford (born June 30, 1986) is an American retired professional wrestler and former model known for her time with WWE under the ring name Alicia Fox. Crawford debuted on '' SmackDown'' on June 13, 2008, using the Alicia Fox name and ...
(born 1986), American professional wrestler and model * Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player, coach, and author * Andy Fox (born 1971), American baseball coach *
Bertil Fox Bertil Fox (born 5 January 1951) is a British former IFBB professional bodybuilder and convicted murderer. He was pardoned for that crime by the Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis on 4 August 2022. Biography Born 5 January 1951, on the e ...
(born 1951), British bodybuilder *
Billy Fox (boxer) William McKinley Fox (February 1, 1926 – January 1986), better known as "Blackjack" Billy Fox, was an American light heavyweight boxer who is best known for having won a controversial fight against future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. ...
(1926–1986), American boxer *
Chad Fox Chad Douglas Fox (born September 3, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Fox played for the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, and the Chicago Cubs. He won the 2003 World Series as a member of the Mar ...
(born 1970), American baseball player *
Christian Fox Christian Benjamin Fox (born 11 April 1981) is a Scottish football manager, most recently for Selby Town, and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for York City, Larne, Selby Town, Pickering Town and Wakefield Wakefie ...
(born 1981), Scottish footballer *
Danny Fox Daniel Fox (born 29 May 1986) is a former professional footballer who last played as a defender for East Bengal in the Indian Super League. He represented England at under-21 international level, has since been selected for Scotland national ...
(born 1986), Scottish footballer * David Fox (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer *
David Fox (swimmer) David Ashley Fox (born February 25, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, and a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games. Fox swam at North Carolina State ...
(born 1971), member of the USA 1996 Olympic team *
De'Aaron Fox De'Aaron Martez Fox (born December 20, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected 5th ov ...
(born 1997), American basketball player * Denton Fox (1948–2013), American football player *
Deryck Fox Deryck Fox (born 17 September 1964) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorks ...
(born 1964), British rugby league footballer and coach * Don Fox (1935–2008), English rugby league footballer *
Francis Hugh Fox Francis Hugh Fox (12 June 1863 – 28 May 1952)
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Frank Fox (American football) in
1965 American Football League draft The 1965 American Football League draft took place on November 28, 1964. Held via telephone conference call, it remains the only draft in major professional football history to be held without a central location. The NFL draft was held the same d ...
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Frank Fox (Gaelic footballer) Frank Fox (1911 – 29 June 1940) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and athlete. His championship career with the Galway senior team lasted five seasons from 1933 until 1937. Fox first played competitive Gaelic football with the Dunmore McHales c ...
(1911–1940), Irish Gaelic footballer * Frank Fox (motorcycle racer) in 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season *
Frank Fox (racing driver) Frank P. Fox (June 10, 1877 – April 19, 1931) was an American racing driver. After his driving career ended he turned to horse racing. ThFox Stakeharness race is named after him. Fox is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Motorspo ...
(1877–1931), American auto racing driver * Frank Fox (rugby league) (fl. 1960s and 1970s) rugby league footballer * Frederick Fox (cricketer) (1863–1935), English cricketer * Geoff Fox (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1994), English footballer * Hannah Fox (born 1969), American boxer *
Hayden Foxe Hayden Vernon Foxe (born 23 June 1977) is an Australian former professional soccer player who works as assistant coach with Western United. He played football as a centre-back at the top level in Germany, Japan, Belgium, England and Australia. ...
(born 1977), Australian football player * Jack Fox (American football) (born 1996), American football player * Jack Fox (baseball) (1885–1963), American professional baseball player * Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), American light heavyweight boxer *
Jessica Fox (canoeist) Jessica Esther "Jess" Fox (born 11 June 1994) is a French-born Australian world and Olympic champion slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she made ...
(born 1994), French-born Australian slalom canoer * John Fox (American football) (born 1955), American football coach * Joshua Fox (born 1994), Fijian basketball player * Keyaron Fox, American football player * Louis Fox (died c. 1866), American billiardist * Lucius Fox (baseball) (born 1997), Bahamian baseball player *
Mike Fox (baseball coach) Mike Fox is an American retired college baseball coach. Fox was the North Carolina head baseball coach for 22 seasons and is considered one of the school's most successful coaches, having led the Tar Heels to seven College World Series appearances ...
, American college baseball coach * Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 1961), French world champion slalom canoer * Nathan Fox (footballer), English footballer * Nathan Fox (triple jumper), English triple jumper * Neil Fox (cricketer) (born 1962), former English cricketer * Neil Fox (rugby league) (born 1939), English rugby league footballer * Nellie Fox (1927–1975), American baseball player * Pat Fox (born 1962), Tipperary Hurling. *
Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933) Peter Fox (30 March 1933 – 25 February 2019) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was the brother of Don and Neil Fox, and together they formed one of the l ...
, English player and coach * Oscar Fox, Sr. (1889–1947), English footballer * Oscar Fox, Jr. (1921–1990), English footballer; son of the above * Peter Fox (footballer) (born 1957), English former footballer *
Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933) Peter Fox (30 March 1933 – 25 February 2019) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was the brother of Don and Neil Fox, and together they formed one of the l ...
(1933–2019), English rugby league footballer and coach * Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1984), English rugby league footballer * Peter Fox (sailor) (born 1967), New Zealand sailor * Richard Fox (canoeist) (born 1960), British kayaking champion * Rick Fox (born 1969), Canadian basketball player and actor *
Ruel Fox Ruel Adrian Fox (born 14 January 1968) is a former professional footballer and the club chairman of Whitton United. As a player he was midfielder who played in the Premier League for Norwich City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur. He al ...
(born 1968), English football player *
Stan Fox Stanley Cole Fuchs (July 7, 1952 – December 18, 2000), known professionally as Stan Fox (''Fuchs'' being the German word for "fox"), was an American open wheel race car driver. Fox was one of the last links between the midget car racing world ...
(1952–2000), American racing driver * Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), American boxer *
Tim Fox (American football) Timothy Richard Fox (born November 1, 1953) is a former American football safety who played for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1986. Fox was born in Canton, Ohio, where he played football at ...
(born 1953), American football player * Tom Fox (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s * Tomon Fox (born 1998), American football player *
Uffa Fox Uffa Fox, CBE (15 January 1898 – 26 October 1972) was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast, responsible for a number of innovations in boat design. Not afraid of courting controversy or causing offense, he is remembered for his ec ...
(1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast * Wilbur Fox (1919–1991), American professional basketball player


Other

* Anthony Fox Irish writer, producer, director, actor and founder of the New Theatre, Dublin * Bernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), hunger striker * Charles Masson Fox (1866–1935), Cornish businessman * David Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name *
David Fox (game designer) David Fox (born 30 December 1950, in Los Angeles) is an American multimedia producer who designed and programmed numerous early LucasArts games. He and his wife, Annie Fox, now work on educational software, web design, emotional intelligence c ...
, multimedia producer * Francis Fox (disambiguation), several persons * Frank Fox (disambiguation) * Frank S. Fox (1861–1920), American academic and college president * Frank Fox, for whom Fox, Oklahoma was named * Freddie Fox (disambiguation), multiple people * Frederick Fox (disambiguation), multiple people * Frederic Fox (1917–1981), Keeper of Princetoniana at Princeton University * Frederick Fox (milliner) (1931–2013), Australian-born English milliner * Jack Fox (disambiguation), multiple people * Jennifer Fox (disambiguation), multiple people * Josephine Clardy Fox (1881–1970), American businesswoman and philanthropist * Kathleen Fox (aviator) (born 1951), Canadian parachutist, pilot, flight instructor *
Lindsay Fox Lindsay Edward Fox (born ) is an Australian businessman. In 1956, Fox founded the Australian logistics company Linfox, where as of 2015 he serves as non-executive chairman. Early life Lindsay Fox was born around 1937 and brought up in Pra ...
(born 1937), Australian transport businessman *
Martin S. Fox Martin Stanford Fox (June 7, 1924 – April 8, 2020) was an American publisher who served as President of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the oldest and largest international news agency and wire service serving Jewish community newspapers and media ...
(1924–2020), American publisher * Muriel Fox (born 1928), American public relations executive and feminist activist * Neil Fox (disambiguation) (various) * Neil Fox (broadcaster) (born 1961), English radio and television presenter * Nikki Fox (born 1980), BBC disability news correspondent * Paul Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name *
Paul S. Fox Paul Samuel Fox (September 30, 1898 – May 1972) was an American set decorator. He won three Academy Awards and was nominated for ten more in the category Best Art Direction. Selected filmography Fox won three Academy Awards for Best Art ...
(1898–1972), American set decorator * Sir
Paul Fox (television executive) Sir Paul Leonard Fox, (born 27 October 1925) is a British television executive, who spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC1 between 1967 and 1973. Early life Fox was educat ...
(born 1925), British television executive * Peter Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name * Peter Fox (character), a fictional character in the comic strip ''FoxTrot'' by Bill Amend * Peter Fox (journalist) (died 1869), radical journalist active in England * Peter Fox (librarian) (born 1949), British academic librarian * Peter Fox (professor) (born 1959), American professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Peter T. Fox, neuroimaging researcher and neurologist * Richard Edwin Fox (1956–2003), American criminal *
Richard J. Fox Richard James Fox (November 8, 1927 – February 9, 2020) was an American property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He served as the Chairman of Fox Companies, a property construction, development and management company in Eastern Penns ...
, American property developer * Robert Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name *
Rodney Fox Rodney Winston Fox (born 9 November 1940) is an Australian film maker, conservationist, survivor of an attack by a great white shark, and one of the world's foremost authorities on that species. He was inducted into the International Scuba Di ...
, Australian scuba diver and filmmaker * Sonny Fox (born 1925), American television host * Sonny Fox (XM Radio) (1947–2020), American DJ * Stuart Fox (born 1978), English poker player *
Terry Fox Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east-to-west cross-Canada run to raise money ...
(1958–1981), Canadian cancer treatment activist *
William Fox (producer) Wilhelm Fried Fuchs ( hu, Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly and better known as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres ...
(1879–1952), founder of Fox Film Corporation


See also

* Foxe (disambiguation) * Foxx * Fuchs (surname) * Vos (surname)


References

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