Littlewood is a

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Alison Littlewood Alison Littlewood is a British author of horror novels and short stories. She also writes under the name Alison J. Littlewood and the pen name A. J. Elwood. She currently lives in Doncaster, South Yorkshire with her partner. Bibliography *''A ...

, British author *

Angela Littlewood Angela Mary Littlewood (born 24 September 1949 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a female retired English shot putter. Athletics career Her personal best put was 17.53 metres, achieved in July 1980 in the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics. This plac ...

(born 1949), English shot putter * Barclay Littlewood (born 1978), British entrepreneur *

Chic Littlewood Cecil "Chic" Littlewood (17 November 1930 – 11 January 2015) was a New Zealand television entertainer and actor. Biography Born on 17 November 1930 in southeast London, England, Littlewood originally worked as a baker. He had a gift for mimicr ...

(1930–2015), New Zealand actor * Clayton Littlewood (born 1963), English author *

David Littlewood David John Littlewood (born 25 October 1955) is an English former cricketer. Littlewood was born at Holloway in October 1955, and later went up to St John's College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class crick ...

(born 1955), English cricketer *

Dominic Littlewood Dominic Littlewood (born 29 March 1965), known as Dom Littlewood, is a British journalist and television presenter who specialises in consumer protection. He is best known for his roles with BBC and Channel 5, presenting programmes such as ...

(born 1965), British television presenter and entrepreneur *

Dudley E. Littlewood Dudley Ernest Littlewood (7 September 1903, London – 6 October 1979, Llandudno) was a British mathematician known for his work in group representation theory. He read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his tutor was John Ed ...

(1903–1979), British mathematician *

France Littlewood France Littlewood (5 August 1863 in Honley – 22 January 1941) was a British socialist activist. Biography Born in Honley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Littlewood studied at Almondbury Grammar School before working in his father's d ...

(1863–1941), British socialist * George Littlewood Sr. (1857–1928), English cricketer * George Littlewood Jr. (1882–1917), English cricketer *

Harry Littlewood Harry Littlewood (23 May 1921 – 26 December 2003) was an English actor who has appeared in ''Coronation Street'', ''George and Mildred'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Softly, Softly'', '' The Saint'', ''Never the Twain'', '' Families'', ''The Bill'', '' Ca ...

(1921–2003), English actor * Herbert Littlewood (1858–1925), English cricketer * Ivan Littlewood (1902–1951), New Zealand rugby player * Jesse Littlewood (1878–1942), English cricketer *

Jessica Littlewood Jessica Nadine Littlewood (born 1982/1983) is a Canadian politician who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville from 2015 to 2019. She was first elected as a member ...

, Canadian politician * Joan Littlewood (1914–2002), British actress and theatre director * John Edensor Littlewood (1885–1977), British mathematician *

John Littlewood (chess player) John Eric Littlewood (25 May 1931 – 16 September 2009) was for many years a leading British chess player and took the title of national senior champion in 2006. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the world champion Mikhail ...

(1931–2009), British chess player *

Leslie Littlewood Thomas Leslie Littlewood (1906 – 22 December 1989) was a British trade union leader and political activist. Littlewood grew up in Kingston-upon-Hull and won a bursary to Hull Grammar School, although he had to leave at the age of fifteen to supp ...

(1906–1989), British trade unionist *

Louise Littlewood Louise Littlewood is an Australian politician and was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member electorate of Brindabella for the Liberal Party. Littlewood was elected following a recount of ...

, Australian politician *

Mark Littlewood Mark James Littlewood (born 28 April 1972) is the director general of the libertarian free market Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) think tank. He was formerly the chief press spokesman for the Liberal Democrats and the Pro-Euro Conservative P ...

(born 1972), Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs *

Mike Littlewood Michael Rory Littlewood is an American baseball coach. He played college baseball at BYU from 1985 to 1988, before playing professionally in 1988. He then served as the head coach of then ''Dixie State Rebels'' (later called "Red Storm", now Utah ...

(born 1966), American college baseball coach *

Norman Littlewood Norman Littlewood (31 January 1933 – May 1989) was an English chess player, British Chess Championship medalist (1963, 1965, 1966). Biography Norman Littlewood was a representative of a well-known chess family. He was the younger brother of ...

(1933–1989), British chess player *

Peter Littlewood Peter Brent Littlewood (born 18 May 1955) is a British physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. He was the 12th Director of Argonne National Laboratory. He previously headed the Cavendish Laboratory as well as the Theory ...

(born 1955), British physicist * Rick Littlewood (1940–2018), New Zealand judoka *

Roland Littlewood Roland Littlewood FRAI is a British anthropologist and psychiatrist, and Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at University College London. He is the co-author (with Maurice Lipsedge) of the book ''Aliens and Alienists'', now in its third ed ...

, British anthropologist and psychiatrist *

Stewart Littlewood Stewart Christopher Littlewood (7 January 1905 – 2 February 1977) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Holmfield Mission, Hardwich Colliery, Chesterfield, Matlock Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Luton Town, Port Vale, Bour ...

(1905–1977), English footballer * William Littlewood, American engineer *

Yvonne Littlewood Yvonne Mary Pearl Littlewood MBE (born July 1927) is a former British television director and producer. Born in Maidstone, Kent, her career extended over three decades. As a child, she briefly moved to King's Lynn, Norfolk, before going to Ros ...

(1927–2023), British television director

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