English (surname)

English is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Alex English, American basketball player
• Arthur English, English actor and comedian
• Ben English, English porn actor
• Bill English, New Zealand politician
• Bill English (actor), American actor
• CariDee English, American model
• Carl English, Canadian basketball player
• Diane English, American film director
• George W. English, US District Court judge
• Gerald English, English-Australian singer
• Glenn English, US politician
• Isaac English (born 1971), Scottish footballer
• Jack English (disambiguation)
• Jake English, fictional character in the web-comic Homestuck
• James E. English, American politician
• Jane English (born 1942), American physicist, photographer, journalist and translator
• Jane English (born 1940), Arkansas politician
• Joe English (loyalist), Northern Irish activist
• Joe English (musician), American musician
• Joe English (painter), Flemish painter
• John A. English, Canadian academic and soldier
• John English (Australian politician) (born 1962)
• John English (Canadian politician) (born 1945), Canadian historian and politician
• John English (director) (1903–1965), British film director
• John English (ice hockey), Canadian former NHL player
• Johnny English (fictional character), fictional British spy in the Johnny English film series
• Jon English (born 1949), Australian singer and actor
• Karan English, US politician
• Kim English, American singer
• Logan English, American folk singer, poet and actor
• Michael English (singer), American singer
• Mitch English, American talk show host
• Nicky English, Irish hurler
• Phil English, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Richard English, Northern Irish historian
• Robert D. English, American historian
• Robert Henry English, American admiral
• Ron English (American football), American football coach
• Ron English (artist), American artist
• Thomas Dunn English, American Democratic Party politician, author and songwriter
• Tony English, English footballer
• William English (computer engineer), computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse
• William E. English (1850–1926), U.S. Representative from Indiana, son of William Hayden English
• William Hayden English (1822–1896), American politician
• William John English (VC) (1882–1941), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Woody English, American baseball player

For English names in biology, see Common name

English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the Anglosphere, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name or Christian name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s).