Fox (surname)
For people surnamed Lane Fox, see Lane Fox.
| Fox | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | A name taken from the cunning animal, "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox) |
| Region of origin | England and Ireland |
| Related names | Lane Fox |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparison: [1] | |
Fox or Foxe or Foxx is a surname originating in England and Ireland. The derivation is from the Middle English "fox", itself coming from the Old English 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", England.[2] In Ireland, Fox is mainly an Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox).[2]
Some families with this name
- Fox family of Falmouth (19th century), an influential family in that Cornwall, UK, town
- Fox sisters (19th century), American sisters credited as the creators of Spiritualism
- Robin Fox family of English actors, including Edward, James, Emilia, Laurence and Lydia Fox
Notable persons with this surname
Actors
- Anne-Marie Fox (born 1962), American model and actress, Playboy Playmate
- Bernard Fox (actor) (born 1927), Welsh actor
- Colin Fox (actor) (born 1938), Canadian actor
- Edward Fox (actor) (born 1937), English actor
- Emilia Fox (born 1974), English actress, daughter of actor Edward Fox
- James Fox (born 1939), English actor
- Jamie Foxx (born 1967), American actor and comedian
- Jorja Fox (born 1968), American actress
- Kerry Fox (born 1966), New Zealand actress
- Laurence Fox (born 1978), English actor, son of actor James Fox
- Matthew Fox (actor) (born 1966), American actor
- Megan Fox (born 1986), American actress
- Michael J. Fox (born 1961), Canadian-American actor
- Morgan Fox (born 1970), Canadian model and actress, Playboy Playmate
- Paul Fox (actor) (born 1979), British actor
- Philip Fox (actor) English film and television actor
- Redd Foxx (1922–1991), American actor and comedian
- Robin Fox, father of actors Edward Fox and James Fox; see Robin Fox family
- Samantha Fox (pornographic actress) (born 1951), American adult actress
- Shayna Fox (born 1984), American voice actress
- Sidney Fox (1907–1942), American actress
- Spencer Fox (born 1993), voice actor
- Ty Fox (born 1966), American pornographic actor
- Vivica A. Fox (born 1964), American actress
Arts (other)
- Aaron Fox (contemporary), American musicologist
- Anna Maria Fox (1816–1897), English cultural promoter in Falmouth, Cornwall
- Annie Fox (author) (born 1950), American author
- Barclay Fox (1817–1855), English diarist
- Christopher Fox (composer) (born 1955), British composer
- E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915), Australian painter
- Edward Fox (author) (born 1958), American author
- Everett Fox (contemporary), American scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible
- Gardner Fox (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 (1517–1587), English author
- Judy Fox (born 1957), American sculptor
- Dr. Levi Fox (1914–2006), Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, England
- Lucas Fox (contemporary), British heavy metal musician
- Mem Fox (born 1946), Australian writer of children's books
- Neil Fox (broadcaster) (born 1961), English radio and television presenter
- Oz Fox Christian metal musician (born 1961)
- Paul Fox (musician) (1951–2007), British musician
- Paul Fox (producer), American record producer
- Rik Fox (born 1955), Polish-American musician
- Samantha Fox (born 1966), British glamour model and singer
- Stephen Fox (author/educator) (born 1938), US professor emeritus at Humboldt State University
- Steve Fox (musician), Canadian country-music singer/songwriter
- Virgil Fox (1912–1980), American organist
- Floyd Edward Fox III (born 1974), US musician
Military
- Charley Fox (1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II
- Gustavus Fox (1821–1883), American naval officer in the Civil War
- Josiah Fox (1763–1847), Cornish-American naval architect
- Myles C. Fox (1918–1942), United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
- Wesley L. Fox (born 1931), American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor
Politics and peerage
- Anthony Foxx (born 1971), American politician, Secretary of Transportation 2013
- Ashley Fox (born 1969), English Conservative MEP, elected 2009
- Black Fox (died 1811), Cherokee chief
- Charles James Fox (1749–1806), British politician
- Charles Richard Fox (1796–1873), illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
- Chauncey J. Fox (1797–1883), New York politician
- Chloë Fox (born 1971), Australian politician
- Claire Fox (born 1960), British political writer
- Colin Fox (politician) (born 1959), Scottish politician
- Galen Fox (born 1943), Hawaii politician and convicted sex offender
- Gary Fox (born 1943), Canadian politician from Ontario
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705–1774), English nobleman and statesman
- Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), English nobleman and politician
- Liam Fox (born 1961), British politician from Woodspring
- Marcus Fox (1927–2002), British politician from Shipley
- Sally Fox ((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 (born 1942), former President of Mexico
- William Fox (politician) (1812–1893), New Zealand politician, 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
- William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), English religious and political orator
- George Fox (1624–1691), English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends
- Joseph John Fox (1855–1915), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Matthew Fox (priest) (born 1940), American priest and theologian
- Richard Foxe (Prince Bishop, 1448–1528), English churchman, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Tom Fox (Quaker) (1951–2006), Quaker peacemaker executed by insurgents in Iraq
Science and technology
- Annette Baker Fox (1912–2011), American international relations scholar
- Brian Fox (computer programmer) (born 1959), software programmer
- Sir Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer) (1810–1874), English civil engineer
- Sir Charles Douglas Fox (1840–1921), British civil engineer
- Cyril Fred Fox (1882–1967), English archaeologist
- Dixon Ryan Fox (1887–1945), American educator and researcher
- Fiona Fox (UK press officer) (born 1964), director of the UK Science Media Centre
- James Fox (engineer) (1780–1830), English machine tool maker
- John Fox (statistician) (born 1946), British statistician
- Kate Fox, British social anthropologist
- Mark S. Fox (born ca. 1952), Canadian computer scientist
- Marye Anne Fox (born 1947), American chemist and university administrator
- Ralph Fox (1913–1973), American mathematician
- Robin Fox (born 1934), anthropologist
- Samson Fox (1838–1903), British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist
- Sidney W. Fox (1912–1998), American biochemist
- Wade Fox (1920–1964), American zoologist and herpetologist
- Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962), British dermatologist and horticulturist
- William Darwin Fox (1805–1880), English clergyman, naturalist, and cousin of Charles Darwin
Sports
- Alicia Fox (born 1986), American professional wrestler and model
- Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player, coach and author
- Billy Fox (boxer) (born 1923), American boxer
- Chad Fox (born 1970), American baseball player
- Danny Fox (born 1986), Scottish footballer
- Denton Fox (1948–2013), American football player
- Deryck Fox (born 1964), British rugby league footballer and coach
- Don Fox (1935-2008), English rugby league footballer
- Geoff Fox (footballer) (1925–1994), English footballer
- Jessica Fox (born 1994), French-born Australian slalom canoer, Olympic silver (K-1 slalom), world championships bronze (C-1)
- Jimmie Foxx (1907–1967), Hall of Fame baseball player known as "Double X" and "The Beast"
- John Fox (American football) (born 1955), American football coach
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 1961), French world champion slalom canoer
- Nathan Fox, English footballer
- Hannah Fox (born 1969), American boxer
- Hayden Foxe (born 1977), Australian football player
- Mike Fox (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
- Neil Fox (rugby league) (born 1939), English rugby league footballer
- Nellie Fox (1927–1975), American baseball player
- Peter Fox (rugby league), English rugby league footballer and coach
- Oscar Fox, Sr. (1889–1947), English footballer
- Oscar Fox, Jr. (1921–1990), English footballer; son of the above
- Richard Fox (canoeist) (born 1960), British kayaking champion
- Rick Fox (born 1969), Canadian basketball player and actor
- Ruel Fox (born 1968), English football player
- Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), American boxer
- Tim Fox (born 1953), American football player
- Uffa Fox (1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
Other
- Bernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), hunger striker
- Charles Masson Fox (1866–1935), Cornish businessman and chess-player
- David Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Fanne Foxe (born 1936), Argentinian-born stripper involved in a 1974 sex scandal with Wilbur Mills
- Francis Fox, several persons see Francis Fox (disambiguation)
- Frederick Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lindsay Fox (born 1937), Australian businessman
- Louis Fox (d. c. 1866), American billiardist
- Neil Fox (disambiguation) (various)
- Paul Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Peter Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Richard Edwin Fox (1956–2003), American criminal
- Robert Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Terry Fox (1958–1981), Canadian cancer treatment activist
- William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of Fox Film Corporation
References
- ↑ "Fox Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Surnamedb/Fox