Fox (surname)

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 the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
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
Fox-Strangways (originally Fox), family name of the Earls of Ilchester

Notable persons with this surname

Actors

Anne-Marie Fox (born 1962), American model and actress, Playboy Playmate
Bernard Fox (actor) (1927–2016), 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
Harry Fox (1882-1959), American actor
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 (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
Adam Fox (1883–1977), British poet
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
Josh Fox (contemporary) American director of documentaries
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
Margalit Fox, American author
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
Toby Fox (born 1991), musician and video game designer
Virgil Fox (1912–1980), American organist

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
Arthur Aloysius Fox (1847–1901), South Australian politician
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 (politician) (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
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
William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), English religious and political orator

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
Bertil Fox (born 1951), British former IFBB professional bodybuilder
Billy Fox (boxer) (born 1923), American boxer
Chad Fox (born 1970), American baseball player
Christian Fox (born 1981), Scottish footballer
Danny Fox (born 1986), Scottish footballer
De'Aaron Fox (born 1997), American basketball player
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
Hannah Fox (born 1969), American boxer
Hayden Foxe (born 1977), Australian football player
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
Joshua Fox (born 1994), Fijian basketball player
Mike Fox (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 1961), French world champion slalom canoer
Nathan Fox, English footballer
Neil Fox (rugby league) (born 1939), English rugby league footballer
Nellie Fox (1927–1975), American baseball player
Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933), 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 (American football) (born 1953), American football player
Tom Fox (rugby league) rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
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
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
Richard J. Fox, American property developer
Robert Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
Rodney Fox, scuba diver and filmmaker
Stuart Fox (born 1978), English poker player
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
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