Fox (surname)

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Region of origin England and Ireland		Related names Lane Fox

Meaning A name taken from the cunning animal, "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox)

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. In Ireland, Fox is mainly an Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox).

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

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

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

Bertil Fox (born 1951), British former IFBB professional bodybuilder.

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

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, 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

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) Wikipedia

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