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Meaning | Fox. In Ireland, the: surname is: mainly a translation of "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of theββFox) |
Region of origin | England |
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Variant form(s) | Lane Fox, Vos, Voss, Fuchs |
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Fox 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 1273ββto be, that of John Fox in the "Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire", England. In Ireland, Fox is mainly a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox).
Variants include Foxe and Foxx.
Some families with this nameβ»
- 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
- Lane Fox, a double-barrelled English surname
Notable persons with this surnameβ»
Actorsβ»
- Anne-Marie Fox (born 1962), American model. And actress
- Bernard Fox (actor) (1927β2016), Welsh actor
- Colin Fox (actor) (born 1938), Canadian actor
- David Fox (actor) (1941β2021), Canadian actor
- Edward Fox (actor) (born 1937), English actor
- Emilia Fox (born 1974), English actress, daughter of actor Edward Fox
- Frank Fox (actor) in the 1938 film Second Thoughts
- Freddie Fox (actor) (born 1989), English actor
- Harry Fox (1882β1959), American actor
- Jack Fox (actor) (born 1985), English actor
- James Fox (born 1939), English actor
- Janet Fox (1912β2002), American actor
- 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, author, and activist
- Morgan Fox (model) (born 1970), Canadian model and actress
- Paul Fox (actor) (born 1979), British actor
- Philip Fox (actor) English film and television actor
- Robin Fox, father of actors Edward Fox and James Fox; see Robin Fox family
- Sandy Fox (born 1963), American voice actress
- Shayna Fox (born 1984), American voice actress
- Sidney Fox (1907β1942), American actress
- Spencer Fox (born 1993), voice actor
- Templeton Fox (1913β1993), American actress
- Vivica A. Fox (born 1964), American actress
Arts (other)β»
- Aaron Fox (musicologist) (contemporary), American musicologist
- Adam Fox (poet) (1883β1977), British poet
- Anna Maria Fox (1816β1897), English cultural promoter in Falmouth, Cornwall
- Annie Fox (author) (born 1950), American author
- Christopher Fox (composer) (born 1955), British composer
- Sir David Scott Fox (1910β1985), British diplomat and writer
- David Fox, pseudonym of Isabel Ostrander
- E. Phillips Fox (1865β1915), Australian painter
- Edward Fox (author) (born 1958), American author
- Ethel Carrick Fox (1872β1952), English-born painter better known as Ethel Carrick
- Everett Fox (contemporary), American scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible
- Sir Frank Fox (author) (1874β1960), Australian journalist and author
- Frank Fox (composer) for films including The Master Detective
- Frank Fox (writer), see Screen Directors Playhouse
- Frederick A. Fox (1931β2011), American composer
- Gardner Fox (1911β1986), American writer
- George Fox (singer) (born 1960), Canadian country music singer
- Gill Fox (1915β2004), American cartoonist and animator
- Greg Fox (author) (born 1961), American author and cartoonist
- Hugo Fox (1897β1969), American bassoonist
- James Fox (singer) (born 1976), Welsh musician and songwriter
- John Foxe (1517β1587), English author
- Josh Fox (contemporary) American director of documentaries
- Judy Fox (born 1957), American sculptor
- Justin Fox (born 1964), American financial journalist, commentator, and writer
- Levi Fox (1914β2006), director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, England
- Lucas Fox (contemporary), British heavy metal musician
- Margalit Fox, American author
- Mary Fox (artist) (1922β2005), British artist
- 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) (1951β2007), British singer and guitarist
- Paul Fox (record producer), American record producer
- Paul Fox (producer), American record producer
- Peter Fox (artist) (born 1962), American painter
- Peter Fox (musician) (born 1971), singer Pierre Baigorry of the German band Seeed
- Rik Fox (born 1955), Polish-American musician
- Sally Fox (photographer) (1929β2006), American photographer and editor
- Samantha Fox (born 1966), British glamour model and singer
- Stephen Fox (author/educator) (born 1938), 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 (1912β1980), American organist
Militaryβ»
- Cecil H. Fox (1873β1963), British naval officer
- Charley Fox (1920β2008), Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II
- David G. Fox, U.S. Army officer
- Francis John Fox (1857β1902), New Zealand soldier and farmer
- Francis Lane Fox (1899β1989), British Army officer and Yorkshire landowner
- George Malcolm Fox (1843β1918), Inspector General of Gymnasia for the British Army at Aldershot
- Gustavus Fox (1821β1883), American naval officer in the Civil War
- Josiah Fox (1763β1847), Cornish-American naval architect
- Myles C. Fox (1918β1942), United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
- Paddy Fox (1933β2016), British recruiting sergeant and Chelsea Pensioner
- Wesley L. Fox (1931β2017), American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor
Politics and peerageβ»
- Arthur Aloysius Fox (1847β1901), South Australian politician
- Ashley Fox (born 1969), English Conservative MEP, elected 2009
- Black Fox (Cherokee chief) (died 1811), Cherokee chief
- Charles James Fox (1749β1806), British politician
- Charles Richard Fox (1796β1873), illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
- Chauncey J. Fox (1797β1883), New York politician
- ChloΓ« Fox (born 1971), Australian politician
- Claire Fox (born 1960), British political writer
- Colin Fox (politician) (born 1959), Scottish politician
- David Spencer Fox (1817β1901), American politician
- Francis Fox member of the Senate of Canada
- Galen Fox (born 1943), Hawaii politician and convicted sex offender
- Gary Fox (politician) (1943β2022), Canadian politician from Ontario
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705β1774), English nobleman and statesman
- Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773β1840), English nobleman and politician
- Jamie Fox (born 1964), Canadian politician
- Jon Fox (1947β2018), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Liam Fox (born 1961), British politician from Woodspring
- Marcus Fox (1927β2002), British politician from Shipley
- Peter Fox (Canadian politician) (1921β1989), Canadian politician
- Sally Fox (politician) (1951β2014), American politician from Vermont
- Stanley Fox (1906β1984), Canadian politician from Manitoba
- Stanley H. Fox (contemporary), American politician from North Carolina
- Stephen Fox (1627β1716), English politician from Wiltshire
- Vicente Fox (born 1942), President of Mexico
- William Fox (politician) (1812β1893), Premier of New Zealand
Religionβ»
- Edward Fox (bishop) (1496β1538), English churchman, Bishop of Hereford
- Emmet Fox (1886β1951), Irish spiritual leader of the early 20th century
- Francis Fox (divine) (1675β1738), English divine
- George Fox (1624β1691), English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends
- Joseph John Fox (1855β1915), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Matthew Fox (priest) (born 1940), American priest and theologian
- Peter Fox (bishop) (born 1952), British Anglican vicar and former bishop
- Richard Foxe (Prince Bishop, 1448β1528), English churchman, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Tom Fox (Quaker) (1951β2006), Quaker peacemaker executed by, insurgents in Iraq
- William Johnson Fox (1786β1864), English religious and political orator
Science, technology, engineering, mathematicsβ»
- Annette Baker Fox (1912β2011), American international relations scholar
- Brian Fox (computer programmer) (born 1959), software programmer
- Sir Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer) (1810β1874), English civil engineer
- Sir Charles Douglas Fox (1840β1921), British civil engineer
- Charles Fox (mathematician) (1897β1977), introduced FoxβWright function and Fox H-function
- Cyril Fred Fox (1882β1967), English archaeologist
- Dixon Ryan Fox (1887β1945), American educator and researcher
- Fiona Fox (UK press officer) (born 1964), director of the UK Science Media Centre
- Sir Francis Fox (civil engineer) (1844β1927), English civil engineer
- J. G. Fox (1916β1980), known as Jack, American nuclear physicist
- James Fox (engineer) (1780β1830), 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 (1947β2021), American chemist and university administrator
- Ralph Fox (1913β1973), American mathematician
- Robert Fortescue Fox (1858β1940), British physician
- Robin Fox (born 1934), anthropologist
- Samson Fox (1838β1903), British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist
- Sidney W. Fox (1912β1998), American biochemist
- Theodore Fortescue Fox (1899β1989), British physician and medical journal editor
- Wade Fox (1920β1964), American zoologist and herpetologist
- Wilfrid Fox (1875β1962), British dermatologist and horticulturist
- William Darwin Fox (1805β1880), English clergyman, naturalist, and cousin of Charles Darwin
Sportsβ»
- Nicholas A Fox (1989), player with St George Illawarra dragons u20s
- Adam Fox (born 1998), player with New York Rangers
- Alicia Fox (born 1986), American professional wrestler and model
- Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player, coach, and author
- Andy Fox (born 1971), American baseball coach
- Bertil Fox (born 1951), British bodybuilder
- Billy Fox (boxer) (1926β1986), American boxer
- Chad Fox (born 1970), American baseball player
- Christian Fox (born 1981), Scottish footballer
- Danny Fox (born 1986), Scottish footballer
- David Fox (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer
- David Fox (swimmer) (born 1971), member of the USA 1996 Olympic team
- De'Aaron Fox (born 1997), American basketball player
- Denton Fox (1948β2013), American football player
- Deryck Fox (born 1964), British rugby league footballer and coach
- Don Fox (1935β2008), English rugby league footballer
- Francis Hugh Fox (1863β1952), English rugby player
- Frank Fox (American football) in 1965 American Football League draft
- Frank Fox (Gaelic footballer) (1911β1940), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Frank Fox (motorcycle racer) in 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
- Frank Fox (racing driver) (1877β1931), American auto racing driver
- Frank Fox (rugby league) (fl. 1960s and 1970s) rugby league footballer
- Frederick Fox (cricketer) (1863β1935), English cricketer
- Geoff Fox (footballer, born 1925) (1925β1994), English footballer
- Hannah Fox (born 1969), American boxer
- Hayden Foxe (born 1977), Australian football player
- Jack Fox (American football) (born 1996), American football player
- Jack Fox (baseball) (1885β1963), American professional baseball player
- Tiger Jack Fox (1907β1954), American light heavyweight boxer
- Jessica Fox (canoeist) (born 1994), French-born Australian slalom canoer
- John Fox (American football) (born 1955), American football coach
- Joshua Fox (born 1994), Fijian basketball player
- Keyaron Fox, American football player
- Louis Fox (died c. 1866), American billiardist
- Lucius Fox (baseball) (born 1997), Bahamian baseball player
- Mike Fox (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 1961), French world champion slalom canoer
- Nathan Fox (footballer), English footballer
- Nathan Fox (triple jumper), English triple jumper
- Neil Fox (cricketer) (born 1962), former English cricketer
- Neil Fox (rugby league) (born 1939), English rugby league footballer
- Nellie Fox (1927β1975), American baseball player
- Pat Fox (born 1962), Tipperary Hurling.
- Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933), English player and coach
- Oscar Fox, Sr. (1889β1947), English footballer
- Oscar Fox, Jr. (1921β1990), English footballer; son of the above
- Peter Fox (footballer) (born 1957), English former footballer
- Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933) (1933β2019), English rugby league footballer and coach
- Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1984), English rugby league footballer
- Peter Fox (sailor) (born 1967), New Zealand sailor
- Richard Fox (canoeist) (born 1960), British kayaking champion
- Rick Fox (born 1969), Canadian basketball player and actor
- Ruel Fox (born 1968), English football player
- Stan Fox (1952β2000), American racing driver
- Tiger Jack Fox (1907β1954), American boxer
- Tim Fox (American football) (born 1953), American football player
- Tom Fox (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s
- Tomon Fox (born 1998), American football player
- Uffa Fox (1898β1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
- Wilbur Fox (1919β1991), American professional basketball player
Otherβ»
- Anthony Fox Irish writer, producer, director, actor and "founder of the New Theatre," Dublin
- Bernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), hunger striker
- Charles Masson Fox (1866β1935), Cornish businessman
- David Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- David Fox (game designer), multimedia producer
- Ed Fox (disambiguation), several persons
- Edward Fox (disambiguation), several persons
- Francis Fox (disambiguation), several persons
- Frank Fox (disambiguation)
- Frank S. Fox (1861β1920), American academic and college president
- Frank Fox, for whom Fox, Oklahoma was named
- Freddie Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frederick Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frederic Fox (1917β1981), Keeper of Princetoniana at Princeton University
- Frederick Fox (milliner) (1931β2013), Australian-born English milliner
- Jack Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jennifer Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
- Josephine Clardy Fox (1881β1970), American businesswoman and philanthropist
- Kathleen Fox (aviator) (born 1951), Canadian parachutist, pilot, flight instructor
- Lindsay Fox (born 1937), Australian transport businessman
- Martin S. Fox (1924β2020), American publisher
- Muriel Fox (born 1928), American public relations executive and feminist activist
- Neil Fox (disambiguation) (various)
- Neil Fox (broadcaster) (born 1961), English radio and television presenter
- Nikki Fox (born 1980), BBC disability news correspondent
- Paul Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Paul S. Fox (1898β1972), American set decorator
- Sir Paul Fox (television executive) (born 1925), British television executive
- Peter Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Peter Fox (character), a fictional character in the comic strip FoxTrot by Bill Amend
- Peter Fox (journalist) (died 1869), radical journalist active in England
- Peter Fox (librarian) (born 1949), British academic librarian
- Peter Fox (professor) (1959β2021), American professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Peter T. Fox, neuroimaging researcher and neurologist
- Richard Edwin Fox (1956β2003), American criminal
- Richard J. Fox, American property developer
- Robert Fox (disambiguation), various people with this name
- Rodney Fox, Australian scuba diver and filmmaker
- Sonny Fox (1925β2021), American television host
- Sonny Fox (XM Radio) (1947β2020), American DJ
- Stuart Fox (born 1978), English poker player
- Terry Fox (1958β1981), Canadian cancer treatment activist
- William Fox (producer) (1879β1952), founder of Fox Film Corporation
Fictional charactersβ»
- Aaron Fox (Nexo Knights), a character in Nexo Knights
- Beth Fox, a character in the American sitcom television series Coach
- Steve Fox, a character in the Tekken video game series
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Fox Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ^ Surnamedb/Fox
Surname list
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