Fox (surname)
Fox, 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 a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh".
Some families with this name
- Fox family of Falmouth, an influential family in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
- Fox sisters, American sisters credited as the creators of Spiritualism
- Robin Fox family of English actors, including Edward, James, Emilia, Laurence and Lydia Fox
- Fox-Strangways, family name of the Earls of Ilchester
Notable persons with this surname
Actors
- Anne-Marie Fox, American model and actress
- Bernard Fox , Welsh actor
- Colin Fox , Canadian actor
- Edward Fox , English actor
- Emilia Fox, English actress, daughter of actor Edward Fox
- Harry Fox, American actor
- James Fox, English actor
- Jamie Foxx, American actor and comedian
- Jorja Fox, American actress
- Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress
- Laurence Fox, English actor, son of actor James Fox
- Matthew Fox , American actor
- Megan Fox, American actress
- Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor
- Morgan Fox, Canadian model and actress
- Paul Fox , British actor
- Philip Fox English film and television actor
- Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian
- Robin Fox, father of actors Edward Fox and James Fox; see Robin Fox family
- Shayna Fox, American voice actress
- Sidney Fox, American actress
- Spencer Fox, voice actor
- Templeton Fox, American actress
- Vivica A. Fox, American actress
Arts (other)
- Aaron Fox , American musicologist
- Adam Fox, British poet
- Anna Maria Fox, English cultural promoter in Falmouth, Cornwall
- Annie Fox , American author
- Barclay Fox, English diarist
- Christopher Fox , British composer
- E. Phillips Fox, Australian painter
- Edward Fox , American author
- Ethel Carrick Fox, English-born painter better known as Ethel Carrick
- Everett Fox, American scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible
- Gardner Fox, American writer
- George Fox , Canadian country music singer
- Gill Fox, American cartoonist, and animator
- Greg Fox , American author and cartoonist
- Hugo Fox, American bassoonist
- James Fox , Welsh musician and songwriter
- John Foxe, English author
- Josh Fox American director of documentaries
- Judy Fox, American sculptor
- Levi Fox, director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, England
- Lucas Fox, British heavy metal musician
- Margalit Fox, American author
- Mem Fox, Australian writer of children's books
- Neil Fox , English radio and television presenter
- Oz Fox Christian metal musician
- Paul Fox , British musician
- Paul Fox, American record producer
- Rik Fox, Polish-American musician
- Samantha Fox, British glamour model and singer
- Stephen Fox , professor emeritus at Humboldt State University
- Steve Fox, Canadian country-music singer/songwriter
- Toby Fox, musician and video game designer
- Virgil Fox, American organist
Military
- Cecil H. Fox, British naval officer
- Charley Fox, Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II
- Gustavus Fox, American naval officer in the Civil War
- Josiah Fox, Cornish-American naval architect
- Myles C. Fox, United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
- Wesley L. Fox, American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor
Politics and peerage
- Anthony Foxx, American politician, Secretary of Transportation 2013
- Arthur Aloysius Fox, South Australian politician
- Ashley Fox, English Conservative MEP, elected 2009
- Black Fox, Cherokee chief
- Charles James Fox, British politician
- Charles Richard Fox, illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
- Chauncey J. Fox, New York politician
- Chloë Fox, Australian politician
- Claire Fox, British political writer
- Colin Fox , Scottish politician
- Galen Fox, Hawaii politician and convicted sex offender
- Gary Fox , Canadian politician from Ontario
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English nobleman and statesman
- Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, English nobleman and politician
- Jamie Fox, Canadian politician
- Jon Fox, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Liam Fox, British politician from Woodspring
- Marcus Fox, British politician from Shipley
- Sally Fox, American politician from Vermont
- Stanley Fox, Canadian politician from Manitoba
- Stanley H. Fox, American politician from North Carolina
- Stephen Fox, English politician from Wiltshire
- Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico
- William Fox , New Zealand politician, Premier of New Zealand
Religion
- Edward Fox , English churchman, Bishop of Hereford
- Emmet Fox, Irish spiritual leader of the early 20th century
- George Fox, English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends
- Joseph John Fox, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Matthew Fox , American priest and theologian
- Richard Foxe, English churchman, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Tom Fox , Quaker peacemaker executed by insurgents in Iraq
- William Johnson Fox, English religious and political orator
Science and technology
- Annette Baker Fox, American international relations scholar
- Brian Fox , software programmer
- Sir Charles Fox , English civil engineer
- Sir Charles Douglas Fox, British civil engineer
- Charles Fox, English mathematician who introduced the Fox–Wright function and the Fox H-function.
- Cyril Fred Fox, English archaeologist
- Dixon Ryan Fox, American educator and researcher
- Fiona Fox , director of the UK Science Media Centre
- James Fox , English machine tool maker
- John Fox , British statistician
- Kate Fox, British social anthropologist
- Mark S. Fox, Canadian computer scientist
- Marye Anne Fox, American chemist and university administrator
- Ralph Fox, American mathematician
- Robert Fortescue Fox, British physician
- Robin Fox, anthropologist
- Samson Fox, British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist
- Sidney W. Fox, American biochemist
- Theodore Fortescue Fox, British physician and medical journal editor
- Wade Fox, American zoologist and herpetologist
- Wilfrid Fox, British dermatologist and horticulturist
- William Darwin Fox, English clergyman, naturalist, and cousin of Charles Darwin
Sports
- Adam Fox, American professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
- Alicia Fox, American professional wrestler and model
- Allen Fox, American tennis player, coach and author
- Bertil Fox, British former IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Billy Fox , American boxer
- Chad Fox, American baseball player
- Christian Fox, Scottish footballer
- Danny Fox, Scottish footballer
- De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
- Denton Fox, American football player
- Deryck Fox, British rugby league footballer and coach
- Don Fox, English rugby league footballer
- Geoff Fox , English footballer
- Hannah Fox, American boxer
- Hayden Foxe, Australian football player
- Jessica Fox, French-born Australian slalom canoer, Olympic silver, world championships bronze
- Jimmie Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player known as "Double X" and "The Beast"
- John Fox , American football coach
- Joshua Fox, Fijian basketball player
- Keyaron Fox, American football player
- Mike Fox, American college baseball coach
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, French world champion slalom canoer
- Nathan Fox, English footballer
- Nathan Fox, English triple jumper
- Neil Fox , English rugby league footballer
- Nellie Fox, American baseball player
- Peter Fox, English rugby league footballer and coach
- Oscar Fox, Sr., English footballer
- Oscar Fox, Jr., English footballer; son of the above
- Richard Fox , British kayaking champion
- Rick Fox, Canadian basketball player and actor
- Ruel Fox, English football player
- Stan Fox, American racing driver
- Tiger Jack Fox, American boxer
- Tim Fox , American football player
- Tom Fox rugby league footballer of the 1930s
- Uffa Fox, English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
- Wilbur Fox, American professional basketball player
Other
- Anthony Fox Irish writer, producer, director, actor and founder of the New Theatre, Dublin
- Bernard Fox , hunger striker
- Charles Masson Fox, Cornish businessman
- David Fox, various people with this name
- Francis Fox, several persons see Francis Fox
- Frederick Fox, multiple people
- Kathleen Fox , Canadian parachutist, pilot, flight instructor
- Lindsay Fox, Australian businessman
- Louis Fox, American billiardist
- Martin S. Fox, American publisher
- Muriel Fox, American public relations executive and feminist activist
- Neil Fox
- Nikki Fox,BBC disability news correspondent
- Paul Fox, various people with this name
- Peter Fox, various people with this name
- Richard Edwin Fox, American criminal
- Richard J. Fox, American property developer
- Robert Fox, various people with this name
- Rodney Fox, scuba diver and filmmaker
- Stuart Fox, English poker player
- Terry Fox, Canadian cancer treatment activist
- William Fox , founder of Fox Film Corporation