Fox (surname)

Fox

Origin
Meaning	In Ireland Fox is usually a translation of Mac an t'Sionnaigh or Ó Sionnaigh meaning son/descendant of the fox
Region of origin	England and Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Lane Fox, Vos, Voss, Fuchs, Shinnick
Frequency Comparison: [1]

Fox is a surname originating in England and Ireland. Variants include Foxe and Foxx.

Some families with this name

• 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 surname

Actors

• Anne-Marie Fox (born 1962), American model and actress
• Bernard Fox (actor) (1927–2016), Welsh actor
• Colin Fox (actor) (born 1938), Canadian actor
• David Fox (actor) (1941–2021), Canadian actor
• Dorothi Fox born 1930), American actress
• 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 (1882–1959), American actor
• Jack Fox (actor) (born 1985), English actor
• James Fox (born 1939), English actor
• Janet Fox (1912–2002), 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 (1907–1942), American actress
• Spencer Fox (born 1993), voice actor
• Templeton Fox (1913–1993), American actress
• Vivica A. Fox (born 1964), American actress

Arts (other)

• Aaron Fox (musicologist) (contemporary), American musicologist
• Adam Fox (poet) (1883–1977), British poet
• Anna Maria Fox (1816–1897), English cultural promoter in Falmouth, Cornwall
• Annie Fox (author) (born 1950), American author
• Christopher Fox (composer) (born 1955), British composer
• Sir David Scott Fox (1910–1985), British diplomat and writer
• David Fox, pseudonym of Isabel Ostrander
• E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915), Australian painter
• Edward Fox (author) (born 1958), American author
• Ethel Carrick Fox (1872–1952), English-born painter better known as Ethel Carrick
• Everett Fox (contemporary), American scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible
• Sir Frank Fox (author) (1874–1960), Australian journalist and author
• Frank Fox (composer) for films including The Master Detective
• Frank Fox (writer), see Screen Directors Playhouse
• Frederick A. Fox (1931–2011), American composer
• 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
• Justin Fox (born 1964), American financial journalist, commentator, and writer
• Levi Fox (1914–2006), director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, England
• Lucas Fox (contemporary), British heavy metal musician
• Margalit Fox, American author
• Mary Fox (artist) (1922–2005), 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) (1951–2007), 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) (1929–2006), American photographer and editor
• Samantha Fox (born 1966), British glamour model and singer
• Steve Fox (musician), Canadian country-music singer/songwriter
• Toby Fox (born 1991), musician and video game designer
• Virgil Fox (1912–1980), American organist

Military

• Cecil H. Fox (1873–1963), British naval officer
• Charley Fox (1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II
• David G. Fox, U.S. Army officer
• Francis John Fox (1857–1902), New Zealand soldier and farmer
• Francis Lane Fox (1899–1989), British Army officer and Yorkshire landowner
• George Malcolm Fox (1843–1918), Inspector General of Gymnasia for the British Army at Aldershot
• 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
• Paddy Fox (1933–2016), British recruiting sergeant and Chelsea Pensioner
• PJ Fox, U.S. Army officer
• Wesley L. Fox (1931–2017), American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor

Politics and peerage

• Arthur Aloysius Fox (1847–1901), South Australian politician
• Ashley Fox (born 1969), English Conservative MEP, elected 2009
• Black Fox (Cherokee chief) (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
• David Spencer Fox (1817–1901), American politician
• Francis Fox member of the Senate of Canada
• Galen Fox (born 1943), Hawaii politician and convicted sex offender
• Gary Fox (politician) (1943–2022), 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
• Jamie Fox (born 1964), Canadian politician
• Jon Fox (1947–2018), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Liam Fox (born 1961), British politician from Woodspring
• Marcus Fox (1927–2002), British politician from Shipley
• Milton C. Fox, Canadian politician from Essex
• Peter Fox (Canadian politician) (1921–1989), Canadian politician
• Sally Fox (politician) (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), President of Mexico
• William Fox (politician) (1812–1893), 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
• Francis Fox (divine) (1675–1738), English divine
• 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
• Peter Fox (bishop) (born 1952), British Anglican vicar and former bishop
• 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, technology, engineering, mathematics

• 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
• Charles Fox (mathematician) (1897–1977), introduced Fox–Wright function and Fox H-function
• 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
• Sir Francis Fox (civil engineer) (1844–1927), English civil engineer
• J. G. Fox (1916–1980), known as Jack, American nuclear physicist
• 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 (1947–2021), American chemist and university administrator
• Ralph Fox (1913–1973), American mathematician
• Robert Fortescue Fox (1858–1940), British physician
• Robin Fox (born 1934), anthropologist
• Samson Fox (1838–1903), British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist
• Sidney W. Fox (1912–1998), American biochemist
• Theodore Fortescue Fox (1899–1989), British physician and medical journal editor
• 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

• 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) (1926–1986), 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 (1948–2013), American football player
• Deryck Fox (born 1964), British rugby league footballer and coach
• Don Fox (1935–2008), English rugby league footballer
• Francis Hugh Fox (1863–1952), English rugby player
• Frank Fox (American football) in 1965 American Football League draft
• Frank Fox (Gaelic footballer) (1911–1940), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Frank Fox (motorcycle racer) in 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
• Frank Fox (racing driver) (1877–1931), American auto racing driver
• Frank Fox (rugby league) (fl. 1960s and 1970s) rugby league footballer
• Frederick Fox (cricketer) (1863–1935), English cricketer
• Geoff Fox (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1994), 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) (1885–1963), American professional baseball player
• Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), American light heavyweight boxer
• Jessica Fox (canoeist) (born 1994), French-born Australian world and Olympic champion 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 (1927–1975), American baseball player
• Pat Fox (born 1962), Tipperary Hurling.
• Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933), English player and coach
• Oscar Fox, Sr. (1889–1947), English footballer
• Oscar Fox, Jr. (1921–1990), English footballer; son of the above
• Peter Fox (footballer) (born 1957), English former footballer
• Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933) (1933–2019), 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 (1952–2000), American racing driver
• Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), 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 (1898–1972), English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
• Wilbur Fox (1919–1991), American professional basketball player

Other

• 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 (1866–1935), 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 (1861–1920), 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 (1917–1981), Keeper of Princetoniana at Princeton University
• Frederick Fox (milliner) (1931–2013), Australian-born English milliner
• Jack Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jennifer Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
• Josephine Clardy Fox (1881–1970), American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Kathleen Fox (aviator) (born 1951), Canadian parachutist, pilot, flight instructor
• Lindsay Fox (born 1937), Australian transport businessman
• Martin S. Fox (1924–2020), 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 (1898–1972), 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) (1959–2021), American professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Peter T. Fox, neuroimaging researcher and neurologist
• Richard Edwin Fox (1956–2003), 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 (1925–2021), American television host
• Sonny Fox (XM Radio) (1947–2020), American DJ
• 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

Fictional characters

• 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 also

• Foxe (disambiguation)
• Foxx
• Fuchs (surname)
• Vos (surname)

References

1. "Fox Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014