# Fox (surname)

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