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.[2] In Ireland, Fox is mainly a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox).[2]

For people surnamed Lane Fox, see Lane Fox.
Fox
Origin
MeaningA name taken from the cunning animal, "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox)
Region of originEngland and Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Lane Fox, Vos, Voss, Fuchs
Frequency Comparison:[1]

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

Notable persons with this surname

Actors

Arts (other)
  • Aaron Fox (musicologist) (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
  • Ethel Carrick Fox (1872-1952), English-born painter better known as Ethel Carrick
  • 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
  • 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), 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
  • Cecil H. Fox (1873-1963), British naval officer
  • 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

Religion
  • Edward Fox (bishop) (1496–1538), English churchman, Bishop of Hereford
  • Emmet Fox (1886–1951), Irish spiritual leader of the early 20th century
  • 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
  • William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), English religious and political orator

Science and technology

Sports

Other

See also

References
  1. "Fox Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. Surnamedb/Fox
  3. "Fox, Muriel, 1928- . Papers of NOW officer Muriel Fox, 1966-1971: A Finding Aid". Oasis.lib.harvard.edu. 1928-02-03. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
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