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American racecar driver

A. Maria Irudayam

Indian carrom player

American soccer player (born 1980)

Abdellatief Abouheif

Egyptian swimmer

American sports executive and basketball coach

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ghanaian association football player

Abner Doubleday

Union Army general

Norwegian footballer

Australian cricketer (born 1971)

American water polo coach

Czech climber (born 1993)

American businessman and NBA commissioner (born 1962)

Adolfo Cambiaso

Argentine polo player (born 1975)

Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive

American football coach and executive

American track and field athlete

French racing driver (born 1955)

English footballer and pundit

English cricketer

Albert Spalding

American pitcher, manager and business executive

Italian racing driver

Aleksandr Karelin

Russian wrestler and politician

Aleksandr Medved

Soviet/Belarussian wrestler

Scottish football manager (born 1941)

American rock climber (born 1985)

American soccer player

American baseball player

Alexander Alekhine

Russian-French chess player

Alexander Cartwright

Baseball club founding member

Alexander Gomelsky

Soviet basketball coach

Alexander Ovechkin

Russian ice hockey player (born 1985)

Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)

Russian figure skater

Russian artistic gymnast (born 1976)

Russian figure skater (born 1980)

English footballer and manager

Italian cyclist

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine professional footballer

Iranian footballer and coach

Alistair Brownlee

English triathlete (born 1988)

Aliya Mustafina

Russian artistic gymnast

Australian cricketer

American former basketball player (born 1975)

Track and field sprint athlete

Ethiopian long-distance runner

American tennis player

American olympic gymnast and gold medalist

Brazilian mixed martial artist (born 1988)

Amos Alonzo Stagg

American athlete

Anastasia Davydova

Russian synchronized swimmer

Russian chess grandmaster (born 1951)

Brazilian mixed martial artist

American tennis player (born 1970)

Australian basketball player

Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)

English mountaineer

Australian rugby league footballer

Soviet handball player

Andriy Shevchenko

Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976)

Swiss karateka and kickboxer

British tennis player

Irish camogie player

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1964)

American boxing trainer

Anita Włodarczyk

Polish hammer thrower

Danish handball player

American basketball player

Anne-Caroline Chausson

Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Austrian alpine skier

Annika Sörenstam

Swedish American golfer

Anthony Mundine

Australian boxer, rugby league footballer and rapper

American football player

American short track speed skater

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Spanish tennis player

American professional boxer (1913–1998); longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion

American inline skater

German sprinter

American golfer

Italian association football manager

French football manager and player

American tennis player

Australian former RL coach & Australia international rugby league footballer

English football administrator

Arvydas Sabonis

Lithuanian basketball player and executive

Asashōryū Akinori

Mongolian former sumo wrestler

American decathlete

President of the IOC from 1952 to 1972

Norwegian skater

Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994)

American mixed martial arts fighter

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

American golfer and athlete

American baseball player (1895–1948)

Balbir Singh Sr.

Indian field hockey player

Barbara Ann Scott

Canadian figure skater

Barbora Špotáková

Czech javelin thrower

Barney Oldfield

American racing driver

American baseball player

British sports promoter

American football player (born 1968)

American cricketer

American football quarterback, coach, and executive

American college football coach

American sportsperson and video game developer

Romanian-American gymnastics coach

Australian cricketer

American professional golfer

Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Thévenet

Bernardo Rezende

Brazilian volleyball coach and former player

Bernie Ecclestone

British business magnate (born 1930)

Canadian ice hockey player

Athletics competitor

American football coach (born 1952)

American runner, track and field coach, and businessman

Bill France Sr.

American racecar driver and NASCAR founder (1909–1992)

American strongman

American baseball umpire

American basketball player and coach

American jockey

American tennis player

Billie Jean King

Retired American professional tennis player

Billy Mitchell (gamer)

American video game player (born 1965)

Billy Morgan (Gaelic footballer)

Irish Gaelic football manager and player

German association football player

Swedish tennis player

Norwegian cross-country skier

Björn Dunkerbeck

Dutch windsurfer

American football running back and safety and baseball player

American horse owner and trainer (born 1953)

American long jumper (born 1946)

Bob Bowman (coach)

American swimming coach

American basketball player and coach

Bob Fitzsimmons

Australia international rugby league footballer and coach (1947–2021)

American baseball pitcher and coach

American basketball coach (1940–2023)

American football player

American decathlete and politician

English footballer and manager

American basketball player and coach

Bob Simpson (cricketer)

Australian cricketer

Bobbie Rosenfeld

Canadian athletics competitor

English footballer and manager

Canadian ice hockey player

American chess player and chess writer

Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2023)

Bobby Jones (golfer)

American amateur golfer

English professional footballer (1941–1993)

American sprinter

Canadian former professional ice hockey player

American speed skater

German tennis player

Swedish ice hockey player

Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

American baseball player, manager, and executive (1881–1965)

American water polo player

Brendon McCullum

New Zealand cricketer

American retired football quarterback

Canadian-American ice hockey player

English football player and manager (1935–2004)

West Indian cricketer

Brian O'Driscoll

Irish rugby player

Bronko Nagurski

American football player and wrestler

Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

New Zealand racing driver, designer and team owner

American tennis doubles team

American baseball player

American baseball executive

Buvaisar Saitiev

Russian wrestler (born 1975)

American professional golfer

Brazilian association football player

American media personality, political candidate and retired decathlete

American baseball player

Cale Yarborough

American racecar driver

Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)

Australian rugby league footballer

American ice hockey player

American baseball player

German sports administrator (1882-1962)

US track & field athlete

American sports shooter

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian footballer and manager (1944–2016)

Mexican-American polo player

Argentine boxer

Carly Patterson

2004 Olympic gymnastics all-around champion

Caroline Ouellette

Canadian ice hockey player

American lacrosse player

South African middle-distance runner

Australian athlete and Olympic gold medalist (born 1973)

Cecil Smith (polo)

American rancher and polo player

Cecilia Brækhus

Norwegian boxer

Cecilia Colledge

British figure skater

South Korean association football player

Charles Barkley

American basketball player and analyst (born 1963)

Charles Comiskey

American baseball player, manager, team owner

Charles Radbourn

American baseball player

Charlotte Dujardin

British equestrian and writer (born 1985)

Charmayne James

American barrel racer

Nigerian athlete (born 1970)

South Korean go player

Okinawan karateka

American tennis player

British cyclist

Jamaican cricketer (born 1979)

British cyclist

Chris Moneymaker

American poker player

American rock climber (born 1981)

Christine Sinclair

Canadian professional soccer player

Christy Mathewson

American baseball player

Irish hurler (1920-1979)

American mixed martial arts fighter (born 1969)

Clarence Campbell

Canadian sports executive (1905-1984)

Clarence Seedorf

Dutch association football player and manager

Clarrie Grimmett

Australian cricketer

Claudia Pechstein

German speed skater

Clayton Kershaw

American baseball player (born 1988)

Clive Churchill

Australian professional RL coach & former Australia international rugby league footballer

West Indian Test cricketer

Scottish racing driver

New Zealand rugby union player

American baseball manager and owner

Irish mixed martial artist (born 1988)

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

American football player, coach, and executive

American baseball player

Canadian ice hockey player, civil servant (1884–1979)

Spartan princess (born 442 BC)

Japanese fighting game player

American racing driver (1951–2001)

South African cricketer

English decathlete (born 1958)

Dally Messenger

Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer

New Zealand rugby union player

American wrestler and coach

American racing driver, constructor and team owner

American football quarterback

American mixed martial arts businessman

American racecar driver

South African rugby union footballer, coach and administrator

American archer

Darrell Waltrip

American racing driver

Australian TV commentator and former professional rugby league footballer

Darya Domracheva

Belarusian biathlete and coach

Dave Brown (rugby league, born 1913)

Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer

American BMX rider (1974–2016)

Dave Scott (triathlete)

American triathlete

English association football player and businessman

Australian rugby union player

American basketball player

Kenyan middle-distance runner (born 1988)

American businessman, lawyer and NBA commissioner

Croatian footballer (born 1968)

Australian swimmer and politician

American professional football player

American ultramarathon runner (born 1962)

American climber and BASE jumper

American basketball coach

Professional golfer, PGA Tour commissioner

Debbie Watson (water polo)

Australian water polo player and coach

American football coach and player (born 1967)

Demetrios Vikelas

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

Demetrious Johnson

American mixed martial artist (born 1986)

Chinese table tennis player

Dennis Bergkamp

Dutch association football player

Australian cricketer

American basketball player (born 1961)

American baseball player (born 1974)

Dezső Gyarmati

Hungarian water polo player

Indian field hockey player

Indian field hockey player

American basketball player (born 1982)

American football player (1942–2023)

American figure skater (1929–2025)

American retired high jumper

American water skier

Canadian swimming champion and first president of WADA

Didi (footballer, born 1928)

Brazilian footballer and manager

Didier Deschamps

French association football manager and former player

Ivorian footballer

Argentine footballer and manager

Italian footballer

German professional basketball player

English footballer (1907–1980)

Dominic O'Brien

British mnemonist

Czech ice hockey player (born 1965)

Australian cricketer

American tennis player (1915–2000)

Don Carter (bowler)

American professional bowler

American football player and coach (1913–1997)

American boxing promoter

Donald Campbell

English racecar driver and land & water speed record holder

American figure skater

Dorothy Kamenshek

American baseball player (1925-2010)

American football quarterback

Doug Harvey (ice hockey)

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Douglas Jardine

Scottish cricketer (1900-1958)

American poker player

Dragan Džajić

Serbian footballer

Dražen Petrović

Croatian basketball player

Duke Kahanamoku

Hawaiian swimmer, surfer and actor

American professional bowler (1938–2001)

Ebenezer Cobb Morley

English sportsman (1831-1924)

American powerlifter

American baseball player and manager

American jockey

American Olympic athlete (1897-1967)

American softball player

Canadian ice hockey player

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)

Edoardo Mangiarotti

American track and field athlete

Filipino pool player, born 1954

Elena Zamolodchikova

Russian artistic gymnast

American basketball player (1934–2021)

Elías Figueroa

Chilean footballer

Elisabeta Lipă

Romanian rower (born 1964)

Eliška Junková

Czech racing driver

American professional skateboarder (born 1975)

Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1984)

Australian cricketer and soccer player (born 1990)

American basketball player

American contract bridge entrepreneur (1891–1955)

World Chess Champion from 1894 to 1921

Czech long-distance runner (born 1922)

Australian triathlete

American football running back

English cricketer

French actor and footballer (born 1966)

American speed skater

South African professional golfer (born 1969)

Ernst Wilimowski

Polish footballer

Dutch wheelchair tennis player

Esther Williams

American swimmer and actress

Prussian bodybuilder

Italian bobsledder

Portuguese footballer (1942–2014)

Evander Holyfield

Evgeni Plushenko

Russian figure skater

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Australian tennis player

Kenyan steeplechase runner (born 1982)

South Korean professional League of Legends player

Falcão (futsal player)

Brazilian futsal player (born 1977)

Fanny Blankers-Koen

Dutch athlete, winner of four gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics

Italian cyclist (1919–1960)

Federico Caprilli

Italian equestrian (1868-1907)

Italian politician and thoroughbred breeder (1869-1954)

Fedor Emelianenko

Russian sambist, judoka, kickboxer and MMA fighter

Australian speedcuber (born 1995)

Felix Baumgartner

Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper

Hungarian footballer (1927–2006)

Filip Filipović (water polo)

Serbian water polo player

Florence Chadwick

American swimmer

Florence Griffith Joyner

American track and field athlete

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

American boxer and boxing promoter

Italian footballer (born 1960)

Francois Pienaar

François Robichon de La Guérinière

Frank Buck (animal collector)

American hunter, animal collector, actor and author

Canadian ice hockey administrator

Franz Beckenbauer

German association football player

American bow hunter (1902–1988)

British tennis player (1909–1995)

Frederick Humphreys (athlete)

British tug-of-war competitor (1878–1954)

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist (1778-1852)

German footballer

Futabayama Sadaji

Japanese sumo wrestler

American artistic gymnast (born 1995)

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine footballer

Gaius Appuleius Diocles

Roman charioteer

American football player (1943–2020)

Galina Chistyakova

Soviet long jumper and triple jumper

Badminton player

Welsh association football player

Welsh rugby union player

Garfield Sobers

West Indian cricketer

Brazilian footballer (1933–1983)

Russian chess grandmaster (born 1963)

Gary Ablett Sr.

Australian rules footballer, born 1961

NHL Commissioner

Canadian lacrosse player and coach

English footballer and TV presenter

South African professional golfer (born 1935)

American judoka and martial arts instructor (1932–2022)

American golfer

American professional boxer

American women's basketball coach

Ethiopian runner

Geoffrey Boycott

English cricketer

Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)

American football player (1927–2010)

American boxer (1949–2025)

American basketball player

English mountaineer

American basketball player (1924–2005)

George Steinbrenner

American businessman, Major League Baseball team owner

President of Liberia and retired association football player

Georges St-Pierre

Canadian mixed martial arts fighter

Geraldine Heaney

Irish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach

German footballer

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Austrian mountaineer

Gertrude Ederle

American swimmer

Giacomo Agostini

Italian motorcycle racer

Gianluigi Buffon

Italian association football player

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Nigerian-Greek basketball player (born 1994)

Brazilian volleyball player

Gichin Funakoshi

Gillis Grafström

Swedish figure skater

Italian cyclist

Giuseppe Meazza

Italian footballer (1910–1979)

Canadian curler

Australian cricketer

Chinese-Japanese Go player

Godefroy de Blonay

Swiss linguist and member of the International Olympic Committee (1869-1937)

Canadian ice hockey player (1928–2016)

English footballer

Gordon Coventry

Australian rules footballer (1901–1968)

South African and British automobile designer (born 1946)

Graeme Langlands

Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer

South African cricketer

English cricketer

New Zealand sportsman

Australian swimmer

American racing cyclist

American Olympic springboard and platform diver

American baseball player

Australian professional golfer

American basketball executive and coach (born 1949)

Grover Cleveland Alexander

American baseball player

Guido Cappellini

Italian motorboat racer

Guillermo Vilas

Argentine tennis player

Canadian ice hockey player

Iranian taekwondo practitioner

Haile Gebrselassie

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Hakeem Olajuwon

Nigerian-American basketball player

Japanese sumo wrestler

American baseball player (1934–2021)

Hans Günter Winkler

German show jumper (1926–2018)

Harold Abrahams

English track and field athlete

American boxer (1894–1926)

Australian tennis player

American basketball coach

British professional golfer (1870–1937)

English-born American baseball player, manager, and developer

Haydn Bunton Sr.

Australian rules footballer

Hayley Wickenheiser

Canadian ice hockey player

Chinese artistic gymnast

Australian squash player

Heike Drechsler

German former track and field athlete

American tennis player

Helenio Herrera

Argentine-French football player and manager (1910-1997)

Brazilian co-inventor of brazilian jiu-jitsu (1912–2009)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Belgian sports executive

Henri Desgrange

French cyclist and journalist

Henry Armstrong

Henry Chadwick (writer)

American baseball writer and statistician

American basketball player and coach

Hurler from Kilkenny

American ice hockey player and coach

Austrian alpine skier

Hicham El Guerrouj

Moroccan middle-distance runner

Japanese baseball player

Hidetoshi Nakata

Japanese footballer (born 1977)

American ice hockey player (born 1989)

American athlete (1892–1918)

American mixed martial arts fighter (born 1981)

Japanese association football player

Hon'inbō Sansa

Go player, founder of the prestigious Hon'inbō school

Hon'inbō Shūsaku

Japanese professional Go player from the 19th century

American baseball player

American professional footballer

Hossein Rezazadeh

Iranian weightlifter (born 1978)

American archer

Former English football referee and General Manager of the Professional Referee Organization

Canadian ice hockey player

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian footballer (born 1966)

Chinese Xiangqi player

Hubert Van Innis

Mexican footballer and manager (born 1958)

English cricketer

Welsh footballer and manager

Australian swimmer

Japanese baseball player

Spanish footballer

Russian figure skater

Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022

South Korean golfer

Soviet and Ukrainian triple and long jumper

Ingemar Stenmark

Swedish alpine skier

Pakistani cricketer

Chinese martial artist (1893–1972)

Dutch speed skater

Irena Szewińska

Polish sprinter

South Africa-New Zealand netball player

Russian politician and figure skater

Irina Slutskaya

Russian figure skater

American bodybuilder

American basketball player, coach, executive

Czech-American tennis player

Soviet wrestler

Croatian handball player

Australian rules football umpire

J. Sigfrid Edström

Swedish industrialist and International Olympic Committee official (1870–1964)

J. Walter Kennedy

American businessman and politician

American bull rider

Australian cricketer

Australian racing driver

Jack Gibson (rugby league)

Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer

English cricketer

Jack Johnson (boxer)

American boxer, became the first African-American world heavyweight champion

American tennis player

Jack Lambert (American football)

American football player

American professional golfer (born 1940)

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

American speedruner

Jackie Mitchell

American baseball player

Jackie Robinson

American baseball player

British racing driver

American ballet dancer and figure skater

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934–1987)

South African cricketer

Canadian ice hockey player

Belgian sports administrator

Retired Pakistani squash player

James Anderson (cricketer)

English cricketer (born 1982)

James Braid (golfer)

Scottish golfer

James E. Fitzsimmons

British racing driver (1947–1993)

James J. Corbett

Inventor of basketball

James Rodríguez

Colombian association football player

James T. Sutherland

Canadian ice hockey executive

Australian field hockey player

Australian racing driver

Czech javelin thrower

Jan-Ove Waldner

Swedish table tennis player

Jarmila Kratochvílová

Czech former track and field athlete (born 1951)

Czech ice hockey player (born 1972)

American basketball player and coach (born 1973)

Javier Sotomayor

Cuban high jumper

Argentine footballer (born 1973)

Nigerian footballer

Canadian ice hockey player

Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2014)

American baseball player

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier (born 1943)

American racing driver

American softball player

American swimmer (born 1973)

American motorcycle racer

American businessman and investor (1933–2013)

American basketball player and author (born 1940)

American football player

American basketball player and coach

American basketball player and executive (1938–2024)

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

Jessica Ennis-Hill

British former track and field athlete

Indian women cricketer

American football player and actor

British racing driver (1936–1968)

British hunter, tracker, naturalist and author

American rodeo performer

American athlete (1887–1953)

American baseball player

American racing driver

American tennis player (born 1952)

South Korean sports shooter

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete

Australian rules footballer

English professional snooker player (1901–1978)

American baseball player (1914–1999)

American football player and coach

American basketball player and coach

Joe Lewis (martial artist)

Kickboxer (1944-2012)

American boxer (1914–1981)

American football quarterback

American football player, quarterback

American football player and coach

Canadian ice hockey player and executive

Canadian bodybuilder and businessman

Joel Quenneville

Canadian-American ice hockey coach

Northern Irish motorcycle racer

Dutch football player and manager

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

Welsh footballer (1931–2004)

American football player and executive

American NHRA drag racer

John Hannah (American football)

American football player (born 1951)

American basketball player (1940–2019)

American football player and coach, namesake of Heisman Trophy

John Henry Taylor

Professional golfer (1871-1963)

American basketball player and coach

John L. Sullivan

American tennis player

John Montgomery Ward

American Major League Baseball player and manager

Australian tennis player

American basketball player

American basketball coach

Johnathan Thurston

Australian rugby league footballer

Johnathan Wendel

American professional esports player

American gambler and poker player

Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer

American football player

Johnny Weissmuller

American swimmer, water-polo player, and actor (1904–1984)

American magic: the gathering and professional poker player

American mixed martial artist (born 1987)

Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)

British triple jumper (born 1966)

Jonny Wilkinson

José Leandro Andrade

Uruguayan footballer

José Luis Chilavert

Paraguayan footballer

José Manuel Moreno

Argentine footballer and manager (1916-1978)

Portuguese association football player and manager

José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888–1942)

Austrian-Czech footballer (1913–2001)

American baseball player

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Italian-Uruguayan footballer

Juan Antonio Samaranch

IOC president 1980–2001

Spanish bullfighter

Juan Manuel Fangio

Argentine racing driver

Hungarian chess player

French football administrator

Spanish pelotari

American jockey

Julio César Chávez

American former basketball player (born 1950)

American racecar driver

20th-century Japanese mountain climber

East German discus thrower

French association football player

Belgian former tennis player (born 1982)

Kane Waselenchuk

Canadian racquetball player

Judoka, educator and politician (1860–1938)

Japanese freestyle wrestler

Former Indian cricketer

American volleyball player and coach

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball player (born 1947)

American basketball player

Austrian figure skater

Australian professional golfer

German figure skater

Kathy Whitworth

American professional golfer (born 1939)

American swimmer (born 1997)

Keiichi Tsuchiya

Japanese professional race car driver

American surfer

English football referee

American disc golfer

Ken Griffey Jr.

American baseball player

Canadian ice hockey coach

Australian tennis player (born 1934)

Ken Westerfield

American frisbee player

Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1951)

Kerri Walsh Jennings

American professional beach volleyball player

American basketball player (born 1988)

American basketball player

English football player and manager

German bobsledder

Kevin Martin (curler)

Canadian curler and Olympic champion

Professional RL coach & former GB & England international rugby league footballer

American bass fisherman

Kevin Young (hurdler)

American athlete, hurdler

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Russian professional mixed martial artist

Hurrian author of an ancient Anatolian cuneiform text

Belgian former tennis player (born 1983)

American sport shooter

South Korean archer (born 1971)

South African rugby union footballer and coach

American college football player and college football coach

American basketball player (1978–2020)

Kristi Yamaguchi

American figure skater

Kristjan Palusalu

Estonian wrestler

Krisztina Egerszegi

Hungarian swimmer

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1977)

American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist

American football player (born 1971)

American boxer (born 1977)

Lance Armstrong

American cyclist (born 1971)

American soccer player

Chinese volleyball player and coach

Larisa Latynina

American basketball player (born 1956)

American rodeo performer

American politician and basketball commissioner

Swedish modern pentathlete

Finnish long-distance runner

Hungarian boxer

English cyclist (born 1992)

Australian basketball player

Lawrence Taylor

American football player (born 1959)

Australian surfer

American basketball player (born 1984)

South Korean Go player

Malaysian badminton player

American professional golfer

Australian rules footballer, born 1952

English cricketer (1916–1990)

Leonidas of Rhodes

Ancient victor in four Olympiads

Leontien van Moorsel

British Champion Jockey

Soviet footballer

British racing driver (born 1985)

British-South African environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

Chinese tennis player

Chinese gymnast (born 1963)

Lilia Podkopayeva

Ukrainian gymnast

South Korean esports player

Badminton player

American alpine skier (born 1984)

Argentine footballer (born 1987)

American Olympic gold medalist

American basketball player

Liu Xiang (hurdler)

Chinese hurdler

Australian netball player

British skeleton racer

Mexican professional golfer

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer

American baseball player (1903–1941)

Canadian strongman (1863-1912)

American golfer

Argentine field hockey player

Lucien Petit-Breton

Ludmilla Tourischeva

Russian gymnast

Portuguese footballer (born 1972)

American rock climber

Ma Lin (table tennis)

Chinese table tennis player

Chinese table tennis player

British figure skater

Portuguese beach soccer player

American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)

Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)

Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lankan cricketer

Saudi Arabian footballer

Australian rugby league football coach and former player

Malcolm Allison

English footballer and manager

Malcolm Marshall

Barbadian cricketer (1958–1999)

Filipino professional boxer and Senator of the Philippines

Spanish bullfighter

Argentine basketball player

Manuel dos Reis Machado

Brazilian capoeira master

Manuel Estiarte

Spanish water polo player

Marco van Basten

Dutch association football player and manager

Australian tennis player

Brazilian tennis player (1939–2018)

Bulgarian sport shooter

Maria Sharapova

Russian former tennis player (born 1987)

Colombian cyclist

Mariano Juaristi

Spanish pelotari

Panamanian-American baseball player

Marie-José Pérec

French sprinter

Italian-American racing driver

Canadian ice hockey player

Brazilian footballer and manager (1931–2024)

Female sprint and basketball competitor

American checkers player

Māris Štrombergs

Latvian bicycle motocross racer

Norwegian cross-country skier

American baseball player and coach (born 1963)

Canadian ice hockey player

American Olympic swimmer

Mark Todd (equestrian)

New Zealand equestrian

Marta (footballer)

Brazilian footballer (born 1986)

Márta Károlyi

Gymnastics coach

Canadian-American ice hockey player

Martin Johnson (rugby union)

Swiss tennis player

Martina Navratilova

American-Czech tennis player

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

American baseball executive and labor organizer

American middle-distance runner

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

Kenyan long-distance runner

Mary Lou Retton

American gymnast (born 1968)

Zainichi Korean karateka (1923–1994)

Masahiko Kimura

Japanese judoka and professional wrestler

Masami Hirosaka

Japanese radio controlled car driver (born 1970)

American BMX rider

Swedish tennis player

Scottish footballer, manager (1909–1994)

British swimmer

Matthias Sindelar

Austrian association football player (1903-1939)

Finnish ski jumper

Maureen Connolly

American tennis player (1934–1969)

Maurice Podoloff

American sports executive and lawyer (1890–1985)

Maurice Richard

Canadian ice hockey player

American soccer player (born 1985)

American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 22 years, from 1953 to 1975

Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete

American football defensive tackle, announcer, and actor

American association football player

Michael Andretti

American racing driver

Michael Johnson (sprinter)

American sprinter

American basketball former player (born 1963)

Michael Laudrup

Danish association football player and coach

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin

Irish journalist and sports administrator (sixth President of the International Olympic Committee)

American swimmer and Olympic athlete

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver (born 1969)

Michal Martikán

Slovak slalom canoeist (born 1979)

French association football player, manager and administrator

American former soccer player

American figure skater

American baseball player (1931–1995)

American professional golfer

Miguel Induráin

Spanish cyclist

Finnish floorball player

Mikaël Kingsbury

Canadian freestyle skier

Ice hockey coach, former player

Canadian ice hockey player

Mike Krzyzewski

American basketball player and coach

Mike Powell (long jumper)

Athletics competitor, long jumper

American baseball player (born 1991)

American boxer and media personality (born 1966)

Mikhail Botvinnik

Soviet chess player

Soviet-Latvian chess player

6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton

Romanian footballer and manager

Croatian basketball player and coach (1938–2023)

Misty May-Treanor

American beach volleyball player

Indian cricketer

British track and field athlete

Yugoslav and American retired tennis player

Morihei Ueshiba

20th-century Japanese martial artist

American basketball player (1955–2015)

Indian cricketer (born 1981)

American boxer and social activist (1942–2016)

Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1972)

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast

Naim Süleymanoğlu

Turkish weightlifter

American figure skater (born 1969)

American baseball player and manager

2008 Olympic gymnastics all-around champion

American basketball player and coach

Natalia Molchanova

Russian multiple world record holding freediver

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer

Natalya Lisovskaya

Athletics competitor

Inventor of rugby sevens

Brazilian footballer (born 1992)

Nick Bollettieri

American tennis coach

English professional golfer

Nicklas Lidström

Swedish ice hockey player

Malaysian squash player

Nicolas Vouilloz

French mountain biker and rally driver (born 1976)

Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)

International Scrabble champion

Austrian former Formula 1 racing driver

Nikola Karabatić

French handball player (born 1984)

Nikolai Andrianov

Russian gymnast

American baseball player (born 1947)

Serbian tennis player (born 1987)

Nigerian footballer (born 1976)

American skateboarder

American football player and actor (1947–2024)

Scottish golfer

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete

Ukrainian footballer and manager

Olga Brusnikina

Russian synchronized swimmer

Soviet gymnast; American instructor since 1991

American paintball player

Oscar De La Hoya

Mexican-American boxer

Oscar Pistorius

South African sprinter and convicted murderer (born 1986)

Oscar Robertson

American basketball player

Brazilian basketball player

American football player, coach, and executive

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897–1973)

South Korean professional golfer (born 1977)

Pancho Gonzales

American tennis player (1928–1995)

Mexican racquetball player

Italian association football player

Italian footballer

Park Sung-hyun (archer)

South Korean archer

American basketball player, coach, executive

Former Gaelic Footballer and Journalist

American basketball player and coach (1952–2016)

American professional golfer

American professional golfer

Spanish basketball player (born 1980)

American football coach and executive

Danish yachtsman

American artistic gymnast

American chess player (1837–1884)

Paul Radmilovic

British swimmer and water polo player

Paula Radcliffe

British long-distance runner (born 1973)

Paulino Alcántara

Association football player

American professional golfer

Pedro Martínez

Dominican baseball pitcher

Spanish bullfighter

American figure skater

Brazilian footballer

American basketball player

American baseball player

American football executive (1926–1996)

American former tennis player (born 1971)

Australian racing driver

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Peter Šťastný

Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player

American football quarterback

Ancient Greek runner

Canadian ice hockey player, executive (b. 1942)

American poker player

American poker player

American basketball player and coach

American softball coach

American professional golfer

Phil Taylor (darts player)

English darts player

Philippe Quintais

French pétanque player

Pierluigi Collina

Italian football referee and financial advisor

Pierre de Coubertin

French educator and historian (1863–1937)

American college football coach, College Football Hall of Fame member

Pudge Heffelfinger

American football player and coach

Greek weightlifter

Algerian footballer (born 1958)

Rachel Atherton

English cyclist

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

American decathlete and actor

Indian cricketer

Rakesh Kumar (kabaddi)

Indian kabaddi player

German 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter

Ralph Greenleaf

American pool player

Ramon Fernandez

Filipino basketball player (born 1953)

American shot putter

American Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist

American baseball player (born 1963)

Jam Saheb of Nawanagar

Ratchanok Intanon

Badminton player

Croatian water polo player

American basketball player

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)

American football punter

American football linebacker, Pro Football Hall of Famer

Raymond Ceulemans

Belgian billiard player

Rechelle Hawkes

Australian field hockey player

American basketball coach and executive (1917–2006)

American football player (1903–1991)

Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer

American football player

Cuban volleyball player

German equestrian

Reinhold Messner

Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)

Renaud Lavillenie

French pole vaulter

French tennis player

Renée Richards

US tennis player and ophthalmologist

Spanish association football player

American mountain climber (1929-2015)

New Zealand cricketer

American racing driver (born 1937)

Richard Sears (tennis)

American tennis player

New Zealand rugby union player

American basketball player

Rickey Henderson

American baseball player (1958–2024)

Ricky Carmichael

American motorcycle and stock car racing driver

Australian cricketer

Dutch footballer and manager (1928–2005)

Robert Barclay Allardice

Scottish pedestrian (1779-1854)

Robert Fulford (croquet player)

British croquet player

President of FIFA (1876-1952)

Robert Korzeniowski

Polish racewalker

Robert Lewandowski

Polish footballer (born 1988)

American basketball player

Italian former footballer (born 1967)

Brazilian footballer

Roberto Clemente

Puerto Rican baseball player

Panamanian world champion boxer (b. 1951)

British former competitive figure skater

Australian tennis player (born 1938)

American skateboarder

Rodolphe Seeldrayers

Belgian football administrator and President of FIFA

Roger Bannister

English athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile (1929–2018)

American baseball player

Swiss former tennis player (born 1981)

6th Commissioner of the National Football League (born 1959)

American baseball player (1934–1985)

Cameroonian footballer

American baseball player, coach and manager

Brazilian politician and footballer

Australian rules footballer

Brazilian association footballer

Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)

Brazilian footballer

American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist

American former bodybuilder (born 1964)

American football cornerback and safety

Ronnie O'Sullivan

English snooker player (born 1975)

Irish professional golfer

Australian tennis player

Irish footballer

Brazilian UFC Hall of Famer, BJJ practitioner, and mixed martial arts fighter of the Gracie family member

Rudolf Wanderone

American pool player

Indonesian badminton player

Dutch association football player and manager

Welsh national association football manager and retired player

American swimmer

Japanese judoka and politician

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian cricketer (born 1973)

Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1940)

Saif Saaeed Shaheen

Qatari-Kenyan long-distance runner

Indian badminton player

Retired Australian athlete

American golfer

Samart Payakaroon

Thai Muay Thai fighter and boxer

American football player and coach

Cameroonian footballer

Kenyan long-distance runner

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lankan cricketer

Hungarian footballer

Sandra Elkasević

Croatian discus thrower

Sandra Schmirler

Canadian curler

American baseball player (born 1935)

Japanese freestyle wrestler

American baseball player and coach

Japanese gymnast

Scott Hamilton (figure skater)

American figure skater

Canadian ice dancer (born 1987)

Canadian ice hockey coach

British athlete and politician

Sebastian Vettel

German racing driver

Sébastien Chabal

French rugby union player

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

Swiss football administrator (born 1936)

Serena Williams

American tennis player (born 1981)

Soviet professional basketball player (1944-2013)

Russian ice hockey player

Sergei Mozyakin

Russian ice hockey player

Ukrainian pole vaulter

Sergey Ivanovich Lomanov

Russian bandy manager and former player (born 1957)

Seve Ballesteros

Spanish professional golfer

Shakib Al Hasan

Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1987)

Australian former international cricketer

American gymnast

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball player and analyst (born 1972)

American wakeboarder

American snowboarder and skateboarder

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Jamaican track and field sprinter

American basketball player

Japanese wheelchair tennis player

Shirley Strickland

Australian hurdler and sprinter

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

West Indian cricketer

Shizuka Arakawa

Japanese figure skater

Shoeless Joe Jackson

American baseball player (1887–1951)

Japanese baseball player (born 1994)

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)

German football player and manager

American artistic gymnast (born 1997)

Simone Niggli-Luder

Swiss orienteering competitor

Brazilian footballer

Norwegian figure skater (1912–1969)

Baseball player

Indian cricketer

American baseball player

Stanley Matthews

English footballer (1915–2000)

6th President of FIFA (1895–1986)

Swedish tennis player (born 1966)

German former tennis player (born 1969)

Stefka Kostadinova

Bulgarian high jumper

American rock climber (born 1973)

American basketball player (born 1988)

Scottish professional snooker player, 7-time world champion (last 1999)

Steve Caballero

American skateboarder

American jockey

Canadian professional basketball player

Steve Smith (cricketer)

Australian cricketer

Australian cricketer

Canadian ice hockey player and executive

Steven Bradbury

Australian short-track speed skater

British Formula One racing driver

American poker player

English cricketer (born 1986)

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sun Wen (footballer)

Chinese footballer

Indian cricketer

Suzanne Lenglen

French tennis player (1899–1938)

Dutch speed skater

English cricketer

Japanese sumo wrestler

Takashi Ono (gymnast)

Japanese gymnast

Takeru Kobayashi

Japanese competitive eater

Tamika Catchings

American basketball player (born 1979)

Tanikaze Kajinosuke

Japanese sumo wrestler

American figure skater, television commentator, and actress

American baseball player (1918–2002)

Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer

Teófilo Cubillas

Peruvian footballer

Teófilo Stevenson

Terje Håkonsen

Norwegian snowboarder

American football player and sports analyst (born 1948)

Canadian professional ice hockey player

Canadian ice dancer

Teun de Nooijer

Dutch field hockey player

American sports promoter

French association football player and manager

French handball player

President of the IOC since 2013

Thomas Burke (sprinter)

American sprinter

American world champion boxer (b. 1958)

American professional golfer

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Sri Lankan cricketer

American basketball player

Canadian ice hockey player and businessman

Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopian long distance track athlete

American mixed martial arts fighter

Canadian ice hockey player

American football player and commentator (born 1977)

American football coach and player

Tom Richardson (cricketer)

English cricketer

American baseball player

Tom Watson (golfer)

American golfer

Australian rules footballer, born 1835

Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)

Canadian world champion boxer (1881–1955)

British bowls player

American professional skateboarder

Northern Irish jockey

American former sportswoman

Travis Pastrana

American race car driver (born 1983)

American rodeo cowboy

Women's World professional Darts Champion (BDO)

American baseball player (1888–1958)

American baseball player (1886–1961)

American bull rider

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

Uljana Semjonova

Soviet-Latvian basketball player

Swedish figure skater

Jamaican sprinter (born 1986)

Valentina Vezzali

Italian fencer and politician

Valentino Rossi

Italian motorcycle racer (born 1979)

Valeri Kharlamov

Soviet ice hockey player

New Zealand shot putter

Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)

Vasily Alekseyev

Soviet weightlifter

American tennis player (born 1980)

Věra Čáslavská

Viacheslav Fetisov

Russian ice hockey player

Vicente del Bosque

Spanish footballer and manager (born 1950)

Australian cricketer

Georgian triple jumper (1945–2022)

American football coach

Vincent O'Brien

Irish horse trainer

Indian cricketer (born 1988)

Vitali Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer and politician

Belarusian gymnast

Italian football manager (1886–1968)

West Indian cricketer (born 1952)

Vladislav Tretiak

Soviet ice hockey player

English amateur cricketer (1848-1915)

Fijian rugby union footballer and coach

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

Walter A. Brown

American sports businessman

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1859-1925)

American professional golfer (1892–1969)

American baseball player and manager (1887–1946)

Australian billiards player

American football running back, Pro Football Hall of Famer

Walter Ray Williams Jr.

American professional ten-pin bowler (born 1959)

Wang Nan (table tennis)

Chinese table tennis player

American baseball player

Pakistani former professional cricketer

American basketball player (1923–2019)

Wayde van Niekerk

South African sprinter (born 1992)

Wayne Bennett (rugby league)

Australian rugby league coach and former footballer

Australian rules footballer

Canadian ice hockey player

English football player and manager (born 1985)

Wilhelm Steinitz

Austrian-American chess player

William G. Morgan

19/20th-century American physical education teacher who invented volleyball

William George Beers

Dentist and codifier of lacrosse (1843-1900)

William Renshaw

British tennis player

William Webb Ellis

English cleric and alleged inventor of rugby

William Wilson (aquatics)

British journalist, swimming instructor and coach, originator of the game of water polo (1844–1912)

American baseball player (1931–2024)

American pool player

Willie Park Sr.

Scottish professional golfer

American boxer (1922–2006)

African American athlete (1940–1994)

Wilt Chamberlain

American basketball and volleyball player

Wladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer

Chinese martial artist and physician

American sprinter

Chinese basketball player

Yasuharu Ōyama

Japanese shogi player (1923-1992)

Yelena Isinbayeva

Russian Olympic pole-vaulter

Yelena Shushunova

Soviet Russian gymnast

American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)

Japanese shogi and chess player

Young Tom Morris

Scottish golfer

Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer

South Korean figure skater

Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower

Yusuke Suzuki (race walker)

Japanese racewalker

Zico (footballer)

Brazilian footballer and manager

Zinedine Zidane

French association football manager and former player

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player