Notable Athletes
This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names in sport. See also the list of Olympians for those who have competed in the Olympics and won medals.
| Name | Lifespan | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahid Afridi | 1980- | cricket | (Sahibzada, Mohammad) |  |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Shammond Williams | 1975- | basketball | (Omar) | |
| Shane Duffy | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Shane Ferguson | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Shane Long | 1987- | soccer | (Patrick) | |
| Shane Warne | 1969-2022 | cricket | (Keith) | |
| Shani Tarashaj | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Shanice van de Sanden | 1992- | soccer | (Janice) | |
| Shannon Miller | 1977- | gymnastics | (Lee) | |
| Shannon Sharpe | 1968- | football | | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 1972- | basketball | (Rashaun) | |
| Shaun Alexander | 1977- | football | | |
| Shawn Johnson East | 1992- | gymnastics | (Machel) | |
| Shay Given | 1976- | soccer | (Séamus, John, James) | |
| Shayne Graham | 1977- | football | (Michael) | |
| Shelby Rogers | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 1986- | track | | |
| Sherida Spitse | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 1971- | basketball | (Denise) | |
| Shikha Uberoi | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Shintaro Kurumaya | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Kim Shin-wook | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 1974- | cricket | | |
| Shkëlzen Gashi | 1988- | soccer | (Taib) | |
| Shkodran Mustafi | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Shohei Ohtani | 1994- | baseball | | |
| Shola Ameobi | 1981- | soccer | (Foluwashola) | |
| Shota Horie | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Peng Shuai | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Zhang Shuai | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Shūichi Gonda | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Shuvagata Hom | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Siaka Tiéné | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Siarhei Liakhovich | 1976- | boxing | (Siarhiej) | |
| Sid Abel | 1918-2000 | ice hockey | (Sidney) | |
| Sidney Crosby | 1987- | ice hockey | (Patrick) | |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Siem de Jong | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Silvestre Varela | 1985- | soccer | (Manuel) | |
| Silvia Navarro | 1979- | handball | | |
| Silvio Piola | 1913-1996 | soccer | | |
| Silviu Lung Jr. | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Šime Vrsaljko | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Simen Agdestein | 1967- | chess | | |
| Simon Ammann | 1981- | skiing | | |
| Simon Church | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Simon Mignolet | 1988- | soccer | (Luc, Hildebert) | |
| Simona Halep | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Simone Biles | 1997- | gymnastics | (Arianne) | |
| Simone Bolelli | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Simone Inzaghi | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Simone Zaza | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 1994- | basketball | | |
| P. V. Sindhu | 1995- | badminton | | |
| Sinem Doğu | 1987- | ice hockey | | |
| Sinha | 1976- | soccer | (Antônio) | |
| Sisca Folkertsma | 1997- | soccer | (Sippie, Catharine) | |
| Sivert Mannsverk | 2002- | soccer | | |
| Siya Kolisi | 1991- | rugby | (Siyamthanda) | |
| Sjeng Schalken | 1976- | tennis | | |
| Sjoeke Nüsken | 2001- | soccer | | |
| Sjoerd Ars | 1984- | soccer | (Adrianus, Theodorus) | |
| Sjoerd Hoogendoorn | 1991- | volleyball | | |
| Sjoerd van Ginneken | 1992- | cycling | | |
| Slater Martin | 1925-2012 | basketball | | |
| Slaven Bilić | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Slaviša Stojanovič | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Slavoljub Muslin | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Sławomir Peszko | 1985- | soccer | (Konrad) | |
| Slobodan Kačar | 1957- | boxing | | |
| Sócrates | 1954-2011 | soccer | | |
| Sofiane Feghouli | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Sofiane Guitoune | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Sohag Gazi | 1991- | cricket | | |
| Sohaib Maqsood | 1987- | cricket | (Malik) | |
| Soheil Ayari | 1970- | driving | | |
| Sokol Cikalleshi | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Sol Bamba | 1985- | soccer | (Souleymane) | |
| Sol Campbell | 1974- | soccer | (Sulzeer, Jeremiah) | |
| Somdev Devvarman | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Sonja Barjaktarović | 1986- | handball | | |
| Sonja Bašić | 1987- | handball | | |
| Sonja Henie | 1912-1969 | skating | | |
| Sonny Liston | c. 1930-1970 | boxing | (Charles) | |
| Sonny Bill Williams | 1985- | rugby | (William) | |
| Sorana Cîrstea | 1990- | tennis | (Mihaela) | |
| Sorn Davin | 1992- | martial arts | | |
| Soroush Rafiei | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Sosuke Takatani | 1989- | wrestling | | |
| Sotiris Ninis | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Soumya Sarkar | 1993- | cricket | | |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1972- | cricket | | |
| Špela Pretnar | 1973- | skiing | | |
| Spencer Haywood | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Spyridon Louis | 1873-1940 | track | (Spiridon, Spyros) | |
| Srebrenko Posavec | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Stan Coveleski | 1889-1984 | baseball | (Stanley) | |
| Stan Mikita | 1940-2018 | ice hockey | (Stanislav) | |
| Stan Musial | 1920-2013 | baseball | (Stanley) | |
| Stan Smith | 1946- | tennis | (Stanley) | |
| Stan Valckx | 1963- | soccer | (Stanislaus) | |
| Stan Wawrinka | 1985- | tennis | (Stanislas) | |
| Stanislav Šesták | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Stanko Lorger | 1931-2014 | track | | |
| Stanley Matthews | 1915-2000 | soccer | | |
| Stefan de Vrij | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Stefan Edberg | 1966- | tennis | | |
| Stefan Ilsanker | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Stefanie van der Gragt | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Stefano Gross | 1986- | skiing | | |
| Stefano Sturaro | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Stefanos Athanasiadis | 1988- | soccer | (Klaus) | |
| Stefanos Kapino | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Steffi Graf | 1969- | tennis | (Stefanie, Maria) | |
| Stefka Kostadinova | 1965- | track | (Georgieva) | |
| Stefon Diggs | 1993- | football | | |
| Steijn Schothorst | 1994- | driving | | |
| Stelian Burcea | 1983- | rugby | (Sandu) | |
| Steliano Filip | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | 1992- | soccer | (Kareem) | |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Stéphane Mbia | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Stéphane Robert | 1980- | tennis | | |
| Stéphane Ruffier | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Stephanie Rice | 1988- | swimming | | |
| Stephen Adams | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Stephen Curry | 1988- | basketball | (Wardell) | |
| Stephen Hendry | 1969- | billiards | | |
| Stephen Jackson | 1978- | basketball | (Jesse) | |
| Stephen Moore | 1983- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Stephen Quinn | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Stephen Ward | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Stephon Marbury | 1977- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 1964- | wrestling | (Steven) | |
| Steve Carlton | 1944- | baseball | (Steven) | |
| Steve Davis | 1957- | billiards | | |
| Steve Hansen | 1959- | rugby | (Stephen, William) | |
| Steve Johnson | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Steve Mandanda | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Steve McNair | 1973-2009 | football | (Stephen) | |
| Steve Missillier | 1984- | skiing | | |
| Steve Nash | 1974- | basketball | (Stephen) | |
| Steve Shutt | 1952- | ice hockey | (Stephen) | |
| Steve von Bergen | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Steve Young | 1961- | football | (Jon, Steven) | |
| Steve Yzerman | 1965- | ice hockey | (Stephen, Gregory) | |
| Steven Beitashour | 1987- | soccer | (Mehrdad) | |
| Steven Berghuis | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Steven Bergwijn | 1997- | soccer | (Charles) | |
| Steven Davis | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Steven Defour | 1988- | soccer | (Arnold) | |
| Steven Gerrard | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Adonis Stevenson | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Stiaan van Zyl | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Stijn Schaars | 1984- | soccer | (Stefanus, Johannes) | |
| Stipe Drviš | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Stipe Pletikosa | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Stirling Moss | 1929-2020 | driving | | |
| Stojko Vranković | 1964- | basketball | (Stojan) | |
| Stratos Apostolakis | 1964- | soccer | (Efstratios) | |
| Stu Ungar | 1953-1998 | poker | (Stuart) | |
| Stuart Dallas | 1991- | soccer | (Alan) | |
| Stuart Hogg | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Sue Bird | 1980- | basketball | (Suzanne, Brigit) | |
| Yun Suk-young | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Sulieman Benn | 1981- | cricket | (Jamaal) | |
| Sulley Muntari | 1984- | soccer | (Suleyman, Ali) | |
| Sultan Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | (Ahmed, Magomedsalihovich) | |
| Baek Sung-dong | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Jung Sung-ryong | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Ki Sung-yueng | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1949- | cricket | | |
| Sunil Narine | 1988- | cricket | (Philip) | |
| Sunisa Lee | 2003- | gymnastics | | |
| Suranga Lakmal | 1987- | cricket | (Ranasinghe, Arachchige) | |
| Suresh Raina | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Süreyya Ayhan | 1978- | track | | |
| Hsieh Su-wei | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Suzana Lazović | 1992- | handball | | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899-1938 | tennis | | |
| Suzy Batkovic | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Sven Botman | 2000- | soccer | (Adriaan) | |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Sven Kramer | 1986- | skating | | |
| Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 1992- | skating | | |
| Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Svetlana Khorkina | 1979- | gymnastics | | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Swin Cash | 1979- | basketball | (Swintayla, Marie) | |
| Syd Howe | 1911-1976 | ice hockey | (Sydney) | |
| Syl Apps | 1915-1998 | ice hockey | (Charles, Joseph, Sylvanus) | |
| Sylvain Gbohouo | 1988- | soccer | (Guelassiognon) | |
| Sylvia Fowles | 1985- | basketball | (Shaqueria) | |
| Sylvia Smit | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Tadhg Furlong | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Nam Tae-hee | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Kwak Tae-hwi | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Takashi Inui | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Takayoshi Yamano | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Takumi Minamino | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Takuto Hayashi | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Takuya Takagi | 1967- | soccer | | |
| Talant Dujshebaev | 1968- | handball | | |
| Talita Antunes | 1982- | volleyball | | |
| Tallo Gadji | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Tallon Griekspoor | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Tam Nsaliwa | 1982- | soccer | (Tamandani, Wazayo, Phillip) | |
| Tamara Press | 1937-2021 | track | (Natanovna) | |
| Tamás Kádár | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Tamás Priskin | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Tamika Catchings | 1979- | basketball | (Devonne) | |
| Tamim Iqbal | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Tanel Sokk | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Tanja Poutiainen | 1980- | skiing | (Tuulia) | |
| Tanmay Mishra | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Tara Lipinski | 1982- | skating | | |
| Taras Stepanenko | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Tarek El-Said | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 1983-2020 | football | (D'Andre) | |
| Tasha Danvers | 1977- | track | (De'Anka) | |
| Tatafu Polota-Nau | 1985- | rugby | (Sione, 'Utukiveisini) | |
| Tatenda Taibu | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Tatjana Maria | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Taulant Xhaka | 1991- | soccer | (Ragip) | |
| Taulupe Faletau | 1990- | rugby | (Tangaki) | |
| Tavon Austin | 1991- | football | (Wesley) | |
| Tavoris Cloud | 1982- | boxing | (Karod) | |
| Tawera Kerr-Barlow | 1990- | rugby | (Narada, James) | |
| Taylor Hall | 1991- | ice hockey | | |
| Tayshaun Prince | 1980- | basketball | (Durell) | |
| Tea Pijević | 1991- | handball | | |
| Ted-Jan Bloemen | 1986- | skating | | |
| Ted Kennedy | 1925-2009 | ice hockey | (Teeder, Theodore) | |
| Ted Ligety | 1984- | skiing | (Theodore, Sharp) | |
| Ted Lindsay | 1925-2019 | ice hockey | (Robert, Blake, Theodore) | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | (Theodore) | |
| Ted Williams | 1918-2002 | baseball | (Theodore) | |
| Teemu Selänne | 1970- | ice hockey | (Ilmari) | |
| Teet Allas | 1977- | soccer | | |
| Temba Bavuma | 1990- | cricket | | |
| Tendai Chatara | 1991- | cricket | (Larry) | |
| Tendai Mtawarira | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Teofil Codreanu | 1941-2016 | soccer | | |
| Teófilo Cubillas | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Teófilo Gutiérrez | 1985- | soccer | (Antonio) | |
| Teófilo Stevenson | 1952-2012 | boxing | | |
| Teoscar Hernández | 1992- | baseball | (José) | |
| Terence Kongolo | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Teresa Edwards | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 1965- | basketball | (Gaye) | |
| Terrell Owens | 1973- | football | | |
| Terrell Suggs | 1982- | football | (Raymonn) | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1948- | football | | |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1929-1970 | ice hockey | (Terrance) | |
| Teun Koopmeiners | 1998- | soccer | | |
| Tevita Kuridrani | 1991- | rugby | (Ratu) | |
| Thalita de Jong | 1993- | cycling | | |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 1996- | tennis | (Athanasios) | |
| Theo de Jong | 1947- | soccer | (Theodorus) | |
| Theódór Elmar Bjarnason | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Theodor Gebre Selassie | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Theodoros Zagorakis | 1971- | soccer | (Theo) | |
| Theofanis Gekas | 1980- | soccer | (Fanis) | |
| Thiago Alcântara | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Thiago Cionek | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Thiago Monteiro | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Thiago Motta | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Thiago Silva | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Thibaut Courtois | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Thiemo de Bakker | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Thierry Dusautoir | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Thierry Henry | 1977- | soccer | (Daniel) | |
| Thierry Omeyer | 1976- | handball | | |
| Thisara Perera | 1989- | cricket | (Narangoda, Liyanaarachchilage) | |
| Thomas Burke | 1875-1929 | track | | |
| Thomas Enqvist | 1974- | tennis | | |
| Thomas Hitzlsperger | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Thomas Johansson | 1975- | tennis | | |
| Thomas Krol | 1992- | skating | | |
| Thomas Meunier | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Thomas Müller | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Thomas N'Kono | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Thomas Tekanapu Rawakata Perenara | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Thomas Vermaelen | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Thomaz Bellucci | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Thulani Malinga | 1955- | boxing | | |
| Thurman Munson | 1947-1979 | baseball | | |
| Tiémoué Bakayoko | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Tiger Woods | 1975- | golf | (Eldrick, Tont) | |
| Tigran Petrosian | 1929-1984 | chess | | |
| Tiit Sokk | 1964- | basketball | (Tout) | |
| Tijani Babangida | 1973- | soccer | (Tijjani) | |
| Tijjani Noslin | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Tijjani Reijnders | 1998- | soccer | | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1976- | cricket | (Mudiyanselage) | |
| Tim Cahill | 1979- | soccer | (Timothy, Filiga) | |
| Tim Coronel | 1972- | driving | (Alfa) | |
| Tim de Cler | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Tim Duncan | 1976- | basketball | (Timothy, Theodore) | |
| Tim Horton | 1930-1974 | ice hockey | (Miles, Gilbert) | |
| Tim Howard | 1979- | soccer | (Timothy, Matthew) | |
| Tim Keefe | 1857-1933 | baseball | (Timothy) | |
| Tim Krul | 1988- | soccer | (Timothy, Michael) | |
| Tim Legler | 1966- | basketball | (Timothy, Eugene) | |
| Tim Swinson | 1987- | rugby | (Timothy, James, Montagu) | |
| Tim Tebow | 1987- | football | (Timothy, Richard) | |
| Tim Visser | 1987- | rugby | (Jan, Willem) | |
| Tímea Babos | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Timea Bacsinszky | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Timo Boll | 1981- | table tennis | | |
| Timo Hildebrand | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Timo Hoffmann | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Timo Susi | 1959- | ice hockey | (Antero) | |
| Timofey Mozgov | 1986- | basketball | (Pavlovich) | |
| Timothy Chandler | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Timur Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | | |
| Tin Jedvaj | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Tin Srbić | 1996- | gymnastics | | |
| Tina Charles | 1988- | basketball | (Alexandria) | |
| Tina Maze | 1983- | skiing | | |
| Tina Thompson | 1975- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Tino-Sven Sušić | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Tinus Bosselaar | 1936-2018 | soccer | (Martinus) | |
| Tinus Osendarp | 1916-2002 | track | (Martinus, Bernardus) | |
| Tinus van Beurden | 1893-1950 | soccer | (Martinus, Cornelius, Maria) | |
| Tirunesh Dibaba | 1985- | track | | |
| Tobias Karlsson | 1981- | handball | | |
| Toby Alderweireld | 1989- | soccer | (Tobias, Albertine, Maurits) | |
| Toby Smith | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Todd Woodbridge | 1971- | tennis | | |
| Tom Brady | 1977- | football | (Thomas, Edward, Patrick) | |
| Tom Coronel | 1972- | driving | (Romeo) | |
| Tom Daley | 1994- | diving | (Thomas, Robert) | |
| Tom Dumoulin | 1990- | cycling | | |
| Tom Glavine | 1966- | baseball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Gola | 1933-2014 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Heaton | 1986- | soccer | (Thomas, David) | |
| Tom Heinsohn | 1934-2020 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Johnson | 1928-2007 | ice hockey | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Pryce | 1949-1977 | driving | (Thomas, Maldwyn) | |
| Tom Rogić | 1992- | soccer | (Tomas, Petar) | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | 1938- | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Seaver | 1944-2020 | baseball | (George, Thomas) | |
| Tom Simpson | 1937-1967 | cycling | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Watson | 1949- | golf | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Wood | 1986- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Tomáš Berdych | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Tomás Cubelli | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Tomas Francis | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Tomáš Hubočan | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Tomáš Koubek | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Tomás Lavanini | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Tomáš Necid | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Tomáš Rosický | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Tomáš Sivok | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Tomáš Vaclík | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Tomasz Jodłowiec | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Tomi Jurić | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Tomislav Ivić | 1933-2011 | soccer | | |
| Tomislav Piplica | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Tommaso Allan | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Tommaso Benvenuti | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Tommy Bowe | 1984- | rugby | (Thomas, John) | |
| Tommy Oar | 1991- | soccer | (Thomas, Michael) | |
| Tommy Robredo | 1982- | tennis | (Tomás) | |
| Tommy Seymour | 1988- | rugby | (Thomas, Samuel, Fenwick) | |
| Tomoaki Makino | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Toni Kroos | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Toni Kukoč | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Toni Sailer | 1935-2009 | skiing | (Anton) | |
| Toni Šunjić | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Tonje Nøstvold | 1985- | handball | | |
| Tonny Vilhena | 1995- | soccer | (Emilio) | |
| Tony Esposito | 1943-2021 | ice hockey | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Fernández | 1962-2020 | baseball | (Octavio, Antonio) | |
| Tony Gonzalez | 1976- | football | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960-2014 | baseball | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Hawk | 1968- | skateboarding | (Anthony, Frank) | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | (Atanasio) | |
| Tony Woodcock | 1981- | rugby | (Dale) | |
| Tornike Shengelia | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Torrey Smith | 1989- | football | (James) | |
| Tostão | 1947- | soccer | (Eduardo) | |
| Tracy Austin | 1962- | tennis | | |
| Tracy McGrady | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Travis Kelce | 1989- | football | (Michael) | |
| Trent Sainsbury | 1992- | soccer | (Lucas) | |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Trevor Marsicano | 1989- | skating | | |
| Tris Speaker | 1888-1958 | baseball | (Tristram) | |
| Troy Aikman | 1966- | football | | |
| Troy Polamalu | 1981- | football | (Aumua) | |
| Tsukasa Hosaka | 1937-2018 | soccer | | |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Tugay Kerimoğlu | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 1972- | basketball | (Louise) | |
| Tusi Pisi | 1982- | rugby | (Tusiata) | |
| Tuur Dierckx | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | (Tyrus) | |
| Tyler Skaggs | 1991-2019 | baseball | (Wayne) | |
| Tyrell Malacia | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Tyrod Taylor | 1989- | football | | |
| Tyron Smith | 1990- | football | | |
| Tyson Chandler | 1982- | basketball | (Cleotis) | |
| Tyson Gay | 1982- | track | | |
| Tzipora Obziler | 1973- | tennis | (Tzipi) | |
| Tai Tzu-ying | 1994- | badminton | | |
| Ubaldo Fillol | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Uche Nwofor | 1991- | soccer | (Innocent) | |
| Uini Atonio | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Uljana Semjonova | 1952- | basketball | (Iuliana, Larionovna) | |
| Ulrich van Gobbel | 1971- | soccer | | |
| Ulrikke Eikeri | 1992- | tennis | (Pia) | |
| Umesh Yadav | 1987- | cricket | (Umeshkumar, Tilak) | |
| Upul Tharanga | 1985- | cricket | (Warushavithana) | |
| Usain Bolt | 1986- | track | (St. Leo) | |
| Utkirbek Haydarov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Uwe Seeler | 1936-2022 | soccer | | |
| Václav Nedomanský | 1944- | ice hockey | | |
| Vadim Malakhatko | 1977-2023 | chess | | |
| Vahagn Minasyan | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Vahid Halilhodžić | 1952- | soccer | | |
| V. B. Chandrasekhar | 1961-2019 | cricket | (Vakkadai, Biksheswaran) | |
| Vako Qazaishvili | 1993- | soccer | (Valeri) | |
| Valdo Filho | 1964- | soccer | (Cândido) | |
| Valentin Calafeteanu | 1985- | rugby | (Nicolae) | |
| Valentin Stocker | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Valentino Rossi | 1979- | driving | | |
| Valeri Kharlamov | 1948-1981 | ice hockey | | |
| Valeria Straneo | 1976- | track | | |
| Valerian Gvilia | 1994- | soccer | (Vako) | |
| Valerică Găman | 1989- | soccer | (Marius) | |
| Valerie Adams | 1984- | track | (Kasanita) | |
| Valerie van Roon | 1998- | swimming | | |
| Valner Franković | 1968- | handball | | |
| Valon Behrami | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Valter Matošević | 1970- | handball | | |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1989- | driving | | |
| Vangelis Moras | 1981- | soccer | (Evangelos) | |
| Vanity Lewerissa | 1991- | soccer | (Tonja, Caroll) | |
| Varun Aaron | 1989- | cricket | (Raymond) | |
| Vasek Pospisil | 1990- | tennis | (Václav) | |
| Vasil Lobzhanidze | 1996- | rugby | | |
| Vasili Berezutski | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Vasilis Torosidis | 1985- | soccer | (Vasileios) | |
| Vasiliy Smyslov | 1921-2010 | chess | (Vasily) | |
| Vavá | 1934-2002 | soccer | (Edvaldo) | |
| Vedad Ibišević | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Vedat Okyar | 1945-2009 | soccer | | |
| Vedran Ćorluka | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Vedran Zrnić | 1979- | handball | | |
| Velimir Kljaić | 1946-2010 | handball | | |
| Velimir Perasović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Venio Losert | 1976- | handball | | |
| Venus Williams | 1980- | tennis | (Ebony, Starr) | |
| Věra Čáslavská | 1942-2016 | gymnastics | | |
| Vera Menchik | 1906-1944 | chess | | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 1928-2013 | basketball | (Arild, Verner) | |
| Veronica Campbell Brown | 1982- | track | | |
| Verónica Cepede Royg | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Verónica Cuadrado | 1979- | handball | | |
| Veronika Kudermetova | 1997- | tennis | | |
| Veselin Topalov | 1975- | chess | | |
| Veselin Vujović | 1961- | handball | | |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 1958- | ice hockey | | |
| Viatcheslav Djavanian | 1969- | cycling | | |
| Victor | 1983- | soccer | (Leandro) | |
| Víctor Bernárdez | 1982- | soccer | (Salvador) | |
| Víctor Claver | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Víctor Estrella Burgos | 1980- | tennis | | |
| Víctor Ibarbo | 1990- | soccer | (Segundo) | |
| Victor Khryapa | 1982- | basketball | (Vladimirovich) | |
| Victor Lindelöf | 1994- | soccer | (Jörgen) | |
| Victor Matfield | 1977- | rugby | | |
| Victor Moses | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Víctor Sada | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Victor Vito | 1987- | rugby | (Vasefanua, Junior) | |
| Victoria Azarenka | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Victoria Pelova | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Vida Blue | 1949-2023 | baseball | | |
| Vieirinha | 1986- | soccer | (Adelino, André) | |
| Vijay Singh | 1963- | golf | | |
| Viktar Zuyev | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Viktor Axelsen | 1994- | badminton | | |
| Viktor Fayzulin | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Viktor Kovalenko | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Viktor Pečovský | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Viktor Saneyev | 1945-2022 | track | (Danilovich) | |
| Viktoria Rebensburg | 1989- | skiing | | |
| Vinay Kumar | 1984- | cricket | (Ranganath) | |
| Vince Carter | 1977- | basketball | (Vincent, Lamar) | |
| Vincent Aboubakar | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Vincent Debaty | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Vincent Enyeama | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Vincent Janssen | 1994- | soccer | (Petrus, Anna, Sebastiaan) | |
| Vincent Kompany | 1986- | soccer | (Jean, Mpoy) | |
| Vinícius Júnior | 2000- | soccer | (José) | |
| Vinnie Jones | 1965- | soccer | (Vincent, Peter) | |
| Vinny Curry | 1988- | football | (Vincent) | |
| Virat Kohli | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Virgil Hill | 1964- | boxing | (Eugene) | |
| Virgil van Dijk | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Virginia Wade | 1945- | tennis | (Sarah) | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969- | chess | | |
| Vitali Klitschko | 1971- | boxing | (Vitalii) | |
| Vitalia Diatchenko | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Vitaly Fridzon | 1985- | basketball | (Valeryevich) | |
| Viv Richards | 1952- | cricket | (Isaac, Vivian, Alexander) | |
| Vivianne Miedema | 1996- | soccer | (Anna, Margaretha, Marina, Astrid) | |
| Vlad Chiricheș | 1989- | soccer | (Iulian) | |
| Vlada Avramov | 1979- | soccer | (Vladimir) | |
| Vlade Divac | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Vladimír Darida | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Vladimir Granat | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 1975- | baseball | | |
| Vladimir Jelčić | 1968- | handball | | |
| Vladimir Šujster | 1972- | handball | | |
| Vladimír Weiss | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Vladislav Tretiak | 1952- | ice hockey | | |
| Vlado Šola | 1968- | handball | (Vladimir) | |
| Volkan Babacan | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Volkan Şen | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Von Miller | 1989- | football | (Vonnie, B'Vsean) | |
| Vontaze Burfict | 1990- | football | (DeLeon) | |
| Vreni Schneider | 1964- | skiing | (Verena) | |
| Vurğun Hüseynov | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Vurnon Anita | 1989- | soccer | (San Benito) | |
| Vusi Sibanda | 1983- | cricket | (Vusimuzi) | |
| Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Vyacheslav Starshinov | 1940- | ice hockey | (Ivanovich) | |
| Vyacheslav Voronin | 1974- | track | | |
| Wade Boggs | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Wahab Riaz | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Walt Bellamy | 1939-2013 | basketball | (Walter, Jones) | |
| Walt Frazier | 1945- | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Walter Ayoví | 1979- | soccer | (Orlando) | |
| Walter Edward "Turk" Broda | 1914-1972 | ice hockey | (Turk) | |
| Walter Gargano | 1984- | soccer | (Alejandro) | |
| Walter Hagen | 1892-1969 | golf | | |
| Walter Johnson | 1887-1946 | baseball | | |
| Walter Payton | 1954-1999 | football | | |
| Waqar Younis | 1971- | cricket | | |
| Warren Gatland | 1963- | rugby | | |
| Warren Sapp | 1972- | football | | |
| Warren Spahn | 1921-2003 | baseball | | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Waylon Francis | 1990- | soccer | (Dwayne) | |
| Wayne Ferreira | 1971- | tennis | | |
| Wayne Gretzky | 1961- | ice hockey | (Douglas) | |
| Wayne Hennessey | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Wayne Rooney | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Wes Hoolahan | 1982- | soccer | (Wesley) | |
| Wes Unseld | 1946-2020 | basketball | (Westley) | |
| Wesley Koolhof | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Wesley Sneijder | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Whitey Ford | 1928-2020 | baseball | (Edward, Charles) | |
| Wiam Dislam | 1987- | martial arts | | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | 1867-1920 | tennis | (Vaughan) | |
| Wilbert Suvrijn | 1962- | soccer | | |
| Wilfred Bouma | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Wilfried Bony | 1988- | soccer | (Guemiand) | |
| Wilfried Van Moer | 1945-2021 | soccer | | |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess | | |
| Will Genia | 1988- | rugby | (Sanchez, William) | |
| Will Grigg | 1991- | soccer | (William, Donald) | |
| Will Skelton | 1992- | rugby | (William) | |
| Will Stevens | 1991- | driving | (William) | |
| Willem Alberts | 1984- | rugby | (Schalk) | |
| Willem van Hanegem | 1944- | soccer | (Wim) | |
| William Accambray | 1988- | handball | | |
| William Carvalho | 1992- | soccer | | |
| W. G. Grace | 1848-1915 | cricket | (William, Gilbert) | |
| Willian | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Willie Davis | 1934-2020 | football | | |
| Willie Keeler | 1872-1923 | baseball | (William) | |
| Willie le Roux | 1989- | rugby | (Willem, Jacobus) | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | (Howard) | |
| Willie McCovey | 1938-2018 | baseball | | |
| Willie Pep | 1922-2006 | boxing | (Guglielmo) | |
| Willie Stargell | 1940-2001 | baseball | (Wilver, Dornell) | |
| Willie Wood | 1936-2020 | football | (William, Vernell) | |
| Willington Ortiz | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Willis Reed | 1942-2023 | basketball | | |
| Willy Hernangómez | 1994- | basketball | (Guillermo, Gustavo) | |
| Willy van de Kerkhof | 1951- | soccer | (Wilhelmus) | |
| Willy van der Kuijlen | 1946-2021 | soccer | (Wilhelmus, Martinus, Leonardus, Johannes) | |
| Wilma Rudolph | 1940-1994 | track | (Glodean) | |
| Wilson Palacios | 1984- | soccer | (Roberto) | |
| Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain | 1936-1999 | basketball | (Wilton, Norman) | |
| Wim Jansen | 1946-2022 | soccer | (Wilhelmus) | |
| Wim Jonk | 1966- | soccer | (Wilhelmus) | |
| Wim Kieft | 1962- | soccer | (Willem) | |
| Wim Meutstege | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Wim Rijsbergen | 1952- | soccer | (Wilhelmus) | |
| Wim Suurbier | 1945-2020 | soccer | (Wilhelmus) | |
| Winston Bogarde | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Wladimir Klitschko | 1976- | boxing | (Vladimir, Volodymyr) | |
| Wojciech Szczęsny | 1990- | soccer | (Tomasz) | |
| Wolfgang Overath | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Wolfram Kurschat | 1975- | cycling | | |
| Wolfram Löwe | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Wolfram Wuttke | 1961-2015 | soccer | | |
| Jung Woo-young | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Woody Strode | 1914-1994 | football | (Woodrow, Wilson, Woolwine) | |
| Wout Weghorst | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Wouter Burger | 2001- | soccer | | |
| Wriddhiman Saha | 1984- | cricket | (Prasanta) | |
| Wyatt Crockett | 1983- | rugby | (William, Vogels) | |
| Wycliff Palu | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Xabi Alonso | 1981- | soccer | (Xabier) | |
| Xavi Hernández | 1980- | soccer | (Xavier) | |
| Xavi Rabaseda | 1989- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| Xavi Simons | 2003- | soccer | (Quentin, Shay) | |
| Xavier Barachet | 1988- | handball | | |
| Xavier Maassen | 1980- | driving | | |
| Xherdan Shaqiri | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Liu Xiang | 1983- | track | | |
| Li Xiaoxia | 1988- | table tennis | | |
| Yacine Brahimi | 1990- | soccer | (Nasr, Eddine) | |
| Yago Abuladze | 1997- | martial arts | (Iago) | |
| Yanina Wickmayer | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Yann Sommer | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Yannick Ferreira Carrasco | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Yannick Noah | 1960- | tennis | | |
| Yaroslav Rakitskiy | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Yaser Kasim | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Yaser Yıldız | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Yasir Shah | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Yasmani Duk | 1988- | soccer | (Georges) | |
| Yasmani Grandal | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Yassine Bounou | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Yasuhito Endō | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Yaya Touré | 1983- | soccer | (Gnégnéri) | |
| Yekaterina Gamova | 1980- | volleyball | | |
| Yelena Isinbayeva | 1982- | track | (Gadzhievna) | |
| Yelmer Buurman | 1987- | driving | (Evert, Frans) | |
| Yeltsin Tejeda | 1992- | soccer | (Ignacio) | |
| Yevgen Sotnikov | 1980-2021 | martial arts | | |
| Yevgeni Mayorov | 1938-1997 | ice hockey | | |
| Yevgeni Zimin | 1947-2018 | ice hockey | | |
| Yevgeniya Kanayeva | 1990- | gymnastics | (Evgenia) | |
| Yevhen Khacheridi | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Yevhen Konoplyanka | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Yevhen Levchenko | 1978- | soccer | (Evgeniy) | |
| Yevhen Seleznyov | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Yevheniya Vysotska | 1975- | cycling | | |
| Xu Yifan | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Zhang Yining | 1981- | table tennis | | |
| Yoann Huget | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Yoann Maestri | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Yochanan Vollach | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Yoenis Céspedes | 1985- | baseball | | |
| Yogev Ohayon | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | (Lawrence, Peter) | |
| Yohan Blake | 1989- | track | | |
| Yohan Cabaye | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Yohei Toyoda | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Yolanda Griffith | 1970- | basketball | (Evette) | |
| Lee Yong | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Yordan Letchkov | 1967- | soccer | | |
| Yordanis Despaigne | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Yoshiichi Watanabe | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 1975- | soccer | (Yoshi) | |
| Yoshikazu Fujita | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Kim Young-gwon | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Younis Khan | 1977- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Youri Mulder | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Yu Tamura | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Yūichi Komano | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Yulia Lipnitskaya | 1998- | skating | (Vyacheslavovna) | |
| Yulia Putintseva | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Kim Yuna | 1990- | skating | | |
| Chan Yung-jan | 1989- | tennis | (Latisha) | |
| Yunus Mallı | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Yura Movsisyan | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Yuri Lodygin | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Yuri Zhirkov | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Yuriy Sedykh | 1955-2021 | track | (Georgiyevich) | |
| Yury Blinov | 1949- | ice hockey | (Ivanovich) | |
| Yusaf Mack | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1943- | ice hockey | | |
| Zack Test | 1989- | rugby | (Zachary) | |
| Zak DeOssie | 1984- | football | (Zackary, Robert) | |
| Žan Tabak | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Zane Kirchner | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Zbigniew Boniek | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Željko Čajkovski | 1925-2016 | soccer | | |
| Željko Musa | 1986- | handball | | |
| Zelmo Beaty | 1939-2013 | basketball | | |
| Zico | 1953- | soccer | (Arthur) | |
| Zinedine Zidane | 1972- | soccer | | |
| Zion Williamson | 2000- | basketball | (Lateef) | |
| Zito | 1932-2015 | soccer | (José, Ely) | |
| Ziya Doğan | 1961- | soccer | (Ziyaettin) | |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Zlatko Junuzović | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Zlatko Kranjčar | 1956-2021 | soccer | (Cico) | |
| Zlatko Saračević | 1961-2021 | handball | (Zlatan) | |
| Zoltán Czibor | 1929-1997 | soccer | | |
| Zoltán Gera | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Zoltán Stieber | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Zoran Mikulić | 1965- | handball | | |
| Zsolt Erdei | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Zvjezdan Misimović | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Zvonimir Boban | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Zvonko Bego | 1940-2018 | soccer | |