Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Notable Athletes; and the birth day is 9
| Name | Lifespan | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannes Kolehmainen | 1889-1966 | track | (Pietari) |  |
| Nedo Nadi | 1894-1940 | fencing | | |
| Bill Cook | 1896-1986 | ice hockey | (William) | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1897-1973 | baseball | (Frank, Francis) | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | 1898-1965 | football | (Curly) | |
| Aubrey "Dit" Clapper | 1907-1978 | ice hockey | | |
| Adolf Urban | 1914-1943 | soccer | (Ala) | |
| Franjo Mihalić | 1920-2015 | track | | |
| Ágnes Keleti | 1921- | gymnastics | | |
| Jim Pollard | 1922-1993 | basketball | (James) | |
| Arnie Risen | 1924-2012 | basketball | (Arnold) | |
| Leonard "Red" Kelly | 1927-2019 | ice hockey | (Red) | |
| Rinus Michels | 1928-2005 | soccer | (Marinus) | |
| Paul Arizin | 1928-2006 | basketball | | |
| Bob Cousy | 1928- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Josef Masopust | 1931-2015 | soccer | | |
| Mário Zagallo | 1931- | soccer | | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | (Clifford) | |
| Bart Starr | 1934-2019 | football | (Bryan, Bartlett) | |
| Miltos Papapostolou | 1935-2017 | soccer | (Miltiadis) | |
| Bob Gibson | 1935-2020 | baseball | (Robert) | |
| Otto Rehhagel | 1938- | soccer | | |
| Rod Laver | 1938- | tennis | (Rodney) | |
| Mario Trebbi | 1939-2018 | soccer | | |
| Dick Butkus | 1942- | football | (Richard) | |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008 | chess | (Robert) | |
| Jupp Heynckes | 1945- | soccer | (Josef) | |
| O. J. Simpson | 1947-2024 | football | (Orenthal, James) | |
| Calvin Murphy | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Joe Theismann | 1949- | football | (Joseph) | |
| Uljana Semjonova | 1952- | basketball | (Iuliana, Larionovna) | |
| Seve Ballesteros | 1957-2011 | golf | (Severiano) | |
| Cyrille Regis | 1958-2018 | soccer | | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960-2014 | baseball | (Anthony) | |
| Andreas Brehme | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Phil Housley | 1964- | ice hockey | (Phillip) | |
| Brett Hull | 1964- | ice hockey | | |
| Velimir Perasović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Steve Yzerman | 1965- | ice hockey | (Stephen, Gregory) | |
| Yordan Letchkov | 1967- | soccer | | |
| Deion Sanders | 1967- | football | | |
| Valner Franković | 1968- | handball | | |
| Kali Meehan | 1970- | boxing | (Kalivati) | |
| Annika Sörenstam | 1970- | golf | | |
| Sabri Lamouchi | 1971- | soccer | | |
| Jakko Jan Leeuwangh | 1972- | skating | | |
| Fabrice Santoro | 1972- | tennis | | |
| Nikša Kaleb | 1973- | handball | | |
| Filippo Inzaghi | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Jordi Cruijff | 1974- | soccer | | |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 1974- | soccer | | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 1975- | baseball | | |
| Roy Makaay | 1975- | soccer | | |
| Květa Peschke | 1975- | tennis | (Květoslava) | |
| Nuno Ribeiro | 1977- | cycling | (Jorge) | |
| Rushmi Chakravarthi | 1977- | tennis | | |
| Shayne Graham | 1977- | football | (Michael) | |
| Miroslav Klose | 1978- | soccer | (Josef) | |
| Gastón Gaudio | 1978- | tennis | | |
| Metka Sparavec | 1978- | swimming | | |
| Ana Đokić | 1979- | handball | | |
| Mario Matt | 1979- | skiing | | |
| Brutil Hosé | 1979- | soccer | (Fridarius) | |
| Sergio García | 1980- | golf | | |
| Angelos Charisteas | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Isaac Boss | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Johnny Herrera | 1981- | soccer | (Cristián) | |
| Julio Peralta | 1981- | tennis | (Leonardo) | |
| Darius Miles | 1981- | basketball | (LaVar) | |
| Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Lindsay Whalen | 1982- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Céline Dumerc | 1982- | basketball | | |
| Takuto Hayashi | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Tyson Gay | 1982- | track | | |
| Margalita Chakhnashvili | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Aaron Carpenter | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Clint Dempsey | 1983- | soccer | (Clinton, Drew) | |
| Luke Charteris | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Ken Skupski | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Gilles Müller | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Richard Wigglesworth | 1983- | rugby | (Eric, Peter) | |
| Farhaan Behardien | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Andrey Yeshchenko | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Julia Mancuso | 1984- | skiing | (Marie) | |
| Masoud Shojaei | 1984- | soccer | (Soleimani) | |
| Wesley Sneijder | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Brad Guzan | 1984- | soccer | (Bradley, Edwin) | |
| Michalis Sifakis | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Djamel Mesbah | 1984- | soccer | (Eddine) | |
| Mihai Pintilii | 1984- | soccer | (Doru) | |
| Cédric Si Mohamed | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Juanfran | 1985- | soccer | (Juan, Francisco) | |
| Ismail Sillakh | 1985- | boxing | | |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Pastor Maldonado | 1985- | driving | | |
| Christian Noboa | 1985- | soccer | | |
| David Wilson | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Filipe Luís | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Luka Modrić | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Ciprian Tătărușanu | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Paulo Obradović | 1986- | water polo | | |
| Ashley Postell | 1986- | gymnastics | | |
| Mërgim Mavraj | 1986- | soccer | (Mustafë) | |
| Severo Meza | 1986- | soccer | (Efraín) | |
| Bradley Davies | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Lucas Leiva | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Rhys Priestland | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Blaise Matuidi | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Dan Cole | 1987- | rugby | (Daniel) | |
| Alex Song | 1987- | soccer | (Alexandre, Dimitri) | |
| Nouchka Fontijn | 1987- | boxing | (Mireille) | |
| Ádám Szalai | 1987- | soccer | (Csaba) | |
| Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Willian | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 1988- | soccer | (Kojo) | |
| Rhys Webb | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Haris Sohail | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Michaëlla Krajicek | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Nick Phipps | 1989- | rugby | (Nicholas, James) | |
| Yu Tamura | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Beka Tsiklauri | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Camilo Vargas | 1989- | soccer | (Andrés) | |
| Henry Pyrgos | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | 1989- | cricket | (Hettige, Don, Rumesh) | |
| Marcus Daniell | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Fyodor Smolov | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Daley Blind | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Matthias Mayer | 1990- | skiing | | |
| Rafael da Silva | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Grant Gilchrist | 1990- | rugby | (Stuart) | |
| Marcus Willis | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Christine Michael | 1990- | football | (Lynn) | |
| Liam Williams | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Danilo Pereira | 1991- | soccer | (Luís) | |
| Julia Boserup | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Oscar | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Rayan Frikeche | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Raheem Mostert | 1992- | football | (Dominque) | |
| Madiea Ghafoor | 1992- | track | | |
| Philipp Klement | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Gino van Kessel | 1993- | soccer | (Ronald) | |
| Stefano Sturaro | 1993- | soccer | | |
| DeAndre Yedlin | 1993- | soccer | (Roselle) | |
| Jonny Williams | 1993- | soccer | (Jonathan, Peter) | |
| Lauren Davis | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Hans Hateboer | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Lukáš Zima | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Tuur Dierckx | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Kenny Tete | 1995- | soccer | (Joelle) | |
| Jared Donaldson | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Aniek Nouwen | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Laurie Hernandez | 2000- | gymnastics | (Lauren, Zoe) | |
| Sunisa Lee | 2003- | gymnastics | |