Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Notable Athletes; and the keywords are rugby
| Name | Gender | Lifespan | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carwyn James | m | 1929-1983 | rugby | (Rees) |  |
| David Storey | m | 1933-2017 | rugby | (Malcolm) | |
| Naas Botha | m | 1958- | rugby | (Hendrik, Egnatius) | |
| Steve Hansen | m | 1959- | rugby | (Stephen, William) | |
| Kieran Crowley | m | 1961- | rugby | | |
| Warren Gatland | m | 1963- | rugby | | |
| Joe Schmidt | m | 1965- | rugby | (Josef) | |
| Francois Pienaar | m | 1967- | rugby | | |
| Chester Williams | m | 1970-2019 | rugby | (Mornay) | |
| Jonah Lomu | m | 1975-2015 | rugby | (Tali) | |
| Victor Matfield | m | 1977- | rugby | | |
| Sébastien Chabal | m | 1977- | rugby | | |
| Nick Easter | m | 1978- | rugby | (Nicholas, James) | |
| Keven Mealamu | m | 1979- | rugby | (Filipo) | |
| Mauro Bergamasco | m | 1979- | rugby | | |
| Jonny Wilkinson | m | 1979- | rugby | (Jonathan) | |
| James Pritchard | m | 1979- | rugby | (Gordon) | |
| Paul O'Connell | m | 1979- | rugby | (Jeremiah) | |
| Mike Ross | m | 1979- | rugby | (Michael, Robert) | |
| Isaac Boss | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Nicolas Mas | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Ovidiu Tonița | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Pascal Papé | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Gethin Jenkins | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Eoin Reddan | m | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Richie McCaw | m | 1980- | rugby | (Richard, Hugh) | |
| Sean Lamont | m | 1981- | rugby | (Fergus) | |
| Tony Woodcock | m | 1981- | rugby | (Dale) | |
| Alesana Tuilagi | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Jean de Villiers | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Andrea Masi | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Schalk Brits | m | 1981- | rugby | (Burger) | |
| Dănuț Dumbravă | m | 1981- | rugby | (Marin) | |
| Vincent Debaty | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Conrad Smith | m | 1981- | rugby | (Gerard) | |
| Martín Castrogiovanni | m | 1981- | rugby | (Leandro) | |
| Thierry Dusautoir | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe | m | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Nili Latu | m | 1982- | rugby | ('Otenili) | |
| Dan Carter | m | 1982- | rugby | (Daniel, William) | |
| Fourie du Preez | m | 1982- | rugby | (Petrus) | |
| Paul James | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Ma'a Nonu | m | 1982- | rugby | (Allan) | |
| Tusi Pisi | m | 1982- | rugby | (Tusiata) | |
| Wycliff Palu | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Juan Martín Hernández | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Rory Best | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Mike Phillips | m | 1982- | rugby | (William, Michael) | |
| Matt Giteau | m | 1982- | rugby | (Matthew, James) | |
| Frédéric Michalak | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Jannie du Plessis | m | 1982- | rugby | (Jan, Nathaniël) | |
| Lorenzo Cittadini | m | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Aaron Carpenter | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Marcos Ayerza | m | 1983- | rugby | (Ivan) | |
| Stephen Moore | m | 1983- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Wyatt Crockett | m | 1983- | rugby | (William, Vogels) | |
| Dimitri Szarzewski | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Alasdair Strokosch | m | 1983- | rugby | (Karl) | |
| Luke Charteris | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Jerome Kaino | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Schalk Burger | m | 1983- | rugby | (Willem, Petrus) | |
| Juan Manuel Leguizamón | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Richard Wigglesworth | m | 1983- | rugby | (Eric, Peter) | |
| Greg Holmes | m | 1983- | rugby | (Gregory) | |
| Bryan Habana | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Sergio Parisse | m | 1983- | rugby | (Francesco, Antonio) | |
| Chris Wyles | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Davit Zirakashvili | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Stelian Burcea | m | 1983- | rugby | (Sandu) | |
| Geoff Parling | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Jamie Heaslip | m | 1983- | rugby | (James, Peter, Richard) | |
| Merab Kvirikashvili | m | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Marcelo Bosch | m | 1984- | rugby | (Tristán) | |
| Tommy Bowe | m | 1984- | rugby | (Thomas, John) | |
| Ruan Pienaar | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Liam Messam | m | 1984- | rugby | (Justin) | |
| Drew Mitchell | m | 1984- | rugby | (Alan) | |
| Adam Ashley-Cooper | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Ben Franks | m | 1984- | rugby | (John) | |
| Ross Ford | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Willem Alberts | m | 1984- | rugby | (Schalk) | |
| Bismarck du Plessis | m | 1984- | rugby | (Wilhelm) | |
| Zane Kirchner | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Scott Fardy | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Morné Steyn | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Mamuka Gorgodze | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Benjamin Kayser | m | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Leonardo Ghiraldini | m | 1984- | rugby | (Lorenzo) | |
| Davit Kacharava | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Valentin Calafeteanu | m | 1985- | rugby | (Nicolae) | |
| Agustín Creevy | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| James Haskell | m | 1985- | rugby | (Andrew, Welbon) | |
| David Wilson | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Francois Louw | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| James Hook | m | 1985- | rugby | (William) | |
| Jonathan Sexton | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Tatafu Polota-Nau | m | 1985- | rugby | (Sione, 'Utukiveisini) | |
| Tendai Mtawarira | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Sonny Bill Williams | m | 1985- | rugby | (William) | |
| Mike Brown | m | 1985- | rugby | (Michael, Noel) | |
| Alun Wyn Jones | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Ryan Grant | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Greig Laidlaw | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Kieran Read | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Adriaan Strauss | m | 1985- | rugby | (Jan) | |
| Damien Chouly | m | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Lasha Malaghuradze | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Shota Horie | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Louis Picamoles | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Sekope Kepu | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Luke Romano | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Ayumu Goromaru | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Rob Kearney | m | 1986- | rugby | (Robert) | |
| Scott Spedding | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Ben Smith | m | 1986- | rugby | (Benjamin, Robert) | |
| Lwazi Mvovo | m | 1986- | rugby | (Ncedo) | |
| Chris Robshaw | m | 1986- | rugby | (Christopher, Denis, Yankel) | |
| Guilhem Guirado | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Rory Kockott | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Duane Vermeulen | m | 1986- | rugby | (Daniel, Johannes) | |
| JP Pietersen | m | 1986- | rugby | (Jon, Paul, Roger) | |
| Fulgence Ouedraogo | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Florin Vlaicu | m | 1986- | rugby | (Adrian) | |
| Cătălin Fercu | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Mihai Macovei | m | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Mihai Lazăr | m | 1986- | rugby | (Mihăiță) | |
| Tom Wood | m | 1986- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Jamie Roberts | m | 1986- | rugby | (Huw) | |
| Dane Coles | m | 1986- | rugby | (Stuart) | |
| Charlie Faumuina | m | 1986- | rugby | (Charles) | |
| Danny Care | m | 1987- | rugby | (Daniel, Stuart) | |
| Ken Owens | m | 1987- | rugby | (Kenneth, James) | |
| Bradley Davies | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Rhys Priestland | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Seán O'Brien | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Tim Swinson | m | 1987- | rugby | (Timothy, James, Montagu) | |
| Victor Vito | m | 1987- | rugby | (Vasefanua, Junior) | |
| Dan Cole | m | 1987- | rugby | (Daniel) | |
| Tim Visser | m | 1987- | rugby | (Jan, Willem) | |
| Yoann Huget | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Luke McLean | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Luke Fitzgerald | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Keith Earls | m | 1987- | rugby | (Gerard) | |
| Cian Healy | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Colin Slade | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Andrew Durutalo | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Alexander Todua | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Dan Lydiate | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Owen Franks | m | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Yoann Maestri | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Will Genia | m | 1988- | rugby | (Sanchez, William) | |
| Nemani Nadolo | m | 1988- | rugby | (Ratu, Driu) | |
| Jarryd Hayne | m | 1988- | rugby | (Lee) | |
| Ben McCalman | m | 1988- | rugby | (Benjamin) | |
| Nathan Hirayama | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Leone Nakarawa | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Quade Cooper | m | 1988- | rugby | (Santini) | |
| David Pocock | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Alex Goode | m | 1988- | rugby | (Alexander, David) | |
| Juan Imhoff | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Santiago González Iglesias | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Tommy Seymour | m | 1988- | rugby | (Thomas, Samuel, Fenwick) | |
| Scott Baldwin | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Sean Maitland | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| James Hanson | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Mathieu Bastareaud | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Joe Moody | m | 1988- | rugby | (Joseph, Paul, Tamatea) | |
| Michael Leitch | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Toby Smith | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Sam Whitelock | m | 1988- | rugby | (Samuel, Lawrence) | |
| Nicolás Sánchez | m | 1988- | rugby | (Federico) | |
| Morgan Parra | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Aaron Smith | m | 1988- | rugby | (Luke) | |
| Rémy Grosso | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Rhys Webb | m | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Sam Burgess | m | 1988- | rugby | (Samuel) | |
| Leigh Halfpenny | m | 1988- | rugby | (Stephen) | |
| Kurtley Beale | m | 1989- | rugby | (James) | |
| Nick Phipps | m | 1989- | rugby | (Nicholas, James) | |
| Yu Tamura | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Beka Tsiklauri | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Ben Morgan | m | 1989- | rugby | (Benjamin, John) | |
| Courtney Lawes | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Coenie Oosthuizen | m | 1989- | rugby | (Coenrad, Victor) | |
| Sofiane Guitoune | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Israel Folau | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Rob Simmons | m | 1989- | rugby | (Robert) | |
| Conor Murray | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Ryan Wilson | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Kane Douglas | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Bernard Le Roux | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| James Slipper | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Tomás Cubelli | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Dave Kearney | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Fraser Brown | m | 1989- | rugby | (James, Macgregor) | |
| Henry Pyrgos | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Rudy Paige | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Justin Tipuric | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Rob Horne | m | 1989- | rugby | (Robert) | |
| Willie le Roux | m | 1989- | rugby | (Willem, Jacobus) | |
| Richie Gray | m | 1989- | rugby | (Richard) | |
| Ben Youngs | m | 1989- | rugby | (Benjamin, Ryder) | |
| Bernard Foley | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Sam Carter | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Peter O'Mahony | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Zack Test | m | 1989- | rugby | (Zachary) | |
| Dan Biggar | m | 1989- | rugby | (Daniel, Rhys) | |
| Rabah Slimani | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Lloyd Williams | m | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Matt To'omua | m | 1990- | rugby | (Matthew) | |
| David Denton | m | 1990- | rugby | (Kipling) | |
| Uini Atonio | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Giovanbattista Venditti | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Jonny May | m | 1990- | rugby | (Jonathan) | |
| Alex Cuthbert | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Mikheil Nariashvili | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Joe Marler | m | 1990- | rugby | (Joseph) | |
| James King | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Julian Savea | m | 1990- | rugby | (Sio) | |
| Grant Gilchrist | m | 1990- | rugby | (Stuart) | |
| Tawera Kerr-Barlow | m | 1990- | rugby | (Narada, James) | |
| Gareth Davies | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Matt Scott | m | 1990- | rugby | (Matthew, Clive, McCrimmon) | |
| Scott Williams | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Patrick Lambie | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Jamie George | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Taulupe Faletau | m | 1990- | rugby | (Tangaki) | |
| Tommaso Benvenuti | m | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Nehe Milner-Skudder | m | 1990- | rugby | (Rihara) | |
| Ben Volavola | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Mako Vunipola | m | 1991- | rugby | (Makovina, Wanangarua, Whanga, Nui-Atara) | |
| Luca Morisi | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Frans Malherbe | m | 1991- | rugby | (Jozua, Francois) | |
| Matías Moroni | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Codie Taylor | m | 1991- | rugby | (Joshua, Dane) | |
| Tevita Kuridrani | m | 1991- | rugby | (Ratu) | |
| Liam Williams | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Felipe Berchesi | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Joe Launchbury | m | 1991- | rugby | (Joseph, Oliver) | |
| Jordi Murphy | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Duncan Weir | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Gareth Anscombe | m | 1991- | rugby | (William) | |
| Jonathan Joseph | m | 1991- | rugby | (Byron, Alexander) | |
| Beauden Barrett | m | 1991- | rugby | (John) | |
| Brodie Retallick | m | 1991- | rugby | (Allan) | |
| Siya Kolisi | m | 1991- | rugby | (Siyamthanda) | |
| Jake Ball | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Levan Chilachava | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Jeff Hassler | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Owen Farrell | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Eben Etzebeth | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Michael Hooper | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Damian de Allende | m | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Sam Cane | m | 1992- | rugby | (Samuel, Jordan) | |
| Thomas Tekanapu Rawakata Perenara | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Iain Henderson | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| George North | m | 1992- | rugby | (Philip) | |
| Tomas Francis | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Will Skelton | m | 1992- | rugby | (William) | |
| Stuart Hogg | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | m | 1992- | rugby | (Stephanus) | |
| Kenki Fukuoka | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Finn Russell | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Billy Vunipola | m | 1992- | rugby | (Viliami) | |
| Tadhg Furlong | m | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Lood de Jager | m | 1992- | rugby | (Lodewyk) | |
| Tomás Lavanini | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Mark Bennett | m | 1993- | rugby | (Stewart) | |
| Kotaro Matsushima | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| George Ford | m | 1993- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Jack Nowell | m | 1993- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Tommaso Allan | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Merab Sharikadze | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Robbie Henshaw | m | 1993- | rugby | (Robert) | |
| Pablo Matera | m | 1993- | rugby | (Nicolás) | |
| Yoshikazu Fujita | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Julián Montoya | m | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Anthony Watson | m | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Handré Pollard | m | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Jonny Gray | m | 1994- | rugby | (Jonathan) | |
| Gaël Fickou | m | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Ross Moriarty | m | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Sean McMahon | m | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Vasil Lobzhanidze | m | 1996- | rugby | |