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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Marín | 1993- | badminton | (María) |  |
| Lee Chong Wei | 1982- | badminton | | |
| Lin Dan | 1983- | badminton | | |
| Jacco Arends | 1991- | badminton | | |
| Peter Gade | 1976- | badminton | | |
| Saina Nehwal | 1990- | badminton | | |
| P. V. Sindhu | 1995- | badminton | | |
| Tai Tzu-ying | 1994- | badminton | | |
| Viktor Axelsen | 1994- | badminton | | |
| Addie Joss | 1880-1911 | baseball | (Adrian) | |
| Adrian "Cap" Anson | 1852-1922 | baseball | | |
| Al Kaline | 1934-2020 | baseball | (Albert) | |
| Al Rosen | 1924-2015 | baseball | (Albert) | |
| Al Simmons | 1902-1956 | baseball | (Aloysius) | |
| Albert Pujols | 1980- | baseball | | |
| Albert Spalding | 1850-1915 | baseball | | |
| Alcides Escobar | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 1975- | baseball | (Alexander) | |
| Andrew McCutchen | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Barry Bonds | 1964- | baseball | | |
| Barry Larkin | 1964- | baseball | | |
| Bert Blyleven | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Bill Dickey | 1907-1993 | baseball | (William) | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 1936- | baseball | (William) | |
| Billy Williams | 1938- | baseball | | |
| Bob Feller | 1918-2010 | baseball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Gibson | 1935-2020 | baseball | (Robert) | |
| Bobby Doerr | 1918-2017 | baseball | (Robert) | |
| Brooks Robinson | 1937-2023 | baseball | | |
| Bryce Harper | 1992- | baseball | | |
| Buster Posey | 1987- | baseball | (Gerald, Dempsey) | |
| Cal Ripken Jr. | 1960- | baseball | (Calvin) | |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 1939- | baseball | | |
| Carlos "El Caballo" Lee | 1976- | baseball | (Noriel) | |
| Carlton Fisk | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn | 1854-1897 | baseball | | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 1903-1993 | baseball | (Charles) | |
| Chipper Jones | 1972- | baseball | (Larry, Wayne) | |
| Christian Yelich | 1991- | baseball | | |
| Christy Mathewson | 1880-1925 | baseball | (Christopher) | |
| Clayton Kershaw | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Cody Bellinger | 1995- | baseball | | |
| Craig Biggio | 1965- | baseball | | |
| Cy Young | 1867-1955 | baseball | (Denton, True) | |
| Dale Murphy | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Dámaso García | 1957-2020 | baseball | (Domingo) | |
| Dan Brouthers | 1858-1932 | baseball | (Dennis, Joseph) | |
| Dave Winfield | 1951- | baseball | (David) | |
| Dayán Viciedo | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Derek Jeter | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Don Baylor | 1949-2017 | baseball | | |
| Don Drysdale | 1936-1993 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Mattingly | 1961- | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Newcombe | 1926-2019 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Sutton | 1945-2021 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | baseball | | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | (Edward) | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | (Edward) | |
| Eddie Mathews | 1931-2001 | baseball | (Edwin) | |
| Eddie Murray | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Edgar Martínez | 1963- | baseball | | |
| Edwin "Duke" Snider | 1926-2011 | baseball | (Duke) | |
| Ernie Banks | 1931-2015 | baseball | (Ernest) | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Frank Robinson | 1935-2019 | baseball | | |
| Frank Thomas | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1897-1973 | baseball | (Frank, Francis) | |
| Fred Lynn | 1952- | baseball | (Fredric) | |
| Freddie Freeman | 1989- | baseball | (Frederick, Charles) | |
| Gary Carter | 1954-2012 | baseball | | |
| Gaylord Perry | 1938-2022 | baseball | | |
| George Brett | 1953- | baseball | | |
| George Kell | 1922-2009 | baseball | | |
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1895-1948 | baseball | (Babe) | |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Greg Maddux | 1966- | baseball | (Gregory) | |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1887-1950 | baseball | | |
| Hank Aaron | 1934-2021 | baseball | (Henry, Louis) | |
| Hank Greenberg | 1911-1986 | baseball | (Henry) | |
| Harmon Killebrew | 1936-2011 | baseball | | |
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | 1918-1999 | baseball | | |
| Harry Hooper | 1887-1974 | baseball | | |
| Honus Wagner | 1874-1955 | baseball | | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 1973- | baseball | | |
| Iván Rodríguez | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Jack Morris | 1955- | baseball | (John) | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1919-1972 | baseball | (Jack, Roosevelt) | |
| Jason Giambi | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean | 1910-1974 | baseball | (Dizzy) | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 1968- | baseball | (Jeffrey) | |
| Jeff Kent | 1968- | baseball | (Jeffrey) | |
| Jim Bottomley | 1900-1959 | baseball | (James) | |
| Jim Bunning | 1931-2017 | baseball | (James) | |
| Jim "Catfish" Hunter | 1946-1999 | baseball | (James) | |
| Jim Palmer | 1945- | baseball | (James) | |
| Jim Rice | 1953- | baseball | (James) | |
| Jim Thome | 1970- | baseball | (James) | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1907-1967 | baseball | (James) | |
| Jimmy Collins | 1870-1943 | baseball | (James) | |
| Jimmy Rollins | 1978- | baseball | (James) | |
| Joc Pederson | 1992- | baseball | (Russell) | |
| Joe Cronin | 1906-1984 | baseball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe DiMaggio | 1914-1999 | baseball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Mauer | 1983- | baseball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Morgan | 1943-2020 | baseball | | |
| Joe Torre | 1940- | baseball | (Joseph) | |
| Joey Votto | 1983- | baseball | (Joseph) | |
| John Smoltz | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Johnny Bench | 1947- | baseball | (John) | |
| Johnny Evers | 1881-1947 | baseball | (John) | |
| Johnny Mize | 1913-1993 | baseball | (John) | |
| José Abreu | 1987- | baseball | | |
| José Altuve | 1990- | baseball | | |
| José Canseco | 1964- | baseball | | |
| Josh Donaldson | 1985- | baseball | (Joshua) | |
| Josh Gibson | 1911-1947 | baseball | (Joshua) | |
| Josh Hamilton | 1981- | baseball | (Joshua) | |
| Justin Morneau | 1981- | baseball | | |
| Justin Verlander | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Ken Caminiti | 1963-2004 | baseball | (Kenneth) | |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 1969- | baseball | (George, Kenneth) | |
| Kirby Puckett | 1960-2006 | baseball | | |
| Kirk Gibson | 1957- | baseball | | |
| Kris Bryant | 1992- | baseball | (Kristopher) | |
| Larry Doby | 1923-2003 | baseball | (Lawrence) | |
| Larry Walker | 1966- | baseball | | |
| Lou Boudreau | 1917-2001 | baseball | (Louis) | |
| Lou Brock | 1939-2020 | baseball | (Louis) | |
| Lou Gehrig | 1903-1941 | baseball | (Henry, Louis) | |
| Luis Aparicio | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Mallex Smith | 1993- | baseball | (Lydell) | |
| Mariano Rivera | 1969- | baseball | | |
| Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts | 1992- | baseball | | |
| Mel Ott | 1909-1958 | baseball | (Melvin) | |
| Mickey Cochrane | 1903-1962 | baseball | (Gordon, Stanley) | |
| Mickey Mantle | 1931-1995 | baseball | (Charles) | |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Miguel Tejada | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Mike Mussina | 1968- | baseball | (Michael) | |
| Mike Piazza | 1968- | baseball | (Michael) | |
| Mike Schmidt | 1949- | baseball | (Michael) | |
| Mike Trout | 1991- | baseball | (Michael) | |
| Nap Lajoie | 1874-1959 | baseball | (Napoléon) | |
| Nellie Fox | 1927-1975 | baseball | (Jacob, Nelson) | |
| Nolan Ryan | 1947- | baseball | (Lynn) | |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1937-2012 | baseball | | |
| Ozzie Smith | 1954- | baseball | (Osborne) | |
| Paul Molitor | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Paul Waner | 1903-1965 | baseball | | |
| Pedro Martínez | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Pete Rose | 1941- | baseball | (Peter) | |
| Phil Niekro | 1939-2020 | baseball | (Philip) | |
| Phil Rizzuto | 1917-2007 | baseball | (Philip) | |
| Ralph Kiner | 1922-2014 | baseball | | |
| Randy Johnson | 1963- | baseball | (Randall) | |
| Reggie Jackson | 1946- | baseball | (Reginald) | |
| Richie Ashburn | 1927-1997 | baseball | (Don, Richard) | |
| Rickey Henderson | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove | 1900-1975 | baseball | | |
| Roberto Alomar | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Roberto Clemente | 1934-1972 | baseball | | |
| Robin Roberts | 1926-2010 | baseball | | |
| Rod Carew | 1945- | baseball | (Rodney) | |
| Roger Clemens | 1962- | baseball | | |
| Roger Maris | 1934-1985 | baseball | | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1896-1963 | baseball | | |
| Ron Santo | 1940-2010 | baseball | (Ronald) | |
| Roy Campanella | 1921-1993 | baseball | | |
| Roy Halladay | 1977-2017 | baseball | | |
| Ryan Braun | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Ryan Howard | 1979- | baseball | | |
| Ryne Sandberg | 1959- | baseball | | |
| Sadaharu Oh | 1940- | baseball | | |
| Sammy Sosa | 1968- | baseball | (Samuel) | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1935- | baseball | (Sanford) | |
| Satchel Paige | 1906-1982 | baseball | (Leroy, Robert) | |
| Shohei Ohtani | 1994- | baseball | | |
| Stan Coveleski | 1889-1984 | baseball | (Stanley) | |
| Stan Musial | 1920-2013 | baseball | (Stanley) | |
| Steve Carlton | 1944- | baseball | (Steven) | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | (Theodore) | |
| Ted Williams | 1918-2002 | baseball | (Theodore) | |
| Teoscar Hernández | 1992- | baseball | (José) | |
| Thurman Munson | 1947-1979 | baseball | | |
| Tim Keefe | 1857-1933 | baseball | (Timothy) | |
| Tom Glavine | 1966- | baseball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Seaver | 1944-2020 | baseball | (George, Thomas) | |
| Tony Fernández | 1962-2020 | baseball | (Octavio, Antonio) | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960-2014 | baseball | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | (Anthony) | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | (Atanasio) | |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Tris Speaker | 1888-1958 | baseball | (Tristram) | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | (Tyrus) | |
| Tyler Skaggs | 1991-2019 | baseball | (Wayne) | |
| Vida Blue | 1949-2023 | baseball | | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 1975- | baseball | | |
| Wade Boggs | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Walter Johnson | 1887-1946 | baseball | | |
| Warren Spahn | 1921-2003 | baseball | | |
| Whitey Ford | 1928-2020 | baseball | (Edward, Charles) | |
| Willie Keeler | 1872-1923 | baseball | (William) | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | (Howard) | |
| Willie McCovey | 1938-2018 | baseball | | |
| Willie Stargell | 1940-2001 | baseball | (Wilver, Dornell) | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | (Lawrence, Peter) | |
| Yoenis Céspedes | 1985- | baseball | | |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 1980- | baseball | | |
| Esmil Rogers | 1985- | baseball | (Antonio) | |
| Yasmani Grandal | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Chuck Connors | 1921-1992 | baseball; basketball | (Kevin, Joseph, Aloysius) | |
| Abby Bishop | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Adrian Dantley | 1955- | basketball | (Delano) | |
| Aíto García Reneses | 1946- | basketball | (Alejandro) | |
| Al Cervi | 1917-2009 | basketball | (Alfred) | |
| Aleksandar Nikolić | 1924-2000 | basketball | (Aca) | |
| Aleksandar Petrović | 1959- | basketball | (Aco) | |
| Alex English | 1954- | basketball | (Alexander) | |
| Alexey Shved | 1988- | basketball | (Viktorovich) | |
| Allen Iverson | 1975- | basketball | (Ezail) | |
| Alonzo Mourning | 1970- | basketball | (Harding) | |
| Alvan Adams | 1954- | basketball | (Leigh) | |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 1982- | basketball | (Yahoshafat, Ben, Carsares, Jehoshaphat) | |
| Andre Iguodala | 1984- | basketball | (Tyler) | |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 1981- | basketball | (Gennadyevich) | |
| Andy Phillip | 1922-2001 | basketball | (Andrew) | |
| Angel McCoughtry | 1986- | basketball | (Lajuane) | |
| Ann Meyers | 1955- | basketball | (Elizabeth) | |
| Anne Donovan | 1961-2018 | basketball | (Theresa) | |
| Anthony Davis | 1993- | basketball | (Marshon) | |
| Anton Ponkrashov | 1986- | basketball | (Aleksandrovich) | |
| Aramis Naglić | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Arijan Komazec | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Arnie Risen | 1924-2012 | basketball | (Arnold) | |
| Artis Gilmore | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Arvydas Sabonis | 1964- | basketball | (Romas) | |
| Asjha Jones | 1980- | basketball | (Takera) | |
| Bailey Howell | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Belinda Snell | 1981- | basketball | | |
| Bernard King | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Berni Rodríguez | 1980- | basketball | (Bernardo) | |
| Bill Bradley | 1943- | basketball | (William, Warren) | |
| Bill Russell | 1934-2022 | basketball | (William, Felton) | |
| Bill Sharman | 1926-2013 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bill Walton | 1952- | basketball | (William) | |
| Billy Cunningham | 1943- | basketball | (William) | |
| Bob Cousy | 1928- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Davies | 1920-1990 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Houbregs | 1932-2014 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Kurland | 1924-2013 | basketball | (Robert, Albert) | |
| Bob Lanier | 1948-2022 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob McAdoo | 1951- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Pettit | 1932- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bobby Jones | 1951- | basketball | (Robert, Clyde) | |
| Bobby Wanzer | 1921-2016 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bojan Bogdanović | 1989- | basketball | | |
| Buddy Jeannette | 1917-1998 | basketball | (Harry, Edward) | |
| Cade Cunningham | 2001- | basketball | (Parker) | |
| Calvin Murphy | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Candace Parker | 1986- | basketball | (Nicole) | |
| Cándido Sibilio | 1958-2019 | basketball | (Chicho, Antonio) | |
| Cappie Pondexter | 1983- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Carl Braun | 1927-2010 | basketball | | |
| Carmelo Anthony | 1984- | basketball | (Kyam) | |
| Carmelo Cabrera | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Carol Blazejowski | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Céline Dumerc | 1982- | basketball | | |
| Charles Barkley | 1963- | basketball | (Wade) | |
| Charlie Scott | 1948- | basketball | (Charles, Thomas) | |
| Cheryl Miller | 1964- | basketball | (Deann) | |
| Chet Walker | 1940- | basketball | (Chester) | |
| Chris Bosh | 1984- | basketball | (Christopher, Wesson) | |
| Chris Mullin | 1963- | basketball | (Christopher, Paul) | |
| Chris Paul | 1985- | basketball | (Christopher, Emmanuel) | |
| Chuck Cooper | 1926-1984 | basketball | (Charles, Henry) | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | (Clifford) | |
| Clifford Luyk | 1941- | basketball | | |
| Clyde Drexler | 1962- | basketball | (Austin) | |
| Clyde Lovellette | 1929-2016 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Connie Hawkins | 1942-2017 | basketball | (Cornelius) | |
| Corliss Williamson | 1973- | basketball | (Mondari) | |
| Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 1963- | basketball | (Lynne) | |
| Dan Issel | 1948- | basketball | (Daniel) | |
| Danko Cvjetićanin | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Darius Miles | 1981- | basketball | (LaVar) | |
| Darius Songaila | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dave Bing | 1943- | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave Cowens | 1948- | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave DeBusschere | 1940-2003 | basketball | (David) | |
| David Robinson | 1965- | basketball | (Maurice) | |
| David Thompson | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Dawn Staley | 1970- | basketball | (Michelle) | |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 1974- | basketball | (Lachell) | |
| Denise Curry | 1959- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Dennis Johnson | 1954-2007 | basketball | | |
| Dennis Rodman | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Deron Williams | 1984- | basketball | (Michael) | |
| Derrick Rose | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Diana Taurasi | 1982- | basketball | (Lorena) | |
| Dick McGuire | 1926-2010 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Dimitra Kalentzou | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dino Meneghin | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Dino Rađa | 1967- | basketball | | |
| Dinos Angelidis | 1969- | basketball | (Konstantinos) | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dmitry Khvostov | 1989- | basketball | (Grigoryevich) | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | (Adolph) | |
| Dominique Wilkins | 1960- | basketball | (Jacques) | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Dražen Petrović | 1964-1993 | basketball | | |
| Dwight Howard | 1985- | basketball | (David) | |
| Dwyane Wade | 1982- | basketball | (Tyrone) | |
| Earl Lloyd | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Earl Monroe | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Ed Macauley | 1928-2011 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Elgin Baylor | 1934-2021 | basketball | | |
| Elvin Hayes | 1945- | basketball | | |
| Emeka Okafor | 1982- | basketball | (Chukwuemeka, Ndubuisi) | |
| Emiliano Rodríguez | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Émilie Gomis | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Endéné Miyem | 1988- | basketball | (Nwal) | |
| Evgeny Voronov | 1986- | basketball | (Sergeyevich) | |
| Fab Melo | 1990-2017 | basketball | (Fabricio, Paulino) | |
| Fabricio Oberto | 1975- | basketball | (Raúl, Jesús) | |
| Faidon Mattheou | 1924-2011 | basketball | (Fedon) | |
| Felipe Reyes | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Ferran Martínez | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Francisco Buscató | 1940- | basketball | (Nino) | |
| Franjo Arapović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Frank Ramsey | 1931-2018 | basketball | | |
| Frido Frey | 1921-2000 | basketball | | |
| Gail Goodrich | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Gary Payton | 1968- | basketball | (Dwayne) | |
| George Gervin | 1952- | basketball | | |
| George McGinnis | 1950- | basketball | | |
| George Mikan | 1924-2005 | basketball | | |
| George Yardley | 1928-2004 | basketball | | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Gonzalo Sagi-Vela | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Grant Hill | 1972- | basketball | (Henry) | |
| Guillem Vives | 1993- | basketball | | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Guy Rodgers | 1935-2001 | basketball | | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1963- | basketball | (Abdul) | |
| Hal Greer | 1936-2018 | basketball | (Harold, Everett) | |
| Harry Gallatin | 1927-2015 | basketball | | |
| Hersey Hawkins | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Hortência Marcari | 1959- | basketball | (Maria) | |
| Iker Iturbe | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Ilona Korstin | 1980- | basketball | (Kalyuvna) | |
| Iman Shumpert | 1990- | basketball | (Asante) | |
| Iñaki de Miguel | 1973- | basketball | (Ignacio) | |
| Isabelle Yacoubou | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Isiah Thomas | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Jack Sikma | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | (John) | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1953- | basketball | | |
| James Harden | 1989- | basketball | (Edward) | |
| James Worthy | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Jason Kidd | 1973- | basketball | (Frederick) | |
| Jaume Comas | 1974- | basketball | | |
| Javier Beirán | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Jenna O'Hea | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Jennifer Screen | 1983- | basketball | (Jennie) | |
| Jerome Kersey | 1962-2015 | basketball | | |
| Jerry Lucas | 1940- | basketball | (Ray) | |
| Jerry West | 1938- | basketball | (Jerome, Alan) | |
| Jesús Iradier | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Jim Pollard | 1922-1993 | basketball | (James) | |
| Jock Landale | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Joe Bryant | 1954- | basketball | (Joseph, Washington) | |
| Joe Dumars | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Joe Fulks | 1921-1976 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Lapchick | 1900-1970 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| John Havlicek | 1940-2019 | basketball | | |
| John Stockton | 1962- | basketball | (Houston) | |
| John Wall | 1990- | basketball | (Johnathan) | |
| John Wooden | 1910-2010 | basketball | | |
| Jo Jo White | 1946-2018 | basketball | (Joseph, Henry) | |
| Joonas Suotamo | 1986- | basketball | (Viljami) | |
| Jordi Villacampa | 1963- | basketball | | |
| José Calderón | 1981- | basketball | (Manuel) | |
| Jrue Holiday | 1990- | basketball | (Randall) | |
| Juan Hernangómez | 1995- | basketball | (Juancho, Alberto) | |
| Juan Carlos Navarro | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Julius Erving | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Justin Holiday | 1989- | basketball | (Alaric) | |
| K. C. Jones | 1932-2020 | basketball | (K, C) | |
| Kalin Lucas | 1989- | basketball | | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1947- | basketball | (Ferdinand, Lewis) | |
| Karl Malone | 1963- | basketball | (Anthony) | |
| Katie Smith | 1974- | basketball | | |
| Katrina McClain | 1965- | basketball | (Felicia) | |
| Kevin Durant | 1988- | basketball | (Wayne) | |
| Kevin Garnett | 1976- | basketball | (Maurice) | |
| Kevin Love | 1988- | basketball | (Wesley) | |
| Kevin McHale | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Kobe Bryant | 1978-2020 | basketball | (Bean) | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 1948-1995 | basketball | (Krešo) | |
| Kristi Harrower | 1975- | basketball | | |
| Lamar Odom | 1979- | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Laura Hodges | 1983- | basketball | (Ann) | |
| Lauren Jackson | 1981- | basketball | (Elizabeth) | |
| LeBron James | 1984- | basketball | (Raymone) | |
| Lenny Wilkens | 1937- | basketball | (Leonard) | |
| Lindsay Whalen | 1982- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Lisa Leslie | 1972- | basketball | (Deshaun) | |
| Liz Cambage | 1991- | basketball | (Elizabeth, Folake) | |
| Lolo Sainz | 1940- | basketball | (Manuel) | |
| Louie Dampier | 1944- | basketball | (Louis) | |
| Lusia Harris-Stewart | 1955-2022 | basketball | (Mae) | |
| Lynette Woodard | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Manu Ginóbili | 1977- | basketball | (Emanuel, David) | |
| Marc Gasol | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Mario Kasun | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Marques Haynes | 1926-2015 | basketball | | |
| Maurice Cheeks | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Maurice Stokes | 1933-1970 | basketball | | |
| Maya Moore | 1989- | basketball | (April) | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | 1932-2015 | basketball | | |
| Mel Daniels | 1944-2015 | basketball | (Melvin) | |
| Michael Jordan | 1963- | basketball | (Jeffrey) | |
| Miljana Bojović | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Milovan Raković | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Yao Ming | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Mirsad Türkcan | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Mitch Richmond | 1965- | basketball | (Mitchell, James) | |
| Mithat Demirel | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Moses Malone | 1955-2015 | basketball | | |
| Nancy Lieberman | 1958- | basketball | (Ilizabeth) | |
| Nate Archibald | 1948- | basketball | (Nathaniel) | |
| Nate Thurmond | 1941-2016 | basketball | (Nathaniel) | |
| Neil Johnston | 1929-1978 | basketball | (Donald) | |
| Nera White | 1935-2016 | basketball | | |
| Nikola Jokić | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Nikola Mirotić | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Nikola Prkačin | 1975- | basketball | (Nikša) | |
| Nikos Galis | 1957- | basketball | (Nikolaos) | |
| Oriol Junyent | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Oscar Robertson | 1938- | basketball | (Palmer) | |
| Oscar Schmidt | 1958- | basketball | | |
| Oxana Rakhmatulina | 1976- | basketball | (Yevgeniyevna) | |
| Pape Sy | 1988- | basketball | (Ousseynou) | |
| Patrick Ewing | 1962- | basketball | (Aloysius) | |
| Pau Gasol | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Pau Ribas | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Paul Arizin | 1928-2006 | basketball | | |
| Paul Westphal | 1950-2021 | basketball | | |
| Pete Maravich | 1947-1988 | basketball | (Peter) | |
| Pierre Oriola | 1992- | basketball | (David) | |
| Quino Colom | 1988- | basketball | (Joaquim) | |
| Rachel Jarry | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Radivoj Korać | 1938-1969 | basketball | | |
| Rafer Alston | 1976- | basketball | (Jamel) | |
| Ralph Sampson | 1960- | basketball | | |
| Rasual Butler | 1979-2018 | basketball | | |
| Ratomir Tvrdić | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Ray Allen | 1975- | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Reggie Miller | 1965- | basketball | (Reginald, Wayne) | |
| Richie Guerin | 1932- | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Rick Barry | 1944- | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Ricky Rubio | 1990- | basketball | (Ricard) | |
| Robert Parish | 1953- | basketball | | |
| Roger Brown | 1942-1997 | basketball | | |
| Rudy Fernández | 1985- | basketball | (Rodolfo) | |
| Russell Westbrook | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Sabahudin Bilalović | 1960-2003 | basketball | | |
| Sam Jones | 1933-2021 | basketball | (Samuel) | |
| Samantha Richards | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Sandrine Gruda | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Šarūnas Marčiulionis | 1964- | basketball | (Raimondas) | |
| Sasha Kaun | 1985- | basketball | (Alexander, Olegovich) | |
| Scottie Pippen | 1965- | basketball | (Scotty, Maurice) | |
| Seimone Augustus | 1984- | basketball | (Delicia) | |
| Semyon Antonov | 1989- | basketball | (Sergeyevich) | |
| Serge Ibaka | 1989- | basketball | (Jonas) | |
| Sergei Belov | 1944-2013 | basketball | (Alexandrovich) | |
| Sergei Monia | 1983- | basketball | (Alexandrovich) | |
| Sergey Karasev | 1993- | basketball | (Vasiliyevich) | |
| Sergio Llull | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Sergio Rodríguez | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Sergio Scariolo | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Shammond Williams | 1975- | basketball | (Omar) | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 1972- | basketball | (Rashaun) | |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 1971- | basketball | (Denise) | |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Slater Martin | 1925-2012 | basketball | | |
| Spencer Haywood | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Stephen Curry | 1988- | basketball | (Wardell) | |
| Stephen Jackson | 1978- | basketball | (Jesse) | |
| Stephon Marbury | 1977- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| Steve Nash | 1974- | basketball | (Stephen) | |
| Stojko Vranković | 1964- | basketball | (Stojan) | |
| Sue Bird | 1980- | basketball | (Suzanne, Brigit) | |
| Suzy Batkovic | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Swin Cash | 1979- | basketball | (Swintayla, Marie) | |
| Sylvia Fowles | 1985- | basketball | (Shaqueria) | |
| Tamika Catchings | 1979- | basketball | (Devonne) | |
| Tayshaun Prince | 1980- | basketball | (Durell) | |
| Teresa Edwards | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 1965- | basketball | (Gaye) | |
| Tiit Sokk | 1964- | basketball | (Tout) | |
| Tim Duncan | 1976- | basketball | (Timothy, Theodore) | |
| Tim Legler | 1966- | basketball | (Timothy, Eugene) | |
| Timofey Mozgov | 1986- | basketball | (Pavlovich) | |
| Tina Charles | 1988- | basketball | (Alexandria) | |
| Tina Thompson | 1975- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Tom Gola | 1933-2014 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Heinsohn | 1934-2020 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | 1938- | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Toni Kukoč | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Tornike Shengelia | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Tracy McGrady | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 1972- | basketball | (Louise) | |
| Tyson Chandler | 1982- | basketball | (Cleotis) | |
| Uljana Semjonova | 1952- | basketball | (Iuliana, Larionovna) | |
| Velimir Perasović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 1928-2013 | basketball | (Arild, Verner) | |
| Víctor Claver | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Victor Khryapa | 1982- | basketball | (Vladimirovich) | |
| Víctor Sada | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Vince Carter | 1977- | basketball | (Vincent, Lamar) | |
| Vitaly Fridzon | 1985- | basketball | (Valeryevich) | |
| Vlade Divac | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Walt Bellamy | 1939-2013 | basketball | (Walter, Jones) | |
| Walt Frazier | 1945- | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Wes Unseld | 1946-2020 | basketball | (Westley) | |
| Willis Reed | 1942-2023 | basketball | | |
| Willy Hernangómez | 1994- | basketball | (Guillermo, Gustavo) | |
| Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain | 1936-1999 | basketball | (Wilton, Norman) | |
| Xavi Rabaseda | 1989- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| Yolanda Griffith | 1970- | basketball | (Evette) | |
| Žan Tabak | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Zelmo Beaty | 1939-2013 | basketball | | |
| Zion Williamson | 2000- | basketball | (Lateef) | |
| Tanel Sokk | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Larry Bird | 1956- | basketball | (Joe) | |
| Kenan Sipahi | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Yogev Ohayon | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Ido Kozikaro | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Efren Reyes | 1954- | billiards | | |
| John Higgins | 1975- | billiards | | |
| Judd Trump | 1989- | billiards | | |
| Mark Selby | 1983- | billiards | | |
| Neil Robertson | 1982- | billiards | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1975- | billiards | (Ronald) | |
| Stephen Hendry | 1969- | billiards | | |
| Steve Davis | 1957- | billiards | | |
| Balázs Adolf | 1999- | boating | | |
| Iulia Bulie | 1967- | boating | | |
| Abdelaziz Touilbini | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Albert Selimov | 1986- | boxing | | |
| Anthony Joshua | 1989- | boxing | (Oluwafemi, Olaseni) | |
| Ariel Hernández | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Audley Harrison | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Badr Hari | 1984- | boxing | | |
| Beibut Shumenov | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Damir Škaro | 1959- | boxing | | |
| Dariusz Michalczewski | 1968- | boxing | | |
| DaVarryl Williamson | 1968- | boxing | (Jerome) | |
| Deontay Wilder | 1985- | boxing | (Leshun) | |
| Dilshod Yarbekov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Elchin Alizade | 1986- | boxing | (Elçin) | |
| Eusebio Pedroza | 1956-2019 | boxing | | |
| Evander Holyfield | 1962- | boxing | | |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 1977- | boxing | (Joy) | |
| Floyd Patterson | 1935-2006 | boxing | | |
| Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov | 1976- | boxing | (Abdulovich) | |
| Gbenga Oloukun | 1983- | boxing | | |
| George Foreman | 1949- | boxing | | |
| Giacobbe Fragomeni | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1963-2018 | boxing | | |
| Hasim Rahman | 1972- | boxing | (Sharif) | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | | |
| Ismail Sillakh | 1985- | boxing | | |
| Jack Dempsey | 1895-1983 | boxing | (William, Harrison) | |
| Jack Johnson | 1878-1946 | boxing | (John) | |
| Jake LaMotta | 1922-2017 | boxing | (Giacobbe) | |
| Jameel McCline | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Joe Frazier | 1944-2011 | boxing | (Joseph, William) | |
| Joe Louis | 1914-1981 | boxing | (Joseph) | |
| Julio César Chávez | 1962- | boxing | | |
| Kali Meehan | 1970- | boxing | (Kalivati) | |
| Kelly Pavlik | 1982- | boxing | (Robert) | |
| Kubrat Pulev | 1981- | boxing | | |
| Kyotaro Fujimoto | 1986- | boxing | | |
| Lamon Brewster | 1973- | boxing | (Tajuan) | |
| Lennox Lewis | 1965- | boxing | | |
| Leon Spinks | 1953-2021 | boxing | | |
| Luan Krasniqi | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Lucia Rijker | 1967- | boxing | (Frederica) | |
| Manny Pacquiao | 1978- | boxing | (Emmanuel) | |
| Marijan Beneš | 1951-2018 | boxing | | |
| Mate Parlov | 1948-2008 | boxing | | |
| Matvey Korobov | 1983- | boxing | (Georgiyevich) | |
| Max Schmeling | 1905-2005 | boxing | (Maximillian) | |
| Mike Tyson | 1966- | boxing | (Michael, Gerard) | |
| Milorad Gajović | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Monte Barrett | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Montell Griffin | 1970- | boxing | (Julian) | |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942-2016 | boxing | (Cassius, Marcellus) | |
| Naim Terbunja | 1984- | boxing | | |
| Naseem Hamed | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Natascha Ragosina | 1976- | boxing | (Natalia, Yurievna) | |
| Nieky Holzken | 1983- | boxing | (Nicolaas) | |
| Nouchka Fontijn | 1987- | boxing | (Mireille) | |
| Odlanier Solís | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Osmay Acosta | 1985- | boxing | | |
| Paea Wolfgramm | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Rakhim Chakhkiev | 1983- | boxing | (Ruslanovich) | |
| "Sugar" Ray Leonard | 1956- | boxing | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Robinson | 1921-1989 | boxing | (Walker) | |
| Regilio Tuur | 1967- | boxing | | |
| Rico Verhoeven | 1989- | boxing | (Ricardo) | |
| Rocky Marciano | 1923-1969 | boxing | (Rocco) | |
| Ruslan Chagaev | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Siarhei Liakhovich | 1976- | boxing | (Siarhiej) | |
| Slobodan Kačar | 1957- | boxing | | |
| Sonny Liston | c. 1930-1970 | boxing | (Charles) | |
| Adonis Stevenson | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Stipe Drviš | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Sultan Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | (Ahmed, Magomedsalihovich) | |
| Tavoris Cloud | 1982- | boxing | (Karod) | |
| Teófilo Stevenson | 1952-2012 | boxing | | |
| Thulani Malinga | 1955- | boxing | | |
| Timo Hoffmann | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Timur Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | | |
| Utkirbek Haydarov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Viktar Zuyev | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Virgil Hill | 1964- | boxing | (Eugene) | |
| Vitali Klitschko | 1971- | boxing | (Vitalii) | |
| Willie Pep | 1922-2006 | boxing | (Guglielmo) | |
| Wladimir Klitschko | 1976- | boxing | (Vladimir, Volodymyr) | |
| Yordanis Despaigne | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Yusaf Mack | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Zsolt Erdei | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Adolf Albin | 1848-1920 | chess | | |
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818-1879 | chess | (Karl, Ernst) | |
| Adolf Schwarz | 1836-1910 | chess | | |
| Alexander Alekhine | 1892-1946 | chess | | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 1966- | chess | | |
| Alina l'Ami | 1985- | chess | | |
| Almira Skripchenko | 1976- | chess | | |
| Anatoliy Karpov | 1951- | chess | (Anatoly) | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 1979- | chess | | |
| Betül Cemre Yıldız | 1989- | chess | | |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008 | chess | (Robert) | |
| Boris Gelfand | 1968- | chess | | |
| Boris Spassky | 1937- | chess | | |
| Dragoljub Minić | 1936-2005 | chess | | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Erwin l'Ami | 1985- | chess | | |
| Fabiano Caruana | 1992- | chess | (Luigi) | |
| Garry Kasparov | 1963- | chess | (Garik) | |
| Gata Kamsky | 1974- | chess | (Gataulla, Rustemovich) | |
| Jan Smeets | 1985- | chess | | |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 1888-1942 | chess | | |
| Judit Polgár | 1976- | chess | | |
| Leinier Domínguez | 1983- | chess | | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 1990- | chess | (Sven) | |
| Max Euwe | 1901-1981 | chess | (Machgielis) | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911-1995 | chess | | |
| Mikhail Tal | 1936-1992 | chess | | |
| Milko Bobotsov | 1931-2000 | chess | (Georgiev) | |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1941- | chess | | |
| Pál Benkő | 1928-2019 | chess | | |
| Paul Keres | 1916-1975 | chess | | |
| Paul Morphy | 1837-1884 | chess | | |
| Petar Genov | 1970- | chess | | |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | 1983- | chess | | |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1979- | chess | | |
| Simen Agdestein | 1967- | chess | | |
| Tigran Petrosian | 1929-1984 | chess | | |
| Vadim Malakhatko | 1977-2023 | chess | | |
| Vasiliy Smyslov | 1921-2010 | chess | (Vasily) | |
| Vera Menchik | 1906-1944 | chess | | |
| Veselin Topalov | 1975- | chess | | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969- | chess | | |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess | | |
| Aasif Karim | 1963- | cricket | (Yusuf) | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 1988- | cricket | (Madhukar) | |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1941-2018 | cricket | (Laxman) | |
| Alasdair Evans | 1989- | cricket | (Campbell) | |
| Albie Morkel | 1981- | cricket | (Johannes, Albertus) | |
| Alok Kapali | 1984- | cricket | | |
| Ambati Rayudu | 1985- | cricket | (Thirupathi) | |
| Amit Mishra | 1982- | cricket | | |
| Anamul Haque | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Anil Kumble | 1970- | cricket | | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Axar Patel | 1994- | cricket | (Akshar, Rajeshbhai) | |
| Azhar Ali | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Beuran Hendricks | 1990- | cricket | (Eric) | |
| Bharat Arun | 1962- | cricket | (Bharathi) | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 1990- | cricket | | |
| Brendon McCullum | 1981- | cricket | (Barrie) | |
| Brian Lara | 1969- | cricket | | |
| Chadwick Walton | 1985- | cricket | (Antonio, Kirkpatrick) | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 1974- | cricket | (Warnakulasuriya, Patabendige, Ushantha, Joseph) | |
| Chamu Chibhabha | 1986- | cricket | (Chamunorwa, Justice) | |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 1968- | cricket | (Upul) | |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 1988- | cricket | (Arvind) | |
| Collins Obuya | 1981- | cricket | (Omondi) | |
| Curtly Ambrose | 1963- | cricket | (Elconn, Lynwall) | |
| Dane Piedt | 1990- | cricket | (Leeroy) | |
| Dav Whatmore | 1954- | cricket | (Davenell, Frederick) | |
| Denesh Ramdin | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 1988- | cricket | (Sunil) | |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Dinesh Karthik | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Don Bradman | 1908-2001 | cricket | (Donald) | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 1992- | cricket | (Pathira, Vasan) | |
| Eoin Morgan | 1986- | cricket | (Joseph, Gerard) | |
| Everton Weekes | 1925-2020 | cricket | (DeCourcy) | |
| Faf du Plessis | 1984- | cricket | (Francois) | |
| Farhaan Behardien | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Farhad Reza | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Fidel Edwards | 1982- | cricket | (Henderson) | |
| Garfield Sobers | 1936- | cricket | | |
| Gautam Gambhir | 1981- | cricket | | |
| Hamish Bennett | 1987- | cricket | (Kyle) | |
| Hamish Rutherford | 1989- | cricket | (Duncan) | |
| Hansie Cronje | 1969-2002 | cricket | (Wessel, Johannes) | |
| Haris Sohail | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Haroon Rasheed | 1953- | cricket | | |
| Hashim Amla | 1983- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Heath Streak | 1974-2023 | cricket | (Hilton) | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 1974- | cricket | (Herman) | |
| Imran Tahir | 1979- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Imrul Kayes | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Irfan Pathan | 1984- | cricket | | |
| Ish Sodhi | 1992- | cricket | (Inderbir, Singh) | |
| Ishant Sharma | 1988- | cricket | (Vijay) | |
| Jeevan Mendis | 1983- | cricket | (Balapuwaduge, Manukulasuriya, Amith) | |
| Jonty Rhodes | 1969- | cricket | (Jonathan, Neil) | |
| Kagiso Rabada | 1995- | cricket | | |
| Kane Williamson | 1990- | cricket | (Stuart) | |
| Kapil Dev | 1959- | cricket | | |
| Karn Sharma | 1987- | cricket | (Vinod) | |
| Kedar Jadhav | 1985- | cricket | (Mahadav) | |
| Kemar Roach | 1988- | cricket | (Andre, Jamal) | |
| Kepler Wessels | 1957- | cricket | (Christoffel) | |
| Kieron Pollard | 1987- | cricket | (Adrian) | |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 1992- | cricket | (Clairmonte) | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 1994- | cricket | | |
| Kusal Perera | 1990- | cricket | | |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | 1989- | cricket | (Hettige, Don, Rumesh) | |
| Lasith Malinga | 1983- | cricket | (Separamadu) | |
| Learie Constantine | 1901-1971 | cricket | (Nicholas) | |
| Lendl Simmons | 1985- | cricket | (Mark, Platter) | |
| Lokesh Rahul | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Lonwabo Tsotsobe | 1984- | cricket | (Lennox) | |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 1981- | cricket | | |
| Mahmudullah Riyad | 1986- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Marvan Atapattu | 1970- | cricket | (Samson) | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Merv Hughes | 1961- | cricket | (Mervyn, Gregory) | |
| Mithali Raj | 1982- | cricket | | |
| Moeen Ali | 1987- | cricket | (Munir) | |
| Mohammad Nazimuddin | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Mohit Sharma | 1988- | cricket | (Mahipal) | |
| Mominul Haque | 1991- | cricket | | |
| Morné Morkel | 1984- | cricket | | |
| Murali Vijay | 1984- | cricket | | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | 1988- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 1972- | cricket | | |
| Naeem Islam | 1986- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Nasir Hossain | 1991- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Nehemiah Odhiambo | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Niall O'Brien | 1981- | cricket | (John) | |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 1982- | cricket | (Mudiyanselage, Dinesh) | |
| Parvez Rasool | 1989- | cricket | (Ghulam) | |
| Pragyan Ojha | 1986- | cricket | (Prayash) | |
| Prosper Utseya | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Quinton de Kock | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Rahat Ali | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Rahul Dravid | 1973- | cricket | | |
| Rakep Patel | 1989- | cricket | (Rajendra) | |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 1980- | cricket | (Ronnie) | |
| Rangana Herath | 1978- | cricket | | |
| Ravi Rampaul | 1984- | cricket | (Ravindranath) | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1988- | cricket | (Ravindrasinh, Anirudhsinh) | |
| Regis Chakabva | 1987- | cricket | (Wiriranai) | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 1935- | cricket | (Bholalall) | |
| Rohit Sharma | 1987- | cricket | (Gurunath) | |
| Rubel Hossain | 1990- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 1970- | cricket | | |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1973- | cricket | | |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Safyaan Sharif | 1991- | cricket | | |
| Sanjay Bangar | 1972- | cricket | (Bapusaheb) | |
| Sanju Samson | 1994- | cricket | | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Shaan Masood | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Shafiul Islam | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Shahadat Hossain | 1986- | cricket | (Kazi) | |
| Shahid Afridi | 1980- | cricket | (Sahibzada, Mohammad) | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Shane Warne | 1969-2022 | cricket | (Keith) | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 1974- | cricket | | |
| Shuvagata Hom | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Sohag Gazi | 1991- | cricket | | |
| Sohaib Maqsood | 1987- | cricket | (Malik) | |
| Soumya Sarkar | 1993- | cricket | | |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1972- | cricket | | |
| Stiaan van Zyl | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Sulieman Benn | 1981- | cricket | (Jamaal) | |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1949- | cricket | | |
| Sunil Narine | 1988- | cricket | (Philip) | |
| Suranga Lakmal | 1987- | cricket | (Ranasinghe, Arachchige) | |
| Suresh Raina | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Tamim Iqbal | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Tanmay Mishra | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Tatenda Taibu | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Temba Bavuma | 1990- | cricket | | |
| Tendai Chatara | 1991- | cricket | (Larry) | |
| Thisara Perera | 1989- | cricket | (Narangoda, Liyanaarachchilage) | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1976- | cricket | (Mudiyanselage) | |
| Umesh Yadav | 1987- | cricket | (Umeshkumar, Tilak) | |
| Upul Tharanga | 1985- | cricket | (Warushavithana) | |
| V. B. Chandrasekhar | 1961-2019 | cricket | (Vakkadai, Biksheswaran) | |
| Varun Aaron | 1989- | cricket | (Raymond) | |
| Vinay Kumar | 1984- | cricket | (Ranganath) | |
| Virat Kohli | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Viv Richards | 1952- | cricket | (Isaac, Vivian, Alexander) | |
| Vusi Sibanda | 1983- | cricket | (Vusimuzi) | |
| Wahab Riaz | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Waqar Younis | 1971- | cricket | | |
| W. G. Grace | 1848-1915 | cricket | (William, Gilbert) | |
| Wriddhiman Saha | 1984- | cricket | (Prasanta) | |
| Yasir Shah | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Younis Khan | 1977- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Achiel Bruneel | 1918-2008 | cycling | | |
| Achiel Buysse | 1918-1984 | cycling | | |
| Adelin Benoît | 1900-1954 | cycling | | |
| Adolf Christian | 1934-1999 | cycling | | |
| Arnaud Tournant | 1978- | cycling | | |
| Bernard Hinault | 1954- | cycling | | |
| Boy van Poppel | 1988- | cycling | | |
| Bradley Wiggins | 1980- | cycling | | |
| Burry Stander | 1987-2013 | cycling | (Willie) | |
| Chris Froome | 1985- | cycling | (Christopher) | |
| Chris Hoy | 1976- | cycling | (Christopher, Andrew) | |
| Demi Vollering | 1996- | cycling | (Adriana, Geertruida) | |
| Eddy Merckx | 1945- | cycling | (Édouard) | |
| Fausto Coppi | 1919-1960 | cycling | (Angelo) | |
| Felice Gimondi | 1942-2019 | cycling | | |
| Geraint Thomas | 1986- | cycling | (Howell) | |
| Gino Bartali | 1914-2000 | cycling | | |
| Gino Mäder | 1997-2023 | cycling | | |
| Gorik Gardeyn | 1980- | cycling | | |
| Jaco Venter | 1987- | cycling | (Jacobus) | |
| Jacques Anquetil | 1934-1987 | cycling | | |
| Jason Kenny | 1988- | cycling | | |
| Javier Otxoa | 1974-2018 | cycling | | |
| Jesper Asselman | 1990- | cycling | | |
| Kieran Modra | 1972-2019 | cycling | | |
| Kristof Vandewalle | 1985- | cycling | | |
| Lance Armstrong | 1971- | cycling | | |
| Lars van der Haar | 1991- | cycling | | |
| Laurent Fignon | 1960-2010 | cycling | | |
| Lieuwe Westra | 1982-2023 | cycling | | |
| Lucinda Brand | 1989- | cycling | | |
| Ludo Loos | 1955-2019 | cycling | | |
| Marco Pantani | 1970-2004 | cycling | | |
| Miguel Induráin | 1964- | cycling | | |
| Miraç Kal | 1987- | cycling | | |
| Nuno Ribeiro | 1977- | cycling | (Jorge) | |
| Olivia Podmore | 1997-2021 | cycling | (Liv, Rose) | |
| Omobono Tenni | 1905-1948 | cycling | (Tomaso) | |
| Raymond Poulidor | 1936-2019 | cycling | | |
| Rik Van Looy | 1933- | cycling | (Henri) | |
| Rini Wagtmans | 1946- | cycling | (Marinus) | |
| Rupert Kratzer | 1945-2013 | cycling | | |
| Sjoerd van Ginneken | 1992- | cycling | | |
| Thalita de Jong | 1993- | cycling | | |
| Tom Dumoulin | 1990- | cycling | | |
| Tom Simpson | 1937-1967 | cycling | (Thomas) | |
| Viatcheslav Djavanian | 1969- | cycling | | |
| Wolfram Kurschat | 1975- | cycling | | |
| Yevheniya Vysotska | 1975- | cycling | | |
| Eric Bristow | 1957-2018 | darts | | |
| Luke Humphries | 1995- | darts | | |
| Luke "The Nuke" Littler | 2007- | darts | | |
| Michael van Gerwen | 1989- | darts | | |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 1967- | darts | | |
| Rob "Voltage" Cross | 1990- | darts | (Robert) | |
| Gregory Louganis | 1960- | diving | | |
| Tom Daley | 1994- | diving | (Thomas, Robert) | |
| Alain Prost | 1955- | driving | | |
| Alan Jones | 1946- | driving | | |
| Alberto Ascari | 1918-1955 | driving | | |
| Alexandre Prémat | 1982- | driving | | |
| Ayrton Senna | 1960-1994 | driving | | |
| Beitske Visser | 1995- | driving | | |
| Bent Viscaal | 1999- | driving | | |
| Boy Hayje | 1949- | driving | (Johan, Gerard) | |
| Brian Vickers | 1983- | driving | (Lee) | |
| Bruce McLaren | 1937-1970 | driving | | |
| Christijan Albers | 1979- | driving | | |
| Damon Hill | 1960- | driving | | |
| Denny Hulme | 1936-1992 | driving | (Denis) | |
| Dilano van 't Hoff | 2004-2023 | driving | | |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 1946- | driving | | |
| Enzo Ferrari | 1898-1988 | driving | (Anselmo, Giuseppe, Maria) | |
| Giedo van der Garde | 1985- | driving | (Gijsbertus, Gerrit) | |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 1950-1982 | driving | | |
| Giuseppe Farina | 1906-1966 | driving | | |
| Graham Hill | 1929-1975 | driving | (Norman) | |
| Hélio Castroneves | 1975- | driving | | |
| Jack Brabham | 1926-2014 | driving | (John) | |
| Jackie Stewart | 1939- | driving | (John) | |
| James Hunt | 1947-1993 | driving | | |
| Jim Clark | 1936-1968 | driving | (James) | |
| Jochen Rindt | 1942-1970 | driving | | |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1911-1995 | driving | | |
| Keke Rosberg | 1948- | driving | (Keijo) | |
| Ken Miles | 1918-1966 | driving | (Kenneth) | |
| Kyle Busch | 1985- | driving | | |
| Luigi Taveri | 1929-2018 | driving | | |
| Mario Andretti | 1940- | driving | | |
| Martin Järveoja | 1987- | driving | | |
| Maverick Viñales | 1995- | driving | | |
| Michael Schumacher | 1969- | driving | | |
| Mika Häkkinen | 1968- | driving | | |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1929-1959 | driving | (John, Michael) | |
| Nelson Piquet | 1952- | driving | | |
| Nigel Mansell | 1953- | driving | | |
| Niki Lauda | 1949-2019 | driving | (Andreas, Nikolaus) | |
| Nyck de Vries | 1995- | driving | | |
| Ott Tänak | 1987- | driving | | |
| Ralf Waldmann | 1966-2018 | driving | | |
| Renger van der Zande | 1986- | driving | | |
| Roelof Wunderink | 1948- | driving | | |
| Ronnie Peterson | 1944-1978 | driving | (Bengt) | |
| Rupert Hollaus | 1931-1954 | driving | | |
| Rupert Keegan | 1955- | driving | | |
| Soheil Ayari | 1970- | driving | | |
| Steijn Schothorst | 1994- | driving | | |
| Stirling Moss | 1929-2020 | driving | | |
| Tim Coronel | 1972- | driving | (Alfa) | |
| Tom Coronel | 1972- | driving | (Romeo) | |
| Valentino Rossi | 1979- | driving | | |
| Xavier Maassen | 1980- | driving | | |
| Yelmer Buurman | 1987- | driving | (Evert, Frans) | |
| Alan Stacey | 1933-1960 | driving | | |
| Alexander Rossi | 1991- | driving | | |
| Carlos Sainz, Jr. | 1994- | driving | | |
| Chris Bristow | 1937-1960 | driving | (Christopher, William) | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1989- | driving | | |
| Daniil Kvyat | 1994- | driving | | |
| Felipe Massa | 1981- | driving | | |
| Felipe Nasr | 1992- | driving | | |
| Fernando Alonso | 1981- | driving | | |
| François Cevert | 1944-1973 | driving | (Albert) | |
| Helmut Koinigg | 1948-1974 | driving | (Helmuth) | |
| Jenson Button | 1980- | driving | | |
| Jos Verstappen | 1972- | driving | (Johannes, Franciscus) | |
| Jules Bianchi | 1989-2015 | driving | (Lucien, André) | |
| Kevin Magnussen | 1992- | driving | | |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1979- | driving | (Matias) | |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1985- | driving | | |
| Marcus Ericsson | 1990- | driving | | |
| Max Verstappen | 1997- | driving | (Emilian) | |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 1987- | driving | (Nicolas) | |
| Nico Rosberg | 1985- | driving | | |
| Pastor Maldonado | 1985- | driving | | |
| Roberto Merhi | 1991- | driving | | |
| Romain Grosjean | 1986- | driving | | |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1987- | driving | | |
| Sergio Pérez | 1990- | driving | | |
| Tom Pryce | 1949-1977 | driving | (Thomas, Maldwyn) | |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1989- | driving | | |
| Will Stevens | 1991- | driving | (William) | |
| Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins | 1991- | e-sports | | |
| Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok | 1996- | e-sports | | |
| Aladár Gerevich | 1910-1991 | fencing | | |
| Edoardo Mangiarotti | 1919-2012 | fencing | | |
| Ilona Elek | 1907-1988 | fencing | | |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 1971- | fencing | | |
| Nedo Nadi | 1894-1940 | fencing | | |
| Olha Kharlan | 1990- | fencing | | |
| Pál Schmitt | 1942- | fencing | | |
| Fatima Moreira de Melo | 1978- | field hockey | | |
| Gauthier Boccard | 1991- | field hockey | | |
| Aaron Rodgers | 1983- | football | | |
| Adrian Peterson | 1985- | football | | |
| A. J. Green | 1988- | football | (Adriel, Jeremiah) | |
| Alex Karras | 1935-2012 | football | (Alexander) | |
| Amari Cooper | 1994- | football | |