Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Notable Athletes; and the birth month is December
| Name | Lifespan | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn | 1854-1897 | baseball |  | |
| Kanō Jigorō | 1860-1938 | martial arts | | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | 1867-1920 | tennis | | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Ueshiba Morihei | 1883-1969 | martial arts | | |
| Lester Patrick | 1883-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | | |
| Hannes Kolehmainen | 1889-1966 | track | | |
| Jack Darragh | 1890-1924 | ice hockey | | |
| Cy Denneny | 1891-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Walter Hagen | 1892-1969 | golf | | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | | |
| Charlie Gardiner | 1904-1934 | ice hockey | | |
| Marty Barry | 1905-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Oldřich Nejedlý | 1909-1990 | soccer | | |
| Josh Gibson | 1911-1947 | baseball | | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | (Jackson) | |
| Achiel Buysse | 1918-1984 | cycling | | |
| Otto Graham | 1921-2003 | football | | |
| Larry Doby | 1923-2003 | baseball | | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Doug Harvey | 1924-1989 | ice hockey | | |
| Bob Kurland | 1924-2013 | basketball | | |
| Ted Kennedy | 1925-2009 | ice hockey | | |
| Nellie Fox | 1927-1975 | baseball | | |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1929-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| André Lerond | 1930-2018 | soccer | | |
| Alex Delvecchio | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | | |
| Pierre Pilote | 1931-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Jenő Dalnoki | 1932-2006 | soccer | | |
| Bob Pettit | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Harry Howell | 1932-2019 | ice hockey | | |
| Rik Van Looy | 1933- | cycling | | |
| Al Kaline | 1934-2020 | baseball | | |
| Larisa Latynina | 1934- | gymnastics | | |
| Paul Hornung | 1935-2020 | football | | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 1935- | cricket | | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1935- | baseball | | |
| Iolanda Balaș | 1936-2016 | track | | |
| Willie Wood | 1936-2020 | football | | |
| Chris Bristow | 1937-1960 | driving | | |
| Gordon Banks | 1937-2019 | soccer | | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Gerry Cheevers | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Zvonko Bego | 1940-2018 | soccer | | |
| Geoff Hurst | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Alex Ferguson | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Dick Butkus | 1942- | football | | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Bob Hayes | 1942-2002 | football | | |
| Steve Carlton | 1944- | baseball | | |
| Jairzinho | 1944- | soccer | (Ventura, Filho) | |
| Ken Stabler | 1945-2015 | football | | |
| Willy van der Kuijlen | 1946-2021 | soccer | | |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 1946- | driving | | |
| Stan Smith | 1946- | tennis | | |
| Piet Schrijvers | 1946-2022 | soccer | | |
| Aíto García Reneses | 1946- | basketball | | |
| Larry Csonka | 1946- | football | | |
| Berti Vogts | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Johnny Bench | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Carlton Fisk | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Antonín Panenka | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Keke Rosberg | 1948- | driving | | |
| Roelof Wunderink | 1948- | driving | | |
| Charlie Scott | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Ray Guy | 1949-2022 | football | | |
| Billy Smith | 1950- | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Jones | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Bob Gainey | 1953- | ice hockey | | |
| Kevin Beattie | 1953-2018 | soccer | | |
| Chris Evert | 1954- | tennis | | |
| Ozzie Smith | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Thulani Malinga | 1955- | boxing | | |
| Bernard King | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Larry Bird | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Kevin McHale | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Rickey Henderson | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Florence Griffith Joyner | 1959-1998 | track | | |
| Igor Larionov | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Ray Bourque | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Pekka Tuomisto | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Reggie White | 1961-2004 | football | | |
| Berry van Aerle | 1962- | soccer | | |
| John de Wolf | 1962- | soccer | | |
| Tracy Austin | 1962- | tennis | | |
| Bharat Arun | 1962- | cricket | | |
| Sergey Bubka | 1963- | track | | |
| Aasif Karim | 1963- | cricket | | |
| Giuseppe Bergomi | 1963- | soccer | | |
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1963-2018 | boxing | | |
| John van 't Schip | 1963- | soccer | | |
| Salvatore Schillaci | 1964- | soccer | | |
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 1964- | wrestling | | |
| Arvydas Sabonis | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Katarina Witt | 1965- | skating | | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Craig Biggio | 1965- | baseball | | |
| Larry Walker | 1966- | baseball | | |
| Ed de Goeij | 1966- | soccer | (de Goey) | |
| Tim Legler | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Lucia Rijker | 1967- | boxing | | |
| Mike Mussina | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Claudio Suárez | 1968- | soccer | (Sánchez) | |
| Paea Wolfgramm | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Slaviša Stojanovič | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Rob Blake | 1969- | ice hockey | | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969- | chess | | |
| Sergei Fedorov | 1969- | ice hockey | (Fyodorov) | |
| Arthur Numan | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Richard Krajicek | 1971- | tennis | | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1971- | tennis | | |
| Hermann Maier | 1972- | skiing | | |
| Fabrice Santoro | 1972- | tennis | | |
| Warren Sapp | 1972- | football | | |
| Monica Seles | 1973- | tennis | | |
| Corliss Williamson | 1973- | basketball | | |
| Terrell Owens | 1973- | football | | |
| Igor Hinić | 1975- | water polo | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1975- | billiards | | |
| Daouda Karaboué | 1975- | handball | | |
| Yevheniya Vysotska | 1975- | cycling | | |
| Tiger Woods | 1975- | golf | | |
| Oxana Rakhmatulina | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Peter Gade | 1976- | badminton | | |
| Gilberto de Godoy "Giba" | 1976- | volleyball | (Filho) | |
| Petar Metličić | 1976- | handball | | |
| Sébastien Chabal | 1977- | rugby | | |
| Shayne Graham | 1977- | football | | |
| Evangelista Santos | 1977- | martial arts | | |
| Arnaud Clément | 1977- | tennis | | |
| Ninoslav Milenković | 1977- | soccer | | |
| Gastón Gaudio | 1978- | tennis | | |
| Metka Sparavec | 1978- | swimming | | |
| Kim St-Pierre | 1978- | ice hockey | | |
| Manny Pacquiao | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Geremi | 1978- | soccer | (Njitap, Fotso) | |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1979- | chess | | |
| Gareth McAuley | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Tim Cahill | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Daniel Narcisse | 1979- | handball | | |
| Mike Ross | 1979- | rugby | | |
| Carson Palmer | 1979- | football | | |
| Boubacar Barry | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Damir Burić | 1980- | water polo | | |
| Brandt Snedeker | 1980- | golf | | |
| Suzy Batkovic | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Martín Demichelis | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Blaženko Lacković | 1980- | handball | | |
| Richie McCaw | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Danijel Pranjić | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Maddy Curley | 1981- | gymnastics | | |
| David Villa | 1981- | soccer | (Sánchez) | |
| Ján Ďurica | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Paolo Lorenzi | 1981- | tennis | | |
| Julien Benneteau | 1981- | tennis | | |
| Khalid Boulahrouz | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Diego Cavalieri | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Michael Essien | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Mithali Raj | 1982- | cricket | | |
| Ján Mucha | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Hamit Altıntop | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Raquel Atawo | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Margalita Chakhnashvili | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Óscar Bagüí | 1982- | soccer | (Angulo) | |
| Heidi Løke | 1982- | handball | | |
| Antrel Rolle | 1982- | football | | |
| Stanislav Šesták | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Lorenzo Cittadini | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Aksel Lund Svindal | 1982- | skiing | | |
| Ovidiu Hoban | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Aaron Rodgers | 1983- | football | | |
| Laura Hodges | 1983- | basketball | (Summerton) | |
| Jamie Heaslip | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Nieky Holzken | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Ognjen Vukojević | 1983- | soccer | | |
| José Fonte | 1983- | soccer | (Rocha) | |
| Matúš Kozáčik | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Merab Kvirikashvili | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Cosmin Moți | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Avraam Papadopoulos | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Dustin Brown | 1984- | tennis | | |
| Badr Hari | 1984- | boxing | | |
| Leighton Baines | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Steve Missillier | 1984- | skiing | | |
| Santi Cazorla | 1984- | soccer | (González) | |
| Michal Kadlec | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Martin Škrtel | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Christof Innerhofer | 1984- | skiing | | |
| Nikolaos Karabelas | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Leonardo Ghiraldini | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Gilles Simon | 1984- | tennis | | |
| LeBron James | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 1985- | cricket | | |
| André-Pierre Gignac | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Josh Donaldson | 1985- | baseball | | |
| Dwight Howard | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Andrei Prepeliță | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Guilherme Marinato | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Frida Hansdotter | 1985- | skiing | | |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | 1985- | soccer | (Mosquera) | |
| Máximo Banguera | 1985- | soccer | (Valdivieso) | |
| Gary Cahill | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Dalibor Šamšal | 1985- | skiing | | |
| Marija Jovanović | 1985- | handball | | |
| Adil Rami | 1985- | soccer | | |
| DeSean Jackson | 1986- | football | | |
| Claudiu Keșerü | 1986- | soccer | | |
| LeGarrette Blount | 1986- | football | | |
| Ledian Memushaj | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Dane Coles | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Mikael Lustig | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Keylor Navas | 1986- | soccer | (Gamboa) | |
| Alcides Escobar | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Ryan Babel | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Ousmane Viera | 1986- | soccer | (Diarrassouba) | |
| Tanmay Mishra | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Balázs Dzsudzsák | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Jamaal Charles | 1986- | football | | |
| Charlie Faumuina | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Theodor Gebre Selassie | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Lee Yong | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Aleksei Kozlov | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Hugo Lloris | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 1986- | track | | |
| Erfan Zeneli | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Marcelo Díaz | 1986- | soccer | (Rojas) | |
| Naeem Islam | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Alicia Sacramone | 1987- | gymnastics | | |
| David Cotterill | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Ádám Szalai | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Fabian Johnson | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Adam Kwarasey | 1987- | soccer | (Larsen) | |
| Albert Adomah | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Dan Lydiate | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Karim Benzema | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Éder | 1987- | soccer | (Macedo, Lopes) | |
| Owen Franks | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Demaryius Thomas | 1987-2021 | football | | |
| Thomaz Bellucci | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Seydou Doumbia | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Mihály Korhut | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Rémy Grosso | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Tina Charles | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Rhys Webb | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Wilfried Bony | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Simon Church | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Marcos Rocha | 1988- | soccer | (Aquino) | |
| Sam Burgess | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Toni Šunjić | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Mats Hummels | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Alexey Shved | 1988- | basketball | | |
| David Rudisha | 1988- | track | | |
| Yann Sommer | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Alexis Sánchez | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Leigh Halfpenny | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Niclas Ekberg | 1988- | handball | | |
| Stefanos Athanasiadis | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Nikola Mektić | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Erik Johansson | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Neal Skupski | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Matteo Darmian | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Nerea Pena | 1989- | handball | | |
| Jung Woo-young | 1989- | soccer | | |
| André Ayew | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Steve Johnson | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Diafra Sakho | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Yohan Blake | 1989- | track | | |
| Sofiane Feghouli | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Kei Nishikori | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Mohammed Rabiu | 1989- | soccer | (Al-Hassan) | |
| Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Gastón Ramírez | 1990- | soccer | (Pereyra) | |
| Christian Benteke | 1990- | soccer | | |
| David Goffin | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Renate Jansen | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Tommaso Benvenuti | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Victor Moses | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Tyron Smith | 1990- | football | | |
| Fletcher Cox | 1990- | football | | |
| Arantxa Rus | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Nehe Milner-Skudder | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Giannis Fetfatzidis | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Brice Dja Djédjé | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Aaron Ramsey | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Jarchinio Antonia | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Milos Raonic | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Christian Yelich | 1991- | baseball | | |
| Rachel Jarry | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Coco Vandeweghe | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Kiki Bertens | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Tommy Oar | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Steven Berghuis | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Fabian Schär | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Camila Giorgi | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Kurumi Nara | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Ivana Hong | 1992- | gymnastics | | |
| Ramon Azeez | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Ulrikke Eikeri | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Anamul Haque | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Lieke Martens | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Tom Rogić | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Lood de Jager | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Quinton de Kock | 1992- | cricket | | |
| Rashid Sumaila | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Katarina Ježić | 1992- | handball | | |
| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | 1992- | football | | |
| Tallo Gadji | 1992- | soccer | (Celi) | |
| Cerasela Pătraşcu | 1992- | gymnastics | | |
| Davante Adams | 1992- | football | | |
| Serge Aurier | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Michael Babatunde | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Ogenyi Onazi | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Miljan Vukadinović | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Desiree van Lunteren | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Ross Barkley | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Raphaël Guerreiro | 1993- | soccer | (José) | |
| Naser Aliji | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Karim Rekik | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Ondrej Duda | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Raheem Sterling | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 1994- | cricket | | |
| Jackie Groenen | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Jacko Gill | 1994- | track | | |
| Anthony Martial | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Patrick Roest | 1995- | skating | | |
| Barbora Krejčíková | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Anett Kontaveit | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Bartosz Kapustka | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Guus Til | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Ana Konjuh | 1997- | tennis | | |
| Jutta Leerdam | 1998- | skating | | |
| Jeremie Frimpong | 2000- | soccer | |