Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Notable Athletes; and the birth month is May
| Name | Lifespan | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess |  | |
| Dan Brouthers | 1858-1932 | baseball | | |
| Joe Hall | 1881-1919 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | | |
| Jim Thorpe | 1887-1953 | football | | |
| Cecil "Babe" Dye | 1898-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899-1938 | tennis | | |
| Adelin Benoît | 1900-1954 | cycling | | |
| Luis Monti | 1901-1983 | soccer | | |
| Max Euwe | 1901-1981 | chess | | |
| José Nasazzi | 1901-1968 | soccer | | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Al Simmons | 1902-1956 | baseball | | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 1903-1993 | baseball | | |
| Cecil "Tiny" Thompson | 1903-1981 | ice hockey | | |
| Johnny Moss | 1907-1995 | poker | | |
| Ilona Elek | 1907-1988 | fencing | | |
| Karl Schäfer | 1909-1976 | skating | | |
| Fred Perry | 1909-1995 | tennis | | |
| Sam Snead | 1912-2002 | golf | | |
| Joe Louis | 1914-1981 | boxing | (Barrow) | |
| Walter Edward "Turk" Broda | 1914-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Tinus Osendarp | 1916-2002 | track | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Robinson | 1921-1989 | boxing | (Smith) | |
| Željko Čajkovski | 1925-2016 | soccer | | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | | |
| Nílton Santos | 1925-2013 | soccer | | |
| Bill Sharman | 1926-2013 | basketball | | |
| Bernard Vukas | 1927-1983 | soccer | | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Lorne "Gump" Worsley | 1929-2007 | ice hockey | | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | | |
| K. C. Jones | 1932-2020 | basketball | | |
| Richie Guerin | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Johnny Unitas | 1933-2002 | football | | |
| Eric Caldow | 1934-2019 | soccer | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | | |
| Alketas Panagoulias | 1934-2012 | soccer | | |
| Luis Suárez Miramontes | 1935-2023 | soccer | | |
| Johnny Bucyk | 1935- | ice hockey | | |
| Tamara Press | 1937-2021 | track | | |
| Brooks Robinson | 1937-2023 | baseball | | |
| Adolf Scherer | 1938-2023 | soccer | | |
| Manuel Santana | 1938-2021 | tennis | | |
| Jerry West | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Vyacheslav Starshinov | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Stan Mikita | 1940-2018 | ice hockey | (Guoth) | |
| Sadaharu Oh | 1940- | baseball | (Ō) | |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1941- | chess | | |
| Věra Čáslavská | 1942-2016 | gymnastics | | |
| Pál Schmitt | 1942- | fencing | | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Philippe Gondet | 1942-2018 | soccer | | |
| Roger Brown | 1942-1997 | basketball | | |
| Gale Sayers | 1943-2020 | football | | |
| Joe Namath | 1943- | football | | |
| Jupp Heynckes | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Wolfram Löwe | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Yochanan Vollach | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Reggie Jackson | 1946- | baseball | | |
| André "the Giant" Roussimoff | 1946-1993 | wrestling | | |
| George Best | 1946-2005 | soccer | | |
| Irena Szewińska | 1946-2018 | track | (Kirszenstein) | |
| Calvin Murphy | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Boy Hayje | 1949- | driving | | |
| Archie Manning | 1949- | football | | |
| Anghel Iordănescu | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Anatoliy Karpov | 1951- | chess | | |
| Roger Milla | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1953- | basketball | (Abdul-Lateef) | |
| George Brett | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Daniel Passarella | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Olga Korbut | 1955- | gymnastics | | |
| Jack Morris | 1955- | baseball | | |
| Mark Howe | 1955- | ice hockey | | |
| Bernie Federko | 1956- | ice hockey | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Leonard | 1956- | boxing | | |
| Kirk Gibson | 1957- | baseball | | |
| Steve Hansen | 1959- | rugby | | |
| Sabahudin Bilalović | 1960-2003 | basketball | | |
| Franco Baresi | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960-2014 | baseball | | |
| Jari Kurri | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Yannick Noah | 1960- | tennis | | |
| Dennis Rodman | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Ken Flach | 1963-2018 | tennis | | |
| Joe Dumars | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Goran Prpić | 1964- | tennis | | |
| Stratos Apostolakis | 1964- | soccer | | |
| Steve Yzerman | 1965- | ice hockey | | |
| Pat Cash | 1965- | tennis | | |
| Bruno Gudelj | 1966- | handball | | |
| Cláudio Taffarel | 1966- | soccer | (Mergen) | |
| Eric Cantona | 1966- | soccer | | |
| Simen Agdestein | 1967- | chess | | |
| John Smoltz | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Boban Babunski | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Dariusz Michalczewski | 1968- | boxing | | |
| Tony Hawk | 1968- | skateboarding | | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Frank Thomas | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Brian Lara | 1969- | cricket | | |
| Dennis Bergkamp | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Petri Varis | 1969- | ice hockey | | |
| Emmitt Smith | 1969- | football | | |
| Ariel Hernández | 1970- | boxing | (Azcuy) | |
| Dawn Staley | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Frank de Boer | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Ronald de Boer | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 1970- | tennis | | |
| Jameel McCline | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Luan Krasniqi | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Monte Barrett | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Dwayne Johnson | 1972- | wrestling | | |
| Martin Brodeur | 1972- | ice hockey | | |
| Vladimir Šujster | 1972- | handball | | |
| Michael Reiziger | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Dilshod Yarbekov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Miguel Tejada | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Zsolt Erdei | 1974- | boxing | | |
| David Beckham | 1975- | soccer | | |
| Hélio Castroneves | 1975- | driving | | |
| Jonah Lomu | 1975-2015 | rugby | | |
| Ray Lewis | 1975- | football | | |
| Wolfram Kurschat | 1975- | cycling | | |
| John Higgins | 1975- | billiards | | |
| Denny Landzaat | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Kevin Garnett | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Sinha | 1976- | soccer | (Naelson, Matias) | |
| Siarhei Liakhovich | 1976- | boxing | (Piatrovič, Liachovič) | |
| Magnus Norman | 1976- | tennis | | |
| Noel Valladares | 1977- | soccer | (Bonilla) | |
| Victor Matfield | 1977- | rugby | | |
| Roy Halladay | 1977-2017 | baseball | | |
| Jayna Hefford | 1977- | ice hockey | | |
| Lúcio | 1978- | soccer | (Ferreira, da Silva) | |
| Mithat Demirel | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Reinaldo Navia | 1978- | soccer | (Amador) | |
| Amy Chow | 1978- | gymnastics | | |
| Ricardo Carvalho | 1978- | soccer | (Silveira) | |
| Brian Urlacher | 1978- | football | | |
| Sébastien Grosjean | 1978- | tennis | | |
| Mauro Bergamasco | 1979- | rugby | | |
| Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Mickaël Landreau | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Diego Forlán | 1979- | soccer | (Corazzo) | |
| Andrea Pirlo | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Damián Álvarez | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Rasual Butler | 1979-2018 | basketball | | |
| Dalibor Doder | 1979- | handball | | |
| Tracy McGrady | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Jonny Wilkinson | 1979- | rugby | | |
| Jean-François Gillet | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Karoline Dyhre Breivang | 1980- | handball | | |
| Alistair Overeem | 1980- | martial arts | | |
| Stéphane Robert | 1980- | tennis | | |
| Michaël Llodra | 1980- | tennis | | |
| Diego Pérez | 1980- | soccer | (Aguado) | |
| Theofanis Gekas | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Nicolas Mas | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Steven Gerrard | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Ilona Korstin | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Kubrat Pulev | 1981- | boxing | (Venkov) | |
| Andrea Barzagli | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Johnny Herrera | 1981- | soccer | (Muñoz) | |
| Humberto Suazo | 1981- | soccer | (Pontivo) | |
| Lauren Jackson | 1981- | basketball | | |
| Asmir Avdukić | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Elisabeth Pinedo | 1981- | handball | | |
| Patrice Evra | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Justin Morneau | 1981- | baseball | | |
| Schalk Brits | 1981- | rugby | | |
| Marius Niculae | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Georges St-Pierre | 1981- | martial arts | | |
| Iker Casillas | 1981- | soccer | (Fernández) | |
| Josh Hamilton | 1981- | baseball | | |
| Oriol Lozano | 1981- | soccer | (Farrán) | |
| Răzvan Raț | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Marlies Schild | 1981- | skiing | | |
| Beto | 1982- | soccer | (Bastos, Pimparel) | |
| Tommy Robredo | 1982- | tennis | (Garcés) | |
| Darijo Srna | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Dustin Colquitt | 1982- | football | | |
| Lindsay Whalen | 1982- | basketball | | |
| Adebayo Akinfenwa | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Anastasia Rodionova | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Paul James | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Veronica Campbell Brown | 1982- | track | | |
| Łukasz Kubot | 1982- | tennis | | |
| Matt Cassel | 1982- | football | | |
| Alan Mannus | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Petr Čech | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Wes Hoolahan | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Almir Lopes de Luna | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Ma'a Nonu | 1982- | rugby | | |
| DaMarcus Beasley | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Víctor Bernárdez | 1982- | soccer | (Blanco) | |
| Maja Sokač | 1982- | handball | (Zebić) | |
| Maynor Figueroa | 1983- | soccer | (Róchez) | |
| Tina Maze | 1983- | skiing | | |
| Dani Alves | 1983- | soccer | (da Silva) | |
| Gilles Müller | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Civard Sprockel | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Yaya Touré | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Frank Gore | 1983- | football | | |
| Tatenda Taibu | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Viktar Zuyev | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Viktor Pečovský | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Demy de Zeeuw | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Jean Makoun | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Rasim Tagirbekov | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Willem Alberts | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Andrés Iniesta | 1984- | soccer | (Luján) | |
| Hassan Yebda | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Christian Bolaños | 1984- | soccer | (Navarro) | |
| Igor Denisov | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Gary Woodland | 1984- | golf | | |
| Bismarck du Plessis | 1984- | rugby | | |
| Hugo Almeida | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Zak DeOssie | 1984- | football | | |
| Carmelo Anthony | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Kyle Busch | 1985- | driving | | |
| Ezequiel Lavezzi | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Fernandinho | 1985- | soccer | (Roza) | |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Chris Paul | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Tonje Nøstvold | 1985- | handball | | |
| Sasha Kaun | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Carl Medjani | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Corey Perry | 1985- | ice hockey | | |
| Teófilo Gutiérrez | 1985- | soccer | (Roncancio) | |
| Matt Ryan | 1985- | football | | |
| Chris Froome | 1985- | cycling | | |
| Lucie Hradecká | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Carlos Valdés | 1985- | soccer | (Parra) | |
| Ernestas Šetkus | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Hernanes | 1985- | soccer | (de Carvalho, Viana, Lima) | |
| Jordy Nelson | 1985- | football | | |
| Yasir Shah | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Erik Paartalu | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Scott Spedding | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Alexandrina Barbosa | 1986- | handball | | |
| Evgeny Voronov | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Emilio Izaguirre | 1986- | soccer | (Girón) | |
| Miguel Veloso | 1986- | soccer | (Pinto) | |
| Jamie Ward | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Jasmin Fejzić | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Kevin Anderson | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Stéphane Mbia | 1986- | soccer | (Etoundi) | |
| Mario Mandžukić | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Ruben Zadkovich | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Geraint Thomas | 1986- | cycling | | |
| Badra Ali Sangaré | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Leonardo Bonucci | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Cesc Fàbregas | 1987- | soccer | (Soler) | |
| Dries Mertens | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Dan Cole | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Emmanuel Emenike | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Tomoaki Makino | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Kieron Pollard | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Darren Randolph | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Ari Freyr Skúlason | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Andy Murray | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Miljana Bojović | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Mike Havenaar | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Masato Morishige | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Javier Beirán | 1987- | basketball | (Amigo) | |
| Novak Đoković | 1987- | tennis | (Djokovic) | |
| Kristina Elez | 1987- | handball | (Franić) | |
| Vladimir Granat | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Arturo Vidal | 1987- | soccer | (Pardo) | |
| Krzysztof Mączyński | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Fabio Fognini | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Kamil Stoch | 1987- | skiing | | |
| Olcay Şahan | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Gervinho | 1987- | soccer | (Kouassi) | |
| Tim Visser | 1987- | rugby | | |
| Alireza Haghighi | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Radja Nainggolan | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Frickson Erazo | 1988- | soccer | (Vivero) | |
| Alex Goode | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Adam Lallana | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Allan Nyom | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Juan Imhoff | 1988- | rugby | | |
| Biljana Pavićević | 1988- | handball | | |
| Marcelo Vieira | 1988- | soccer | (da Silva) | |
| Endéné Miyem | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Marcus Olsson | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Martin Olsson | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Santana Garrett | 1988- | wrestling | | |
| Angelo Ogbonna | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Anémone Marmottan | 1988- | skiing | | |
| Juan Cuadrado | 1988- | soccer | (Bello) | |
| Sunil Narine | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Luís Neto | 1988- | soccer | (Novo) | |
| Birkir Bjarnason | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Celso Borges | 1988- | soccer | (Mora) | |
| Carmen Martín | 1988- | handball | (Berenguer) | |
| Katinka Hosszú | 1989- | swimming | | |
| Rory McIlroy | 1989- | golf | | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Benoît Paire | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Hrvoje Milić | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Giovani dos Santos | 1989- | soccer | (Ramírez) | |
| Cam Newton | 1989- | football | | |
| P. K. Subban | 1989- | ice hockey | | |
| James Holland | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Alexandru Chipciu | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Stefan Ilsanker | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Ryan Wilson | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Betül Cemre Yıldız | 1989- | chess | | |
| Hal Robson-Kanu | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Kalin Lucas | 1989- | basketball | | |
| David Meyler | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Mikel San José | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Marco Reus | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Irina Falconi | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Masato Kudo | 1990-2022 | soccer | | |
| José Altuve | 1990- | baseball | | |
| Péter Gulácsi | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Lane Johnson | 1990- | football | | |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Temba Bavuma | 1990- | cricket | | |
| Víctor Ibarbo | 1990- | soccer | (Guerrero) | |
| Kristína Kučová | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Majda Mehmedović | 1990- | handball | | |
| Mikheil Nariashvili | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Yuri Lodygin | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Jonas Hector | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Kyle Walker | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Sherida Spitse | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Josef Šural | 1990-2019 | soccer | | |
| Bartosz Salamon | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Serhiy Sydorchuk | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Raúl Jiménez | 1991- | soccer | (Rodríguez) | |
| Gareth Anscombe | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Yaser Kasim | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Duncan Weir | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Johanna Konta | 1991- | tennis | | |
| David Pavelka | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Jonathan Joseph | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Odise Roshi | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Safyaan Sharif | 1991- | cricket | | |
| Beauden Barrett | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Armando Sadiku | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Filip Starzyński | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Ji Dong-won | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Andrei Vasilevski | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Brodie Retallick | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Will Skelton | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Ryan Harrison | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Thibaut Courtois | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Christina McHale | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Erik Durm | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Conor Washington | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Heather Watson | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Damir Džumhur | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Gerónimo Rulli | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Nika Kvekveskiri | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Mallex Smith | 1993- | baseball | | |
| Nicolae Stanciu | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Ajla Tomljanović | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Tímea Babos | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Romelu Lukaku | 1993- | soccer | (Menama) | |
| Kristina Mladenovic | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Oliver Zelenika | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Merab Sharikadze | 1993- | rugby | | |
| Rafa Silva | 1993- | soccer | (Fernandes, Ferreira) | |
| Jana Čepelová | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Barnabás Bese | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Mateo Kovačić | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Marquinhos | 1994- | soccer | (Aoás, Corrêa) | |
| Steliano Filip | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Piotr Zieliński | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Tom Daley | 1994- | diving | | |
| Kira Toussaint | 1994- | swimming | | |
| Valerian Gvilia | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Samed Yeşil | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Willy Hernangómez | 1994- | basketball | (Geuer) | |
| Makoto Ninomiya | 1994- | tennis | | |
| John Stones | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Thiago Monteiro | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Anwar El Ghazi | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Marko Pjaca | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Tuur Dierckx | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Irina Khromacheva | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Mariusz Stępiński | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Kagiso Rabada | 1995- | cricket | | |
| Kenan Sipahi | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Marius Wolf | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok | 1996- | e-sports | | |
| Kateřina Siniaková | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Sebastian Ofner | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Fabrice Olinga | 1996- | soccer | (Essono) | |
| Huang Huidan | 1996- | gymnastics | | |
| Chung Hyeon | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Karen Khachanov | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Aleksandr Golovin | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Daria Kasatkina | 1997- | tennis | | |
| Frenkie de Jong | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Sisca Folkertsma | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Olivia Podmore | 1997-2021 | cycling | | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1998- | tennis | | |
| Alex Král | 1998- | soccer | | |
| Justin Kluivert | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Cody Gakpo | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Jade Carey | 2000- | gymnastics | | |
| Joshua Zirkzee | 2001- | soccer | | |
| Sivert Mannsverk | 2002- | soccer | (Heggheim) | |
| Ryan Gravenberch | 2002- | soccer | | |
| Kenneth Taylor | 2002- | soccer | | |
| Alina Zagitova | 2002- | skating | |