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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinem Doğu | 1987- | ice hockey |  | |
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818-1879 | chess | | |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess | | |
| Adolf Schwarz | 1836-1910 | chess | | |
| Paul Morphy | 1837-1884 | chess | | |
| W. G. Grace | 1848-1915 | cricket | | |
| Adolf Albin | 1848-1920 | chess | | |
| Albert Spalding | 1850-1915 | baseball | | |
| Adrian "Cap" Anson | 1852-1922 | baseball | | |
| Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn | 1854-1897 | baseball | | |
| Axel Paulsen | 1855-1938 | skating | | |
| Tim Keefe | 1857-1933 | baseball | | |
| Dan Brouthers | 1858-1932 | baseball | | |
| Kanō Jigorō | 1860-1938 | martial arts | | |
| Cy Young | 1867-1955 | baseball | | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | 1867-1920 | tennis | | |
| Funakoshi Gichin | 1868-1957 | martial arts | | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Charlotte Cooper | 1870-1966 | tennis | | |
| Jimmy Collins | 1870-1943 | baseball | | |
| Major Ritchie | 1870-1955 | tennis | | |
| Willie Keeler | 1872-1923 | baseball | | |
| Spyridon Louis | 1873-1940 | track | | |
| Ray Ewry | 1873-1937 | track | | |
| Dan Bain | 1874-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Honus Wagner | 1874-1955 | baseball | | |
| Nap Lajoie | 1874-1959 | baseball | | |
| Thomas Burke | 1875-1929 | track | | |
| Alfréd Hajós | 1878-1955 | swimming | | |
| Jack Johnson | 1878-1946 | boxing | | |
| Hod Stuart | 1879-1907 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack Laviolette | 1879-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Addie Joss | 1880-1911 | baseball | | |
| Christy Mathewson | 1880-1925 | baseball | | |
| Joe Hall | 1881-1919 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Evers | 1881-1947 | baseball | | |
| Ueshiba Morihei | 1883-1969 | martial arts | | |
| Lester Patrick | 1883-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Molla Mallory | 1884-1959 | tennis | | |
| Art Ross | 1885-1964 | ice hockey | | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | | |
| Georges Vézina | 1887-1926 | ice hockey | | |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1887-1950 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | | |
| Jim Thorpe | 1887-1953 | football | | |
| Harry Hooper | 1887-1974 | baseball | | |
| Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde | 1887-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Walter Johnson | 1887-1946 | baseball | | |
| Tris Speaker | 1888-1958 | baseball | | |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 1888-1942 | chess | | |
| Stan Coveleski | 1889-1984 | baseball | | |
| Hannes Kolehmainen | 1889-1966 | track | | |
| Eddie Gerard | 1890-1937 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Malone | 1890-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Duke Kahanamoku | 1890-1968 | swimming | | |
| Jack Darragh | 1890-1924 | ice hockey | | |
| Cy Denneny | 1891-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Hobey Baker | 1892-1918 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry "Punch" Broadbent | 1892-1971 | ice hockey | | |
| Arthur Friedenreich | 1892-1969 | soccer | | |
| Dick Irvin | 1892-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Clint Benedict | 1892-1976 | ice hockey | | |
| Alexander Alekhine | 1892-1946 | chess | | |
| Walter Hagen | 1892-1969 | golf | | |
| Frank Nighbor | 1893-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Tilden | 1893-1953 | tennis | | |
| Clas Thunberg | 1893-1973 | skating | | |
| Tinus van Beurden | 1893-1950 | soccer | | |
| Gillis Grafström | 1893-1938 | skating | | |
| Ip Man | 1893-1972 | martial arts | (Yip) | |
| Nedo Nadi | 1894-1940 | fencing | | |
| Jack Adams | 1894-1968 | ice hockey | | |
| George Halas | 1895-1983 | football | | |
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1895-1948 | baseball | | |
| Santiago Bernabéu | 1895-1978 | soccer | | |
| Jack Dempsey | 1895-1983 | boxing | | |
| George Hainsworth | 1895-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Frank Fredrickson | 1895-1979 | ice hockey | | |
| Apostolos Nikolaidis | 1896-1980 | soccer | | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1896-1963 | baseball | | |
| Reg Noble | 1896-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Cook | 1896-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Paavo Nurmi | 1897-1973 | track | | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1897-1973 | baseball | | |
| Enzo Ferrari | 1898-1988 | driving | | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | 1898-1965 | football | | |
| Cecil "Babe" Dye | 1898-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry "Moose" Watson | 1898-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Héctor Scarone | 1898-1967 | soccer | | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899-1938 | tennis | | |
| Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove | 1900-1975 | baseball | | |
| Edvīns Bārda | 1900-1947 | soccer | | |
| Joe Lapchick | 1900-1970 | basketball | | |
| Jim Bottomley | 1900-1959 | baseball | | |
| Adelin Benoît | 1900-1954 | cycling | | |
| Roy Worters | 1900-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Billy Burch | 1900-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | | |
| Ricardo Zamora | 1901-1978 | soccer | | |
| Luis Monti | 1901-1983 | soccer | | |
| Max Euwe | 1901-1981 | chess | | |
| José Nasazzi | 1901-1968 | soccer | | |
| Clarence "Hap" Day | 1901-1990 | ice hockey | | |
| Aurèle Joliat | 1901-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Learie Constantine | 1901-1971 | cricket | | |
| Frank Boucher | 1901-1977 | ice hockey | | |
| Arvīds Bārda | 1901-1940 | soccer | | |
| Gene Sarazen | 1902-1999 | golf | (Saraceni) | |
| Bobby Jones | 1902-1971 | golf | | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Al Simmons | 1902-1956 | baseball | | |
| Howie Morenz | 1902-1937 | ice hockey | | |
| Pua Kealoha | 1902-1989 | swimming | | |
| Gianpiero Combi | 1902-1956 | soccer | | |
| Eddie Shore | 1902-1985 | ice hockey | | |
| Reginald "Hooley" Smith | 1903-1963 | ice hockey | | |
| Rūdolfs Bārda | 1903-1991 | soccer | | |
| Matthias Sindelar | 1903-1939 | soccer | | |
| Francis "King" Clancy | 1903-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Mickey Cochrane | 1903-1962 | baseball | | |
| Paul Waner | 1903-1965 | baseball | | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 1903-1993 | baseball | | |
| Cecil "Tiny" Thompson | 1903-1981 | ice hockey | | |
| Harold "Red" Grange | 1903-1991 | football | | |
| Lou Gehrig | 1903-1941 | baseball | | |
| Irvine "Ace" Bailey | 1903-1992 | ice hockey | | |
| Maurice "The French Angel" Tillet | 1903-1954 | wrestling | | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Weissmuller | 1904-1984 | swimming | | |
| František Plánička | 1904-1996 | soccer | | |
| René Lacoste | 1904-1996 | tennis | | |
| Charlie Gardiner | 1904-1934 | ice hockey | | |
| Guillermo Stábile | 1905-1966 | soccer | | |
| Elemér Berkessy | 1905-1993 | soccer | | |
| Omobono Tenni | 1905-1948 | cycling | | |
| Max Schmeling | 1905-2005 | boxing | | |
| Helen Wills | 1905-1998 | tennis | | |
| Angelo Schiavio | 1905-1990 | soccer | | |
| Gertrude Ederle | 1905-2003 | swimming | | |
| Marty Barry | 1905-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Vera Menchik | 1906-1944 | chess | | |
| Evald Tipner | 1906-1947 | soccer | | |
| Satchel Paige | 1906-1982 | baseball | | |
| Joe Cronin | 1906-1984 | baseball | | |
| Giuseppe Farina | 1906-1966 | driving | | |
| Aubrey "Dit" Clapper | 1907-1978 | ice hockey | | |
| Johnny Moss | 1907-1995 | poker | | |
| Ilona Elek | 1907-1988 | fencing | | |
| Bill Dickey | 1907-1993 | baseball | | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1907-1967 | baseball | | |
| Don Bradman | 1908-2001 | cricket | | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 1908-1990 | football | | |
| Mel Ott | 1909-1958 | baseball | | |
| Karl Schäfer | 1909-1976 | skating | | |
| Fred Perry | 1909-1995 | tennis | | |
| Adolf Šimperský | 1909-1964 | soccer | | |
| Bert Patenaude | 1909-1974 | soccer | | |
| Oldřich Nejedlý | 1909-1990 | soccer | | |
| Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean | 1910-1974 | baseball | | |
| Elemér Kocsis | 1910-1981 | soccer | | |
| Aladár Gerevich | 1910-1991 | fencing | | |
| Giuseppe Meazza | 1910-1979 | soccer | | |
| John Wooden | 1910-2010 | basketball | | |
| Hank Greenberg | 1911-1986 | baseball | | |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1911-1995 | driving | | |
| Babe Didrikson Zaharias | 1911-1956 | golf; track | | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911-1995 | chess | | |
| Syd Howe | 1911-1976 | ice hockey | | |
| Kick Smit | 1911-1974 | soccer | | |
| Josh Gibson | 1911-1947 | baseball | | |
| Byron Nelson | 1912-2006 | golf | | |
| Makar Honcharenko | 1912-1997 | soccer | | |
| Sonja Henie | 1912-1969 | skating | | |
| Sam Snead | 1912-2002 | golf | | |
| György Sárosi | 1912-1993 | soccer | | |
| Ben Hogan | 1912-1997 | golf | | |
| Hector "Toe" Blake | 1912-1995 | ice hockey | | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | (Jackson) | |
| Johnny Mize | 1913-1993 | baseball | | |
| Don Hutson | 1913-1997 | football | | |
| Leônidas | 1913-2004 | soccer | (da Silva) | |
| Jesse Owens | 1913-1980 | track | | |
| Josef Bican | 1913-2001 | soccer | | |
| Frank Brimsek | 1913-1998 | ice hockey | | |
| Silvio Piola | 1913-1996 | soccer | | |
| Gardnar Mulloy | 1913-2016 | tennis | | |
| Adolf Urban | 1914-1943 | soccer | | |
| Sammy Baugh | 1914-2008 | football | | |
| Felice Borel | 1914-1993 | soccer | | |
| Joe Louis | 1914-1981 | boxing | (Barrow) | |
| Walter Edward "Turk" Broda | 1914-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Gino Bartali | 1914-2000 | cycling | | |
| Woody Strode | 1914-1994 | football | | |
| Joe DiMaggio | 1914-1999 | baseball | | |
| Syl Apps | 1915-1998 | ice hockey | | |
| Stanley Matthews | 1915-2000 | soccer | | |
| Paul Keres | 1916-1975 | chess | | |
| Bill Durnan | 1916-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Tinus Osendarp | 1916-2002 | track | | |
| Herbert "Buddy" O'Connor | 1916-1977 | ice hockey | | |
| Doug Bentley | 1916-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Roy Conacher | 1916-1984 | ice hockey | | |
| Al Cervi | 1917-2009 | basketball | | |
| Lou Boudreau | 1917-2001 | baseball | | |
| Kimura Masahiko | 1917-1993 | martial arts | | |
| Buddy Jeannette | 1917-1998 | basketball | | |
| Obdulio Varela | 1917-1996 | soccer | | |
| Phil Rizzuto | 1917-2007 | baseball | | |
| Naim Kryeziu | 1918-2010 | soccer | | |
| Elmer Lach | 1918-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Sid Abel | 1918-2000 | ice hockey | | |
| Milt Schmidt | 1918-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Doerr | 1918-2017 | baseball | | |
| Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1918-2004 | track | | |
| Alberto Ascari | 1918-1955 | driving | | |
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | 1918-1999 | baseball | | |
| Ted Williams | 1918-2002 | baseball | | |
| Achiel Bruneel | 1918-2008 | cycling | | |
| Ken Miles | 1918-1966 | driving | | |
| Bob Feller | 1918-2010 | baseball | | |
| Achiel Buysse | 1918-1984 | cycling | | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1919-1972 | baseball | | |
| Rie Mastenbroek | 1919-2003 | swimming | | |
| Edoardo Mangiarotti | 1919-2012 | fencing | | |
| Émile "Butch" Bouchard | 1919-2012 | ice hockey | | |
| Fausto Coppi | 1919-1960 | cycling | | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | baseball | | |
| Bob Davies | 1920-1990 | basketball | | |
| Max Bentley | 1920-1984 | ice hockey | | |
| Franjo Mihalić | 1920-2015 | track | | |
| Cor Kint | 1920-2002 | swimming | | |
| Chuck Rayner | 1920-2002 | ice hockey | | |
| Rune Johansson | 1920-1998 | ice hockey | | |
| Fritz Walter | 1920-2002 | soccer | | |
| Stan Musial | 1920-2013 | baseball | | |
| Ágnes Keleti | 1921- | gymnastics | | |
| Vasiliy Smyslov | 1921-2010 | chess | | |
| Chuck Connors | 1921-1992 | baseball; basketball | | |
| Warren Spahn | 1921-2003 | baseball | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Robinson | 1921-1989 | boxing | (Smith) | |
| Bobby Wanzer | 1921-2016 | basketball | | |
| Maurice "Rocket" Richard | 1921-2000 | ice hockey | | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 1921-2001 | tennis | | |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 1921-1995 | soccer | | |
| Joe Fulks | 1921-1976 | basketball | | |
| Frido Frey | 1921-2000 | basketball | | |
| Roy Campanella | 1921-1993 | baseball | | |
| Otto Graham | 1921-2003 | football | | |
| Jake LaMotta | 1922-2017 | boxing | | |
| Nándor Hidegkuti | 1922-2002 | soccer | | |
| Andy Phillip | 1922-2001 | basketball | | |
| Jim Pollard | 1922-1993 | basketball | | |
| George Kell | 1922-2009 | baseball | | |
| Emil Zátopek | 1922-2000 | track | | |
| Willie Pep | 1922-2006 | boxing | (Papaleo) | |
| Jock Stein | 1922-1985 | soccer | | |
| Nils Liedholm | 1922-2007 | soccer | | |
| Ralph Kiner | 1922-2014 | baseball | | |
| Ademir Marques de Menezes | 1922-1996 | soccer | | |
| Atilio Cremaschi | 1923-2007 | soccer | (Oyarzún) | |
| Oyama Masutatsu | 1923-1994 | martial arts | (Choi) | |
| Rocky Marciano | 1923-1969 | boxing | | |
| Larry Doby | 1923-2003 | baseball | | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Al Rosen | 1924-2015 | baseball | | |
| Joe Gaetjens | 1924-1964 | soccer | | |
| George Mikan | 1924-2005 | basketball | | |
| Faidon Mattheou | 1924-2011 | basketball | (Matthaiou) | |
| Arnie Risen | 1924-2012 | basketball | | |
| Aleksandar Nikolić | 1924-2000 | basketball | | |
| Johnny Bower | 1924-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Doug Harvey | 1924-1989 | ice hockey | | |
| Bob Kurland | 1924-2013 | basketball | | |
| Everton Weekes | 1925-2020 | cricket | | |
| Željko Čajkovski | 1925-2016 | soccer | | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | | |
| Nílton Santos | 1925-2013 | soccer | | |
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | 1925-2002 | soccer | | |
| Ted Lindsay | 1925-2019 | ice hockey | | |
| Slater Martin | 1925-2012 | basketball | | |
| Ernst Happel | 1925-1992 | soccer | | |
| Ted Kennedy | 1925-2009 | ice hockey | | |
| Elemér Szathmáry | 1926-1971 | swimming | | |
| Gertrude Kolar | 1926-2014 | gymnastics | (Gollner) | |
| Dick McGuire | 1926-2010 | basketball | | |
| Allan Stanley | 1926-2013 | ice hockey | | |
| Ljubiša Spajić | 1926-2004 | soccer | | |
| Jack Brabham | 1926-2014 | driving | | |
| Bill Sharman | 1926-2013 | basketball | | |
| Don Newcombe | 1926-2019 | baseball | | |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926-2014 | soccer | | |
| Bert Olmstead | 1926-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Mihály Tóth | 1926-1990 | soccer | (Tot) | |
| Edwin "Duke" Snider | 1926-2011 | baseball | | |
| Chuck Cooper | 1926-1984 | basketball | | |
| Robin Roberts | 1926-2010 | baseball | | |
| Marques Haynes | 1926-2015 | basketball | | |
| Ergilio Hato | 1926-2003 | soccer | | |
| Gino Marchetti | 1927-2019 | football | | |
| Richie Ashburn | 1927-1997 | baseball | | |
| Ferenc Puskás | 1927-2006 | soccer | | |
| Harry Gallatin | 1927-2015 | basketball | | |
| Bernard Vukas | 1927-1983 | soccer | | |
| Ladislao Kubala | 1927-2002 | soccer | | |
| Leonard "Red" Kelly | 1927-2019 | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Gadsby | 1927-2016 | ice hockey | | |
| Carl Braun | 1927-2010 | basketball | | |
| Dezső Gyarmati | 1927-2013 | water polo | | |
| Nellie Fox | 1927-1975 | baseball | | |
| Cor van der Hart | 1928-2006 | soccer | | |
| Rinus Michels | 1928-2005 | soccer | | |
| Tom Johnson | 1928-2007 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Macauley | 1928-2011 | basketball | | |
| Gordie Howe | 1928-2016 | ice hockey | | |
| Earl Lloyd | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Paul Arizin | 1928-2006 | basketball | | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Pál Benkő | 1928-2019 | chess | | |
| Bob Cousy | 1928- | basketball | | |
| Didi | 1928-2001 | soccer | (Pereira) | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 1928-2013 | basketball | | |
| Whitey Ford | 1928-2020 | baseball | | |
| George Yardley | 1928-2004 | basketball | | |
| Jacques Plante | 1929-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Neil Johnston | 1929-1978 | basketball | | |
| Burhan Sargun | 1929-2023 | soccer | | |
| Graham Hill | 1929-1975 | driving | | |
| Djalma Santos | 1929-2013 | soccer | | |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1929-1959 | driving | | |
| Lorne "Gump" Worsley | 1929-2007 | ice hockey | | |
| Antonio Carbajal | 1929-2023 | soccer | | |
| Tigran Petrosian | 1929-1984 | chess | | |
| Helmut Rahn | 1929-2003 | soccer | | |
| Zoltán Czibor | 1929-1997 | soccer | | |
| Clyde Lovellette | 1929-2016 | basketball | | |
| Arnold Palmer | 1929-2016 | golf | | |
| Stirling Moss | 1929-2020 | driving | | |
| Sándor Kocsis | 1929-1979 | soccer | | |
| Luigi Taveri | 1929-2018 | driving | | |
| Lev Yashin | 1929-1990 | soccer | | |
| Carwyn James | 1929-1983 | rugby | | |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1929-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Sonny Liston | c. 1930-1970 | boxing | | |
| Tim Horton | 1930-1974 | ice hockey | | |
| Marcel Pronovost | 1930-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Árpád Fazekas | 1930-2018 | soccer | | |
| George Armstrong | 1930-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| Frank Gifford | 1930-2015 | football | | |
| Gilmar | 1930-2013 | soccer | (dos Santos, Neves) | |
| André Lerond | 1930-2018 | soccer | | |
| Refik Resmja | 1931-1997 | soccer | | |
| Dickie Moore | 1931-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Ernie Banks | 1931-2015 | baseball | | |
| Josef Masopust | 1931-2015 | soccer | | |
| Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion | 1931-2006 | ice hockey | | |
| Stanko Lorger | 1931-2014 | track | | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | | |
| Frank Ramsey | 1931-2018 | basketball | | |
| Cor van der Gijp | 1931-2022 | soccer | | |
| Leo Boivin | 1931-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| Mário Zagallo | 1931- | soccer | | |
| Jean Béliveau | 1931-2014 | ice hockey | | |
| Rupert Hollaus | 1931-1954 | driving | | |
| Glenn Hall | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Eddie Mathews | 1931-2001 | baseball | | |
| Raymond Kopa | 1931-2017 | soccer | | |
| Mickey Mantle | 1931-1995 | baseball | | |
| Jim Bunning | 1931-2017 | baseball | | |
| Milko Bobotsov | 1931-2000 | chess | | |
| Alex Delvecchio | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | | |
| Pierre Pilote | 1931-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Cesare Maldini | 1932-2016 | soccer | | |
| Bob Houbregs | 1932-2014 | basketball | | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | 1932-2015 | basketball | | |
| K. C. Jones | 1932-2020 | basketball | | |
| Richie Guerin | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Oleg Protopopov | 1932- | skating | | |
| Abebe Bikila | 1932-1973 | track | | |
| Zito | 1932-2015 | soccer | (de Miranda) | |
| Andy Bathgate | 1932-2016 | ice hockey | | |
| Ron Saunders | 1932-2019 | soccer | | |
| Jenő Dalnoki | 1932-2006 | soccer | | |
| Bob Pettit | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Harry Howell | 1932-2019 | ice hockey | | |
| Tom Gola | 1933-2014 | basketball | | |
| Asim Ferhatović | 1933-1987 | soccer | | |
| Antonis Georgiadis | 1933-2020 | soccer | | |
| Bobby Robson | 1933-2009 | soccer | | |
| Azeglio Vicini | 1933-2018 | soccer | | |
| Leo Canjels | 1933-2010 | soccer | | |
| Feridun Buğeker | 1933-2014 | soccer | | |
| Johnny Unitas | 1933-2002 | football | | |
| Maurice Stokes | 1933-1970 | basketball | | |
| Sam Jones | 1933-2021 | basketball | | |
| Tomislav Ivić | 1933-2011 | soccer | | |
| David Storey | 1933-2017 | rugby | | |
| Doyle Brunson | 1933-2023 | poker | | |
| Just Fontaine | 1933-2023 | soccer | | |
| Alan Stacey | 1933-1960 | driving | | |
| Forrest Gregg | 1933-2019 | football | | |
| Paco Gento | 1933-2022 | soccer | | |
| Garrincha | 1933-1983 | soccer | (dos Santos) | |
| Rik Van Looy | 1933- | cycling | | |
| Jacques Anquetil | 1934-1987 | cycling | | |
| Bart Starr | 1934-2019 | football | | |
| Hank Aaron | 1934-2021 | baseball | | |
| Bill Russell | 1934-2022 | basketball | | |
| Luis Aparicio | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Eric Caldow | 1934-2019 | soccer | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | | |
| Alketas Panagoulias | 1934-2012 | soccer | | |
| Adolf Christian | 1934-1999 | cycling | | |
| Willie Davis | 1934-2020 | football | | |
| Roberto Clemente | 1934-1972 | baseball | | |
| Tom Heinsohn | 1934-2020 | basketball | | |
| Gert Blomé | 1934-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| Roger Maris | 1934-1985 | baseball | | |
| Elgin Baylor | 1934-2021 | basketball | | |
| Maureen Connolly | 1934-1969 | tennis | | |
| Sam Huff | 1934-2021 | football | | |
| Ken Rosewall | 1934- | tennis | | |
| Vavá | 1934-2002 | soccer | (Izídio) | |
| Al Kaline | 1934-2020 | baseball | | |
| Larisa Latynina | 1934- | gymnastics | | |
| Floyd Patterson | 1935-2006 | boxing | | |
| Miroslav Blažević | 1935-2023 | soccer | | |
| Luis Suárez Miramontes | 1935-2023 | soccer | | |
| Johnny Bucyk | 1935- | ice hockey | | |
| Len Dawson | 1935-2022 | football | | |
| Alex Karras | 1935-2012 | football | | |
| Frank Robinson | 1935-2019 | baseball | | |
| Guy Rodgers | 1935-2001 | basketball | | |
| Miltos Papapostolou | 1935-2017 | soccer | | |
| Károly Palotai | 1935-2018 | soccer | | |
| Jimmy Armfield | 1935-2018 | soccer | | |
| Omar Sívori | 1935-2005 | soccer | | |
| Gary Player | 1935- | golf | | |
| Bob Gibson | 1935-2020 | baseball | | |
| Nera White | 1935-2016 | basketball | | |
| Toni Sailer | 1935-2009 | skiing | | |
| Ludmila Belousova | 1935-2017 | skating | | |
| Paul Hornung | 1935-2020 | football | | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 1935- | cricket | | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1935- | baseball | | |
| Mikhail Tal | 1936-1992 | chess | | |
| Tinus Bosselaar | 1936-2018 | soccer | | |
| Jim Brown | 1936-2023 | football | | |
| Henri Richard | 1936-2020 | ice hockey | | |
| Jim Clark | 1936-1968 | driving | | |
| Dragoljub Minić | 1936-2005 | chess | | |
| Raymond Poulidor | 1936-2019 | cycling | | |
| Leonel Sánchez | 1936-2022 | soccer | (Lineros) | |
| Denny Hulme | 1936-1992 | driving | | |
| Hal Greer | 1936-2018 | basketball | | |
| Harmon Killebrew | 1936-2011 | baseball | | |
| Don Drysdale | 1936-1993 | baseball | | |
| Garfield Sobers | 1936- | cricket | | |
| Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain | 1936-1999 | basketball | | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 1936- | baseball | | |
| Al Oerter | 1936-2007 | track | | |
| Hans Kraay Sr. | 1936-2017 | soccer | | |
| Roy Emerson | 1936- | tennis | | |
| Uwe Seeler | 1936-2022 | soccer | | |
| Edda Buding | 1936-2014 | tennis | | |
| Iolanda Balaș | 1936-2016 | track | | |
| Willie Wood | 1936-2020 | football | | |
| Bailey Howell | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Boris Spassky | 1937- | chess | | |
| Tsukasa Hosaka | 1937-2018 | soccer | | |
| Arie Selinger | 1937- | volleyball | | |
| Tamara Press | 1937-2021 | track | | |
| Brooks Robinson | 1937-2023 | baseball | | |
| Emiliano Rodríguez | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Bruce McLaren | 1937-1970 | driving | | |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1937-2012 | baseball | | |
| Bobby Charlton | 1937- | soccer | | |
| Lenny Wilkens | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Tom Simpson | 1937-1967 | cycling | | |
| Chris Bristow | 1937-1960 | driving | | |
| Gordon Banks | 1937-2019 | soccer | | |
| Willie McCovey | 1938-2018 | baseball | | |
| Frank Mahovlich | 1938- | ice hockey | | |
| Yevgeni Mayorov | 1938-1997 | ice hockey | | |
| Cocky Gastelaars | 1938- | swimming | (van Engelsdorp) | |
| Adolf Scherer | 1938-2023 | soccer | | |
| Manuel Santana | 1938-2021 | tennis | | |
| Jerry West | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Billy Williams | 1938- | baseball | | |
| Luis Aragonés | 1938-2014 | soccer | | |
| Rod Laver | 1938- | tennis | | |
| Otto Rehhagel | 1938- | soccer | | |
| Bennie Muller | 1938-2024 | soccer | | |
| Gaylord Perry | 1938-2022 | baseball | | |
| Radivoj Korać | 1938-1969 | basketball | | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Oscar Robertson | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Lee Trevino | 1939- | golf | | |
| Bobby Hull | 1939-2023 | ice hockey | | |
| Joseph Bonnel | 1939-2018 | soccer | | |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | 1939- | soccer | | |
| Phil Niekro | 1939-2020 | baseball | | |
| Cor Veldhoen | 1939-2005 | soccer | | |
| Jackie Stewart | 1939- | driving | | |
| Lou Brock | 1939-2020 | baseball | | |
| Walt Bellamy | 1939-2013 | basketball | | |
| Amarildo | 1939- | soccer | (Tavares, da Silveira) | |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 1939- | baseball | | |
| Nikola Pilić | 1939- | tennis | | |
| Mario Trebbi | 1939-2018 | soccer | | |
| Mike Ditka | 1939- | football | | |
| Boro Jovanović | 1939- | tennis | | |
| Zelmo Beaty | 1939-2013 | basketball | | |
| Kip Keino | 1940- | track | | |
| Jack Nicklaus | 1940- | golf | | |
| Chet Walker | 1940- | basketball | | |
| Denis Law | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Ron Santo | 1940-2010 | baseball | | |
| Mario Andretti | 1940- | driving | | |
| Billy McNeill | 1940-2019 | soccer | | |
| Willie Stargell | 1940-2001 | baseball | | |
| Jerry Lucas | 1940- | basketball | | |
| John Havlicek | 1940-2019 | basketball | | |
| Mirko Jozić | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Francisco Buscató | 1940- | basketball | (Durlán) | |
| Vyacheslav Starshinov | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Stan Mikita | 1940-2018 | ice hockey | (Guoth) | |
| Sadaharu Oh | 1940- | baseball | (Ō) | |
| Wilma Rudolph | 1940-1994 | track | | |
| Joe Torre | 1940- | baseball | | |
| Lolo Sainz | 1940- | basketball | (Márquez) | |
| Merlin Olsen | 1940-2010 | football | | |
| Gheorghe Gruia | 1940-2015 | handball | | |
| Muriel Grossfeld | 1940-2021 | gymnastics | | |
| Dave DeBusschere | 1940-2003 | basketball | | |
| Pelé | 1940-2022 | soccer | (Arantes, do Nascimento) | |
| Jan Jongbloed | 1940-2023 | soccer | | |
| Gerry Cheevers | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Zvonko Bego | 1940-2018 | soccer | | |
| Teofil Codreanu | 1941-2016 | soccer | | |
| Kálmán Ihász | 1941-2019 | soccer | | |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1941-2018 | cricket | | |
| Bobby Moore | 1941-1993 | soccer | | |
| Pete Rose | 1941- | baseball | | |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1941- | chess | | |
| Clifford Luyk | 1941- | basketball | (Diem) | |
| Rod Gilbert | 1941-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| Nate Thurmond | 1941-2016 | basketball | | |
| Flórián Albert | 1941-2011 | soccer | | |
| Geoff Hurst | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Alex Ferguson | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942-2016 | boxing | (Clay) | |
| Eusébio | 1942-2014 | soccer | (da Silva, Ferreira) | |
| Roger Staubach | 1942- | football | | |
| Phil Esposito | 1942- | ice hockey | | |
| Dino Zoff | 1942- | soccer | | |
| Rinus Israël | 1942- | soccer | | |
| Jochen Rindt | 1942-1970 | driving | | |
| Věra Čáslavská | 1942-2016 | gymnastics | | |
| Pál Schmitt | 1942- | fencing | | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Philippe Gondet | 1942-2018 | soccer | | |
| Roger Brown | 1942-1997 | basketball | | |
| Willis Reed | 1942-2023 | basketball | | |
| Margaret Court | 1942- | tennis | | |
| Connie Hawkins | 1942-2017 | basketball | | |
| Giacinto Facchetti | 1942-2002 | soccer | | |
| Felice Gimondi | 1942-2019 | cycling | | |
| Mimis Papaioannou | 1942-2023 | soccer | | |
| Jan Stenerud | 1942- | football | | |
| Dick Butkus | 1942- | football | | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Bob Hayes | 1942-2002 | football | | |
| Antonio Inoki | 1943-2022 | wrestling | | |
| Carlos Alberto Parreira | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008 | chess | | |
| Antal Dunai | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Tony Esposito | 1943-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| Gail Goodrich | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Gale Sayers | 1943-2020 | football | | |
| Joe Namath | 1943- | football | | |
| Billy Cunningham | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Piet Keizer | 1943-2017 | soccer | | |
| Arthur Ashe | 1943-1993 | tennis | | |
| Bill Bradley | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Gianni Rivera | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Jean-Claude Killy | 1943- | skiing | | |
| Ratomir Tvrdić | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Joe Morgan | 1943-2020 | baseball | | |
| Wolfgang Overath | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Pim Doesburg | 1943-2020 | soccer | | |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1943- | ice hockey | | |
| Billie Jean King | 1943- | tennis | (Moffitt) | |
| Dave Bing | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Joe Frazier | 1944-2011 | boxing | | |
| Sergei Belov | 1944-2013 | basketball | | |
| Ronnie Peterson | 1944-1978 | driving | | |
| Willem van Hanegem | 1944- | soccer | | |
| François Cevert | 1944-1973 | driving | (Goldenberg) | |
| Sepp Maier | 1944- | soccer | | |
| Václav Nedomanský | 1944- | ice hockey | | |
| Rick Barry | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Kunishige Kamamoto | 1944- | soccer | | |
| Carlos Alberto Torres | 1944-2016 | soccer | | |
| Mel Daniels | 1944-2015 | basketball | | |
| Gigi Riva | 1944- | soccer | | |
| Tom Seaver | 1944-2020 | baseball | | |
| Louie Dampier | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Earl Monroe | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Steve Carlton | 1944- | baseball | | |
| Jairzinho | 1944- | soccer | (Ventura, Filho) | |
| Wim Suurbier | 1945-2020 | soccer | | |
| Rupert Kratzer | 1945-2013 | cycling | | |
| Wilfried Van Moer | 1945-2021 | soccer | | |
| Walt Frazier | 1945- | basketball | | |
| Don Sutton | 1945-2021 | baseball | | |
| Bernie Parent | 1945- | ice hockey | | |
| Jupp Heynckes | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Wolfram Löwe | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Yochanan Vollach | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Hale Irwin | 1945- | golf | | |
| Pat Jennings | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Eddy Merckx | 1945- | cycling | | |
| Virginia Wade | 1945- | tennis | | |
| Mircea Lucescu | 1945- | soccer | | |
| Vedat Okyar | 1945-2009 | soccer | | |
| Jacques Lemaire | 1945- | ice hockey | | |
| Rogie Vachon | 1945- | ice hockey | | |
| Franz Beckenbauer | 1945-2024 | soccer | | |
| Rod Carew | 1945- | baseball | | |
| Viktor Saneyev | 1945-2022 | track | | |
| Jim Palmer | 1945- | baseball | | |
| Gerd Müller | 1945-2021 | soccer | | |
| Elvin Hayes | 1945- | basketball | | |
| Ken Stabler | 1945-2015 | football | | |
| Sawao Katō | 1946- | gymnastics | | |
| Roberto Rivellino | 1946- | soccer | (Rivelino) | |
| Serge Savard | 1946- | ice hockey | | |
| Velimir Kljaić | 1946-2010 | handball | | |
| Ratomir Dujković | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Wes Unseld | 1946-2020 | basketball | | |
| Arrigo Sacchi | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Jim "Catfish" Hunter | 1946-1999 | baseball | | |
| Reggie Jackson | 1946- | baseball | | |
| André "the Giant" Roussimoff | 1946-1993 | wrestling | | |
| George Best | 1946-2005 | soccer | | |
| Irena Szewińska | 1946-2018 | track | (Kirszenstein) | |
| Fabio Capello | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Ilie Năstase | 1946- | tennis | | |
| Bob Beamon | 1946- | track | | |
| Joe Greene | 1946- | football | | |
| Rini Wagtmans | 1946- | cycling | | |
| Wim Jansen | 1946-2022 | soccer | | |
| Alan Jones | 1946- | driving | | |
| Guus Hiddink | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Jo Jo White | 1946-2018 | basketball | | |
| 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 | | |
| Alexander Yakushev | 1947- | ice hockey | | |
| Tostão | 1947- | soccer | (Gonçalves, de Andrade) | |
| Nolan Ryan | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Dick Fosbury | 1947-2023 | track | | |
| Archie Gemmill | 1947- | soccer | | |
| Đurđica Bjedov | 1947- | swimming | | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1947- | basketball | (Alcindor) | |
| Johan Cruijff | 1947-2016 | soccer | (Cruyff) | |
| Thurman Munson | 1947-1979 | baseball | | |
| Pete Maravich | 1947-1988 | basketball | | |
| Rob Rensenbrink | 1947-2020 | soccer | | |
| O. J. Simpson | 1947-2024 | football | | |
| Giora Spiegel | 1947- | soccer | | |
| Yevgeni Zimin | 1947-2018 | ice hockey | | |
| Ken Dryden | 1947- | ice hockey | | |
| Theo de Jong | 1947- | soccer | | |
| James Hunt | 1947-1993 | driving | | |
| Johnny Bench | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Carlton Fisk | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Ognjen Petrović | 1948-2000 | soccer | | |
| Valeri Kharlamov | 1948-1981 | ice hockey | | |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Jean-Pierre Adams | 1948-2021 | soccer | | |
| Bobby Orr | 1948- | ice hockey | | |
| Marcello Lippi | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Calvin Murphy | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Garnet Bailey | 1948-2001 | ice hockey | | |
| Brad Park | 1948- | ice hockey | | |
| Ruud Geels | 1948-2023 | soccer | | |
| Cliff Branch | 1948-2019 | football | | |
| Nate Archibald | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1948- | football | | |
| Bob Lanier | 1948-2022 | basketball | | |
| Johan Boskamp | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Dave Cowens | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Dan Issel | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Helmut Koinigg | 1948-1974 | driving | | |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Mate Parlov | 1948-2008 | boxing | | |
| Arie Haan | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 1948-1995 | basketball | | |
| Antonín Panenka | 1948- | soccer | | |
| Keke Rosberg | 1948- | driving | | |
| Roelof Wunderink | 1948- | driving | | |
| Charlie Scott | 1948- | basketball | | |
| George Foreman | 1949- | boxing | | |
| Ottmar Hitzfeld | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Yury Blinov | 1949- | ice hockey | | |
| Dick Nanninga | 1949-2015 | soccer | | |
| Niki Lauda | 1949-2019 | driving | | |
| Ric Flair | 1949- | wrestling | (Fliehr) | |
| Teófilo Cubillas | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Ruud Krol | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Spencer Haywood | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Boy Hayje | 1949- | driving | | |
| Archie Manning | 1949- | football | | |
| Tom Pryce | 1949-1977 | driving | | |
| Don Baylor | 1949-2017 | baseball | | |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 1949- | cricket | | |
| Jesús Iradier | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Lasse Virén | 1949- | track | | |
| Vida Blue | 1949-2023 | baseball | | |
| Bobby Clarke | 1949- | ice hockey | | |
| Tom Watson | 1949- | golf | | |
| Joe Theismann | 1949- | football | | |
| Peter Shilton | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Artis Gilmore | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Quini | 1949-2018 | soccer | (Castro, González) | |
| Mike Schmidt | 1949- | baseball | | |
| Arsène Wenger | 1949- | soccer | | |
| Caitlyn Jenner | 1949- | track | | |
| Haroon Rahim | 1949- | tennis | | |
| Ray Guy | 1949-2022 | football | | |
| Carmelo Cabrera | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Marius Trésor | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 1950-1982 | driving | | |
| Dino Meneghin | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Mark Spitz | 1950- | swimming | | |
| Julius Erving | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Gonzalo Sagi-Vela | 1950- | basketball | (Fernández, Pérez) | |
| Franco Harris | 1950-2022 | football | | |
| Grzegorz Lato | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Anghel Iordănescu | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Rasim Kara | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Ubaldo Fillol | 1950- | soccer | | |
| George McGinnis | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Darryl Sittler | 1950- | ice hockey | | |
| Lino Červar | 1950- | handball | | |
| Hugo Hovenkamp | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Gilbert Perreault | 1950- | ice hockey | | |
| Paul Westphal | 1950-2021 | basketball | | |
| Billy Smith | 1950- | ice hockey | | |
| Ondrej Nepela | 1951-1989 | skating | | |
| Bert Blyleven | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Börje Salming | 1951-2022 | ice hockey | | |
| Anatoliy Karpov | 1951- | chess | | |
| Arnold Mühren | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Larry Robinson | 1951- | ice hockey | | |
| Dan Fouts | 1951- | football | | |
| Marijan Beneš | 1951-2018 | boxing | | |
| Dani | 1951- | soccer | (Ruiz, Bazán, Justa) | |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 1951- | tennis | | |
| Marcel Dionne | 1951- | ice hockey | | |
| Louis van Gaal | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Paul Breitner | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Johan Neeskens | 1951- | soccer | | |
| René van de Kerkhof | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Willy van de Kerkhof | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Guy Lafleur | 1951-2022 | ice hockey | | |
| Bob McAdoo | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Dave Winfield | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Miroslav Dvořák | 1951-2008 | ice hockey | | |
| Johnny Rep | 1951- | soccer | | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Bobby Jones | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Wim Rijsbergen | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Frans Thijssen | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Fred Lynn | 1952- | baseball | | |
| Karin Büttner-Janz | 1952- | gymnastics | | |
| Viv Richards | 1952- | cricket | | |
| Uljana Semjonova | 1952- | basketball | | |
| Mike Webster | 1952-2002 | football | | |
| Willington Ortiz | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Teófilo Stevenson | 1952-2012 | boxing | | |
| Rubén Galván | 1952-2018 | soccer | | |
| Vladislav Tretiak | 1952- | ice hockey | | |
| George Gervin | 1952- | basketball | | |
| Roger Milla | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Pietro Mennea | 1952-2013 | track | | |
| Steve Shutt | 1952- | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Barber | 1952- | ice hockey | | |
| Wim Meutstege | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Kees Kist | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Nelson Piquet | 1952- | driving | | |
| Guillermo Vilas | 1952- | tennis | | |
| Jimmy Connors | 1952- | tennis | | |
| Nikolai Andrianov | 1952-2011 | gymnastics | | |
| Vahid Halilhodžić | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Oleg Blokhin | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Bill Walton | 1952- | basketball | | |
| Randy Savage | 1952-2011 | wrestling | (Poffo) | |
| Dick Schoenaker | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Peter Arntz | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Lanny McDonald | 1953- | ice hockey | | |
| Zico | 1953- | soccer | (Antunes, Coimbra) | |
| Jim Rice | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Haroon Rasheed | 1953- | cricket | | |
| Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1953- | skiing | | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1953- | basketball | (Abdul-Lateef) | |
| George Brett | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Daniel Passarella | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Slavoljub Muslin | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Leon Spinks | 1953-2021 | boxing | | |
| René Houseman | 1953-2018 | soccer | | |
| Adrie van Kraaij | 1953- | soccer | (van Kraay) | |
| Nigel Mansell | 1953- | driving | | |
| Hulk Hogan | 1953- | wrestling | (Bollea) | |
| Robert Parish | 1953- | basketball | | |
| Fatih Terim | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Stu Ungar | 1953-1998 | poker | | |
| Paulo Roberto Falcão | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Denis Potvin | 1953- | ice hockey | | |
| Huub Stevens | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Bob Gainey | 1953- | ice hockey | | |
| Kevin Beattie | 1953-2018 | soccer | | |
| Milovan Rajevac | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Alex English | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Sócrates | 1954-2011 | soccer | (Brasileiro, Sampaio, de Souza, Vieira, Oliveira) | |
| Dav Whatmore | 1954- | cricket | | |
| Yoshiichi Watanabe | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Clark Gillies | 1954-2022 | ice hockey | | |
| Gary Carter | 1954-2012 | baseball | | |
| Reşit Karabacak | 1954-2020 | wrestling | | |
| David Thompson | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Mario Kempes | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Alvan Adams | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Walter Payton | 1954-1999 | football | | |
| Jan Peters | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Efren Reyes | 1954- | billiards | | |
| Dennis Johnson | 1954-2007 | basketball | | |
| Marco Tardelli | 1954- | soccer | | |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Joe Bryant | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Bernard Hinault | 1954- | cycling | | |
| Chris Evert | 1954- | tennis | | |
| Ozzie Smith | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Ludo Loos | 1955-2019 | cycling | | |
| Lusia Harris-Stewart | 1955-2022 | basketball | | |
| Greg Norman | 1955- | golf | | |
| Alain Prost | 1955- | driving | | |
| Rupert Keegan | 1955- | driving | | |
| Adrian Dantley | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Moses Malone | 1955-2015 | basketball | | |
| Ann Meyers | 1955- | basketball | (Drysdale) | |
| Nunu Abashydze | 1955- | track | (Abashidze) | |
| Takayoshi Yamano | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Safet Sušić | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Olga Korbut | 1955- | gymnastics | | |
| Jack Morris | 1955- | baseball | | |
| Mark Howe | 1955- | ice hockey | | |
| Yuriy Sedykh | 1955-2021 | track | | |
| Michel Platini | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Edwin Moses | 1955- | track | | |
| Ben Wijnstekers | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Jan Poortvliet | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Jack Sikma | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Martien Vreijsen | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Thulani Malinga | 1955- | boxing | | |
| Ernie Brandts | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Eddie Murray | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Eusebio Pedroza | 1956-2019 | boxing | (Silva) | |
| Zbigniew Boniek | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Dale Murphy | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Ingemar Stenmark | 1956- | skiing | | |
| Mansour Bahrami | 1956- | tennis | | |
| Bernie Federko | 1956- | ice hockey | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Leonard | 1956- | boxing | | |
| Björn Borg | 1956- | tennis | | |
| Joe Montana | 1956- | football | | |
| Bryan Trottier | 1956- | ice hockey | | |
| Mima Jaušovec | 1956- | tennis | | |
| Thomas N'Kono | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Paul Molitor | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Maurice Cheeks | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Ray Wilkins | 1956-2018 | soccer | | |
| Peter Šťastný | 1956- | ice hockey | | |
| Michel van de Korput | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Paolo Rossi | 1956-2020 | soccer | | |
| Carol Blazejowski | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Sebastian Coe | 1956- | track | | |
| Hans van Breukelen | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Martina Navratilova | 1956- | tennis | | |
| Zlatko Kranjčar | 1956-2021 | soccer | | |
| Bernard King | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Larry Bird | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Johnny Chan | 1957- | poker | | |
| Arnoldo Iguarán | 1957- | soccer | (Zúñiga) | |
| Mike Bossy | 1957-2022 | ice hockey | | |
| Dámaso García | 1957-2020 | baseball | (Sánchez) | |
| Marita Koch | 1957- | track | (Meier) | |
| Joe Mullen | 1957- | ice hockey | | |
| Jan Ceulemans | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Seve Ballesteros | 1957-2011 | golf | | |
| Eric Bristow | 1957-2018 | darts | | |
| Kirk Gibson | 1957- | baseball | | |
| Adri van Tiggelen | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Bret Hart | 1957- | wrestling | | |
| Doug Wilson | 1957- | ice hockey | | |
| Nikos Galis | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Nellie Kim | 1957- | gymnastics | | |
| Cesare Prandelli | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Steve Davis | 1957- | billiards | | |
| Bernhard Langer | 1957- | golf | | |
| Preben Elkjaer Larsen | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Kepler Wessels | 1957- | cricket | | |
| Slobodan Kačar | 1957- | boxing | | |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Faruk Hadžibegić | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Piet Wildschut | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Kevin McHale | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Cyrille Regis | 1958-2018 | soccer | | |
| Oscar Schmidt | 1958- | basketball | | |
| Naas Botha | 1958- | rugby | | |
| Ryoichi Kawakatsu | 1958- | soccer | | |
| Viacheslav Fetisov | 1958- | ice hockey | | |
| Eric Heiden | 1958- | skating | | |
| Wade Boggs | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Sergei Makarov | 1958- | ice hockey | | |
| Nancy Lieberman | 1958- | basketball | | |
| Kazushi Kimura | 1958- | soccer | | |
| Cándido Sibilio | 1958-2019 | basketball | (Hughes) | |
| Hiromi Hara | 1958- | soccer | | |
| Rickey Henderson | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Kapil Dev | 1959- | cricket | | |
| Timo Susi | 1959- | ice hockey | | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1959- | football | | |
| John McEnroe | 1959- | tennis | | |
| Aleksandar Petrović | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Kevin Lowe | 1959- | ice hockey | | |
| Steve Hansen | 1959- | rugby | | |
| Lynette Woodard | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Denise Curry | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Muhsin Ertuğral | 1959- | soccer | | |
| Ryne Sandberg | 1959- | baseball | | |
| Hortência Marcari | 1959- | basketball | (de Fátima) | |
| Mike Gartner | 1959- | ice hockey | | |
| Damir Škaro | 1959- | boxing | | |
| Florence Griffith Joyner | 1959-1998 | track | | |
| Howie Long | 1960- | football | | |
| Dominique Wilkins | 1960- | basketball | | |
| Gregory Louganis | 1960- | diving | | |
| Joachim Löw | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Jim Kelly | 1960- | football | | |
| Darrell Green | 1960- | football | | |
| Ivan Lendl | 1960- | tennis | | |
| Kirby Puckett | 1960-2006 | baseball | | |
| Guy Carbonneau | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Ayrton Senna | 1960-1994 | driving | | |
| Graeme Rutjes | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Ian Redford | 1960-2014 | soccer | | |
| Hiromi Taniguchi | 1960- | track | | |
| Rudi Völler | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Michel Goulet | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Sabahudin Bilalović | 1960-2003 | basketball | | |
| Franco Baresi | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960-2014 | baseball | | |
| Jari Kurri | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Yannick Noah | 1960- | tennis | | |
| John Elway | 1960- | football | | |
| James Kwesi Appiah | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Ralph Sampson | 1960- | basketball | | |
| Jan Wouters | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Laurent Fignon | 1960-2010 | cycling | | |
| Morten Andersen | 1960- | football | | |
| Cal Ripken Jr. | 1960- | baseball | | |
| Mirko Bašić | 1960- | handball | | |
| Damon Hill | 1960- | driving | | |
| Glenn Anderson | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Careca | 1960- | soccer | (de Oliveira) | |
| Diego Maradona | 1960-2020 | soccer | (Franco) | |
| Karch Kiraly | 1960- | volleyball | | |
| Andreas Brehme | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Gary Lineker | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Igor Larionov | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Ray Bourque | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Pekka Tuomisto | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Ziya Doğan | 1961- | soccer | | |
| Mark Messier | 1961- | ice hockey | | |
| Veselin Vujović | 1961- | handball | | |
| Wayne Gretzky | 1961- | ice hockey | | |
| Denis Savard | 1961- | ice hockey | |