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 | Badminton,basebsport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Pavelka | 1991- | soccer |  | |
| David Pocock | 1988- | rugby | | |
| David Robinson | 1965- | basketball | | |
| David Rudisha | 1988- | track | (Lekuta) | |
| David Silva | 1986- | soccer | (Josué) | |
| David Storey | 1933-2017 | rugby | (Malcolm) | |
| David Thompson | 1954- | basketball | | |
| David Vaughan | 1983- | soccer | (Owen) | |
| David Villa | 1981- | soccer | | |
| David Wilson | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Davide Astori | 1987-2018 | soccer | | |
| Davide Simoncelli | 1979- | skiing | | |
| Davit Kacharava | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Davit Zirakashvili | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Davor Dominiković | 1978- | handball | | |
| Davor Šuker | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Davy Klaassen | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Davy Pröpper | 1991- | soccer | (David, Petrus, Wenceslaus, Henri) | |
| Dawn Staley | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Dayán Viciedo | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Dayot Upamecano | 1998- | soccer | (Dayotchanculle, Oswald) | |
| Dayron Robles | 1986- | track | | |
| DeAndre Yedlin | 1993- | soccer | (Roselle) | |
| Dedé | 1988- | soccer | (Anderson) | |
| Deion Sanders | 1967- | football | | |
| Dejan Kelhar | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Dejan Lovren | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Dele Alli | 1996- | soccer | (Bamidele, Jermaine) | |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 1974- | basketball | (Lachell) | |
| DeMarco Murray | 1988- | football | | |
| DeMarcus Ware | 1982- | football | | |
| DeMario Davis | 1989- | football | | |
| Demaryius Thomas | 1987-2021 | football | (Antwon) | |
| Demi Schuurs | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Demi Vollering | 1996- | cycling | (Adriana, Geertruida) | |
| Demis Nikolaidis | 1973- | soccer | (Themistoklis) | |
| Demy de Zeeuw | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Dénes Dibusz | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Denesh Ramdin | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Denis Alibec | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Denis Buntić | 1982- | handball | | |
| Denis Glushakov | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Denis Law | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Denis Potvin | 1953- | ice hockey | | |
| Denis Savard | 1961- | ice hockey | | |
| Denis Špoljarić | 1979- | handball | | |
| Denis Zakaria | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Denise Curry | 1959- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Dennis Bergkamp | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Dennis Johnson | 1954-2007 | basketball | | |
| Dennis Rodman | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Denny Hulme | 1936-1992 | driving | (Denis) | |
| Denny Landzaat | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Denys Boyko | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Denys Harmash | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Denzel Dumfries | 1996- | soccer | (Justus, Morris) | |
| Deontay Wilder | 1985- | boxing | (Leshun) | |
| Derek Jeter | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Deron Williams | 1984- | basketball | (Michael) | |
| Derrick Brooks | 1973- | football | | |
| Derrick Luckassen | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Derrick Rose | 1988- | basketball | | |
| DeSean Jackson | 1986- | football | | |
| Desiree van Lunteren | 1992- | soccer | | |
| DeVante Parker | 1993- | football | | |
| Devin Hester | 1982- | football | (Devorris) | |
| Devyne Rensch | 2003- | soccer | (Fabian, Jairo) | |
| Dez Bryant | 1988- | football | (Desmond) | |
| Dezső Gyarmati | 1927-2013 | water polo | | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 1988- | cricket | (Sunil) | |
| Diafra Sakho | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Diana Taurasi | 1982- | basketball | (Lorena) | |
| Dick Butkus | 1942- | football | (Richard) | |
| Dick Fosbury | 1947-2023 | track | (Richard, Douglas) | |
| Dick Irvin | 1892-1957 | ice hockey | (James, Dickinson) | |
| Dick McGuire | 1926-2010 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Dick Nanninga | 1949-2015 | soccer | | |
| Dick Schoenaker | 1952- | soccer | | |
| Dickie Moore | 1931-2015 | ice hockey | (Richard) | |
| Didi | 1928-2001 | soccer | (Valdir, Waldir, Waldyr) | |
| Didier Défago | 1977- | skiing | | |
| Didier Dinart | 1977- | handball | | |
| Didier Drogba | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Diego Benaglio | 1983- | soccer | (Orlando) | |
| Diego Calvo | 1991- | soccer | (Gerardo) | |
| Diego Cavalieri | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Diego Costa | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Diego Forlán | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Diego Godín | 1986- | soccer | (Roberto) | |
| Diego Lugano | 1980- | soccer | (Alfredo) | |
| Diego Maradona | 1960-2020 | soccer | (Armando) | |
| Diego Pérez | 1980- | soccer | (Fernando) | |
| Diego Antonio Reyes | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Diego Schwartzman | 1992- | tennis | (Sebastián) | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Dilano van 't Hoff | 2004-2023 | driving | | |
| Dilshod Yarbekov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Dimitra Kalentzou | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dimitri Payet | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Dimitri Szarzewski | 1983- | rugby | | |
| Dimitris Salpingidis | 1981- | soccer | (Dimitrios) | |
| Dimitris Siovas | 1988- | soccer | (Dimitrios) | |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 1988- | cricket | | |
| Dinara Safina | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Dinesh Karthik | 1985- | cricket | | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Dino Meneghin | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Dino Rađa | 1967- | basketball | | |
| Dino Zoff | 1942- | soccer | | |
| Dinos Angelidis | 1969- | basketball | (Konstantinos) | |
| Dirk Kuijt | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Divock Origi | 1995- | soccer | (Okoth) | |
| Djalma Santos | 1929-2013 | soccer | (Dejalma) | |
| Djamel Mesbah | 1984- | soccer | (Eddine) | |
| Dmitri Kombarov | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Dmitri Torbinski | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Dmitry Khvostov | 1989- | basketball | (Grigoryevich) | |
| Dmytro Ryzhuk | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | (Adolph) | |
| Domagoj Duvnjak | 1988- | handball | | |
| Domagoj Vida | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Dominic Inglot | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Dominic Thiem | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Dominik Hašek | 1965- | ice hockey | | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Dominique Gisin | 1985- | skiing | | |
| Dominique Janssen | 1995- | soccer | (Johanna, Anna) | |
| Dominique Moceanu | 1981- | gymnastics | (Helena) | |
| Dominique Wilkins | 1960- | basketball | (Jacques) | |
| Don Baylor | 1949-2017 | baseball | | |
| Don Bradman | 1908-2001 | cricket | (Donald) | |
| Don Drysdale | 1936-1993 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Hutson | 1913-1997 | football | (Donald) | |
| Don Mattingly | 1961- | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Newcombe | 1926-2019 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Don Sutton | 1945-2021 | baseball | (Donald) | |
| Donald Young | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Ji Dong-won | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Donis Escober | 1981- | soccer | (Salatiel) | |
| Donna Vekić | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Donny van de Beek | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Donte Whitner | 1985- | football | (Demetrius) | |
| Donyell Malen | 1999- | soccer | | |
| Dorinel Munteanu | 1968- | soccer | (Ionel) | |
| Doug Bentley | 1916-1972 | ice hockey | (Douglas) | |
| Doug Gilmour | 1963- | ice hockey | (Douglas) | |
| Doug Harvey | 1924-1989 | ice hockey | (Douglas) | |
| Doug Wilson | 1957- | ice hockey | (Douglas) | |
| Doyle Brunson | 1933-2023 | poker | | |
| Drago Vuković | 1983- | handball | | |
| Dragoljub Minić | 1936-2005 | chess | | |
| Dragomir Bečanović | 1965- | martial arts | | |
| Dragoș Grigore | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Dražen Petrović | 1964-1993 | basketball | | |
| Drew Mitchell | 1984- | rugby | (Alan) | |
| Dries Mertens | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Duane Brown | 1985- | football | | |
| Duane Vermeulen | 1986- | rugby | (Daniel, Johannes) | |
| Dudi Sela | 1985- | tennis | (David) | |
| Duje Čop | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Duke Kahanamoku | 1890-1968 | swimming | (Paoa) | |
| Duncan Weir | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Dunga | 1963- | soccer | (Carlos, Caetano) | |
| Đurđica Bjedov | 1947- | swimming | (Đurđa) | |
| Đurđina Jauković | 1997- | handball | | |
| Dušan Lajović | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Dušan Švento | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 1992- | cricket | (Pathira, Vasan) | |
| Dustin Brown | 1984- | tennis | | |
| Dustin Colquitt | 1982- | football | (Farr) | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Dwain Chambers | 1978- | track | | |
| Dwayne Johnson | 1972- | wrestling | | |
| Dwight Howard | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Dwyane Wade | 1982- | basketball | (Tyrone) | |
| Dyanne Bito | 1981- | soccer | (Mary, Christine) | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | 1898-1965 | football | (Curly) | |
| Earl Lloyd | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Earl Monroe | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | baseball | | |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Eben Etzebeth | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Ed Belfour | 1965- | ice hockey | (Edward) | |
| Ed de Goeij | 1966- | soccer | (Eduard) | |
| Ed Macauley | 1928-2011 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Ed Reed | 1978- | football | (Edward) | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | (Edward) | |
| Edda Buding | 1936-2014 | tennis | | |
| Edda Garðarsdóttir | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Edder Delgado | 1986- | soccer | (Gerardo) | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | (Edward) | |
| Eddie Gerard | 1890-1937 | ice hockey | (Edward) | |
| Eddie Lacy | 1990- | football | (Edward, Darwin) | |
| Eddie Mathews | 1931-2001 | baseball | (Edwin) | |
| Eddie Murray | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Eddie Shore | 1902-1985 | ice hockey | (Edward) | |
| Eddy Merckx | 1945- | cycling | (Édouard) | |
| Edem Rjaïbi | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Eden Hazard | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Éder | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Éder | 1987- | soccer | (Ederzito, António) | |
| Éder Álvarez Balanta | 1993- | soccer | (Fabián) | |
| Edgar Davids | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Edgar Martínez | 1963- | baseball | | |
| Edgar Salli | 1992- | soccer | (Nicaise, Constant) | |
| Edin Džeko | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Edin Višća | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Edinson Cavani | 1987- | soccer | (Roberto) | |
| Édison Méndez | 1979- | soccer | (Vicente) | |
| Edoardo Mangiarotti | 1919-2012 | fencing | | |
| Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde | 1887-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Edson Braafheid | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Eduardo Carvalho | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Eduardo da Silva | 1983- | soccer | (Dudu) | |
| Eduardo Vargas | 1989- | soccer | (Jesús) | |
| Edvīns Bārda | 1900-1947 | soccer | | |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Edwin Hernández | 1986- | soccer | (William) | |
| Edwin Moses | 1955- | track | (Corley) | |
| Edwin "Duke" Snider | 1926-2011 | baseball | (Duke) | |
| Edwin Valencia | 1985- | soccer | (Armando) | |
| Edwin van der Sar | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Eelco Sintnicolaas | 1987- | track | (Peter) | |
| Eetu Muinonen | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Efe Ambrose | 1988- | soccer | (Efetobore) | |
| Efe Sodje | 1972- | soccer | (Efetobore, Peter) | |
| Efraín Velarde | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Efren Reyes | 1954- | billiards | | |
| Egidio Arévalo Ríos | 1982- | soccer | (Raúl) | |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Eiji Kawashima | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Eiður Guðjohnsen | 1978- | soccer | (Smári) | |
| Ejike Uzoenyi | 1988- | soccer | (Christantus) | |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Ekaterina Makarova | 1988- | tennis | | |
| El Arabi Hillel Soudani | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Elchin Alizade | 1986- | boxing | (Elçin) | |
| Eldin Adilović | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Eldin Jakupović | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Eldin Karišik | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Elemér Berkessy | 1905-1993 | soccer | (Emil, Emilio) | |
| Elemér Kocsis | 1910-1981 | soccer | | |
| Elemér Szathmáry | 1926-1971 | swimming | | |
| Elena Vesnina | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Elgin Baylor | 1934-2021 | basketball | | |
| Eli Manning | 1981- | football | (Elisha, Nelson) | |
| Eliaquim Mangala | 1991- | soccer | (Hans) | |
| Elina Svitolina | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Elisabeth Pinedo | 1981- | handball | | |
| Elise Mertens | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Eliseu | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Eliud Kipchoge | 1984- | track | | |
| Eljero Elia | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Elkin Soto | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Elmar Bakhshiev | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Elmer Lach | 1918-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Eloy Room | 1989- | soccer | (Victor) | |
| Elseid Hysaj | 1994- | soccer | (Gëzim) | |
| Elvin Hayes | 1945- | basketball | | |
| Elvis Dumervil | 1984- | football | (Kool) | |
| Ema Klinec | 1998- | skiing | | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Emeka Okafor | 1982- | basketball | (Chukwuemeka, Ndubuisi) | |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 1946- | driving | | |
| Emil Forsberg | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Emil Hallfreðsson | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Emil Zátopek | 1922-2000 | track | | |
| Émile "Butch" Bouchard | 1919-2012 | ice hockey | | |
| Emiliano Rodríguez | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Emiliano Sala | 1990-2019 | soccer | (Raúl) | |
| Émilie Gomis | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Emilio Butragueño | 1963- | soccer | | |
| Emilio Izaguirre | 1986- | soccer | (Arturo) | |
| Emir Kujović | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Emir Spahić | 1980- | soccer | | |
| Emma Raducanu | 2002- | tennis | | |
| Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Emmanuel Emenike | 1987- | soccer | (Chinenye) | |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1987- | football | (Niamiah) | |
| Emmitt Smith | 1969- | football | | |
| Emre Can | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Emre Güral | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Emre Mor | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Endéné Miyem | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Eniola Aluko | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Enis Hajri | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Enner Valencia | 1989- | soccer | (Remberto) | |
| Enzo Ferrari | 1898-1988 | driving | (Anselmo, Giuseppe, Maria) | |
| Enzo Pérez | 1986- | soccer | (Nicolás) | |
| Enzo Roco | 1992- | soccer | (Pablo) | |
| Eoin Morgan | 1986- | cricket | (Joseph, Gerard) | |
| Eoin Reddan | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Eren Derdiyok | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Erfan Zeneli | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Ergilio Hato | 1926-2003 | soccer | (Pedro) | |
| Ergys Kaçe | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Eri Hozumi | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Eric Bristow | 1957-2018 | darts | | |
| Eric Caldow | 1934-2019 | soccer | | |
| Eric Cantona | 1966- | soccer | | |
| Eric Dier | 1994- | soccer | (Jeremy, Edgar) | |
| Eric Heiden | 1958- | skating | | |
| Eric Lindros | 1973- | ice hockey | | |
| Éric Tié Bi | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Eric Viscaal | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Erik Durm | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Erik Johansson | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Erik Paartalu | 1986- | soccer | (Endel) | |
| Erkan Zengin | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Erland Johnsen | 1967- | soccer | | |
| Ermin Bičakčić | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Ermir Lenjani | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Ernestas Šetkus | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Ernests Gulbis | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Ernie Banks | 1931-2015 | baseball | (Ernest) | |
| Ernie Brandts | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Ernie Els | 1969- | golf | (Theodore, Ernest) | |
| Ernst Happel | 1925-1992 | soccer | | |
| Erwin Koeman | 1961- | soccer | | |
| Erwin l'Ami | 1985- | chess | | |
| Eryk Williamson | 1997- | soccer | (Tyrek) | |
| Esmee Brugts | 2003- | soccer | (Virginia) | |
| Esmil Rogers | 1985- | baseball | (Antonio) | |
| Espen Andersen | 1993- | skiing | | |
| Espen Bredesen | 1968- | skiing | | |
| Espen Knutsen | 1972- | ice hockey | (Kjell) | |
| Essaïd Belkalem | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Estavana Polman | 1992- | handball | | |
| Esteban Paredes | 1980- | soccer | (Efraín) | |
| Etiënne Reijnen | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Etrit Berisha | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Eugene Galekovic | 1981- | soccer | (Eugen, Josip) | |
| Eugenie Bouchard | 1994- | tennis | | |
| Eugenio Mena | 1988- | soccer | (Esteban) | |
| Eusébio | 1942-2014 | soccer | | |
| Eusebio Pedroza | 1956-2019 | boxing | | |
| Evald Tipner | 1906-1947 | soccer | | |
| Evander Holyfield | 1962- | boxing | | |
| Evangelista Santos | 1977- | martial arts | | |
| Everton Weekes | 1925-2020 | cricket | (DeCourcy) | |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1986- | ice hockey | | |
| Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko | 1982- | skating | | |
| Evgeniya Rodina | 1989- | tennis | | |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Evgeny Voronov | 1986- | basketball | (Sergeevich) | |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 1951- | tennis | | |
| Eyong Enoh | 1986- | soccer | (Tarkang) | |
| Ezequiel Garay | 1986- | soccer | (Marcelo) | |
| Ezequiel Lavezzi | 1985- | soccer | (Iván) | |
| Fab Melo | 1990-2017 | basketball | (Fabricio, Paulino) | |
| Fabian Frei | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Fabian Johnson | 1987- | soccer | (Marco) | |
| Fabián Orellana | 1986- | soccer | (Ariel) | |
| Fabian Schär | 1991- | soccer | (Lukas) | |
| Fabiano Caruana | 1992- | chess | (Luigi) | |
| Fabienne Suter | 1985- | skiing | | |
| Fabio Cannavaro | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Fabio Capello | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Fábio Coentrão | 1988- | soccer | (Alexandre) | |
| Fabio Fognini | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Fabrice Martin | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Fabrice Olinga | 1996- | soccer | | |
| Fabrice Santoro | 1972- | tennis | | |
| Fabricio Oberto | 1975- | basketball | (Raúl, Jesús) | |
| Facundo Roncaglia | 1987- | soccer | (Sebastián) | |
| Faf du Plessis | 1984- | cricket | (Francois) | |
| Faidon Mattheou | 1924-2011 | basketball | (Fedon) | |
| Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1918-2004 | track | | |
| Faouzi Ghoulam | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Farhaan Behardien | 1983- | cricket | | |
| Farhad Reza | 1986- | cricket | | |
| Faruk Hadžibegić | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Faruk Yiğit | 1968- | soccer | | |
| Faryd Mondragón | 1971- | soccer | (Camilo) | |
| Fatau Dauda | 1985- | soccer | (Abdul, Fatawu) | |
| Fatih Terim | 1953- | soccer | | |
| Fatima Moreira de Melo | 1978- | field hockey | | |
| Faustino Asprilla | 1969- | soccer | (Tino, Hernán) | |
| Fausto Coppi | 1919-1960 | cycling | (Angelo) | |
| Federico Bernardeschi | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Federico Fernández | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Federico Marchetti | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Fedor Emelianenko | 1976- | martial arts | | |
| Felice Borel | 1914-1993 | soccer | (Placido) | |
| Felice Gimondi | 1942-2019 | cycling | | |
| Feliciano López | 1981- | tennis | | |
| Felipe Berchesi | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Felipe Caicedo | 1988- | soccer | (Salvador) | |
| Felipe Gutiérrez | 1990- | soccer | (Alejandro) | |
| Felipe Massa | 1981- | driving | | |
| Felipe Nasr | 1992- | driving | | |
| Felipe Reyes | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Felix Neureuther | 1986- | skiing | | |
| Ferenc Puskás | 1927-2006 | soccer | | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Ferid Chouchane | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Feridun Buğeker | 1933-2014 | soccer | | |
| Fernandinho | 1985- | soccer | (Fernando, Luiz) | |
| Fernando | 1992- | soccer | (Lucas) | |
| Fernando Alonso | 1981- | driving | | |
| Fernando Gago | 1986- | soccer | ( Rubén) | |
| Fernando Morientes | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Fernando Muslera | 1986- | soccer | (Néstor) | |
| Fernando Ricksen | 1976-2019 | soccer | (Jacob, Hubertina, Henrika) | |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Fernando Torres | 1984- | soccer | (José) | |
| Fernando Verdasco | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Ferran Martínez | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Fidel Edwards | 1982- | cricket | (Henderson) | |
| Fidel Martínez | 1990- | soccer | (Francisco) | |
| Filip Ivić | 1992- | handball | | |
| Filip Starzyński | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Filip Zubčić | 1993- | skiing | | |
| Filipe Luís | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Filippo Inzaghi | 1973- | soccer | | |
| Finn Bálor | 1981- | wrestling | (Fergal) | |
| Finn Russell | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Fletcher Cox | 1990- | football | | |
| Florence Griffith Joyner | 1959-1998 | track | | |
| Flórián Albert | 1941-2011 | soccer | | |
| Florian Klein | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Florian Mayer | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Florin Andone | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Florin Mergea | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Florin Vlaicu | 1986- | rugby | (Adrian) | |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 1977- | boxing | (Joy) | |
| Floyd Patterson | 1935-2006 | boxing | | |
| Forrest Gregg | 1933-2019 | football | | |
| Fourie du Preez | 1982- | rugby | (Petrus) | |
| Frances Tiafoe | 1998- | tennis | | |
| Francesca Schiavone | 1980- | tennis | | |
| Francesco Totti | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Francis "King" Clancy | 1903-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Francis Severeyns | 1968- | soccer | (Cisse) | |
| Francisco Buscató | 1940- | basketball | (Nino) | |
| Francisco Javier Rodríguez | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Franck Ribéry | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Franck Silvestre | 1967- | soccer | (Claude) | |
| Franco Baresi | 1960- | soccer | (Franchino) | |
| Franco Harris | 1950-2022 | football | | |
| François Cevert | 1944-1973 | driving | (Albert) | |
| Francois Louw | 1985- | rugby | | |
| François Moubandje | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Francois Pienaar | 1967- | rugby | | |
| Franjo Arapović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Franjo Mihalić | 1920-2015 | track | | |
| Frank Bagnack | 1995- | soccer | (Macky) | |
| Frank Boucher | 1901-1977 | ice hockey | (François, Xavier) | |
| Frank Brimsek | 1913-1998 | ice hockey | (Francis) | |
| Frank de Boer | 1970- | soccer | (Franciscus) | |
| Frank Fredrickson | 1895-1979 | ice hockey | (Sigurdur, Franklin) | |
| Frank Gifford | 1930-2015 | football | (Francis) | |
| Frank Gore | 1983- | football | (Franklin, Delano) | |
| Frank Lampard | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Frank Mahovlich | 1938- | ice hockey | (Francis) | |
| Frank Nighbor | 1893-1966 | ice hockey | (Julius, Francis, Joseph) | |
| Frank Ramsey | 1931-2018 | basketball | | |
| Frank Rijkaard | 1962- | soccer | | |
| Frank Robinson | 1935-2019 | baseball | | |
| Frank Thomas | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Franka Dietzsch | 1968- | track | | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1897-1973 | baseball | (Frank, Francis) | |
| Franko Škugor | 1987- | tennis | | |
| Frans Malherbe | 1991- | rugby | (Jozua, Francois) | |
| Frans Thijssen | 1952- | soccer | | |
| František Plánička | 1904-1996 | soccer | | |
| Franz Beckenbauer | 1945-2024 | soccer | (Anton) | |
| Fraser Brown | 1989- | rugby | (James, Macgregor) | |
| Fraser Forster | 1988- | soccer | (Gerard) | |
| Fred | 1983- | soccer | (Frederico) | |
| Fred Lynn | 1952- | baseball | (Fredric) | |
| Fred Perry | 1909-1995 | tennis | (Frederick) | |
| Freddie Freeman | 1989- | baseball | (Frederick, Charles) | |
| Freddie Veseli | 1992- | soccer | (Frédéric) | |
| Frédéric Michalak | 1982- | rugby | | |
| Fredrik Petersen | 1983- | handball | | |
| Fredy Guarín | 1986- | soccer | (Alejandro) | |
| Fredy Hinestroza | 1990- | soccer | (Freddy) | |
| Frenkie de Jong | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Frickson Erazo | 1988- | soccer | (Rafael) | |
| Frida Hansdotter | 1985- | skiing | | |
| Frido Frey | 1921-2000 | basketball | | |
| Fritz Dopfer | 1987- | skiing | | |
| Fritz Walter | 1920-2002 | soccer | (Friedrich) | |
| Fulgence Ouedraogo | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Fyodor Kudryashov | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Fyodor Smolov | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Gábor Király | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Gabriel Achilier | 1985- | soccer | (Eduardo) | |
| Gabriel Batistuta | 1969- | soccer | | |
| Gabriel Paletta | 1986- | soccer | (Alejandro) | |
| Gabriel Torje | 1989- | soccer | (Andrei) | |
| Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Gabriela Dabrowski | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 1970- | tennis | | |
| Gaël Fickou | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Gaël Monfils | 1986- | tennis | (Sébastien) | |
| Gaëtan Bong | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Gail Goodrich | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Gale Sayers | 1943-2020 | football | | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Gardnar Mulloy | 1913-2016 | tennis | (Putnam) | |
| Gareth Anscombe | 1991- | rugby | (William) | |
| Gareth Bale | 1989- | soccer | (Frank) | |
| Gareth Davies | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Gareth McAuley | 1979- | soccer | (Gerald) | |
| Garfield Sobers | 1936- | cricket | | |
| Garnet Bailey | 1948-2001 | ice hockey | (Edward) | |
| Garnet Exelby | 1981- | ice hockey | | |
| Garrincha | 1933-1983 | soccer | (Manuel, Francisco) | |
| Garry Kasparov | 1963- | chess | (Garik) | |
| Gary Cahill | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Gary Carter | 1954-2012 | baseball | | |
| Gary Lineker | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Gary Medel | 1987- | soccer | (Alexis) | |
| Gary Payton | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Gary Player | 1935- | golf | | |
| Gary Woodland | 1984- | golf | | |
| Gastón Gaudio | 1978- | tennis | | |
| Gastón Ramírez | 1990- | soccer | (Exequiel) | |
| Gaston Taument | 1970- | soccer | | |
| Gata Kamsky | 1974- | chess | (Gataulla, Rustemovich) | |
| Gautam Gambhir | 1981- | cricket | | |
| Gauthier Boccard | 1991- | field hockey | | |
| Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov | 1976- | boxing | (Abdulovich) | |
| Gaylord Perry | 1938-2022 | baseball | | |
| Gbenga Oloukun | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Gegard Mousasi | 1985- | martial arts | | |
| Gélson Fernandes | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Gene Sarazen | 1902-1999 | golf | (Eugenio) | |
| Género Zeefuik | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Geno Atkins | 1988- | football | (Gene, Renard) | |
| Genzebe Dibaba | 1991- | track | | |
| Geoff Cameron | 1985- | soccer | (Geoffrey, Scott) | |
| Geoff Hurst | 1941- | soccer | (Geoffrey) | |
| Geoff Parling | 1983- | rugby | | |
| George Armstrong | 1930-2021 | ice hockey | | |
| George Best | 1946-2005 | soccer | | |
| George Brett | 1953- | baseball | | |
| George Ford | 1993- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| George Foreman | 1949- | boxing | | |
| George Gervin | 1952- | basketball | | |
| George Hainsworth | 1895-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| George Halas | 1895-1983 | football | | |
| George Kell | 1922-2009 | baseball | | |
| George McGinnis | 1950- | basketball | | |
| George Mikan | 1924-2005 | basketball | | |
| George North | 1992- | rugby | (Philip) | |
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1895-1948 | baseball | (Babe) | |
| George Weah | 1966- | soccer | | |
| George Williams | 1995- | soccer | | |
| George Yardley | 1928-2004 | basketball | | |
| Georges St-Pierre | 1981- | martial arts | | |
| Georges Vézina | 1887-1926 | ice hockey | | |
| Georgi Shchennikov | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | 1990- | soccer | (Gregion, Emile) | |
| Georgios Samaras | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Georgios Tzavellas | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Geraint Thomas | 1986- | cycling | (Howell) | |
| Gerald Vanenburg | 1964- | soccer | | |
| Geraldine Heaney | 1967- | ice hockey | | |
| Gerard Piqué | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Gerardo Flores | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Gerd Müller | 1945-2021 | soccer | (Gerhard) | |
| Geremi | 1978- | soccer | (Sorele) | |
| Gergő Lovrencsics | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Gerónimo Rulli | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Gerry Cheevers | 1940- | ice hockey | (Gerald) | |
| Gerson Acevedo | 1988- | soccer | (Elías) | |
| Gert Blomé | 1934-2021 | ice hockey | (Arne) | |
| Gertrude Ederle | 1905-2003 | swimming | (Trudy, Caroline) | |
| Gertrude Kolar | 1926-2014 | gymnastics | | |
| Gervinho | 1987- | soccer | (Gervais, Yao) | |
| Gethin Jenkins | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Gevorg Ghazaryan | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Ghasem Haddadifar | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Gheorghe Gruia | 1940-2015 | handball | | |
| Gheorghe Hagi | 1965- | soccer | | |
| Giacinto Facchetti | 1942-2002 | soccer | | |
| Giacobbe Fragomeni | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Giancarlo González | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Gianluigi Buffon | 1978- | soccer | (Gigi) | |
| Gianni Rivera | 1943- | soccer | (Giovanni) | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Giannis Fetfatzidis | 1990- | soccer | (Ioannis) | |
| Giannis Maniatis | 1986- | soccer | (Ioannis) | |
| Gianpiero Combi | 1902-1956 | soccer | | |
| Funakoshi Gichin | 1868-1957 | martial arts | | |
| Giedo van der Garde | 1985- | driving | (Gijsbertus, Gerrit) | |
| Gigi Riva | 1944- | soccer | (Luigi) | |
| Gilbert Perreault | 1950- | ice hockey | | |
| Gilberto de Godoy "Giba" | 1976- | volleyball | (Amauri) | |
| Gilberto Silva | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Gilles Müller | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Gilles Simon | 1984- | tennis | | |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 1950-1982 | driving | | |
| Gillis Grafström | 1893-1938 | skating | (Emanuel) | |
| Gilmar | 1930-2013 | soccer | (Gylmar) | |
| Gino Bartali | 1914-2000 | cycling | | |
| Gino Mäder | 1997-2023 | cycling | | |
| Gino Marchetti | 1927-2019 | football | | |
| Gino van Kessel | 1993- | soccer | (Ronald) | |
| Giora Spiegel | 1947- | soccer | | |
| Giorgio Chiellini | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Giorgos Karagounis | 1977- | soccer | (Georgios) | |
| Giovanbattista Venditti | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Giovani dos Santos | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | 1939- | soccer | | |
| Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 1975- | soccer | | |
| Giuseppe Bergomi | 1963- | soccer | | |
| Giuseppe Farina | 1906-1966 | driving | | |
| Giuseppe Meazza | 1910-1979 | soccer | | |
| Givanildo "Hulk" Vieira de Souza | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Gleb Rassadkin | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Glen Johnson | 1984- | soccer | (McLeod, Cooper) | |
| Glenn Anderson | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Glenn Hall | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Glenn Thomas "Kane" Jacobs | 1967- | wrestling | (Kane) | |
| Glenn Whelan | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Go Soeda | 1984- | tennis | | |
| Godfrey Oboabona | 1990- | soccer | (Itama) | |
| Gökhan Gönül | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Gökhan Inler | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Golden Tate | 1988- | football | | |
| Gonzalo Fierro | 1983- | soccer | (Antonio) | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | 1987- | soccer | (Gerardo) | |
| Gonzalo Sagi-Vela | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Goran Ivanišević | 1971- | tennis | | |
| Goran Perkovac | 1962- | handball | | |
| Goran Prpić | 1964- | tennis | | |
| Goran Šprem | 1979- | handball | | |
| Goran Vlaović | 1972- | soccer | | |
| Gordan Kožulj | 1976- | swimming | | |
| Gordie Howe | 1928-2016 | ice hockey | (Gordon) | |
| Gordon Banks | 1937-2019 | soccer | | |
| Gordon Schildenfeld | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Gorik Gardeyn | 1980- | cycling | | |
| Gøril Snorroeggen | 1985- | handball | | |
| Gōtoku Sakai | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Grace McCallum | 2002- | gymnastics | | |
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1963-2018 | boxing | | |
| Graeme Rutjes | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Graham Hill | 1929-1975 | driving | (Norman) | |
| Graham Zusi | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Granit Xhaka | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Grant Fuhr | 1962- | ice hockey | | |
| Grant Gilchrist | 1990- | rugby | (Stuart) | |
| Grant Hill | 1972- | basketball | | |
| Graziano Pellè | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Greg Hardy | 1988- | football | (Gregory, McKarl) | |
| Greg Holmes | 1983- | rugby | (Gregory) | |
| Greg Maddux | 1966- | baseball | (Gregory) | |
| Greg Norman | 1955- | golf | (Gregory) | |
| Greg Rusedski | 1973- | tennis | (Gregory) | |
| Gregoor van Dijk | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Gregory Louganis | 1960- | diving | | |
| Gregory van der Wiel | 1988- | soccer | (Kurtley) | |
| Greig Laidlaw | 1985- | rugby | | |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 1991- | tennis | | |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1887-1950 | baseball | | |
| Grzegorz Krychowiak | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Grzegorz Lato | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Guilhem Guirado | 1986- | rugby | | |
| Guilherme dos Santos Torres | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Guilherme Marinato | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Guillaume Gille | 1976- | handball | (Alain) | |
| Guillaume Joli | 1985- | handball | | |
| Guillem Vives | 1993- | basketball | | |
| Guillermo García López | 1983- | tennis | | |
| Guillermo Ochoa | 1985- | soccer | (Francisco) | |
| Guillermo Stábile | 1905-1966 | soccer | | |
| Guillermo Vilas | 1952- | tennis | | |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 1921-1995 | soccer | (Nils) | |
| Günther Weidlinger | 1978- | track | | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Gustavo Canales | 1982- | soccer | (Javier) | |
| Guus Hiddink | 1946- | soccer | | |
| Guus Til | 1997- | soccer | | |
| Guy Carbonneau | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Guy Lafleur | 1951-2022 | ice hockey | (Damien) | |
| Guy N'Dy Assembé | 1986- | soccer | (Roland) | |
| Guy Rodgers | 1935-2001 | basketball | | |
| Guyon Fernandez | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Gylfi Sigurðsson | 1989- | soccer | (Þór) | |
| György Garics | 1984- | soccer | (Jurica) | |
| György Sárosi | 1912-1993 | soccer | | |
| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | 1992- | football | (Ha'Sean, Treshon) | |
| Haile Gebrselassie | 1973- | track | (Haylē) | |
| Hajime Hosogai | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Håkan Algotsson | 1966- | ice hockey | | |
| Hakan Balta | 1983- | soccer | (Kadir) | |
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Hakeem Nicks | 1988- | football | (Amir) | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1963- | basketball | (Abdul) | |
| Hal Greer | 1936-2018 | basketball | (Harold, Everett) | |
| Hal Robson-Kanu | 1989- | soccer | (Thomas, Henry, Alex) | |
| Hale Irwin | 1945- | golf | | |
| Haloti Ngata | 1984- | football | (Etuini) | |
| Hamish Bennett | 1987- | cricket | (Kyle) | |
| Hamish Rutherford | 1989- | cricket | (Duncan) | |
| Hamit Altıntop | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Hanae Ito | 1985- | swimming | | |
| Handré Pollard | 1994- | rugby | | |
| Hank Aaron | 1934-2021 | baseball | (Henry, Louis) | |
| Hank Greenberg | 1911-1986 | baseball | (Henry) | |
| Hannes Þór Halldórsson | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Hannes Kolehmainen | 1889-1966 | track | (Pietari) | |
| Hans Gillhaus | 1963- | soccer | | |
| Hans Hateboer | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Hans Kraay Sr. | 1936-2017 | soccer | (Johan, Hendrik) | |
| Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | 1988- | tennis | | |
| Hans van Breukelen | 1956- | soccer | | |
| Hansie Cronje | 1969-2002 | cricket | (Wessel, Johannes) | |
| Chan Hao-ching | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Haris Medunjanin | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Haris Seferović | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Haris Sohail | 1989- | cricket | | |
| Harmon Killebrew | 1936-2011 | baseball | | |
| Harold "Red" Grange | 1903-1991 | football | (Red) | |
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | 1918-1999 | baseball | | |
| Haroon Rahim | 1949- | tennis | | |
| Haroon Rasheed | 1953- | cricket | | |
| Harrison Afful | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Harrison Smith | 1989- | football | | |
| Harry "Punch" Broadbent | 1892-1971 | ice hockey | (Harold) | |
| Harry Gallatin | 1927-2015 | basketball | | |
| Harry Hooper | 1887-1974 | baseball | | |
| Harry Howell | 1932-2019 | ice hockey | (Henry) | |
| Harry Kane | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Harry "Moose" Watson | 1898-1957 | ice hockey | (Harold) | |
| Harun Tekin | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Hashem Beikzadeh | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Hashim Amla | 1983- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Hasim Rahman | 1972- | boxing | (Sharif) | |
| Hassan Yebda | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Haukur Heiðar Hauksson | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | 1978- | ice hockey | | |
| Heath Streak | 1974-2023 | cricket | (Hilton) | |
| Heather Watson | 1992- | tennis | (Miriam) | |
| Héctor Bellerín | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Hector "Toe" Blake | 1912-1995 | ice hockey | | |
| Héctor Herrera | 1990- | soccer | (Miguel) | |
| Héctor Moreno | 1988- | soccer | (Alfredo) | |
| Héctor Scarone | 1898-1967 | soccer | | |
| Hedwiges Maduro | 1985- | soccer | (Eduard, Martinus) | |
| Heidi Løke | 1982- | handball | | |
| Hein Otterspeer | 1988- | skating | | |
| Heinz Lindner | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Hélder Postiga | 1982- | soccer | (Manuel) | |
| Helen Wills | 1905-1998 | tennis | | |
| Helena Suková | 1965- | tennis | | |
| Hélio Castroneves | 1975- | driving | | |
| Helmut Koinigg | 1948-1974 | driving | (Helmuth) | |
| Helmut Rahn | 1929-2003 | soccer | | |
| Henk Fraser | 1966- | soccer | (Hendrikus) | |
| Henri Bedimo | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Henri Kontinen | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Henri Leconte | 1963- | tennis | | |
| Henri Richard | 1936-2020 | ice hockey | | |
| Henrik Kristoffersen | 1994- | skiing | | |
| Henrik Sedin | 1980- | ice hockey | (Lars) | |
| Henrik Stenson | 1976- | golf | (Olof) | |
| Henrique | 1986- | soccer | (Adriano) | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | | |
| Henry Pyrgos | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Herbert "Buddy" O'Connor | 1916-1977 | ice hockey | (Buddy) | |
| Hermann Maier | 1972- | skiing | | |
| Hernanes | 1985- | soccer | (Anderson) | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 1974- | cricket | (Herman) | |
| Hersey Hawkins | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Son Heung-min | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Hicham El Guerrouj | 1974- | track | | |
| Hideto Takahashi | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Hiram Mier | 1989- | soccer | (Ricardo) | |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Hiromi Hara | 1958- | soccer | | |
| Hiromi Taniguchi | 1960- | track | | |
| Hjörtur Hermannsson | 1995- | soccer | | |
| Hobey Baker | 1892-1918 | ice hockey | (Hobart) | |
| Hod Stuart | 1879-1907 | ice hockey | (William, Hodgson) | |
| Holger Rune | 2003- | tennis | (Vitus) | |
| Homare Sawa | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Honus Wagner | 1874-1955 | baseball | | |
| Hope Solo | 1981- | soccer | (Amelia) | |
| Horacio Zeballos | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Horia Tecău | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Hortência Marcari | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Hörður Björgvin Magnússon | 1993- | soccer | | |
| Hossein Mahini | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Houry Gebeshian | 1989- | gymnastics | | |
| Howie Long | 1960- | football | (Howard) | |
| Howie Morenz | 1902-1937 | ice hockey | (Howard) | |
| Hristo Stoichkov | 1966- | soccer | | |
| Hrvoje Milić | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Hugo Almeida | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Hugo Campagnaro | 1980- | soccer | (Armando) | |
| Hugo Hovenkamp | 1950- | soccer | | |
| Hugo Lloris | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Huang Huidan | 1996- | gymnastics | | |
| Chen Huijia | 1990- | swimming | | |
| Hulk Hogan | 1953- | wrestling | (Terry, Gene) | |
| Humberto Suazo | 1981- | soccer | (Andrés) | |
| Huub Stevens | 1953- | soccer | (Hubertus) | |
| Chung Hyeon | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Kim Hyun-sung | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Iain Henderson | 1992- | rugby | | |
| Ian Maatsen | 2002- | soccer | (Ethan) | |
| Ian Redford | 1960-2014 | soccer | (Petrie) | |
| Ian Thorpe | 1982- | swimming | | |
| Iason Abramashvili | 1988- | skiing | | |
| Ibrahim Afellay | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 1973- | baseball | | |
| Ida Alstad | 1985- | handball | | |
| Ido Kozikaro | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Idriss Carlos Kameni | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Ignazio Abate | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Igor Akinfeev | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Igor Bubnjić | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Igor Denisov | 1984- | soccer | | |
| Igor Hinić | 1975- | water polo | | |
| Igor Karačić | 1988- | handball | | |
| Igor Larionov | 1960- | ice hockey | | |
| Igor Smolnikov | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Igor Štimac | 1967- | soccer | | |
| Iiro Järvi | 1965- | ice hockey | (Petteri) | |
| Iker Casillas | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Iker Iturbe | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Ilias Haddad | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Ilie Năstase | 1946- | tennis | | |
| Ilona Elek | 1907-1988 | fencing | | |
| Ilona Korstin | 1980- | basketball | (Kalyuvna) | |
| İlyas Kahraman | 1976- | soccer | | |
| Iman Shumpert | 1990- | basketball | (Asante) | |
| Imran Tahir | 1979- | cricket | (Mohammad) | |
| Imrul Kayes | 1987- | cricket | | |
| Iñaki de Miguel | 1973- | basketball | (Ignacio) | |
| Indrek Zelinski | 1974- | soccer | | |
| Ingemar Stenmark | 1956- | skiing | (Jan) | |
| Ingvar Jónsson | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Iolanda Balaș | 1936-2016 | track | | |
| Ireen Wüst | 1986- | skating | | |
| Irena Szewińska | 1946-2018 | track | | |
| Irene Schouten | 1992- | skating | | |
| Irfan Pathan | 1984- | cricket | | |
| Irfan Smajlagić | 1961- | handball | | |
| Irina Falconi | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Irina Khromacheva | 1995- | tennis | | |
| Irvine "Ace" Bailey | 1903-1992 | ice hockey | (Ace) | |
| Isaac Boss | 1980- | rugby | | |
| Isaác Brizuela | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Isabelle Yacoubou | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Isco | 1992- | soccer | (Francisco, Román) | |
| Ish Sodhi | 1992- | cricket | (Inderbir, Singh) | |
| Ishant Sharma | 1988- | cricket | (Vijay) | |
| Isiah Thomas | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Islam Slimani | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Ismaeel Mohammad | 1990- | soccer | | |
| İsmail Köybaşı | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Ismail Sillakh | 1985- | boxing | | |
| Israel Folau | 1989- | rugby | | |
| Israel Jiménez | 1989- | soccer | (Sabdi) | |
| Iulia Bulie | 1967- | boating | | |
| Iulia Curea | 1982- | handball | | |
| Iulia Dumanska | 1996- | handball | | |
| Iulia Leorda | 1994- | wrestling | | |
| Iva Majoli | 1977- | tennis | | |
| Ivan Buljubašić | 1987- | water polo | | |
| Ivan Dodig | 1985- | tennis | | |
| Ivan Franjic | 1987- | soccer | (Frankie) | |
| Ivan Lendl | 1960- | tennis | | |
| Ivan Ljubičić | 1979- | tennis | | |
| Ivan Perišić | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Ivan Rakitić | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Iván Rodríguez | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Ivan Slišković | 1991- | handball | | |
| Ivan Strinić | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Ivan Vargić | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Ivana Hong | 1992- | gymnastics | | |
| Ivana Kapitanović | 1994- | handball | | |
| Ivana Lovrić | 1984- | handball | | |
| Ivano Balić | 1979- | handball | | |
| Ivica Kostelić | 1979- | skiing | | |
| Ivica Olić | 1979- | soccer | | |
| Ivo Iličević | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Ivo Karlović | 1979- | tennis | | |
| Izet Hajrović | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Iztok Puc | 1966-2011 | handball | | |
| Jaap Stam | 1972- | soccer | (Jakob) | |
| Jacco Arends | 1991- | badminton | | |
| Jacco Eltingh | 1970- | tennis | (Folkert) | |
| Koo Ja-cheol | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Jack Adams | 1894-1968 | ice hockey | (John, James) | |
| Jack Brabham | 1926-2014 | driving | (John) | |
| Jack Darragh | 1890-1924 | ice hockey | (John) | |
| Jack Dempsey | 1895-1983 | boxing | (William, Harrison) | |
| Jack Johnson | 1878-1946 | boxing | (John) | |
| Jack Laviolette | 1879-1960 | ice hockey | (Jean, Baptiste) | |
| Jack Morris | 1955- | baseball | (John) | |
| Jack Nicklaus | 1940- | golf | | |
| Jack Nowell | 1993- | rugby | (Thomas) | |
| Jack Sikma | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Jack Sock | 1992- | tennis | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | (John) | |
| Jack Wilshere | 1992- | soccer | | |
| Jackie Groenen | 1994- | soccer | (Noelle) | |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 1962- | track | | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1919-1972 | baseball | (Jack, Roosevelt) | |
| Jackie Stewart | 1939- | driving | (John) | |
| Jacko Gill | 1994- | track | (Jackson) | |
| Jackson Martínez | 1986- | soccer | (Arley) | |
| Jaco Venter | 1987- | cycling | (Jacobus) | |
| Jacques Zoua | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Jacques Anquetil | 1934-1987 | cycling | | |
| Jacques Haman | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Jacques Lemaire | 1945- | ice hockey | | |
| Jacques Plante | 1929-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Jade Carey | 2000- | gymnastics | (Ashtyn) | |
| Jade North | 1982- | soccer | (Bronson) | |
| Jadeveon Clowney | 1993- | football | | |
| Jádson | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Oh Jae-suk | 1990- | soccer | | |
| Jaime Ayoví | 1988- | soccer | (Javier) | |
| Jaimee Fourlis | 1999- | tennis | | |
| Jairo Patiño | 1978- | soccer | (Leonard) | |
| Jairzinho | 1944- | soccer | (Jair) | |
| Jakara Anthony | 1998- | skiing | | |
| Jake Ball | 1991- | rugby | | |
| Jake LaMotta | 1922-2017 | boxing | (Giacobbe) | |
| Jakko Jan Leeuwangh | 1972- | skating | | |
| Jakob Jantscher | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 1985- | soccer | (Kuba) | |
| Jakub Sedláček | 1990- | ice hockey | | |
| Jakub Wawrzyniak | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Jalal Hosseini | 1982- | soccer | (Seyyed) | |
| Jamaal Charles | 1986- | football | (RaShaad, Jones) | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1953- | basketball | | |
| Jameel McCline | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Jameis Winston | 1994- | football | | |
| James Kwesi Appiah | 1960- | soccer | (Akwasi) | |
| James Chester | 1989- | soccer | (Grant) | |
| James Collins | 1983- | soccer | | |
| James Hanson | 1988- | rugby | | |
| James Harden | 1989- | basketball | (Edward) | |
| James Haskell | 1985- | rugby | (Andrew, Welbon) | |
| James Holland | 1989- | soccer | (Robert) | |
| James Hook | 1985- | rugby | (William) | |
| James Hunt | 1947-1993 | driving | | |
| James King | 1990- | rugby | | |
| James McCarthy | 1990- | soccer | | |
| James McClean | 1989- | soccer | (Joseph) | |
| James Milner | 1986- | soccer | | |
| James Pritchard | 1979- | rugby | (Gordon) | |
| James Rodríguez | 1991- | soccer | (David) | |
| James Slipper | 1989- | rugby | | |
| James Troisi | 1988- | soccer | | |
| James Worthy | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Jamie Baker | 1986- | tennis | | |
| Jamie Delgado | 1977- | tennis | | |
| Jamie George | 1990- | rugby | | |
| Jamie Heaslip | 1983- | rugby | (James, Peter, Richard) | |
| Jamie Murray | 1986- | tennis | (Robert) | |
| Jamie Roberts | 1986- | rugby | (Huw) | |
| Jamie Vardy | 1987- | soccer | | |
| Jamie Ward | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Jan Ceulemans | 1957- | soccer | | |
| Ján Ďurica | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Ján Greguš | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Jan Hudec | 1981- | skiing | | |
| Jan Jongbloed | 1940-2023 | soccer | | |
| Ján Mucha | 1982- | soccer | | |
| Ján Novota | 1983- | soccer | | |
| Jan Peters | 1954- | soccer | (Johannes) | |
| Jan Poortvliet | 1955- | soccer | | |
| Jan Siemerink | 1970- | tennis | | |
| Jan Smeets | 1985- | chess | | |
| Jan Stenerud | 1942- | football | | |
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 1990- | tennis | | |
| Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Jan Vertonghen | 1987- | soccer | (Bert, Lieve) | |
| Jan-Ove Waldner | 1965- | table tennis | | |
| Jan Wouters | 1960- | soccer | | |
| Jan Železný | 1966- | track | | |
| Jana Bieger | 1989- | gymnastics | (Lyn) | |
| Jana Čepelová | 1993- | tennis | | |
| Janica Kostelić | 1982- | skiing | | |
| Janko Tipsarević | 1984- | tennis | | |
| Jannie du Plessis | 1982- | rugby | (Jan, Nathaniël) | |
| Jarchinio Antonia | 1990- | soccer | (Angelo, Roberto) | |
| Jared Donaldson | 1996- | tennis | | |
| Jari Kurri | 1960- | ice hockey | (Pekka) | |
| Jari Litmanen | 1971- | soccer | (Olavi) | |
| Jarome Iginla | 1977- | ice hockey | (Arthur, Leigh, Adekunle, Tig, Junior, Elvis) | |
| Jaromír Jágr | 1972- | ice hockey | |