Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Notable Athletes; and the keywords are football
| Name | Gender | Lifespan | Badminton,basebsport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | m | 1887-1953 | football | (Jacobus, James, Wa-Tho-Huk, Francis, Franciscus) |  |
| George Halas | m | 1895-1983 | football | | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | m | 1898-1965 | football | (Curly) | |
| Harold "Red" Grange | m | 1903-1991 | football | (Red) | |
| Elemér Berkessy | m | 1905-1993 | soccer | (Emil, Emilio) | |
| Bronko Nagurski | m | 1908-1990 | football | (Bronislau) | |
| Don Hutson | m | 1913-1997 | football | (Donald) | |
| Sammy Baugh | m | 1914-2008 | football | (Samuel) | |
| Otto Graham | m | 1921-2003 | football | | |
| Gino Marchetti | m | 1927-2019 | football | | |
| Frank Gifford | m | 1930-2015 | football | (Francis) | |
| Johnny Unitas | m | 1933-2002 | football | (John, Constantine) | |
| Forrest Gregg | m | 1933-2019 | football | | |
| Bart Starr | m | 1934-2019 | football | (Bryan, Bartlett) | |
| Willie Davis | m | 1934-2020 | football | | |
| Sam Huff | m | 1934-2021 | football | (Robert, Lee) | |
| Len Dawson | m | 1935-2022 | football | (Leonard) | |
| Alex Karras | m | 1935-2012 | football | (Alexander) | |
| Paul Hornung | m | 1935-2020 | football | | |
| Jim Brown | m | 1936-2023 | football | (James) | |
| Willie Wood | m | 1936-2020 | football | (William, Vernell) | |
| Mike Ditka | m | 1939- | football | (Michael) | |
| Merlin Olsen | m | 1940-2010 | football | | |
| Roger Staubach | m | 1942- | football | | |
| Jan Stenerud | m | 1942- | football | | |
| Dick Butkus | m | 1942- | football | (Richard) | |
| Bob Hayes | m | 1942-2002 | football | (Robert, Lee) | |
| Gale Sayers | m | 1943-2020 | football | | |
| Joe Namath | m | 1943- | football | (Joseph) | |
| Ken Stabler | m | 1945-2015 | football | (Kenneth) | |
| Joe Greene | m | 1946- | football | (Charles, Edward) | |
| Larry Csonka | m | 1946- | football | | |
| O. J. Simpson | m | 1947-2024 | football | (Orenthal, James) | |
| Cliff Branch | m | 1948-2019 | football | (Clifford) | |
| Terry Bradshaw | m | 1948- | football | | |
| Archie Manning | m | 1949- | football | (Elisha, Archibald) | |
| Joe Theismann | m | 1949- | football | (Joseph) | |
| Ray Guy | m | 1949-2022 | football | (William) | |
| Franco Harris | m | 1950-2022 | football | | |
| Dan Fouts | m | 1951- | football | (Daniel) | |
| Mike Webster | m | 1952-2002 | football | (Michael) | |
| Walter Payton | m | 1954-1999 | football | | |
| Joe Montana | m | 1956- | football | (Joseph) | |
| Lawrence Taylor | m | 1959- | football | | |
| Howie Long | m | 1960- | football | (Howard) | |
| Jim Kelly | m | 1960- | football | (James) | |
| Darrell Green | m | 1960- | football | | |
| John Elway | m | 1960- | football | | |
| Morten Andersen | m | 1960- | football | | |
| Dan Marino | m | 1961- | football | (Daniel) | |
| Steve Young | m | 1961- | football | (Jon, Steven) | |
| Reggie White | m | 1961-2004 | football | (Reginald) | |
| Jerry Rice | m | 1962- | football | | |
| Michael Irvin | m | 1966- | football | | |
| Troy Aikman | m | 1966- | football | | |
| Deion Sanders | m | 1967- | football | | |
| Shannon Sharpe | m | 1968- | football | | |
| Barry Sanders | m | 1968- | football | | |
| Junior Seau | m | 1969-2012 | football | (Tiaina, Baul) | |
| Emmitt Smith | m | 1969- | football | | |
| Brett Favre | m | 1969- | football | | |
| Kurt Warner | m | 1971- | football | (Kurtis) | |
| Niko Kovač | m | 1971- | soccer | | |
| Michael Strahan | m | 1971- | football | | |
| Marvin Harrison | m | 1972- | football | | |
| Warren Sapp | m | 1972- | football | | |
| Steve McNair | m | 1973-2009 | football | (Stephen) | |
| Derrick Brooks | m | 1973- | football | | |
| Brian Dawkins | m | 1973- | football | | |
| Terrell Owens | m | 1973- | football | | |
| Robert Kovač | m | 1974- | soccer | | |
| Jonathan Ogden | m | 1974- | football | | |
| Ray Lewis | m | 1975- | football | (Raymond) | |
| Tony Gonzalez | m | 1976- | football | (Anthony) | |
| Peyton Manning | m | 1976- | football | (Williams) | |
| Randy Moss | m | 1977- | football | | |
| Tom Brady | m | 1977- | football | (Thomas, Edward, Patrick) | |
| Shaun Alexander | m | 1977- | football | | |
| Shayne Graham | m | 1977- | football | (Michael) | |
| Josip Šimunić | m | 1978- | soccer | | |
| Brian Urlacher | m | 1978- | football | | |
| Champ Bailey | m | 1978- | football | (Roland) | |
| Ed Reed | m | 1978- | football | (Edward) | |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | m | 1979- | football | | |
| Carson Palmer | m | 1979- | football | (Hilton) | |
| Julius Peppers | m | 1980- | football | (Frazier) | |
| Anquan Boldin | m | 1980- | football | (Kenmile) | |
| Mladen Petrić | m | 1981- | soccer | | |
| Eli Manning | m | 1981- | football | (Elisha, Nelson) | |
| Troy Polamalu | m | 1981- | football | (Aumua) | |
| Jason Peters | m | 1982- | football | (Raynard) | |
| Dustin Colquitt | m | 1982- | football | (Farr) | |
| Matt Cassel | m | 1982- | football | (Matthew, Brennan) | |
| DeMarcus Ware | m | 1982- | football | | |
| Terrell Suggs | m | 1982- | football | (Raymonn) | |
| Charles Itandje | m | 1982- | soccer | (Hubert) | |
| Devin Hester | m | 1982- | football | (Devorris) | |
| Antrel Rolle | m | 1982- | football | (Rocelious) | |
| Eduardo da Silva | m | 1983- | soccer | (Dudu) | |
| Tarvaris Jackson | m | 1983-2020 | football | (D'Andre) | |
| Frank Gore | m | 1983- | football | (Franklin, Delano) | |
| Kellen Clemens | m | 1983- | football | (Vincent) | |
| Aaron Rodgers | m | 1983- | football | | |
| Elvis Dumervil | m | 1984- | football | (Kool) | |
| Haloti Ngata | m | 1984- | football | (Etuini) | |
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | m | 1984- | soccer | (Pierre, David) | |
| Zak DeOssie | m | 1984- | football | (Zackary, Robert) | |
| Mason Crosby | m | 1984- | football | (Walker) | |
| Marshal Yanda | m | 1984- | football | | |
| LaMarr Woodley | m | 1984- | football | (Dudley) | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | m | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Adrian Peterson | m | 1985- | football | | |
| Rashad Jennings | m | 1985- | football | (Andre) | |
| Matt Ryan | m | 1985- | football | (Matthew) | |
| Jordy Nelson | m | 1985- | football | | |
| Darrelle Revis | m | 1985- | football | (Shavar) | |
| Donte Whitner | m | 1985- | football | (Demetrius) | |
| Corey Graham | m | 1985- | football | (Dewayne) | |
| Nikica Jelavić | m | 1985- | soccer | | |
| Duane Brown | m | 1985- | football | | |
| Chris Johnson | m | 1985- | football | (Christopher, Duan) | |
| Vedran Ćorluka | m | 1986- | soccer | | |
| Max Unger | m | 1986- | football | (Maxwell, McCandless) | |
| Brian Orakpo | m | 1986- | football | (Ndubisi) | |
| Mike Wallace | m | 1986- | football | (Burnell, Michael) | |
| Arian Foster | m | 1986- | football | (Isa) | |
| Ivo Iličević | m | 1986- | soccer | | |
| DeSean Jackson | m | 1986- | football | | |
| LeGarrette Blount | m | 1986- | football | (Montez) | |
| Jamaal Charles | m | 1986- | football | (RaShaad, Jones) | |
| Ndamukong Suh | m | 1987- | football | | |
| Martellus Bennett | m | 1987- | football | (Demond) | |
| Emmanuel Sanders | m | 1987- | football | (Niamiah) | |
| Sammir | m | 1987- | soccer | (Jorge) | |
| Lionel Messi | m | 1987- | soccer | (Andrés) | |
| Margus Hunt | m | 1987- | football | | |
| Jovan Belcher | m | 1987-2012 | football | (Henry, Allen) | |
| Ryan Mathews | m | 1987- | football | (Jefforey) | |
| Colin Kaepernick | m | 1987- | football | (Rand) | |
| Demaryius Thomas | m | 1987-2021 | football | (Antwon) | |
| Hakeem Nicks | m | 1988- | football | (Amir) | |
| DeMarco Murray | m | 1988- | football | | |
| Case Keenum | m | 1988- | football | (Austin) | |
| Ivan Rakitić | m | 1988- | soccer | | |
| Geno Atkins | m | 1988- | football | (Gene, Renard) | |
| Kam Chancellor | m | 1988- | football | (Kameron, Darnel) | |
| Allan Nyom | m | 1988- | soccer | (Roméo) | |
| Vinny Curry | m | 1988- | football | (Vincent) | |
| LeSean McCoy | m | 1988- | football | (Kamel) | |
| Greg Hardy | m | 1988- | football | (Gregory, McKarl) | |
| A. J. Green | m | 1988- | football | (Adriel, Jeremiah) | |
| Golden Tate | m | 1988- | football | | |
| Dez Bryant | m | 1988- | football | (Desmond) | |
| Russell Wilson | m | 1988- | football | (Carrington) | |
| DeMario Davis | m | 1989- | football | | |
| Torrey Smith | m | 1989- | football | (James) | |
| Harrison Smith | m | 1989- | football | | |
| Julio Jones | m | 1989- | football | (Quintorris, Lopez) | |
| Maxim Choupo-Moting | m | 1989- | soccer | (Jean, Eric) | |
| Von Miller | m | 1989- | football | (Vonnie, B'Vsean) | |
| Cole Beasley | m | 1989- | football | (Dickson) | |
| Cam Newton | m | 1989- | football | (Cameron) | |
| Dejan Lovren | m | 1989- | soccer | | |
| Tyrod Taylor | m | 1989- | football | | |
| Travis Kelce | m | 1989- | football | (Michael) | |
| Malik Jackson | m | 1990- | football | (Barron) | |
| Malcolm Butler | m | 1990- | football | (Terel) | |
| Lane Johnson | m | 1990- | football | (David) | |
| Eddie Lacy | m | 1990- | football | (Edward, Darwin) | |
| Randall Cobb | m | 1990- | football | (Ladonald) | |
| Vontaze Burfict | m | 1990- | football | (DeLeon) | |
| Christine Michael | m | 1990- | football | (Lynn) | |
| Marquise Goodwin | m | 1990- | football | (Derell) | |
| Brock Osweiler | m | 1990- | football | | |
| Miiko Albornoz | m | 1990- | soccer | (Martín) | |
| Tyron Smith | m | 1990- | football | | |
| Fletcher Cox | m | 1990- | football | | |
| Eden Hazard | m | 1991- | soccer | | |
| Manti Te'o | m | 1991- | football | (Malietau, Louis) | |
| Raoul Loé | m | 1991- | soccer | (Cédric) | |
| C. J. Anderson | m | 1991- | football | (Cortrelle, Javon) | |
| Khalil Mack | m | 1991- | football | | |
| Tavon Austin | m | 1991- | football | (Wesley) | |
| David Bakhtiari | m | 1991- | football | (Afrasiab) | |
| Cairo Santos | m | 1991- | football | | |
| Le'Veon Bell | m | 1992- | football | | |
| Raheem Mostert | m | 1992- | football | (Dominque) | |
| Keenan Allen | m | 1992- | football | | |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | m | 1992- | football | | |
| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | m | 1992- | football | (Ha'Sean, Treshon) | |
| Davante Adams | m | 1992- | football | (Lavell) | |
| DeVante Parker | m | 1993- | football | | |
| Jadeveon Clowney | m | 1993- | football | | |
| Brandin Cooks | m | 1993- | football | | |
| Marcus Mariota | m | 1993- | football | (Ardel, Tafuna, Taulauniu) | |
| Stefon Diggs | m | 1993- | football | | |
| Jameis Winston | m | 1994- | football | | |
| Mateo Kovačić | m | 1994- | soccer | | |
| Amari Cooper | m | 1994- | football | | |
| Kwon Alexander | m | 1994- | football | | |
| Patrick Mahomes | m | 1995- | football | | |
| Lamar Jackson | m | 1997- | football | |