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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818-1879 | chess |  | |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess | | |
| Paul Morphy | 1837-1884 | chess | | |
| George Wright | 1847-1937 | baseball | | |
| Deacon White | 1847-1939 | baseball | (James, Laurie) | |
| Candy Cummings | 1848-1924 | baseball | | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 1850-1919 | baseball | | |
| Albert Spalding | 1850-1915 | baseball | (Al) | |
| Adrian "Cap" Anson | 1852-1922 | baseball | | |
| Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn | 1854-1897 | baseball | | |
| Jim "Pud" Galvin | 1856-1902 | baseball | (Pud) | |
| Tim Keefe | 1857-1933 | baseball | | |
| Roger Connor | 1857-1931 | baseball | | |
| Mike "King" Kelly | 1857-1894 | baseball | | |
| Dan Brouthers | 1858-1932 | baseball | | |
| Mickey Welch | 1859-1941 | baseball | | |
| Buck Ewing | 1859-1906 | baseball | | |
| Bid McPhee | 1859-1943 | baseball | | |
| Kano Jigoro | 1860-1938 | martial arts | | |
| John Montgomery Ward | 1860-1925 | baseball | | |
| Sam Thompson | 1860-1922 | baseball | | |
| John Clarkson | 1861-1909 | baseball | | |
| Tommy McCarthy | 1863-1922 | baseball | | |
| Frank Grant | 1865-1937 | baseball | | |
| Billy Hamilton | 1866-1940 | baseball | | |
| Hugh Duffy | 1866-1954 | baseball | | |
| Cy Young | 1867-1955 | baseball | | |
| Jake Beckley | 1867-1918 | baseball | | |
| Ed Delahanty | 1867-1903 | baseball | | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | 1867-1920 | tennis | (Vaughan) | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Funakoshi Gichin | 1868-1957 | martial arts | | |
| Jesse Burkett | 1868-1953 | baseball | | |
| Hughie Jennings | 1869-1928 | baseball | (Hugh) | |
| Charles "Kid" Nichols | 1869-1953 | baseball | (Kid) | |
| Jimmy Collins | 1870-1943 | baseball | | |
| George Davis | 1870-1940 | baseball | (Stacey) | |
| Major Ritchie | 1870-1955 | tennis | (Josiah, George) | |
| Joe McGinnity | 1871-1929 | baseball | | |
| Amos Rusie | 1871-1942 | baseball | | |
| Joe Kelley | 1871-1943 | baseball | | |
| Willie Keeler | 1872-1923 | baseball | | |
| Fred Clarke | 1872-1960 | baseball | | |
| Spyridon Louis | 1873-1940 | track | (Spiridon, Spyros) | |
| Alf Smith | 1873-1953 | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Wallace | 1873-1960 | baseball | | |
| Mike Grant | 1873-1955 | ice hockey | | |
| Dan Bain | 1874-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Honus Wagner | 1874-1955 | baseball | | |
| Jack Chesbro | 1874-1931 | baseball | | |
| Nap Lajoie | 1874-1959 | baseball | | |
| Graham Drinkwater | 1875-1946 | ice hockey | | |
| Harvey Pulford | 1875-1940 | ice hockey | | |
| Eddie Plank | 1875-1926 | baseball | | |
| Elmer Flick | 1876-1971 | baseball | | |
| Vic Willis | 1876-1947 | baseball | | |
| Harry "Rat" Westwick | 1876-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Frank Chance | 1876-1924 | baseball | | |
| Rube Waddell | 1876-1914 | baseball | | |
| Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown | 1876-1948 | baseball | | |
| Arthur Farrell | 1877-1909 | ice hockey | | |
| Paddy Moran | 1877-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack Marshall | 1877-1965 | ice hockey | | |
| Fred Scanlan | 1877-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Bouse Hutton | 1877-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry Trihey | 1877-1942 | ice hockey | | |
| Dickie Boon | 1878-1961 | ice hockey | (Rich) | |
| Jack Johnson | 1878-1946 | boxing | | |
| Hod Stuart | 1879-1907 | ice hockey | | |
| Roger Bresnahan | 1879-1944 | baseball | | |
| Jack Laviolette | 1879-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Rube Foster | 1879-1930 | baseball | | |
| Addie Joss | 1880-1911 | baseball | | |
| Sam Crawford | 1880-1968 | baseball | | |
| Billy McGimsie | 1880-1968 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Tinker | 1880-1948 | baseball | | |
| Christy Mathewson | 1880-1925 | baseball | | |
| Russell Bowie | 1880-1959 | ice hockey | | |
| Blair Russel | 1880-1961 | ice hockey | | |
| Riley Hern | 1880-1929 | ice hockey | | |
| Oliver Seibert | 1881-1944 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Hall | 1881-1919 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | | |
| Jimmy Gardner | 1881-1940 | ice hockey | | |
| Johnny Evers | 1881-1947 | baseball | | |
| Percy LeSueur | 1881-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Bruce Stuart | 1881-1961 | ice hockey | | |
| Christian Steinmetz | 1882-1963 | basketball | | |
| Pete Hill | 1882-1951 | baseball | | |
| Frank McGee | 1882-1916 | ice hockey | | |
| Frederick Whitcroft | 1882-1931 | ice hockey | | |
| Ueshiba Morihei | 1883-1969 | martial arts | | |
| Tommy Phillips | 1883-1923 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Wachter | 1883-1966 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Didier Pitre | 1883-1934 | ice hockey | | |
| Si Griffis | 1883-1950 | ice hockey | (Silas) | |
| Marty Walsh | 1883-1915 | ice hockey | | |
| Ernie Russell | 1883-1963 | ice hockey | | |
| Tom Hooper | 1883-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Lester Patrick | 1883-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| John Schommer | 1884-1960 | basketball | | |
| Molla Mallory | 1884-1959 | tennis | | |
| John Henry Lloyd | 1884-1964 | baseball | | |
| Charles "Chief" Bender | 1884-1954 | baseball | (Charley) | |
| Fred "Cyclone" Taylor | 1884-1979 | ice hockey | | |
| Billy Gilmour | 1885-1959 | ice hockey | | |
| Tommy Smith | 1885-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Hughie Lehman | 1885-1961 | ice hockey | | |
| Rusty Crawford | 1885-1971 | ice hockey | (Samuel) | |
| Art Ross | 1886-1964 | ice hockey | | |
| Ernie "Moose" Johnson | 1886-1963 | ice hockey | | |
| John Franklin "Home Run" Baker | 1886-1963 | baseball | | |
| "Smokey" Joe Williams | 1886-1951 | baseball | | |
| George McNamara | 1886-1952 | ice hockey | | |
| George Richardson | 1886-1916 | ice hockey | | |
| Rube Marquard | 1886-1980 | baseball | | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | | |
| Lauritz Bergendahl | 1887-1964 | skiing | | |
| Georges Vézina | 1887-1926 | ice hockey | | |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1887-1950 | baseball | | |
| José Méndez | 1887-1928 | baseball | | |
| Harlan "Pat" Page | 1887-1965 | basketball | (Pat) | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | | |
| Tommy Dunderdale | 1887-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Jim Thorpe | 1887-1953 | football | (Jacobus, Wa-Tho-Huk, Franciscus) | |
| Garnet Lee | 1887-1976 | cricket | (Morley) | |
| Harry Hooper | 1887-1974 | baseball | | |
| Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde | 1887-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Walter Johnson | 1887-1946 | baseball | | |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 1888-1942 | chess | | |
| Tris Speaker | 1888-1958 | baseball | | |
| Zack Wheat | 1888-1972 | baseball | | |
| Ben Taylor | 1888-1953 | baseball | | |
| Red Faber | 1888-1976 | baseball | | |
| Jack Walker | 1888-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry Hyland | 1889-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack Ruttan | 1889-1973 | ice hockey | | |
| Max "Marty" Friedman | 1889-1986 | basketball | (Marty) | |
| Stan Coveleski | 1889-1984 | baseball | | |
| Hannes Kolehmainen | 1889-1966 | track | | |
| Max Carey | 1890-1976 | baseball | | |
| Louis Santop | 1890-1942 | baseball | | |
| Harry Cameron | 1890-1953 | ice hockey | | |
| Sam Rice | 1890-1974 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Gerard | 1890-1937 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Malone | 1890-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Sprague Cleghorn | 1890-1956 | ice hockey | | |
| Fred "Steamer" Maxwell | 1890-1975 | ice hockey | | |
| Cumberland Posey | 1890-1946 | basketball | (Cum) | |
| Jack Darragh | 1890-1924 | ice hockey | | |
| Barney Sedran | 1891-1964 | basketball | | |
| Frank Foyston | 1891-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 1891-1977 | baseball | | |
| Dazzy Vance | 1891-1961 | baseball | | |
| Frank Rankin | 1891-1932 | ice hockey | | |
| Dave Bancroft | 1891-1972 | baseball | | |
| Eppa Rixey | 1891-1963 | baseball | | |
| Herb Gardiner | 1891-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Gordon Roberts | 1891-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Walter "Rabbit" Maranville | 1891-1954 | baseball | | |
| Wladek Zbyszko | 1891-1968 | wrestling | | |
| Cy Denneny | 1891-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Alexander Alekhine | 1892-1946 | chess | | |
| Hobey Baker | 1892-1918 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry "Hap" Holmes | 1892-1941 | ice hockey | | |
| Scotty Davidson | 1892-1915 | ice hockey | (Allan) | |
| Harry "Punch" Broadbent | 1892-1971 | ice hockey | | |
| Dick Irvin | 1892-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Ray Schalk | 1892-1970 | baseball | | |
| Clint Benedict | 1892-1976 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Guyon | 1892-1971 | football | | |
| Walter Hagen | 1892-1969 | golf | | |
| Yip Man | 1893-1972 | martial arts | | |
| Barney Stanley | 1893-1971 | ice hockey | | |
| Frank Nighbor | 1893-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| George Burns | 1893-1978 | baseball | | |
| Bill Tilden | 1893-1953 | tennis | | |
| George Sisler | 1893-1973 | baseball | | |
| Edd Roush | 1893-1988 | baseball | | |
| Jesse Haines | 1893-1978 | baseball | | |
| "Bullet" Joe Rogan | 1893-1967 | baseball | | |
| Harold "Bullet Joe" Simpson | 1893-1973 | ice hockey | (Joe) | |
| Burleigh Grimes | 1893-1985 | baseball | | |
| Cristóbal Torriente | 1893-1938 | baseball | | |
| Guy Chamberlin | 1894-1967 | football | | |
| Fritz Pollard | 1894-1986 | football | | |
| Frank "Moose" Goheen | 1894-1979 | ice hockey | | |
| Herb Pennock | 1894-1948 | baseball | | |
| Jud Wilson | 1894-1963 | baseball | | |
| Duncan "Mickey" MacKay | 1894-1940 | ice hockey | (Mickey) | |
| Harry Heilmann | 1894-1951 | baseball | | |
| Ed Healey | 1894-1978 | football | | |
| George Halas | 1895-1983 | football | | |
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1895-1948 | baseball | (Babe) | |
| Gordon "Duke" Keats | 1895-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack Adams | 1895-1968 | ice hockey | | |
| Reg Noble | 1895-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack Dempsey | 1895-1983 | boxing | | |
| George Hainsworth | 1895-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Frank Fredrickson | 1895-1979 | ice hockey | | |
| George Kelly | 1895-1984 | baseball | | |
| John Beckman | 1895-1968 | basketball | | |
| Gord "Phat" Wilson | 1895-1970 | ice hockey | (Gordon) | |
| Apostolos Nikolaidis | 1896-1980 | soccer | | |
| John "Paddy" Driscoll | 1896-1968 | football | (Paddy) | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1896-1963 | baseball | | |
| Thomas Barlow | 1896-1983 | basketball | | |
| Wilfred "Shorty" Green | 1896-1960 | ice hockey | | |
| Georges Boucher | 1896-1960 | ice hockey | (George) | |
| Bill Cook | 1896-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Oscar Charleston | 1896-1954 | baseball | | |
| Bob O'Farrell | 1896-1988 | baseball | | |
| Nat Holman | 1896-1995 | basketball | | |
| George Trafton | 1896-1971 | football | | |
| Ross Youngs | 1897-1927 | baseball | | |
| Paavo Nurmi | 1897-1973 | track | | |
| Mervyn "Red" Dutton | 1897-1987 | ice hockey | | |
| Biz Mackey | 1897-1965 | baseball | | |
| Astyanax Douglass | 1897-1975 | baseball | | |
| Wilbur "Pete" Henry | 1897-1952 | football | | |
| Enzo Ferrari | 1898-1988 | driving | | |
| George Hay | 1898-1975 | ice hockey | | |
| Jimmy Conzelman | 1898-1970 | football | | |
| Henry "Dutch" Dehnert | 1898-1979 | basketball | | |
| Earl "Curly" Lambeau | 1898-1965 | football | | |
| Steve Owen | 1898-1964 | football | | |
| Andy Cooper | 1898-1941 | baseball | | |
| Cecil "Babe" Dye | 1898-1962 | ice hockey | | |
| Harry "Moose" Watson | 1898-1957 | ice hockey | (Harold, Ellis) | |
| Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler | 1898-1950 | baseball | (Kiki) | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1898-1973 | baseball | (Francis) | |
| Joe Sewell | 1898-1990 | baseball | | |
| Harry Oliver | 1898-1985 | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Terry | 1898-1989 | baseball | | |
| Pie Traynor | 1898-1972 | baseball | | |
| Héctor Scarone | 1898-1967 | soccer | | |
| William R. "Link" Lyman | 1898-1972 | football | (Roy) | |
| Ivan "Ching" Johnson | 1898-1979 | ice hockey | | |
| Duke Slater | 1898-1966 | football | (Frederick, Wayman) | |
| Ora Washington | c. 1899-1971 | basketball | | |
| Forrest DeBernardi | 1899-1970 | basketball | | |
| Earle Combs | 1899-1976 | baseball | | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1899-1938 | tennis | | |
| Waite Hoyt | 1899-1984 | baseball | | |
| Judy Johnson | 1899-1989 | baseball | | |
| Jocko Conlan | 1899-1989 | baseball | | |
| Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove | 1900-1975 | baseball | | |
| Edvīns Bārda | 1900-1947 | soccer | | |
| Joe Lapchick | 1900-1970 | basketball | | |
| Jim Bottomley | 1900-1959 | baseball | | |
| Hack Wilson | 1900-1948 | baseball | | |
| Adelin Benoît | 1900-1954 | cycling | | |
| Lionel Conacher | 1900-1954 | ice hockey | | |
| John Roosma | 1900-1983 | basketball | | |
| Leon "Goose" Goslin | 1900-1971 | baseball | | |
| Roy Worters | 1900-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Cal Hubbard | 1900-1977 | football | | |
| Joseph Brennan | 1900-1989 | basketball | | |
| Billy Burch | 1900-1950 | ice hockey | | |
| Bennie Borgmann | 1900-1978 | basketball | | |
| Gabby Hartnett | 1900-1972 | baseball | | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | | |
| Ricardo Zamora | 1901-1978 | soccer | | |
| Mule Suttles | 1901-1966 | baseball | | |
| Norman "Turkey" Stearnes | 1901-1979 | baseball | | |
| Luis Monti | 1901-1983 | soccer | | |
| José Nasazzi | 1901-1968 | soccer | | |
| Clarence "Hap" Day | 1901-1990 | ice hockey | (Hap, Happy) | |
| Heinie Manush | 1901-1971 | baseball | | |
| Aurèle Joliat | 1901-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Learie Constantine | 1901-1971 | cricket | (Nicholas) | |
| Frank Boucher | 1901-1977 | ice hockey | | |
| Arvīds Bārda | 1901-1940 | soccer | | |
| Alec Connell | 1902-1958 | ice hockey | (Alex, Alexander) | |
| Gene Sarazen | 1902-1999 | golf | | |
| Bobby Jones | 1902-1971 | golf | | |
| Sylvio Mantha | 1902-1974 | ice hockey | | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Al Simmons | 1902-1956 | baseball | | |
| John "Honey" Russell | 1902-1973 | basketball | | |
| Ernie Nevers | 1902-1976 | football | | |
| Paul Endacott | 1902-1997 | basketball | | |
| Howie Morenz | 1902-1937 | ice hockey | | |
| Pua Kealoha | 1902-1989 | swimming | (Kele) | |
| Gianpiero Combi | 1902-1956 | soccer | | |
| Eddie Shore | 1902-1985 | ice hockey | | |
| Morris "Red" Badgro | 1902-1998 | football | | |
| Nels Stewart | 1902-1957 | ice hockey | | |
| Reginald "Hooley" Smith | 1903-1963 | ice hockey | | |
| Rūdolfs Bārda | 1903-1991 | soccer | | |
| Chick Hafey | 1903-1973 | baseball | | |
| Francis "King" Clancy | 1903-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Mickey Cochrane | 1903-1962 | baseball | | |
| Paul Waner | 1903-1965 | baseball | | |
| Mike Michalske | 1903-1983 | football | (August) | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 1903-1993 | baseball | (Charles) | |
| James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell | 1903-1991 | baseball | | |
| Walt Kiesling | 1903-1962 | football | | |
| Cecil "Tiny" Thompson | 1903-1981 | ice hockey | | |
| Red Grange | 1903-1991 | football | | |
| Lou Gehrig | 1903-1941 | baseball | | |
| Carl Hubbell | 1903-1988 | baseball | | |
| Irvine "Ace" Bailey | 1903-1992 | ice hockey | | |
| Vic Hanson | 1903-1982 | basketball | (Victor) | |
| Ray Flaherty | 1903-1994 | football | | |
| Fred "Bun" Cook | 1903-1988 | ice hockey | | |
| Travis Jackson | 1903-1987 | baseball | | |
| Johnny "Blood" McNally | 1903-1985 | football | | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | | |
| Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier | 1903-1983 | basketball | | |
| René Lacoste | 1904-1996 | tennis | | |
| Albert "Babe" Siebert | 1904-1939 | ice hockey | (Babe) | |
| Johnny Weissmuller | 1904-1984 | swimming | | |
| František Plánička | 1904-1996 | soccer | | |
| Bill Foster | 1904-1978 | baseball | | |
| Chuck Klein | 1904-1958 | baseball | | |
| Ralph "Cooney" Weiland | 1904-1985 | ice hockey | | |
| Charlie Gardiner | 1904-1934 | ice hockey | (Charles, Chuck) | |
| Max Schmeling | 1905-2005 | boxing | (Maximillian) | |
| Guillermo Stábile | 1905-1966 | soccer | | |
| Benny Friedman | 1905-1982 | football | | |
| Red Ruffing | 1905-1986 | baseball | | |
| Elemér Berkessy | 1905-1993 | soccer | (Emili, Emilio) | |
| Helen Wills | 1905-1998 | tennis | | |
| Rick Ferrell | 1905-1995 | baseball | | |
| Angelo Schiavio | 1905-1990 | soccer | | |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 1905-1981 | baseball | | |
| Marty Barry | 1905-1969 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Primeau | 1906-1989 | ice hockey | | |
| John "Cat" Thompson | 1906-1990 | basketball | | |
| Evald Tipner | 1906-1947 | soccer | | |
| Lloyd Waner | 1906-1982 | baseball | | |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | 1906-1985 | ice hockey | | |
| Herbie Lewis | 1906-1991 | ice hockey | | |
| Ken Strong | 1906-1979 | football | | |
| Martín Dihigo | 1906-1971 | baseball | | |
| Harold "Bud" Foster | 1906-1996 | basketball | (Bud) | |
| Adelaide Meyer | 1906-1944 | gymnastics | | |
| Satchel Paige | 1906-1982 | baseball | | |
| Willie Wells | 1906-1989 | baseball | | |
| Earl "Dutch" Clark | 1906-1978 | football | | |
| Joe Cronin | 1906-1984 | baseball | | |
| Aubrey "Dit" Clapper | 1907-1978 | ice hockey | | |
| Hilton Smith | 1907-1983 | baseball | | |
| Luke Appling | 1907-1991 | baseball | | |
| Charles "Stretch" Murphy | 1907-1992 | basketball | | |
| Dolph Camilli | 1907-1997 | baseball | | |
| Bill Dickey | 1907-1993 | baseball | | |
| Charles "Tarzan" Cooper | 1907-1980 | basketball | | |
| Buck Leonard | 1907-1997 | baseball | | |
| Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler | 1907-1990 | baseball | | |
| Glen "Turk" Edwards | 1907-1973 | football | | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1907-1967 | baseball | | |
| Ray Brown | 1908-1965 | baseball | | |
| Chuck Hyatt | 1908-1978 | basketball | (Charles) | |
| Ernie Lombardi | 1908-1977 | baseball | | |
| Branch McCracken | 1908-1970 | basketball | | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 1908-1990 | football | | |
| Irma Haubold | 1908-1996 | gymnastics | | |
| Vernon "Lefty" Gomez | 1908-1989 | baseball | | |
| Mel Ott | 1909-1958 | baseball | | |
| Clarke Hinkle | 1909-1988 | football | | |
| Bucky Walters | 1909-1991 | baseball | (William, Henry) | |
| Fred Perry | 1909-1995 | tennis | | |
| Reginald "Red" Horner | 1909-2005 | ice hockey | | |
| Art Coulter | 1909-2000 | ice hockey | | |
| Billy Herman | 1909-1992 | baseball | | |
| Mel Hein | 1909-1992 | football | | |
| Bill Hewitt | 1909-1947 | football | | |
| Bert Patenaude | 1909-1974 | soccer | | |
| Rolph Grant | 1909-1977 | cricket | | |
| Charlie Conacher | 1909-1967 | ice hockey | | |
| Oldřich Nejedlý | 1909-1990 | soccer | | |
| Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean | 1910-1974 | baseball | (Dizzy) | |
| Elemér Kocsis | 1910-1981 | soccer | | |
| Arnie Herber | 1910-1969 | football | | |
| George Musso | 1910-2000 | football | | |
| Cliff Battles | 1910-1981 | football | | |
| Giuseppe Meazza | 1910-1979 | soccer | | |
| Leonida Pallotta | 1910-? | soccer | (Mario) | |
| John Wooden | 1910-2010 | basketball | | |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1911-1995 | driving | | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911-1995 | chess | | |
| Hank Greenberg | 1911-1986 | baseball | | |
| Harvy "Busher" Jackson | 1911-1966 | ice hockey | | |
| Ernest Schmidt | 1911-1986 | basketball | | |
| Maus Gatsonides | 1911-1998 | driving | (Maurice) | |
| Ada Lunardoni | 1911-2003 | gymnastics | | |
| Vello Kaaristo | 1911-1965 | skiing | (Vassili) | |
| Frank McCormick | 1911-1982 | baseball | | |
| William "Skinny" Johnson | 1911-1980 | basketball | | |
| Syd Howe | 1911-1976 | ice hockey | | |
| Kick Smit | 1911-1974 | soccer | (Johannes, Chrishostomus) | |
| Joe Medwick | 1911-1975 | baseball | | |
| David "Sweeney" Schriner | 1911-1990 | ice hockey | | |
| Earl Seibert | 1911-1990 | ice hockey | | |
| Josh Gibson | 1911-1947 | baseball | | |
| Lynn Patrick | 1912-1980 | ice hockey | | |
| Byron Nelson | 1912-2006 | golf | | |
| Linc Blakely | 1912-1976 | baseball | (Lincoln, Howard) | |
| Arky Vaughan | 1912-1952 | baseball | | |
| Joe Stydahar | 1912-1977 | football | | |
| Makar Honcharenko | 1912-1997 | soccer | | |
| Clarence "Ace" Parker | 1912-2013 | football | | |
| Sam Snead | 1912-2002 | golf | | |
| Bill Cowley | 1912-1993 | ice hockey | | |
| Jack McCracken | 1912-1958 | basketball | | |
| Marie Kibler | 1912-1978 | gymnastics | (Martha) | |
| György Sárosi | 1912-1993 | soccer | | |
| Ben Hogan | 1912-1997 | golf | | |
| Hector "Toe" Blake | 1912-1995 | ice hockey | | |
| Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans | 1912-1979 | football | | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | | |
| Johnny Mize | 1913-1993 | baseball | | |
| Wayne Millner | 1913-1976 | football | | |
| Don Hutson | 1913-1997 | football | | |
| Edward "Moose" Krause | 1913-1992 | basketball | | |
| Mort Cooper | 1913-1958 | baseball | | |
| Robert "Ace" Gruenig | 1913-1958 | basketball | | |
| Maldwyn James | 1913-2003 | rugby | (David) | |
| Bryan Hextall | 1913-1984 | ice hockey | | |
| Ray Dandridge | 1913-1994 | baseball | | |
| Leônidas da Silva | 1913-2004 | soccer | | |
| Jesse Owens | 1913-1980 | track | | |
| Frank Brimsek | 1913-1998 | ice hockey | | |
| Silvio Piola | 1913-1996 | soccer | | |
| Gordie Drillon | 1913-1986 | ice hockey | (Gordon) | |
| Gardnar Mulloy | 1913-2016 | tennis | (Putnam) | |
| Bertus Mooi Wilten | 1913-1965 | swimming | (Sjoerd, Lambertus) | |
| Clint Smith | 1913-2009 | ice hockey | | |
| Gino Bartali | 1914-2000 | cycling | | |
| Bobby McDermott | 1914-1963 | basketball | | |
| Sammy Baugh | 1914-2008 | football | | |
| Felice Borel | 1914-1993 | soccer | (Placido) | |
| Joe Louis | 1914-1981 | boxing | | |
| Turk Broda | 1914-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Neil Colville | 1914-1987 | ice hockey | | |
| Rafael Martín | 1914-2010 | basketball | | |
| Frank "Bruiser" Kinard | 1914-1985 | football | | |
| Joe DiMaggio | 1914-1999 | baseball | | |
| Stanley Matthews | 1915-2000 | soccer | | |
| Mykolas Ruzgys | 1915- | basketball | | |
| Syl Apps | 1915-1998 | ice hockey | (Sylvanus) | |
| Bobby Bauer | 1915-1964 | ice hockey | | |
| Joe Gordon | 1915-1978 | baseball | | |
| Friedo Dörfel | 1915-1980 | soccer | (Franz, Ferdinand) | |
| Galeazzo Dondi | 1915-2004 | basketball | | |
| Willard Brown | 1915-1996 | baseball | | |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1915-1992 | football | | |
| John Isaacs | 1915-2009 | basketball | | |
| Paul Keres | 1916-1975 | chess | | |
| Walter "Babe" Pratt | 1916-1988 | ice hockey | (Babe) | |
| Bill Durnan | 1916-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Dan Fortmann | 1916-1995 | football | | |
| Enos Slaughter | 1916-2002 | baseball | | |
| Angelo "Hank" Luisetti | 1916-2002 | basketball | (Hank) | |
| Herbert "Buddy" O'Connor | 1916-1977 | ice hockey | | |
| Phil Cavarretta | 1916-2010 | baseball | | |
| Jørgen Hviid | 1916-2001 | ice hockey | (Jergens, Alfreds) | |
| Doug Bentley | 1916-1972 | ice hockey | | |
| Roy Conacher | 1916-1984 | ice hockey | | |
| Leon Day | 1916-1995 | baseball | | |
| Marie Hoesly | 1916- | gymnastics | | |
| Sid Luckman | 1916-1998 | football | | |
| Bob Elliott | 1916-1966 | baseball | | |
| Woody Dumart | 1916-2001 | ice hockey | | |
| Kimura Masahiko | 1917-1993 | martial arts | | |
| Lauren "Laddie" Gale | 1917-1996 | basketball | | |
| Al Cervi | 1917-2009 | basketball | | |
| Jim Konstanty | 1917-1976 | baseball | | |
| Hank Sauer | 1917-2001 | baseball | | |
| John "Black Jack" Stewart | 1917-1983 | ice hockey | (Jack) | |
| Lou Boudreau | 1917-2001 | baseball | | |
| William "Pop" Gates | 1917-1999 | basketball | | |
| Harry "Buddy" Jeannette | 1917-1998 | basketball | (Buddy) | |
| Obdulio Varela | 1917-1996 | soccer | | |
| Phil Rizzuto | 1917-2007 | baseball | | |
| Margaret Duff | 1917- | gymnastics | | |
| Marty Marion | 1917-2011 | baseball | | |
| Alberto Ascari | 1918-1955 | driving | | |
| Tryfon Tzanetis | 1918-2001 | soccer | | |
| Naim Kryeziu | 1918-2010 | soccer | | |
| Jennie Caputo | 1918-1996 | gymnastics | | |
| Elmer Lach | 1918-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Sid Abel | 1918-2000 | ice hockey | | |
| Milt Schmidt | 1918-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| George McAfee | 1918-2009 | football | | |
| Bobby Doerr | 1918-2017 | baseball | | |
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | 1918-1999 | baseball | | |
| Ted Williams | 1918-2002 | baseball | | |
| Ratomir Čabrić | 1918-1990 | soccer | | |
| Bob Feller | 1918-2010 | baseball | | |
| Fausto Coppi | 1919-1960 | cycling | | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1919-1972 | baseball | | |
| Monte Irvin | 1919-2016 | baseball | | |
| Clyde "Bulldog" Turner | 1919-1998 | football | | |
| Tony Canadeo | 1919-2003 | football | | |
| Émile "Butch" Bouchard | 1919-2012 | ice hockey | | |
| Edgar Laprade | 1919-2014 | ice hockey | | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | baseball | | |
| Mac Speedie | 1920-1993 | football | | |
| Bob Davies | 1920-1990 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Max Bentley | 1920-1984 | ice hockey | | |
| Franjo Mihalić | 1920-2015 | track | | |
| Marion Motley | 1920-1999 | football | | |
| Cor Kint | 1920-2002 | swimming | (Clasina, Cornelia) | |
| Bob Waterfield | 1920-1983 | football | | |
| Chuck Rayner | 1920-2002 | ice hockey | | |
| Rune Johansson | 1920-1998 | ice hockey | (Arnold, Georg) | |
| Bob Lemon | 1920-2000 | baseball | | |
| Fritz Walter | 1920-2002 | soccer | | |
| Stan Musial | 1920-2013 | baseball | | |
| Steve Van Buren | 1920-2012 | football | | |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 1921-1995 | soccer | | |
| Vasiliy Smyslov | 1921-2010 | chess | (Vasily) | |
| Frank Gatski | 1921-2005 | football | | |
| Ken Reardon | 1921-2008 | ice hockey | | |
| Warren Spahn | 1921-2003 | baseball | | |
| "Sugar" Ray Robinson | 1921-1989 | boxing | (Walker) | |
| Hal Newhouser | 1921-1998 | baseball | | |
| Reece "Goose" Tatum | 1921-1967 | basketball | | |
| Bobby Wanzer | 1921-2016 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Maurice "Rocket" Richard | 1921-2000 | ice hockey | | |
| Bill Willis | 1921-2007 | football | | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 1921-2001 | tennis | | |
| Joe Fulks | 1921-1976 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Frido Frey | 1921-2000 | basketball | | |
| Bill Mosienko | 1921-1994 | ice hockey | | |
| Roy Campanella | 1921-1993 | baseball | | |
| Otto Graham | 1921-2003 | football | | |
| Charley Trippi | 1921- | football | | |
| Bill Dudley | 1921-2010 | football | | |
| Bill Quackenbush | 1922-1999 | ice hockey | | |
| Nándor Hidegkuti | 1922-2002 | soccer | | |
| Andy Phillip | 1922-2001 | basketball | | |
| Jim Pollard | 1922-1993 | basketball | (James) | |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 1922-2002 | baseball | | |
| Dorothy Dalton | 1922-1973 | gymnastics | | |
| George Kell | 1922-2009 | baseball | | |
| Emil Zátopek | 1922-2000 | track | | |
| Willie Pep | 1922-2006 | boxing | (Guglielmo) | |
| Nils Liedholm | 1922-2007 | soccer | | |
| Ralph Kiner | 1922-2014 | baseball | | |
| Ademir Marques de Menezes | 1922-1996 | soccer | | |
| Tom Fears | 1922-2000 | football | | |
| Oyama Masutatsu | 1923-1994 | martial arts | (Mas, Yeong-eui) | |
| Red Schoendienst | 1923-2018 | baseball | | |
| Dante Lavelli | 1923-2009 | football | | |
| Atilio Cremaschi | 1923-2007 | soccer | | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 1923-2000 | football | | |
| Harry "Whipper" Watson | 1923-2002 | ice hockey | (Harold, Percival) | |
| Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch | 1923-2004 | football | | |
| Rocky Marciano | 1923-1969 | boxing | | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1923-2014 | football | | |
| Pete Pihos | 1923-2011 | football | | |
| Larry Doby | 1923-2003 | baseball | | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Lou Groza | 1924-2000 | football | | |
| Al Rosen | 1924-2015 | baseball | | |
| Joe Gaetjens | 1924-1964 | soccer | | |
| Art Donovan | 1924-2013 | football | | |
| George Mikan | 1924-2005 | basketball | | |
| Leo Nomellini | 1924-2000 | football | | |
| Fedon Mattheou | 1924-2011 | basketball | (Faidon) | |
| Arnie Risen | 1924-2012 | basketball | | |
| Aleksandar Nikolić | 1924-2000 | basketball | (Aca) | |
| Johnny Bower | 1924-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Doug Harvey | 1924-1989 | ice hockey | | |
| Bob Kurland | 1924-2013 | basketball | (Robert, Albert) | |
| Ernst Happel | 1925-1992 | soccer | | |
| George Connor | 1925-2003 | football | | |
| Everton Weekes | 1925- | cricket | (DeCourcy) | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1925-1975 | football | | |
| Alton Brown | 1925-2016 | baseball | | |
| Ernie Stautner | 1925-2006 | football | | |
| Chuck Bednarik | 1925-2015 | football | | |
| Panos Markovic | 1925-2012 | soccer | | |
| Željko Čajkovski | 1925-2016 | soccer | | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | (Lawrence, Peter) | |
| Nílton Santos | 1925-2013 | soccer | | |
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | 1925-2002 | soccer | | |
| Ted Lindsay | 1925-2019 | ice hockey | (Robert, Blake, Theodore) | |
| Bobby Shantz | 1925- | baseball | | |
| Slater Martin | 1925-2012 | basketball | | |
| Andy Robustelli | 1925-2011 | football | | |
| Ted Kennedy | 1925-2009 | ice hockey | (Teeder) | |
| Elemér Szathmáry | 1926-1971 | swimming | | |
| Jack Brabham | 1926-2014 | driving | | |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926- | soccer | | |
| Gertrude Kolar | 1926-2014 | gymnastics | | |
| Dick McGuire | 1926-2010 | basketball | | |
| Len Ford | 1926-1972 | football | | |
| Allan Stanley | 1926-2013 | ice hockey | | |
| Ljubiša Spajić | 1926-2004 | soccer | (Ljubomir) | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1926-1983 | football | | |
| Bill Sharman | 1926-2013 | basketball | | |
| Don Newcombe | 1926-2019 | baseball | | |
| Bert Olmstead | 1926-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Mihály Tóth | 1926-1990 | soccer | (Mihalj) | |
| Duke Snider | 1926-2011 | baseball | | |
| Chuck Cooper | 1926-1984 | basketball | (Charles, Henry) | |
| Robin Roberts | 1926-2010 | baseball | | |
| Marques Haynes | 1926-2015 | basketball | | |
| Y. A. Tittle | 1926-2017 | football | (Yelberton, Albert) | |
| Harry Lumley | 1926-1998 | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Layne | 1926-1986 | football | | |
| Ladislao Kubala | 1927-2002 | soccer | | |
| Doak Walker | 1927-1998 | football | | |
| Gino Marchetti | 1927-2019 | football | | |
| Lou Creekmur | 1927-2009 | football | | |
| Joe Perry | 1927-2011 | football | | |
| Fernie Flaman | 1927-2012 | ice hockey | (Ferdinand) | |
| Jackie Jensen | 1927-1982 | baseball | | |
| Richie Ashburn | 1927-1997 | baseball | | |
| Ferenc Puskás | 1927-2006 | soccer | | |
| Dick "Night Train" Lane | 1927-2002 | football | | |
| Harry Gallatin | 1927-2015 | basketball | | |
| Bernard Vukas | 1927-1983 | soccer | | |
| Leonard "Red" Kelly | 1927-2019 | ice hockey | | |
| Dick Stanfel | 1927-2015 | football | | |
| Bill Gadsby | 1927-2016 | ice hockey | | |
| Norm Willey | 1927-2011 | football | (Norman, Earle) | |
| George Blanda | 1927-2010 | football | | |
| Carl Braun | 1927-2010 | basketball | | |
| Dezső Gyarmati | 1927-2013 | water polo | | |
| Jack Butler | 1927-2013 | football | | |
| Nellie Fox | 1927-1975 | baseball | | |
| Rinus Michels | 1928-2005 | soccer | (Marinus) | |
| Cor van der Hart | 1928-2006 | soccer | (Cornelis) | |
| Tom Johnson | 1928-2007 | ice hockey | | |
| Ed Macauley | 1928-2011 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Gordie Howe | 1928-2016 | ice hockey | (Gordon) | |
| Earl Lloyd | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Paul Arizin | 1928-2006 | basketball | | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | (Adolph) | |
| Pál Benkő | 1928-2019 | chess | | |
| Bob Cousy | 1928- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Waldyr "Didi" Pereira | 1928-2001 | soccer | (Didi, Valdir, Waldir) | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 1928-2013 | basketball | | |
| Whitey Ford | 1928- | baseball | | |
| George Yardley | 1928-2004 | basketball | | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1928-1986 | football | | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1928- | football | | |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1929-1959 | driving | | |
| Graham Hill | 1929-1975 | driving | | |
| Djalma Santos | 1929-2013 | soccer | (Dejalma) | |
| Stirling Moss | 1929- | driving | | |
| Jacques Plante | 1929-1986 | ice hockey | | |
| Neil Johnston | 1929-1978 | basketball | (Donald) | |
| Burhan Sargun | 1929- | soccer | | |
| Elston Howard | 1929-1980 | baseball | | |
| Lorne "Gump" Worsley | 1929-2007 | ice hockey | | |
| Antonio Carbajal | 1929- | soccer | | |
| Helmut Rahn | 1929-2003 | soccer | | |
| Clyde Lovellette | 1929-2016 | basketball | | |
| Arnold Palmer | 1929- | golf | | |
| Sándor Kocsis | 1929-1979 | soccer | | |
| Luigi Taveri | 1929-2018 | driving | | |
| Emanoil Răducanu | 1929-1991 | basketball | | |
| Lev Yashin | 1929-1990 | soccer | | |
| Bill George | 1929-1982 | football | | |
| Carwyn James | 1929-1983 | rugby | (Rees) | |
| John Henry Johnson | 1929-2011 | football | | |
| Terry Sawchuk | 1929-1970 | ice hockey | | |
| Tim Horton | 1930-1974 | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Dillon | 1930-2019 | football | | |
| Ollie Matson | 1930-2011 | football | (Oliver, Genoa) | |
| Doug Atkins | 1930-2015 | football | | |
| Keith Davis | 1930-2019 | rugby | | |
| Marcel Pronovost | 1930-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Mike McCormack | 1930-2013 | football | | |
| Árpád Fazekas | 1930-2018 | soccer | | |
| George Armstrong | 1930- | ice hockey | | |
| Doris Kirkman | 1930-2010 | gymnastics | | |
| Frank Gifford | 1930-2015 | football | | |
| Gilmar | 1930-2013 | soccer | (Gylmar) | |
| Les Richter | 1930-2010 | football | | |
| Dick Groat | 1930- | baseball | | |
| Yale Lary | 1930-2017 | football | | |
| André Lerond | 1930-2018 | soccer | | |
| Ruth Grulkowski | 1930-2012 | gymnastics | | |
| Nicasio Silverio | 1930- | swimming | (Juan) | |
| Refik Resmja | 1931-1997 | soccer | | |
| Dickie Moore | 1931-2015 | ice hockey | | |
| Ernie Banks | 1931-2015 | baseball | | |
| Josef Masopust | 1931- | soccer | | |
| Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion | 1931-2006 | ice hockey | | |
| Stanko Lorger | 1931-2014 | track | | |
| Bob St. Clair | 1931-2015 | football | | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | | |
| Ken Boyer | 1931-1982 | baseball | | |
| Ulli Jansen | 1931-2006 | ice hockey | | |
| Carl Willey | 1931-2009 | baseball | (Carlton, Francis) | |
| Frank Ramsey | 1931-2018 | basketball | | |
| Cor van der Gijp | 1931- | soccer | (Cornelis) | |
| Jean Béliveau | 1931-2014 | ice hockey | | |
| Willie Williams | 1931-2019 | track | | |
| Glenn Hall | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Kees Kuijs | 1931- | soccer | (Cornelis, Johannes) | |
| Eddie Mathews | 1931-2001 | baseball | | |
| Raymond Kopa | 1931- | soccer | | |
| Mickey Mantle | 1931-1995 | baseball | | |
| Jim Bunning | 1931-2017 | baseball | | |
| Milko Bobotsov | 1931-2000 | chess | (Georgiev) | |
| Jim Ringo | 1931-2007 | football | | |
| Stan Jones | 1931-2010 | football | | |
| Alex Delvecchio | 1931- | ice hockey | | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | (Clifford) | |
| Pierre Pilote | 1931-2017 | ice hockey | | |
| Cesare Maldini | 1932- | soccer | | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1932- | football | | |
| Bob Houbregs | 1932-2014 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | 1932- | basketball | | |
| K. C. Jones | 1932- | basketball | (Kenneth) | |
| Richie Guerin | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Leo Boivin | 1932- | ice hockey | | |
| Abebe Bikila | 1932-1973 | track | | |
| Andy Bathgate | 1932- | ice hockey | | |
| Lakis Petropoulos | 1932-1996 | soccer | (Vasilis) | |
| Emanoil Hasoti | 1932- | soccer | | |
| Maury Wills | 1932- | baseball | | |
| Rosey Brown Jr. | 1932-2004 | football | (Roosevelt) | |
| Ron Saunders | 1932-2019 | soccer | (Ronald) | |
| Jenő Dalnoki | 1932-2006 | soccer | | |
| Bob Pettit | 1932- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Harry Howell | 1932- | ice hockey | | |
| Bobby Robson | 1933-2009 | soccer | (Robert) | |
| Anthony Catt | 1933-2018 | cricket | (Waldron) | |
| Antonis Georgiadis | 1933- | soccer | | |
| Francisco Gento | 1933- | soccer | | |
| Tom Gola | 1933-2014 | basketball | | |
| Asim Ferhatović | 1933-1987 | soccer | | |
| Raymond Berry | 1933- | football | | |
| Ronnie Moore | 1933-2018 | driving | (Ronald, Leslie) | |
| Azeglio Vicini | 1933-2018 | soccer | | |
| Feridun Buğeker | 1933-2014 | soccer | | |
| Johnny Unitas | 1933-2002 | football | | |
| Maurice Stokes | 1933-1970 | basketball | | |
| Sam Jones | 1933- | basketball | | |
| Tomislav Ivić | 1933-2011 | soccer | | |
| David Storey | 1933-2017 | rugby | (Malcolm) | |
| Alekos Sofianidis | 1933-2010 | soccer | (Aleko) | |
| Just Fontaine | 1933- | soccer | | |
| Alan Stacey | 1933-1960 | driving | | |
| Loek Alflen | 1933-2015 | wrestling | | |
| Amby Fogarty | 1933-2016 | soccer | (Ambrose, Gerald) | |
| Forrest Gregg | 1933- | football | | |
| Garrincha | 1933-1983 | soccer | | |
| Lenny Moore | 1933- | football | | |
| Jacques Anquetil | 1934-1987 | cycling | | |
| Bart Starr | 1934-2019 | football | | |
| Hank Aaron | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Bill Russell | 1934- | basketball | (William, Felton) | |
| Abie Grossfeld | 1934- | gymnastics | | |
| Jim Parker | 1934-2005 | football | | |
| Luis Aparicio | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Eric Caldow | 1934-2019 | soccer | | |
| Earl Morrall | 1934-2014 | football | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | (John) | |
| Alketas Panagoulias | 1934-2012 | soccer | (Alkis) | |
| Willie Davis | 1934- | football | | |
| Tommy McDonald | 1934- | football | | |
| Roberto Clemente | 1934-1972 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Romano | 1934-2019 | baseball | (John, Anthony) | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 1934- | football | | |
| Talita Rodrigues | 1934- | swimming | | |
| Tom Heinsohn | 1934- | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Gert Blomé | 1934- | ice hockey | (Arne) | |
| Haralambie Eftimie | 1934- | soccer | | |
| Roger Maris | 1934-1985 | baseball | | |
| Elgin Baylor | 1934- | basketball | | |
| Maureen Connolly | 1934-1969 | tennis | | |
| Sam Huff | 1934- | football | | |
| Ken Rosewall | 1934- | tennis | | |
| Edvaldo "Vava" Izídio Neto | 1934-2002 | soccer | (Vavá) | |
| Al Kaline | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Larisa Latynina | 1934- | gymnastics | | |
| Omar Sívori | 1935-2005 | soccer | | |
| Luis Suárez Miramontes | 1935- | soccer | (Luisito) | |
| Don Maynard | 1935- | football | | |
| Henry Jordan | 1935-1977 | football | | |
| Miroslav Blažević | 1935- | soccer | (Ćiro) | |
| Gene Hickerson | 1935-2008 | football | | |
| Graham Farmer | 1935-2019 | football | (Vivian) | |
| Johnny Bucyk | 1935- | ice hockey | (John) | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1935- | football | | |
| Len Dawson | 1935- | football | | |
| Judy Howe | 1935- | gymnastics | (Judith, Ann) | |
| Alex Karras | 1935-2012 | football | | |
| John Brodie | 1935- | football | | |
| Frank Robinson | 1935-2019 | baseball | | |
| Guy Rodgers | 1935-2001 | basketball | | |
| Károly Palotai | 1935-2018 | soccer | | |
| Jim Taylor | 1935- | football | | |
| Jimmy Armfield | 1935-2018 | soccer | (James, Christopher) | |
| Gary Player | 1935- | golf | | |
| Bob Gibson | 1935- | baseball | | |
| Nera White | 1935- | basketball | | |
| Paul Hornung | 1935- | football | | |
| Norm Ullman | 1935- | ice hockey | | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 1935- | cricket | (Bholalall) | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1935- | baseball | | |
| Jim Clark | 1936-1968 | driving | (James) | |
| Denny Hulme | 1936-1992 | driving | (Denis) | |
| Miltos Papapostolou | 1936- | soccer | (Miltiadis) | |
| Jerry Kramer | 1936- | football | | |
| Jim Brown | 1936- | football | | |
| Dick Duff | 1936- | ice hockey | | |
| Henri Richard | 1936- | ice hockey | | |
| Bob Pulford | 1936- | ice hockey | | |
| Dragoljub Minić | 1936-2005 | chess | | |
| Leonel Sánchez | 1936- | soccer | (Guillermo) | |
| Hal Greer | 1936-2018 | basketball | (Harold, Everett) | |
| 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 | | |
| Roy Emerson | 1936- | tennis | (Stanley) | |
| Uwe Seeler | 1936- | soccer | | |
| Edda Buding | 1936-2014 | tennis | | |
| Willie Wood | 1936-2020 | football | (William, Vernell) | |
| Ray Nitschke | 1936-1998 | football | | |
| Bruce McLaren | 1937-1970 | driving | | |
| Boris Spassky | 1937- | chess | | |
| Bailey Howell | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Tsukasa Hosaka | 1937-2018 | soccer | | |
| Kick Langeweg | 1937- | chess | (Christiaan, Gerrit) | |
| Arie Selinger | 1937- | volleyball | (Aryeh) | |
| Brooks Robinson | 1937- | baseball | | |
| Cliff Huxford | 1937-2018 | soccer | (Clifford, George) | |
| Emiliano Rodríguez | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Jackie Klein | 1937- | gymnastics | (Jacquelyn, Joyce) | |
| Eric Holah | 1937- | soccer | (Tansley) | |
| Joan Crawford | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Dick LeBeau | 1937- | football | | |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1937-2012 | baseball | | |
| Bobby Charlton | 1937- | soccer | | |
| Juan Marichal | 1937- | baseball | | |
| Lenny Wilkens | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Lorenzo Alocén | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Chris Bristow | 1937-1960 | driving | (Christopher, William) | |
| Gordon Banks | 1937- | soccer | | |
| Luis Aragonés | 1938-2014 | soccer | | |
| Otto Rehhagel | 1938- | soccer | | |
| Jim Otto | 1938- | football | | |
| Willie McCovey | 1938-2018 | baseball | | |
| Frank Mahovlich | 1938- | ice hockey | | |
| Yevgeni Mayorov | 1938-1997 | ice hockey | | |
| Cocky Gastelaars | 1938- | swimming | (Cornelia, Maria) | |
| Ron Mix | 1938- | football | | |
| Larry Wilson | 1938- | football | | |
| Jimmy Johnson | 1938- | football | | |
| Jerry West | 1938- | basketball | (Alan) | |
| Doris Fuchs | 1938- | gymnastics | (Gudrun) | |
| Billy Williams | 1938- | baseball | | |
| Vassilis Daniil | 1938- | soccer | | |
| Rod Laver | 1938- | tennis | | |
| Johnny Robinson | 1938- | football | | |
| Gaylord Perry | 1938- | baseball | | |
| Radivoj Korać | 1938-1969 | basketball | | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Oscar Robertson | 1938- | basketball | (Palmer) | |
| Bill Playle | 1938-2019 | cricket | (William, Rodger) | |
| David "Deacon" Jones | 1938-2013 | football | (Deacon) | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Billy Shaw | 1938- | football | | |
| Jesús Codina | 1938-1999 | basketball | | |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | 1939- | soccer | | |
| Jackie Stewart | 1939- | driving | | |
| Bobby Hull | 1939- | ice hockey | | |
| Joseph Bonnel | 1939-2018 | soccer | | |
| Manch Wheeler | 1939-2018 | football | (Manchester, Haynes) | |
| Phil Niekro | 1939- | baseball | | |
| Cor Veldhoen | 1939-2005 | soccer | (Pleun) | |
| Sjoerd Wartena | 1939- | boating | | |
| Eddie Giacomin | 1939- | ice hockey | | |
| Herb Adderley | 1939- | football | | |
| Lou Brock | 1939- | baseball | | |
| Walt Bellamy | 1939-2013 | basketball | (Walter, Jones) | |
| Bob Lilly | 1939- | football | | |
| Amarildo | 1939- | soccer | | |
| 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 | | |
| Zoilo Versalles | 1939-1995 | baseball | | |
| Denis Law | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Mario Andretti | 1940- | driving | | |
| Jack Nicklaus | 1940- | golf | | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1940- | football | | |
| Chet Walker | 1940- | basketball | | |
| Jackie Smith | 1940- | football | | |
| Ron Santo | 1940-2010 | baseball | | |
| Billy McNeill | 1940-2019 | soccer | (William) | |
| Willie Stargell | 1940-2001 | baseball | | |
| Dave Keon | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Jerry Lucas | 1940- | basketball | (Ray) | |
| John Havlicek | 1940- | basketball | | |
| Mirko Jozić | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Francisco Buscató | 1940- | basketball | (Nino) | |
| Vyacheslav Starshinov | 1940- | ice hockey | (Ivanovich) | |
| Stan Mikita | 1940-2018 | ice hockey | (Stanislav) | |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 1940- | football | | |
| Bobby Bell | 1940- | football | | |
| Joe Torre | 1940- | baseball | | |
| Lance Alworth | 1940- | football | | |
| Roman Gabriel | 1940- | football | | |
| Lolo Sainz | 1940- | basketball | (Manuel) | |
| Buck Buchanan | 1940-1992 | football | | |
| Merlin Olsen | 1940-2010 | football | | |
| Jean Ratelle | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Muriel Grossfeld | 1940- | gymnastics | (Evelyn) | |
| Dave DeBusschere | 1940-2003 | basketball | | |
| Pelé | 1940- | soccer | (Edson) | |
| Jan Jongbloed | 1940- | soccer | | |
| Gerry Cheevers | 1940- | ice hockey | | |
| Willie Brown | 1940- | football | | |
| Nick Buoniconti | 1940- | football | | |
| Zvonko Bego | 1940-2018 | soccer | | |
| Alex Ferguson | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Teofil Codreanu | 1941-2016 | soccer | | |
| Kálmán Ihász | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Peet Petersen | 1941-1980 | soccer | | |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1941-2018 | cricket | (Laxman) | |
| Bobby Moore | 1941-1993 | soccer | | |
| Pete Rose | 1941- | baseball | | |
| Dave Robinson | 1941- | football | | |
| Teri Montefusco | 1941- | gymnastics | | |
| Clifford Luyk | 1941- | basketball | | |
| Rod Gilbert | 1941- | ice hockey | | |
| Nate Thurmond | 1941- | basketball | | |
| Chris Hanburger | 1941- | football | | |
| Boog Powell | 1941- | baseball | (John, Wesley) | |
| Graeme Langlands | 1941-2018 | rugby | (Frank) | |
| Daan Schrijvers | 1941-2018 | soccer | (Daniël, Christiaan) | |
| John Mackey | 1941-2011 | football | | |
| Charley Taylor | 1941- | football | | |
| Winston Hill | 1941-2016 | football | | |
| Jacques Laperrière | 1941- | ice hockey | | |
| Bob "The Boomer" Brown | 1941- | football | | |
| Geoff Hurst | 1941- | soccer | | |
| Mel Renfro | 1941- | football | | |
| Jochen Rindt | 1942-1970 | driving | | |
| Giacinto Facchetti | 1942-2002 | soccer | | |
| Ozren Bonačić | 1942- | water polo | | |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942- | boxing | (Cassius) | |
| Eusébio da Silva Ferreira | 1942-2014 | soccer | | |
| Carl Eller | 1942- | football | | |
| Roger Staubach | 1942- | football | | |
| Paul Krause | 1942- | football | | |
| Phil Esposito | 1942- | ice hockey | | |
| Dino Zoff | 1942- | soccer | | |
| Dick Allen | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Rinus Israël | 1942- | soccer | | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Philippe Gondet | 1942-2018 | soccer | | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1942- | football | | |
| Roger Brown | 1942-1997 | basketball | | |
| Willis Reed | 1942- | basketball | | |
| Floyd Little | 1942- | football | | |
| Margaret Court | 1942- | tennis | | |
| Connie Hawkins | 1942- | basketball | (Cornelius) | |
| Felice Gimondi | 1942-2019 | cycling | | |
| Dave Wilcox | 1942- | football | | |
| Priit Tomson | 1942- | basketball | | |
| Mimis Papaioannou | 1942- | soccer | (Dimitris) | |
| Jan Stenerud | 1942- | football | | |
| Paul Warfield | 1942- | football | | |
| Lajos Dunai | 1942-2000 | soccer | | |
| Dick Butkus | 1942- | football | | |
| Betty-Jean Maycock | 1942- | gymnastics | | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Bob Hayes | 1942-2002 | football | | |
| Arthur Ashe | 1943-1993 | tennis | | |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008 | chess | | |
| Carlos Alberto Parreira | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Gianni Rivera | 1943- | soccer | (Giovanni) | |
| Unn Thorvaldsen | 1943- | track | | |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 1943- | football | | |
| Antal Dunai | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Gail Goodrich | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Tony Esposito | 1943- | ice hockey | | |
| Gale Sayers | 1943- | football | | |
| Joe Namath | 1943- | football | | |
| Billy Cunningham | 1943- | basketball | (William) | |
| Emmitt Thomas | 1943- | football | | |
| Piet Keizer | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Bill Bradley | 1943- | basketball | (William, Warren) | |
| Ratomir Tvrdić | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Joe Morgan | 1943- | baseball | | |
| Wolfgang Overath | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Cvitko Bilić | 1943- | cycling | | |
| Pim Doesburg | 1943- | soccer | | |
| Tom Mack | 1943- | football | | |
| Billie Jean King | 1943- | tennis | | |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1943- | ice hockey | | |
| Dave Bing | 1943- | basketball | |