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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Núñez | 1976- | baseball | (Orlando) |  |
| Addie Joss | 1880-1911 | baseball | | |
| Adrian "Cap" Anson | 1852-1922 | baseball | | |
| Al Kaline | 1934-2020 | baseball | | |
| Al Rosen | 1924-2015 | baseball | | |
| Al Simmons | 1902-1956 | baseball | | |
| Alan Trammell | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Albert Pujols | 1980- | baseball | | |
| Albert Spalding | 1850-1915 | baseball | (Al) | |
| Alcides Escobar | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 1975- | baseball | | |
| Alexis Infante | 1961- | baseball | (Fermín) | |
| Alton Brown | 1925-2016 | baseball | | |
| Amos Rusie | 1871-1942 | baseball | | |
| Andre Dawson | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Andrew McCutchen | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Andy Cooper | 1898-1941 | baseball | | |
| Arky Vaughan | 1912-1952 | baseball | | |
| Astyanax Douglass | 1897-1975 | baseball | | |
| Augie Ojeda | 1974- | baseball | (Octavio) | |
| Barry Bonds | 1964- | baseball | | |
| Barry Larkin | 1964- | baseball | | |
| Beiker Graterol | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Ben Taylor | 1888-1953 | baseball | | |
| Bert Blyleven | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Bill Dickey | 1907-1993 | baseball | | |
| Bill Foster | 1904-1978 | baseball | | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 1936- | baseball | | |
| Bill Terry | 1898-1989 | baseball | | |
| Billy Hamilton | 1866-1940 | baseball | | |
| Billy Herman | 1909-1992 | baseball | | |
| Billy Williams | 1938- | baseball | | |
| Biz Mackey | 1897-1965 | baseball | | |
| Blaine Neal | 1978- | baseball | | |
| Bob Elliott | 1916-1966 | baseball | | |
| Bob Feller | 1918-2010 | baseball | | |
| Bob Gibson | 1935-2020 | baseball | | |
| Bob Lemon | 1920-2000 | baseball | | |
| Bob O'Farrell | 1896-1988 | baseball | | |
| Bobby Doerr | 1918-2017 | baseball | | |
| Bobby Shantz | 1925- | baseball | | |
| Bobby Wallace | 1873-1960 | baseball | | |
| Boog Powell | 1941- | baseball | (John, Wesley) | |
| Braden Looper | 1974- | baseball | (LaVerne) | |
| Brett Anderson | 1988- | baseball | (Franklin) | |
| Brooks Robinson | 1937- | baseball | | |
| Bruce Sutter | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Bryce Harper | 1992- | baseball | | |
| Buck Ewing | 1859-1906 | baseball | | |
| Buck Leonard | 1907-1997 | baseball | | |
| Bucky Walters | 1909-1991 | baseball | (William, Henry) | |
| Buster Posey | 1987- | baseball | (Gerald, Dempsey) | |
| Cal Ripken Jr. | 1960- | baseball | | |
| Candy Cummings | 1848-1924 | baseball | | |
| Carl Hubbell | 1903-1988 | baseball | | |
| Carl Willey | 1931-2009 | baseball | (Carlton, Francis) | |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 1939- | baseball | | |
| Carlton Fisk | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Casey Weathers | 1985- | baseball | | |
| César Cedeño | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Charles "Kid" Nichols | 1869-1953 | baseball | (Kid) | |
| Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn | 1854-1897 | baseball | | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 1903-1993 | baseball | (Charles) | |
| Chipper Jones | 1972- | baseball | (Larry, Wayne) | |
| Christian Yelich | 1991- | baseball | | |
| Christy Mathewson | 1880-1925 | baseball | | |
| Chuck Klein | 1904-1958 | baseball | | |
| Clayton Kershaw | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Cody Bellinger | 1995- | baseball | | |
| Craig Biggio | 1965- | baseball | | |
| Cristóbal Torriente | 1893-1938 | baseball | | |
| Cy Young | 1867-1955 | baseball | | |
| Dale Murphy | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Dámaso García | 1957- | baseball | (Domingo) | |
| Dan Brouthers | 1858-1932 | baseball | | |
| Dariel Álvarez | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Dave Bancroft | 1891-1972 | baseball | | |
| Dave Parker | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Dave Winfield | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Dayán Viciedo | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Dazzy Vance | 1891-1961 | baseball | | |
| Deacon White | 1847-1939 | baseball | (James, Laurie) | |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Denny McLain | 1944- | baseball | | |
| Derek Jeter | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Dexter Fowler | 1986- | baseball | (William) | |
| Dick Allen | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Dick Groat | 1930- | baseball | | |
| Dilson Torres | 1970- | baseball | (Darío) | |
| Dolph Camilli | 1907-1997 | baseball | | |
| Don Baylor | 1949-2017 | baseball | | |
| Don Drysdale | 1936-1993 | baseball | | |
| Don Mattingly | 1961- | baseball | | |
| Don Newcombe | 1926-2019 | baseball | | |
| Don Sutton | 1945-2021 | baseball | | |
| Duke Snider | 1926-2011 | baseball | | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Earl Averill | 1902-1983 | baseball | | |
| Earle Combs | 1899-1976 | baseball | | |
| Early Wynn | 1920-1999 | baseball | | |
| Ed Delahanty | 1867-1903 | baseball | | |
| Ed Walsh | 1881-1959 | baseball | | |
| Edd Roush | 1893-1988 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Collins | 1887-1951 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Kunz | 1986- | baseball | (Edward, Cory) | |
| Eddie Mathews | 1931-2001 | baseball | | |
| Eddie Murray | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Eddie Plank | 1875-1926 | baseball | | |
| Edgar Martínez | 1963- | baseball | | |
| Elmer Flick | 1876-1971 | baseball | | |
| Elston Howard | 1929-1980 | baseball | | |
| Enos Slaughter | 1916-2002 | baseball | | |
| Eppa Rixey | 1891-1963 | baseball | | |
| Ernie Banks | 1931-2015 | baseball | | |
| Ernie Lombardi | 1908-1977 | baseball | | |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Frank Chance | 1876-1924 | baseball | | |
| Frank Grant | 1865-1937 | baseball | | |
| Frank McCormick | 1911-1982 | baseball | | |
| Frank Robinson | 1935-2019 | baseball | | |
| Frank Thomas | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1898-1973 | baseball | (Francis) | |
| Fred Clarke | 1872-1960 | baseball | | |
| Fred Lynn | 1952- | baseball | | |
| Fred Manrique | 1961- | baseball | (Eloy) | |
| Freddie Freeman | 1989- | baseball | (Frederick, Charles) | |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 1905-1981 | baseball | | |
| Gabby Hartnett | 1900-1972 | baseball | | |
| Gary Carter | 1954-2012 | baseball | | |
| Gaylord Perry | 1938- | baseball | | |
| George Bell | 1959- | baseball | | |
| George Brett | 1953- | baseball | | |
| George Burns | 1893-1978 | baseball | | |
| George Davis | 1870-1940 | baseball | (Stacey) | |
| George Foster | 1948- | baseball | | |
| George Kell | 1922-2009 | baseball | | |
| George Kelly | 1895-1984 | baseball | | |
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth | 1895-1948 | baseball | (Babe) | |
| George Sisler | 1893-1973 | baseball | | |
| George Wright | 1847-1937 | baseball | | |
| Gerónimo Berroa | 1965- | baseball | (Emiliano) | |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 1989- | baseball | | |
| Greg Maddux | 1966- | baseball | | |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1887-1950 | baseball | | |
| Hack Wilson | 1900-1948 | baseball | | |
| Hal Newhouser | 1921-1998 | baseball | | |
| Hank Aaron | 1934-2021 | baseball | | |
| Hank Greenberg | 1911-1986 | baseball | | |
| Hank Sauer | 1917-2001 | baseball | | |
| Harmon Killebrew | 1936-2011 | baseball | | |
| Harold Baines | 1959- | baseball | | |
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | 1918-1999 | baseball | | |
| Harry Heilmann | 1894-1951 | baseball | | |
| Harry Hooper | 1887-1974 | baseball | | |
| Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler | 1898-1950 | baseball | (Kiki) | |
| Heinie Manush | 1901-1971 | baseball | | |
| Herb Pennock | 1894-1948 | baseball | | |
| Hilton Smith | 1907-1983 | baseball | | |
| Honus Wagner | 1874-1955 | baseball | | |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 1922-2002 | baseball | | |
| Hugh Duffy | 1866-1954 | baseball | | |
| Hughie Jennings | 1869-1928 | baseball | (Hugh) | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 1973- | baseball | | |
| Iván Rodríguez | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Jack Chesbro | 1874-1931 | baseball | | |
| Jack Morris | 1955- | baseball | | |
| Jackie Jensen | 1927-1982 | baseball | | |
| Jackie Robinson | 1919-1972 | baseball | | |
| Jake Beckley | 1867-1918 | baseball | | |
| James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell | 1903-1991 | baseball | | |
| Jason Giambi | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean | 1910-1974 | baseball | (Dizzy) | |
| Jayson Nix | 1982- | baseball | (Truitt, Edward) | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Jeff Burroughs | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Jeff Kent | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Jesse Burkett | 1868-1953 | baseball | | |
| Jesse Haines | 1893-1978 | baseball | | |
| Jim Bottomley | 1900-1959 | baseball | | |
| Jim Bunning | 1931-2017 | baseball | | |
| Jim "Pud" Galvin | 1856-1902 | baseball | (Pud) | |
| Jim "Catfish" Hunter | 1946-1999 | baseball | | |
| Jim Konstanty | 1917-1976 | baseball | | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 1850-1919 | baseball | | |
| Jim Palmer | 1945- | baseball | | |
| Jim Rice | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Jim Thome | 1970- | baseball | | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1907-1967 | baseball | | |
| Jimmy Collins | 1870-1943 | baseball | | |
| Jimmy Rollins | 1978- | baseball | | |
| Jocko Conlan | 1899-1989 | baseball | | |
| "Smokey" Joe Williams | 1886-1951 | baseball | | |
| Joe Cronin | 1906-1984 | baseball | | |
| Joe DiMaggio | 1914-1999 | baseball | | |
| Joe Gordon | 1915-1978 | baseball | | |
| Joe Kelley | 1871-1943 | baseball | | |
| Joe Mauer | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Joe McGinnity | 1871-1929 | baseball | | |
| Joe Medwick | 1911-1975 | baseball | | |
| Joe Morgan | 1943-2020 | baseball | | |
| "Bullet" Joe Rogan | 1893-1967 | baseball | | |
| Joe Sewell | 1898-1990 | baseball | | |
| Joe Tinker | 1880-1948 | baseball | | |
| Joe Torre | 1940- | baseball | | |
| Joey Votto | 1983- | baseball | | |
| John Franklin "Home Run" Baker | 1886-1963 | baseball | | |
| John Clarkson | 1861-1909 | baseball | | |
| John Henry Lloyd | 1884-1964 | baseball | | |
| John Smoltz | 1967- | baseball | | |
| John Montgomery Ward | 1860-1925 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Bench | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Johnny Evers | 1881-1947 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Mize | 1913-1993 | baseball | | |
| Johnny Romano | 1934-2019 | baseball | (John, Anthony) | |
| José Abreu | 1987- | baseball | | |
| José Altuve | 1990- | baseball | | |
| Jose Canseco | 1964- | baseball | | |
| José Méndez | 1887-1928 | baseball | | |
| José Sosa | 1952-2013 | baseball | (Ynocencio) | |
| José Uribe | 1959-2006 | baseball | (Altagracia) | |
| Josh Donaldson | 1985- | baseball | | |
| Josh Gibson | 1911-1947 | baseball | | |
| Josh Hamilton | 1981- | baseball | | |
| Juan González | 1969- | baseball | | |
| Juan Marichal | 1937- | baseball | | |
| Jud Wilson | 1894-1963 | baseball | | |
| Judy Johnson | 1899-1989 | baseball | | |
| Justin Morneau | 1981- | baseball | | |
| Justin Verlander | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Keith Hernandez | 1953- | baseball | | |
| Kelvim Escobar | 1976- | baseball | (José) | |
| Ken Boyer | 1931-1982 | baseball | | |
| Ken Caminiti | 1963-2004 | baseball | | |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 1969- | baseball | | |
| Keone Kela | 1993- | baseball | | |
| Kevin Mitchell | 1962- | baseball | | |
| Kirby Puckett | 1960-2006 | baseball | | |
| Kirk Gibson | 1957- | baseball | | |
| Kris Benson | 1974- | baseball | (Kristin, James) | |
| Kris Bryant | 1992- | baseball | | |
| Larry Doby | 1923-2003 | baseball | | |
| Larry Walker | 1966- | baseball | | |
| Laynce Nix | 1980- | baseball | (Michael) | |
| Lee Smith | 1957- | baseball | | |
| Leon Day | 1916-1995 | baseball | | |
| Leon "Goose" Goslin | 1900-1971 | baseball | | |
| Linc Blakely | 1912-1976 | baseball | (Lincoln, Howard) | |
| Lloyd Waner | 1906-1982 | baseball | | |
| Lou Boudreau | 1917-2001 | baseball | | |
| Lou Brock | 1939-2020 | baseball | | |
| Lou Gehrig | 1903-1941 | baseball | | |
| Lou Marson | 1986- | baseball | (Louis, Glenn) | |
| Louis Santop | 1890-1942 | baseball | | |
| Luis Aparicio | 1934- | baseball | | |
| Luis Pujols | 1955- | baseball | (Bienvenido) | |
| Luis Sojo | 1965- | baseball | (Beltrán) | |
| Luke Appling | 1907-1991 | baseball | | |
| Mac Williamson | 1990- | baseball | (Johnathan, Mackensey) | |
| Mallex Smith | 1993- | baseball | (Lydell) | |
| Mariano Rivera | 1969- | baseball | | |
| Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts | 1992- | baseball | | |
| Martín Dihigo | 1906-1971 | baseball | | |
| Marty Marion | 1917-2011 | baseball | | |
| Maury Wills | 1932- | baseball | | |
| Max Carey | 1890-1976 | baseball | | |
| Mel Ott | 1909-1958 | baseball | | |
| Mickey Cochrane | 1903-1962 | baseball | | |
| Mickey Mantle | 1931-1995 | baseball | | |
| Mickey Welch | 1859-1941 | baseball | | |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Miguel Tejada | 1974- | baseball | | |
| Mike "King" Kelly | 1857-1894 | baseball | | |
| Mike Mussina | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Mike Piazza | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Mike Schmidt | 1949- | baseball | | |
| Mike Trout | 1991- | baseball | | |
| Mo Vaughn | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Monte Irvin | 1919-2016 | baseball | | |
| Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown | 1876-1948 | baseball | | |
| Mort Cooper | 1913-1958 | baseball | | |
| Mule Suttles | 1901-1966 | baseball | | |
| Nap Lajoie | 1874-1959 | baseball | | |
| Nellie Fox | 1927-1975 | baseball | | |
| Nelson Liriano | 1964- | baseball | (Arturo) | |
| Nolan Ryan | 1947- | baseball | | |
| Norman "Turkey" Stearnes | 1901-1979 | baseball | | |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1937-2012 | baseball | | |
| Oscar Charleston | 1896-1954 | baseball | | |
| Oswaldo Peraza | 1962- | baseball | | |
| Ozzie Smith | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Pasqual Coco | 1977- | baseball | | |
| Paul Molitor | 1956- | baseball | | |
| Paul Waner | 1903-1965 | baseball | | |
| Pedro Martínez | 1971- | baseball | | |
| Pete Hill | 1882-1951 | baseball | | |
| Pete Rose | 1941- | baseball | | |
| Phil Cavarretta | 1916-2010 | baseball | | |
| Phil Niekro | 1939-2020 | baseball | | |
| Phil Rizzuto | 1917-2007 | baseball | | |
| Pie Traynor | 1898-1972 | baseball | | |
| Ralph Kiner | 1922-2014 | baseball | | |
| Randy Johnson | 1963- | baseball | | |
| Ray Brown | 1908-1965 | baseball | | |
| Ray Dandridge | 1913-1994 | baseball | | |
| Ray Schalk | 1892-1970 | baseball | | |
| Red Faber | 1888-1976 | baseball | | |
| Red Ruffing | 1905-1986 | baseball | | |
| Red Schoendienst | 1923-2018 | baseball | | |
| Reggie Jackson | 1946- | baseball | | |
| Richard "Goose" Gossage | 1951- | baseball | | |
| Richie Ashburn | 1927-1997 | baseball | | |
| Rick Ferrell | 1905-1995 | baseball | | |
| Rickey Henderson | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove | 1900-1975 | baseball | | |
| Roberto Alomar | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Roberto Clemente | 1934-1972 | baseball | | |
| Robin Roberts | 1926-2010 | baseball | | |
| Robin Yount | 1955- | baseball | | |
| Rod Carew | 1945- | baseball | | |
| Roger Bresnahan | 1879-1944 | baseball | | |
| Roger Clemens | 1962- | baseball | | |
| Roger Connor | 1857-1931 | baseball | | |
| Roger Maris | 1934-1985 | baseball | | |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 1891-1977 | baseball | | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1896-1963 | baseball | | |
| Rollie Fingers | 1946- | baseball | | |
| Ron Santo | 1940-2010 | baseball | | |
| Ross Youngs | 1897-1927 | baseball | | |
| Roy Campanella | 1921-1993 | baseball | | |
| Roy Halladay | 1977-2017 | baseball | | |
| Rube Foster | 1879-1930 | baseball | | |
| Rube Marquard | 1886-1980 | baseball | | |
| Rube Waddell | 1876-1914 | baseball | | |
| Ryan Braun | 1983- | baseball | | |
| Ryan Howard | 1979- | baseball | | |
| Ryne Sandberg | 1959- | baseball | | |
| Sam Crawford | 1880-1968 | baseball | | |
| Sam Rice | 1890-1974 | baseball | | |
| Sam Thompson | 1860-1922 | baseball | | |
| Sammy Sosa | 1968- | baseball | | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1935- | baseball | | |
| Satchel Paige | 1906-1982 | baseball | | |
| Shohei Ohtani | 1994- | baseball | | |
| Sil Campusano | 1965- | baseball | (Silvestre) | |
| Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler | 1907-1990 | baseball | | |
| Stan Coveleski | 1889-1984 | baseball | | |
| Stan Musial | 1920-2013 | baseball | | |
| Steve Carlton | 1944- | baseball | | |
| Steve Garvey | 1948- | baseball | | |
| Ted Lyons | 1900-1986 | baseball | | |
| Ted Simmons | 1949- | baseball | | |
| Ted Williams | 1918-2002 | baseball | | |
| Terry Pendleton | 1960- | baseball | | |
| Thurman Munson | 1947-1979 | baseball | | |
| Tilson Brito | 1972- | baseball | (Manuel) | |
| Tim Keefe | 1857-1933 | baseball | | |
| Tim Raines | 1959- | baseball | | |
| Toby Hernández | 1958- | baseball | (Rafael, Tobías) | |
| Tom Glavine | 1966- | baseball | | |
| Tom Seaver | 1944- | baseball | | |
| Tommy McCarthy | 1863-1922 | baseball | | |
| Tony Fernández | 1962-2020 | baseball | (Octavio, Antonio) | |
| Tony Gwynn | 1960- | baseball | | |
| Tony Lazzeri | 1903-1946 | baseball | | |
| Tony Pérez | 1942- | baseball | | |
| Travis Jackson | 1903-1987 | baseball | | |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1967- | baseball | | |
| Tris Speaker | 1888-1958 | baseball | | |
| Ty Cobb | 1886-1961 | baseball | | |
| Tyler Skaggs | 1991-2019 | baseball | (Wayne) | |
| Vernon "Lefty" Gomez | 1908-1989 | baseball | | |
| Vic Willis | 1876-1947 | baseball | | |
| Vida Blue | 1949- | baseball | | |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 1975- | baseball | | |
| Wade Boggs | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Waite Hoyt | 1899-1984 | baseball | | |
| Walter Johnson | 1887-1946 | baseball | | |
| Walter "Rabbit" Maranville | 1891-1954 | baseball | | |
| Warren Spahn | 1921-2003 | baseball | | |
| Whitey Ford | 1928-2020 | baseball | | |
| Willard Brown | 1915-1996 | baseball | | |
| Willie Hernández | 1954- | baseball | | |
| Willie Keeler | 1872-1923 | baseball | | |
| Willie Mays | 1931- | baseball | | |
| Willie McCovey | 1938-2018 | baseball | | |
| Willie McGee | 1958- | baseball | | |
| Willie Stargell | 1940-2001 | baseball | | |
| Willie Wells | 1906-1989 | baseball | | |
| Yasmany Tomás | 1990- | baseball | | |
| Yogi Berra | 1925-2015 | baseball | (Lawrence, Peter) | |
| Zack Wheat | 1888-1972 | baseball | | |
| Zoilo Versalles | 1939-1995 | baseball | | |
| Delmon Young | 1985- | baseball | (Damarcus) | |
| Yoenis Céspedes | 1985- | baseball | | |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 1980- | baseball | | |
| Bid McPhee | 1859-1943 | baseball | | |
| Edgmer Escalona | 1986- | baseball | (Eduarado) | |
| Esmil Rogers | 1985- | baseball | (Antonio) | |
| Zelous Wheeler | 1987- | baseball | (Lamar) | |
| Charles "Chief" Bender | 1884-1954 | baseball | (Charley) | |
| Burleigh Grimes | 1893-1985 | baseball | | |
| Everth Cabrera | 1986- | baseball | | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | 1987- | baseball | | |
| Rymer Liriano | 1991- | baseball | (Omar) | |
| Yangervis Solarte | 1987- | baseball | (Alfredo) | |
| Yasmani Grandal | 1988- | baseball | | |
| Yonder Alonso | 1987- | baseball | | |
| Chick Hafey | 1903-1973 | baseball | | |
| Abby Bishop | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Adrian Dantley | 1955- | basketball | (Delano) | |
| Aíto García Reneses | 1946- | basketball | (Alejandro) | |
| Al Cervi | 1917-2009 | basketball | | |
| Aleksandar Nikolić | 1924-2000 | basketball | (Aca) | |
| Aleksandar Petrović | 1959- | basketball | (Aco) | |
| Alex English | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Alexander Kaun | 1985- | basketball | (Sasha, Olegovich) | |
| Alexey Shved | 1988- | basketball | (Viktorovich) | |
| Allen Iverson | 1975- | basketball | | |
| Alonzo Mourning | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 1982- | basketball | (Carsares) | |
| Andre Iguodala | 1984- | basketball | (Tyler) | |
| Andrei Kirilenko | 1981- | basketball | (Gennadyevich) | |
| Andy Phillip | 1922-2001 | basketball | | |
| Angel McCoughtry | 1986- | basketball | (Lajuane) | |
| Angelo "Hank" Luisetti | 1916-2002 | basketball | (Hank) | |
| Ann Meyers | 1955- | basketball | (Elizabeth) | |
| Anne Donovan | 1961-2018 | basketball | (Theresa) | |
| Anthony Davis | 1993- | basketball | (Marshon) | |
| Anton Ponkrashov | 1986- | basketball | (Aleksandrovich) | |
| Aramis Naglić | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Arijan Komazec | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Arnie Risen | 1924-2012 | basketball | | |
| Artis Gilmore | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Arvydas Sabonis | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Asjha Jones | 1980- | basketball | (Takera) | |
| Bailey Howell | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Barney Sedran | 1891-1964 | basketball | | |
| Belinda Snell | 1981- | basketball | | |
| Bennie Borgmann | 1900-1978 | basketball | | |
| Bernard King | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Berni Rodríguez | 1980- | basketball | (Bernardo) | |
| Bill Bradley | 1943- | basketball | (William, Warren) | |
| Bill Russell | 1934- | basketball | (William, Felton) | |
| Bill Sharman | 1926-2013 | basketball | | |
| Bill Walton | 1952- | basketball | | |
| Billy Cunningham | 1943- | basketball | (William) | |
| Bob Cousy | 1928- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Davies | 1920-1990 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Houbregs | 1932-2014 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Kurland | 1924-2013 | basketball | (Robert, Albert) | |
| Bob Lanier | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Bob McAdoo | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Bob Pettit | 1932- | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bobby Jones | 1951- | basketball | (Robert, Clyde) | |
| Bobby McDermott | 1914-1963 | basketball | | |
| Bobby Wanzer | 1921-2016 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bojan Bogdanović | 1989- | basketball | | |
| Bonel Balingit | 1967- | basketball | | |
| Branch McCracken | 1908-1970 | basketball | | |
| Cade Cunningham | 2001- | basketball | (Parker) | |
| Calvin Murphy | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Candace Parker | 1986- | basketball | (Nicole) | |
| Cándido Sibilio | 1958-2019 | basketball | (Chicho, Antonio) | |
| Cappie Pondexter | 1983- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Carl Braun | 1927-2010 | basketball | | |
| Carmelo Anthony | 1984- | basketball | (Kyam) | |
| Carmelo Cabrera | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Carol Blazejowski | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Cathy Inglese | 1958-2019 | basketball | | |
| Céline Dumerc | 1982- | basketball | | |
| Charles Barkley | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Charles "Tarzan" Cooper | 1907-1980 | basketball | | |
| Charles "Stretch" Murphy | 1907-1992 | basketball | | |
| Charlie Scott | 1948- | basketball | (Charles, Thomas) | |
| Cheryl Miller | 1964- | basketball | (Deann) | |
| Chet Walker | 1940- | basketball | | |
| Chris Mullin | 1963- | basketball | (Christopher, Paul) | |
| Chris Paul | 1985- | basketball | (Christopher, Emmanuel) | |
| Christian Steinmetz | 1882-1963 | basketball | | |
| Chuck Cooper | 1926-1984 | basketball | (Charles, Henry) | |
| Chuck Hyatt | 1908-1978 | basketball | (Charles) | |
| Clémence Beikes | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Cliff Hagan | 1931- | basketball | (Clifford) | |
| Clifford Luyk | 1941- | basketball | | |
| Clyde Drexler | 1962- | basketball | | |
| Clyde Lovellette | 1929-2016 | basketball | | |
| Connie Hawkins | 1942-2017 | basketball | (Cornelius) | |
| Corliss Williamson | 1973- | basketball | (Mondari) | |
| Cumberland Posey | 1890-1946 | basketball | (Cum) | |
| Cüneyt Erden | 1977- | basketball | | |
| Cvetana Dekleva | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 1963- | basketball | (Lynne) | |
| Dan Issel | 1948- | basketball | | |
| Danira Bilić | 1969- | basketball | | |
| Danko Cvjetićanin | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Darius Miles | 1981- | basketball | (LaVar) | |
| Darius Songaila | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dave Bing | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Dave Cowens | 1948- | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave DeBusschere | 1940-2003 | basketball | | |
| David Robinson | 1965- | basketball | | |
| David Thompson | 1954- | basketball | | |
| Dawn Staley | 1970- | basketball | | |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 1974- | basketball | (Lachell) | |
| Denise Curry | 1959- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Dennis Johnson | 1954-2007 | basketball | | |
| Dennis Rodman | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Deron Williams | 1984- | basketball | (Michael) | |
| Derrick Rose | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Diana Taurasi | 1982- | basketball | (Lorena) | |
| Dick McGuire | 1926-2010 | basketball | | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Dimitra Kalentzou | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dino Meneghin | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Dino Rađa | 1967- | basketball | | |
| Dinos Angelidis | 1969- | basketball | (Konstantinos) | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Dmitry Khvostov | 1989- | basketball | (Grigoryevich) | |
| Dolph Schayes | 1928-2015 | basketball | (Adolph) | |
| Dominique Wilkins | 1960- | basketball | (Jacques) | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 1951- | basketball | | |
| Dražen Petrović | 1964-1993 | basketball | | |
| Dwyane Wade | 1982- | basketball | (Tyrone) | |
| Earl Lloyd | 1928-2015 | basketball | | |
| Earl Monroe | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Ed Macauley | 1928-2011 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Ed Wachter | 1883-1966 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Edward "Moose" Krause | 1913-1992 | basketball | | |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Efe Aydan | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Elgin Baylor | 1934-2021 | basketball | | |
| Élodie Godin | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Elvin Hayes | 1945- | basketball | | |
| Emanoil Răducanu | 1929-1991 | basketball | | |
| Emeka Okafor | 1982- | basketball | (Chukwuemeka, Ndubuisi) | |
| Emiliano Rodríguez | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Émilie Gomis | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Emmeline Ndongue | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Endéné Miyem | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Enrique Margall | 1944-1986 | basketball | | |
| Erfan Ali | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Ernest Schmidt | 1911-1986 | basketball | | |
| Ernestas Ežerskis | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Evgeny Voronov | 1986- | basketball | (Sergeevich) | |
| Fabricio Oberto | 1975- | basketball | (Raúl, Jesús) | |
| Fedon Mattheou | 1924-2011 | basketball | (Faidon) | |
| Felipe Reyes | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Ferran Martínez | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Florence Lepron | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Forrest DeBernardi | 1899-1970 | basketball | | |
| Francisco Buscató | 1940- | basketball | (Nino) | |
| Franjo Arapović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Frank Ramsey | 1931-2018 | basketball | | |
| Frido Frey | 1921-2000 | basketball | | |
| Gail Goodrich | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Galeazzo Dondi | 1915-2004 | basketball | | |
| Gary Payton | 1968- | basketball | | |
| George Gervin | 1952- | basketball | | |
| George McGinnis | 1950- | basketball | | |
| George Mikan | 1924-2005 | basketball | | |
| George Yardley | 1928-2004 | basketball | | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Gonzalo Sagi-Vela | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Grant Hill | 1972- | basketball | | |
| Guillem Vives | 1993- | basketball | | |
| Gus Johnson | 1938-1987 | basketball | | |
| Guy Rodgers | 1935-2001 | basketball | | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Hal Greer | 1936-2018 | basketball | (Harold, Everett) | |
| Harlan "Pat" Page | 1887-1965 | basketball | (Pat) | |
| Harold "Bud" Foster | 1906-1996 | basketball | (Bud) | |
| Harry Gallatin | 1927-2015 | basketball | | |
| Harry "Buddy" Jeannette | 1917-1998 | basketball | (Buddy) | |
| Henry "Dutch" Dehnert | 1898-1979 | basketball | | |
| Hersey Hawkins | 1966- | basketball | | |
| Hollie Grima | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Hortência Marcari | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Iker Iturbe | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Ilona Korstin | 1980- | basketball | (Kalyuvna) | |
| Iman Shumpert | 1990- | basketball | (Asante) | |
| Iñaki de Miguel | 1973- | basketball | (Ignacio) | |
| Isabelle Yacoubou | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Isiah Thomas | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Jack McCracken | 1912-1958 | basketball | | |
| Jack Sikma | 1955- | basketball | | |
| Jack Twyman | 1934-2012 | basketball | (John) | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1953- | basketball | | |
| James Harden | 1989- | basketball | (Edward) | |
| James Worthy | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Jasmina Perazić | 1960- | basketball | | |
| Jason Kidd | 1973- | basketball | | |
| Jaume Comas | 1974- | basketball | | |
| Javier Beirán | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Jenna O'Hea | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Jennifer Digbeu | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Jennifer Screen | 1983- | basketball | (Jenni) | |
| Jerome Kersey | 1962-2015 | basketball | | |
| Jerry Lucas | 1940- | basketball | (Ray) | |
| Jerry West | 1938- | basketball | (Alan) | |
| Jesús Codina | 1938-1999 | basketball | | |
| Jesús Iradier | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Jim Pollard | 1922-1993 | basketball | (James) | |
| Joan Crawford | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Joe Bryant | 1954- | basketball | (Joseph, Washington) | |
| Joe Dumars | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Joe Fulks | 1921-1976 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Lapchick | 1900-1970 | basketball | | |
| John Beckman | 1895-1968 | basketball | | |
| John Havlicek | 1940-2019 | basketball | | |
| John Isaacs | 1915-2009 | basketball | | |
| John Roosma | 1900-1983 | basketball | | |
| John "Honey" Russell | 1902-1973 | basketball | | |
| John Schommer | 1884-1960 | basketball | | |
| John Stockton | 1962- | basketball | (Houston) | |
| John "Cat" Thompson | 1906-1990 | basketball | | |
| John Wooden | 1910-2010 | basketball | | |
| Jo Jo White | 1946-2018 | basketball | (Joseph, Henry) | |
| Joonas Suotamo | 1986- | basketball | (Viljami) | |
| Jordi Villacampa | 1963- | basketball | | |
| José Calderón | 1981- | basketball | (Manuel) | |
| José Manuel Monsalve | 1945- | basketball | (Moncho) | |
| Joseph Brennan | 1900-1989 | basketball | | |
| Jrue Holiday | 1990- | basketball | (Randall) | |
| Juan Hernangómez | 1995- | basketball | (Juancho, Alberto) | |
| Juan Carlos Navarro | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Julius Erving | 1950- | basketball | | |
| Justin Holiday | 1989- | basketball | (Alaric) | |
| Kalin Lucas | 1989- | basketball | | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1947- | basketball | (Ferdinand, Lewis) | |
| Karl Malone | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Kathleen MacLeod | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Katie Smith | 1974- | basketball | | |
| Katrina McClain | 1965- | basketball | | |
| K. C. Jones | 1932-2020 | basketball | (Kenneth) | |
| Kevin Durant | 1988- | basketball | (Wayne) | |
| Kevin Garnett | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Kevin Love | 1988- | basketball | (Wesley) | |
| Kevin McHale | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Kobe Bryant | 1978-2020 | basketball | (Bean) | |
| Korana Longin-Zanze | 1973- | basketball | | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 1948-1995 | basketball | | |
| Kristi Harrower | 1975- | basketball | | |
| Lamar Odom | 1979- | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Laura Hodges | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Lauren "Laddie" Gale | 1917-1996 | basketball | | |
| Lauren Jackson | 1981- | basketball | | |
| LeBron James | 1984- | basketball | (Raymone) | |
| Lenny Wilkens | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Lindsay Whalen | 1982- | basketball | (Marie) | |
| Lisa Leslie | 1972- | basketball | | |
| Liz Cambage | 1991- | basketball | (Elizabeth) | |
| Lolo Sainz | 1940- | basketball | (Manuel) | |
| Lorenzo Alocén | 1937- | basketball | | |
| Louie Dampier | 1944- | basketball | | |
| Lucille Hamilton | 1969- | basketball | | |
| Lusia Harris-Stewart | 1955- | basketball | (Mae) | |
| Lütfi Arıboğan | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Lynette Woodard | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Maciel Pereira | 1944-2002 | basketball | (Ubiratan) | |
| Manuel Aller | 1963- | basketball | (Angel) | |
| Marc Gasol | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Mario Kasun | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Marion Laborde | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Marques Haynes | 1926-2015 | basketball | | |
| Maurice Cheeks | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Maurice Stokes | 1933-1970 | basketball | | |
| Max "Marty" Friedman | 1889-1986 | basketball | (Marty) | |
| Maya Moore | 1989- | basketball | (April) | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | 1932-2015 | basketball | | |
| Mel Daniels | 1944-2015 | basketball | | |
| Melike Bakırcıoğlu | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Miljana Bojović | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Milovan Raković | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Yao Ming | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Mirsad Türkcan | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Mitch Richmond | 1965- | basketball | (Mitchell, James) | |
| Mithat Demirel | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Moses Malone | 1955-2015 | basketball | | |
| Mykolas Ruzgys | 1915-1986 | basketball | | |
| Nadzeya Drozd | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Naile İvegin | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Nancy Lieberman | 1958- | basketball | (Lizabeth) | |
| Nat Holman | 1896-1995 | basketball | | |
| Nate Archibald | 1948- | basketball | (Nathaniel) | |
| Nate Thurmond | 1941-2016 | basketball | | |
| Nedim Yücel | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Neil Johnston | 1929-1978 | basketball | (Donald) | |
| Nera White | 1935-2016 | basketball | | |
| Nika Metreveli | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Nikola Jokić | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Nikola Mirotić | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Nikola Prkačin | 1975- | basketball | (Nikša) | |
| Nikos Galis | 1957- | basketball | (Nikolaos) | |
| Ora Washington | c. 1899-1971 | basketball | | |
| Oriol Junyent | 1976- | basketball | | |
| Oscar Robertson | 1938- | basketball | (Palmer) | |
| Oscar Schmidt | 1958- | basketball | | |
| Oxana Rakhmatulina | 1976- | basketball | (Yevgeniyevna) | |
| Pape Sy | 1988- | basketball | (Ousseynou) | |
| Patrick Ewing | 1962- | basketball | (Aloysius) | |
| Pau Gasol | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Pau Ribas | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Paul Arizin | 1928-2006 | basketball | | |
| Paul Endacott | 1902-1997 | basketball | | |
| Paul Westphal | 1950-2021 | basketball | | |
| Penda Sy | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Pete Maravich | 1947-1988 | basketball | (Peter) | |
| Pierre Oriola | 1992- | basketball | (David) | |
| Polat Kocaoğlu | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Priit Tomson | 1942- | basketball | | |
| Quim Costa | 1957- | basketball | (Joaquim) | |
| Quino Colom | 1988- | basketball | (Joaquim) | |
| Rachael Sporn | 1968- | basketball | (Pamela) | |
| Rachel Jarry | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Radivoj Korać | 1938-1969 | basketball | | |
| Rafael Martín | 1914-2010 | basketball | | |
| Ralph Sampson | 1960- | basketball | | |
| Rasual Butler | 1979-2018 | basketball | | |
| Ratomir Tvrdić | 1943- | basketball | | |
| Ray Allen | 1975- | basketball | | |
| Reece "Goose" Tatum | 1921-1967 | basketball | | |
| Reggie Miller | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Richie Guerin | 1932- | basketball | | |
| Rick Barry | 1944- | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Ricky Rubio | 1990- | basketball | (Ricard) | |
| Robert "Ace" Gruenig | 1913-1958 | basketball | | |
| Robert Parish | 1953- | basketball | | |
| Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier | 1903-1983 | basketball | | |
| Roger Brown | 1942-1997 | basketball | | |
| Rohanee Cox | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Rudy Fernández | 1985- | basketball | (Rodolfo) | |
| Russell Westbrook | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Sabahudin Bilalović | 1960-2003 | basketball | | |
| Sam Jones | 1933- | basketball | | |
| Samantha Richards | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Sandrine Gruda | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Šarūnas Marčiulionis | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Scottie Pippen | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Seimone Augustus | 1984- | basketball | (Delicia) | |
| Semyon Antonov | 1989- | basketball | | |
| Serge Ibaka | 1989- | basketball | (Sergeballu, LaMu, Sayonga, Loom, Walahas, Jonas, Hugo) | |
| Sergei Belov | 1944-2013 | basketball | | |
| Sergei Monia | 1983- | basketball | (Alexandrovich) | |
| Sergey Karasev | 1993- | basketball | (Vasiliyevich) | |
| Sergio Llull | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Sergio Rodríguez | 1986- | basketball | | |
| Sergio Scariolo | 1961- | basketball | | |
| Shammond Williams | 1975- | basketball | (Omar) | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 1972- | basketball | (Rashaun) | |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 1971- | basketball | | |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1957- | basketball | | |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 1994- | basketball | | |
| Slater Martin | 1925-2012 | basketball | | |
| Spencer Haywood | 1949- | basketball | | |
| Stephen Curry | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Stephen Jackson | 1978- | basketball | (Jesse) | |
| Stephon Marbury | 1977- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| Steve Nash | 1974- | basketball | | |
| Stojko Vranković | 1964- | basketball | (Stojan) | |
| Sue Bird | 1980- | basketball | (Suzanne, Brigit) | |
| Suzy Batkovic | 1980- | basketball | | |
| Swin Cash | 1979- | basketball | (Swintayla, Marie) | |
| Sylvia Fowles | 1985- | basketball | (Shaqueria) | |
| Tamika Catchings | 1979- | basketball | (Devonne) | |
| Tayshaun Prince | 1980- | basketball | (Durell) | |
| Teresa Edwards | 1964- | basketball | | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Thomas Barlow | 1896-1983 | basketball | | |
| Tiit Sokk | 1964- | basketball | (Tout) | |
| Tim Duncan | 1976- | basketball | (Timothy) | |
| Tim Legler | 1966- | basketball | (Timothy, Eugene) | |
| Timofey Mozgov | 1986- | basketball | (Pavlovich) | |
| Tina Charles | 1988- | basketball | (Alexandria) | |
| Tina Thompson | 1975- | basketball | | |
| Tom Gola | 1933-2014 | basketball | | |
| Tom Heinsohn | 1934- | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | 1938- | basketball | | |
| Toni Kukoč | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Tornike Shengelia | 1991- | basketball | | |
| Tracy McGrady | 1979- | basketball | | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 1972- | basketball | (Louise) | |
| Tyson Chandler | 1982- | basketball | (Cleotis) | |
| Uljana Semjonova | 1952- | basketball | (Juliana) | |
| Velimir Perasović | 1965- | basketball | | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | 1928-2013 | basketball | | |
| Vic Hanson | 1903-1982 | basketball | (Victor) | |
| Vicente Ramos Cecilio | 1947- | basketball | | |
| Víctor Claver | 1988- | basketball | | |
| Victor Khryapa | 1982- | basketball | (Vladimirovich) | |
| Víctor Sada | 1984- | basketball | | |
| Vitaly Fridzon | 1985- | basketball | (Valerevich) | |
| Vladan Alanović | 1967- | basketball | | |
| Vlade Divac | 1968- | basketball | | |
| Vlastimir Vukadinović | 1982- | basketball | | |
| Walt Bellamy | 1939-2013 | basketball | (Walter, Jones) | |
| Walt Frazier | 1945- | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Wataru Misaka | 1923-2019 | basketball | | |
| Wes Unseld | 1946-2020 | basketball | | |
| William "Pop" Gates | 1917-1999 | basketball | | |
| William "Skinny" Johnson | 1911-1980 | basketball | | |
| Willis Reed | 1942- | basketball | | |
| Willy Hernangómez | 1994- | basketball | (Guillermo, Gustavo) | |
| Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain | 1936-1999 | basketball | | |
| Xavi Rabaseda | 1989- | basketball | (Xavier) | |
| Yohann Sangaré | 1983- | basketball | | |
| Yolanda Griffith | 1970- | basketball | (Evette) | |
| Žan Tabak | 1970- | basketball | | |
| Zelmo Beaty | 1939-2013 | basketball | | |
| Zion Williamson | 2000- | basketball | (Lateef) | |
| Tanel Sokk | 1985- | basketball | | |
| Larry Bird | 1956- | basketball | | |
| Michael Jordan | 1963- | basketball | | |
| Kenan Sipahi | 1995- | basketball | | |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | 1959- | basketball | | |
| Yogev Ohayon | 1987- | basketball | | |
| Ido Kozikaro | 1978- | basketball | | |
| Adolf Kainz | 1903-1948 | boating | (Adi) | |
| Adolf Konto | 1911-1965 | boating | (Jonas, Leo) | |
| Adolf Möller | 1877-1968 | boating | | |
| Adolf Nilsen | 1895-1983 | boating | (Gustinius) | |
| Balázs Adolf | 1999- | boating | | |
| Gustav Moths | 1877-19xx | boating | (Adolf) | |
| Iulia Bulie | 1967- | boating | | |
| Sjoerd Hamburger | 1983- | boating | (Herman) | |
| Sjoerd Hoekstra | 1959- | boating | (Evert) | |
| Sjoerd Vollebregt | 1954- | boating | (Steven) | |
| Sjoerd Wartena | 1939- | boating | | |
| Abdelaziz Touilbini | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Albert Selimov | 1986- | boxing | | |
| Anwar Oshana | 1972- | boxing | | |
| Ariel Hernández | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Audley Harrison | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Beibut Shumenov | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Cătălin Zmărăndescu | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Cengiz Koç | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Chauncy Welliver | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Damir Škaro | 1959- | boxing | | |
| Dariusz Michalczewski | 1968- | boxing | | |
| Darroll Wilson | 1966- | boxing | (Lamont) | |
| DaVarryl Williamson | 1968- | boxing | (Jerome) | |
| DeAndrey Abron | 1972- | boxing | | |
| Deivi Julio | 1980- | boxing | (Deivis) | |
| Deontay Wilder | 1985- | boxing | (Leshun) | |
| Deyan Kirilov | 1964- | boxing | | |
| Dhafir Smith | 1982- | boxing | | |
| Dilshod Yarbekov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Elchin Alizade | 1986- | boxing | (Elçin) | |
| Elieser Castillo | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Emmanuel Nwodo | 1974- | boxing | (John, Chukuwuemeka) | |
| Eusebio Pedroza | 1956-2019 | boxing | | |
| Evander Holyfield | 1962- | boxing | | |
| Evans Quinn | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | 1977- | boxing | (Joy) | |
| Fres Oquendo | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Friday Ahunanya | 1971- | boxing | (Chinedu) | |
| Fulgencio Zúñiga | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov | 1976- | boxing | (Abdulovich) | |
| Gbenga Oloukun | 1983- | boxing | | |
| George Foreman | 1949- | boxing | | |
| Giacobbe Fragomeni | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1963- | boxing | | |
| Hasim Rahman | 1972- | boxing | (Sharif) | |
| Henry Armstrong | 1912-1988 | boxing | | |
| Iago Kiladze | 1986- | boxing | | |
| Imamu Mayfield | 1972- | boxing | (Amiri) | |
| Ismail Sillakh | 1985- | boxing | | |
| István Kecskés | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Jack Dempsey | 1895-1983 | boxing | | |
| Jack Johnson | 1878-1946 | boxing | | |
| Jameel McCline | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Joe Frazier | 1944-2011 | boxing | | |
| Joe Louis | 1914-1981 | boxing | | |
| Julio César Chávez | 1962- | boxing | | |
| Kali Meehan | 1970- | boxing | (Kalivati) | |
| Kelly Pavlik | 1982- | boxing | (Robert) | |
| Kertson Manswell | 1976- | boxing | | |
| Krzysztof Zimnoch | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Kubrat Pulev | 1981- | boxing | | |
| Kyotaro Fujimoto | 1986- | boxing | | |
| Lamon Brewster | 1973- | boxing | (Tajuan) | |
| Leeonzer Barber | 1966- | boxing | | |
| Librado Andrade | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Luan Krasniqi | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Lucia Rijker | 1967- | boxing | (Frederica) | |
| Magomed Abdusalamov | 1981- | boxing | | |
| Malik Scott | 1980- | boxing | (Dohonna) | |
| Marijan Beneš | 1951- | boxing | | |
| Mate Parlov | 1948-2008 | boxing | | |
| Matvey Korobov | 1983- | boxing | (Georgiyevich) | |
| Max Schmeling | 1905-2005 | boxing | (Maximillian) | |
| Mehdi Sahnoune | 1976- | boxing | | |
| Mike Tyson | 1966- | boxing | | |
| Milorad Gajović | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Monte Barrett | 1971- | boxing | | |
| Montell Griffin | 1970- | boxing | (Julian) | |
| Muhammad Ali | 1942- | boxing | (Cassius) | |
| Naim Terbunja | 1984- | boxing | | |
| Naseem Hamed | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Natascha Ragosina | 1976- | boxing | (Natalia, Yurievna) | |
| Nieky Holzken | 1983- | boxing | (Nicolaas) | |
| Noe Gonzalez Alcoba | 1979- | boxing | | |
| Nuri Seferi | 1976- | boxing | | |
| Nurmagomed Shanavazov | 1965- | boxing | (Magomedsandovich) | |
| Obed Sullivan | 1968- | boxing | (Benjamin) | |
| Odlanier Solís | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Omar Sheika | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Osmay Acosta | 1985- | boxing | | |
| Ovill McKenzie | 1979- | boxing | | |
| Paea Wolfgramm | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Prince Badi Ajamu | 1972- | boxing | | |
| Quantis Graves | 1982- | boxing | | |
| Rakhim Chakhkiev | 1983- | boxing | (Ruslanovich) | |
| "Sugar" Ray Robinson | 1921-1989 | boxing | (Walker) | |
| Regilio Tuur | 1967- | boxing | | |
| Richel Hersisia | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Rocky Marciano | 1923-1969 | boxing | | |
| Rogério Lobo | 1971-2006 | boxing | | |
| Ruslan Chagaev | 1978- | boxing | | |
| Rydell Booker | 1981- | boxing | | |
| Samson Po'uha | 1972- | boxing | | |
| Sherman Williams | 1972- | boxing | (Alexander) | |
| Sherzod Abdurahmonov | 1982- | boxing | | |
| Siarhei Liakhovich | 1976- | boxing | (Siarhiej) | |
| Slobodan Kačar | 1957- | boxing | | |
| Adonis Stevenson | 1977- | boxing | | |
| Stipe Drviš | 1973- | boxing | | |
| Sultan Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | (Ahmed, Magomedsalihovich) | |
| Suriya Prasathinphimai | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Taras Bidenko | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Taurus Sykes | 1975- | boxing | (Jabbar) | |
| Tavoris Cloud | 1982- | boxing | (Karod) | |
| Thulani Malinga | 1955- | boxing | | |
| Timo Hoffmann | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Timur Ibragimov | 1975- | boxing | | |
| Ulli Kaden | 1959- | boxing | | |
| Uriah Grant | 1961- | boxing | | |
| Utkirbek Haydarov | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Viktar Zuyev | 1983- | boxing | | |
| Virgil Hill | 1964- | boxing | (Eugene) | |
| Willie Pep | 1922-2006 | boxing | (Guglielmo) | |
| Wojciech Bartnik | 1967- | boxing | | |
| Yaşar Giritli | 1969- | boxing | | |
| Yaser Shigan | 1976- | boxing | | |
| Yordanis Despaigne | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Yusaf Mack | 1980- | boxing | | |
| Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres | 1982- | boxing | (Z) | |
| Zoltán Béres | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Zsolt Erdei | 1974- | boxing | | |
| Zuri Lawrence | 1970- | boxing | | |
| Adolf Albin | 1848-1920 | chess | | |
| Adolf Anderssen | 1818-1879 | chess | (Karl, Ernst) | |
| Adolf Olland | 1867-1933 | chess | (Georg) | |
| Adolf Schwarz | 1836-1910 | chess | | |
| Adolf Zinkl | 1871-1944 | chess | (Julius) | |
| Alexander Alekhine | 1892-1946 | chess | | |
| Alexander Khalifman | 1966- | chess | | |
| Alina l'Ami | 1985- | chess | | |
| Almira Skripchenko | 1976- | chess | | |
| Anatoliy Karpov | 1951- | chess | (Anatoly) | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 1979- | chess | | |
| Betül Cemre Yıldız | 1989- | chess | | |
| Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008 | chess | | |
| Boris Gelfand | 1968- | chess | | |
| Boris Spassky | 1937- | chess | | |
| Dragoljub Minić | 1936-2005 | chess | | |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1868-1941 | chess | | |
| Erwin l'Ami | 1985- | chess | | |
| Fabiano Caruana | 1992- | chess | (Luigi) | |
| Garry Kasparov | 1963- | chess | (Garik) | |
| Gata Kamsky | 1974- | chess | (Gataulla, Rustemovich) | |
| Jan Smeets | 1985- | chess | | |
| José Raúl Capablanca | 1888-1942 | chess | | |
| Judit Polgár | 1976- | chess | | |
| Kick Langeweg | 1937- | chess | (Christiaan, Gerrit) | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 1990- | chess | (Sven) | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911-1995 | chess | | |
| Milko Bobotsov | 1931-2000 | chess | (Georgiev) | |
| Pál Benkő | 1928-2019 | chess | | |
| Paul Keres | 1916-1975 | chess | | |
| Paul Morphy | 1837-1884 | chess | | |
| Petar Genov | 1970- | chess | | |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | 1983- | chess | | |
| Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 1979- | chess | | |
| Simen Agdestein | 1967- | chess | | |
| Vadim Malakhatko | 1977- | chess | | |
| Vasiliy Smyslov | 1921-2010 | chess | (Vasily) | |
| Veselin Topalov | 1975- | chess | | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969- | chess | | |
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 1836-1900 | chess | | |
| Wolfram Bialas | 1935-1998 | chess | | |
| Aasif Karim | 1963- | cricket | (Yusuf) | |
| Abdur Razzak | 1982- | cricket | | |
| Ahsan Malik | 1989- | cricket | (Ahmad) | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 1988- | cricket | (Madhukar) | |
| Ajit Wadekar | 1941-2018 | cricket | (Laxman) | |
| Alasdair Evans | 1989- | cricket | (Campbell) | |
| Albie Morkel | 1981- | cricket | (Johannes, Albertus) | |
| Aldo van den Berg | 1978- | cricket | (Adolf, Matthys) | |
| Alok Kapali | 1984- | cricket | |