List of Famous Cancerians

Richard Anthony Lancellotti is a former first baseman-outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres (1982), San Francisco Giants (1986) and Boston Red Sox (1990). He batted and threw left-handed.

Tan Lee Wai is a former Malaysian badminton player. At the 1989 South east Asian games, Tan won bronze medal in doubles and women's team event. In 1991 and 1993 Southeast Asian Games, Tan won 3 bronze medals respectively at each games. At the Asian championship in 1992, she won bronze in doubles with Tan Sui Hoon. In 1994 she won bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and in Asian Cup with Lee Wai Leng. She also represented her country twice in World championships in two disciplines.

Ray Stevens is a former English badminton player and multiple National champion.

Henri Aarnio is a Finnish badminton player. He started playing badminton at 9 years old, then at age 19, he won the Finnish International Junior Championships in boys' singles. In 2015, he was the runner-up at the Slovak Open in the men's singles event and in 2016, he became the runner-up of the Hellas Open in the mixed doubles event with Jenny Nyström. In 2017, he became the runner-up at the Estonian International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Iikka Heino.

Mirkan Aydın is a German footballer of Kurdish descent who plays for Hatayspor.