List of Famous Cancerians

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. Considered as one of the greatest attacking batsmen of his era, Jayasuriya is well known for his powerful striking and match-winning all-round performances in ODI cricket. Jayasuriya is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting with Romesh Kaluwitharana in the mid 1990s, which initiated the hard-hitting modern-day batting strategy of all nations. Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an international cricket career that spread over four decades. He is the only player to score over 10,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day International cricket, and hence regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the history of limited-overs cricket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of 1996 Cricket World Cup and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack broke an age-old tradition by naming him one of Five Cricketers' of the Year 1997 despite not playing the previous season in England. Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003.

Fulgence Ouedraogo is a French rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a flanker.

Patrick William McEnroe is an American former professional tennis player, broadcaster, and former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.

Raven Shamira Goodwin is an American actress. She began acting at the age of 9, starring as Annie Marks in the film Lovely & Amazing (2001), for which her performance was received positively, earning her nominations from the Black Reel Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards. Following this, she appeared in The Station Agent (2003) and in Phat Girlz (2006). She began working in television in 2007, starring as Tangie Cunningham on the comedy series Just Jordan (2007–2008).

Farid Alfonso Díaz Rhenals, known as Farid Díaz, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left back. He currently plays for Club Nacional.

Tom O'Flaherty is an English rugby union player who plays for Premiership Rugby Exeter Chiefs as a winger.

Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the [[1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and 1976 and later became a politician and a member of Finland's parliament in 1999–2007 and 2010–2011.

Sadaharu Aoki is a Japanese chef patissier at the pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki in Paris, France. He is known for using traditional Japanese ingredients and flavors in French-style pastries. His style is defined as a combination of minimalistic aesthetics with rigorous French techniques. He is also related to Japanese anime producer and voice actress Samantha Inoue Harte, and also known as a food consultant for Yumeiro Pâtissière manga, as claimed by the series author Natsumi Matsumoto.

Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg is a German retired Bundeswehr general. Early in his career, he commanded Germany's largest military base. At the time of his retirement in 1994 he was Germany's longest serving soldier, having served in the Heer (Army) for thirty-eight years. He is the son of World War II colonel and resistance leader Claus von Stauffenberg.

Kang Min-hyuk is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE.