List of Famous Sportspersons
Tom Landry
Thomas Wade Landry was an American professional football player and coach. He was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a position he held for 29 seasons. During his coaching career, he created many new formations and methods, such as the now popular 4–3 defense, and the "flex defense" system made famous by the Doomsday Defense squads he built during his tenure with the Cowboys. His 29 consecutive years from 1960 to 1988 as the coach of one team is an NFL record, along with his 20 consecutive winning seasons, which is considered to be his most impressive professional accomplishment.
Brandon Knight
Brandon Emmanuel Knight is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year, Knight played one season of college basketball for Kentucky before being selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2011 NBA draft. After two seasons with the Pistons, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. He spent a season and a half in Milwaukee before being traded to the Phoenix Suns in February 2015. In August 2018, he was traded to the Rockets. At the 2019 trade deadline, he was traded to the Cavaliers before being traded back to the Pistons at the 2020 trade deadline.
Darron Gibson
Darron Thomas Daniel Gibson is an Irish professional footballer from Derry, Northern Ireland, who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Salford City and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Monica Wright
Monica Ashante Wright is an American basketball coach and former player. She played college basketball for Virginia and was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA draft. Outside of the WNBA, she played professionally in Poland, Turkey, Australia, South Korea and Iceland.
Skal Labissiere
Skal Labissière is a Haitian professional basketball player. He graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, before playing one season of college basketball for Kentucky. Labissière has also played for the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers.
Lucian Bute
Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017. He held the IBF super-middleweight title from 2007 to 2012, successfully making nine consecutive defenses and reaching a peak ranking of number one in the division by The Ring magazine.
Kevin White
Kevin Romone White Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at West Virginia. A highly-rated prospect coming out of college, White was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft but had his first three seasons with the team ended early due to various injuries. He was released by the Bears after the 2018 season and has since been a member of the Arizona Cardinals and 49ers.
Andreas Isaksson
Jan Andreas Isaksson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Justine Henin
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player known for her all-court style of play and notably being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in men's or women's tennis, helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis with Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001.
Jack Harper
Jack Harper is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal B on loan from Getafe as a forward.