List of Famous Sportspersons

Samuel Allardyce, colloquially referred to as Big Sam, is an English football manager and former professional player who is currently the manager of Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back and is currently the manager of Belgian club RSC Anderlecht. He also played for the Belgium national team.

Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, commonly known as Alexandre Pato or just Pato, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently a free agent, having most recently played for São Paulo.

Kyle Steven Edmund is a British professional tennis player. He is a former world top 20 player and Australian Open semi-finalist (2018), and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 until October 2019.

Andre Michael Ward is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super), WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal super middleweight titles between 2009 and 2015; and the unified WBA (Undisputed), IBF, WBO, and Ring light heavyweight titles between 2016 and 2017. During his reign as light heavyweight champion, Ward was ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), as well as the world's best active boxer in the division by The Ring, the TBRB, and BoxRec. As of January 2021, BoxRec ranks Ward as the tenth greatest fighter of all time, pound for pound. Eight of his victorious fights received a 5-Star rating from BoxRec.

Trent Jordan "T. J." Watt is an American football outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) He played college football at the University of Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. His older brothers are J. J. Watt of the Houston Texans and Derek Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

David Ray Roberts is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for five MLB teams over a ten-year career and then coached for the San Diego Padres before being named Dodgers manager in 2016. Although he played for the Boston Red Sox for only part of one season, his most notable achievement as a player was a key stolen base in the 2004 ALCS that ignited the Red Sox's drive to their historic championship that year. Roberts batted and threw left-handed.

Manuel Arturo Machado is a Dominican-American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Very highly recruited from an early age, he was raised in Miami, where he attended Brito High School and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles with the third overall pick in the 2010 MLB draft. He bats and throws right-handed.

Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is an Italian-American retired professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017 and has since worked as a boxing commentator and analyst. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF junior welterweight title from 2007 to 2008, and the WBA welterweight title from 2012 to 2013. Malignaggi competed once as a bare knuckle boxer in 2019 in a loss to Artem Lobov. Malignaggi was particularly known for his hand speed, boxing ability, athleticism, and durable chin. Malignaggi is also known as an advocate for the doping-free sport.

Martin Braithwaite is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Barcelona and the Denmark national team. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.