List of Famous Sportspersons

Jürgen Damm Rascón is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for MLS side Atlanta United and Mexico national team. He also holds a German passport.

Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass baritone concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University, he was a star athlete in his youth. He also studied Swahili and phonetics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London in 1934. His political activities began with his involvement with unemployed workers and anti-imperialist students whom he met in Britain and continued with support for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War and his opposition to fascism. In the United States he became active in the Civil Rights Movement and other social justice campaigns. His sympathies for the Soviet Union and for communism, and his criticism of the United States government and its foreign policies, caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

Duncan Ian Watmore is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Middlesbrough. Watmore previously played for Altrincham, Clitheroe, Curzon Ashton, Sunderland and Hibernian.

Rodney Jay Soward is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft, but only played one season after multiple suspensions derailed his career. He was indefinitely suspended by the NFL in 2002.

Fernando Marçal de Oliveira is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ron-Robert Zieler is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 1. FC Köln, on loan from Hannover 96. Between 2011 and 2015 he made six appearances for the Germany national team.

Chris Polk is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Washington Huskies. Despite being considered a top running back prospect for the 2012 NFL Draft, he went undrafted due to concerns over a potentially degenerative shoulder condition. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2012.

Cory Fulton Lidle was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball with seven different teams. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned crashed into a residential building in New York City.

Equanimeous Tristan Imhotep J. St. Brown is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Samy Sayed Morsy is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for English Championship club Middlesbrough and the Egypt national team.