List of Famous Sportspersons

Hideki Matsui , nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played baseball in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Torsten Klaus Frings is a German former footballer, and current manager of SV Meppen.

Luis Diego López Breijo is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender, and is a current manager.

George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

Randall Craig "Tex" Cobb is an American actor, martial artist, and former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division. Widely considered to possess one of the greatest chins of all time, Cobb was a brawler who also packed considerable punching power. He began his fighting career in full contact kickboxing in 1975 before making the jump to professional boxing two years later. He challenged Larry Holmes for the WBC heavyweight title in November 1982, losing a one-sided unanimous decision. Cobb took wins over notable heavyweights of his era such as Bernardo Mercado, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks. He was ranked in the global top 10 heavyweight boxers by the Ring and BoxRec.

Charles Lamont Shufford, Jr. is a retired American professional boxer. He challenged once for the WBO world heavyweight title in 2001.

Mohamed Traoré Diarra, commonly known as Moha, is a professional footballer who plays for Segunda División B club Recreativo de Huelva as a forward. Born in Spain, Traoré is of Malian descent, and is the brother of Adama Traoré.

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team.

Christopher Brandon Young is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels.

Frank Walter Yallop is a British-Canadian former professional soccer player and current Sporting Director of Monterey Bay FC in the USL Championship.