List of Famous Sportspersons

Yuta Tabuse is a Japanese professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex of the B.League. A point guard, Tabuse is 1.75 metres and 75 kilograms (165 lb). He was the first Japanese-born player to appear in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.

Merlin Jay Olsen was an American football player, announcer, and actor. He played his entire 15-year professional football career in National Football League (NFL) as a defensive tackle with the Los Angeles Rams. He was selected to the Pro Bowl a record 14 straight times, missing selection only in the last year of his career. This record of 14 seasons being selected to play in the Pro Bowl, consecutive or otherwise, is shared with current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, former offensive lineman Bruce Matthews, former tight end Tony Gonzalez, and former quarterback Peyton Manning. A recipient of the 1961 Outland Trophy as the best lineman in college football, Olsen is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. As an actor, he portrayed farmer Jonathan Garvey on Little House on the Prairie. After leaving that series, he starred in his own NBC drama, Father Murphy.

Francis Jeffers is an English former professional footballer and coach who played as a striker.

Christian Coste is a former professional French footballer.

Rasoul Khatibi is an Iranian former footballer and coach who currently manages Persian Gulf Pro League team Aluminium Arak. He is the younger brother of Hossein Khatibi, who is also a football manager.

Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian professional football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Paul Garza Gonzales is an American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Deon Cain is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.

Jorge Filipe Monteiro dos Santos Lourenço, known as Monteiro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Cypriot club Othellos Athienou FC as a winger.

Dragan Džajić is a Serbian former footballer who is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Džajić has been known for his "great crosses and passes, unstoppable dribbling with great pace, natural technique and some of the best left footed free kicks ever seen". Džajić is viewed by some football experts as perhaps one of the most underrated players in European football, partly because he played in Yugoslavia. In December 2011, Džajić was named in being part of "the greatest European Championship XI of all time" by Goal.com.