List of Famous Sportspersons

Bert Jacobs was a football manager from the Netherlands, who played for HFC Haarlem. Jacobs was a football trainer at a young age, worked for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard, Vitesse Arnhem, RKC Waalwijk and Sporting de Gijón. Renowned for his level-headed insight into the game of football and for coining the term "Hotsknotsbegonia football."

Bernhard Trares is a German former professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back, and current manager of Würzburger Kickers.

Marco Baroni is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender. He is currently in charge of Serie B club Reggina.

Erik Jendrišek is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovak club AS Trenčín.

Čedomir "Čede" Janevski is a former footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Macedonia.

Christophe Galtier is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Lille OSC in Ligue 1 since 2017. He won the Best Manager of the Year award at the Trophées UNFP du football in 2013, and in 2019 after Lille second place in the 2018–19 Ligue 1 Conforama season.

Marcos Alonso Peña is a Spanish retired footballer and manager.

Jákup á Borg is a Faroese football manager and former footballer He last played for Faroe Islands Premier League team B36 Tórshavn where he now is manager.

John David Newcombe AO OBE is a former tennis player from Australia who is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles and a former record 17 men's doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.

Ronald Fred Seikaly is a Lebanese-born American former NBA basketball player. Seikaly was one of the first internationally born players to make an impact on American basketball. Considered one of the top college players from the Syracuse basketball program, Seikaly's stellar offense and defense placed him among the school's all-time leaders in rebounds, points and blocks, while earning several nationally recognized awards and honors. His number 4 jersey was retired by Syracuse and raised to the rafters of the Carrier Dome.