List of Famous Sportspersons

Scott Matthew Parker is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Premier League club Fulham.

David Benjamin James MBE is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His most recent position was manager at Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League in 2018. He is also a pundit on BT Sport's football coverage.

Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, known as Bernardo Silva or simply Bernardo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Portugal national team.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Manchester United.

Michael Paul Beasley Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Kansas State University for one year before declaring for the NBA draft in 2008. He is regarded as one of the best freshman college basketball players of the 2000s. Though he is ambidextrous, he shoots left-handed.

Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. Clijsters has been a world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She has won a total of six Grand Slam tournament titles, four in singles and two in doubles.

Deron Michael Williams is an American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before being drafted third overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. The three-time NBA All-Star has also played for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League during the 2011 NBA lockout, and was a gold medal winner on the United States national team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Patrick Sean Payton is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Payton was a quarterback at Naperville Central High School and Eastern Illinois University and played professionally in 1987 and 1988. He began his coaching career as offensive assistant for San Diego State University and had several assistant coaching positions on college and NFL teams before being named as the tenth full-time coach in Saints history in 2006. Payton has always been known for his offensive prowess, having scored more points (2,804) and gained more yards (40,158) than any other team in a coach's first 100 games in NFL history. Payton has the second-longest NFL tenure among active head coaches, behind New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who has coached the Patriots since the 2000 season.

Jermaine Lloyd Pennant is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Pennant made over 350 appearances for 15 clubs, and scored 25 goals.

Brandin Tawan Cooks is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State, where he received All-American recognition in 2013. He was then drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Cooks has also previously played for the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams.