List of Famous Sportspersons

Zhivko Dinchev Zhelev is a retired Bulgarian football defender and currently head coach of Litex Lovech.

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder and later released following a petition of habeas corpus after serving almost 20 years in prison.

Raymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club.

Alain Lemieux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He is also the older brother of NHL great Mario Lemieux.

William "Jimmy" Hartwig is a retired German football player. He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 München, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga and for Austria Salzburg of Austria. The son of an African-American soldier and a German mother, Hartwig was one of the first black players in German and Austrian football.

Pavel Mezlík is a Czech football player.

Sofronis Avgousti, is a retired Cypriot footballer (goalkeeper) and current manager, who had represented the Cypriot national team.

Leon Vlemmings is a Dutch football manager and former player.

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Paolo Tramezzani is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender, and the current manager of Prva HNL club Hajduk Split.