List of Famous Sportspersons

Arthur Cravan was a Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer. He was the second son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Hélène Clara St. Clair. His brother Otho Lloyd was a painter and photographer married to the Russian émigré artist Olga Sacharoff. His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde. He changed his name to Cravan in 1912 in honour of his fiancée Renée Bouchet, who was born in the small village of Cravans in the department of Charente-Maritime in western France.

Horst Heese is a German former professional football player and manager. Heese had 149 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt and HSV. After his retirement he managed Offenbach, Nürnberg and Frankfurt. After being sacked in 1993 in Frankfurt he moved back to Eupen in Belgium, where he still lives.

Neil James Adams is an English former professional footballer and former manager of Norwich City. He played as a midfielder for Stoke City, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Norwich City.

Iomar do Nascimento, known as Mazinho, is a Brazilian football manager and former player, as well as the former head coach of Greek club Aris.

Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.

Maurizio Stecca is a retired Italian boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since May 2017. He was also Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to January 2017, making him Bulgaria's second-longest serving Prime Minister to date; he would become the longest serving if still in office on 4 June 2021.

Emilio Nsue López is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and captains the Equatorial Guinea national team. A versatile player, he can operate as a right back, winger and forward.

Sylvain Ripoll is a French former football player and current manager who manages the French under-21 football team.

Benjamín Galindo Marentes, nicknamed El Maestro, is a Mexican former footballer. He participated with the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. On May 28, 2020, he suffered a brain stroke while in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he remains hospitalized.