List of Famous Sportspersons

Paul Lacombe is a French professional basketball player for ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A.

Paul Donald Henare is a New Zealand professional basketball coach and former player.

James Shan is an English football coach, who is currently in charge of Solihull Moors.

Darren Peacock is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. From 2013 to 2015, he was the manager of Northern Premier League Division One North club Lancaster City.

Pierre Pellizza was a French tennis player in the years before and after World War 2. In 1948 he settled in America. His younger brother was tennis and badminton player Henri Pellizza. Allison Danzig of The New York Times said of Pierre Pellizza "Pellizza was a bulldog for tenacity. He showed a forehand that rivalled Petra's...and a backhand that excelled his countryman's". The best results of Pierre Pellizza's career came at Monte Carlo, where he won the title in 1939 and 1946. Pellizza played Davis Cup from 1938 to 1947. At the French Championships, Pellizza reached the quarter finals in 1946 and 1947. At Wimbledon his best performance was in 1946, when he reached the quarter finals. At the U.S. Championships, Pellizza's best results were the last 16 in 1936 and 1946 He turned professional in 1948. Like Paul Féret and Henri Cochet, Pellizza was reinstated as an amateur. He played the French Championships for the last time in 1957, when he lost in the first round to Andres Gimeno.

Marcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. A significant figure in Argentine basketball, he defended Argentina for 2 titles, and Atenas for 14 club titles. He was twice named MVP. He was the player with most assists at the 1994 FIBA World Cup. A one club man, he played all his professional life with Atenas.

Jean Michaël Seri is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Fulham and the Ivory Coast national team.

Robert Napunyi Wangila was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. As of 2016, he is the only Kenyan Olympic gold medal winner outside athletics and the only boxer from Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa to have won Olympic gold.

David Bowman is a Scottish football coach and former player. In a 12-year career with Dundee United he played in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final and won the 1993–94 Scottish Cup. At United he was also a three time Scottish Cup runner up.

Wesley Lavon Person is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA. After his playing career, Person became a women's basketball assistant coach and then the head men's basketball coach at Enterprise-Ozark Community College. He was fired from the latter position in 2010.