Sport
Sir Mo Farah (born 23 March 1983) is a Somali-born British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him also the most successful male track distance runner ...
Sir Bobby Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played midfield or forward. One of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He played almost all of his club footbal...
Robert "Bobby" Moore OBE (1941–1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest def...
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who manages Premier League club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, Gerrard spent the majority of his playing career as a...
George Best (1946–2005), also known as Georgie Best, was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. An mesmerising dribbler and and unimaginable goal-score, Best was one of the best players in the history of the sport. H...
Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson,DBE, DL (born 26 July 1969), known as Tanni Grey-Thompson, is a Welsh politician, television presenter and former wheelchair racer.
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and ...
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE (born 30 July 1958), known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was unbeaten in competition for nine years.
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Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and Toulon and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. He is particularly known for scoring the winning drop goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and ...
Victoria Louise Pendleton, CBE (born 24 September 1980) is a British jockey and former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. With two Olympic gold medals and one silver, Pendleton is one...
Tyson Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the WBC and The Ring titles since defeating Deontay Wilder in 2020; previously he held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring titles after defeating Wladimir Kl...
Anthony Joshua (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is the second British boxer, after James DeGale, to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a major world title, as well as the first British heavyweight to do so. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champio...
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two at Wimbledon ...
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham, Kt, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords and a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017.
James Michael Anderson OBE (born 30 July 1982) is an English international cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He is also a part time cricket commentator at BBC. Among fast bowlers, Anderson is the leading wicket-taker of all-time at Test cricket l...
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook CBE (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and played for England in all international formats until retiring in 2018. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day International (ODI) teams, he is the fifth-highest Tes...
William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during whic...
Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the British & Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zeal...
Alun Wyn JonesOBE (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player, with 161 international appearances – 149 for Wales and 12 for the British & Irish Lions. Jones a...
Sir Gareth Owen Edwards, CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".
Jason Leonard OBE (born 14 August 1968) is an English former rugby union player. He won a joint-record 114 caps for England men’s rugby team during a 14-year international career.
Rory McIlroy MBE (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, having spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career. He is a four-time major champio...
Thomas Robert Daley OBE (born 21 May 1994) is a British diver and television personality. Specialising in multiple events, he is an Olympic gold medallist in the men's synchronized 10-metre platform event at the 2020 Olympics and double world champion in the FINA 10-metre platform event, winning ...
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie CBE (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four consecutive Games (Sydney, Athens, Beijing & London) held bet...
Sir Jason Francis Kenny, CBE (born 23 March 1988) is an English track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete. His wife, Laura Kenny, holds the same records on the female side, and together ...
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE OLY (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a British equestrian, an Olympian, and the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips. She is the eldest granddaughter of her mother's parents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and is 2...
Adam George Peaty, OBE (born 28 December 1994) is a British competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, and retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics...
