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Michael Jordan17 February 1963
Basketball player
Dennis Rodman13 May 1961
Basketball Player
Kobe Bryant23 August 1978
Basketball Player
Phil Jackson17 September 1945
Former Basketball Player, Executive & Coach
Dwayne Johnson02 May 1972
Actor
Mike Tyson30 June 1966
Boxer
LeBron James30 December 1984
NBA Star
Steve Kerr27 September 1965
Basketball Player
Muhammad Ali17 January 1942
Magic Johnson14 August 1959
Basketball player
Bruce Lee27 November 1940
Actor, Martial Artist
The Undertaker24 March 1965
Professional Wrestler
O. J. Simpson09 July 1947
Former American Football Player
Larry Bird07 December 1956
Former Basketball Star
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar16 April 1947
Basketball Player, Basketball Coach
Chuck Norris10 March 1940
Martial artist
Dave Bautista18 January 1969
Wrestler, Actor
Wilt Chamberlain21 August 1936
Basketball Player
Terry Crews30 July 1968
Actor, American Football Player
Big Show08 February 1972
WWE Wrestler, Actor
Tiger Woods30 December 1975
Golfer
Michael Oher28 May 1986
American Football Player
Tonya Harding12 November 1970
Former Figure Skater, Boxer
Lance Armstrong18 September 1971
Road racing cyclist
Jerry Sloan28 March 1942
Basketball Player
Hulk Hogan11 August 1953
Professional Wrestler
Brandon Burlsworth20 September 1976
American Football Player
Kevin Garnett19 May 1976
NBA Star
Allen Iverson07 June 1975
Basketball Player
Hakeem Olajuwon21 January 1963
Basketball Player
Tim Duncan25 April 1976
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Alex Rodriguez27 July 1975
Baseball shortstop
Eddie Guerrero09 October 1967
Professional Wrestler
George Foreman10 January 1949
Professional Boxer
Steven Seagal10 April 1952
Actor
Timothy Olyphant20 May 1968
Actor
Peyton Manning24 March 1976
American Football Quarterback
Chyna27 December 1969
Professional Wrestler
Vince Carter26 January 1977
Basketball Player
Bill Russell12 February 1934
American basketball player
Kimbo Slice08 February 1974
Mixed martial Artist
Randy Savage15 November 1952
Professional Wrestler
Billy Beane29 March 1962
Former Baseball Player & Administrator
Tony Hawk12 May 1968
Skateboarder
Russell Wilson29 November 1988
American Football Player
Bethany Hamilton08 February 1990
Surfer
Yao Ming12 September 1980
Basketball Player
Deion Sanders09 August 1967
Jackie Robinson31 January 1919
Professional baseball player
Michael Phelps30 June 1985
Randy Orton01 April 1980
Professional Wrestler, Actor
Bill Goldberg27 December 1966
Professional Wrestler
Bobby Fischer09 March 1943
Chess Grandmaster
Shawn Michaels22 July 1965
Wrestler
Jesse Ventura15 July 1951
Brett Favre10 October 1969
Serena Williams26 September 1981
Tennis Player
Joe Namath31 May 1943
American Football Quarterback
Dustin Poirier19 January 1989
Mixed Martial Artist
Mickey Rourke16 September 1952
Actor, Boxer
Carmelo Anthony29 May 1984
Mick Foley07 June 1965
WWE Wrestler
Roger Mayweather24 April 1961
Boxer
Joe Frazier12 January 1944
Boxer
Sugar Ray Leonard17 May 1956
American professional boxer
John McEnroe16 February 1959
Former US Tennis Star
Joe DiMaggio25 November 1914
American Baseball Star
Derek Jeter26 June 1974
Baseball Player
Randy Moss13 February 1977
Chris Paul06 May 1985
Basketball Player
Roddy Piper17 April 1954
Wrestler
Andre Agassi29 April 1970
Tennis Player
Paul Pierce13 October 1977
NBA small forward
Bo Jackson30 November 1962
Former Baseball & Football Player
Pete Maravich22 June 1947
Basketball Player
Jesse Owens12 September 1913
Rocky Marciano01 September 1923
Professional Boxer
Lex Luger02 June 1958
Professional Wrestler
Tito Ortiz23 January 1975
Professional wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist
Laila Ali30 December 1977
Professional Boxer
Lou Gehrig19 June 1903
Baseball Player
AJ Lee19 March 1987
Professional Wrestler
Terry Bradshaw02 September 1948
Former NFL Star & TV Analyst
Nancy Kerrigan13 October 1969
American actress
Travis Browne17 July 1982
Mixed Martial Artist
Bobby Lashley16 July 1976
Professional Wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist
Chuck Connors10 April 1921
Actor
Dale Earnhardt29 April 1951
Race car driver
Danica Patrick25 March 1982
Racing driver
Sonny Liston08 May 1932
Professional Boxer
Kevin Nash09 July 1959
Wrestler, Actor
Robert Parish30 August 1953
Basketball Player
Goldust11 April 1969
Professional Wrestler
Joe Montana11 June 1956
American Football Player