Usain Bolt21 August 1986, Jamaican
Olympic athlete
Oscar Pistorius22 November 1986, South African
Runner
Jesse Owens12 September 1913, American
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Cathy Freeman16 February 1973, Australian
Sprinter
Milkha Singh20 November 1929, Indian
Indian track and field athlete
Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Mo Farah23 March 1983, British
Athlete
Carl Lewis01 July 1961, American
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark26 May 1968, Danish
Eldest Son of Queen of Denmark Margrethe II
Eric Liddell16 January 1902, Scottish
Steve Prefontaine25 January 1951, American
Long-distance Runner
Jay Silverheels26 May 1912, Canadian
Actor
Sebastian Coe29 September 1956, British
Middle Distance Runner, Politician
Justin Gatlin10 February 1982, American
Sprinter
Allyson Felix18 November 1985, American
Track and field athlete
Jim Kelly05 May 1946, American
Athlete
Wilma Rudolph23 June 1940, American
Magnús Scheving10 November 1964, Icelander
Writer
Jackie Joyner-Kersee03 March 1962, American
Athlete
Roger Bannister23 March 1929, British
Former British Athlete Who Ran The First
Linford Christie02 April 1960, British
Retired Sprinter
Hicham El Guerrouj14 September 1974, Moroccan
Athlete
Sergey Bubka04 December 1963, Ukrainian
Pole Vaulter
Daley Thompson30 July 1958, British
Decathlete
Breaux Greer19 October 1976, American
Olympic Athlete
Abebe Bikila07 August 1932, Ethiopian
Olympic marathon champion
Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Valerie Adams06 October 1984, New Zealander
Shot Putter
Steve Cram14 October 1960, British
Athlete
Ashton Eaton21 January 1988, American
Decathlete
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Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961, British
Javelin Thrower
Matti Nykänen17 July 1963, Finnish
Olympic athlete
Allan Wells03 May 1952, British
Sprinter
Gail Devers19 November 1966, American
Athlete
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Stefka Kostadinova25 March 1965, Bulgarian
Olympic athlete
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Ben Johnson30 December 1961, Canadian
Sprinter
Satcha Pretto05 April 1980, Honduran
Journalist
Anna Chicherova22 July 1982, Armenian
Olympic athlete
Irving Saladino23 January 1983, Panamanian
Long Jumper
Keshorn Walcott02 April 1993, Trinidadian
Olympic athlete
Nadia Comaneci12 November 1961, Romanian
Olympic Champion Gymnast
Michael Johnson13 September 1967, American
American olympic athlete
Hadi Saei10 June 1976, Iranian
Former Taekwondo Athlete & Olympic Gold Medalist
Maurice Greene23 July 1974, American
Track & Field Sprinter
Emil Zatopek19 September 1922, Czech
Long Distance Runner
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Olympic Athlete
Wim Hof20 April 1959, Dutch
Athlete
Eddie Hall15 January 1988, British
Athlete
Florence Griffith Joyner21 December 1959, American
Sprinter
Daniil Kvyat26 April 1994, Russian
Racecar driver
Jimmy White02 May 1962, British
Snooker player, Pool player, Screenwriter
Allison Stokke22 March 1989, American
Athlete
Aleksandr Karelin19 September 1967, Russian
Politician, Amateur wrestler
Antonio Rüdiger03 March 1993, German
Footballer
Paul DePodesta16 December 1972, American
Chief strategy officer
Matthew Pinsent10 October 1970, British
Rower
Callum Robinson02 February 1995, British
Association football player
Thakur Anoop Singh23 March 1989, Indian
Actor
Marion Jones12 October 1975, Belizean, American
Basketball player, Sprinter
Alina Kabaeva12 May 1983, Uzbekistan, Russian
Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic
Aimee Mullins20 July 1976, American
Athlete
Patrick Sharp27 December 1981, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Cameron Winklevoss21 August 1981, American
Entrepreneur, Rower
Lolo Jones05 August 1982, American
Sprinter, Bobsledder, Athletics competitor
Nicola Adams26 October 1982, British
Boxer
Clarence Clemons11 January 1942, American
Musicians
Ding Junhui01 April 1987
Snooker player
Dave Mirra04 April 1974, American
Extreme sports athlete
Efren Reyes26 August 1954, Filipino
Pool player
Dominique Moceanu30 September 1981, American
Artistic gymnast
Jamie Benn18 July 1989, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Mary Lou Retton24 January 1968, American
Artistic gymnast
Mike Tindall18 October 1978, British
Rugby union player
Casey Stoner16 October 1985, Australian
Motorcycle racer, Racing driver
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Greg Louganis29 January 1960, American
Diver
Matt Miazga19 July 1995, American
Association football player
Tommie Smith06 June 1944, American
Sprinter, American football player
Carl Frampton21 February 1987, British
Boxer
Peter Norman15 June 1942, Australian
Athletics competitor, Sprinter
Nicolas Hamilton28 March 1992, British
Racecar driver
Burak Yılmaz15 July 1985, Turkish
Football
P. T. Usha27 June 1964, Indian
Athletics competitor
Nils Lofgren21 June 1951, American
Musician
Esteban Gutiérrez05 August 1991, Mexican
Formula One driver
Rebecca Adlington17 February 1989, British
Swimmer
Max Domi02 March 1995, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Alexander Rossi25 September 1991, American
Racecar driver
Kenenisa Bekele13 June 1982, Ethiopian
Long-distance runner, Athletics competitor
Rulon Gardner16 August 1971, American
Amateur wrestler, Mixed martial artist
Sadako Sasaki07 January 1943, Japanese