Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Athletes, including Ross Rebagliati, Usain Bolt, Oscar Pistorius, Debi Thomas and Jesse Owens.
Usain Bolt21 August 1986, Jamaican
Olympic athlete
Oscar Pistorius22 November 1986, South African
Runner
Jim Kelly05 May 1946, American
Athlete
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Jesse Owens12 September 1913, American
Allyson Felix18 November 1985, American
Track and field athlete
Mo Farah23 March 1983, British
Athlete
Milkha Singh20 November 1929, Indian
Indian track and field athlete
Carl Lewis01 July 1961, American
Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark26 May 1968, Danish
Eldest Son of Queen of Denmark Margrethe II
Roger Bannister23 March 1929, British
Former British Athlete Who Ran The First
Steve Prefontaine25 January 1951, American
Long-distance Runner
Jay Silverheels26 May 1912, Canadian
Actor
Justin Gatlin10 February 1982, American
Sprinter
Linford Christie02 April 1960, British
Retired Sprinter
Jackie Joyner-Kersee03 March 1962, American
Athlete
Sebastian Coe29 September 1956, British
Middle Distance Runner, Politician
Breaux Greer19 October 1976, American
Olympic Athlete
Eric Liddell16 January 1902, Scottish
Wilma Rudolph23 June 1940, American
Daley Thompson30 July 1958, British
Decathlete
Hicham El Guerrouj14 September 1974, Moroccan
Athlete
Abebe Bikila07 August 1932, Ethiopian
Olympic marathon champion
Cathy Freeman16 February 1973, Australian
Sprinter
Ashton Eaton21 January 1988, American
Decathlete
Matti Nykänen17 July 1963, Finnish
Olympic athlete
Steve Cram14 October 1960, British
Athlete
Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961, British
Javelin Thrower
Sergey Bubka04 December 1963, Ukrainian
Pole Vaulter
Valerie Adams06 October 1984, New Zealander
Shot Putter
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Gail Devers19 November 1966, American
Athlete
Allan Wells03 May 1952, British
Sprinter
Stefka Kostadinova25 March 1965, Bulgarian
Olympic athlete
Ben Johnson30 December 1961, Canadian
Sprinter
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Keshorn Walcott02 April 1993, Trinidadian
Olympic athlete
Satcha Pretto05 April 1980, Honduran
Journalist
Anna Chicherova22 July 1982, Armenian
Olympic athlete
Nadia Comaneci12 November 1961, Romanian
Olympic Champion Gymnast
Michael Johnson13 September 1967, American
American olympic athlete
Irving Saladino23 January 1983, Panamanian
Long Jumper
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
Magnús Scheving10 November 1964, Icelander
Writer
Owen Farrell24 September 1991, British
Rugby union player
Allison Stokke22 March 1989, American
Athlete
Ellen Whitaker05 March 1986, British
Show jumper
Eddie Hall15 January 1988, British
Athlete
Michael van Gerwen25 April 1989
Darts player
Georgina Bloomberg20 January 1983, American
Equestrian
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Middle-distance runner
Florence Griffith Joyner21 December 1959, American
Sprinter
Efren Reyes26 August 1954, Filipino
Pool player
Alberto Salazar07 August 1958, Cuban, American
Marathon runner, Athletics competitor
Mike Tindall18 October 1978, British
Rugby union player
Alun Wyn Jones19 September 1985, British
Rugby union player
Alex Pietrangelo18 January 1990, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Paul DePodesta16 December 1972, American
Chief strategy officer
Mikaela Shiffrin13 March 1995, American
Alpine skier
Dave Mirra04 April 1974, American
Extreme sports athlete
Sagarika Ghatge08 January 1986, Indian
Model
P. T. Usha27 June 1964, Indian
Athletics competitor
Denise Lewis27 August 1972, British
Athletics competitor
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce27 December 1986, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
John Tavares20 September 1990, Canadian
ice hockey player
Paula Radcliffe17 December 1973, British
Marathon runner, Long-distance runner, Athletics
Greg Rutherford17 November 1986, British
Sprinter, Long jumper, Athletics competitor
Wayde van Niekerk15 July 1992, South African
Athlete
Ding Junhui01 April 1987
Snooker player
Francois Pienaar02 January 1967, South African
Rugby union player
Kenenisa Bekele13 June 1982, Ethiopian
Long-distance runner, Athletics competitor
Marion Jones12 October 1975, Belizean, American
Basketball player, Sprinter
Carl Frampton21 February 1987, British
Boxer
Jimmy White02 May 1962, British
Snooker player, Pool player, Screenwriter
Clarence Clemons11 January 1942, American
Musicians
Cameron Winklevoss21 August 1981, American
Entrepreneur, Rower
Max Domi02 March 1995, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Nicola Adams26 October 1982, British
Boxer
Lennart Johansson05 November 1929, Swedish
Association football manager, Association football
Casey Stoner16 October 1985, Australian
Motorcycle racer, Racing driver
Mary Lou Retton24 January 1968, American
Artistic gymnast
Greg Louganis29 January 1960, American
Platform diver, Autobiographer, Diver, Coach
Evgeni Malkin31 July 1986, Russian
Ice hockey player
Teemu Selänne03 July 1970, Finnish
Ice hockey player
Bill Beaumont09 March 1952, British
Entrepreneur, Rugby union player
Lolo Jones05 August 1982, American
Sprinter, Bobsledder, Athletics competitor
Galen Rupp08 May 1986, American
Long-distance runner, Athletics competitor
Tyrone Spong03 September 1985, Surinamese
Kickboxer, Boxer, Thai boxer
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater
Alexander Steen01 March 1984, Canadian, Swedish
Ice hockey player
Yohan Blake26 December 1989, French, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Nils Lofgren21 June 1951, American
Musician