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
Jesse Owens12 September 1913, American
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Jim Kelly05 May 1946, American
Athlete
Milkha Singh20 November 1929, Indian
Indian track and field athlete
Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Carl Lewis01 July 1961, American
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark26 May 1968, Danish
Eldest Son of Queen of Denmark Margrethe II
Mo Farah23 March 1983, British
Athlete
Wilma Rudolph23 June 1940, American
Steve Prefontaine25 January 1951, American
Long-distance Runner
Jay Silverheels26 May 1912, Canadian
Actor
Eric Liddell16 January 1902, Scottish
Allyson Felix18 November 1985, American
Track and field athlete
Jackie Joyner-Kersee03 March 1962, American
Athlete
Hicham El Guerrouj14 September 1974, Moroccan
Athlete
Sergey Bubka04 December 1963, Ukrainian
Pole Vaulter
Roger Bannister23 March 1929, British
Former British Athlete Who Ran The First
Justin Gatlin10 February 1982, American
Sprinter
Breaux Greer19 October 1976, American
Olympic Athlete
Matti Nykänen17 July 1963, Finnish
Olympic athlete
Sebastian Coe29 September 1956, British
Middle Distance Runner, Politician
Magnús Scheving10 November 1964, Icelander
Writer
Cathy Freeman16 February 1973, Australian
Sprinter
Abebe Bikila07 August 1932, Ethiopian
Olympic marathon champion
Valerie Adams06 October 1984, New Zealander
Shot Putter
Linford Christie02 April 1960, British
Retired Sprinter
Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961, British
Javelin Thrower
Daley Thompson30 July 1958, British
Decathlete
Ashton Eaton21 January 1988, American
Decathlete
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Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Gail Devers19 November 1966, American
Athlete
Steve Cram14 October 1960, British
Athlete
Ben Johnson30 December 1961, Canadian
Sprinter
Liz McColgan24 May 1964, British, Scottish
Athlete
Allan Wells03 May 1952, British
Sprinter
Stefka Kostadinova25 March 1965, Bulgarian
Olympic athlete
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Satcha Pretto05 April 1980, Honduran
Journalist
Anna Chicherova22 July 1982, Armenian
Olympic athlete
Keshorn Walcott02 April 1993, Trinidadian
Olympic athlete
Hadi Saei10 June 1976, Iranian
Former Taekwondo Athlete & Olympic Gold Medalist
Nadia Comaneci12 November 1961, Romanian
Olympic Champion Gymnast
Michael Johnson13 September 1967, American
American olympic athlete
Irving Saladino23 January 1983, Panamanian
Long Jumper
Maurice Greene23 July 1974, American
Track & Field Sprinter
Emil Zatopek19 September 1922, Czech
Long Distance Runner
Ellen Whitaker05 March 1986, British
Show jumper
Georgina Bloomberg20 January 1983, American
Equestrian
Eddie Hall15 January 1988, British
Athlete
Wim Hof20 April 1959, Dutch
Athlete
Owen Farrell24 September 1991, British
Rugby union player
Lolo Jones05 August 1982, American
Sprinter, Bobsledder, Athletics competitor
Paul DePodesta16 December 1972, American
Chief strategy officer
Allison Stokke22 March 1989, American
Athlete
Florence Griffith Joyner21 December 1959, American
Sprinter
Efren Reyes26 August 1954, Filipino
Pool player
P. T. Usha27 June 1964, Indian
Athletics competitor
Dave Mirra04 April 1974, American
Extreme sports athlete
Mike Tindall18 October 1978, British
Rugby union player
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Olympic Athlete
Clarence Clemons11 January 1942, American
Musicians
Ding Junhui01 April 1987
Snooker player
Sagarika Ghatge08 January 1986, Indian
Model
Aimee Mullins20 July 1976, American
Athlete
Doug McDermott03 January 1992, American
Basketball player
Henrik Sedin26 September 1980, Swedish
Ice hockey player
Alun Wyn Jones19 September 1985, British
Rugby union player
Marion Jones12 October 1975, Belizean, American
Basketball player, Sprinter
Greg Louganis29 January 1960, American
Platform diver, Autobiographer, Diver, Coach
Stephen Maguire13 March 1981, Scottish
Snooker player
Jimmy White02 May 1962, British
Snooker player, Pool player, Screenwriter
Christine Sinclair12 June 1983, Canadian
Association football player
Thakur Anoop Singh23 March 1989, Indian
Actor
Cameron Winklevoss21 August 1981, American
Entrepreneur, Rower
Mary Lou Retton24 January 1968, American
Artistic gymnast
Cael Sanderson20 June 1979, American
Amateur wrestler, Coach
Carl Frampton21 February 1987, British
Boxer
Steve Beaton05 April 1964, British
Darts player
Callum Robinson02 February 1995, British
Association football player
John Tavares20 September 1990, Canadian
ice hockey player
Denise Lewis27 August 1972, British
Athletics competitor
Daniel Sedin26 September 1980, Swedish
Ice hockey player
Patrick Sharp27 December 1981, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Kelly Holmes19 April 1970, British
Middle-distance runner
Nils Lofgren21 June 1951, American
Musician
Katarina Johnson-Thompson09 January 1993, British
Athletics competitor
Max Domi02 March 1995, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Peter Snell17 December 1938, New Zealander
Middle-distance runner, Athletics competitor
Jarome Iginla01 July 1977, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Jelle Klaasen17 October 1984
Darts player
Teemu Selänne03 July 1970, Finnish
Ice hockey player
Aleksandr Karelin19 September 1967, Russian
Politician, Amateur wrestler