Find out more about the greatest 21st Century British Sportspersons, including Jamie Vardy, Charles Salvador, David Beckham, Lewis Hamilton and Wayne Rooney
David Beckham02 May 1975
Former English Footballer
Lewis Hamilton07 January 1985
Formula One Driver
Wayne Rooney24 October 1985
Footballer
Anthony Joshua15 October 1989
Boxer
Lennox Lewis02 September 1965
Professional boxer
Stirling Moss17 September 1929
Racing Driver
Alan Shearer13 August 1970
Football Player
Frank Lampard20 June 1978
Footballer
Gary Lineker30 November 1960
Footballer
Steven Gerrard30 May 1980
Football Player
Harry Kane28 July 1993
Footballer
Ian Wright03 November 1963
Footballer
Vinnie Jones05 January 1965
Actor, Former Pro Footballer
Brian Clough21 March 1935
Football Player
Gareth Bale16 July 1989
Footballer
Paul Scholes16 November 1974
Footballer
Peter Crouch30 January 1981
Footballer
Harry Redknapp02 March 1947
Football Manager
Andy Murray15 May 1987
Tennis Player
Daniel Sturridge01 September 1989
Football Player
Marcus Rashford31 October 1997
Footballer
Jamie Vardy11 January 1987
Footballer
Raheem Sterling08 December 1994
Footballer
Helen Skelton19 July 1983
Television presenter
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain15 August 1993
Footballer
Jesse Lingard15 December 1992
Footballer
Keith Flint17 September 1969
Vocalist
Mark Phillips22 September 1948
Equestrian, Horseman
Bobby Robson18 February 1933
Footballer
Bobby Charlton11 October 1937
Football Player
Dele Alli11 April 1996
Footballer
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Guy Martin04 November 1981
Motorcycle Racer
Mo Farah23 March 1983
Athlete
Ross Barkley05 December 1993
Footballer
Joe Hart19 April 1987
Footballer
Emile Heskey11 January 1978
Footballer
Fatima Whitbread03 March 1961
Javelin Thrower
David Coulthard27 March 1971
Racecar Driver
Adebayo Akinfenwa10 May 1982
Footballer
Adam Lallana10 May 1988
Football Player
Chris Froome20 May 1985
Professional Road Racing Cyclist
Ray Wilkins14 September 1956
Football Player
Steve Davis22 August 1957
Snooker Player
Sam Allardyce19 October 1954
Football Manager
Roger Bannister23 March 1929
Former British Athlete Who Ran The First
Mark Thatcher15 August 1953
Businessman
Leighton Baines11 December 1984
Football Player
Sebastian Coe29 September 1956
Middle Distance Runner, Politician
Rickie Lambert16 February 1982
Football Player
Stewart Downing22 July 1984
Football Player
Will Ospreay07 May 1993
Wrestler
Ben Gordon04 April 1983
Basketball Player
Alex Iwobi03 May 1996
Footballer
Henry Cooper03 May 1934
Boxer
Fabrice Muamba06 April 1988
Football Player
Jessica Ennis-Hill28 January 1986
Track & Field Athlete
Steve Coppell09 July 1955
Footballer
Nile Wilson17 January 1996
Gymnast
Darren Shahlavi05 August 1972
Actor & Stunt Performer
Ryan Sessegnon18 May 2000
Footballer
Jos Buttler08 September 1990
Cricketer
Linford Christie02 April 1960
Retired Sprinter
Billy Wingrove15 November 1982
Association Football Player, YouTuber
Vanessa-Mae27 October 1978
Violinist
Jonny Bairstow26 September 1989
Cricketer
Joanne Calderwood23 December 1986
Mixed Martial Artist
Daley Thompson30 July 1958
Decathlete
Barry Venison16 August 1964
Footballer
Steve Cram14 October 1960
Athlete
Beth Tweddle01 April 1985
Former British Gymnast
Alan Minter17 August 1951
Professional Boxer
Allan Wells03 May 1952
Sprinter
Liz McColgan24 May 1964
Athlete
Amir Khan08 December 1986
Boxer
Paige17 August 1992
Professional Wrestler
Simeon Panda28 May 1986
Fitness Professional & Entrepreneur
Tyrese Johnson-Fisher09 September 1999
American Football Player
Barry Bennell1954 AD
Paedophile
Alan Smith28 October 1980
English Footballer
Hannah Whelan01 July 1992
Gymnast
Cherry Seaborn06 May 1992
Ed Sheeran’s Fiancée, Field Hockey Player
Tyson Fury12 August 1988
Boxer
Michael Owen14 December 1979
Association football player
Alistair Overeem17 May 1980
Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer
Eddie Hall15 January 1988
Athlete
Paul Gascoigne27 May 1967
Association football player, Autobiographer,
Christian Horner16 November 1973
Racing driver
Milind Soman04 November 1965
Model
Michael Bisping28 February 1979
Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer, Thai boxer
Scott Adkins17 June 1976
Actor, Martial artist, Film actor, Taekwondo
Kenny Dalglish04 March 1951
Association football player, Association football
Naseem Hamed12 February 1974
Boxer
Graeme Souness06 May 1953
Association football player, Association football
Tony Bellew30 November 1982
Boxer