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Marcel Elphège "Little Beaver" Dionne (born August 3, 1951) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...

Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (born March 31, 1971) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey right winger. Nicknamed "The Russian Rocket", Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, F...

Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk (Russian: Па́вел Вале́рьевич Дацю́к, born July 20, 1978) also known as "The Magic Man" is a Russian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey Le...

Alexander Mikhailovich "Alex" Ovechkin (born September 17, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to playing in the NHL, Ovechkin played...

Evgeni Vladimirovich "Geno" Malkin (born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard, (August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first player in...

Pekka Rinne (born November 3, 1982) is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Curtis Shayne "CuJo" Joseph (born Curtis Munro; April 29, 1967) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League during the 2008–09 NHL season...

Stevenson Adonis (born September 22, 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian-born Canadian professional boxer. His known name is an inversion of his family name and given name. His nickname is "Superman"...

Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born October 28, 1982) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer.

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, (born April 9, 1971), is a Canadian automobile racing driver and amateur musician. He is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle, who was also a racer...

Fernando Alonso Díaz (born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver.

Sebastian Vettel (born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver

Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982), known as Gilles Villeneuve, was a Canadian racing driver.

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British Formula One racing driver from England.

Alexander L. Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish mixed martial artist. He is currently signed with the UFC, fighting in their light heavyweight division.

Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January...

Usain St. Leo Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977. Along with his teammat...

Sally Pearson (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is an Australian athlete. She is the 2011 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2008 Summer...

Roy "Big Country" Nelson (born June 20, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), there holding a record of 7-5. He won Season 10 of Spike TV's...

Christopher J. "Chris" Weidman (born June 17, 1984) is an undefeated American mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion.

Anthony Kewoa Johnson (born March 6, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Mamed Khalidov (born 17 July 1980) is a Polish mixed martial artist competing in the middleweight division of Polish MMA promotion KSW. Khalidov is currently undefeated in the promotion. As of October 2013, Khalidov was ranked the...

Andrew Barron "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player.

Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970) is an American retired professional tennis player and former World No. 1.

Phillip "Phil" Heath (born December 18, 1979) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and the current Mr. Olympia.

Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is an English-born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, DREAM Heavyweight Champion, K-1...

Reto "The Wall" Berra (born January 3, 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National Le...

Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French boxer.

Mika Pauli Häkkinen (born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "the Flying Finn", is a retired Finnish professional racing driver. He is the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Champion, driving for McLaren.

James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976. After retiring from racing in 1979, Hunt became a media commentator and businessman...

Mats Torsten Näslund (born October 31, 1959), nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He played as a left wing.

Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936) is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He is the brother of Canadiens fellow Ho...

Thomas Kelly Gilbert (born January 10, 1983) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played in the NHL for the Edmonton...

Mark Louis Recchi (born February 1, 1968) is the player development coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins and a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 22 years in the National Hockey League. Recchi was a memb...

Stanislav "Stan" Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth; May 20, 1940), is a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League.

George Henry Hainsworth (June 26, 1893 – October 9, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents i...

Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley (November 11, 1926 – September 13, 1998) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Lorne John "Gump" Worsley (May 14, 1929 – January 26, 2007) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, 'Gump' was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like comic-strip character...

Rogatien Rosaire Vachon (born September 8, 1945) is a retired French-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey...

Glenn Henry "Mr. Goalie" Hall (born October 3, 1931) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. During his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues, Hall won the Vezin...

Anthony James "Tony O" Esposito (born April 23, 1943) is a retired Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks. Tony is the younger broth...

Joseph Jacques Omer Plante (January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times...

Paul J. Wasicka (born February 17, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is a professional poker player.

Haralabos "Bob" Voulgaris (born 1975) is a Greek Canadian professional gambler, sports bettor, and sports book owner.

Thithi "Mimi" Tran (born July 5, 1960) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.

Robert Edward "Bob" Stupak (April 6, 1942 – September 25, 2009) was a Las Vegas casino owner and entrepreneur. He was also a poker player, winning titles at the World Series of Poker and the Super Bowl of Poker. He also competed o...

Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon (June 6, 1955 – March 8, 2015) was an American director, producer, writer, animal rights activist, boxing manager, tournament poker player, and philanthropist, most noted as co-creator of the television...

Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan (born 1969 in Iran) is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Daniel Shak (born May 7, 1959) is an American semi-professional poker player and hedge fund manager