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Greatest sportspersons (all time)

A ranking of all professional sportspeople - both men and women, and both athletes (physical) and mind athletes.

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Daniel Negreanu
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Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu (/nɨˈɡrɑːnoʊ/; born July 26, 1974) is a Romanian and Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles...
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Phil Galfond
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Phil Galfond

Phil Galfond (born January 16, 1985) is an American professional poker player. Galfond won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event at the 2008 World Series of Poker. Due to his succe...
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Jamie Gold
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Jamie Gold

Jamie M. Gold (born August 25, 1969) is an American television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California.
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Barry Greenstein
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Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein...
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Bertrand Grospellier
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Bertrand Grospellier

Bertrand Grospellier (born February 8, 1981 in Melun), also known as ElkY /ˈɛlki/, is a poker player and former StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III esports player.
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David Grey
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David Grey

David F. Grey is an American professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada.
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Joe Hachem
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Joe Hachem

Joseph Hachem (Arabic: جوزف هاشم‎; /ˈhæʃəm/; born 11 March 1966) is a Lebanese Australian professional poker player known for winning the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. He was the first Australian to win the main ev...
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Gus Hansen
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Gus Hansen

Gustav "Gus" Hansen (born Gustav Jacobsen on 13 February 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco.
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Jennifer Harman
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Jennifer Harman

Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello (born November 29, 1964, in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional poker player. She has won two World Series of Poker bracelets in open events, one of only two women to have done so...
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Phil Hellmuth
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Phil Hellmuth

Phillip Jerome Hellmuth, Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has captured a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (W...
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Andreas Høivold
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Andreas Høivold

Andreas Høivold (born 1972 in Sunderland, England), is a Norwegian professional poker player.
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Phil Ivey
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Phil Ivey

Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1976) commonly known as Phil Ivey, is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tou...
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John Juanda
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John Juanda

Johnson "John" Juanda (born July 8, 1971) is an Indonesian-born American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. He has won five World Series of Poker bracelets.
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Gabe Kaplan
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Gabe Kaplan

Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.
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Phil Laak
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Phil Laak

Philip "Phil" C. Laak (born September 8, 1972) is an Irish-American professional poker player and a poker commentator
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Guy Laliberté
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Guy Laliberté

Guy Laliberté, (born September 2, 1959) is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist, co-founder and the current CEO of Cirque du Soleil.
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Howard Lederer
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Howard Lederer

Howard Henry Lederer (born October 30, 1963) is an American professional poker player.
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Erick Lindgren
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Erick Lindgren

Erick A. Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney, California) is an American professional poker player.
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Mike Matusow
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Mike Matusow

Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada.
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Alan Meltzer
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Alan Meltzer

Alan Meltzer (1944 – October 31, 2011) was an American businessman and poker player who founded Wind-up Records along with his ex-wife Diana Meltzer.
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Jason Mercier
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Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier (born November 12, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Hollywood, Florida.
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Dario Minieri
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Dario Minieri

Dario Minieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːrjo minˈjɛːri]; born 1985) is an Italian professional poker player from Rome, Italy.
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Dennis Phillips
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Dennis Phillips

Dennis N. Phillips (born December 1954) is a professional poker player from St Louis, Missouri.
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Victor Ramdin
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Victor Ramdin

Annand Mahendra "Victor" Ramdin (born May 28, 1968 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a professional poker player.
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Andrew Robl
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Andrew Robl

Andrew Robl (born September 27, 1986) also known by his alias good2cu, is an American professional poker player from Okemos, Michigan.
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Phil Ruffin
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Phil Ruffin

Phillip G. Ruffin (born 1936) is an American businessman. His business interests lie largely in casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, and real estate.
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Ilari Sahamies
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Ilari Sahamies

Ilari Sahamies (born 1983 in Helsinki, Finland), also known as Ziigmund, is a Finnish professional poker player.
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Vanessa Selbst
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Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa K. Selbst (born July 9, 1984) is an American professional poker player.
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Daniel Shak
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Daniel Shak

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

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

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...
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Bob Stupak
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Bob Stupak

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...
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Mimi Tran
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Mimi Tran

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

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

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

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...
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Tony Esposito
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Tony Esposito

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...
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Glenn Hall
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Glenn Hall

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...
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Rogie Vachon
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Rogie Vachon

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...
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Gump Worsley
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Gump Worsley

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...
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Harry Lumley
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Harry Lumley

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

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...
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Stan Mikita
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Stan Mikita

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.
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Mark Recchi
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Mark Recchi

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...
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Tom Gilbert
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Tom Gilbert

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...
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Henri Richard
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Henri Richard

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...
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Mats Näslund
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Mats Näslund

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

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...
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Mika Häkkinen
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Mika Häkkinen

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.
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Marcel Cerdan
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Marcel Cerdan

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